retro tunes

Music from before

Retro tunes are songs from earlier decades, typically music from the 1950s through 1990s that evokes nostalgia.

The term suggests not just old music but music appreciated for its dated sound and style: The bar plays retro tunes from the eighties.

What counts as retro shifts with time—yesterday's contemporary becomes tomorrow's retro.

Related

nostalgia · jukebox · disco · groovy · good vibrations · funky · vintage · classics · classic rock · throwback · analog · turntable · 8-track · cassette · boom box · synthesizer · neon · arcade

Categories
Opposites
temporal currency

retro tunescontemporary music

Music of present era

chart-toppers · fresh tracks · new music · now playing · Top 40

musical novelty

retro tunesavant-garde music

Boundary-defying sonic innovation

experimental music · hyperpop · electronic music · EDM

cultural positioning

retro tunesprogressive music

Ambitious, structurally complex rock

synthwave

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G