There is a special magic required to break into the Billboard Top 10 charts. Be it a simple, infectious groove and a singalong chorus or something more nebulous, like the Muse's passing interest, ...

This British synth-pop outfit was known as Yaz in the States. You might remember them by the song “Don’t Go” from 1982, an experimental pop gem that hit No. 1 on the US Dance charts and plenty of ...