Top 100 80s Synth Pop and New Wave Songs Ranked

Описание: Top 100 80s synth pop songs ranked from 100 to 1 v3.
Synth-pop and new wave reshaped pop music in the 1980s. From pioneers like Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode to global hits from Duran Duran, New Order, and Pet Shop Boys, these are the songs that defined 80s synth-pop. This is a curated countdown of the records that shaped the genre.

This list includes artists like Depeche Mode, New Order, Yazoo, Pet Shop Boys, A-ha, Erasure, The Human League, Tears for Fears and more — mixing iconic hits with overlooked deep cuts.

Top 100 Synth-Pop Songs of the 1980s
Promises, Promises – Naked Eyes
Silent Morning – Noel
Self Control – Laura Branigan
Tarzan Boy – Baltimora
What Is Love? – Howard Jones
Oh Yeah – Yello
Relax – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Love Action (I Believe In Love) – The Human League
I Can't Wait – Nu Shooz
Walking Away – Information Society
Sex (I'm A...) – Berlin
Images Of Heaven – Peter Godwin
If You Leave – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby
Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth – Devo
Pocket Calculator – Kraftwerk
Send Me An Angel – Real Life
Forever Young – Alphaville
Russian Radio – Red Flag
The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) – Peter Schilling
Cool Places – Sparks & Jane Wiedlin
Windpower – Thomas Dolby
Miami Vice Theme – Jan Hammer
This Wreckage – Gary Numan
Only One Night – The Hurricanes
Heartbeat City – The Cars
Between Something And Nothing – The Ocean Blue
Heaven Knows – When In Rome
Cruel Summer – Bananarama
Eyes Without A Face – Billy Idol
Time Out For Fun – Devo
More Than This – Roxy Music
Living On Video – Trans-X
You Keep Me Hangin' On – Kim Wilde
Sunglasses At Night – Corey Hart
Mexican Radio – Wall Of Voodoo
Point Of No Return – Exposé
Never Ending Story – Limahl
Doot Doot – Freur
Touch In The Night – Silent Circle
Weird Science – Oingo Boingo
99 Luftballons – Nena
Situation – Yazoo
Blue Monday – New Order
Personal Jesus – Depeche Mode
West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
Don't You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds
Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
Obsession – Animotion
Burning Down The House – Talking Heads
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Why? – Bronski Beat
I Ran (So Far Away) – A Flock Of Seagulls
The Promise – When In Rome
Saved By Zero – The Fixx
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) – Information Society
Always Something There To Remind Me – Naked Eyes
Don't Go – Yazoo
Take On Me – A-ha
Kyrie – Mr. Mister
Lips Like Sugar – Echo & The Bunnymen
Major Tom (Coming Home) – Peter Schilling
Smalltown Boy – Bronski Beat
Talk Talk – Talk Talk
The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
Dance Hall Days – Wang Chung
Voices Carry – 'Til Tuesday

The Great Commandment – Camouflage
Blind Hearts – Clan Of Xymox
Holiday – The Other Ones
One Thing Leads To Another – The Fixx
Vienna – Ultravox
It's My Life – Talk Talk
A Little Respect – Erasure
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) – A Flock Of Seagulls
Your Silent Face – New Order
To Cut A Long Story Short – Spandau Ballet
Drive – The Cars
What Have I Done To Deserve This? – Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
Fade To Grey – Visage
Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
The Metro – Berlin
The Sound Of The Crowd – The Human League

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