▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1985
Middle School
1978–1980Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1981–1985The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1983–1985Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1985–1989Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1990–1994First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
2015
Generation
Gen X
You'd be about
59
🔙 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
1985. A mixtape-making night. You had a Fruit Roll-Up, a can of Slice, and just enough of the day left to snap a Trapper Keeper shut between classes.
📼 Saturday cartoons
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe👕 tee →
- ThunderCats👕 tee →
- G.I. Joe👕 tee →
- The Smurfs👕 tee →
- Inspector Gadget
- Voltron👕 tee →
- Muppet Babies
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Jem👕 tee →
📰 Headlines
- Reagan-Gorbachev Geneva summit
- 'New Coke' launched, then reversed
- Live Aid concerts (July 13)
- Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
- Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader
💡 Tech & Firsts
- NES launches in the US
- Windows 1.0 ships (Nov)
- Super Mario Bros. released
- Nintendo Zapper / R.O.B.
- CD-ROM goes commercial
🏆 Sports
- Royals win the World Series
- Lakers win the NBA title
- 49ers win Super Bowl XIX
- Oilers win the Stanley Cup
- Villanova upsets Georgetown
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Teddy Ruxpin debuts
- Nintendo craze begins
- 'We Are the World'
- Pound Puppies
- Garbage Pail Kids
👖 Clothes
- Members Only jackets peak
- Acid-wash denim
- Shoulder pads
- Jordache & Guess jeans
- Neon clothing
💵 What it cost
- Gas: $1.20/gal
- Stamp: 22¢
- Movie ticket: ~$3.55
- New car avg: ~$11,500
- Median home: ~$75,500
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
🥤 In the fridge
How well do you remember Class of 1985?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1985
“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 1985 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 1985 gear
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