From American Songwriter · Kat Caudill · · 1m
High Schoolers in 1983 Knew These 4 Songs
High schoolers in 1983 knew four songs by heart: David Bowie's 'Let's Dance', The Police's 'Every Breath You Take', Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun', and Michael Jackson's 'Beat It'.
In brief
High schoolers in 1983 knew four songs by heart: David Bowie's 'Let's Dance', The Police's 'Every Breath You Take', Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun', and Michael Jackson's 'Beat It'. High schoolers in 1983 knew four songs by heart: David Bowie's 'Let's Dance', The Police's 'Every Breath You Take', Cyndi…
David Bowie's 'Let's Dance'
High schoolers in 1983 knew David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' by heart.
“When david wrote those lyrics, he was talking about the dance that people do in life; the conceptual dance of not being honest”
The Police's 'Every Breath You Take'
High schoolers in 1983 knew The Police's 'Every Breath You Take' by heart.
“It was the best-selling single that year in the US”
Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun'
High schoolers in 1983 knew Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' by heart.
“She's so unusual, which included this song in addition to tracks like time after time and all through the night”
Michael Jackson's 'Beat It'
High schoolers in 1983 knew Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' by heart.
“Beat it was the third single from the album, released in february of 1983”
In short
High schoolers in 1983 knew four songs by heart: David Bowie's 'Let's Dance', The Police's 'Every Breath You Take', Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun', and Michael Jackson's 'Beat It'.
