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On the date

Monday, September 17, 1984

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sound

The static on my Walkman finally clears, and John Waite’s "Missing You" cuts through the humid morning air, making me crank the volume just to drown out the screeching brakes of the school bus. My oversized sweatshirt feels heavy and damp against my skin, but I’m too busy fiddling with the dial to care about the heat. Everything about this Monday morning feels totally grody, from the smell of exhaust to the generic news on the radio about some factory strike. I’m just trying to stay chill, tapping my fingers against my knees until the drums kick in and the world outside the window disappears.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Missing You

John Waite

The must-have

Transformers

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

awesomebodaciouscheesychill

Valley Girl

as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally

Hip Hop

baddefdopeflyfreshword

Yuppie

greed is goodpower lunchnetworking

Catchphrases of 1984

  • Where's the beef?
  • I'll be back
  • Who you gonna call?

Tech Check

Apple Macintosh, CD-ROM & Flash Memory.

Style of 1984

Silhouette: Athletic and layered

Material: Spandex and sweat

  • Leg warmers
  • Headbands
  • Oversized sweatshirts

Cost of Living (1980)

Loaf of Bread

$0.50

Gallon of Gas

$1.19

Average Home

$47,200

New Car

$7,200

Time Elapsed

15,236 days ago

(41 years, 271 days)