What year is it? Dire Straits were playing Romeo and Juliet;
Duran Duran were on Planet
Earth; Kim Carnes had Bette Davies Eyes; and the Specials lived in Ghost Town.
Ronald Reagan became the USA's 40th president; Charles and Diana got married; and there were riots in inner cities across Britain.
Following the programme's forays into the 50s, 60s and 70s, The Rock 'n' Roll Years comes up to date with a new series looking at the 80s, a year at a time, through the news and music of the era.
If you haven't guessed the year, it was 1981.
Series producer Sue Mallinson