As you will see in the below list of the Top 50 New Wave Songs, chosen by the UCR staff, many of these tracks would fit comfortably within other playlists from the era, not just punk, but also pop, ...

Punk tackles new wave. Robert Smith ... Sounds ripe for a cover, no? Then, in 2003, the Migraines frontman Shawn Browning put together a punk rock tribute album called The Rocky Horror Punk ...