Greatest POP song....

[Lordbenny]

Please understand the definition of POP song before your suggestion....also your suggestion needs to be personal to YOU rather than googling greatest pop songs and suggesting the one at number 1....probably the Beatles!

I’m lucky enough to have lived through 5 decades of music and dj’ing a LOT of pop music in that time. Close contenders where Wham - Club Tropicana, Pharrell Williams - Happy, Squeeze - Cool For Cats, ..so ladies and gentlemen...my greatest ever pop song....

Pulp - Common People

https://youtu.be/yuTMWgOduFM

[So]

Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby has to be up there, doesn't it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

[mikees]

No, no it isnt !

Even if Cocker wasnt a , it would still be no.

Blue Monday, Obvs !

[toasty]

Billie Jean

[GAjon]

Eddie and the hot rods- Do anything you wanna do.

[Dashnine]

Where to start - Blue Monday is a good shout, but is it POP? Don't you Want Me, Tainted Love are in there but I'm going to go for:

New Song - Howard Jones

Pure POP at it's best!

[Lordbenny]

mikees said:

No, no it isnt !

Even if Cocker wasnt a , it would still be no.

Blue Monday, Obvs !

It’s MY greatest pop song not yours!!!

[generationx]

John Peel always said the perfect pop song ever made was Teenage Kicks by The Undertones, and I don't think he was far off.

As a left-field choice I rate The Scissor Sisters: I Don't Feel Like Dancin', and Katy Perry: Last Friday Night (TGIF)

Neither very PH...

[Lordbenny]

So said:

Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby has to be up there, doesn't it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

Yes....it doesn’t have to be a GREAT song! A lot of irony comes into play with pop music.

[Mariosbt]

Showing your age there RIDE A WHITE SWAN .. T REX. COZ I LUV YOU .. SLADE. SCHOOLS OUT.. ALICE COOPER. All classics and definately going back a bit.

[Lordbenny]

Dashnine said:

Where to start - Blue Monday is a good shout, but is it POP? Don't you Want Me, Tainted Love are in there but I'm going to go for:

New Song - Howard Jones

Pure POP at it's best!

I don’t think Blue Monday is pop although it is an amazing song. I think there will be a lot of classic 80’s suggestions....the decade of pop?

[Lordbenny]

generationx said:

John Peel always said the perfect pop song ever made was Teenage Kicks by The Undertones, and I don't think he was far off.

As a left-field choice I rate The Scissor Sisters: I Don't Feel Like Dancin', and Katy Perry: Last Friday Night (TGIF)

Neither very PH...

You’re right about Teenage Kicks...similar to my Pulp suggestion in a few ways.

I do like a guilty pleasure too!

[Wilmslowboy]

Men at work (also the best one-hit wonder)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s

Echo beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEQkIEkxm7k

Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWzRKxhpPA0

[aclivity]

Wham! - 2 greatest pop songs, one for 11 months of the year (Club Tropicana), the other for December (Last Christmas)

[Piersman2]

aclivity said:

Wham! - 2 greatest pop songs, one for 11 months of the year (Club Tropicana), the other for December (Last Christmas)

I had Wham, but 'wake me up before you gogo' as the perfect pop song, although Cllub Tropicana is another great shout.

[Oilchange]

Buggles, Video Killed the Radio Star


and a suggestion from the crazy Irishman in the office; Dancing Queen ABBA

[selym]

toasty said:

Billie Jean

He wasn't known as the King of Pop for nothing. Pretty much any of his chart hits could be regarded as one of the greats.....

.....so I'll pluck Jeepster, T. Rex as my first choice!

[generationx]

Wilmslowboy said:

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Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes
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I prefer "Thorn In My Side" as good pop.

[bunchofkeys]

Surely something from Abba? Super Trooper or Take a chance on me come to mind.

Although i do like Disco 2000 as modern pop.

Edited by bunchofkeys on Thursday 19th March 12:06

[tdm34]

Ticket to Ride... The Beatles

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