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Synthwave is a microgenre [9] [10] of electronic music [1] that draws predominantly from 1980s films, video games, and cartoons, [11] as well as composers such as John Carpenter, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Tangerine Dream. [12] [13] Other reference points include electronic dance music genres including house, synth, and nu-disco. [14]
Souvenir" was the 28th best-selling single in the UK in 1981. [ 14 ] Retrospectively, Ned Raggett of AllMusic praised Humphreys' "warm and beautiful lead role" and described the mid-song instrumental break as "especially inspired". [ 15 ]
Synth-pop (also known as electropop or technopop) [1] [2] is a music genre that uses the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. With the genre becoming popular in the late 1970s and 1980s, the following article is a list of notable synth-pop acts, listed by the first letter in their name (not including articles such as "a", "an", or "the").
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
"Obsession" is a 1983 song by Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres, covered in 1984 by American synth-pop band Animotion. The song hit number six in the United States, and number five in the United Kingdom in June 1985, helped by a distinctive video that MTV played frequently.
Common reference points include various forms of 1980s music, including radio rock, new wave pop, MTV one-hit wonders, New Age music, synth-driven Hollywood blockbuster soundtracks, [9] lounge music, easy-listening, corporate muzak, lite rock "schmaltz", video game music, [1] and 1980s synth-pop and R&B.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, music from the United Kingdom was informed by the after-effects of the punk/new wave revolution. [8] In 1979, "Roxanne" by the Police cracked the American Top 40, followed by the more modest chart successes of Elvis Costello, [9] Sniff 'n' the Tears, [10] the Pretenders, Gary Numan, Squeeze, and Joe Jackson; the latter scored a new wave hit with "Is She ...