Acceptable in the 80s

"Acceptable in the 80s"
Single by Calvin Harris
from the album I Created Disco
B-side	"This Is The Industry"; "Love for You"
Released	2006 (on maxi single); 12 March 2007 (UK); March 15 2007 (USA)
Format	10"/12"/CD/Download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Electropop, Electro house, Nu-disco
Length	3:31 (Radio edit)
Label	Sony/Columbia
Calvin Harris singles chronology
I Created Disco track listing
	"Merrymaking At My Place"; "Colours"; "This Is The Industry"; "The Girls"; "Acceptable In The 80s"; "Neon Rocks"; "Traffic Cops"; "Vegas"; "I Created Disco"; "Disco Heat"; "Vault Character"; "Certified"; "Electro Man"; "Love Souvenir";

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"Acceptable in the 80s" is a 2007 song by electropop musician Calvin Harris, based on the melody from Siouxsie and the Banshees's 1980 song "Happy House". Its video is about the style and culture of the 1980s.

[edit] History

The song has been used to advertise the third series of Channel 4's The Paul O'Grady Show, and extensively on E4 as well as celebratory programmes for the tenth birthday of Five, the London Marathon on BBC1, showboating on Soccer AM and also on Match of the Day 2. The song became Harris' first hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at the #10 position on the UK Singles Chart. The song is also used in the video game Dancing Stage Universe, an Xbox 360 game which came out in 2007 and the Wii game Just Dance from 2009. The song was featured on KCRW's Today's Top Tune.^[1] podcast for the Monday 1 October 2007 episode, and also used by Editors for a cover on Radio 1's Live Lounge.

"Acceptable in the 80s" was used as the opening theme for Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 3. It is also used in a Norwegian commercial for Miami Vice on Viasat4. In addition, the Canadian telecommunications company Telus has used the song to advertise smartphones. The track is also featured prominently in Top Spin 3, on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Shake It TV minigame from Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party on the Wii and Music Monstars on the Nintendo DS, and on the soundtrack of Shaun White Snowboarding. It is also featured in the game Just Dance for the Wii.

The music video, directed by Woof Wan-Bau, features many references of the time; the stereotypical large hairstyles, bright dayglo colours and bizarrely, scientists dissecting what appears to be an otter, products of which are used by a hair stylist, TV chef, and to heal a grazed knee: this may be a reference to the fact that testing cosmetic products on animals was still legal in the UK in the 1980s.

12" (FLYEYE 003)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Acceptable In The 80s" (Tom Neville Remix)	7:16
2.	"Acceptable In The 80s"	5:33
3.	"Acceptable In The 80s" (Glimmers Remix)	5:58

Maxi CD (FLYEYE 004)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Acceptable In The 80s" (Radio Edit)	3:31
2.	"Love For You"	3:49
3.	"Acceptable In The 80s"	5:33
4.	"Acceptable In The 80s" (Tom Neville Remix)	7:16

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	97
Australian ARIA Hitseekers Chart	2
South African Chart- 5FM	9
Danish Singles Chart	14
Irish Singles Chart	30
UK Singles Chart	10
Chart (2008)	Peak position
German Singles Chart	30