The song's success quickly followed. On September 8, 1984, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" debuted in the U.S. Billboard Hot ...

There are a lot of things going on in today’s crazy, mixed-up world. We don’t need to enumerate them here, but suffice it to say, it often feels like too much is happening. But what can a person do to ...

The year 1984 dominated pop music history like no other year before or since. Prince, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Cyndi Lauper filled radio airwaves while MTV broadcast groundbreaking music videos ...

How did the year of Prince, Madonna, Tina, Bruce and Cyndi come to be regarded as “pop’s greatest year”? We're sorry, but something went wrong while fetching ...

The 1980s were a transformative era in pop music. Musicians were moving away from the disco genre of the '70s and decided to innovate with bolder sounds. It was a time in which synthesizers, ...

It doesn’t get much more competitive in terms of pop music excellence than 1984. That calendar year produced many monumental singles and albums. As a result, it’s not so surprising that some excellent ...

It’s not a stretch to say that the genres of pop, rock, R&B and rap music all changed forever in 1984. In a decade racked with all-time classics and some of the most important songs in the history of ...

A 1984 hit has been ranked one of the best classic rock songs of all time. The track was in good company, too, alongside popular artists such as the Rolling Stone, the Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. 1982: British pop group The Thompson Twins members: Tom Bailey, Alannah ...