Dubbed the “perennial paranoia-rock anthem” by Rolling ... A year later, Rihanna sampled the song in her hit “SOS,” referencing other 80s throwbacks by A-ha, Michael Jackson, and Tears ...

The year 1985 was a great period for music, but not every radio hit survived to live on everyone's modern day playlists or flashback radio specials. For every Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" and ...

Forty years ago, the 1980s reached its middle period. Musicians were settled into evolving studio technology as drum machines, samplers, and synthesizers became ubiquitous. If you think of songs as ...

the star revealed that in the mid-'80s, he nearly recorded a demo with the iconic rock band Toto. At the time, the band was likely still riding the wave of success from their hit song "Africa ...