The Thompson Twins' hit song, "Hold Me Now" has a earned a place in pop music history, and it was one of the biggest hits of ...

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 ...

The debut solo album from one-half of British experimental pop duo Let’s Eat Grandma goes heavy on the synthesizers and the ...

The era of 1980s pop music might just be the most mutually despised genre of all time. People who agree with this notion seemingly believe the genre to be overdone, shallow, overly corny, cliché, and ...

With the final season of Stranger Things still fresh in the cultural bloodstream, the sound of the 1980s is everywhere again.

Back in 1981, “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League was an insanely big hit. It’s not an overly complex song, either. Martin Rushent, who produced the song, added a drum machine, a very basic synth, ...

Whitney Houston Performs In Paris Bercy on May 18th, 1988. She is one of the best female vocalists of the 1980s. The 1980s were a great time for music, with so many iconic female singers and vocalists ...

NORTHFIELD PARK, Ohio - Hey music fans, remember the ‘80s?! Well, “Lost 80s Live” sure does, and on Wednesday, August 6 at the MGM Northfield Park the long-running retro pop tour will recall the heady ...

There is a special magic required to break into the Billboard Top 10 charts. Be it a simple, infectious groove and a singalong chorus or something more nebulous, like the Muse's passing interest, ...

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 ...

Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" was recorded as a cover of the Tommy James& the Shondells original song from the late ...

The teen pop icon tells PEOPLE she's rerecording her most beloved songs for an upcoming greatest hits album John Russell is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. He joined the PEOPLE team in 2024. His work has ...