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“Back to the 80s” is a song by the Danish dance-pop band Aqua. It was released as the lead single from their Greatest Hits compilation on May 25, 2009, and is the first Aqua single in eight years.

The track namechecks a number of 1980s icons, such as Ronald Reagan, orbital satellites, skinny leather ties, Don Johnson, Miami Vice, M&M’s, Michael Jackson, Commodore 64s, Soap, Rocky, Cherry Coke, Mr. T, Twisted Sister, MTV, Iron Maiden, 7 Up, Bananarama, The Breakfast Club, Huey Lewis, Top Gun, shoulder pads, David Hasselhoff, glam metal, Bill Cosby, the Rubiks Cube, Dynasty, Moon Boots, Devo, Barber Curls, Poltergeist, Barbie (alluding to Aqua’s signature song Barbie Girl from 1997), and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Upon international release of the single, the group decided to change the line “When M&M was just a snack and Michael Jackson’s skin was black” from the original Danish release to “When M&M was just a snack and Arnie told us I’ll be back”. They decided on this, out of respect to Jackson, who died only a month after the single was released.
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  • Curt_Steelson_

    Come baack!

    February 2012

  • Jenny_Babydoll

    I miss 80's sooo much ♥

    October 2011

  • Jenny_Babydoll

    ♥ ♥ ♥

    October 2011

  • GreenleeDuPres

    Summer of 2009 memories

    June 2011

  • Kanixtant

    IRON MAIDEN!

    May 2011

  • withered_fairy

    I changed the wiki because saying it's a cheesy song and it brings back memories is not helpful at all xD

    April 2011

  • Ni1985

    i miss

    August 2010

  • ma_nu72

    *lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala!* 8oD

    August 2010

  • alber_ab_94

    one of the best pop songs of the decade

    July 2010

  • billikatten

    love aqua

    January 2010

  • MustBeDreaming1

    tr00 oldsk00l Aqua :-) so catchy!

    December 2009

  • Mame89

    love the song back to the 80's great!!

    November 2009

  • Lucky-Lion

    Shame that this song didn´t make it at the German Charts. Love it!

    November 2009

  • Dragoonz1993

    ooo me likey ^_^

    November 2009

  • Nagafen1029

    Somebody gimme a time machine!! :-D

    November 2009

  • deepikaur

    This song always makes me smile all big-n-cheesy-like every time I hear it. :]

    November 2009

  • felghen

    :o

    October 2009

  • feaksamuel

    So they've made the streaming version the 'less catchy International version'. I understand why they took the Michael Jackson lyric out, but being courteous doesn't necessarily create great music. Thankfully the rest of the song is still awesome.

    September 2009

  • Suga_rush

    Aww yay!

    September 2009

  • foxmusicbox

    love it!

    September 2009
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