It’s from 1979 but let’s face it, you remember it from August 1, 1981. It inaugurated MTV to a generation of music lovers like me, but it was definitive of what the sound was all about in the 1980s. Few songs and few artists can ever know the iconic status that this video has and always will. It set the stage for the video superstars of the eighties like Duran Duran and Michael Jackson. Aside from all of that, it’s just a really good pop song. Synthesized chords that just make me feel happy, fake drum beats that make me remember what life was like in a simpler time.
From the historical writing archive. Original date: November 10, 2017. Recovered from local source material; editorial review is still in progress.