Nearly a decade passed before another TV theme song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was 1985, when my 13 year-old self was living in South Florida and basking in the coolness of Miami Vice.

Composer/producer Jan Hammer’s electronic theme epitomizes the sizzling style of the Michael Mann-produced cop show. I can’t hear this song without picturing the terrific opening credits sequence, with its flock of flamingoes, fast cars and boats, and the bikini-clad windsurfer dipping her head in the ocean.

I always loved the shot of the Atlantis Condominium, with the red spiral staircase in the middle of its open-air palm court. For years, I’d see that building every time I drove by downtown Miami on I-95, though the view has since been blocked by a glut of new construction.

Given that he was a jazz fusion keyboardist, it’s no surprise that Jan Hammer had no hits before or after this one. But this one is legendary.