Eighties (song)

"Eighties"
Single by Killing Joke
from the album Night Time
B-side	"The Coming Mix"
Released	April 1984
Genre	Post-punk
Length	3:51
Label	E.G.
Songwriter(s)	Jaz Coleman Paul Ferguson Paul Raven Kevin Walker
Producer(s)	Killing Joke Chris Kimsey
Killing Joke singles chronology
"Me or You?" (1983) "Eighties" (1984) "A New Day" (1984)
Music video
"Eighties" on YouTube

"Eighties" is the lead single from English post-punk band Killing Joke's fifth studio album, Night Time (1985), produced by Chris Kimsey. The song had been premiered during a three track live performance for UK TV show The Tube in December 1983.^[1] Upon its release, the single reached No. 60 in the UK Singles Chart.

A short snippet of "Eighties" was the opening theme to the 2002 sitcom That '80s Show. It was used for a party scene in the 1985 movie Weird Science. It is also used as the theme song for the Investigation Discovery series The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade. It was also used as the music at the closing credits of Season 1, Episode 6, "Bent", of The Lincoln Lawyer.