- (singing along) ♪ Who you gonna call? ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Ghostbusters ♪
- This will forever be a classic.
♪ (upbeat intro) ♪
- (FBE) We have some awesome '80s songs for you today.
We're gonna see how well you know them.
- Oh my god. I'm so excited.
I love these. These are my favorite.
- I'm excited.
I did a "Do They Know It?" to the '80s music
once before, and I did really well.
- I know the songs, but I don't know anything
about the songs.
- (wryly) I'm so great at recalling musicians and naming songs.
That's totally my strong suit.
- Not very good with songs. Not very good with artists.
But I do my best, and I have fun here.
That's what we do.
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- ♪ They can beg and they can plead ♪
♪ But they can't see the light ♪ - - ♪ (humming beat) ♪
- ♪ That's right ♪
- This sounds so familiar.
- ♪ ...cold hard cash is always Mister Right ♪
- That's true.
- ♪ 'Cause we are living... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...in a material world ♪
- (singing along) ♪ And I am a material girl ♪
- Oh, I love this song! Yes.
- (singing along) ♪ ...material world ♪
- ♪ And I am a material girl ♪
- Oh! That is such a bop.
- (FBE) So do you know this one?
- Uh, "Material Girl" by...
- "Material Girl." Um, artist, I have no idea.
- Hmmm, "Material Girl," Madonna.
- "Material Girl" by Madonna?
- "Material Girl" by Madonna.
- It's "Material Girl," and it's Madonna.
- "Material Girl" by Madonna.
- (FBE) This is "Material Girl" by Madonna.
- [Bleep]. I know Madonna.
- I love her so much. She's an icon in '80s music.
- I think that song's just--
hearing it, it just sounds like a party.
- (FBE) In this music video, Madonna is dressed like Marilyn Monroe
in the number "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."
She actually met her future husband, Sean Penn,
on the set of this music video shoot. - Oh, that's nice.
She met her material boy.
- I knew that but I didn't know how they met, so that's cool.
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- ♪ All I know is that to me ♪
♪ You look like you're lots of fun ♪
- Oh, this song sounds familiar, too.
- (singing along) ♪ Watch out, here I come ♪
- ♪ You spin me right... ♪ - Oh!
♪ ...'round, baby, right 'round ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Like a record, baby ♪
♪ Right 'round, 'round, 'round ♪
- This is an '80s song?
- ♪ ...right 'round, baby, right 'round ♪
♪ Like a record, baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...your love ♪
- ♪ ...l-o-o-o-o-ve ♪
- Wow! I've never thought about the original version of that song.
- (FBE) Do you know this one? - I've heard it,
but I don't think I know the title.
- "Right 'Round." "Baby You Spin Me."
Maybe one of those?
- "You Spin Me Round." I don't know the artist.
- (FBE) This is "You Spin Me Round." It's by Dead or Alive.
- "Dead or Alive."
I don't think I've ever heard of them.
- I have not heard of that, but I feel like I need to look them up
because that was fun.
- (FBE) This song was sampled by rapper Flo Rida and Kesha
on their 2009 number one single, "Right Round."
- Which is a bop.
And I feel like that song even made this song more popular.
- That's why I'm really confused.
The sounds in that original song are just very different
from the version that I've been hearing on the radio.
- Oh, wow. That's a 10 year old song.
I'm feeling old.
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- ♪ Standin' on your mama's porch ♪
♪ You told me... ♪
- The voice definitely sounds familiar.
- I know I've heard it before.
- ♪ Oh, and when you held my hand ♪ - I'm trying to remember where.
- (laughing) I have no idea what this is.
- ♪ ...it was now or never ♪
♪ Those were... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...the best days of my life ♪
Oh, [bleep]. My dad's gonna get mad
if I get this wrong. Who is it?
- ♪ ...or never ♪
♪ Back in the... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...summer of '69 ♪
Aah, I love that song!
- (FBE) Do you know this song?
- Little bits of it sound familiar, but I don't think
I've ever heard this before.
- "Summer of '69," but I just can't think of the artist.
- "Summer of '69." Is it The Boss?
Is it Bruce Springsteen?
- I think the title of the song is "Summer of '69."
Is it Bruce Springsteen?
- "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams?
- (FBE) This is called "Summer of '69."
It's by Bryan Adams. - I have no idea who that is,
nor have I ever heard that song before.
- A-HA! I know a name! I know a name!
- I don't know that I've heard any of his other songs,
but that song's pretty good.
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- ♪ It's not the things you do that tease and hurt me bad ♪
- I'm picturing coconut shells.
- (singing along) ♪ But it's the way you do... ♪
This is from the Lizzie McGuire movie!
- Oh, this song makes me so happy.
- ♪ ...who gives up just like that ♪
- This song is so familiar!
- (singing along) ♪ The tide is high but I'm holding on ♪
- ♪ I'm gonna be your number one ♪ - (lip syncing)
- I feel like I haven't heard this since I was really little.
- (singing along) ♪ ...number one ♪
Aah, who are you? Who are you?
- (FBE) Do you know this song? - (laughing)
Nope!
- I don't know it.
- I know I've heard it,
but i just can't think of the title or the artist.
- "The Tide is High." I don't know the artist.
- "The Tide is High" by Blondie.
- (FBE) This is "The Tide is High" by Blondie.
- "Blondie," okay.
I've heard of Blondie.
- That's one of those songs that gets stuck in your head
and you're just gonna be singing and swaying the whole day.
- It just makes me want to cruise down the PCH
along Malibu with my non-existent convertible
with the top down.
- (FBE) This was actually Blondie's cover of the original song,
recorded by the Jamaican group The Paragons in 1966.
The song gained attention when Blondie's version became
a U.S. and U.K. number one hit. - That's interesting.
Yeah, I kind of got the reggae kind of vibe from it.
- I like when artists do their own version of a song
and then that just brings more recognition
to the original version of the song because they're still
two completely separate different productions,
but they're both awesome.
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- ♪ Hello... ♪ - Oh, yes!
♪ Is it me you're looking for? ♪
- Alex sings this all the time.
- ♪ ...in your eyes ♪
♪ I can see it in your smile ♪
- (feigned sobbing)
- ♪ You're all I've ever wanted ♪ - Oh, this song is so good!
- ♪ ...my arms are open wide ♪
♪ 'Cause you know just what... ♪
- It's times like I wish I knew how to play the piano,
so I could just sit down dramatically and be like...
- ♪ And I want to tell you so much ♪
- (singing along) ♪ I love you ♪
- I like it.
It's very slow and kind of romantic.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No. (laughing)
- I could not tell you.
- It's Lionel Richie. I know that.
"Is It Me"?
- "Hello" by Lionel Richie.
- "Hello" by Lionel Richie?
- (FBE) This is "Hello" by Lionel Richie.
- Oh, [bleep]!
I like it a lot, and I like Lionel Richie, too.
I guess I don't like him as much as I thought I liked him.
- My mom used to play this all the time on car road trips,
so I would hear it over and over again.
- I remember hearing this when I was 10, you know,
and just wanting to cry and I didn't have anything
to cry about. I didn't have a broken heart.
I was 10.
But it's a good cry, you know what I'm saying?
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ I am the modern man ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Secret, secret, I've got a secret ♪
- ♪ Who hides behind... ♪ - I've definitely heard this.
- ♪ Secret, secret, I've got a secret ♪
♪ So no one else can see ♪
- I literally have never heard this song.
- ♪ My true identity ♪
♪ (tempo picking up) ♪
- Ooh!
- This is good. I like this.
I have actually never heard this.
- ♪ Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto... ♪ - Oh.
- That sounds familiar.
- ♪ Domo... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...arigato, Mr. Roboto... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Domo ♪
♪ Domo ♪ (laughing)
That used to be my go-to dance move in pre-school.
It was The Robot.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - I have no idea.
- I don't know what it's called, but I've definitely heard it.
- It's "Mr. Roboto," but I just can't think of the artist.
- "Mr. Roboto" by... ooh, I don't know!
- (FBE) So this is called "Mr. Roboto" by Styx.
- (tsking) See, I would have never guessed these.
- I have definitely heard of them.
I've definitely heard some of their music.
I didn't realize this was them.
- It's so theatrical and over-the-top and I love it because
it hits its mark.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ There's something strange... ♪ - Okay. (laughing)
- ♪ ...in the neighborhood ♪ - Oh my god!
- (singing along) ♪ Who you gonna call? ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Ghostbusters ♪
- ♪ If there's something weird ♪
- ♪ (mumbling lyrics) ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Who you gonna call? ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Ghostbusters ♪
- Why do I not know anybody's names?
- I actually don't know who the artist of this is.
- ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ - ♪ I ain't afraid of no ghost ♪
- Oh, it's so epic!
- This will forever be a classic.
- I don't think I've ever heard this outside of the Ghostbusters movie.
I didn't know this was an actual song.
- (FBE) All right, do you know it?
- Yeah, I know it's "Ghostbusters."
I just can't think of its artist.
- I didn't even know that song had a name.
I just always called it "The Ghostbusters Theme Song."
- It's "Ghostbusters." I don't know who sings it.
But it was in the Ghostbuster's movie!
- (FBE) This is "Ghostbusters," and the artist is Ray Parker Jr.
- "Ray Parker Jr."
I don't think I've ever heard of him.
- I think my kids will know this song.
- This is up there with one of the best movie theme songs
of all time. Like, I would say this is top 10.
- All these are so good.
I feel like I need to make an '80s playlist now.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
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- ♪ Goodbye ♪
- Hey, guys, Alyssa here, a producer from the React channel.
Thanks so much for checking out this '80s episode today.
Let us know in the comments what '80s songs
you want to listen to next. See you next time!