The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Genesis began the '80s in transition and ended the decade on top of the pop world. Whether that was a good or bad thing might come down to your affinity for their older, more progressive approach.

Popular music was in a very different place in the 1980s than it had been in the '70s. Even as hair product use expanded, song complexity shrunk, or at least changed focus as styles like new wave ...

It's undeniable that the '80s produced some of the most emotionally charged songs in pop and rock history. Dance music and post-disco were taking the stage, but sadder songs made appearances in the ...

Some songs from the '80s truly embody the don't you forget about me mantra. They may not be top of mind anymore, but somehow you still remember every lyric—even if you have no idea why. So grab your ...

If there was ever a decade that defined the musical guilty pleasure, it was the ‘80s. The advent of new technologies unlocked sonic possibilities like never before. Blessed with a broad array of ...

There’s something so classic about music from the 1980s. From vibrant pop hits like “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston to electric hair metal anthems such as “Cherry Pie” by Warrant, ...

In the 1980s, a lot of metal bands were content to sing about sex, drugs, partying and banging your head senseless — but not all of them, as you'll see in the following list of 11 '80s metal songs ...