Top 25 Greatest New Wave Songs Of All Time

[@lemondedeperro8587]

Enjoy the silence? Oh... Nevermind....

[@ridhuanxvi5350]

I was waiting for The Cure - Friday I'm in love.. it's one of the best song in the world.. howcome..🥲

[@skylerbower1141]

I just heard that yesterday for the first time I’m in love no pun intended haha

[@denphillips3402]

Interesting post. Not sure what would be classed as new wave, some choices a little dubious, but that's the beauty of having different thoughts... Some great choices... I'll try to put a top 20 here.... 20. OMD - Electricity 19. ABC - Tears Are not Enough 18. Human League - Don't You Want Me 17. Gary Numan - Cars 16. Spandau Ballet - To Cut a Long Story Short 15. Police - Synchronicity 2 14. New Order - Blue Monday 13. Human League - Sound of the Crowd 12. Talk Talk - It's My Life 11. Duran Duran - Girls on Film 10. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World 9. Eurythmics - Who's that Girl 8. ABC - Poison Arrow 7.. Duran Duran - Rio 6. Aha - Take On Me 5. OMD - Enola Gay 4. Flock of Seagulls - I Ran 3. Yazoo - Don't Go 2. Tears For Fears - Change 1. Blondie - Atomic That's off the top of my head.. There may be some missed out. That was tough !

[@stephanesalomon4398]

visage ........

[@denphillips3402]

@@stephanesalomon4398 Never a huge fan of Steve Strange, tbh, but a great reminder. Fade to Grey could be there between 15-18...

[@garywalton6388]

Many of these tunes are not in the category, whoever compiled this list has no idea about New Wave Bands, Joy Division Love will Tear Us Apart should of been included now that is a genuine New Wave Masterpiece, rest in peace The Great Late Ian Curtis

[@passingthroughtime3033]

That was never a big hit in the United States

[@overbanked]

The bands doesn't have to be 100 percent exclusively "new wave". Many bands of various genres dabbled into new wave in the 80s; the same like the 70s with disco.

[@HabaneroTi]

@@passingthroughtime3033 Which was hardly the only place where New Wave was popular.

[@SharLeeRV]

Dude, how old are you? Many of these songs are not even New Wave songs… You’re missing 60% of the new wave top list… and the rankings… come on

[@garylord5687]

You are right, mate. Not a bad list if you like this sort of thing but not new wave in the main.

[@HabaneroTi]

And they didn't even include any Elvis or Beyonce! 😉

[@edsonnavarrus7379]

New Wave is more poetic and rocker than synthpop, but they are close cousins in some pieces.

[@fsu9998]

I think I would had have put Rick James in the top five on this List. I would consider Superfreak New Wave!

[@davestone4022]

What about call me by Blondie

[@bartz5641]

what about the Cure

[@dogsandyoga1743]

Sheeesh...

[@paulgrant1988]

DURAN DURAN!.. THE REFLEX WAS huge in '84!.. WILD BOYS as well!!

[@kd8opi]

Huh? Most of these songs aren’t new wave.

[@micjakes1]

That's not new wave, that's pop.

[@วสากรมะลิแก้ว]

White Zomdie

[@robl1621]

Definition of New Wave is off This has a lot of post New Wave Top 40 pop All great songs but the genre is wrong

[@reydalupan8460]

INXS is a rock band not a new wave

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

Where are the police?

[@Hollyberry-no-you-didnt]

omg this is not the GREATEST list - these are good songs but so many others that defined the genre in the 80s - oh I get it it's AI that came up with the list - AI the greatest insult to every artist that ever existed! CRAP crap crap!

[@21crocodile]

New wave is so bizarre

[@countrybrandnew]

the new wave sucks. as always

[@derronsanchez391]

Need the Smiths and Yazoo for sure. Pretenders, INXS, and men at work are not new wave.

[@overbanked]

Concerning those three groups, while they aren't exclusively "new wave bands" they all dabbled into new wave; those three songs represented here are new wave

[@derronsanchez391]

We will agree to disagree

[@overbanked]

​@derronsanchez391 I'll give you "Need You Tonight" by INXS as not being new wave.(dance rock, funk rock) The other two songs are though

[@buddybahama3938]

close but not perfect. Wheres the Smiths?