This Is '80s New Wave

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Annotation

FIXME: CD 1 seems to feature original recordings while CD 2 contains (only?) re-recordings, not necessarily by the original artists.

Annotation last modified on 2025-03-30 02:09 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Want Candy
recording of:
I Want Candy
writer:
Bert Russell Berns, Bob Feldman (of The Strangeloves), Jerry Goldstein (producer, record label owner and publisher) and Richard Gottehrer (American songwriter and music executive)
publisher:
Downtown Music Publishing LLC (PRS-affiliated), Sloopy II Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Wren Music Co.
Bow Wow Wow2:42
2I Ran (So Far Away)
recording of:
I Ran (in 2004)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
A Flock of Seagulls5:12
3Sex (I'm a)
recording of:
Sex (I’m A…)
writer:
John Crawford (Berlin bassist), David Diamond (member of Berlin) and Terri Nunn (Berlin singer)
Berlin5:09
4Walking in L.A.
recording of:
Walking in L.A.
lyricist and composer:
Terry Bozzio
Missing Persons4:15
5I Think We're Alone Now
additional recording engineer:
John Kerns (US engineer)
drum machine [drum] programming:
John Duarte
engineer:
Bill Smith (US recording engineer)
producer:
George E. Tobin
guitar:
Chuck Yamek
synthesizer:
John Duarte
background vocals and lead vocals:
Tiffany (US 1980s pop star, "I Think We’re Alone Now")
remixer:
George E. Tobin and Bill Smith (US recording engineer)
arranger:
John Duarte
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1987)
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 7) (number: 7)
cover recording of:
I Think We’re Alone Now
lyricist and composer:
Ritchie Cordell
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
recording of:
I Think We’re Alone Now
lyricist and composer:
Ritchie Cordell
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
Tiffany3.83:45
6What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 74)
recording of:
What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
writer:
Kurt Harland and Paul Robb
part of:
American Psycho
Information Society4:17
7Even Better Than the Real Thing
recorded at:
CTS Studios in Wembley, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1998-05)
cover recording of:
Even Better Than the Real Thing
lyricist:
Bono (singer of U2)
composer:
Bono (singer of U2), Adam Clayton, The Edge (U2 guitarist David Evans) and Larry Mullen, Jr.
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music Ltd., Mother Music and Universal Music Publishing BV (Benelux subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Dead or Alive4:25
8Everlasting Love
recording engineer and producer:
Ross Cullum, Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”) and Ian Stanley
mixer:
Mike Roarty
lead vocals:
Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter) (in 1988)
recording of:
Everlasting Love (in 1988)
lyricist and composer:
Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
Howard Jones4:17
9Our Lips Are Sealed
cover recording of:
Our Lips Are Sealed
lyricist and composer:
Terry Hall and Jane Wiedlin
publisher:
BMG Music Pty Ltd, Chappell Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Gotown Music, Matthews Music Pty. Ltd. and Plangent Visions Music
The Specials3:44
10Metro
recording of:
The Metro
lyricist and composer:
John Crawford (Berlin bassist)
Berlin4:17
11Desire
recording of:
Desire (Gene Loves Jezebel)
lyricist and composer:
Jay Aston (Gene Loves Jezebel)
Gene Loves Jezebel4:20
12Deliverance
programming and engineer:
Wayne Hussey (in 1999)
background vocals:
Jana Klein, Danyol Leon, Robyn Roth, Chris Shauskin and Carolyn Suzuki
performer:
Wayne Hussey (in 1999)
recorded at and mixed at:
Jeepster Studio in Orange, California, United States (in 1999)
recording of:
Deliverance (in 1999)
lyricist:
Wayne Hussey
composer:
Craig Adams (bass player for Sisters of Mercy/The Mission), Mick Brown (British drummer of the gothic rock band The Mission), Simon Hinkler and Wayne Hussey
The Mission54:45
13Memorabilia
cover recording of:
Memorabilia
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) (until 2019) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present) (from 2019 to present)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik5:32
14Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
recording engineer:
Mike Score
recording of:
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
publisher:
Zomba Enterprises, Inc. and Zomba Management Ltd. (Don’t confuse with Zomba Management and Publishers Ltd.)
A Flock of Seagulls54:55
15Free Yourself
The Untouchables3:47
16Make a Circuit With Me
recording of:
Make a Circuit with Me
writer:
Phil Bloomberg and Tim Polecat
Polecats2:56
17Hey Baby... So Sad
New Skin3:34