1984 was a lot of things for music. "The '80s" as we remember them were in full swing by mid-decade. MTV arguably had its greatest influence and effect on the pop charts. And many of the decade's ...

Last week, I ranked the 1974 crop and today we’re looking at 1984, my favorite year that we’ll tackle. The ranking involves 20 songs, and 18 of them are great and about 15 of them are still in ...

C.A. Michael Jackson began 1984 at Number One ... staple because it sated the era's then-overwhelming appetite for more music that sounded like Journey, but its presentation of Perry as everyman ...

From punk rock to rap, David Bowie to Stevie Wonder, here are 10 of the best songs inspired by George Orwell’s 1984. The song pays worthy homage to the book. Despite his glam plumage ...

By Tatiana Cirisano We’ll breakdown 1984, but you can relive all the Hot 100’s number one hits year by year: There’s a reason music industry know-it-alls often point to 1984 as pop music’s ...

Although MTV was barely two years old at the start of 1984, the channel had already completely flipped the music industry on its head. Whether they wanted to or not, rock's biggest stars now ...

Many classic hard rock songs arrived in 1984, so this list goes deep in the hair metal weeds to uncover three you might have forgotten. You might remember Dokken for the theme song to A Nightmare ...

Flaunting its impact — and implicitly claiming credibility to rival the fuddy-duddy Grammy Awards — MTV presented its first Video Music Awards in 1984, making an immediate splash when Madonna ...

“What’s missing from pop music is danger,” Prince was quoted ... From his critical and commercial apex of 1984’s Purple Rain through his recent Piano and a Microphone tour, Prince never ...

Courteney Cox re-created her dance moves from the 1984 music video for Bruce Springsteen’s hit song “Dancing in the Dark.” Cox, 59, did the impromptu performance for a new TikTok trend and ...