Songs List
The Songs List serves as an informative repository of songs from the new wave era (predominantly 1978-1988). While many of the songs are available on CD (including numerous CD compilations), many are only available on long-out-of-print vinyl. This list is constantly growing and anyone is encouraged to suggest additions.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Len | Label | Avg Rating | Comps | Comments/Reviews |
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| Coming Closer | La Costra Nostra | ? | ? | ||||
| Better Off Dead | La Peste | 1978 | 3:09 | Black | DIY_9 | ||
| Love in Siberia | Laban | 1986 | Critique |  (1 ratings) |
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| White Horse | Laid Back | 1984 | 3:52 | Sire |  (4 ratings) |
B80sR_2 | 1 user comment(s) |
| (Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy | Laing, Shona | 1988 | TVT | (1 ratings) |
Available on: South | ||
| Soviet Snow | Laing, Shona | 1988 | TVT | (2 ratings) |
Available on: South 1 user comment(s) | ||
| Sacraments of Love | Lamb, Annabel | ? | ? |  (1 ratings) |
1 user comment(s) | ||
| Another Day (Another Girl) [aka 'Page Three'] | Lambrettas, The | ? | 2:43 | ? | |||
| D-a-a-ance | Lambrettas, The | ? | 2:18 | ? | |||
| Einstein A Go-Go | Landscape | 1981 | 2:58 | BMG |  (4 ratings) |
CFH | ED1 | ELEC | KU80s_2 | OFE | |
| Einstein A Go-Go (Extended Version?) | Landscape | 1981 | 5:21 | ? | 12SG | ||
| Norman Bates | Landscape | 1981 | 5:28 | RCA | (1 ratings) |
Available on: From the Tea Rooms of Mars to the Hellholes of Uranus | |
| When Things Go Wrong | Lane, Robin, & The Chartbusters | 1980 | 3:15 | Warner Bros. | (1 ratings) |
DIY_9 | |
| Touch the Radio Dance | Language | 1983 | A&M | ||||
| Donnez-Moi du Feu | Larsen, Kim | 4:25 | ? | CDC_8 | |||
| There She Goes | La's, The | 1989 | 2:43 | Go! Discs / London | (2 ratings) |
POP_80s | Did not chart in US until 1991 |
| Radio Africa | Latin Quarter | 1986 | 3:51 | Rockin' Horse | (2 ratings) |
KU80s_9 | |
| Get 'im Outta Town | Laughing Dogs, The | 1979 | 3:26 | ? |  (1 ratings) |
PBC | |
| Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Lauper, Cyndi | 1984 | 3:50 | Portrait | (5 ratings) |
F80s | |
| She Bop [Special Dance Mix] | Lauper, Cyndi | 1984 | 6:23 | Portrait | (3 ratings) |
CE_5 | |
| Time After Time | Lauper, Cyndi | 1984 | 3:45 | Portrait | (7 ratings) |
NOW_84 | |
| Change of Heart [12" Mix] | Lauper, Cyndi | 1986 | 7:53 | Portrait | (1 ratings) |
CE_6 | |
| Zoom | Laurels, The | ? | ? | ||||
| Victoria | Lavvi Ebbel | 4:28 | ? | NWBC | |||
| Ronnie's Song | LAX | 1981 | 4:00 | ? | OF | ||
| Amok! | Ledernacken | ? | ? | (1 ratings) |
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| Scale of Ten | Leer, Thomas | ? | ? | ||||
| All About You | Leer, Thomas | 1982 | 3:48 | ? | IS_82 | ||
| International (Global Mix) | Leer, Thomas | 1984 | 7:07 | ? | HH_5 | ||
| Heartbeat (Extended Mix) | Leer, Thomas | 1985 | 8:54 | ? | HH_1 | ||
| Wait for Fire Burning | Legal Reins | ? | Arista | Available on: Please, The Pleasure | |||
| A Way You'll Never Be | Leisure Process | ? | ? | ||||
| Cashflow | Leisure Process | 1982 | 3:37 | ? | (1 ratings) |
WG80s | |
| Cashflow (Full Version) | Leisure Process | 1982 | 7:06 | ? | RBFF_2 | ||
| Love Cascade | Leisure Process | 1982 | Columbia | (1 ratings) |
1 user comment(s) | ||
| Love Cascade (12" Version) | Leisure Process | 1982 | Epic/CBS | ||||
| Anxiety (7" or 12" Version) | Leisure Process | 1983 | CBS | ||||
| Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room) | Lekakis, Paul | 1987 | Champion / Sire | Available on: Tattoo It | |||
| Marcia Baila (Remix) | Les Rita Mitsouko | 1990 | 5:56 | ? | (1 ratings) |
PW_7 | |
| Every Word Means No | Let's Active | 1983 | 2:51 | I.R.S. | (1 ratings) |
JCGE_14 | POP_80s | |
| Room With a View | Let's Active | 1983 | I.R.S. | (1 ratings) |
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| In Little Ways | Let's Active | 1986 | I.R.S. | (2 ratings) |
1 user comment(s) | ||
| The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) | Level 42 | 1983 | 3:41 | Polydor | (2 ratings) |
NOW_83 | |
| Leaving Me Now | Level 42 | 1985 | 3:27 | Polydor | (1 ratings) |
U80sB | |
| Something About You (US Extended Version) [Sisa Mix] | Level 42 | 1985 | Polydor |  (2 ratings) |
This is NOT the remixed version that appears on the World of Dance (Rebound) compilation | ||
| Something About You (7" Version) | Level 42 | 1986 | 3:38 | Polydor | (1 ratings) |
NOW_85 | UK single charted in 1985 |
| Something About You (Album Version) | Level 42 | 1986 | 4:24 | Polydor | (3 ratings) |
CH80s | |
| Lessons in Love | Level 42 | 1987 | 4:00 | Polydor | (5 ratings) |
PW_5 | UK single charted in 1986 1 user comment(s) |
| Something About You (Shep Pettibone Remix edit) | Level 42 | 1989 | 5:46 | Polydor | WOD | Appears on Level Best; not the same as original extended version | |
| Love Is Shining Down on Me (Extended Version?) | Leven, Jackie | 1983 | 6:07 | Virgin | (1 ratings) |
HH_3 | |
| Lucky Seven | Lew Lewis Reformer | 1979 | 2:17 | Stiff | STIFF | ||
| Win or Lose | Lew Lewis Reformer | 1979 | 3:22 | Stiff | NWG | STIFF | ||
| I'll Get By in Pittsburgh | Lewie, Jona | 1978 | 1:45 | Stiff | STIFF | ||
| Stop the Cavalry | Lewie, Jona | 1980 | 2:55 | Stiff | (1 ratings) |
L80s_2 | STIFF | |
| You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties | Lewie, Jona | 1980 | 3:03 | Stiff | (2 ratings) |
HH_2 | NWG | PW_1 | STIFF | |
| Louise (We Get It Right) | Lewie, Jona | 1981 | 4:05 | Stiff | (1 ratings) |
L80s_1 | LOTL | |
| Los Ninos del Parque | Liasons Dangereuses | 5:00 | ? | (1 ratings) |
BT80s_1 | NWCC_B2 | ||
| Can't Help Falling in Love | Lick the Tins | 1987 | MCA | Available on: Blind Man on a Flying Horse and SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL soundtrack | |||
| Pure | Lightning Seeds | 1990 | MCA | (2 ratings) |
Available on: Cloudcuckooland and Best of Lightning Seeds 1 user comment(s) | ||
| Die Matrosen | LiliPUT | 1980 | 3:47 | Off Course | (1 ratings) |
TW | |
| Never Ending Story | Limahl | 1985 | 3:28 | EMI |  (5 ratings) |
LIO_2 | |
| The Never Ending Story [American Dance Mix] | Limahl | 1985 | 6:05 | EMI | CNR_SV | ||
| Sex Girls | Lime Spiders | ? | ? | ||||
| Weirdo Libido | Lime Spiders | 1987 | 3:37 | Virgin | CW | ||
| Mercury Blues | Lindley, David | 1981 | Elektra/Asylum | Available on: El Rayo-X | |||
| Attention Stockholm | Lindt, Virna | 1981 | 3:50 | Compact Organisation | IS_81 | ||
| Young and Hip | Lindt, Virna | 1981 | Compact Organisation | ||||
| Funkytown (Extended Version) | Lipps, Inc. | 1980 | 7:46 | Casablanca | (3 ratings) |
DC_H3 | |
| Cavern | Liquid Liquid | 1983 | 5:23 | 99 | (1 ratings) |
JCGED | |
| Earthquake Song | Little Girls | 1983 | 2:37 | PVC | (3 ratings) |
JCGE_10 | OF | |
| Forever | Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul | 1983 | 3:55 | EMI | (1 ratings) |
LH80s | |
| Living in a Box | Living in a Box | 1987 | 3:03 | Chrysalis | (4 ratings) |
LIO_2 | PW_1 | |
| Lisa Anne | Lloyd, Bill | 1987 | 3:11 | Throbbing Lobster | POP_80s | ||
| Today | Lockie, Ken | 1981 | Virgin | ||||
| Ways to Be Wicked | Lone Justice | 1985 | 3:26 | Geffen | (1 ratings) |
18NWC_1 | GV80s_1 | |
| Looking for Lewis and Clark | Long Ryders | 1985 | Island | ||||
| I Am the Beat | Look | 1980 | MCA | ||||
| Tell You Today | Loose Joints | ? | ? | (2 ratings) |
1 user comment(s) | ||
| Cross the Border (Original 7" Version) | Looters, The | ? | Island | ||||
| Open Your Eyes | Lords of the New Church, The | 1982 | 3:42 | I.R.S. | (2 ratings) |
IS_82 | |
| Open Your Eyes [7" Version] | Lords of the New Church, The | 1982 | 3:27 | I.R.S. | DSNW | ||
| Dance With Me (Extended Version) | Lords of the New Church, The | 1983 | 5:52 | I.R.S. | (1 ratings) |
HH_3 | TW | |
| Dance With Me (Album version) | Lords of the New Church, The | 1983 | I.R.S. | Available on: Killer Lords | |||
| Method to My Madness | Lords of the New Church, The | 1984 | I.R.S. | Available on: Killer Lords | |||
| Like a Virgin | Lords of the New Church, The | 1985 | 3:48 | I.R.S. | (4 ratings) |
JCGE_15 | TPAN | 1 user comment(s) |
| Touch | Lori and The Chameleons | ? | Stiff | ||||
| Lonely Spy | Lori and The Chameleons | 1982 | 3:28 | ? | IS_82 | ||
| German Girl | Lotus Eaters | ? | 3:14 | ? | |||
| First Picture of You | Lotus Eaters | 1983 | 5:27 | Arista | (1 ratings) |
HH_3 | KU80s_2 | |
| First Picture of You (Album version) | Lotus Eaters | 1983 | 3:41 | Sylvan | |||
| You Don't Need Someone New (Charleston Mix) | Lotus Eaters | 1983 | 6:02 | Arista | HH_4 | ||
| You Don't Need Someone New (Album version) | Lotus Eaters | 1983 | 3:17 | Arista | |||
| Set Me Apart | Lotus Eaters | 1984 | 4:03 | Sylvan | |||
| It Hurts | Lotus Eaters | 1985 | 3:08 | Sylvan | (1 ratings) |
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| Ball of Confusion (UK Mix) | Love & Rockets | 1985 | 7:14 | Big Time | JCGED | NWCC_6 | ||
| No New Tale to Tell | Love & Rockets | 1987 | 3:27 | Big Time | (2 ratings) |
HFTU | HTDJ_87 | |
| So Alive | Love & Rockets | 1989 | 4:09 | Beggars Banquet | (3 ratings) |
PW_6 | |
| Candy Bar Express | Love and Money | 1987 | ? | ||||
| No More 'I Love You's' | Lover Speaks | 1986 | A&M | (1 ratings) |
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| I Think We're Alone Now | Lovich, Lene | 1978 | 2:46 | Stiff | (2 ratings) |
STIFF | |
| Telepathy | Lovich, Lene | 1978 | ? | (1 ratings) |
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| Lucky Number | Lovich, Lene | 1979 | 2:48 | Stiff / Epic | (5 ratings) |
CMJ_79 | LOTL | MIE | NWG | RW_1 | SIT80s_1 | STIFF | 1 user comment(s) |
| New Toy | Lovich, Lene | 1981 | 3:16 | Stiff / Epic | (7 ratings) |
JCGE_3 | 2 user comment(s) |
| New Toy (Extended Version) | Lovich, Lene | 1981 | Stiff | (3 ratings) |
2 user comment(s) | ||
| It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) (Album Version) or (Extended DanceVersion) | Lovich, Lene | 1982 | Stiff/Epic | (2 ratings) |
7" Version available on: Flex...Plus | ||
| Breakin' the Rules | Lovich, Lene | 1985 | Rhino | From the TUFF TURF soundtrack | |||
| Don't Kill the Animals | Lovich, Lene, and Nina Hagen | 1987 | Wax Trax | (1 ratings) |
Available on: Animal Liberation (Wax Trax various) | ||
| Heart of the City | Lowe, Nick | 1976 | 1:59 | Columbia | NWG | S70s_30 | STIFF | ||
| So It Goes | Lowe, Nick | 1976 | 2:28 | Stiff | (1 ratings) |
DIY_3 | STIFF | US single charted in 1978 |
| I Love My Label | Lowe, Nick | 1977 | 3:00 | Stiff | STIFF | ||
| Mary Provost | Lowe, Nick | 1977 | 2:43 | Stiff | DIY_3 | STIFF | ||
| I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass | Lowe, Nick | 1978 | 3:10 | Radar | 3MH | ||
| Cruel to Be Kind | Lowe, Nick | 1979 | 3:26 | Columbia | (2 ratings) |
FBC_1 | JCGE_1 | RBFF_6 | |
| New Message (Solo Trumpet Mix) | Lucy Show, The | 1987 | Big Time | ||||
| Spade | Lulu Kiss Me Dead | ? | ? | ||||
| Shadow | Lurkers, The | 1977 | 2:28 | Beggars Banquet | IS_77 | ||
| Ain't Got a Clue | Lurkers, The | 1978 | 2:07 | Beggars Banquet | DIY_2 | ||
| Office Love | Lynch, Susan | 1981 | CBS | A story of sex at work, all to a great Bo Diddley beat! -- Dunlap | |||
| Buried Alive | Lyres, The | 1981 | 2:44 | Ace of Hearts | (1 ratings) |
PPC_3 | |
| I Want to Help You Ann | Lyres, The | 1983 | 2:30 | Ace of Hearts | DIY_9 |
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