Artist	Song
Thomas Dolby	She Blinded Me With Science
from The Golden Age of Wireless (1983)
Gary Numan	Cars
from The Pleasure Principle (1998)
Eurythmics	Here Comes the Rain Again
from Eurythmics: Ultimate Collection (Remastered) (2005)
After the Fire	Der Kommissar
from Radio Hits of the '80s (2006)
The Human League	(Keep Feeling) Fascination
from The Very Best of the Human League (2005)
Duran Duran	Rio
from Rio (Remastered) (2008)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Relax
from Bang!...The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1993)
Thompson Twins	Hold Me Now
from Thompson Twins: Greatest Hits - Love, Lies and Other Strange Things (1996)
New Order	Bizarre Love Triangle
from Singles (2005)
Animotion	Obsession
from Obsession - The Best of Animotion (1996)
A Flock of Seagulls	Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
from The Best of A Flock of Seagulls (1999)
Taco	Puttin' On the Ritz
from After Eight (2005)
Dead or Alive	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
from Rip It Up (1988)
Wang Chung	Dance Hall Days
from Points on the Curve (1984)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark	If You Leave
from The OMD Singles (1998)
ABC	Poison Arrow
from Look of Love - The Very Best of ABC (2001)
Falco	Rock Me Amadeus
from Falco: Greatest Hits (2008)
Yello	Oh Yeah
from Stella (2005)
Yaz	Don't Go
from The Best of Yaz (2008)
Trio	Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha
from Da Da Da (1997)
The Dream Academy	Life In a Northern Town
from The Dream Academy (2005)
Missing Persons	Destination Unknown
from The Best of Missing Persons (1987)
Alphaville	Big In Japan - Best Of-Version
from First Harvest 1984-1992 (2005)

Comment:

New wavers didn’t invent the synthesizer, but did they [i]ever[/i] perfect it, ransacking prog’s gig bag and momentarily shoving the guitar out of the spotlight with a sound that could swing from dark and ominous to quirky and fun in a single keystroke. Synth-pop godfather Gary Numan’s “Cars” rolls into a pre-Goth world, with robotic, emotion-free vocals echoed by percussive jolts of his Minimoog. Mad synth scientist Thomas Dolby assembles a surprisingly funky monster of a hit in “She Blinded Me With Science” — part Bowie, part Prince, and a limb or three from Dr. Frank-N-Furter — its Roland JP-4 brooding over the track like an eerie shroud. And in Depeche Mode’s “Just Can’t Get Enough,” the synth breaks out from under its darkwave cloud, ping-ponging around the speakers like a gamer amped-up on Red Bull. But don't stop here: from ABC to Wang Chung, we give you the keys to the keyboards that [i]defined[/i] the sound of new wave.

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