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Best 80s New Wave Songs - New Wave Greatest Hits

Playlist featuring the best 1980s new wave songs from legends Erasure, Yaz, Duran Duran, ABC, Berlin, OMD, The Cure, Devo, the Human League, Thompson Twins, Blondie, the B-52s, New Order, Ministry, A Flock of Seagulls, Thomas Dolby, Missing Persons, Split Enz, Blondie, ABC, Adam Ant and more.

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