The Wonder Years : 1981

1. X - The Once Over Twice
2. Depeche Mode - New Life
3. OMD - Souvenir
4. Television Personalities - I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives
5. The Specials - Ghost Town
6. Julian Cope and the Teardrop Explodes - Reward
7. Robyn Hitchcock - Brenda's Iron Sledge
8. Squeeze - In Quintessence
9. The Barracudas - (I Wish it Could Be) 1965 Again
10. The dB's - Cycles Per Second
11. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
12. The Replacements - Takin' a Ride
13. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
14. Japan - Visions Of China
15. The Jam - That's Entertainment
16. New Order - Ceremony
17. The Raincoats - Odyshape
18. The Fall - Middle Mass
19. The Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
20. Gang Of Four - Paralysed
21. The Cure - All Cats Are Grey

U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Bucks Fizz win the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song, Making Your Mind Up.

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, is imprisoned for life for 13 counts of murder.

Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales. MTV (Music Television) is launched ( the first video they played was??? ). Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated during a parade by army members who were part of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad organization.

We said hello to Justin Timberlake, Elijah Wood, Paris Hilton, Jessica Alba, Natalie Portman & Beyonce Knowles.

We said goodbye to Bill Haley, Samuel Barber, Joe Louis, Harry Chapin, William Holden, Natalie Wood & Bob Marley.

And the music? Well, if you only ever listen to one 1981 mix, make it this!

1981