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About This Track
“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.
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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Shouts
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Curt_Steelson_ wrote:
Come baack!
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Jenny_Babydoll wrote:
I miss 80's sooo much ♥
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Jenny_Babydoll wrote:
♥ ♥ ♥
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GreenleeDuPres wrote:
Summer of 2009 memories
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Kanixtant wrote:
IRON MAIDEN!
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withered_fairy wrote:
I changed the wiki because saying it's a cheesy song and it brings back memories is not helpful at all xD
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Ni1985 wrote:
i miss
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ma_nu72 wrote:
*lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala!* 8oD
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alber_ab_94 wrote:
one of the best pop songs of the decade
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billikatten wrote:
love aqua
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MustBeDreaming1 wrote:
tr00 oldsk00l Aqua :-) so catchy!
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Mame89 wrote:
love the song back to the 80's great!!
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Lucky-Lion wrote:
Shame that this song didn´t make it at the German Charts. Love it!
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Dragoonz1993 wrote:
ooo me likey ^_^
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Nagafen1029 wrote:
Somebody gimme a time machine!! :-D
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deepikaur wrote:
This song always makes me smile all big-n-cheesy-like every time I hear it. :]
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felghen wrote:
:o
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feaksamuel wrote:
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.
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Suga_rush wrote:
Aww yay!
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foxmusicbox wrote:
love it!
Track Stats
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