Key songs of the New Wave and Synthpop scene

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The following lists key songs of the New Wave and Synthpop scene sorted by the bands and artists primarily associated with the New Wave era of the late 1970s and the 1980s.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• ABC
  • "Poison Arrow" (1982), "The Look Of Love (Part One)" (1982), "All of My Heart" (1982)
• Adam & the Ants
  • "Ant Music" (1980), "Stand and Deliver" (1981), "Prince Charming" (1981)
• A Flock of Seagulls
  • "I Ran" (1982), "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)" (1982), "The More You Live, The More You Love" (1984)
• a-ha
  • "Take On Me" (1985), "Hunting High And Low" (1985)
• Alphaville
  • "Big In Japan" (1984), "Forever Young" (1984)
• Altered Images
  • "Happy Birthday" (1981), "I Could Be Happy" (1981)
• Animotion
  • "Obsession" (1985)
• Arcadia
  • "Election Day" (1985)

[edit] B

• The B-52's
  • "Rock Lobster" (1979), "Strobe Light" (1980), "Love Shack" (1989)
• Bananarama
  • "Really Saying Something" (1982), "Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good)" (1982), "Cruel Summer" (1983)
• The Bangles
  • "Manic Monday" (1985), "Walk Like An Egyptian" (1986)
• Toni Basil
  • "Mickey" (1981)
• The English Beat
  • "Save It For Later", "Tenderness", "Mirror in the Bathroom", (1982)
• Berlin
  • "The Metro" (1982), "No More Words" (1984)
• Blancmange
  • "Living on the Ceiling" (1982), "Waves" (1983), "Blind Vision" (1983), "Don't Tell Me" (1984)
• Blondie
  • "X-Offender" (1976), "One Way or Another" (1978), "Dreaming" (1979), "Call Me", (1980), "The Tide Is High" (1980)
• The Boomtown Rats
  • "Rat Trap" (1978), "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979), "Someone's Looking at You" (1980), "Banana Republic" (1980)
• The Bongos
  • "Numbers With Wings" (1983), "Barbarella"(1983)
• David Bowie
  • "Heroes" (1977), "Ashes to Ashes" (1980), "Fashion" (1980), "Let's Dance (1983), "China Girl" (1983)
• Bow Wow Wow
  • "C30, C60, C90, Go!" (1980), "I Want Candy" (1982), "Go Wild in the Country" (1982)
• Bronski Beat
  • "Smalltown Boy" (1984), "Why?" (1984)
• The Buggles
  • "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1980)

[edit] C

• The Cars
  • "Just What I Needed" (1978), "My Best Friend's Girl" (1978), "Shake It Up" (1981), "Drive" (1984), "Magic" (1984)
• The Church
  • "Under the Milky Way" (1988)
• Anne Clark
  • "Our Darkness" (1982)
• Cock Robin
  • "The Promise You Made" (1985)
• The Communards
  • "Don't Leave Me This Way" (1986), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1987), "Tomorrow" (1987)
• Elvis Costello
  • "Radio Radio" (1978), "Oliver's Army" (1979)
• Josie Cotton
  • "Johnny Are You Queer?" (1981)
• Culture Club
  • "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" (1982), "Time (Clock of the Heart)" (1982), "Church of the Poison Mind" (1983), "Karma Chameleon" (1983), "Miss Me Blind" (1984)
• The Cure
  • "Boys Don't Cry" (1979), "A Forest" (1980), "Let's Go to Bed" (1982), "In Between Days" (1985), "Close to Me" (1985)

[edit] D

• DAF
  • "Brothers" (1985), "Der Mussolini" (Tanz den Mussolini)"(1980)
• Dalbello
  • "Animal" (1984)
• The Danse Society
  • "Say it Again" (1985)
• Dead or Alive
  • "You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record)" (1984), "Lover Come Back To Me" (1984), "In Too Deep" (1985) "
• Depeche Mode
  • "Dreaming Of Me" (1981), "Just Can't Get Enough" (1981), "Get the Balance Right" (1983), "People Are People" (1984), "Master and Servant" (1984), "Never Let Me Down Again" (1987), "Personal Jesus" (1989), "Enjoy the Silence" (1990)
• Devo
  • "Whip It" (1980)
• Thomas Dolby
  • "Europa and the Pirate Twins" (1981), "Wind Power" (1982), "She Blinded Me with Science" (1982)
• Divinyls
  • "Boys In Town" (1982)
• Duran Duran
  • "Planet Earth" (1981), Girls on Film" (1981), "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982), "Save A Prayer" (1982), "Rio" (1982), "Is There Something I Should Know?" (1983), "Union of the Snake" (1983), "New Moon on Monday" (1984), "The Reflex" (1984)

[edit] E

• Echo & the Bunnymen
  • "Seven Seas" (1984), "Bring on the Dancing Horses (1985), "Lips Like Sugar" (1987)
• Erasure
  • "Sometimes" (1986), "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (1986), "Chains of Love" (1988), "Stop!" (1988)
• Eurythmics
  • "Love Is A Stranger (1982), "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (1983), "Who's That Girl?" (1983), Here Comes the Rain Again" (1984)

[edit] F

• Fad Gadget
  • "Collapsing New People" (1984)
• Falco
  • "Der Kommissar" (1983), "Rock Me Amadeus" (1985), Junge Roemer (1984)
• Fiction Factory
  • "Feels Like Heaven" (1984)
• Fine Young Cannibals
  • "Johnny Come Home" (1985), "She Drives Me Crazy" (1989)
• Flash and the Pan
  • "Waiting for a Train" (1983), "Midnight Man" (1984)
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  • "Relax (1983), "Two Tribes" (1984), "The Power of Love" (1984), "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" (1985)
• Fun Boy Three
  • "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (1982)

[edit] G

• The Go-Go's
  • "We Got The Beat" (1981), "Our Lips Are Sealed" (1981), "Vacation" (1982)
• Go West
  • "We Close Our Eyes" (1985)
• Eddy Grant
  • "Electric Avenue" (1983)

[edit] H

• Robert Hazard
  • "Escalator of Life" (1981)
• Holly and the Italians
  • "Tell That Girl To Shut Up" (1981)
• The Human League
  • "Being Boiled" (1978), "The Sound of the Crowd" (1981), "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" (1981), "Open Your Heart" (1981), "Don't You Want Me" (1981) , "Mirror Man" (1982), "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (1983), "The Lebanon" (1984), "Human" (1986)

[edit] I

• Icehouse
  • "We Can Get Together" (1980), "Great Southern Land" (1982), "Hey Little Girl" (1982)
• Billy Idol
  • "Dancing With Myself" (1981), "White Wedding" (1982)
• INXS
  • "The One Thing" (1982), "Don't Change" (1982), "I Send A Message" (1984), "The Swing" (1984)

[edit] J

• Joe Jackson
  • "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" (1979), "Steppin' Out" (1982)
• Japan
  • "Adolescent Sex (1978), "Life In Tokyo" (1979-1982*reissue)
• Joy Division
  • "Transmission" (1979), "She's Lost Control" (1979), "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980)
• Howard Jones
  • "New Song" (1983), "What is Love?" (1984), "Things Can Only Get Better" (1985)

[edit] K

• Kajagoogoo
  • "Too Shy" (1982)
• The Knack
  • "My Sharona" (1979)

[edit] L

• Landscape
  • "Einstein A Go-Go" (1981), "Norman Bates" (1981)
• Cyndi Lauper
  • "Girls Just Want To Have Fun " (1983), "True Colors" (1986)
• Level 42
  • "Lessons In Love" (1987)

[edit] M

• Kirsty MacColl
  • "There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" (1981)
• Madness
  • "One Step Beyond" (1979), "It Must Be Love" (1982), "Our House" (1983)
• Men at Work
  • "Down Under" (1982), "Overkill" (1983)
• Men Without Hats
  • "The Safety Dance" (1982), "Pop Goes the World" (1987), "I Like" (1983)
• Ministry
  • "(Everyday is) Halloween" (1984)
• Modern English
  • I Melt With You (1982)
• Alison Moyet
  • "Love Resurrection" (1984)

[edit] N

• Nena
  • "99 Luftballons" (1983)
• New Order
  • "Blue Monday" (1983), "Bizarre Love Triangle" (1986), "True Faith" (1987)
• Gary Numan
  • "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (1979), "Cars" (1979), "We Are Glass" (1980), "Music for Chameleons" (1982)

[edit] O

• Oingo Boingo
  • "Only A Lad" (1981), "Dead Man's Party" (1985)
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  • "Electricity" (1979), "Enola Gay" (1980), "Souvenir" (1981), "If You Leave" (1986)

[edit] P

• Pet Shop Boys
  • "West End Girls" (1985), "Suburbia" (1986), "It's a Sin" (1987), "What have I done to deserve this? " (with Dusty Springfield) (1987), "Always On My Mind" (1988), "Heart" (1988), "Domino Dancing" (1988)
• The Polecats
  • "John, I'm Only Dancing" (1982), "Make A Circuit With Me" (1983)
• The Police
  • "Roxanne" (1978), "Every Breath You Take" (1983)
• The Pretenders
  • "Brass in Pocket" (1980), "Back on the Chain Gang" (1983)
• The Psychedelic Furs
  • "Dumb Waiters" (1981), "Love My Way" (1982), "Pretty in Pink" (1986), "Heartbreak Beat" (1987)

[edit] R

• R.E.M.
  • It's The End of The World as We Know It(and I feel fine) (1987)
• The Romantics
  • What I Like About You (1980), "Talking In Your Sleep" (1983)
• Romeo Void
  • "Never Say Never" (1982)
• Roxy Music
  • "Dance Away" (1978), "Angel Eyes" (1979), "Over You" (1980), Oh Yeah" (1980), The Same Old Scene" (1980), "Lover" (1980), "More Than This" (1982)

[edit] S

• Peter Schilling
  • "Major Tom" (1983), "The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime)" (1989)
• Scritti Politti
  • "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" (1984), "Absolute" (1984), "The Word Girl (Flesh and Blood)" (1985)
• Simple Minds
  • "I Travel" (1980), "Sweat In Bullet" (1981), "Love Song" (1981), "Theme For Great Cities" (1981), "Someone Somewhere In Summertime" (1982), "Promised You A Miracle" (1982), "New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)" (1982), "Glittering Prize" (1982), "Waterfront" (1983), "Speed Your Love To Me" (1984), "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), "Alive & Kicking" (1985), "All The Things She Said" (1985)
• Soft Cell
  • "Tainted Love" (1981), "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" (1982), "Torch" (1982)
• Spandau Ballet
  • "To Cut a Long Story Short" (1980), "The Freeze" (1981), "Musclebound" (1981), "Chant #1" (1982), "Paint Me Down" (1982), "Lifeline" (1982), "True" (1983), "Gold" (1983), "Only when you leave" (1984)
• Sparks
  • "Beat The Clock" (1979)

[edit] T

• Talking Heads
  • "Psycho Killer" (1977), "Once in a Lifetime" (1981), "Burning Down the House" (1983), "Road to Nowhere" (1985)
• Talk Talk
  • "It's My Life" (1984)
• Tears for Fears
  • "Pale Shelter" (1982), "Mad World" (1982), "Change" (1983), "Shout" (1984), "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1985), "Head Over Heels" (1985), "Sowing the Seeds of Love" (1989)
• Thompson Twins
  • "Love on Your Side" (1982), "Hold Me Now" (1984)
• Throbbing Gristle
  • "United" (1978)
• Tubeway Army
  • "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (1979)
• Tuxedomoon
  • "In a Manner of Speaking" (1985)

[edit] U

• Ultravox
  • "Vienna" (1981), "Reap the Wild Wind" (1982), "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" (1984)

[edit] V

• The Vapors
  • "Turning Japanese" (1980)
• Visage
  • "Fade To Grey" (1980), "The Damned Don't Cry" (1980)

[edit] W

• When In Rome
  • "The Promise" (1988)
• Kim Wilde
  • "Cambodia" (1981), "Kids in America" (1981), "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1987)

[edit] Y

• Yazoo
  • "Only You" (1982), "Situation" (1982), "Don't Go" (1982), "Nobody's Diary (1983)"
• Yello
  • "Bostich" (1980), "I Love You" (1983), "Lost Again" (1983), "Oh Yeah" (1985)
• Paul Young
  • "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" (1983), "Come Back and Stay" (1983), "Love of the Common People" (1983)