This actually happened, and we all let it happen.
It's definitely not a bad song per say, but the video adds absolutely nothing to your interpretation of the music, doesn't express any underlying message/meaning, and isn't even just silly for no good reason.
I can absolutely guarantee you, having graduated HS in 1984, no one dressed like this, no one danced like this, and the song was average (in the US, anyway), at best.
It's definitely not a bad song per say, but the video adds absolutely nothing to your interpretation of the music, doesn't express any underlying message/meaning, and isn't even just silly for no good reason.
I can absolutely guarantee you, having graduated HS in 1984, no one dressed like this, no one danced like this, and the song was average (in the US, anyway), at best.