I tried the nice search engine Spotify has to offer, where you can f.e. type in “year:1982” and Spotify sends the result back with songs/artists from 1982. Then you may order the list by popularity and you can then see which songs from 1982 are the most popular – today! This is only one of the many advanced searches Spotify has to offer. But, what music from 1982 is popular today you say? Well, some of my favorites and perhaps yours too?
TOP 5 of Spotify from 1982 (13th august, 2009)
1. Run to the hills – Iron Maiden
2. The number of the beast – Iron Maiden
3. Wonderful tonight – Eric Clapton
4. Die mauer – Ebba Grön
5. Thriller – Michael Jackson
Other songs in the top 40 are of course Hot in the city by Billy Idol, Avalon by Roxy Music and off course Bad to the bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers. If you`re not into this music, maybe it could interest you that “Knight Rider” (tv-series) with The Hoff came out in 1982?
See, the 80`s was not all that bad – and I was born in 1982!!
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