80s

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• № 001

  Born in the U.S.A.

  BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN · 1984

  : Bruce Springsteen's 1984 anthem is one of the most misread songs in American popular music — a bleak portrait of a Vietnam veteran abandon…

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  Jump

  VAN HALEN · 1984

  : "Jump" was the sound of a hard rock band trading their guitars for synthesizers and accidentally inventing the template for mainstream eig…

• № 003

  Panama

  VAN HALEN · 1984

  : "Panama" is the most misunderstood track on Van Halen's blockbuster 1984 — a song that sounds like a tropical postcard but is actually abo…

• № 004

  Should I Stay or Should I Go

  THE CLASH · 1982

  Released in 1982 on Combat Rock, The Clash's most playful single is also their most haunted — a punk-rockabilly hybrid written by a band alr…

• № 005

  Under Pressure

  QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE · 1981

  : A near-accidental collaboration between two of rock's most theatrical forces, "Under Pressure" became one of the great improvised masterpi…