▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1982
Middle School
1975–1977Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1978–1982The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1980–1982Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1982–1986Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1987–1991First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
2012
Generation
Baby Boomer
You'd be about
62
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
A mall-food-court afternoon, 1982: the Smurfs on the TV, a Rubik's Cube out on the floor, and a pack of Starburst within reach.
📼 Saturday cartoons
📰 Headlines
- Falklands War
- Equal Rights Amendment fails
- Vietnam Memorial dedicated
- Tylenol poisonings
- EPCOT opens
💡 Tech & Firsts
- CD player debuts (Sony CDP-101)
- Commodore 64 launches
- Disney's Tron released
- Time names the computer 'Machine of the Year'
- USA Today previewed
🏆 Sports
- Cardinals win the World Series
- Lakers win the NBA title
- 49ers win Super Bowl XVI
- Islanders win the Stanley Cup
- Larry Holmes dominates
🤪 Crazes & fads
- E.T. mania
- 'Pac-Man Fever' song
- Smurfs everywhere
- Garfield merchandise
- Preppy fad
👖 Clothes
- Leg warmers peak
- Parachute pants emerge
- Headbands & sweatbands
- Off-shoulder sweatshirts
- Penny loafers
💵 What it cost
- Gas: $1.28/gal
- Stamp: 20¢
- Movie ticket: ~$2.94
- New car avg: ~$9,900
- Median home: ~$67,800
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
How well do you remember Class of 1982?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1982
“Oh the good ole days before all the controversy. At least Michael is making a comeback!”
— Anonymouson this song →“The back of the band bus, somebody's boombox playing Floyd the whole ride home from the away game. Those bus rides were honestly the best part.”
— Anonymouson this song →
📸 Your Class of 1982 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1982 gear
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