Just played
- 08:42Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
- 08:37Kim Wilde - Chequered Love
- 08:32The Plymsouls - A Million Miles Away
- 08:27Missing Persons - I Can't Think About Dancin'
- 08:22Real Life - Send Me An Angel 89'
- 08:15Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
- 08:09Berlin - No More Words
- 08:02Alphaville - Fallen Angel
- 07:57Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly
- 07:51R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
- 07:46Q-Feel - Dancing in Heaven
- 07:41The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)
- 07:36Psychelelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
- 07:30Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
- 07:23The B-52's - Private Idaho
- 07:16INXS - Need You Tonight
- 07:11Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
- 07:01The B‐52s - Love Shack
- 06:55Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
- 06:50Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
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Most played this week
| track | times |
|---|---|
| Q-Feel - Dancing in Heaven | 9 |
| The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris) | 8 |
| Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) | 8 |
| U2 - New Year’s Day | 8 |
| Belous Some - Imagination | 8 |
| Arcadia - Election Day | 8 |
| After The Fire - Der Kommissar | 8 |
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax | 7 |
| Modern English - I Melt With You | 7 |
| Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star | 7 |
| Stephen Duffy - Kiss Me | 7 |
| Echo And The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar | 7 |
| The Tubes - She’s a Beauty | 7 |
| The Power Station - Get It On (Bang a Gong) | 7 |
| Nena - 99 Luftballons | 7 |
| Erasure - Breath of Life (single remix) | 7 |
| The Plymsouls - A Million Miles Away | 6 |
| Psychelelic Furs - Pretty in Pink | 6 |
| Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) | 6 |
| The Members - Working Girl | 6 |
Most played artists
| artist | times |
|---|---|
| R.E.M. | 14 |
| Depeche Mode | 14 |
| Berlin | 13 |
| Eurythmics | 11 |
| Talking Heads | 10 |
| Oingo Boingo | 10 |
| Peter Gabriel | 10 |
| Wang Chung | 10 |
| Adam Ant | 10 |
| Real Life | 9 |
| Pet Shop Boys | 9 |
| Q-Feel | 9 |
| The B-52's | 9 |
| The Motels | 9 |
| DEVO | 9 |
| Thomas Dolby | 9 |
| Tears for Fears | 9 |
| The Stray Cats | 9 |
| The Flirts | 9 |
| Falco | 9 |
Stations that play the same
| station | in common |
|---|---|
| 80's New Wave Radio | 390 tracks in common |
| 100 GREATEST OF THE 80'S | 34 tracks in common |
| Pure Pop Radio | 25 tracks in common |
| Power Pop Rock Radio | 23 tracks in common |
| # 70s 80s 90s RdMix Network | 20 tracks in common |
| # RdMix Classic Rock 70s 80s 90s | 15 tracks in common |
What goes on air
Over the last 24 hours the station played 256 tracks, 201 of them different — about 6 songs an hour. The most repeated one was “Psychelelic Furs - Pretty in Pink” — 3 times, and the artist heard most often was Berlin. It plays densest around 18:00 and quietest around 10:00. Also 66 songs turned up that had not been on air on the previous days. Constantly in rotation — 17 tracks: they turn up almost every day we listen.
432 different songs across 989 plays: a tight rotation built around a limited set of hits — each song comes back roughly every 2.3 plays.
80s New Wave Radio broadcasts from Canada.
We listen to the stream ourselves and write down what goes on air: 989 tracks over the week, 432 of them different, from 187 artists. Every list on this page is built from that — not from how the station describes itself.
Questions
What is playing on 80s 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 80s 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.