Hit me with your fav 80s(ish) synth rock/new wave bangers. We’re talkin bops from artists like INXS, Duran Duran, B-52s, The Cure, Annie Lennox, etc etc, what do you love?

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Catherine Davis · Answer

No More Words (Berlin)

Meg · Answer

Only You (Yaz): Love this one

Meaghan · Answer

New Order - Regret (Official Music Video): 1993 but fits the bill I think!

Lucy · Answer

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer: One of my all time faves!

Heather · Answer

And She Was: Anything Talkingheads!

Spines, Flicks, and Wax · Answer

Erasure - Chains of Love: I lost it when this was played on an episode of The Last of Us! One of my favorite songs of 80s New Wave.

B. A. Griffin · Answer

Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait

Melinda · Answer

Pet Shop Boys: Any and all, but their cover of “You were always on my mind” destroys me

Jules · Answer

big country: a band that has the courage to name a song after their band

Toby Nieboer · Answer

Kim Wilde - Kids In America: Masterpiece.

seán patrick john paul george ringo doran · Answer

Genius of Love /// Tom Tom Club: It’s almost 45 years old, and still ahead of its time.