The complicated story of the best selling 12 inch single of the 1980s. New Order’s Blue Monday from 1983 was would become the stuff of legend. Up next former bassist and co-founder Peter Hook

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The compelling story of Pink Floyd’s first Hit Single of the 70s, Money from one of the biggest selling albums in the history of planet earth, Dark Side of the Moon. From it’s origins to it’s sonic mastery Engineer Alan Parsons tells the first hand story of how Roger Waters vision and David Gilmour’s blazing vocal made it a song for the ages.

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Released in 1988, The Promise was When In Rome’s debut single. It was written by all three band Members Clive Farrington, Andrew Mann and Michael Floreale. It’s a song that has only grown in status since that day and it still mesmerizes me as one of the greatest love songs of a decade known for great love songs. I was very fortunate to interview 2 of the 3 writers Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann about it. Here they are with the story behind The Promise, and how movies like Napoleon Dynamite introduced it to a new generation

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80s Icon John Hughes created so many great teen movies. He mastered the genre and seemed to understand generation X to the tee. Up next the story behind the soundtrack to his 1986 comedy masterpiece Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. In exclusive interviews Dave Wakeling of the English Beat and Nick Laird Clowes from the Dream Academy tell the stories behind their songs from the soundtrack including Edge of Forever to March of The Swivel heads. Also Oh Yeah by Yello, Please, Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by the Smiths and Twist and Shout by the Beatles Including deep insight into John Hughes as a person.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Billy Steinberg tells the story of writing Madonna’s biggest 80s hit. The #1 smash Like A Virgin and how the song was not exactly what you originally thought. He also shares the notorious story of meeting Madonna..

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Coming up a once upon a time a fledgling singer songwriter named Dan Fogelberg went back to his hometown for the holidays and ran into an ex girlfriend at a convenience store. He turned the fateful meeting of joy and sorrow in the the 1981 hit, Same Old Lang Syne from his album the Innocent Age. one of the most bittersweet story songs of the 80s. find out the real story beyond the poetic licenses that all artists take and celebrate one of the purest voices of the rock era including interviews next.

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Up next we’re going to go go behind the top 10 songs of this VERY same week from the year 1986. 35 years ago. once again we will re rank them based on their performance since and we have some cool artist interviews… In this chart we have one of the most unlikely #1s of the decade as well as the biggest hit of 1987 battling it out as well as a couple of song that didn’t even make the top 10 that year that years later have been massive find out what the real #1 song is next. Starring Bon Jovi, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, the Bangles, Toto, Journey, Huey Lewis, Billy Idol and more

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Metal God Rob Halford explains why he wrote BREAKING THE LAW the metal hit that rocked MTV in the early 80s and the power behind their classic album British STEEL.

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