The Waitresses, ‘No Guilt’ (1982)

Though better known for the joyous perennial Christmas

Wrapping, the teasing art-pop confection I Know What Boys

Like, and the theme song to the new-wave sitcom Square

Pegs, this Akron, Ohio-bred sextet reached their peak with this declaration of postromantic bliss. A rocksteady beat, jaunty sax blurts Patty Donahue’s adorably blase delivery as she takes stock of all that she’s learnt and accomplished since her ex has been gone.