I Love the '80s (U.S. TV series)

I Love the '80s is a decade nostalgia television program that was produced by VH1, based on the BBC series of the same name. The first episode, "I Love 1980", premiered on December 16, 2002.

Recurring segments

• Lionel Richie presented "Makeout Songs" from each year.
• Bret Michaels presented "Babes" from each year.
• Traci Lords presented "Hunks" from each year.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic compares trends of the given year and the present day in the "Then and Now" segment.
• Andrew Dice Clay presented the "Mr. & Ms." of each year.
• Soleil Moon Frye presented people, bands, and products that were "Born In" the given year.
• A public service announcement from each year was presented.
• During the credits of every episode, a clip from a popular music video was played without any type of commentary. These were usually replaced with a show promo by Vh1.

1980

• The Love Boat
• Caddyshack
• The Vapors' "Turning Japanese"
• Punk and preppy fashion
• Strawberry Shortcake
• The Blue Lagoon and Brooke Shields's Calvin Klein ads
• Designer jeans
• Air Supply's "All Out of Love"
• Pat Benatar and Deborah Harry (of Blondie)
• Who shot J.R.?
• 9 to 5
• Urban Cowboy
• Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"
• Kenny Rogers
• Xanadu
• Airplane!
• The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
• The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket"
• Mattel Electronic Football
• The Miracle on Ice
• That's Incredible!
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Makeout songs of 1980: Air Supply - "Every Woman in the World", Dan Fogelberg - "Longer", & Captain & Tennille - "Do That to Me One More Time"

1981

• Cable Television and MTV
• Porky's
• Reagan assassination attempt
• Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
• The Royal Wedding
• Luke and Laura (characters from General Hospital)
• Rick Springfield
• Arthur
• The Greatest American Hero
• De Lorean DMC-12
• Rubik's cube
• Kool & the Gang's "Celebration"
• Fridays
• Stripes
• Bosom Buddies
• John McEnroe
• Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes"
• Members Only
• Atari
• The Jeffersons
• Raiders of the Lost Ark

Makeout songs of 1981: REO Speedwagon - "Keep on Loving You", Foreigner - "Waiting For a Girl Like You", Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - "Endless Love"

1982

• Mullets
• VJs
• Toni Basil's "Mickey"
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• The J. Geils Band's "Centerfold"
• Square Pegs
• Rocky III
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'N Roll"
• The Dukes of Hazzard
• The Go-Go's
• Olivia Newton-John's "Physical"/Jane Fonda's Workout/aerobics fashion
• A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)"
• Trivial Pursuit
• Keytar
• Joanie Loves Chachi
• Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man
• Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny"
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Poltergeist
• Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's "The Message"
• Silver Spoons
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Makeout songs of 1982: Joe Cocker - "Up Where We Belong" and Lionel Richie - "Truly"

1983

• National Lampoon's Vacation
• Family Ties
• Diff'rent Strokes
• Cabbage Patch Kids
• Michael Jackson's Thriller
• Flashdance
• Duran Duran
• Valley Girl
• Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield"
• Scarface
• The A-Team
• Def Leppard's Pyromania
• Eddie Murphy Delirious
• Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen"
• Jerry Falwell vs. Larry Flynt
• Knight Rider
• WarGames
• Wacky wall walker
• Styx's "Mr. Roboto"
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Makeout songs of 1983: The Police - "Every Breath You Take", Spandau Ballet - "True" & Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing"

1984

• Breakdancing
• Footloose
• Madonna
• Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night"
• "Where's the beef?"
• Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A.
• Mary Lou Retton
• Webster and Punky Brewster
• Huey Lewis and the News
• Miami Vice
• The Terminator
• Transformers and Care Bears
• Wham!
• Prince
• Sixteen Candles
• Cyndi Lauper
• Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial disaster
• Lionel Richie's "Hello"
• This Is Spinal Tap

Makeout songs of 1984: Mike Reno & Ann Wilson - "Almost Paradise", Phil Collins - "Against All Odds", and John Waite - "Missing You"

1985

• WrestleMania
• MacGyver
• Back to the Future
• Mötley Crüe's "Home Sweet Home"
• The Goonies
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• Small Wonder
• Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69"
• Big hair
• Fletch
• "The Super Bowl Shuffle"
• Bartles & Jaymes
• Cocoon
• Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"
• Live Aid
• The Facts of Life
• Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time"
• Brat Pack
• Day-Glo and oversized message t-shirts
• Pound Puppies
• "We Are the World"/Hear 'n Aid

Makeout songs of 1985: Wham! - "Careless Whisper", Sade - "Smooth Operator", and Madonna - "Crazy for You"

1986

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Wheel of Fortune
• Hands Across America
• Teddy Ruxpin
• ALF
• Pretty in Pink
• Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
• Swatch
• 1986 World Series
• The Cosby Show
• Baby On Board
• Crocodile Dundee
• Celebrity marriages
• Whitney Houston
• Comic Relief
• Janet Jackson
• Stand by Me
• Run-D.M.C.'s "Walk This Way"
• Top Gun

Makeout songs of 1986: Berlin- "Take My Breath Away", Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - "The Next Time I Fall", Atlantic Starr - "Secret Lovers"

1987

• Dirty Dancing
• Tiffany and Debbie Gibson
• Hair crimping
• Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
• Fatal Attraction
• Hair metal
• FOX
• R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
• Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn
• Wall Street
• Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right"
• Acid Wash & Converse
• Cheers
• Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It"
• Hollywood Shuffle
• Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love"
• The two Coreys
• U2's The Joshua Tree

Makeout songs of 1987: Billy Vera & The Beaters - "At This Moment", Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over", & LL Cool J - "I Need Love"

1988

• Mike Tyson
• Child's Play
• Roseanne
• Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"
• Guns N' Roses
• The Wonder Years
• Modern Rock (Specifically INXS, The Cure, Morrissey, Depeche Mode, & Erasure)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy"
• California Raisins
• Perfect Strangers
• George Michael's Faith
• Pictionary and Win, Lose or Draw
• UB40s "Red, Red Wine"
• Working woman's wardrobe
• Yo! MTV Raps
• Who's the Boss?
• Terence Trent D'Arby
• The neo-hippie movement
• Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"
• Rain Man

Makeout songs of 1988: Patrick Swayze - "She's Like the Wind", Richard Marx - "Hold On to the Nights", and Cheap Trick - "The Flame"

1989

• New Kids on the Block
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
• Milli Vanilli
• Tetris
• COPS
• Rob Lowe's sex video
• Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time"
• Do The Right Thing
• Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video and the ensuing Pepsi controversy
• Say Anything
• The Arsenio Hall Show
• The B-52's "Love Shack"
• Bobby Brown
• Afrocentric clothing
• Baywatch
• Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"
• Heathers
• Saved by the Bell
• Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina"
• The fall of the Berlin Wall

Makeout songs of 1989: Richard Marx - "Right Here Waiting", Simply Red - "If You Don't Know Me by Now", and The Cure - "Lovesong"

External links

• I Love the 80s at VH1.com