New wave
New wave noun - Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts).
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Top
Top noun - A piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents.
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Although they were cult new wave icons, the mainstream will likely be hard-pressed to name any other song of theirs, and will be surprised to find out that they had another top 40 hit.
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The Payolas, a Vancouver-based new wave group, had a bonafide hit with "Eyes of a Stranger", which appeared on the soundtrack to 1983's "Valley Girl", reached the top of the charts in Canada and hit the Top 25 U.S.
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German New Wave duo Bruce & Bongo topped the German and Austrian charts in 1986 while going top 10 in Italy and Switzerland with their bizarre novelty song "Geil".
Source: One-Hit Wonder
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