Recommended masterpieces and popular songs of Western electro-pop and synth-pop
Genres like electropop and synth-pop have a history spanning over 40 years.
If you start digging into their connections with so-called techno and dance music—or even the differences between electropop and synth-pop to begin with—you’ll find there’s no end to it.
Setting that historical background aside for now, we’ve researched and curated a wide-ranging selection of classic and contemporary electropop and synth-pop tracks from Western music, all centered around catchy, pop-oriented melodies!
You might even notice how genres connect across eras.
To music fans who are intrigued, we hope you’ll give it a read.
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Recommended Masterpieces and Popular Songs of Western Electropop to Synth-pop (21–30)
Happy Little PillTroye Sivan
A song released as a digital download in 2014 by Troye Sivan, a South African–born Australian actor and singer.
Inspired by Troye’s friend’s struggle with depression, it addresses loneliness and coping with various events in life.
It’s My LifeTalk Talk
A track by the British new wave band Talk Talk, released as a single in 1984.
It reached No.
1 on the U.S.
charts and was also a hit in countries such as Poland and Italy.
It was covered by No Doubt in 2003.
Bizarre Love TriangleNew Order
A track originally called “Broken Promises” or “Broken Guitar Strings” and performed under those titles.
It sings about the exploration of the turmoil and excitement of passionate love, and its final title, “Bizarre Love Triangle,” expresses conflicting emotions.
That’s Not My NameThe Ting Tings
A song by the British duo The Ting Tings, consisting of drummer Jules De Martino and singer-guitarist Katie White.
It was originally released as a 7-inch single in 2007.
The track reached No.
1 on the UK charts and became a hit in countries such as Ireland, the United States, and the Czech Republic.
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)A Flock Of Seagulls
A song released as a single in 1982 by A Flock of Seagulls, a new wave synth-pop band formed in Liverpool, England, in 1980.
It became a hit in the United States as well as in countries such as Ireland, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.