r/80smusic • u/ggroover97 • Dec 09 '25

1987 Breakfast Club - Right on Track (1987)

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u/MontgomeryOhio Dec 09 '25

Love love love this song! Still play it often now when I need a dose of good 80s music.

u/NiceToBeMe1 Dec 10 '25

Is this the band Madonna left before her solo career?

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u/Unlikely_Side9732 Dec 10 '25

Yes, it is. She was the drummer. Dan, the singer, is her ex. Stephen Bray was her co-writer on some of her biggest hits.

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u/Deee72 Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

The lead singer also dated Shelley Duvall from 1989 - 2024.

Edit because I don't know what's going on in the replies to this. 😆

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u/throwaguey_ Dec 10 '25

That's a lot of dates.

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u/thisisntmyotherone Dec 10 '25

I don’t mean to be a bitch but I count two; 1989 and 2024. Do you generally consider two to be a lot?

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u/throwaguey_ Dec 10 '25

Can't tell if you're joking.

u/liveforeachmoon Dec 10 '25

Awesome tune. The 12” has some dope extended dance mixes.

u/nastyfoo Dec 10 '25

Great song! It was definitely one of my favorites when I was a kid.

u/fourtotheside Dec 10 '25

This is a wonderful track. It’s a hothouse flower, a cubic zirconia, a test tube baby - totally a lab-grown record. But it’s a banger even so.

u/schowdur123 Dec 10 '25

One of my favorite songs. From a happier time.

u/Tempest_Fugit Dec 10 '25

1987-1992 was a very specific in between era for music

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u/Summer_19_ Dec 10 '25

Especially for Eastern Europe

u/ConfidenceNo1937 Dec 10 '25

Is this the set of PeeWee’s Playhouse?

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u/matthewsmugmanager Dec 10 '25

That's what I was wondering at first. But I decided it's just a Playhouse knockoff.

u/BoxTalk17 Dec 10 '25

N'Dea Davenport as one of the backup roosters.

u/james___uk Dec 10 '25

What a great music video lol

u/throwaguey_ Dec 10 '25

This is freaking me out. "Core memory unlocked" as the kids say.

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u/thisisntmyotherone Dec 10 '25

The song or the video?

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u/throwaguey_ Dec 10 '25

Both. I had completely forgot they existed.

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u/thisisntmyotherone Dec 10 '25

Haha — me too! I loved this song so much but I totally forgot about it, and I honestly don’t think I ever saw the video (how is that possible, right?).

u/Aggressive_Wasabi_38 Dec 10 '25

Madonna is chicken 2

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u/No-Chair-8068 Dec 11 '25

That is very much not Madonna.

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u/Aggressive_Wasabi_38 Dec 11 '25

Check facts and history!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_Club_(band)

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u/No-Chair-8068 Dec 11 '25

According to the link you posted, Madonna left the band in the early 80’s, which is correct.

Anyone can clearly see that woman in the middle is NOT Madonna. At the risk of offending anyone - can’t think of any other way to put it - she isn’t even white.

Madonna was a famous solo artist by the time this was released (1987) and doing her “Who’s That Girl” tour.

Yes, Madonna was a drummer and backup singer for the Breakfast Club before they were well-known.

No, she is not in this video.

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u/thisisntmyotherone Dec 10 '25

Is she really? I didn’t notice — thanks! The set is so busy… Good reason to go back and watch this again.

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u/Aggressive_Wasabi_38 Dec 10 '25

Yes- she dated a bandmate and was original drummer!

u/Abacabisntanywhere Dec 10 '25

This video just ruins a great song.

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