# Song that epitomizes the 80s

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**Created:** [November 8, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-epitomizes-the-80s/673465 "2013-11-08T22:14:03Z")\
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[“Don’t You Forget About Me”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A).

Thread over.

We could have a whole genre of “Most Xish song of the X’s”.

Obviously for the 90s it is “Smells like Teen Spirit”. So don’t bother with anything else.

My nomination for the 70s is “Heart of Glass” by Blondie.

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