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What do you think was the greatest (or your favorite) new wave single of all time, [i]both sides combined[/i], where both are or should be considered classics in their own rite? These should not include promos, later comps on import/export, etc...original singles only. Very interested in your thoughts 'cause I'm terrible with stuff like this.

I like Echo & the Bunnymen's "Killing Moon/Do It Clean" but I'm sure I've forgotten a ton of great things. I’d also think there are few things more seminal than “TVOD/Warm Leatherette”.

the first 5 that came to mind:

The Cure - Killing An Arab / 10:15 Saturday Night
Echo & the Bunnymen - Pictures On My Wall / Read It In Books
Joy Division - Transmission / Novelty
New Order - Procession / Everything's Gone Green
The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing / How Soon Is Now?

The Cars - Candy O / Let's Go
The Cars - Good Times Roll / All Mixed Up


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Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?/ Oh Shit
Generation X - Your Generation/ Day By Day
Wire - I Am The Fly/ Ex Lion Tamer

And of course Joe Jackson with the 5 single box set version of I'm The Man.

New Order:
True Faith / 1963
Bizarre Love Triangle / State of the Nation

Depeche Mode:
Dreaming of Me / Ice Machine

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I have to agree with New Order's True Faith/1963

On the more obscure side, Fallout Club's Wonderlust and Desert Song is at the top for me.

agree with New Order - Procession/ Everything Turns Green

absolutely:
Duran Duran - Planet Earth/ Late Bar
DD - Girls on Film/ Faster Than Light
DD - Union of the Snake/ Secret Oktober

Haircut 100-Love Plus One/Favorite Shirts

[quote][i]Originally posted by Obtuse[/i]
<br>Haircut 100-Love Plus One/Favorite Shirts
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Hmmm, I'm pretty sure the original b-sides to those were Marine Boy and Boat Party respectively. Those were both a-sides. I think you're thinking of a Japanese or other import...although Love Plus One/Marine Boy is certainly not bad in its own rite.

Gary Numan - Cars/Metal
Kings - Switchin' to Glide/This Beat Goes on (I know, they were segued on the album, but my 45 has them as an A & B side.)

Joy Division-Love Will Tear Us Apart/These Days/Love Will Tear Us Apart

(does cover art play a role here?)

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Spoons - Nova Heart/Symmetry
Duran Duran - Rio/The Chauffeur

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U2 - Unforgettable Fire...could listen to that endlessly.

[quote][i]Originally posted by Panorama[/i]
<br>The Cars - Candy O / Let's Go
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Lots of good ones posted, but it's tough to imagine anything beating this one in my book.