250 greatest new wave songs

1. ---Rock Lobster ~~ The B-52’s
2. ---People Are People ~~ Depeche Mode
3. ---Come On Eileen ~~ Dexy’s Midnight Runners
4. ---Once In A Lifetime ~~ Talking Heads
5. ---Sweet Dreams ~~ Eurythmics
6. ---Safety Dance ~~ Men Without Hats
7. ---Cars ~~ Gary Numan
8. ---Pop Musik ~~ M
9. ---Whip It ~~ Devo
10. ---99 Red Balloons ~~ Nena

11. ---Take On Me ~~ a-ha
12. ---Video Killed The Radio Star ~~ The Buggles
13. ---How Soon Is Now? ~~ The Smiths
14. ---Brass In Pocket ~~ The Pretenders
15. ---Situation ~~ Yaz
16. ---Blister In The Sun ~~ Violent Femmes
17. ---Rock The Casbah ~~ The Clash
18. ---Is She Really Going Out With Him? ~~ Joe Jackson
19. ---Tainted Love ~~ Soft Cell
20. ---Relax ~~ Frankie Goes To Hollywood

21. ---You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) ~~ Dead Or Alive
22. ---Don’t You Want Me ~~ The Human League
23. ---Town Called Malice ~~ The Jam
24. ---Our House ~~ Madness
25. ---Just Got Lucky ~~ JoBoxers
26. ---Down Under ~~ Men At Work
27. ---Solsbury Hill ~~ Peter Gabriel
28. ---Mexican Radio ~~ Wall of Voodoo
29. ---The Promise ~~ When In Rome
30. ---Turning Japanese ~~ The Vapors

31. ---Puttin On The Ritz ~~ Taco
32. ---Dancing With Myself ~~ Billy Idol
33. ---West End Girls ~~ Pet Shop Boys
34. ---Shout ~~ Tears For Fears
35. ---Close To Me ~~ The Cure
36. ---Hold Me Now ~~ Thompson Twins
37. ---Always Something There To Remind Me ~~ Naked Eyes
38. ---Ca Plane Pour Moi ~~Plastic Bertrand
39. ---Celebrate ~~ An Emotional Fish
40. ---Don’t Stand So Close To Me ~~ The Police

41. ---Losing My Religion ~~ R.E.M.
42. ---In A Big Country ~~ Big Country
43. ---Save A Prayer ~~ Duran Duran
44. ---Need You Tonight ~~ INXS
45. ---I Got You (Frightened) ~~ Split Enz
46. ---One Way Or Another ~~ Blondie
47. ---Karma Chameleon ~~ Culture Club
48. ---Every Breath You Take ~~ The Police
49. ---Heartbreak Beat ~~ The Psychedelic Furs
50. ---Shoot You Down ~~ apb
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51. ---Holding Back The Years ~~ Simply Red
52. ---Kiss Me ~~ Stephen ‘tin tin’ Duffy
53. ---True Faith ~~ New Order
54. ---Alex Chilton ~~ The Replacements
55. ---Pride (In The Name Of Love) ~~ U2
56. ---Perfect Way ~~ Scritti Politti
57. ---Spirit In The Sky ~~ Dr. & The Medics
58. ---Don’t Change ~~ INXS
59. ---Love & Pride ~~ King
60. ---Life In A Northern Town ~~ The Dream Academy

61. ---Love Plus One ~~ Haircut 100
62. ---My Sharona ~~ The Knack
63. ---Up The Junction ~~ Squeeze
64. ---New Song ~~ Howard Jones
65. ---Ever Fallen In Love ~~ The Buzzcocks
66. ---Where The Streets Have No Name ~~ U2
67. ---Dear God ~~ XTC
68. ---Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic ~~ The Police
69. ---I Don’t Like Mondays ~~ Boomtown Rats
70. ---What’s So Funny Bout (Peace Love & U…) ~~ Elvis Costello

71. ---Alive & Kicking ~~ Simple Minds
72. ---White Wedding ~~ Billy Idol
73. ---Our Lips Are Sealed ~~ The Go-Go’s
74. ---Burning Down The House ~~ Talking Heads
75. ---Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow) ~~ World Party
76. ---Live Is Life ~~ Opus
77. ---Train In Vain ~~ The Clash
78. ---Modern Love ~~ David Bowie
79. ---Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) ~~ Icicle Works
80. ---Genius Of Love ~~ Tom Tom Club

81. ---Oh Yeah ~~ Yello
82. ---Cry ~~ Godley & Crème
83. ---Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) ~~ George Kranz
84. ---Rush ~~ B.A.D. II
85. ---Lips Like Sugar ~~ Echo & The Bunnymen
86. ---Someday, Someway ~~ Marshall Crenshaw
87. ---Why Can’t I Be You? ~~ The Cure
88. ---Antmusic ~~ Adam & The Ants
89. ---Everybody Wants To Rule The World ~~ Tears For Fears
90. ---I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for ~~ U2

91. ---The Look Of Love ~~ ABC
92. ---Red Skies ~~ The Fixx
93. ---I Want Candy ~~ Bow Wow Wow
94. ---This Woman’s Work ~~ Kate Bush
95. ---Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) ~~ INXS
96. ---Desire (Come And Get It) ~~ Gene Loves Jezebel
97. ---Should I Stay Or Should I Go? ~~ The Clash
98. ---The Honeytheif ~~ Hipsway
99. ---Oh L’amour ~~ Erasure
100. ---Just Like Heaven ~~ The Cure

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101. ---Tempted ~~ Squeeze
102. ---I Melt With You ~~ Modern English
103. ---Blue Monday ~~ New Order
104. ---Everyday Is Halloween ~~ Ministry
105. ---In Your Eyes ~~ Peter Gabriel
106. ---Boys Don’t Cry ~~ The Cure
107. ---One Step Beyond ~~ Madness
108. ---There She Goes ~~ The La's
109. ---Watching The Detectives ~~ Elis Costello
110. ---Psycho Killer ~~ Talking Heads

111. ---Misfit ~~ Curiosity Killed The Cat
112. ---With Or Without You ~~ U2
113. ---Sunday Papers ~~ Joe Jackson
114. ---The Mayor of Simpleton ~~ XTC
115. ---She Sells Sanctuary ~~ The Cult
116. ---Major Tom (Coming Home) ~~ Peter Schilling
117. ---Ana Ng ~~ They Might Be Giants
118. ---Here’s Where The Story Ends ~~ The Sundays
119. ---Tears Of A Clown ~~ The English Beat
120. ---Add It Up ~~ Violent Femmes

121. ---Destination Unknown ~~ Missing Persons
122. ---The One Thing ~~ INXS
123. ---China Girl ~~ David Bowie
124. ---Lost In The Supermarket ~~ The Clash
125. ---Rudi Can’t Fail ~~ The Clash
126. ---Tenderness ~~ General Public
127. ---So Lonely ~~ The Police
128. ---If You Were Here ~~ Thompson Twins
129. ---Beds Are Burning ~~ Midnight Oil
130. ---Personal Jesus ~~ Depeche Mode

131. ---Here Comes The Rain Again ~~ Eurythmics
132. ---Moving In Stereo ~~ The Cars
133. ---Radio Free Europe ~~ R.E.M.
134. ---I Ran (So Far Away) ~~ A Flock of Seagulls
135. ---Don’t Go ~~ Yaz
136. ---Beat’s So Lonely ~~ Charlie Sexton
137. ---Pulling Mussels (From A Shell) ~~ Squeeze
138. ---Bizarre Love Triangle ~~ New Order
139. ---Grey Cell Green ~~ Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
140. ---Dance Hall Days ~~ Wang Chung

141. ---Circle ~~ Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
142. ---What You Need ~~ INXS
143. ---Life During Wartime (This Ain’t No Party) ~~ Talking Heads
144. ---Satisfaction (I Can’t Get Me No) ~~ Devo
145. ---Words ~~ Missing Persons
146. ---Dreaming ~~ Blondie
147. ---Enjoy The Silence ~~ Depeche Mode
148. ---It Must Be Love ~~ Madness
149. ---Let The Day Begin ~~ The Call
150. ---It’s The End of the World As We Know It ~~ R.E.M.
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151. ---The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead ~~ XTC
152. ---Next To You ~~ The Police
153. ---Fly On The Windscreen ~~ Depeche Mode
154. ---Back To Ohio ~~ The Pretenders
155. ---Shoplifters of the World Unite ~~ The Smiths
156. ---Joey ~~ Concrete Blonde
157. ---See A Little Light ~~ Bob Mould
158. ---I Go Crazy ~~ Flesh For Lulu
159. ---Obsession ~~ Animotion
160. ---Wouldn’t It Be Good ~~ Danny Hutton Hitters
161. ---Overkill ~~ Men At Work

162. ---Ball of Confusion ~~ Love & Rockets
163. ---What Is Love? ~~ Howard Jones
164. ---She Blinded Me With Science ~~ Thomas Dolby
165. ---Don’t Dream It’s Over ~~ Crowded House
166. ---In Your Room ~~ The Bangles
167. ---And She Was ~~ Talking Heads
168. ---Radio Radio ~~ Elvis Costello
169. ---Would I Lie To You? ~~ Eurythmics
170. ---Girls On Film ~~ Duran Duran

171. ---Synchronicity II ~~ The Police
172. ---Strip ~~ Adam Ant
173. ---Poison Arrow ~~ ABC
174. ---Head Over Heels ~~ The Go-Go’s
175. ---Sunday Girl ~~ Blondie
176. ---Just Can’t Get Enough ~~ Depeche Mode
177. ---The Politics of Dancing ~~ Re-Flex
178. ---Message Of Love ~~ The Pretenders
179. ---Sanctify Yourself ~~ Simple Minds
180. ---Left Of Center ~~ Suzanne Vega

181. ---Mirror In The Bathroom ~~ The English Beat
182. ---Like the Weather ~~ 10,000 Maniacs
183. ---Here Comes Your Man ~~ The Pixies
184. ---19 ~~ Paul Hardcastle
185. ---Blue Jean ~~ David Bowie
186. ---One Thing Leads To Another ~~ The Fixx
187. ---We Close Our Eyes ~~ Go West
188. ---This Is Not A Love Song ~~ Public Image Ltd.
189. ---What Do All The People Know ~~ The Monroes
190. ---The Motion of Love ~~ Gene Loves Jezebel

191. ---Der Kommissar ~~ After The Fire
192. ---Living in a Box ~~ Living in a Box
193. ---Sledgehammer ~~ Peter Gabriel
194. ---Black Coffee In Bed ~~ Squeeze
195. ---No New Tale To Tell ~~ Love & Rockets
196. ---This Time ~~ INXS
197. ---Can’t Get Enough of You Baby ~~ The Colour Field
198. ---Together in Electric Dreams ~~ Georgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
199. ---Don’t Let’s Start ~~ They Might Be Giants
200. ---If I Had A Rocket Launcher ~~ Bruce Cockburn

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the new wave movement lingered into the 90s and these 50 reflect that period.

201. ---Groovy Train ~~ The Farm
202. ---Policy of Truth ~~ Depeche Mode
203. ---Unbelievable ~~ EMF
204. ---So Alive ~~ Love & Rockets
205. ---Divine Thing ~~ The Soup Dragons
206. ---Connected ~~ Stereo MC's
207. ---Right Here, Right Now ~~ Jesus Jones
208. ---Digging in the Dirt ~~ Peter Gabriel
209. ---The Beat of Love ~~ Voice of the Beehive
210. ---Room At The Top ~~ Adam Ant

211. ---There's No Other Way ~~ Blur
212. ---Tom's Diner ~~ DNA w/ Suzanne Vega
213. ---Dogs of Lust ~~ the The
214. ---Friday I'm in Love ~~ The Cure
215. ---Regret ~~ New Order
216. ---Break it Down Again ~~ Tears for Fears
217. ---Birdhouse in Your Soul ~~ They Might Be Giants
218. ---Jesus On The Payroll ~~ Thrashing Doves
219. ---Valerie Loves Me ~~ Material Issue
220. ---Laid ~~ James

211. ---Jealous ~~ Gene Loves Jezebel
212. ---Show Me Your Soul ~~ Red Hot Chili Peppers
213. ---Like A Drug ~~ They Eat Their Own
214. ---Your Woman ~~ White Town
215. ---Love U More ~~ Sunscreem
216. ---Summertime ~~ The Sundays
217. ---All Together Now ~~ The Farm
218. ---Baby's Coming Back ~~ Jellyfish
219. ---I'm Free ~~ The Soup Dragons
220. ---Real Real Real ~~ Jesus Jones

221. ---More ~~ The Sisters of Mercy
222. ---This Is Ponderous ~~ 2nu
223. ---Growing Old ~~ The Origin
224. ---Step On ~~ Happy Mondays
225. ---Blood Makes Noise ~~ Suzanne Vega
226. ---See The Lights ~~ Simple Minds
227. ---Pure ~~ The Lightning Seeds
228. ---People Are Still Having Sex ~~ LaTour
229. ---Bizarre Love Triangle ~~ Frente
230. ---Pets ~~ Porno for Pyros

231. ---Happy ~~ Ned's Atomic Dustbin
232. ---Loaded ~~ Primal Scream
233. ---The Dead Heart ~~ Midnight Oil
234. ---Beautiful Imbalance ~~ Thrashing Doves
235. ---Caroline ~~ Concrete Blonde
236. ---International Bright Young Thing ~~ Jesus Jones
237. ---3 Strange Days ~~ School of Fish
238. ---Particle Man ~~ They Might Be Giants
239. ---Woman in Chains ~~ Tears for Fears
240. ---Labour of Love ~~ Frente

241. ---Hippychick ~~ Soho
242. ---Movin' On Up ~~ Primal Scream
243. ---Dreaming ~~ O.M.D
244. ---Mandinka ~~ Sinead O'Connor
245. ---Chains of Love ~~ Erasure
246. ---Blue Sky Mine ~~ Midnight Oil
247. ---King of Wishful Thinking ~~ Go West
248. ---What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) ~~ Information Society
249. ---Lies ~~ EMF
250. ---Pop Goes The World ~~ Men Without Hats

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