These rock songs from the 1980s took much longer to actually write than you might have believed. Sometimes, a hit takes a ...

Nuclear war was a common concern in the 1980s, and these four songs showed their artists clearly worried about the bomb being ...

The popularity of the music video exploded in the '80s and we're celebrating the best clips rock had to offer.

What are the god-tiered rock songs of the 1980s? You likely knew it the first time you heard them. Simply put, there was just something special about these songs and time has proven that these songs ...

Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, Public Enemy and Salt n Pepa (Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Michael Putland/Getty Images) In August 1973, the ...

What human fantasy is more powerful than the do-over, the chance to relive your life and fix your lousy youthful decisions? Most of us are stuck with our mistakes, but Samantha Craig, the heroine of ...

Lionel Richie, who’s sold more than 125 million albums worldwide along with earning four Grammys, an Oscar and a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, doesn’t have anything left to prove. Yet Richie ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Alphaville’s 1980s classic “Forever Young” has finally been ...

Every decade in pop/rock music has both its proponents and opponents, and the 1980s are no exception. Usually, the proponents are people who had their best years (youth or otherwise) during it, and ...