▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1984
Middle School
1977–1979Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1980–1984The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1982–1984Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1984–1988Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1989–1993First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
2014
Generation
Gen X
You'd be about
60
🔙 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
Nothing fancy — just 1984, Alvin and the Chipmunks, a can of Hawaiian Punch, a box of Nerds, and the kind of afternoon that disappeared before dinner.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe👕 tee →
- G.I. Joe👕 tee →
- The Smurfs👕 tee →
- Inspector Gadget
- Voltron👕 tee →
- Muppet Babies
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
📰 Headlines
- Reagan reelected (landslide)
- Bhopal disaster
- Indira Gandhi assassinated
- Geraldine Ferraro VP nominee
- HIV identified as AIDS cause
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Apple Macintosh launches (Jan)
- The '1984' Super Bowl ad airs
- Tetris created (USSR)
- CD-ROM introduced
- Sony Discman previewed
🏆 Sports
- Tigers win the World Series
- Celtics win the NBA title
- Raiders win Super Bowl XVIII
- Oilers win the Stanley Cup
- LA Olympics; Mary Lou Retton gold
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Trivial Pursuit mania
- Cabbage Patch Kids
- Transformers toys
- He-Man / Masters of the Universe
- Breakdancing
👖 Clothes
- Acid-wash jeans emerge
- Madonna lace & bangles
- Miami Vice pastels
- Jelly bracelets
- Parachute pants
💵 What it cost
- Gas: $1.21/gal
- Stamp: 20¢
- Movie ticket: ~$3.36
- New car avg: ~$11,000
- Median home: ~$72,400
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
How well do you remember Class of 1984?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1984
“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 1984 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 1984 gear
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