1985 (song)

This article is about the song later rendered by Bowling for Soup. For the song by Paul McCartney and Wings, see Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five. For other songs, see 1985 (disambiguation).
"1985"
Single by Bowling for Soup
from the album A Hangover You Don't Deserve
Released July 27, 2004
Format Digital download, CD single, Airplay
Recorded Red Ruby Productions
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genre Pop punk, power pop
Length 3:13
Label FFROE/Jive/Zomba
Writer(s) Jaret Reddick, Mitch Allan, John Allen
Producer(s) Butch Walker
Certification Platinum (RIAA)
Bowling for Soup singles chronology
"Punk Rock 101"
(2003)		 "1985"
(2004)		 "Almost"
(2005)

"1985" is a 2004 song by SR-71. It was interpreted by the American pop punk band Bowling for Soup which reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was featured on the band's album A Hangover You Don't Deserve.[1] "1985" was originally written and recorded by the band SR-71, led by Mitch Allan.

Origins

According to SR-71's website, Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick (a friend of SR-71) heard the song (from the group's album Here We Go Again) and asked for and received permission to record a cover version.[2] However, according to Bowling for Soup's website, it was Allan that called Reddick to suggest the possible cover.[3] Either way, it was Bowling for Soup's version, with slightly reworked lyrics from the original, that has become familiar to most United States radio listeners and appeared on the charts.

Content

The song is about a middle-aged woman who dislikes modern pop culture, believing that mid-1980s pop culture was better.

The line "Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Way before Nirvana" was changed by the band to "Stacy, Madonna, Melting in the lava" after a tour in 2008 at the Shreikenpeep festival in Berlin, Germany after the fans chanted it before the set. Not all editions have been updated.

References to the culture of the 1980s

Because the Bowling for Soup version of the song differs in lyrics from the SR-71 original, the two versions also differ with respect to some of their references to the 1980s. Certain references were removed from the original and replaced with new ones, while some were added in places where the original song repeated lines.

Detailed references:

Track listing

7" vinyl
  1. "1985" – 3:13
  2. "Make It Up to You" – 3:52
CD single
  1. "1985" – 3:13
  2. "Bipolar" – 2:37
  3. "Major Denial" – 2:22
Digital EP
  1. "1985" – 3:13
  2. "Bipolar" – 2:37
  3. "Major Denial" – 2:22
  4. "Make It Up to You" – 3:52

Radio Disney edit

A separate edit of the song was recorded for Radio Disney. The lyric changes are as follows:

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[5] 22
Irish Singles Chart[5] 36
UK Singles Chart[5] 35
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 23
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 10
US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 5
US Billboard Top 40 Tracks 13

Parodies

Cover versions

The Bowling For Soup version has been covered by Richard Thompson on the live album 1000 Years of Popular Music.

References

  1. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 18, 2004. p. 72. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ↑ Archived July 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "JARED NEWSFLASH! 1985 IS HERE!". bowlingforsoup.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ Joey House
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Bowling for Soup - 1985 - Music Charts". (acharts.us). Retrieved February 16, 2010.

External links

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