"Back to the 80s" | ||||
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Single by Aqua | ||||
from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
Released | 25 May 2009 | |||
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Recorded | Elektron Studio | |||
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Length | 3:46 | |||
Label | Universal | |||
Songwriter(s) | Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen | |||
Producer(s) | Søren Rasted | |||
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"Back to the 80s" is a song by Norwegian/Danish band Aqua. The song was written by members Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, and produced by Rasted, for their second greatest hits album (2009). "Back to the 80s" was Aqua's first single in eight years, following the release of the 2001 single "We Belong to the Sea".
"Back to the 80s" was released on 25 May 2009 as the lead single from Greatest Hits.
The track name checks 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 Rubik's Cube, Dynasty, Moon Boots, Devo, Bubble Curls, Poltergeist, Barbie (alluding to Aqua's signature song "Barbie Girl" from 1997), and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.