New wave, the genre of music that saw punk attitude collide with pop's commercial instincts, became a phenomenon in both the U.S. and the U.K. in the aftermath of the punk explosion of the mid-1970s.

New Wave hit its peak right around 1979. Granted, the term was so popular that just about every album released around that time got stuck with that label. Looking back, however, there’s no doubting ...

There are few songs that define the New Wave sound of the early '80s like "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" by Joe Jackson. Joe Jackson's 1979 hit, originally released in 1978 and then re-released a ...

In the year 1979, new wave was taking over the mainstream, and plenty of 70s kid listeners got to hear some incredibly boundary-breaking songs on the radio on their way to school. It was a very ...