The 80s Bubble

Long-form pieces on the songs, artists and radio of the 1980s.

• New Jack Swing: The Sound That Fused R&B and Hip-Hop
• Stories Behind the Songs · 80s Hits in the Writers' Own Words
• 80s One-Hit Wonders · The Songs That Came and Never Left
• 80s Radio: Stations DJs and the Sound Between the Songs
• Hi-NRG: The Club Sound Freestyle Grew Up Next To
• This Week in 80s Music: The Year-by-Year Time Machine
• Freestyle · The Sound the Clubs Built and the Radio Couldn't Ignore

Songs

• Take On Me · Three Tries to Number One
• Don't You Forget About Me · The Song Simple Minds Didn't Want
• Video Killed the Radio Star · The Prophecy MTV Played First
• We Built This City · The Most Hated Song That Radio Loved
• 867-5309 · The Song That Ruined a Phone Number
• Come On Eileen · The Overalls Band That Beat Michael Jackson