Top 100 Synth-Pop Songs Of All Time! (RANKED)

Top 100 Synth-Pop Songs Of All Time (RANKED)
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[@monrush]

Vince Clark, absolute genius who will never get the recognition he deserves

[@Media_Ranker]

Absolutely yeah, so pivotal to this genre and the classics we all still love to this day! Cheers

[@BAztid]

His genius gets quite a lot of recognition, IMO. Genuinely underrated is OMD, who directly inspired Vince (and Moby, while we're at it) to pursue electronic music in the first place.

[@nagashtheforsaken]

He has sold around 100 million albums and is greatly respected in the music world. I'd say he's gotten plenty. And yes, he's amazing.

[@monrush]

@@nagashtheforsaken OK in the music world and people like you and me. But ask the general public about Vince clarke or show them a picture and they would have no idea who he is. I suppose that's probably the way he likes it (Like Chris lowe). But a lot fo people would know Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure (or at least know the songs when they hear them). Erasure should be as respected as people like the Pet shop boys, Depeche Mode, OMD and even a Daft Punk.

[@monrush]

@@BAztid He gets recogniton maybe within the industry and people like me (and I assume you) you love music and aren't tied to one genre or see Electronic music as inferior to other forms. OMD definitely underrated

[@andrewoneill4511]

Fade to Grey should have been higher

[@ZXFrankie]

Much higher indeed.

[@airlane66]

Lots of songs should have been higher. This is such a bad list.

[@benvaffleck508]

and Vienna?

[@philipmulville8218]

@@airlane66 I think it’s pretty good, tbh, just far from complete. Am not sure why more recent tracks from the soundtrack of the movie Drive are included, even if brilliant, as the majority seem to be from the ‘80s. You mightn’t agree, but for me I just can see further than ‘Souvenir’ by OMD. Doubtlessly many others outsold it, like A-ha’s fantastic song ‘Take on Me’, the extraordinary video for which appears to have been watched by most of the world’s population 😂. But it’s Souvenir for me all day long. Love the ‘80s ❤

[@e.natale1018]

Shared No. 1..

[@airlane66]

Whoever compiled this list has no clue about synth-pop.

[@jerrycote659]

@airlane66 💯 agree

[@DJL78]

Incredibly stupid video.

[@ashanetrevin]

Thats what I thought

[@soerensauber]

"synth-pop"🤔 ja, das sehe ich auch so. Tolle Pop- Sounds durch und durch, aber haben teilweise im o.g. Ranking nichts verloren.

[@thisisben837]

Why do you say that

[@jennierich2986]

What the hell are Ultravox and Pet Shop Boys doing in the mid 50s???

[@PSBradio1]

Pet Shop Boys have about 250 songs better than this top. Who knows the singles, partnerships and b slides knows i am right.

[@MintyDog4]

​@@PSBradio1 I agree

[@FavreianVengeance]

What are you talking about? Pet Shop Boys are number nine with their signature hit.

[@FernieAriel]

@@FavreianVengeancethey should be number 1. In fact this should be a Top 100 Pet Shop Boys tracks video. OP should remake it.

[@raymondengstrom1078]

​@@FernieArielYou mean the Pet Shop Boys that only used boring synthezisers with standard fabric sounds.... At least Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, Kraftwerk and others used some imagination when creating the sounds....

[@Делаемслаймы-р2н]

Depeche mode N 1 !

[@Media_Ranker]

Could well be the number 1 synth pop artist of all time! Cheers

[@JohanJohansson-y5y]

The best band since The Beatles!

[@ericlove7321]

Seen them twice in the last 5 years.

[@PC1974]

They're good, but you couldn't have anything other than Blue Monday as No.1. It's the biggest selling 12 inch single of all time.

[@oskarobit]

DM only did a couple of albums as "synth pop" and and they were quite unknown by then to have enough impact. The list almost forgot OMD wich, for those who didn't know it, is the main reason DM exists: in words of DM members and Vince Clark. And they had a huge success in the eighties in Europe. Millions believe everything in the eighties was synth-pop and NOOOOOOO. DM's third album (1983) is already industrial music. In this list there are more stiles than synth and I found it ridiculously stupid. They put A Flock Of Seagulls (new wave) in the Top 10 and they never had a top 5 but once in the USA!!!

[@jaquemath5177]

Erasure - Love to Hate You Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus Camouflage - The Great Commandment Gazebo - I Like Chopin Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities Peter Schilling - The Different Story Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease

[@FedericoDLP]

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus - mostly guitar

[@indjke]

“Love to hate you” definitely deserves a place here

[@wscottwalters74]

PJ is notoriously more blues than synth. Shake the Disease is a minor attraction. But where the heck was Never Let Me Down Again?

[@FedericoDLP]

@@wscottwalters74 Shake the disease a minor attraction? It is one of the best tracks of the 80's, like Blue Monday.

[@djbitterdjb4625]

​@@FedericoDLPExactly !

[@nutzungsbedingungen1980]

My overall top 10) 1) Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence 2) DM - Master and Servant 3) DM - People are People 4) New Order - Blue Monday 5) DM - Stripped 6) DM - Just Can't Get Enough 7) DM - A Question Of Time 8) DM - Shake the Disease 9) DM - Never Let Me Down Again 10) DM - Everything Counts And without Depeche Mode my top 15) 1) New Order - Blue Monday 2) Visage - Fade to grey 3) Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams 4) Desireless - Voyage, Voyage 5) Camouflage - The Great Commandment 6) Alphaville - Big In Japan 7) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 8) Yazoo - Don't Go 9) PSB - Always On My Mind 10) La Roux - Bulletproof 11) Human League - Don't You Want Me 12) Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain again 13) Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round 14) PSB - Rent 15) New Order - Temptation

[@Tekturian]

DM rulez! :D

[@dust_bin_gaming7319]

That Top 10! xD Some different songs for me, but *totally* DPM!

[@Mixman86Page]

I've always been partial to "True Faith" as my top New Order song. It's probably my favorite song of the entire 1980s, but I listen to most of the songs on your top 10 as well.

[@sjulius522sevilla5]

yes

[@sjulius522sevilla5]

yes depeche mode

[@14Titus]

Depeche Mode Enjoy the Silence my #1

[@DxModel219]

The world’s #1

[@AsyaKuryshkina]

@@14Titus вряд ли,песня на 1 место не тянет

[@PatrickMapper]

Blue monday>>>

[@AsyaKuryshkina]

@@PatrickMapper good! 😊

[@nftos]

@@AsyaKuryshkina на заре?

[@IJFlores]

Missing from the list: Q. Lazzarus “Goodbye Horses Camouflage “Love is a Shield Real Life “Send Me an Angel” Anything Box “Living in Oblivion” From the top of my head.

[@jeffreystrathearn5082]

Send Me an Angel is a HUGE miss. Should easily be in the top 10.

[@PeterSutter-uc1dh]

I actually prefer Catch Me I'm Falling.

[@eleventhrunner8778]

Oh damn, it's obvious you know your songs. I agree with your post.

[@alco2758]

check the best Russian synth pop song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoalh3iBr9iNY80&ab_channel=%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2

[@phifflon]

Missing B-Movie Nowhere Girl and Duran Duran - The Chauffeur

[@danielmarquis5258]

Some Honorable Mentions: Kids in America - Kim Wilde, New Toy - Lene Lovich, Saved by Zero - The Fixx, The Politics of Dancing - Re-flex, Talk Talk - Talk Talk, Is it a dream - Classix Nouveau, Lies - Thompson Twins, Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure, Election Day - Arcadia, Jukebox (don't put another dime) - The Flirts, No more words - Berlin, Why me? - Planet P, Rockit - Herbie Hancock, Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes, New Moon on Monday - Duran Duran, Der Kommisar - Falco, Is it Love - Gang of Four, 19 - Paul Hardcastle, and One of my submarines - Thomas Dolby.

[@kimshaky]

Oh my god... i thought i was the only one in the world remembereing Planet P..... Static was altso a great track :)

[@danielmarquis5258]

@@kimshaky I love Static!! Out of all the YT comment discussions, this was my favorite because of my love for New Wave and Synth Pop.

[@Maksatliseyahat]

and of course thriller by mj

[@irishmjk427]

Totally forgot about re-flex. Thanks 😀

[@jakubdabrowski3846]

New Order - Temptation, Ultravox - The Voice, A-Ha - Stay on These Roads, Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love

[@gabrielcristea928]

Great to see Vince Clarke featured so many times. I would still add Erasure's Love To Hate You.

[@laurence.MusicAndSights]

Likewise Vince wrote 200 songs for Andy Bell and are still close friends. ERASURE was nearly as good as DEPECHE MODE, love PET SHOP BOYS who have just released their 16th solo album ❤ Warm greetings from France

[@PdrOjdk-wv4zk]

Es increible tener los mismos gustos , a pesar del idioma y distintas realidades. La música une es una de las pocas alegrias de éste mundo. Saludos cordiales desde Chile una fanatica del synth pop electrónico.

[@skintrader100]

Erasures "Chorus" should be here

[@Redpigracing]

I miss the whole Abbaesque Maxi

[@bear4pozcle]

Once again the 80's reigns supreme! Such a great decade not ony for Synth-Pop, but all kinds of music!!!

[@Media_Ranker]

So true, anyone who grew up then was spoiled when it came to all kinds of popular music! Thanks for watching

[@dianakirsch8029]

Such a list without Being Boiled by The Human League is not perfect

[@Media_Ranker]

You can really hear how ahead of their time they were with that, and the influence it would have had on electronic music overall i just never loved the vocal melody really. Will definitely be in part 2 if i do that. Cheers

[@Metal_guru-kj8er]

Done by a complete amateur. Only one Kraftwerk song in the whole top 100 ? Seriously? The pioneers of electronic music. I know this video is only one person's opinion but come on.... at least do some bloody research!

[@Media_Ranker]

Why do people keep missing the second one lol. But youve contradicted it with the opinion point because this isnt about the most significant to the genre etc, its about the sound of the songs. Otherwise it would be Kraftwerk and Gary Numan at the top with one or two others lol. Cheers

[@ericlove7321]

Depeche Mode and New Order 1 and 2. I'm good with that.

[@vsevolod20]

Camouflage? Where?

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah i did actually have The Great Commandment in there when i uploaded this the first time (on an old channel) but i had quite a few comments asking why i didnt have Maniac by Michael Sembello in there (never really thought of it as synth pop before), so i had to swap that in for that really as its such a big song. But it really could have been there its a great song and they had a great synth pop sound. Cheers

[@gabrielcristea928]

It's there, but hidden :D

[@jerrycote659]

⁠​⁠@@Media_Rankerbut if you were compiling the list and you knew that Maniac has no place being on a synthpop list shouldn’t you have used your better judgment and not capitulated? With that said I do think the top 5 are excellent and was particularly pleased to see Heaven 17 Temptation in there. The only song in that top 5 that I felt should have not been there, even though I absolutely love it is Enjoy The Silence simply because I think there are much better DM songs which are more fully synth based, however, regardless, Enjoy The Silence is a banger and the last great DM song IMO. I was glad to see Duran Duran included but I wish it had been “Is There Something I Should Know” or “Union Of The Snake” both of which are much more synth sounding than “Hungry Like The Wolf” (nothing against Hungry Like The Wolf at all, which I freaking love).

[@j.maxell3030]

En los 80's brillaron todos lod géneros electronicos de primera línea del EDM 80's: House, Techno, Synthpop, HI-NRG, Freestyle, Italo, Electro Funk, New Beat, Trance, Ácid, Electro, Eurobeat... De hecho en la lista sono mucho HI-NRG, Synthpop e Italo 👍. Gracias a Giovanni Giorgio Moroder por iniciar el EDM... The Sound Of The Future

[@I.M.S_officiel]

Such A Shame - Talk Talk only 72 ???

[@polar_fox24]

Top5 song❤

[@jr-ox2vp]

Yeah... The ranking is really bad especially in some specific cases

[@ethanoreilly2002]

150% should be in top 5

[@avtodor]

Top 5 really!

[@jonathanfox1543]

I saw the title of this video and said to myself, “If Blue Monday isn’t number one, this entire list is a waste.” Now I say, “Good job!”😊

[@vsevolod20]

Yes, you're lucky. As for me I also like New Order but a Flock of Seagulls much more.

[@Media_Ranker]

Lol thanks! It could only be that really couldnt it!

[@ZXFrankie]

Lot of songs on this list that is a lot better than Blue Monday 😂

[@hossfrombonanza]

Same thought here. Glad to know this list is so close to my favourites bands. Of course, there’s never a perfect selection: I would love to see some germans ‘hit factory’ bands like Camouflage or Cetu Javu to get this even better but nevertheless I’m quite happy with that.

[@PSBradio1]

​@@Media_RankerPet Shop Boys have about 250 songs better than this top. Who knows the singles, partnerships and b slides knows i am right.

[@romanseano]

Perhaps purely from an American perspective (and Los Angeles for me, where the broad New Wave genre first broke through the radio waves in the US), some of these don't check the box of Synth Pop... mainly because they were already crossed over too much into another genre, like mainstream pop or New Romanticism. With Synth Pop, right away I think New Order, Depeche Mode, A-ha, OMD, Soft Cell, Bronski Beat, Human League, Eurythmics, Ultravox, PSB, Erasure, Talk Talk (which btw, the song "Talk Talk" isn't on the list?!)... But Michael Sambello, Kim Carnes, Corey Hart - while their songs used synthesizers, they were more of a "Top 40 pop" sound - something much more mainstream, and out of place in overall New Wave. Stacey Q is definitely way more Freestyle genre, but I just love her too much to kick her off this list! And then there's bands like Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Ice House and to a lesser extent Simple Minds - all which I love. To me, they aren't quite as leaned into the synth pop aesthetic. They check the "synth" and the "pop" boxes enough while still definitively under the broader umbrella of New Wave. But then again, technically so does INXS - and they're nowhere to be found here! I'd argue for their place on this list over Corey Hart, Kim Carnes, and Michael Sambello. The UK perspective probably looks a bit different: I just took note that the 3 exceptions I mentioned are from North America. By the way, thank you for giving respect to my all-time favorite New Order... who I think is too often overlooked. Their contribution to synth and the obvious influence they had in the decades that followed is immeasurable. (Oh, so many house songs at clubs in the 90's - overall less sophisticated & less thoughtful compared to New Order's work, but many house artists ripped off elements straight from New Order's tracks). I personally think Bizarre Love Triangle is the best song of the three, but I'm just very happy you even included it!

[@PdrOjdk-wv4zk]

Me da tanto gusto leer este comentario tan acertivo del synth pop y muy de acuerdo con todo sobretodo por Inxs. Y los grupos de EEUU. Que se desmarcan de la corriente. Yo escucho todo los días esta música aquí en Chile me da asco el reggaetón. Saludos a ti por tener cultura musical.

[@nftos]

@@PdrOjdk-wv4zk Tu reggaetón top 100; Vamos! ;-)

[@cekinekshn]

Few songs this list is missing 1. Talking Heads - This must be the place 2. New Order - Temptation 3. Tears for Fears - Watch me bleed 4. Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing 5. New Order - Dreams never end 6. Black - Wonderful Life 7. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

[@virgasrimdeika2373]

also missed the cars , fiction factory , nik kershaw

[@nftos]

Love this must be the place, but would not classify it as synth-pop. Art rock, perhaps. ;-)

[@leandrosantiagogarcia1913]

Where is "Maria Magdalena", of Sandra? What about "That´s Good" (Devo)? Domino Dancing, of Pet Shop Boys?

[@oskarobit]

In my opinion "Maria Magdalena" was closer to Italo Disco and Domino Dancing Latin dance/pop

[@leandrosantiagogarcia1913]

@@oskarobitI don’t agree

[@oskarobit]

@@leandrosantiagogarcia1913 too much people* think everything in the 80s is synth-pop. And is not! In the eighties I heard synth-po, new wave, new romantics, post-punk, electronica, proto-house, house, latin house, vocal house, disco, techno, techno-pop, italo disco, funk, pop, industrial, etc. * those youngers than 50 in special...

[@ilcomunicatore8530]

@@oskarobit Fair point, I wouldn't necessarily chuck all those songs in the synth-pop bucket but still a very, nice collection. And well done to include some new artists who are inspired by these eighties sounds!

[@Tanzadog1]

Beautiful World - Devo?

[@andyc7666]

Should have had John Foxx- Underpass on there. Such a heavy synth tune back in the day

[@danielmarquis5258]

💯 FOR SURE!! He was a Pioneer.

[@geoffwag]

Or Miles Away .. an excellent song

[@alexsteadman8013]

Some bangers there with King of the synths Vincent Clark What a ledge

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah he was behind so much of this sound and so many classic synth pop songs wasn't he! Definitely a legend. Thanks for watching

[@andreasangiorgi7121]

An another king of synths is Alan Wilder From Recoil! He is a formerly of Depeche Mode, he left in 1995

[@alexsteadman8013]

@@andreasangiorgi7121 agreed, Depeche mode never quite the same when he left.

[@romystumpy1197]

Yes he was everywhere like an explosive rash

[@exhorton]

Where is the Peter Schilling's music? Major Tom or The Different Story? The Weeknd Above of KRAFTWERK? WTF

[@arv8576]

Lot of Vince Clark. Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure. Vince's triplets.

[@GrandmaMay]

The king

[@harry2.01]

and The Assembly with Feargal.

[@wscottwalters74]

Let’s not give too much credit to Vince for Depeche. They quickly moved on from his style.

[@Teodor610]

@@wscottwalters74 He formed the band and wrote all songs on the first album! No Vince no DM

[@wscottwalters74]

@@Teodor610 I understand. But he deserves little credit for their success beyond that. The dM sound bears little resemblance to his style.

[@kojikicklighter371]

Here are 11 that are not on your list, that are awesome: Metro/Berlin, Every Day Is Halloween/Ministry, Send Me an Angel/Real Life, Saved By Zero/The Fixx, Groove Is In the Heart/Deee-Lite, She Blinded Me With Science/Thomas Dolby, What's On Your Mind/Information Society, Sexual(Li Da Di)/Amber, Crucified/Army of Lovers, Hold Me Now/Thompson Twins, It Feels So Good/Sonique

[@kyachdistent1301]

There's more lacking than this-hell there's no bloody Kim Wilde: the 80s Queen and music Queen is NOT even there ONCE! No 'Cambodia-R', no 'Chequered Love', 'You Keep Me Hangin' On' or 'You Came', never mind all the even more important masses of them that always get ignored: 'Bitter Is Better', 'Ego', 'Take Me Tonight', 'Stay Awhile', 'The Second Time', 'Hey Mister Heartache', 'Child Come Away', 'Boys', 'House Of Salome', 'The Touch', 'Shangri-La', 'Dancing In The Dark' etc. There's no China Crisis, Shakespears Sister, Natasha England, Real Life (you did mention this act above), Blancmange (unless I missed them), Kirsty MacColl, Thompson Twins (which you also add), 'Til Tuesday, 'Voice Of The Beehive', 'Machinations, Kids In The Kitchen and more. List is just done to put Depeche Mode in as many times as possible (I don't know why, they completely abandoned their sound in the 90s so stop sucking up to them people). There's decent Duran songs should've been here: 'The Promise', 'Election Day', 'Skin Trade', 'All She Wants Is', 'Sound Of Thunder' too.

[@evanhayward1502]

Send Me an Angel. Yeah, right now. Real Life had 12 months of brilliance.

[@BennyBrilleman]

​@@kyachdistent1301It's certainly an odd list, but fun to check out....What perplexed me most is the 1 Heaven17 song in the rankings was Temptation. What happened to Let Me Go? 🤣

[@kyachdistent1301]

@@BennyBrilleman One way of putting it, seems quite layered towards certain people too.

[@BAztid]

OMD are the ones. Directly inspired Vince Clarke (creator of Depeche, Yazoo and Erasure) to become an electronic musician. Key influence on Howard J, Pet Shops, Frankie, Alphaville, Moby and many more. Heavily influenced the sound and image of early TFF. Incredible and perpetually underrated band.

[@jeffreystrathearn5082]

This is basically a list of most of my favorite songs and artists.

[@RichardDaguno]

A-ha and The Romantics are the best for me in this era

[@sanangadjiyev9968]

Modern Talking forever!

[@adamgarrick3778]

I appreciate the work you did on this. I would have probably stuck to one decade, though. There are a few glaring omissions (Kim Wilde, Culture Club, early Madonna, Cyndi Lauper). But otherwise some solid picks.

[@ohhiitsjustme3445]

Depeche Mode and Duran Duran just dominated!

[@StefansAmigaWelt]

Human League - Being boiled ... first version 1978 or second one in 1982 😱

[@ericcantona3624]

В этом топе должно быть 20-25 песен Pet Shop Boys. Половина групп в этом списке вообще ни о чем

[@zjenji]

Great list! Would love a part two! Maybe some Peter Schilling, Wire, Sylvester, Echo & The Bunnymen, Adam Ant, B-Movie, Freur, I could go on and on.

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks, ill definitely add those to the list for part 2!

[@IJFlores]

Echo are not synth pop, they’re new wave.

[@The_Earth_is_my_home]

3:53 Sounds like a Melody(Alphaville) 6:59 Forever Young (Alphaville) 5:37 Big in Japan (Alphaville) My favorite band forever.

[@tangerine825]

e r a s u r e ;-),Mr. Vincent Clarke - Synthpop Genius...

[@Media_Ranker]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching

[@gianvaldivieso_06]

Where are "The Great Commandment", "Breath Of Life", "Domino Dancing, "Living In Oblivion", "Go West" and "The More You Live, The More You Love".

[@kyachdistent1301]

Yes but this first: WHERE IS KIM WILDE?! She's not there even once and she owned that decade-'Chequered Love', 'Water On Glass', 'Boys' and 'Cambodia-R' from '81, 'View From A Bridge', 'Ego', 'Bitter Is Better' and 'Child Come Away'-'82, 'Love Blonde' and 'Dancing In The Dark'-'83, 'House Of Salome', 'The Second Time' and 'The Touch'-'84, 'Rage To Love' and 'Turn It On'-'85, 'Schoolgirl' and 'You Keep Me Hangin' On'-'86, 'Another Step (Closer To You)' and 'Say You Really Want Me'-'87, 'Hey Mister Heartache', 'You Came' and 'Never Trust A Stranger'-'88 and 'Four Letter Word', 'She Hasn't Got Time For You' and 'Love In The Natural Way' from '89. If this isn't covering every year, I don't know what is!

[@mattbelinski7760]

@vendettavaldivia I agree...Anything Box should have at least 3 or 4 tracks on here. Answer Me, World Without Love and as you mentioned, Living in Oblivion.

[@Rob-ew9id]

Enjoy the Silence is the greatest song ever.

[@andreasangiorgi7121]

As a devotee (Depeche Mode fans) my No. 1 is Enjoy The Silence absolutely, but I admit that Blue Monday by New Order is such a great song too!

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah thats fair, Depeche Mode did have the most songs here too, 6 i think it was. Thanks for watching

[@rossanamariani7210]

Talk talk Depeche mode Erasure Tears for fear

[@MelMXX]

You spin me round by DOA should be at least in the top 20.

[@jasondancaster3296]

Fiction Factory - Feels like Heaven (Biggest omission!) Nits - Red Tape Blancmange - Waves/Blind Vision China Crisis - Christian OMD - Genetic Engineering/Telegraph/Maid of Orleans Yazoo - Nobody's Diary Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Eurythmics - Who's that Girl? Depeche Mode - See You/New Life (their best songs imo) AHA - Stay on These Roads Assembly - Never Never A Flock of Seagulls - Transfer Affection Marsheaux - Summer/Secret Place/Popcorn ...These would all be in my top 50. Otherwise a good list; 'Fade to Grey' perhaps no.1 for me🙂

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks, yeah in hindsight i should have made this much more than a top 100 so whenever i do a part 2 or new version i will add those! Cheers

[@modernzoociety]

I thought that " Take on Me" would be #1..... after it wasnt, i went with Blue Monday

[@aleksandartosic4504]

The Cars - Drive Kim Wilde - Cambodia Berlin - Take my Breath Away Camouflage - The Great Commnandment Ladytron - Ace of Hz Billy Idol - Eyes without a Face Mando Diao - Black Saturday Arcade Fire - Sprawl II

[@markhostetter1383]

speaking of The Cars, I vote for Moving In Stereo

[@olesiar.416]

Первые 10 мест должны занимать Depeche mode! Это как минимум. А вообще есть подборки поинтереснее, многих тут просто нет.

[@alexmarquis5794]

Miracle of Love: Eurythmics Voyage Voyage: Desireless Never Ending Story: Limahl Islands: Mike Oldfield ft Bonnie Tyler Self Control: Laura Brannigan (RIP😢)

[@ericcantona3624]

Pet Shop Boys super

[@patakes6784]

1. Enjoy the silence - Depeche Mode 2. Blue Monday - New Order 3. Shout - Tears for fears

[@leschunck3637]

top 1/most of all: Enjoy the Silence!!!!!! *In meantime, where is Voyage Voyage of Desireless??

[@Aug98]

Thank you for the interesting video 🥰, I liked it 😊, Depeche Mode and Tears For Fears are the coolest and favorite bands for me, always in my heart 🥰❤️😍, but it’s just a little disappointing that your list had very few Depeche Mode songs,😔🥺 on first place I would put Stripped or Black Celebration or Master And Servant 🤔

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks for watching. Well there is 6 Depeche Mode songs overall i just thought for this i couldnt have too many songs from one artist for a top 100, even though its subjective and overall for my personal taste i probably could have picked a few more too, including those you said. Cheers

[@Aug98]

Okay, thank you for your answer ☺️, I really want them to make a second part, maybe these Depeche Mode songs that I mentioned in my comment will be continued 🤔🙏

[@perolsen5780]

How can this be a synteh list????? there a only a few groupr playing only synths????????

[@omicron.lamda.]

I don't know what "Synth -pop" is,but,the only thing that i understood ,is that ,90% of these songs are just ... GREAT!!! 👍👏👍

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks for watching

[@omicron.lamda.]

@@Media_Ranker You're welcome 🤗! Your video reminded, to me,some great songs, that i had forgotten, they existed!👍

[@thelordsensei7149]

Missing songs, and others its not for the ranking, where is, Happy children?, great song, where is, the walk from The Cure?, where is, square rooms?, where is Jump, from Van Halen?, the Song has a great synth, where is, Olivia Newton John with make a mové o me?, where is Stephanie of Mónaco with 2 great synth songs?, mmmm m.. Great Southerland Kon Kan with a Great synth Song "I beg your Pardon" Your ranking y very Bad

[@blakehorsfield3379]

You can't convince me this wasn't compiled with a random number generator 😂

[@Media_Ranker]

Surely not those top 2 though? lol. Thanks for watching anyway

[@blakehorsfield3379]

@@Media_Ranker I'd swap them round myself but yeah I can't argue with the top 2 I guess 😅

[@oandri]

Wow, the Basildon-London foursome discovered the diversity of electronic music for me.

[@jbsMUWcreations2089]

I like how most of it is 80s music

[@Media_Ranker]

Definitely the peak era for this sound and genre wasnt it! Thanks for watching

[@forestfc]

It should only be the 80s for this category

[@MiroAraujo23]

West end girls and Enjoy the silence are the Best.😂😂😂

[@saschapulkowski4413]

To be fair, this should have been a top 200 video. Too much great talent in the 80/90s to cover with a measly top 100.

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah it really should have been, potentially even more than that! This will either get replaced in the future or there will be a part 2 or something. Cheers

[@robertmarkiewicz2365]

Duzo syntpopu i new romanticu,ktory jest czestym i plastycznym dla reklam i telewizji zarowno w 80-tych jak i we wspolczesnosci,serio.

[@darwleg]

"Relax don't do it", we all know that Depeche are the No. 1 of synth pop.

[@MintyDog4]

So Pet Shop Boys, Depeche mode, Tears for fears, Ultravox left the chat?? Where r they?? They got the best songs for me.. ok if u dont agree.. Did anyone spot Anne clark? I cant remember

[@Media_Ranker]

They are all in the video, what do you mean lol. There is i think 6 Depeche Mode songs. Cheers

[@MintyDog4]

@@Media_Ranker Well good but i think they could be more of the others. But nothing against the video

[@Media_Ranker]

@@MintyDog4 Oh fair enough i thought you were saying you couldnt see any of those artists at all lol. Cheers

[@chrisshiels192]

Great list!😎 Plenty by Vince Clark, who is the all-time Synth GOD!😇 One BIG omission for me is Propaganda's "Duel"!

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah he really is isnt he, involved in so many huge songs! Thats fair, ill definitely make sure its in part 2. Thanks

[@tkmorrison6404]

Where is "Drive" by the Cars? Sorry but Enjoy the Silence is number ONE. PERIOD.

[@Media_Ranker]

Lol see there are so many different opinions on synth pop it seems, in terms of what counts, cause when i originally uploaded this i had Drive in the video and people said it wasnt, its synth rock. Yeah i wouldnt have an issue with the top two being the other way around really, as long as they are still the top two. Cheers

[@tkmorrison6404]

Totally makes sense!! Still awesome video!! 😎

[@josepurbanob.1579]

Depeche mode 👋👋 👋👌 ;👋👋👍 british music 1 🇬🇧 🥇 regards from COLOMBIA 🇨🇴.. fuckoff regeton 😅😅🔥🔨💣💥💥

[@Georgemdb]

All my fav songs in one video !

[@crisbelly7005]

Congratulations, great compilation! I wouldn't have included the 5-4 modern things. 5 big shortcomings: "State of the nation" - Industry, "Feels like heaven" - Fiction Factory, "Tomorrow" - The Communards, "I can't wait" - Nu Shooz and "The great commandment" - Camouflage

[@mjdegens8384]

Yes, Communards!!!

[@teriosa]

El primer video de este tipo al que no tengo nada en absoluto que reprochar, estos si son mis 80's 👌 Lo que si puedo es añadir alguna, pero ya que ha habido dos o tres de "A Flock of Seagulls" me ha faltado "The more you live, the more you love" 👏👏👏

[@Media_Ranker]

Thank you! I will definitely be doing another version of this at some point too

[@deanodeano8604]

Soundtrack to my life...awesome ❤

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah such a great sound isnt it! Cheers

[@adrianmcardle85]

Baring 3 songs from Chvrches, New Order And Depeche Mode ive got all These as MP3s

[@altoort1109]

I would add the song In my arms of Erasure. My favourite song ever!

[@L1nk2002]

Take on me ain't at number 1 so it's just completely wrong.

[@Dijon.Moon_1969]

Ultravox ,Omd,Aha and Depeche Mode are brilliant !!!

[@ronaldrebulanan7327]

I often heard their songs it thru cd or mp3 but some of it never see their video. Music videos in the 80's are limited to watch coz its only tv station has capable get it abroad & broadcast it locally

[@Steffe]

Good list, although there were a few "new' songs in there that should be removed.

[@davidleandrodambrosio6355]

El top está mal armado. Tears for Fears es mi banda favorita, pero las canciones del segundo álbum son mas new wave que Synth. Además faltó Sandra que tiene un montón de temas conocidos de este género.

[@luisfd70]

Estoy de acuerdo, además pone algunas canciones de Kim Carnes, Devo, Level 42, Simple Minds, Duran Duran que no son synth pop.

[@jessijames3256]

Although I am a die hard Depeche Mode fan, I miss Being Boiled by Human League 🤔

[@darcy_taylor3103]

I Love Erasure !

[@noregretcoyote1808]

Very subjective. Someone is a depeche mode fan. What happened to Say Hello Wave Goodbye?

[@reallymysterious4520]

Great list - I was actually almost able to squeeze out a top 50 but fell short by 5. Off the top of my head what I would add that wasn't on here was Major Tom- Peter Schllling, Space Age Love Song - Flock of Seagulls, One of our Submarines - Thomas Dolby, Don't Walk Past - Blue Peter. Here is my top 45 of yours: 45 Bizzare love triangle 44 Spin me round 43 Something about you 42 Forever young 41 Two tribes 40 Computer love 39 New song 38 Strangelove 37 Here comes the rain 36 Poison arrow 35 Situation 34 If you leave 33 Cruel summer 32 Sweet dreams 31 Don't you want me 30 Sunglasses at night 29 Enjoy the silence 28 Living on video 27 Such a shame 26 Blue Monday 25 Always something there 24 West end girls 23 Bette Davis eyes 22 People are people 21 Obsesssion 20 Amadeus 19 It's my life 18 Hungry like the wolf 17 Wishing 16 Pale shelter 15 Look of love 14 Running up hill 13 Alive and kicking 12 Axel F 11 Save a prayer 10 Policy of truth 9 Big in Japan 8 Relax 7 What is love 6 Smalltown boy 5 Tainted love 4 Cars 3 I ran 2 Don't you forget about me 1 Shout

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah definitely going to need to do a part 2 as well! Great list, difficult to rank and narrow down this many great songs isnt it. Cheers

[@marcelvos4549]

My top 5 would be: 5. AC/DC - You shook me all night long 4: Queen - Tie your mother down 3: Iron Maiden - Wasted Years 2: Motörhead- Orgasmatron 1: Metallica- Master of Puppets

[@kyachdistent1301]

It's not a great list at all-Kim Wilde is not on there AT ALL! Here we go again, another completely dumb compiler deaf and blind to this amazing woman and her equally amazing brother's output-she was only biggest UK female of the lot, yet you make sure you put Eurythmics, Yazoo and even Bananarama in there. You certainly didn't listen to one of those songs on it-'Don't You Forget About Me'-as you clearly DID with Kim bloody Wilde! Then there's Sandra, Real Life, Camouflage, Information Society, Kirsty MacColl, Blancmange, China Crisis, Nick Heyward, Lene Lovich, even ABBA, it reads more like a who's who of who you DIDIN'T feature. Oh and Depeche Mode-who you couldn't STOP featuring! Oh D-E-A-R!

[@reallymysterious4520]

@@kyachdistent1301 So it's not a great list because some hack singer that you like is not on there. You are nothing more than a self absorbed egotistical narcissistic intolerant TROLL

[@abalister6661]

Rock Me Amadeus so low ! Would've bet that it was top 10 !!! Oh well.

[@Media_Ranker]

Not one ive personally ever been a big fan of really, but i know its big enough that it has to be in there. Cheers

[@Olgaanti]

Some bands cannot be strictly classified as synth pop. I would doubt Duran Duran, for instance.

[@Media_Ranker]

Not synth pop as their only genre thats true, but every song here had synth pop as at least one of their genres so thats what i used for selection. Cheers

[@dianebartl8621]

I would have reversed spots 1 and 2. I love New Order, but for me Depeche mode wins hands down.

[@deena487]

DM, Duran Duran & Tears for Fears❤❤❤

[@llweb1601]

"Blue Monday" #1 yeah ! what about "Close to me" from Cure ?

[@saschaf.1113]

Thanks for this collection. To watch this videos was pure joy. The ranking isn't important - everyone has his own favourites. Great melodies, great songs...

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks!

[@hebertreboucas4800]

Tem várias bandas e músicas nessa lista que não são synth pop mas o vídeo é muito bom

[@Media_Ranker]

Some of the artists may not be mostly synth pop artists, thats fair, but all the songs have synth pop as at least one of their genres. Thanks

[@hebertreboucas4800]

@@Media_RankerOK

[@Sleepwalk60]

Ultravox should be in top ten

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah thats fair enough. Cheers

[@a.m.g.u.f.o.642]

Tolle Musik, in einer echt geilen Zeit, bin jetzt ü60 und 😢😢😢😢schwer krank.

[@hansolo6101]

Did I miss Berlin - The Metro? I've never even heard of the #5 song or band

[@Media_Ranker]

No but actually youve reminded me i really could've/should've had Take My Breath Away in there! Definitely will for part 2 if i do it! Temptation by Heaven 17 is great you should give it a full listen! Thanks for watching

[@ИгорьДенисов-с6ш]

sparks???

[@tunisian_stats]

9:29 Sweet Dreams Are Made of This 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@benfoldsfunf4517]

Strange definition of synth-pop. If Simple Minds are a synth-pop band, then why no Genesis, Pink Floyd, Van Halen or The Beatles?

[@Media_Ranker]

Theres sort of two sides to it because those songs are definitely synth pop songs, synth pop is one of the genres for them if not the only one. However yes there are big (well bigger) artists who maybe do technically have songs like that too who i chose not to include because they couldnt be considered a synth pop artist generally. Cheers

[@benfoldsfunf4517]

@@Media_Ranker I'm Ok with that answer. Thanks for the list. I t was entertaining. Cheers!

[@Media_Ranker]

@@benfoldsfunf4517 Cheers 👍

[@matty007]

I didn't see THE CARS DRIVE. But still a lot of good songs on the list.

[@brianandrea3249]

Good list although I’d question the order. I’d also question if some these hits are true synth pop. Just because a band has a synthesiser doesn’t make it synth pop. And no Bjork!! Hyperballad is just monumental!

[@brianandrea3249]

Oh, and Pete Shelley - Homosapien!,

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fantastic topic and video!

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks, such a great genre isnt it!

[@jasonjaeger4860]

Everyone will have their own rankings but I will say this list is awesome! Thank you!

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah you wont find two people who would agree on even half of a top 100 of anything really. Appreciate it, thanks