- ♪ Dun-dun-dun, dun-dun ♪ ♪ Duh-nah-nah-nah-nah ♪
♪ Duh-duh-duh-duh ♪
- Yo! (laughs) - Everyone knows this song!
- Yeah, Take On Me.
- What is this song?
- I don't know, I think that's the challenge?
(bell rings)
- Oh! - Oh, I'm gonna do bad.
- ♪ Take on me ♪ - ♪ On me ♪
- ♪ Take on me ♪
- ♪ Take me on ♪
- ♪ Take on me ♪
- ♪ I'll be gone ♪ - You got it, you got it.
- ♪ In a day or two ♪
- (React) Yeah!
- It'd be like scary, you know?
- Yeah. - I think it would feel weird,
turning into paper. (laughs)
- Oh my God, I love A-ha.
- One of the most classic '80s music videos too,
that's Take On Me.
- (React) And the artist is?
- The guy who wrote Take On Me.
- (React) We're gonna be watching a bunch of '80s songs,
in a video of Do You Guys Know These '80s Songs?
- I'm gonna fail so badly.
- In my defense, I was not even born 'til 2007.
- (React) You're disgusting.
Moving on! (both laugh)
- This is Let's Get Physical, yeah?
Okay, okay. - Oh!
(Jeremiah laughs)
- ♪ Physical, physical ♪ - Uh...
Oh? What the hell?
- (gasps) Olivia Newton-John! - (React) Yeah, girl!
- Of course!
- Mm-hmm.
This one feels like I can, I'm looking into a time machine, too.
- ♪ Let's get physical, physical ♪
- Yeah, that's like what Drake be wearing
in that Way Too Sexy video.
- ♪ Physical, physical ♪ - ♪ Let's get into physical ♪
- Oh wow!
- What is going on?
- I'm rather intrigued, I think you could say,
about this one.
- ♪ Let me hear your body talk ♪
- I would not wanna be in that gym.
- It's very small.
- Yeah! - Very...
- I do know the name Let's Get Physical.
I don't know the artist, though.
- (React) Are you guys fans of Grease?
- Yeah! - Oh.
- (gasps) Oh my God, the girl on Grease, her?
- What? - I don't know her name,
but she's pretty.
- Olivia Newton-John.
- Funnily enough, I only know her through Xanadu.
- I think it really captures the aesthetic of the '80s, you know?
- (React) What do you think that song is obviously about?
- Let's [censored].
- (React) Hell yeah. - Get straight to the point.
- Dude, '80s workout outfits go hard.
- The butt jiggling, that was just... - Those thighs.
- Wow, what? - Ooh, like...
(crunches)
They're like the turkey legs you get from Disneyland.
Big enough to share. (laughs) - Ugh!
I... (both laugh)
- (React) Next video, next video!
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- I need to give it a second. - Wait.
- I don't recognize the music video right away.
- Love... - Wait, I feel like I know it.
Um, um, um, um...
- ♪ But you're not home ♪ - I don't.
- Yeah, I don't. - Hmm.
- I don't know actually.
- I don't know this! - I don't know this one.
- Look very fierce.
- There's not much going on in the music video.
- Yeah.
- ♪ Your mind ♪ - Your mind.
- ♪ Is not your own ♪
- I like the band he's got going on though,
the ensemble's...
- The girls look way too serious.
- They feeling it, they said... - They look like models.
- Wait, is this it? Of the music video, like,
no new backgrounds? Interesting.
- I feel like I've heard it in a movie.
- You're Addicted To Love.
- That's the song name?
- (React) That was Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love.
- Robert Palmer. - (React) Mm-hmm.
- That's perfect for a movie, I would never listen to it.
- (React) Visually considered like an iconic video from the '80s.
- (gasps) Really? - (React) Mm-hmm.
- Oh my God.
- I can understand why it's iconic,
but also, it is not a good video.
- He was very,
it was very like a main character moment for him, you know what I mean?
- Yeah.
- If it were my song, and I were the star,
I wouldn't make myself look worse than the people behind me.
- Honestly. - But that's just me.
- ♪ The lights are on ♪ ♪ But you're not home ♪
- I guess it was like about as chill as Let's Get Physical,
but it wasn't as physical, so that's why it was more chill.
- (React) Yeah. (laughs)
- It was giving very wilkommen, bienvenue.
- What is that? - What is that, Cabaret!
- Thumbs up. (fireworks exploding)
- This song was pretty good. - (React) Okay.
- Not very popular. - (React) Alright, ooh boy.
- Not my taste.
- Oh. (Jeremiah laughs)
- Okay, okay, okay. I do know this one.
I've never seen this music video though, actually.
- Oh, we know this song. - ♪ We can dance if we want to ♪
- Yes!
It reminds me of do the roar from Shrek.
Do the roar!
- ♪ As long as we abuse it ♪ ♪ Never gonna lose it ♪
- This is a head bop song. - ♪ Everything'll work out right ♪
- I forget the name of the band.
It's either Men At Work or Devo.
- (React) Men Without Hats. - Men Without, it's neither! (laughs)
- This isn't the first kind of thing I would think of,
like, when it comes to this song.
- You don't think like medieval get-together.
- Yeah.
- ♪ It's the safety dance ♪ ♪ Oh yes, the safety dance ♪
- Yeah, I have no clue what this is.
I'm trying to figure it out.
- We can dance, can we? Yeah.
- This is a very iconic song.
- Really? - Yeah!
- (React) Alright. - That's amazing!
- (React) Alright, what is the name of that song?
- We Can Dance If We Want. - (React) No.
- No, actually it's not? - (React) No.
- The what?
- (React) The Safety Dance is what that's called.
- Oh, yes. (laughs)
- (sighs) You can go first. (Jaxon laughs)
- ♪ Dun-dun ♪ ♪ Duh-duh-duh-dun ♪
As soon as that plays, you exactly what it is.
- (React) Mm-hmm. - Well, maybe not for you, but...
- It's iconic, though, I love it.
- It's almost like a Power Ranger pose or something,
you know, like a power pose. - (React) Yeah, yeah.
(Jeremiah laughs)
- ♪ Oh yes, the safety dance ♪
- I feel like I'm in an anime.
(Goten and Trunks screaming)
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Oh my goodness, that synth just went crazy in my ear.
- ♪ I'm M.C. Kat on the rap ♪ ♪ So mic it ♪
♪ Here's a little story ♪ ♪ And you're sure to like it ♪
- Ooh, it flows so hard.
- That grin, 'cause you know this is a good song!
- ♪ Paula Abdul ♪
- ♪ Baby ♪ - Ooh Paula Abdul!
- Oh my God!
- Oh my goodness. - Okay!
- ♪ You like the movies ♪ ♪ And I like TV ♪
- Oh look, oh damn!
- He's getting it, look at that boy go!
- ♪ Come together ♪ ♪ 'Cause opposites attract ♪
- This reminds me of High School Musical.
Doesn't it? Like, get your head in the game!
- I never saw High School Musical.
(crowd gasps)
- No, I think I like this one, actually.
- Oh my God, I love this!
And I don't know why that guy, is he a cat?
- (React) (laughs) Yeah. - He's fine.
- (React) His name is MC Skat Kat. - He's fine!
- (React) Yeah, great. - He's fictional.
- It's my first time hearing it, and I do like it, it's funky.
- I think the music video's also really entertaining.
- (React) They were inspired by when Gene Kelly
danced with Jerry the Mouse from Tom and Jerry,
back in the day.
- Hmm. - That's so cute.
- Maybe like, the creativity is just there.
- (React) Okay. - I feel like I can appreciate that.
- (React) What did you think of the song?
- It was pretty good.
- (React) Who was the artist? - Paula Abdul.
- (React) Boom! - And Skat Kat.
- (React) And the song was called...
- (both) Opposites attract.
- (React) Boom, what do we think? - Amazing!
- ♪ Hey ♪
- Okay.
- This is an interesting music video style. (laughs)
- He just looks like he's constipated, you know?
- Oh my gosh!
I haven't heard this in a fat minute.
- Yeah, it's like they're doing stop motion with him.
- Yeah.
- I respect the effort, I just don't like it.
- Why don't people get this creative with music videos anymore?
- He looks very uncomfortable.
- I don't like it. Ugh!
- (React) Alright. (laughs)
- Amazing. - Yeah.
- I think it was super cool.
- ♪ Sledgehammer ♪ Isn't there a song about that?
- (React) That's the song. (laughs)
- Is that!?
♪ Sledgehammer ♪ ♪ Dah-dah, dah-dah ♪
You know what I'm talking about?
- (React) I mean, I just listened to the video Sledgehammer with you,
so I think that's what you're talking about? (laughs)
- There's no way this is the same song.
There is no way.
- (React) Peter Gabriel and Sledgehammer.
- Gotcha.
- I'm so confused, like, I just, I don't,
I can't process what I just watched.
- (React) To make that video, he would lay on the ground
under a glass plate for 16 hours a day.
- Ugh!
- Oh, 16 hours, oh my God.
- No wonder he looked so uncomfortable!
- Respect it.
- (React) Respect it, don't love it? - No.
- Do we rate it out of 10? - (React) Sure, go for it.
- I'd give it more of like a seven.
It's not my type of music, but I can see myself listening to it.
Just popping up. - (React) Okay.
- I completely forgot the song, I can just imagine him with like...
- Why'd you tell us to rate it out of 10,
if you don't know the song?
- I don't know why I did it! I didn't think about...
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Back with the shoulder movement.
- ♪ We are young ♪
- ♪ Heartache to heartache ♪ - (gasps) I do know this!
- ♪ We stand ♪ - Ooh!
- I like this beat way more than the last one though,
I gotta just be honest. - And I like the dancing in this one.
- Love Is A Battlefield, baby! - By who?
- Ah shoot. Pat Benatar!
- (React) Nailed it! - (gasps) I love Pat Benatar!
- ♪ Love is a battlefield ♪
- Oh my God, wait, I know this one!
- He looks like, he's shocked. - (laughs) Distraught.
- He's like that did not just happen.
(Jeremiah laughs)
- ♪ So long ♪
- Oh my God, this song is so good!
- Pat Benatar is an icon of the '80s.
- Yeah. - A lot going on here.
- How did the song do? - (React) Amazing.
- Well, yeah. - (React) Big deal.
- It's really good.
- Um, I was a little confused, in the beginning,
just 'cause I was like oh, like her, and her man,
they're dancing in the club, and then she's like no,
and she just throws water on him,
and I was like oh, okay, well, good for you!
- I feel like she was rejecting that guy,
and he looked very sad in the end.
- Mm-hmm.
- But they were leaving, because they didn't feel comfortable.
They were doing the safety dance.
(both laugh)
- (React) Pat Benatar was just inducted
into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame like a month ago.
- Oh wow.
- (Angel) Love it. - Love, love, love, love.
- That sounds like a road trip song, you feel me?
Like just one that's in the mix somewhere,
you don't know where.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- This is scary.
- ♪ I won't be coming home tonight ♪
- (laughs) This is scary.
- ♪ My generation ♪ ♪ Will put it right ♪
- These are like the grotesque, like caricature puppets.
- I don't like this!
- ♪ That we know ♪ ♪ We'll never keep ♪
♪ Too many men ♪ ♪ There's too many people ♪
- This is awful, you were not kidding.
(React laughs)
- [Censored].
- I love the ugly muppets. They're so cute!
- (React) These are all puppet versions of celebrities
and singers of the time.
- That's Michael Jackson. (both laugh)
- I don't like that! Forget that video, oh my God!
- They're so scary, it's like nightmare fuel.
- And you like that?
- I was a bit taken aback from the music
by the visuals on that one. (laughs)
- I think I listened to the song a bit, yeah.
It was there, I was definitely aware of it.
- When it first came on, what the what?
- (React) The first visual? - Don't put it back.
- (React) I'll put it back. - Joe!
- (React) I'll put it back. - Stop it!
- (React) That guy. (Angel screams)
That's Ronald Reagan.
- Why is he foaming at the mouth?
- Those remind me of like Jeff Dunham puppets,
you know what I mean? - (React) Yeah, yeah!
That was Land of Confusion by Genesis.
You liked the song though? - The song was good.
- I did not care for the song.
- I think the title matches the video.
- I was gonna say the same thing.
There's definitely a land of confusion when you watch that video.
- That was great. I didn't like it.
(React laughs)
- ♪ Life is a mystery ♪ ♪ Everyone must stand alone ♪
- I think everybody was just dramatic back...
- ♪ I hear you call my name ♪ ♪ And it feels ♪
- He's fine as hell, who is that!?
Who is that? - ♪ Home ♪
- ♪ When you call my name ♪ - Oh.
- Oh, wait! - ♪ It's like a little prayer ♪
- No. (laughs) - ♪ I'm down on my knees ♪
♪ I wanna take you there ♪ - ♪ You there ♪
Ah, there we go, I knew!
- I thought it was I Wanna Dance With Somebody,
for like a half second. - Yeah, I kinda thought that too.
- Is that Madonna, right?
- That is Madonna, yeah.
- It's Madonna? That's Madonna?
What the [censored]!
- ♪ I wanna take you there ♪
- Oh, I love this, she's so beautiful.
He is!
- (React) Who was the artist? You know the artist!
- I feel like her name, she looks like a Debra.
- I've only ever seen Madonna with the blonde hair.
- Me too! - Wow!
- We love Madonna here. - And we love him.
Who is that? (React laughs)
- That's Madonna? - (React) That's Madonna.
- Oh my God!
- (React) That video,
where she falls in love with a black saint in a church.
(Dani gasps)
Was banned and condemned by the Vatican.
- Oh wow.
- Jesus is a sexy man. I don't know.
(React laughs)
- (React) Madonna said it's about religious ecstasy,
but others think the song is about oral sex.
- Mmm, I'm sure, you know, art is interpreted in many ways.
(both laugh)
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Prince. - (React) Mm-hmm.
- I wanna know this one! - When Doves Cry.
- (React) Nailed it!
- Prince? Yeah, okay.
- Classic.
- Okay, Prince. - Prince! (screams)
Ooh, I know this song!
- Dang, Prince, why you looking at me like that?
- I know! (both laugh)
- I can't tell if he's sexy or creepy. (laughs)
- Yeah, his eyes are very like...
- She's so lucky! (React laughs)
- What was the other very famous song that he did?
He's like ♪ Ooh ♪
- (React) Oh, Kiss. - Yeah. (laughs)
I like how you knew it immediately as soon as I went ooh!
- ♪ Dah dah dah ♪ - Ow!
- ♪ Dah-dah dah-nah ♪ ♪ Dah dah-dah-dah ♪
♪ Dah-dah dah-nah ♪
- (React) What do we think of Prince?
- Icon. - King.
Not even Prince, King.
- He's okay.
- He's a good singer, good artist.
But he is really creepy, when he looks, he's like...
- Yeah. - He was looking into my soul.
- Yeah, just a bit too long, you know?
- One of the most talented musicians ever.
- Ever.
- (React) Another video, very controversial at the time.
It was deemed too sexual by the ad execs.
They would hate to be around today.
Oh my God. - I know.
- The '80s was very modest, oh my gosh.
- (React) What do we think of this song?
- I like this one. - 10 fingers.
- (React) Ooh, 10 out of 10? - He has a lot of good ones.
Love Purple Rain.
- ♪ Ah ♪ - Nail in the coffin.
- Oh shoot, wait, wait, wait! Oh, oh, oh!
What's his name? What's his name, oh my God!
- He's in The Wedding Singer. - (React) Yes!
(Jeremiah laughs)
- Who is this? Who is it?
- ♪ Hey little sister ♪ ♪ Who's your Superman ♪
- Oh my freaking God,
he was just put on the Walk of Fame!
White Wedding, baby. - (React) There you go.
- Oh my God, who is it?
- I vibe with it.
- ♪ It's a nice day for a ♪ - Rock and roll, man!
- You are killing me right now. What's his name?
- Did this also piss off the Vatican?
(React laughs) - Yeah. (laughs)
- ♪ Start again ♪
- (React) There you go!
- White Wedding? - I need to know who that is.
Who is that?
- No, do not say it. I'm pulling up my Spotify.
- (React) No, you can't cheat. - No, I know his name, though!
- (React) You can't cheat. No, you don't know his name.
- I do know his name! - I totally know his name.
- (React) Yeah, Paulina knows.
- Yeah, it's White Wedding by Billy Zane.
- (React) (laughs) Billy Zane! - Right?
- (React) No, Billy. - No, Billy!
- Billy Idol! - (React) There you go!
- Oh my God, you suck so much!
Oh my God!
- (React) What did you think of his style?
- I love it. - Aw, so. (kisses)
- Loved it. - Very bad boy.
- Yeah. - You know?
- That was cool, he's hot, so he made it work.
- '80s music videos are a lot more entertaining than I thought.
- Oh my God, yeah.
- Y'all just put me onto so many songs, wow.
- (React) Bam! - No, like the '80s had so many bops.
- Now it's just kinda repetitive. - Now it's like
♪ A, B, C, D ♪ - ♪ E, F-U ♪
- We're gonna get so much hate for that.
- Oh my God, they're gonna be like... - She's a TikToker.
- Why would they do that? - You're so mean!
- Ugh!
- So, the lyrics actually go way deeper than that.
- Way deeper than that, they have a meaning...
- The A stands for acronym. (laughs)
- Exactly, so don't play with her, and don't disrespect her name.
- (React) You guys are all talking [censored],
but I know you like that song.
- Yes. (both laugh)
- Thank you guys for going down this '80s rabbit hole with us!
- (React) Name five things from the '80s, go!
- '80s music. - Madonna!
- '80s clothes.
- Those big phones that are like this big.
- Oh yeah, there you go.
- Children. - The color block jackets.
- Big hair!
- Scrunchies. - Leopard print.
- Leg warmers.
- Perms.
- Oh my God, what's it called?
Pfft, cocaine! (group laughs)