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1980s

New sounds, wider horizons

From The Game to The Miracle, explore production changes, screen connections and the writing voices behind the songs.

  1. 30 June 1980

    The Game

    A new decade in the studio

  2. 8 December 1980

    Flash Gordon

    Music alongside a film

  3. 21 May 1982

    Hot Space

    A change worth examining

  4. 27 February 1984

    The Works

    The album behind the videos

  5. 1985

    Live Aid at Wembley

  6. 2 June 1986

    A Kind of Magic

    Songs and their screen connections

  7. 22 May 1989

    The Miracle

    A record and its shared identity