My Best Friend's Girl (song)
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"My Best Friend's Girl" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their 1978 eponymous debut studio album on Elektra Records, released on June 6 of that year. Written by Rick Ocasek, the band's gu
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New wave music
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New wave is a music genre encompassing pop-oriented styles that emerged in the United States and United Kingdom in the mid- to late 1970s. The term was initially synonymous with punk rock but soon bra
My Best Friend's Girl (song)
…with positive comments." Shortly thereafter, it became one of the stations' most requested songs. "My Best Friend's Girl" is a song with elements of new wave, power pop and rockabilly, written in the key of F major. It begins with chords in the lower register of the guitar, following a two-bar chord progression…
Blondie, 1976. L–R: Gary Valentine, Clem Burke, Deborah Harry, Chris Stein and Jimmy Destri.
Talking Heads performing in Toronto in 1978
Elvis Costello performing in 1978
Painting of a Devo energy dome hat