Album: The last of the Mohicans
Genre: New Wave
Writers: Richard Gotthehrer, Bert Berns, Jerry Goldstein, bob Feldman
Released: 1982
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The original song was first recorded by the American band The Strangeloves. The single was included on their self titled album released in 1965. 17 years later, the British band Bow Wow Wow included it on their EP The Last of the Mohicans in 1982. The song became in one of his popular singles in the United States. The one was ranked at #8 on the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders fo the 80s, while VH1 ranked it at #86 on its 100 Greatest Songs.

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Album: Kissing to be Clever
Genre: New Wave
Writer: Culture Club
Released: September, 1982
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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me is not only one of the most remarkable of the 80s song, but also the New Wave genre. The one was released by the popular group Culture Club on their album, Kissing to be Clever in 1982. The son reached the peak position at number one in countries like Australia, Germany, Ireland, Norway, United States and United Kingdom. Besides that, it received certified Gold as in France as in Germany. The group was active until 2000, and the last compilation album was released four years ago. It was titled Culture Club 2005 - Singles and Remixes.

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Album: Rio
Genre: New Wave
Writer: Duran Duran
Released: May, 1982
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Hungry Like the Wolf was released in 1982 and included into the second studio album of the English group Duran Duran. When it was premiered had a moderated success, however when it was released in The United States, got to become on a super hit around the world. The one received a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984. The single got a certified Gold in US and Canada, and certified Silver in United Kingdom. Yesterday, they have announced that will return to North America with a live show the next 11th July, 2009 at The Pacific Amphitheatre in Orange County, CA.

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Album: Parallel Lines
Genre: New Wave, Disco
Writers: Chris Stien, Deborah Harry
Released: January, 1979
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This song was originally recorded in 1975 with another rhythmn. Four years later, it was included by Blondie into her album Parallelines, and it was in that moment when the single became so popular. In fact, it peaked the top ten position in different countries around the world. The one was ranked at #255 on the Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The last compilation album of Blondie was released in 2006 with other popular songs like: Sunday Girl, Rapture, Atomic, Rip Her to Shreds, Dreaming, Hanging on the Telephone and Island of Lost Souls.

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Album: Songs from the Bing Chair
Genre: New Wave
Writers: Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, Roland Orzabal
Released: March, 1985
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World recently has been used on Watchmen movie. It was released on April, 1985 in United States and reached the number one posititon on Billboard Hot 100 Chart. It won a Brit Award for Best single in 1986. The single also has made part of other movies as a soundtrack or on some scene like: Click (2006), Romy and michele’s High School Reunion (1997) and Felix the Cat (1991), Independence Day Trailer (1996). The song was included into the album Songs From the Big Chair which got a certified Gold by BPI (UK), CRIA (Canada) and RIAA (United States). They have announced a 2009 Tour through United States starting form July 10th.

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Album: Live from Earth
Genre: New Wave, Rock
Writers: Holly Knight, Mike Champan
Released: October, 1983
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Pat Benatar is an American Singer whose the most successful single is Love Is a Battlefield released in 1983. The one got a certified Gold by RIAA, and it won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rocal Vocal Performance beside one nomination on MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video. This single was included into the first live album of Benatar titled Live From Earth. This material sold more than million copies around the world. This year, she is going to released a new compilation album.

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Album: Heartbeat City
Genre: New Wave
Writer: Ric Ocasek
Released: July, 1984

Drive is the biggest hit of American rock band, The Cars. The song reached the best peak position in different charts around the world: United States (#3), Canada (#6) and United Kingdom (#5). It has been used on the film Transformers when Bumblebee plays the theme to encourage Sam Witwicky performed by Shia LaBeouf to give his love to Mikaela Banes performed by Megan Fox. Also, it was used on the comedy film 50 First Dtes starring Adam Sandler. It apparead when Henry Roath (Sandler) was driving after Lucy Whitmore (Crew Barrymore) had broken up with him. The album where this song was included (Heartbeat City) received 4x certified Platinum by RIAA in 2001. The band was active until 1988. Their last compilation album was released in 2005. It was titled The Essentials with great hits like Shake it Up, Magic, You Are the Girl, Candy-O and Tonight She Comes.

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Album: Hunting High and Low
Genre: Synthpop, New Wave
Writers: Pal Waaktaar, Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen
Released: October, 1984
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 Take On Me was ranked at #24 on VH1’s Greatest Songs of the 1980s. The song was certified Gold in UK in 1985 and ten years later in Germany. It was a hit in charts like: Austrian, Dutch, German, Italian, Norwegian Swedish, Swiss and U.S. Singles Charts. With this song, A-ha won five MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction, Most Experimental Video, Best Concept Video, Best Special Effects and Viewer’s Choice. The whole album sold more than 10 million copies around the world. A-ha is a band from Norway which is active since 1982. This year, they have announced a South America tour which will include Brazil and Chile in March: 25th March (Sao Paolo, Brazil) March 26th (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) and 28th March (Santiago, Chile).

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Album: Synchronicity
Genre: Pop, Rock, New Wave
Released: 1983
This song was originally thought to be about angels, government, parents, or people that want the best for us. But actually, the lyrics seems the words from a sinister, controlling character, who is watching every move we make. Sting, the singer, said about this song: “…I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control…”. The song reached #1 on the UK charts for four weeks and also it was #1 on the US Billboard Music Charts for eight weeks. “Every Breath You Take” ranks #84 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (by Rolling Stones magazine) and #25 on Billboard’s All Time Top 100.

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