Video Decade: 80s
This is the 80s video lane inside Smells Like Gen X — filtered straight to the decade-specific rewinds, countdowns, explainers, skits, and nostalgia damage tied to this era.
80s Video Lanes
Use these routes when you want this decade filtered through topic or format instead of scrolling the full archive blind.
Songs, charts, and radio damage
Jump into music-focused video rewinds, chart countdowns, and the songs that still own way too much of your internal operating system.
Multiplex and VHS brain rot
Go straight to movie-focused videos for box office chaos, rewatchables, franchise overkill, and the films that still live on your mental shelf.
Comfort-TV and rerun DNA
Network dominance, forgotten shows, ad-break trauma, and exactly the kind of screen exposure that built your personality defects.
Toy aisle glory and regret
Plastic obsessions, shelf lust, forgotten lines, and all the little pieces of consumer manipulation you now remember fondly.
Ranked nostalgia hits
Use the countdown lane when you want the cleanest list-driven rewind experience instead of free-roaming like a feral mall child.
80s Videos
Everything currently tagged into the 80s video archive.
The Top 5 Songs THIS WEEK In 1987!
These are the top 5 songs for the week ending June 27th in 1987! How many of these…
The Top 5 Songs Today Jan 29th In 1984
🎧 On this day — January 29, 1984: the charts were stacked. Here are the Top 5 Songs…
The Top 5 Songs From Jan 23rd 1983!
Relive January 23rd, 1983 🔥 Here are the Top 5 songs that were owning the charts: 1. “Down…
The Mystery of Jessie’s Girl By Rick Springfield
🎸 The Mystery of “Jessie’s Girl” (and the Mirror Smash That Took Forever) Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl” isn’t…
The Top Hip Hop Songs Of The 80’s!
🔥 **Top Hip Hop Songs of the 80’s** — the golden era where boom-bap, breakbeats, and block-party energy…
DON’T MISS THE REWIND
80s is only one lane.
Go broader with all videos, jump by topic, or head back to YouTube for the full mess.