Notes

‘Tarzan Boy.’ And now, the very essence of cheesy European 1980s synth-pop—a catchy candy track from Baltimora with a chorus that echoes Johnny Weissmuller’s famous cry from the 1930s Tarzan films. Fun for anyone up for the kitsch of it—but also a prime example of Italo disco that made it into the top-five on the charts during the summer of ’85 across West Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and eventually the United Kingdom.

What is Italo disco?

—Brendan Hasenstab