Ten years ago, Kevin MacLeod released "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" — now in tens of millions of TikToks, Instagram reels and YouTube videos. Its path shows how music and social media shape one another.

Politics didn't get in the way of enjoying good country music until late in the decade, but even that song — No. 35 on our list — hits different 15 years later. These forgotten songs come from ...

PRICHEP: And a lot of McLeod's music is this sort of stuff - songs like "Sneaky Snitch"... (SOUNDBITE OF KEVIN MCLEOD'S "SNEAKY SNITCH") PRICHEP: ...Or "Fluffing A Duck"... (SOUNDBITE OF KEVIN ...

Our roundup of the best songs of the 1980s will bring you right back to that magical place and time — like you never even left. Our list includes some of the decade's top artists (like Michael ...