The Culture Club’s 88 Miles Per Hour Stolen Plutonium Megamix

The Triple J Radiophonic Workshop presents a time-travelling adventure in sound, featuring music from TZU, Peaches, Prince, Kanye West, Cut Copy, Kraftwerk, The Human League, Daft Punk, Justice, Giorgio Moroder, Salt and Pepa, The Presets, Run DMC, Royksopp, Ladyhawke, La Roux, LL Cool J, Steinski, Yello, Hall and Oates, The Art of Noise, Calvin Harris, Kurtis Blow and many, many more. Imagine Girl Talk with a copy of Marshall McLuhan’s The Mechanical Bride in one hand and a key to the Triple J vinyl library in the other. Okay, now stop imagining, hit ‘play’, and find out why Zan Rowe is calling this “cultural theory you can dance to”.

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Complete Track Listing

Part 1

TZU – Computer Love

Kanye West – Stronger

ELO – Twilight (Intro)

Art of Noise – Beat Box

Gil Scott-Heron – Re-Ron

MC Miker G and DJ Sven – Holiday Rap

LL Cool J – Radio

Shango – Zulu Groove

MARRS – Pump Up The Volume

Calvin Harris feat. Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me

Kraftwerk – Musique Non-Stop

Passion Pit – The Reeling

Daft Punk – Robot Rock (Rockapella)

DST – Mean Machine

Grandmaster Flash – Beat St

Art of Noise – Close to the Edit

The Juan McLean – The Future Will Come

ELO – Ticket to the Moon

Hall and Oates – I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)

Steinski and the Mass Media – We’ll be Right Back

Public Image Limited – The Order of Death

Mark Stewart and the Mafia – Anger is Holy

NWA – Quiet on the Set

Queen – Radio Gaga (Instrumental)

John Cage – Radio Music

Public Enemy – Terminator X To The Edge of Panic

Kurtis Blow – The Breaks

Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump

Beastie Boys – It’s the New Style

West St Mob – Let’s Dance

Justice – DANCE

David Bowie – Let’s Dance

Part 2

Eric B and Rakim – I Know You Got Soul

Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes

Mylo – In My Arms

MC Miker G and DJ Sven – Holiday Rap

Midnight Juggernauts – Into the Galaxy

INXS – What You Need

Roxanne Shante – Go On Girl

Salt and Pepa – Spinderella’s Not a Fella

Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance

Was not Was – Walk the Dinosaur

Aston Shuffle – Do You Want More

Shango – Zulu Groove

Young MC – Pick up the Pace

Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger

Art of Noise – Close to the Edit

Big Daddy Kane – Raw

West St Mob – I Can’t Stop

Flying Lizards – Sex Machine

Chromeo – Needy Girl

Madonna – Hung Up

Hot Streak – Bodywork

Prince – Housequake

Prince – Gonna be a Beautiful Night

Prince – Controversy

Tangerine Dream – Love on a Real Train

New Order – The Perfect Kiss

Peaches – Lovertits

Adam Ant – Ant Rap

Quando Quango – Atom Rock

Madonna – Holiday

Run DMC – It’s Like That

Coldplay – Clocks (Royksopp Remix)

Van Halen – 1984

Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock

Cut Copy – Future

New Order – Confusion

Royksopp – The Girl and the Robot

Tears for Fears – Head over Heels

Huey Lewis and the News – The Poer of Love

The Pet Shop Boys – Opportunites

Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams

Part 3

Flying Lizards – Money

Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams

Ladyhawke – Professional Suicide

Dire Straits – Money for Nothing

Salt and Pepa – Push It

The Human League – The Things That Dreams Are Made Of

Midnight Juggernauts – Tombstone

Flying Lizards – Sex Machine

Mylo – Destroy Rock and Roll

Presets – Kicking and Screaming

Kraftwerk – The Telephone Call

Adam Ant – Ant Rap

Tiga – Far From Home (DFA Remix)

Franz Ferdinand – Do You Wanna?

The Flying Lizards – Money (b)

La Roux – Bulletproof

Depeche Mode – Get the Balance Right

Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge

Giorgio Moroder – Night Drive

Yello – Bostich

William S. Burroughs – The President

Justice – Tttthhheee PPPaaarrrttyyy

PIL – This is Not a Love Song

Calvin Harris – Acceptable in the 80s

Prince – Gonna be a beautiful night

Jonzun Crew – Pac Jam

Mstrkrft – Work on You

Crystal Castles – Air War

Frankie Goes to Hollywood – 2 Tribes

Bonzo Goes to Washington – 5 Minutes

Infusion – 2 Player Game

Kraftwerk – Home Computer

Dukes of Windsor – It’s a War

Hot Streak – Bodywork

Presets – My People

Def Leppard – Armageddon It

Vangelis – Blade Runner

The Juan Mclean – The Future Will Come

Kanye West – Stronger

Gil Scott-Heron – Re Ron

Art of Noise – Beat Box

Hall and Oates – I Can’t Go For That

Thanks to our friends at Triple J’s ‘The Culture Club’ for permission to republish material from the ‘Acceptable in the 80s’ series, presented by ‘The 80s Are Back’ guest curator Craig Schuftan.

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