Modern Talking – You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul, 1984

Synth-Pop can apply to pretty much any pop music dominated by synthetic sounds. The synth-pop genre, though, primarily originates in late 1970s / early 1980s [New Wave], the post-punk "alternative" rock movement that encompasses a wide range of styles and attitudes. There are some non-New Wave synth- pop bands like Pet Shop Boys, but on the whole, the synth-pop scene of the 1980s was dominated by a faction of New Wave bands that embraced the use of electronic instruments and

A German euro disco and eurodance band, consisting of producer / songwriter Dieter Bohlen and vocalist Thomas Anders, was formed in 1984 in Berlin by Hansa. The studio line-up (in 80s) also included Luis Rodriguez, Ralf Stemmann, Rolf Köhler, Michael Scholz, Detlef Wiedeke and Birger Corleis. At the end of 1987, Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen went their separate ways. In 1998 they reunited. They split for good in 2003.

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Modern Talking is a Euro disco, synthpop, and

Euro-disco generally refers to disco-pop songs that have a strong influence from Italo- disco yet do not originate from Italy. The term suggests a relation to Europe as a whole, although most songs belonging to this genre are overwhelmingly German productions Just like Italo-disco, it includes mixing electronic sounds and disco rhythms together with a strong synth prominence to create a bittersweet tune accompanied by vocals which are often contemporary-themed. This style heavily dominated the German music industry during the