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December 16, 1989: Kate Bush held steady in the top spot on the Billboard Modern Rock chart with “Love and Anger.” Here ...
12/17/2025

December 16, 1989: Kate Bush held steady in the top spot on the Billboard Modern Rock chart with “Love and Anger.” Here are the 30 biggest modern rock tracks from this week 36 years ago back in ‘89 (tap the chart for the complete 30)

December 16, 1989: Technotronic had the  #1 song on the Top 40/Dance crossover chart with “Pump Up The Jam”.  The Top 40...
12/17/2025

December 16, 1989: Technotronic had the #1 song on the Top 40/Dance crossover chart with “Pump Up The Jam”. The Top 40/Dance crossover chart was based on airplay reports from stations that combined Top 40, Dance and Urban Music genres into their format. Here are the 30 most played songs on those stations (tap on the chart to expand)

Retro Reaction Poll: Pick A 1989 Flick! Sea of Love vs Steel Magnolias vs Driving Miss Daisy
12/17/2025

Retro Reaction Poll: Pick A 1989 Flick! Sea of Love vs Steel Magnolias vs Driving Miss Daisy

Shenandoah had the Top county song in America 36 years ago this week with “Two Dozen Roses”. Here are the top 20 country...
12/16/2025

Shenandoah had the Top county song in America 36 years ago this week with “Two Dozen Roses”. Here are the top 20 country songs from the week of December 16, 1989….

Winding Down ‘89 On MTV! Here are the music videos MTV was spotlighting during the week of December 16, 1989! The list o...
12/16/2025

Winding Down ‘89 On MTV! Here are the music videos MTV was spotlighting during the week of December 16, 1989! The list of videos, broken down into seven rotation categories, were compiled by MTV and published in Billboard Magazine. Tap on the chart below to view the full programming schedule:

Albums of late ‘89! All 3 of these albums were holding down a spot in the Top 10 on the U.S. Album Chart 36 years ago th...
12/16/2025

Albums of late ‘89! All 3 of these albums were holding down a spot in the Top 10 on the U.S. Album Chart 36 years ago this week in 1989 (Source: Billboard 200 Album Chart Dated December 16, 1989)

Rewind To ‘89! On Deck Over On The Hot 100: December 16, 1989: In a sign of things to come in a week over on the Hot 100...
12/16/2025

Rewind To ‘89! On Deck Over On The Hot 100: December 16, 1989: In a sign of things to come in a week over on the Hot 100 pop chart, Phil Collins remains at #1 here on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for the third consecutive week with “Another Day In Paradise”. Here are the top 20 AC CHART songs from this week back in ‘89:

Wild Card Wednesday finale!!! The final new episode of Wild Card Wednesday airs tomorrow!106 songs peaked at  #3 on the ...
12/16/2025

Wild Card Wednesday finale!!! The final new episode of Wild Card Wednesday airs tomorrow!

106 songs peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in the 80s and Charlie will be bringing them all to you in chronological order on tomorrow’s Wild Card Wednesday eight hour grand finale! Join Charlie from 11am-7pm eastern tomorrow! Replay on Sunday from 1pm-9pm eastern immediately following the Smooth Sailing Sunday finale!

Great Week For The Piano Man! December 16, 1989: Billy Joel takes over the top spot on the Billboard 200 Album chart wit...
12/16/2025

Great Week For The Piano Man! December 16, 1989: Billy Joel takes over the top spot on the Billboard 200 Album chart with his eleventh studio album “Storm Front.” He also had the #1 song over on the Hot 100 with “We Didn’t Start The Fire”. Here are the Top 20 albums from this week 36 years ago back in 1989....

On the rock chart in late 1989: These three songs were all sitting in the Top 30 on the U.S. Rock Chart 36 years ago thi...
12/16/2025

On the rock chart in late 1989: These three songs were all sitting in the Top 30 on the U.S. Rock Chart 36 years ago this week back in 1989 (Source: Billboard Rock Tracks Chart Dated December 16, 1989)

Bottom 20 Rewind! While Billy Joel was entering his second and final week at  #1 on TOP of the Billboard Hot 100 with “W...
12/16/2025

Bottom 20 Rewind! While Billy Joel was entering his second and final week at #1 on TOP of the Billboard Hot 100 with “We Didn’t Start The Fire”, this is what was happening at the BOTTOM of the chart back on December 16, 1989……36 years ago this week!

Slow Hand, Mr. Eric Clapton entered his fourth consecutive week at  #1 on the Billboard Rock Tracks Chart on December 16...
12/16/2025

Slow Hand, Mr. Eric Clapton entered his fourth consecutive week at #1 on the Billboard Rock Tracks Chart on December 16, 1989 with “Pretending”. Give the official chart below a tap to check out the 30 most played songs on U.S. rock radio stations 36 years ago this week:

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Welcome To The Attic!

Hi everyone, Charlie here, the host of Charlie’s 80s Attic. I want to personally welcome you to my attic, the home of great 80s music and memories. Charlie’s 80s attic can be streamed on the iHeartRadio app, the TuneIn Radio app, or at charlies80sattic.com

I am a child of the 80s, so the music from that decade defined my childhood and my teenage years. I grew up listening to AM radio, then FM radio, then I was captivated by MTV and the video music era. Music videos opened up a whole new world for me and my generation by showcasing brand new artists, new styles and new genres of music. It also gave me and my generation the ability to see what our favorite bands and artists actually looked like! It was an amazing time for music!

Music has the unique power to transport us back in time and make us feel exactly the way we felt when we heard a song, artist or band for the first time. Music brings back memories of friends, family, school, vacations, and all of the special moments of our lives. All of our lives have a soundtrack, and 80s music was a big part of the soundtrack of my life, and I am sure yours as well. That’s why Charlie’s 80s Attic was created.

My goal here in the attic is to make you feel the way you did when you turned on the radio in the early to mid-80s or when you turned on MTV in their glory years. I’ll play all the great 80s hits, deeper hits and forgotten favorites from the best years of the decade until around the time Milli Vanilli and Tiffany started taking over the charts. You get the idea! I, along with my trusty robot sidekick Kilroy will do my very best to transport you back in time each and every day! Plus we will be joined by other great and talented DJs from time to time!