![]() Even Billy Joel's " We Didn't Start the Fire" is back on the charts, courtesy of Fall Out Boy, though "much-deserved" is in the eye of the beholder there. Now, thanks to Barbie, Indigo Girls' 1989 classic " Closer to Fine" is having its own much-deserved moment. Luke Combs' cover of Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit " Fast Car" has become a left-field sensation, thanks to the original being one of the best songs ever written. Kate Bush's 1985 song " Running Up That Hill" became one of the biggest hits of 2022, thanks in part to its placement on the TV show Stranger Things. The last year or so has been a bonanza for the pop-music canon of the mid- to late 1980s, with enough data points to constitute a trend. ![]() This essay originally appeared in NPR Music's weekly newsletter. No one's forgotten Janet Jackson, of course, but we're still (wildly over)due for a true Janaissance.
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