VH1’s I Love the ‘80s: Real-life people of 1983

To honor the Now Yearbook: 1983 release in the UK on 25 June 2021, VH1 has compiled you the real life people of 1983 who are presented in every segment of their version of BBC's I Love the '80s series. I'm not including fictional characters.


Resulting segment list
• Makeout Songs of 1983: "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, "True" by the Spandau Ballet, and "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye
• Babes of 1983: Maud Adams, Vanity, Joan Collins, Christie Brinkley, and Rebecca de Mornay
• Hunks of 1983: Lee Horsley, Rob Lowe, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Boxleitner, and Chewbacca
• PSAs of 1983: Smokey Bear - Mask of Joanna Cassidy and "We're not candy!" (about kids finding pills out of the bottle and accidentally eating them) by the Poison Control Center
• Then and Now 1983: Talent shows (Then: "Star Search" / Now: "American Idol"), cell phones (Then: $3,000 / Now: Given away), and home video camera (Then: 6.5 lbs. (Sony Betamovie) / Now: 12 oz. (Sony MicroMV Handycam))
• Mr. and Ms. 1983: Tom Cruise and Ms. Pac-Man
• Born in 1983: Michelle Branch, Bon Jovi, Nintendo, Taylor Hanson, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Break Up Songs of 1983: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey, "Always Something There to Remind Me" by Naked Eyes
• Hip Hop Jam of 1983: "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" by Melle Mel
• Nerds of 1983: Wonka Nerds, LeVar Burton, and Simon Seville
• What the F**k!!! Moment of 1983: The Beach Boys were banned from playing the July 4 celebration because Secretary of the Interior James Watt said he didn't want the wrong element showing up.
• Movies That Should've Been Made in 3-D: "Scarface", "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life", and "Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi"
• Teen Idols of 1983: Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, and Emilio Estevez
• Best On Screen Hookup of 1983: Tom Cruise and Rebecca de Mornay in "Risky Business"
• Biggest Boobs of 1983: Kiss
• Hot Moms of 1983: Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Clark, and Jacqueline Bisset
• Pop Culture Term of 1983: hoser (adjective)
• Guilty or Not Guilty 1983: Cabbage Patch Kids for inciting a riot (guilty)
• Year in Review 1983: "Jaws 3-D", the Quiet Riot, "Reading Rainbow", "Truly Tasteless Jokes", the Jheri curl, "Mr. Mom", "Terms of Endearment", ZZ Top, "Star Search", "Press Your Luck", Monchhichis, Jesse Jackson runs for President, and "D.C. Cab"


Now Yearbook: 1983
1.2. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1) ★
1.3. Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? (4)
1.5. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (5)
1.6. Spandau Ballet - True (4)
1.8. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream (1) ★
1.9. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (1) ★
1.10. Elton John - I'm Still Standing (12)
1.11. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (3)
1.12. Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King (19)
1.16. Men at Work - Down Under (1) ★
2.1. Irene Cara - Flashdance... What a Feeling (1) ★
2.2. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (1) ★
2.14. Shalamar - Dead Giveaway (22)
2.20. Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack - Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (16)
3.3. The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination (8)
3.14. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (3)
4.1. The Police - Every Breath You Take (1) ★
4.2. Toto - Africa (1) ★
4.3. Robert Plant - Big Log (20)
4.8. Duran Duran - Union of the Snake (3)

Now Yearbook Extra: 1983
1.2. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson - Say Say Say (1) ★
1.8. Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind (10)
1.11. Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (1) ★
1.12. The Kinks - Come Dancing (6)
1.16. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Everyday I Write the Book (36)
1.17. Patti Austin and James Ingram - Baby, Come to Me (1) ★
1.18. Hall & Oates - Family Man (6)
2.17. Michael Sembello - Maniac (1) ★

Now Yearbook: 1980–1984 — The Final Chapter
1.2. Eurythmics - Love Is a Stranger (23)
1.16. Elton John - Kiss the Bride (25)
3.4. Rick Springfield - Human Touch (18)
3.7. Hall & Oates - Say It Isn't So (2)
3.9. The Fixx: One Thing Leads to Another (4)
3.13. JoBoxers - Just Got Lucky (36)

Now Yearbook – The Vault: 1983
1.20. Joe Jackson - Breaking Us in Two (18)
3.3. Men at Work - Overkill (3)
3.9. The Kinks - Don't Forget to Dance (29)
3.10. Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton - We've Got Tonight (6)
3.11. Lionel Richie - You Are (4)
3.12. Earth, Wind, & Fire - Fall in Love with Me (17)
4.1. Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya (9)
4.4. The Fixx - Saved by Zero (20)
4.5. The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer (9)
4.8. Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me (8)
4.9. Taco - Puttin' On the Ritz (4)
4.10. Styx - Mr. Roboto (3)
4.11. Laura Branigan - Solitaire (7)
4.12. Pat Benatar - Little Too Late (20)
4.13. Rick Springfield - Affair of the Heart (9)
4.14. Huey Lewis and the News - Heart and Soul (8)
4.15. Asia - Don't Cry (10)
4.16. Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (8)
4.17. John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down (9)
4.18. Hall & Oates - One on One (7)
4.19. Toto - I Won't Hold You Back (10)
4.20. Stephen Bishop - It Might Be You (25)