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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").
"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.
Synth-pop was a distinct genre during the new wave era of the late-1970s to the mid-1980s. Pages in category "British synth-pop new wave groups" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
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.
Much like Japan, Korean pop music has also become dominated by synth-pop, particularly with girl groups such as f(x), Girls' Generation and Wonder Girls. [180] In 2020, the genre experienced a resurgence in popularity as 1980s-style synth-pop and synthwave songs from singers such as the Weeknd who gained success on international music charts ...
Category: Synth-pop songs. ... Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... I'm Free (Paris Hilton and Rina Sawayama song)
She posted a 1:15 excerpt of the song to best-of-80s.de (a German forum devoted to eighties synth-pop) and to The Spirit of Radio (a fan site dedicated to Canadian radio station CFNY-FM). [1] [7] The song slowly spread across the Internet, being uploaded to WatZatSong in 2009 and to YouTube in 2011.
Play it Again: Cover Songs in Popular Music. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-6809-1. Rees, Dafydd; Crampton, Luke (1999). Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia (New Revised ed.). DK. ISBN 0-7513-1113-8. Reynolds, Simon (2011). Bring the Noise: 20 Years of Writing about Hip Rock and Hip Hop. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 978-1-59376-286-5. Shaw-Miller, Simon ...