This Week
Welcome back to the 1980s. Every week we travel through all ten years of the decade at once — same calendar dates, ten different years. This week covers across 1980 through 1989. Buckle up. During the Decade of Decadence, this week ran from June 2 to 11. We aim to list
This Week
Welcome back to the 1980s. Every week we travel through all ten years of the decade at once — same calendar dates, ten different years. This week covers May 26 - June 1 across 1980 through 1989. Buckle up. During the Decade of Decadence, this week ran from May 26 to
This Week
🎬Still in Theaters: Michael — the MJ biopic. Last week we covered the moonwalk. This week, May 1983, the world was still talking about it. Return of the Jedi opened May 25, 1983 — but even that couldn't knock Michael Jackson off the cultural front page. Welcome back to the
This Week
🎬Now in Theaters: Michael — the MJ biopic. This week covers May 12–18, 1983: the exact week Michael Jackson debuted the moonwalk on live television. Scroll down to the 1983 section and the special feature below to relive it. Welcome back to the 1980s. Every week we travel through all
This Week
🎬Now in Theaters: Michael — the MJ biopic — is in theaters now. Next week's post covers May 12–18, 1983: the exact week Michael Jackson debuted the moonwalk on national television. This week, the world had no idea what was coming. Welcome back to the 1980s. Every week we
This Week
🎬Now in Theaters: Michael, the new biopic about the King of Pop, opened April 24. This week in the 80s, Michael Jackson was everywhere — his fingerprints are all over the charts below. Read on and you'll see why. Welcome back to the 1980s. Every week we travel through
Music
Welcome back to the 1980s. This week across the decade, the world watched in horror as the Chernobyl disaster unfolded, millions of Americans revolted against a sweeter Coca-Cola, and a raunchy teen comedy called Porky's shocked Hollywood by dominating the box office. On the radio, Blondie, Prince, and
News
After years of planning, Relive The 80s is officially live. Welcome. This site is built for one audience: Gen X. If you grew up in the 1980s — watching Dallas on Friday nights, memorizing every lyric on your cassette Walkman, and arguing about whether Atari or Commodore 64 was better — you&