MUSIC ACROSS THE OLYMPIADS. Today: 1980-84. Continues tomorrow.

As the world’s elite athletes compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Caffè Lattè will focus on the best music that emerged during each Olympiad. Each period considers songs from the years prior to the new Games.

MUSIC ACROSS THE OLYMPIADS

 

Numerous countries, including the U.S.A. boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980 because of Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan. Four years later, the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc countries boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

This was the time of massive sales for disco music, led by the ‘Saturday Night Fever’ movie soundtrack. Later, Michael Jackson would break records with his ‘Thriller’ album.

1980

🥇 I FEEL LOVE Donna Summer

 

🥈 Y.M.C.A. Village People

🥉 I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor

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🥇 BEE GEES

🥈 DONNA SUMMER

🥉 FLEETWOOD MAC

 

🏅ALBUMS

🥇 Rumours FLEETWOOD MAC

🥈 THE STRANGER Billy Joel

🥉 GUILTY Barbra Streisand

1984

🥇 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 

🥈 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police

🥉 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

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🥇 MICHAEL JACKSON

🥈 PRINCE

🥉 BILLY JOEL

🏅ALBUMS

 

🥇 Thriller MICHAEL JACKSON

🥈 Purple Rain PRINCE

🥉 An Innocent Man BILLY JOEL

 

🏊🏾🏋️ LEADERBOARD 🚵‍♀️🏃‍♀️

COUNTRY:	G	S	B
U.S.A.	39	33	36
UNITED KINGDOM	9	5	4
ITALY	3	1
SWEDEN	1	1	3
AUSTRALIA	1
FRANCE		2