VH1’s I Love the ‘80s: Real-life people of 1982

To honor the Now Yearbook: 1982 release in the UK on 4 February 2022, VH1 has compiled you the real life people of 1982 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 1982: "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes; and "Truly" by Lionel Richie
• Babes of 1982: Kim Wilde, Rae Dawn Chong, Kirstie Alley, Pia Zadora, and Tootsie
• Hunks of 1982: John Stamos, David Lee Roth, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, and the Soloflex Guy
• PSAs of 1982: Time for Timer's "Sunshine on a Stick" and Alternate Escape Routes in case of a fire ("Learn not to burn") starring Dick Van Dyke
• Then and Now 1982: "Cats" (Then: Forever / Now: Gone), Scott Schwartz (Then: Child star of "The Toy" / Now: Adult film star), and concert tickets for The Who (Then: $25 (farewell tour) / Now: $250 (reunion tour))
• Mr. and Ms. 1982: Eddie Murphy and Heather Locklear
• Born in 1982: Kirsten Dunst, Prince William, Diet Coke, Public Enemy, and liposuction
• Break Up Songs of 1982: "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by the Culture Club, "Only Time Will Tell" by Asia, and "Harden My Heart" by Quarterflash
• Hip Hop Jam of 1982: "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force
• Nerds of 1982: Thomas Dolby, Irwin "Skippy" Handelman, and Sarah Jessica Parker
• What the F**k!!! Moment of 1982: Yale University offered a 14-week course on mastering the Rubik's Cube.
• Movies That Should've Been Made in 3-D: "Annie", "Conan the Barbarian", and "Gandhi"
• Teen Idols of 1982: Ricky Schroder, Duran Duran, and John Stamos
• Best On Screen Hookup of 1982: Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange in "Tootsie"
• Biggest Boob of 1982: Larry Walters
• Hot Moms of 1982: Meredith Baxter, Ms. Pac-Man, and Isabel Sanford
• Pop Culture Term of 1982: gag me with a spoon (phrase)
• Guilty or Not Guilty 1982: Tommy Tutone for criminal negligence (guilty)
• Year in Review 1982: "The $25,000 Pyramid", Epcot, "Quest for Fire", "Cats", BMX, shopping malls, headbands and mesh tops, "Rambo: First Blood", "Rosanna" by Toto, "I Want Candy" by Bow Wow Wow, "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, VCRs, and "Victor/Victoria"


Now Yearbook: 1982
1.6. Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One (37)
1.20. Lionel Richie - Truly (1) ★
2.1. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory (1) ★
2.5. Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down (17)
2.6. Kool & the Gang - Get Down on It (10)
3.1. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1) ★
3.3. The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (1) ★
3.4. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra (1) ★
3.6. Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (1) ★
3.8. Chicago - Hard to Say I'm Sorry (1) ★
4.2. Elton John - Blue Eyes (12)
4.12. Blondie - Island of Lost Souls (37)
4.17. Charlene - I've Never Been to Me (3)

Now Yearbook Extra: 1982
1.15. Junior - Mama Used to Say (30)
1.16. Paul McCartney - Take It Away (10)
2.1. Jennifer Holliday - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (22)
2.7. Hall & Oates - Maneater (1) ★
2.13. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) (9)
3.19. Pat Benatar - Shadows of the Night (13)
3.20. John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane (1) ★

Now Yearbook: 1980–1984 — The Final Chapter
3.14. The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat (2)
4.2. Donna Summer - Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger) (10)
4.6. Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (23)
4.16. Sheena Easton - When He Shines (30)

Now Yearbook Extra: 1980–1984 — The Final Chapter
1.2. The Police - Spirits in the Material World (11)