20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 1980s
Summer movie soundtracks and MTV faves reign over the summers of the Reagan era
11. The Human League, "Don't You Want Me"
In the summer of 1982, the Human League helped kick off 'the Second British Invasion' when this video went into heavy rotation on MTV and rocketed to the top of the Hot 100. Within months, several other UK new wave and synth pop acts like Duran Duran, A Flock of Seagulls and Culture Club had also taken over the American charts.