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All answers are new wave songs, or more specifically songs that someone on youtube has decreed as belonging to the new wave genre. Clues relate only to the song title.

Maximum two guesses per day please unless prompted.

1. Periods of 24 hours featuring Shabba Ranks, Buju Banton and Capleton - Dance Hall Days (Wang Chung) :Y
2. For example Moskva FM, Vostok FM, Megapolis FM - Russian Radio (Red Flag) :Y
3. My gait was faster than walking (into the distance) - I Ran (So Far Away) (Flock of Seagulls) :Y
4. Similar to an unfed canis lupus - Hungry Like The Wolf (Duran Duran) :Y
5. We're taking the tube - Going Underground (The Jam) :Y
6. Speak louder! - Shout (Tears For Fears) :Y
7. I've set fire to my abode - Burning Down The House (Talking Heads) :Y
8. Do this to make the horse run faster - Whip It (Devo) :Y
9. No matter how much practice the boxer put in, he always lost - Train in Vain (The Clash) :Y
10. Like Peter Pan - Forever Young (Alphaville) :Y

11. Gem State soldier - Private Idaho (The B52's) :Y
12. She's not the nicest white 1958 Plymouth Fury - Christine (Siouxsie and the Banshees) :Y
13. Used to catch vermin - Rat Trap (Boomtown Rats) :Y
14. Here's my phone number, dial it - Call Me (Blondie) :Y
15. Between the 3 and 7 - 19 (Paul Hardcastle) :Y
16. I lose my mind because of this lady - She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals) :Y
17. Never felt that before - New Feeling (Talking Heads) :Y
18. Where Beirut is the capital - The Lebanon (Human League) :Y
19. Polished twice - Shiny Shiny (Haysi Fantayzee) :Y
20. Strictly for those without any friends or family - Only The Lonely (The Motels) :Y
 
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4 Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
13 Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats
 

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Id argue that the Boomtown Rats were never "new wave"
 

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Id argue that the Boomtown Rats were never "new wave"
Listening to Rat Trap I'd agree, though new wave is listed on the Discogs page for the single:
 

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18 The Lebanon (Human League)

FWIW, I agree with AS, Boomtown Rats were never New Wave and the person compiling Discogs needs educating...
 

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Are points being awarded for this game?
 

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Bonus points also available for useless trivia :cool:

I used to work round the corner from where Bob Geldof lived... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :confused
 

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Yes, though I may start a new table. Bonus points also available for useless trivia :cool:
Duran Duran were named after a character in Barbarella (1968 - the character was Durand Durand)
 

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5. Going underground - The Jam
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10 Forever Young (Alphaville)
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2 Russian Radio (Red Flag)
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1 Dance Hall Days (Wang Chung)
15 19 (Paul Hardcastle)
 
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