What’s 1984 Got to Do with It Edition Part 1

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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Music, Music History, Music Commentary

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🗓️ 14 September 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

A decade ago, Rolling Stone magazine called 1984 “Pop’s Greatest Year.” A bold statement…but a lot of critics agree. A confluence of factors—the comeback of dance music, the peak of MTV, the Second British Invasion and the emergence of metal and hip-hop—made the radio a great place to be. It was a year of fearless genre crossover…cinematic hits…veterans reinventing themselves…ballads that became standards…a newcomer named Madonna…and a movie star who called himself The Kid and made doves cry. Join Chris Molanphy as he dissects eight reasons why 1984 was awesome for pop fans and walks through all 20 of the year’s No. 1 hits: from “Jump” to “Hello,” “Karma Chameleon” to “Caribbean Queen,” “Let’s Go Crazy” to “Like a Virgin.” This is what it sounds like when pop’s fly. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Music Lover It's time for Somme Tom Bona jamming to some yot rock
0:06.9	Open for fun gone old school with some beep up open for fun
0:11.1	bingo 90 if you like your tunes more vibing, playing can be exciting till you feel
0:17.0	the need for dancing.
0:18.0	Here we go!
0:19.0	I've heard drum and bass!
0:21.0	Oh, just 110 pounds!
0:24.0	Tom Bola!
0:25.0	Open for fun!
0:27.0	Terms apply 18 plus.
0:29.0	Please play safely.
0:30.0	Hey there hit parade listeners, what you're about to hear is part one of this episode.
0:36.3	Part two will arrive in your podcast feed at the end of the month.
0:40.3	Would you like to hear this episode all at once the day it drops?
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1:03.7	our bonus episodes, with guest interviews,
1:06.8	deeper dives on our episode topics,
1:09.3	and pop chart trivia.
1:11.1	Once again, to join, that's Slate.com slash Hit Parade Plus. Thanks. And now, please enjoy
1:19.2	part one of this hit parade episode. Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of Pop Chart History from Slate magazine, about the hits
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