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There were some excellent songs from the 1980s, but just how well do you know them? Can you name them with just the first ...

There are so many of those shows. The ones where you can be in the kitchen cooking dinner and hear a few notes of the theme song a know immediately what is on. Or where the song is so iconic and ...

This multiple-choice quiz challenges you to match the hit 1980s song to the movie it was made for.

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Top to bottom, left to right: The Birds, Jaws, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos courtesy Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, Compass International Pictures ...

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