Artist Spotlight Countdown of 1985’s Biggest Hits & the Ultimate Mellencamp Draft

Podcast: Pop Culture Yearbook · Pop Culture Yearbook

Opublikowano: 2026-09-21

1985 was packed with huge songs, and in this episode of Pop Culture Yearbook, we take a trip through the year’s biggest hits with a series of artist spotlights. From Bryan Adams to Prince and Howard Jones to John Parr, we revisit the songs that made 1985 such an unforgettable year in music. Then we turn the spotlight to John Mellencamp and his 1985 classic Scarecrow. We talk about Mellencamp’s evolution as a songwriter, his small-town and working-class perspective, and the songs that helped make Scarecrow one of the defining albums of his career. And because Mellencamp had...