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To achieve the effect, the 1980s remix artists take the original song and "slather it with obsolete-sounding synthesizer music." [10] They use different images of '80s music such as saxophone solos, syncopated synthesizer beats, and a more liberal use of chord progressions than the originals. Some covers seek inspiration from specific 1980s songs.
The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.
"You Better You Bet" The Who: 5 May 9 "The Waiting" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 6 June 20 "A Life of Illusion" Joe Walsh: 1 June 27 "The Voice" The Moody Blues: 4 July 25 "Urgent" Foreigner: 4 [2] August 22 "Burnin' for You" Blue Öyster Cult: 2 [3] September 5 "Start Me Up" The Rolling Stones: 13 [4] December 5 "Waiting for a Girl Like ...
"I Can't Tell You Why" Eagles: 63 "Don't Let Go" Isaac Hayes: 64 "Don't Do Me Like That" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 65 "She's Out of My Life" Michael Jackson: 66 "Fame" Irene Cara: 67 "Fire Lake" Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band: 68 "How Do I Make You" Linda Ronstadt: 69 "Into the Night" Benny Mardones: 70 "Let Me Love You Tonight ...
The series contained 15 volumes. The first five were released on 21 June 1994, and concentrated mostly on music issued between 1977 and 1981, with a few tracks from 1982. (Despite the "New Wave Hits of the '80s" subtitle, Volume 1 actually contains no tracks from the 1980s; tracks from 1980 and later begin appearing midway through Volume 2.)
Playlist: The Very Best Of Rick Springfield is a compilation album by Rick Springfield, released by RCA Records in 2008. This collection was originally released with the title We Are the '80s in 2006 but was re-released with the "Playlist" title in 2008, containing the same songs and running order.
Rapped in Remixes: The Greatest Hits Remixed is a remix album by American hip hop trio Salt-N-Pepa. It includes remixed versions of songs taken from their three studio albums, Hot, Cool & Vicious , A Salt with a Deadly Pepa and Blacks' Magic .
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV [ 1 ] in the early 1980s and the nostalgia behind it [ 2 ] is a major driver to the format.