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Jan 15, 2008 · Top 500 Songs voted by New Wave Outpost members. 1. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart 49. 2. Talk Talk – It’s My Life 44.6. 3. Gary Numan – Cars 44.3. 4. Visage – Fade to Grey 44.
- “Heart of Glass” by Blondie
- “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division
- “I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock of Seagulls
- “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush
- “Love My Way” by The Psychedelic Furs
- “Dance Hall Days” by Wang Chung
- “Genius of Love” by Tom Tom Club
- “Since You’Re Gone” by The Cars
- “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell
- “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper
Song year: 1979 New York City punk veterans Blondie scored a hit with their new wave single, “Heart of Glass.” The song is considered one of the greatest tracks ever and helped usher in an era of dance rock. The single has sold millions of copies worldwide and is one of Blondie's signature songs.
Song year: 1980 Over frantic drumming and piercing synthesizers, Joy Division's Ian Curtis spells out his oblique relationship problems in “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” The song has endured through the decades as an anthem of dancey despair. Adding to its dark tone, Curtis would take his life shortly after recording the single.
Song year: 1982 A Flock of Seagulls' single “I Ran (So Far Away)” is as stylish as it is catchy. The British new wave group took America by storm with its spacey sound and wild hair cuts. Thanks to the emergence of MTV, the track's music video became a defining image of new wave culture.
Song year: 1985 Kate Bush's eccentricities as a singer-songwriter were a perfect match for the burgeoning studio technology of the '80s. Her single “Running Up That Hill” took the eclectic tendencies of her writing from the '70s and bolstered them with synthesizers and drum machines. The single was her most successful of the decade.
Song year: 1982 With rock legend Todd Rundgren producing, The Psychedelic Furs updated the '60s concept of free love with their single, “Love My Way.” The song's juxtaposition of the natural sound of a marimba against cold synthesizers effectively catches the listener's ear long enough to make its point that love is love.
Song year: 1984 Wang Chung topped the Billboarddance chart with their ode to the days of ballroom dancing and big bands, “Dance Hall Days.” Though the band would find more success later in the decade with a streamlined pop sound, the new wave approach of “Dance Hall Days” helped them capture the zeitgeist.
Song year: 1981 Husband and wife duo Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth cut their teeth as the rhythm section of the Talking Heads before forming Tom Tom Club. Their side project's single, “Genius of Love,” was a surprise success. The song topped the dance charts and became an oft sampled song, most notably in Mariah Carey's “Fantasy.”
Song year: 1982 The Cars' style of mixing rock and roll structure with new wave elements makes their single “Since You're Gone” sound classic and forward-thinking at the same time. The song is a ballad disguised as an uptempo rock song. It uses power pop guitar tones and quirky keyboards to give its themes of lost love an anxious energy.
Song year: 1981 “Tainted Love” was originally a soul song performed by Gloria Jones, but after the massive success of Soft Cell's new wave version, the single is now synonymous with the '80s. By slowing down the song's original tempo and replacing all the instruments with synthesizers, Soft Cell took a forgotten soul classic and turned it into a to...
Song year: 1983 Cyndi Lauper's debut single “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” catapulted her to fame. The feminist anthem captured the eccentricities of Lauper as a performer while its catchy chorus begged women across the world to sing along. The song is one of Lauper's best-known and stands as a playful primer to female empowerment.
100 Greatest New Wave Songs. Background - 'New Wave' evolved from 'Punk' in the late '70s being less anti-social and more radio (and MTV) friendly, hitting it's high in '83 and faded...
So many great bands like Talking Heads, The Police, The Pretenders, New Order, The Jam, Blondie, Elvis Costello, The Cure, Gary Numan, The Clash and Depeche Mode feature in this chart.
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) — Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, And Dave Stewart. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Official Video)
- Don’t Stand So Close To Me — The Police. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (Official Music Video) The Police’s 1980 single Don’t Stand So Close To Me was written with their fanbase in mind.
- Always Something There To Remind Me — Naked Eyes. Always Something There to Remind Me (2018 Remaster) Always Something To Remind Me was first composed in the 1960s and recorded by multiple artists during the decade.
- Video Killed The Radio Star — The Buggles. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (Official Music Video) Video Killed The Radio Star was released in 1979 and was famously the first video to air on MTV when it began in 1981.
May 31, 2023 · Influenced less by '70s blues and rock 'n' roll, and more by '60s power-pop, new wave incorporated witty lyrics, electronic sounds and choppier tempos. Given the genre's breadth, most pop-rock...
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Dec 1, 2009 · Top 50 New Wave Songs Of All Time (as decided on by WFDU listeners): 1. Joy Division - Love Will tear Us Apart 2. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Christine 3. The Smiths - There Is A Light That...
