The song that defined a decade

Whether I like it or not, I'm an 80s boy, and as a result I find it impossible to hear this song and not think of:

 

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Flashdance, Wall Street, Live Aid, MacGyver, Baywatch, 80s rock hair (e.g. David Coverdale,) Fluorescent socks, Brothers in Arms on CD, Reagan, The Cosby Show, Thriller, hairy metal, Max Headroom, Thundercats, Muppet Babies, the power of Greyskull, Gary Coleman, pocket calculators, cthat Ghostbusters computer game, War Games, Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth, The A Team, Knight Rider, birthday parties at McDonald's, always falling asleep before the end of Star Wars when it was shown on TV, bright orange t-shirts, green flash trainers, Daley winning double gold at the 1984 Olympic Games, Airwolf, Street Hawk, Jelly Shoes, Doogie Howser MD, 'Hey McFly', No 73, Gremlins being microwaved, that man in Police Academy who does the sound effects being the funniest man alive, caravans, hair metal in the school minibus, borrowing Mark Baker's leather jacket, Betamax, loading up computer games by cassette, Pacman, being bitted by a friends dog after I provoked it, reading every cricket book I could get my hands on, shoulder pads, Dr Who being rubbish, package holidays, drum machines, Ban the Bomb, collecting Pannini soccer stickers, no one ever dying in The A Team, SuperTed, 'Just Say No', being told I look like Zammo from Grange Hill, discovering there is no such thing as Father Christmas, inflicting our music of choice on our parents whenever we went on a long car journey, holidays in the UK, and so much more...