Pop Muzik Was The Beginning Of The Wave 80's Sound

I liked this song, when I first heard it, because it was different from the usual 70's sounding songs. Robin Scott (British), wrote this song as a summing up, of the different styles of pop music, from over a few decades, which were the 50's, 60's, & 70's.
It was, in my opinion, the beginning of the New Wave sound, which stood out more, during the 80's, with mostly European bands, on the American billboard charts, although there were also a few American bands, who sounded retro, which was a lot like the New Wave sound from the UK.