Best Pop Song?

[-Jar-]

>>>"Just Like Heaven" by the Cure.<<< See, now I'd go "In
Between Days", but that's just me, and maybe it doesn't fit your "actually popular " criteria.

Dunno, just always liked "Just Like Heaven" more.. though I've always also thought of the two songs as kind of twins.. It's funny how I think like that.. "Catch" and "Six Different Ways" are another pair of twin songs.. and both would probably make my top 10 Cure song list.


THE BLIND LEADING THE NAKED was my first Violent Femmes album.. kind of a weird place for me to start with them.. I've never replaced my worn cassette copy either, but there's some great tunes on that one.

I love that Beulah song too, I think Stone put that one one of his comps a few years ago. Great tune..

-jar

[Troy]

Anthrax is a pop band? Well, your idea of pop is WAY different than mine. I could make a list like this all day long, but here's the first 10 that popped into my mind . . . before reading the rest of the thread.

Sewing the seeds of Love- Tears for Fears. Beats the BeAtles at their own game.

Hello it's Me- Todd Rundgren. It's all about the trumpet. If this song was done today, not may bands would bother with the trumpet . . .

She Would Have Her Way- Neil Finn. Sweet and melencholy

Superman- REM. Bittersweet and funny. One of the best hidden tracks of all time.

Orrinoco Flow (Sail Away)- Enya. Freekin Enya? Did I pick an Enya song? Best Phil Spector knock off I've ever heard. Her only good song IMO.

June- Spocks Beard. Go ahead, try NOT to sing along.

Art for Arts Sake- 10CC. Money, for god's sake! Unmitigated joy and humor leap from the grooves.

Where do you Get Love?- Matthew Sweet. High-gloss power-pop at it's very best.

New Mistake- Jellyfish. Elaborate and baroque hook-packed masterpiece. I love the bass-line in the fade-out section.

Nice Nice, Very Nice- Ambrosia. Hilarious Kurt Vonnegut lyrics set to perfect lilting melody with that Alan Parsons sheen.

Jeez, 10 already and not even ONE Beatles song?

[Mr MidFi]

Let It Be by The Beatles
Earn Enough for Us by XTC
You Were On My Mind by We Five
Fall On Me by REM
Gloria by U2
Renee Remains the Same by Material Issue
Pillow Talk by Guadalcanal Diary
Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds
Peace, Love and Understanding by Elvis Costello & the Attractions
...and my favorite pop tune ever...
Words Falling Down by EIEIO

[kexodusc]

1) Sweet Dreams - Annie Lennox/Eurythmics...what a woman!
2) Beat It - Micheal Jackson...could there be a better song...didn't Eddie Van Halen help out on the guitar riff with this?
3) Thriller - M J is the King of Pop for a reason...dang it if he just didn't get a bit weird in his old age...
4) Like a Prayer - Madonna, I wish we would have seen more of this side of her...oh well
5) Celebrate - Kool & the Gang....OOooh yeaaahh!!! I was the only black kid in my elementary school and this song was the most popular at sock-hops/dances!!! What's the significance of that? Well, for a few minutes I was Kool (you had to be there)...I kissed my first lady during this song!!!

Hmmm, I could be wrong, but weren't all these from the 80's, IMO, the best "pop" decade ever...
I think most before was either disco, or rock, not really "pop"..but it's a fine line I suppose!

[DariusNYC]

1) Sweet Dreams - Annie Lennox/Eurythmics...what a woman!
2) Beat It - Micheal Jackson...could there be a better song...didn't Eddie Van Halen help out on the guitar riff with this?
3) Thriller - M J is the King of Pop for a reason...dang it if he just didn't get a bit weird in his old age...
4) Like a Prayer - Madonna, I wish we would have seen more of this side of her...oh well
5) Celebrate - Kool & the Gang....OOooh yeaaahh!!! I was the only black kid in my elementary school and this song was the most popular at sock-hops/dances!!! What's the significance of that? Well, for a few minutes I was Kool (you had to be there)...I kissed my first lady during this song!!!

Hmmm, I could be wrong, but weren't all these from the 80's, IMO, the best "pop" decade ever...
I think most before was either disco, or rock, not really "pop"..but it's a fine line I suppose!

Well done! Five songs that were actually popular. All done by actual pop artists. I was waiting for a post like this.

I agree that the 80s were a great era for pop singles. But hey, so were the 60s. I'm less familiar with 70s pop singles other than the major players, but there are several volumes of the "Have a Nice Day" compilations to argue for 70s pop hits. And of course there were some great "pop" singles to come out of the post-punk new-wave scenes in the late 70s, and some great Soul/R&B singles.

[Worf101]

Varies with the age of the responder. Since I'm older than dirt, I'll qualify my answer's by era I lived through.

Pop for the 50's:
1. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino - Rollin and Rockin'
3. Sh-Boom - The Chords - The real version, hot as stank.
3. Hound Dog - Elvis before the corruption.
4. Numerous "teen idols" of dubious musical worth.

60's
1. The Flower Girl - The Hollies. Nice harmonies....
2. Would it be nice - The Beach Boys. Nicer Harmonies
3. My Girl - The Temptations - Perfect love song.
4. I Want you Back - The Jackson 5, when Michael still lived on planet Earth.
5. She Loves You - Da Beatles, hey... wouldn't be "pop" without em.

70's
Who gives a f**k.

80's
Who really gives f**k.

90's
I'm still alive?

Da Worfster