Acceptable in the 80s

"Acceptable in the 80s"
Single by Calvin Harris
from the album I Created Disco
B-side
  • "This Is the Industry"
  • "Love for You"
Released12 March 2007 (2007-03-12)[1]
Genre
Length
  • 5:34 (album version)
  • 3:35 (single version)
  • 7:35 (demo version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Calvin Harris
Producer(s)Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"Vegas"
(2007)
"Acceptable in the 80s"
(2007)
"The Girls"
(2007)
Music video
"Acceptable in the 80s" on YouTube

"Acceptable in the 80s" is a song by Scottish producer, songwriter and DJ Calvin Harris, taken from his debut studio album I Created Disco. It was released as his debut single on 12 March 2007. The single peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 10 March 2007. p. 29.
  2. ^ Naylor, Tony (13 June 2007). "Calvin Harris: I Created Disco". NME. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (20 November 2023). "The Number Ones: Rihanna's "We Found Love" (Feat. Calvin Harris)". Stereogum. Retrieved 17 December 2023. ...his first two singles, "Acceptable In The 80s" and "The Girls," in 2007, and both were top-10 UK hits. Both are thumping electro-house tracks with Harris' own goofy deadpan vocals.