80's One Hit Wonders
Sharing his name with a popular Mexican dish, this song is a synth-pop cover of an Irving Berlin song written in 1927
Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
Dashing archeologist romps around the world tracking a religious artifact.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
There were many like it but this Sony product was the original take your music and listen to it anywhere device.
The Walkman
The King of Pop
Michael Jackson
Everyone loved this song...except the people who had this phone number.
Tommy Tutone - Jenny (867-5309)
Man finds out he has a special needs brother with a gift for counting.
Rain Man
These dolls came in many different varieties and included their own birth certificate.
Cabbage Patch Dolls
Controversial but wildly popular female pop star.
Madonna
With a father like Berry Gordy you would think this artist would have more hits than his stalker themed song featuring Michael Jackson on back up vocals.
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Gardner from outer space gets left by his buddies and finds out he likes tiny peanut butter candies.
ET The Extra-Terrestrial
This frustrating puzzle cube is still in production today having sold over 350,000,000 units.
Rubik's Cube
Her father was an Earl but she married the heir to the throne in 1981.
Two historic first surgeries were preformed in 1982. One was the first artificial heart transplant preformed on Barney Clark who lived 112 days after the procedure. The second, but previously deadly procedure was preformed by Dr. Yves-Gerard Illouz who was a co-founder of Doctors Without Borders.
Liposuction
With no actual instruments being played, this song could absolutely fool you, as well as making you more cheerful.
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
Kid borrows a car, tries not to sleep with his mom, gets confused for a fashion designer, then gets a new truck.
Back to the Future
These popular teen hangouts were in every mall across America and were brought down by home consoles like Xbox and Playstation.
Arcades
He had acted in films and a documentary in the 70's but became a household name in the 80's. He had a brief but succesful political career in the 00's as well.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The first video on Mtv...ironically.
The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
The Shinning
This clothing item was popular originally worn by dancers to prevent muscle cramps, but Flashdance made them popular in everyday wear.
Leg Warmers
A comedian, actor, singer, producer, writer, composer, and director. This 80's superstar was almost always controversial, sometimes making a real Donkey out of himself.
Eddie Murphy