Eighties (song)
| "Eighties" | ||||
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| Single by Killing Joke | ||||
| from the album Night Time | ||||
| B-side | "The Coming Mix" | |||
| Released | 30 March 1984 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 3:51 | |||
| Label | E.G. | |||
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| "Eighties" on YouTube | ||||
"Eighties" is the lead single from English post-punk band Killing Joke's fifth studio album, Night Time (1985), produced by Chris Kimsey. The song had been premiered during a three track live performance for UK TV show The Tube in December 1983. Upon its release, the single reached No. 60 in the UK Singles Chart.
A short snippet of "Eighties" was the opening theme to the 2002 sitcom That '80s Show. It was used for a party scene in the 1985 movie Weird Science. It is also used as the theme song for the Investigation Discovery series The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade. It was also used as the music at the closing credits of Season 1, Episode 6, "Bent", of The Lincoln Lawyer.