Alphaville

German Synth Pop Band Alphaville debuted with their first singles in 1983 and their first album in 1984 Forever Young.

They were huge right off the bat.  Particularly in Europe.  I was living in Rome in 1983 and Big in Japan and Sounds Like a Melody were massive.  Melody even hit the #1 spot.

Though the members of the band changed over time.  Their output was prolific, even if they were never able to capture that initial success.  In the U.S. Big in Japan spent two weeks at #1 on the dance charts in 1984, their only U.S. #1.  And was a #1 pop hit in  Germany, Greece, Sweden, Turkey and Venezuela. They were after all considered more alternative, new wave in the U.S. and mostly got airplay on radio station like KROQ in L.A. and WLIR in Long Island.

ALPHAVILLE ZIP

FLAMES

FOOLS
FOREVER REMIXED
FOREVER YOUNG
Forever Young even made onto hip hop records and had it's most successful showing on the U.S. pop charts as a sample, reinvention.  Young Forever by Jayz from his The Blueprint 3 l.p.
Prostitute

SALVATION
SOUL
STARK NAKED AND ABSOLUTELY LIVE

BREATHTAKING

IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

WISHFUL THINKING

ONLY BIG

COMEBACK L.P.

RED ROSE

ANOTHER BIG ZIP