" Back to the 80's " is the first single from Aqua's Greatest Hits compilation, and the first Aqua single in 8 years.
The track namechecks a number of 1980s icons, such as Ronald Reagan, orbital satellites, skinny leather ties, Don Johnson, Miami Vice , M&M's, Michael Jackson, Commodore 64s, Soap, Rocky , Cherry Coke, Mr. T, Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, 7 Up, Bananarama, The Breakfast Club , Huey Lewis, Top Gun, shoulder pads, David Hasselhoff, glam rock & hair bands, Bill Cosby, the Rubiks Cube, Dynasty , Moon Boots, Devo, Barber Curls, Poltergeist , Barbie (alluding to Aqua's signature song Barbie Girl from 1997), and Ferris Bueller.
Upon international release of the single, the group decided to change the line "When M&M was just a snack and Michael Jackson's skin was black" from the Danish release to "When M&M was just a snack and Arnie told us I'll be back" . They decided on this, due to the death of Michael Jackson one month after the single was released and the fact that they do not want to offend anybody.
The song will be released as a CD single in France on November 9, 2009. France is the only country receiving a CD release of "Back To The 80s".
Music video
In mid-May it was announced that a video was being made. Due to a lengthy post-production process, the video didn't hit the internet until June 10, 2009. The video features the group in front of a variety of green screen created backgrounds, dressed in eighties rocker fashions. The video is presented in "Aquascope", returning to the Aquarium-era tradition.
Chart performance
The single debuted on June 5, 2009 at number 1 on both the Danish Singles Chart and Airplay Chart. In Norway it debuted at number 8 on the official Norwegian Singles Chart. The single spent six weeks at #1 in Denmark and finally peaked at #3 in Norway and at #25 in Sweden.
Charts
References
- ^ "Aqua Offical MySpace" . http://www.myspace.com/aquaofficialsite . Retrieved 2009-09-11 .
- ^ "New Aqua Greatest Hits on the way". Aquarama.tk . http://www.the-aquarama.com/new119.htm . Retrieved 2009-05-07 .
- ^ http://vip.tv2.dk/musik/article.php/id-24335836.html
- ^ "Back To The 80s gets a CD release in France". Aquarama.tk . http://www.the-aquarama.com/new147.htm . Retrieved 2009-10-25 .
- ^ http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aqua&titel=Back+To+The+80%27s&cat=s
- ^ http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aqua&titel=Back+To+The+80%27s&cat=s
- ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aqua&titel=Back+To+The+80%27s&cat=s
External links
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