I Love the 80s is a television program that was produced by BBC in the United Kingdom and later for American TV audiences by VH1.

The show is intended to bring back memories of 1980s fashion, movies and music, showing each topic through the eyes of many pop superstars who give their opinion on the subjects. Many topics have been discussed in the show, including Duran Duran, the Cabbage Patch Kids, Pac-Man and his girlfriend, Ms. Pac Man.

See also I Love the 70s, I Love the 80s Strikes Back, I Love the 90s, I Love the 90s: Part Deux, Best Week Ever, My Coolest Years.

Partial list of stars on VH1's version of the I Love the 80s

• Apollonia
• Tom Arnold
• Christopher Atkins
• Sebastian Bach
• Jillian Barberie
• Barenaked Ladies
• Richard Belzer
• Michael Ian Black
• Andrew Dice Clay
• Mo Collins
• Alice Cooper
• Tommy Davidson
• Simon Doonan
• Rich Eisen of SportsCenter
• Joe Elliott
• Melissa Etheridge
• Kim Fields
• Greg Fitzsimmons
• Larry Flynt
• Ben Folds
• Soleil Moon Frye
• Daisy Fuentes
• Kathy Griffin
• Sammy Hagar
• Rob Halford
• Rachael Harris
• Jason Hervey
• Alan Hunter former MTV VJ
• Ice T
• Chris Isaak
• Keith Jackson of Sportscenter
• Rick James
• Ron Jeremy porn movie star
• Beyoncé Knowles
• Kool and the Gang
• Juliette Lewis
• Lisa Lisa
• Lisa Loeb
• Donal Logue
• Justin Long
• George Lopez
• Mario Lopez
• Traci Lords
• Virginia Madsen
• Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray
• AJ McLean of The Backstreet Boys
• Bret Michaels
• Michael Moore
• Dave Mustaine
• Tom Petty
• Quiet Riot
• Mary Lou Retton
• Alfonso Ribeiro
• Lionel Richie
• LeAnn Rimes
• Mo Rocca
• Nile Rodgers
• Henry Rollins
• Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish
• Raven-Symoné
• Rick Schroder
• Dee Snider
• Hal Sparks
• Joel Stein
• Tiffany
• Rob Thomas of matchbox twenty
• Carrot Top
• Aisha Tyler
• Debra Wilson
• Nancy Wilson of Heart
• Ann Wilson of Heart
• Weird Al Yankovic

Partial list of featured ideas and happenings of the 80s

• Michael Jackson
• Madonna
• Airplane!
• Caddyshack
• Miami Vice
• Def Leppard
• The Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"
• The California Raisins
• The Rubik's cube
• Pac-Man
• The Empire Strikes Back
• REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• U2
• Cabbage Patch Kids
• Return of the Jedi
• Corey Haim and Corey Feldman
• Bobby Brown
• Grandmaster Flash's "The Message"
• Rick Springfield
• Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It"
• General Hospital
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Milli Vanilli
• Swatch watches
• This Is Spinal Tap
• Cyndi Lauper
• Wham!
• "We Are the World"
• Top Gun
• The Jeffersons
• Heathers
• St. Elmo's Fire
• Duran Duran
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"
• Whitney Houston
• George Michael
• Live Aid
• Huey Lewis and the News
• Hands Across America
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Janet Jackson
• Punky Brewster
• Rain Man
• Scarface
• A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran"
• The Breakfast Club
• Diff'rent Strokes
• Afrocentric clothing
• The fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Facts of Life
• The Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right"
• Dirty Dancing
• Sixteen Candles
• The attempted assassinations of Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan
• The mullet
• Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69"
• Footloose
• Breakdancing
• Pretty in Pink
• Valley girls
• The Love Boat
• Flashdance
• The Vapors' "Turning Japanese"
• The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket"
• The Cosby Show
• New Kids on the Block
• The wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer
• MTV
• The neo-hippie movement
• Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
• Knight Rider
• Eddie Murphy
• Transformers
• Saved by the Bell
• Care Bears
• Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Baywatch
• Xanadu
• Terence Trent D'Arby
• 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"
• Michael Jackson gets his head set on fire during a Pepsi commercial
• Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam
• Bruce Springsteen
• Guns n' Roses
• Hair crimping
• Preppie fashion
• Menudo
• Styx's "Mr. Roboto"
• The fledgling Fox network: Married with Children, The Tracey Ullman Show, 21 Jump Street
• Win, Lose or Draw
• The Like a Prayer controversy
• Mötley Crüe's "Home Sweet Home"
• The Bears Shufflin' Crew's "Superbowl Shuffle"
• Cable television
• Scandals: Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn
• The World Wrestling Federation
• Teddy Ruxpin
• Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"
• That's Incredible!
• Say Anything
• Trivial Pursuit
• Prince
• Wheel of Fortune
• Debbie Gibson/Tiffany
• Mike Tyson
• He-Man
• Pictionary
• Family Ties
• The Blue Lagoon
• Hip hop music
• Bill Buckner/1986 World Series
• Rocky III
• Mary Lou Retton
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• The De Lorean
• Back to the Future
• Calvin Klein/Gloria Vanderbilt jeans
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
• Tetris
• Kenny Rogers
• Blondie
• Pat Benatar
• Hair metal
• The Go-Go's
• The B-52s' "Love Shack"
• The Arsenio Hall Show
• 80's modern rock: INXS, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, Erasure
• 9 to 5
• Who's the Boss?
• Perfect Strangers
• Child's Play
• The Terminator
• Wall Street
• Square Pegs
• The Greatest American Hero
• ALF
• Who Shot J.R.?
• Fridays
• Stripes
• The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
• Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"
• Poltergeist
• Webster
• Silver Spoons
• Cheers
• Roseanne
• The Wonder Years
• Urban Cowboy
• Punk fashions/The mohawk
• Joanie Loves Chachi
• Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina"
• The Dukes of Hazzard
• Jerry Falwell sues Larry Flynt
• Atari
• MacGyver
• Wacky Wall Walkers
• Bartles and Jaymes
• Cocoon
• Comic Relief
• Lionel Richie's "Hello"
• Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'N Roll"
• Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night"
• Porky's
• Arthur
• WarGames
• Stand by Me
• Crocodile Dundee
• John McEnroe
• Celebrity marriages: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal, Tommy Lee and Heather Locklear
• Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love"
• Kool & the Gang's "Celebration"
• Hall and Oates' "Private Eyes"
• Rob Lowe sex video
• Pound Puppies
• COPS
• Fatal Attraction
• The A-Team
• National Lampoon's Vacation
• The keytar
• Members Only jackets
• Where's the beef?
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• The Goonies
• Do the Right Thing
• Fletch
• Hollywood Shuffle