irene cara sang what a feeling in the 80s.
who sang what a feeling in the 80s?
irene cara
in early 2008, amuro confirmed that she would promote japanese hair company vidal sassoon through their new marketing campaign "fashion x music x vs", with a new single. the single, though marketed as an extended play, was titled "60s 70s 80s", and consisted of three songs: "new look", "rock steady", and "what a feeling". the songs feature samples from the supremes's "baby love" (1964), aretha franklin's "rock steady" (1971) and irene cara's "what a feeling" (1983), respectively. "60s 70s 80s" became a huge success in japan, reaching number one on the oricon singles chart, and sold over 293,000 units in that region, becoming amuro's first number-one single since "i have never seen" and her highest selling single since "baby don't cry". on march 25, 2008, amuro was awarded "best female video" for "hide & seek" (from the album "play") at space shower music video awards. "hide & seek" also won the award for "best r&b video" at mtv video music awards, which was held at the saitama super arena on may 31. in the same month, amuro recorded a collaboration with japanese musician double in a song called "black diamond". despite lacklustre success on the oricon singles chart, it sold over 500,000 ringtone units. on july 26, amuro participated at the 2008 a-nation music concert; an estimated 25,000 people attended her performance. this was the first time she was invited to perform in seven years.
namie amuro
big '80s was an all 1980s music channel on sirius satellite radio channel 8 and dish network channel 6008. it was replaced by xm's the 80s on 8 on november 12, 2008, as part of the sirius xm merger. it featured all four living original mtv vjs who are now on the 80s on 8 channel. big '80s was sirius's highest rated music channel during its early days. nina blackwood's countdown show was dropped and replaced by "at40 flashback" (which had always been broadcast on '80s on 8) when sirius xm replaced this channel with '80s on 8. however due to subscriber demand, sirius/xm overhauled many of the channels absorbed by the xm line-up due to subscriber feedback. 80s on 8 was one of those channels, resulting in the return of nina blackwood's countdown in october 2009, and the big '80s name has returned as the slogan for '80s on 8. however, this version includes the other vjs and is named the "vj big 40 countdown". by 2010, the schedule had returned to that of the big '80s.
big '80s