{"id":1027478,"date":"2026-08-27T13:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1027478\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:48:23","slug":"4-forgotten-pop-songs-from-1982-that-still-sound-radio-worthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1027478\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Forgotten Pop Songs From 1982 That Still Sound Radio-Worthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u2019t always have to listen to modern stuff to find radio-worthy hits. Here are some hidden gems from 1982 that still have a kick to them, decades later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t Cha Wanna\u201d by Juicy<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787838500_472_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t Cha Wanna\u201d was the R&amp;B band Juicy\u2019s debut single in 1982. The song has a feel reminiscent of 70s disco, which makes sense, since one of Juicy\u2019s members, Jerry Barnes, was also part of the band <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/4-songs-by-chic-that-still-make-me-wanna-get-up-and-dance\/\" id=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/4-songs-by-chic-that-still-make-me-wanna-get-up-and-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Chic<\/a>. This song asks, are you ready to have the time of your life or not?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Other Woman\u201d by Ray Parker Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787838501_290_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This song is about being unfaithful to your partner, but from the perspective of the person who\u2019s doing the cheating. This song was Parker\u2019s first solo hit, peaking at number four on the\u00a0Billboard Hot 100. He sings about falling in love by accident with someone he probably shouldn\u2019t be in love with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m just the average guy<br \/>I fooled around a little on the side<br \/>Never thought it would amount to much<br \/>Never met a girl whose love was so tough<br \/>Who\u2019d have though a one night stand<br \/>Could turn into such a hot romance<br \/>Mmm, well she did it to me<br \/>I slipped and fell in love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStreet Corner\u201d by Ashford And Simpson<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787838502_242_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Husband and wife duo Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson were not only successful writers for other artists, but they were also great performers. In the 60s, Ashford and Simpson found success writing for artists like the 5th Dimension,\u00a0Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles, before eventually joining the staff at Motown in 1966.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStreet Corner\u201d is a fun song about a lady getting hit on who insists that, no, you\u2019re not gonna find her standing on a street corner. This song is groovy, and I\u2019m surprised it\u2019s not talked about more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan On Your Mind\u201d by Little River Band<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787838503_728_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMan On Your Mind\u201d was released in 1982 as the third single from Little River Band\u2019s album, Time Exposure. This song totally sounds like it\u2019s about someone that\u2019s having boy troubles. That\u2019s why, I suppose, there\u2019s a \u201cman on [her] mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u00a0can feel it floating away<br \/>Inch by inch, day by day<br \/>Love boat set itself free<br \/>Castaway, slipping out to sea<br \/>I can feel it coming adrift<br \/>Even a blind man could see the rift<br \/>From an ocean liner to a Chinese junk<br \/>There ain\u2019t been a ship that can\u2019t be sunk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You don\u2019t always have to listen to modern stuff to find radio-worthy hits. Here are some hidden gems&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1027479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[29],"tags":[42586,171,975,4006,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1027478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1980s","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop-music","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117167793489016510","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1027479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}