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Coffee Break: Totally 80s!

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

August 18, 2025

A cassette tape.
A cassette tape.Sapto Cahyono

Monday marks the 39th anniversary of Bon Jovi’s stellar album, Slippery When Wet. The stellar album hit no. 1 on the U.S. charts and sold over 28 million copies worldwide. It also gave us the gems "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Livin' On A Prayer."

The 80s also brought with it a plethora of great music full of guitar riffs, keytars, and synthesizers. Let’s hop in our musical time machine and go back…to the 80s!

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what 80s songs would you like to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
Killing Joke- Eighties
The Jets- Crush on You
Roxette- The Look
Bon Jovi- Livin' On A Prayer
Big Country- In A Big Country
Talk Talk- Talk Talk