Your Nomination For the Perfect Pop Song

Gassage

I nominate this- Sun Ain't Gonna Shine- Walker Brothers.

It has:
Intro
Verse
Hook
Middle 8
Key Change

All in 2 mins 40 seconds.

And it's great.

Beat that.

VimFuego

I dunno, I always tend to think that Abba pretty much produced the perfect pop song, and so many to chose from.

p90fool

Cathy's Clown, the Everly Brothers.  

No real reason except that it just is.

Alvin

Blame It On The Boogie , catchy with great bass .  

maltingsaudio

Got to be this one surely https://youtu.be/txapREGWHp0

Kilgore

The Ronettes- Be My Baby

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Queen feat. David Bowie - Under Pressure

Incredibly catchy hook, great lyrics, great vocal performances from two absolute legends. Also has a great mood/dynamics change in the middle before building back up to a thrilling climax.

Guitar_Slinger

Kilgore said:

The Ronettes- Be My Baby

I was going to post this too.

guitarfishbay

No such thing.

But to pick a guitar pop song from this decade, I like this 

https://youtu.be/6JCLY0Rlx6Q

Gassage

Good call on Ronettes.

What about this?

tone1

Good shout with Cathy’s Clown but this is my pop perfection......The La’s There she goes 


https://youtu.be/CZXLLMbJdZ4

spark240

Always like this one...

Phil_aka_Pip

wis for @VimFuego's choice of Abba - which applied during the 1970s, but the same material (good though it is) won't go down so well today, so I think the criteria have to be context-dependent. I'd vote Beatles in the 1960s, Abba in the 1970s, and in the 1980s I think Duran Duran should at least be on the podium. I am not knowledgeable enough to talk about the 1990s or later (it all sounds shit to me)

ICBM

OneRepublic - Counting Stars

Dominic

3 x Nik Kershaw ;
Wouldn't it be Good
I won't let the sun go down on me
The Riddle
......................all are mini masterpieces
OR  Careless whisper George Michael

breakstuff

I'll probably get slaughtered here,but...

Jamelia - Superstar.

Kilgore

I've always considered Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion to be a stunning collection of pop confections.

scrumhalf

This is at the very top of the tree, Badfinger, one of the saddest stories in modern music.

Skipped

Wichita Lineman

 Stuart  Maconie called it "the greatest pop song ever composed"
I cannot argue with that.

When Glen Campbell died, the (excellent) Radio 4 obituary asked one of his close friends to explain why Wichita Lineman was massive and exactly what it was that grabbed the public.
He answered: "The catch in his voice".

guitarfishbay

ICBM said:

OneRepublic - Counting Stars

Maybe cliche/overplayed but my favourite song of theirs is still apologise.

Guy is a good songwriter.

cruxiform

So perfect.