Just played
- 08:43Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
- 08:37Camouflage - That Smiling Face
- 08:31The Plymsouls - A Million Miles Away
- 08:25Missing Persons - I Can't Think About Dancin'
- 08:19Split Enz - Six Months in a Leaky Boat
- 08:14Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
- 08:09Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well
- 08:04Alphaville - Fallen Angel
- 07:59Payola$ - Eyes of a Stranger
- 07:54R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
- 07:47Q-Feel - Dancing in Heaven
- 07:41The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)
- 07:36The Greg Kihn band - Jeopardy
- 07:31Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
- 07:26David Bowie - Blue Jean
- 07:21The B-52's - Private Idaho
- 07:16INXS - Need You Tonight
- 07:10Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
- 07:04The B‐52s - Love Shack
- 06:58Human League - Mirror Man
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Most played this week
| track | times |
|---|---|
| Q-Feel - Dancing in Heaven | 9 |
| The Plymsouls - A Million Miles Away | 8 |
| The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris) | 8 |
| Human League - Mirror Man | 8 |
| Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) | 8 |
| Anything Box - Living in Oblivion | 8 |
| Belous Some - Imagination | 8 |
| Debbie Harry - French Kissin | 8 |
| The Greg Kihn band - Jeopardy | 7 |
| Echo And The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar | 7 |
| a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V. | 7 |
| Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science | 7 |
| Camouflage - The Great Commandment | 7 |
| Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine | 7 |
| Kajagoogoo And Limahl - Too Shy | 7 |
| The Power Station - Get It On (Bang a Gong) | 7 |
| After The Fire - Der Kommissar | 7 |
| Belouis Some - Some People | 7 |
| Arcadia - Election Day | 7 |
| Psychelelic Furs - Pretty in Pink | 7 |
Most played artists
| artist | times |
|---|---|
| R.E.M. | 13 |
| Adam Ant | 12 |
| Duran Duran | 11 |
| DEVO | 11 |
| Alphaville | 10 |
| Depeche Mode | 10 |
| Heaven 17 | 10 |
| Tears for Fears | 10 |
| The Smiths | 10 |
| Eurythmics | 10 |
| Camouflage | 9 |
| Q-Feel | 9 |
| The B‐52s | 9 |
| a-ha | 9 |
| Thomas Dolby | 9 |
| Simple Minds | 9 |
| Midnight Oil | 9 |
| Blancmange | 9 |
| Peter Schilling | 9 |
| Information Society | 9 |
Stations that play the same
| station | in common |
|---|---|
| 80s New Wave Radio | 390 tracks in common |
| 100 GREATEST OF THE 80'S | 35 tracks in common |
| Pure Pop Radio | 28 tracks in common |
| Power Pop Rock Radio | 25 tracks in common |
| # 70s 80s 90s RdMix Network | 21 tracks in common |
| # RdMix Classic Rock 70s 80s 90s | 16 tracks in common |
What goes on air
Over the last 24 hours the station played 255 tracks, 206 of them different — about 6 songs an hour. The most repeated one was “Payola$ - Eyes of a Stranger” — 3 times, and the artist heard most often was Camouflage. It plays densest around 05:00 and quietest around 12:00. Also 58 songs turned up that had not been on air on the previous days. Constantly in rotation — 20 tracks: they turn up almost every day we listen.
443 different songs across 991 plays: a tight rotation built around a limited set of hits — each song comes back roughly every 2.2 plays.
80's New Wave Radio broadcasts from Canada.
We listen to the stream ourselves and write down what goes on air: 991 tracks over the week, 443 of them different, from 190 artists. Every list on this page is built from that — not from how the station describes itself.
Questions
What is playing on 80's New Wave Radio right now?
The current track appears in the player the moment you press play — it is read straight from the stream. Just below is what has played over the last hours.
Is it free to listen to 80's New Wave Radio?
Yes. The stream plays in your browser: no registration, no app to install, no charge.
Where do these track lists come from?
From the station's own stream. We check it every couple of minutes and record the track title the station reports, with a timestamp. Nothing here is guessed or bought from third parties.