What was the most successful music video of the 80s?

1: Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983) Having any other music video other than “Thriller’ as No. 1 in our list of the most iconic 80s music videos would be heresy.

What song sold the most in the 80s?

TOP 100 BEST-SELLING SONGS OF THE 80S

• Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax.
• Stevie Wonder – I Just Called To Say I Love You.
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes.
• The Human League – Don’t You Want Me?
• Wham – Last Christmas.
• Culture Club – Karma Chameleon.

What was Tom Petty’s best album in the 80s?

Rolling Stone Petty’s biggest hit of the 80s was Full Moon Fever, produced by Jeff Lynne, and nominally a solo album. His best record of that decade was Southern Accents, with its glorious, Dixie-referencing anthem Rebels, hypnotic left-field single Don’t Come Around Here No More and the beautiful, elegiac title track.

How did REM become so popular in the 80s?

As synth-pop looked set to dominate the 80s, R.E.M. were part of a guitar resistance movement in the States, joining the Dream Syndicate and Hüsker Dü in mixing 60s rock’s melodic virtues with a punk mentality. But guitarist Peter Buck recalled that it was his band R.E.M. who quickly became the “touchstone”.

What was Led Zeppelin’s Best Album of the 80s?

The Works wasn’t just their best album of the 80s – it also set the stage for Live Aid and the mother of all career resurrections. What they said at the time: “A royal feast of hard rock without that awful metallic aftertaste; as such, it might turn out to be the Led Zeppelin II of the eighties.” Rolling Stone

What is ’80s nostalgia?

’80s nostalgia usually focuses on the decade at its most outlandish: big hair, Day-glo shirts, scrunchies, New Coke… call it the Stranger Things effect. And that goes doubly for the music.