DEF: Prince “1999”

Pop music superstar Prince experienced his greatest period of success during the 1980s, when he hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart nineteen times, with sixteen of those songs climbing to the Top 20. On this date in 1983, Prince’s first Top 40 and Top 20 hit of the decade — “1999” — rose to a peak position of number 12. Today, “1999” by Prince is the Daily Eighties Flashback.