De 100 beste New Wave nummers aller tijden
Beste New Wave nummers laten horen hoe punk, rock, pop en elektronica eind jaren zeventig en in de jaren tachtig door elkaar begonnen te lopen. De grenzen van het genre zijn rekbaar, maar juist daarin zit de charme.
Beste New Wave nummers: 100 invloedrijke hits en klassiekers
Van punk naar synthesizers
New Wave ontstond uit de vernieuwingsdrang rond punk en postpunk, maar gebruikte al snel synthesizers, modernere studiotechniek en sterkere popmelodieën. Lees de uitgebreide achtergrond op New Wave.
De top 25
- Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
- The Cure – Just Like Heaven
- Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
- Duran Duran – The Reflex
- New Order – Blue Monday
- A Flock of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)
- Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
- Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
- Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
- Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
- Echo & the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
- The Smiths – This Charming Man
- Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
- Ultravox – Vienna
- Gary Numan – Cars
- Visage – Fade to Grey
- OMD – Enola Gay
- Soft Cell – Tainted Love
- The B-52’s – Rock Lobster
- Blondie – Heart of Glass
- The Police – Message in a Bottle
- Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
- Killing Joke – Love Like Blood
- The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in Pink
New Wave 26 tot en met 50
- Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
- The Cure – A Forest
- New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
- Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
- Spandau Ballet – True
- Culture Club – Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
- Talk Talk – It’s My Life
- The Cars – Drive
- The Motels – Only the Lonely
- The Church – Under the Milky Way
- Depeche Mode – Strangelove
- Erasure – A Little Respect
- Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
- A-ha – Take On Me
- Tears for Fears – Shout
- INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
- The Fixx – One Thing Leads to Another
- Adam and the Ants – Stand and Deliver
- Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out
- Men at Work – Down Under
- The Stranglers – Golden Brown
- XTC – Making Plans for Nigel
- Japan – Ghosts
- OMD – Souvenir
- Yazoo – Only You
New Wave 51 tot en met 75
- The Human League – Human
- Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
- OMD – Electricity
- Ultravox – Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
- Visage – Mind of a Toy
- Heaven 17 – Temptation
- Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
- ABC – The Look of Love
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax
- Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
- The Cure – Friday I’m in Love
- Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
- New Order – True Faith
- The Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
- The Church – Reptile
- Echo & the Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
- The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
- Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
- INXS – New Sensation
- The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star
- Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
- Berlin – Take My Breath Away
- Missing Persons – Words
- The Go-Go’s – Our Lips Are Sealed
New Wave 76 tot en met 100
- A Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
- Simple Minds – Alive and Kicking
- Duran Duran – Rio
- Spandau Ballet – Gold
- Talk Talk – Such a Shame
- Camouflage – The Great Commandment
- Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
- Alphaville – Forever Young
- Simple Minds – Promised You a Miracle
- The Alarm – 68 Guns
- The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
- The Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon
- Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
- The Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way
- The Adventures – Broken Land
- New Order – Regret
- Depeche Mode – Policy of Truth
- The Cure – Pictures of You
- OMD – Maid of Orleans
- Yazoo – Don’t Go
- Tears for Fears – Mad World
- A-ha – The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
- The Human League – Love Action
- Nik Kershaw – The Riddle
- ABC – Poison Arrow
New Wave, Synthpop en jaren 80 muziek
De overlap met Synthpop is groot en veel van deze nummers vind je ook terug binnen 80’s muziek radio, Rockmuziek en Popmuziek. Dat is geen fout, dat is wat er gebeurt wanneer muzikanten weigeren netjes in één SEO-hokje te blijven zitten.