Your Nomination For the Perfect Pop Song

chillidoggy

Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough.

Bellycaster

Off the top of my head.....Anything by ABBA.


Oh, and, this:




It's the Word!

Bellycaster

This ain't three bad either.

Winny_Pooh

Another personal fave

Clashman

Not forgetting Kylie..

RandallFlagg

Alphabeat - Fascination

NickBotfield

Definitely I Want You Back, but I really like Love It When You Call by The Feeling too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMMO4Nwidq0

chillidoggy

'Sugar, Sugar' by The Archies - 1969.

fields5069

I like this:



But I don't think it satisfies all of the criteria.

fields5069

And this;



which I sometimes have as my ringtone.

Neill

I remember when it came out in 1972 people referred to to "I saw the light" by Todd Rundgren as the perfect pop song.



If nothing else it's a remarkable record for the simple fact that there's only one performer credited.  And he was a mere 23 at the time.

I heard in an interview recently that he claims to have written it whilst stoned, it was his excuse for the "moon in june" lyrics.  

IIRC it never even made the top twenty but how many great songs does that apply to.

LesbianWithAGun

Clashman said:

Not forgetting Kylie..

Indeed/Quite.

LesbianWithAGun

The Spice Girls - Mama was a good song.

Chalky

Neill said:

I remember when it came out in 1972 people referred to to "I saw the light" by Todd Rundgren as the perfect pop song.



If nothing else it's a remarkable record for the simple fact that there's only one performer credited.  And he was a mere 23 at the time.

I heard in an interview recently that he claims to have written it whilst stoned, it was his excuse for the "moon in june" lyrics.  

IIRC it never even made the top twenty but how many great songs does that apply to.

I've also read he claimed he could knock up a Carole King-style song with very little work, and I Saw The Light was the result.

AliGorie

best pop music I've heard for a very very long time -
https://youtu.be/RWQMg56ZVZY

theres f/pickin versions out there

StefB

Danny Wilson - Mary’s Prayer. 

Sporky

Karate, by Babymetal.

Manufactured band? Yup.
Ridiculous costumes in the video? Yup.
Over-the-top choreography? Yup.
Teamwork-beating-adversity theme? Yup.
Incomprehensible lyrics? Yup (possibly nope if you're Japanese, to be fair).

Sporky

ICBM said:

I really wanted to like McFly, since they’re a proper band who write and play their own material, not (as a lot of people assume) a put-together boy band... but I just couldn’t. I tried, but they were just too annoying.

McFly were no Busted.

Clarky

Sporky said:

Karate, by Babymetal.

Manufactured band? Yup.
Ridiculous costumes in the video? Yup.
Over-the-top choreography? Yup.
Teamwork-beating-adversity theme? Yup.
Incomprehensible lyrics? Yup (possibly nope if you're Japanese, to be fair).

awesome

sinbaadi

Well it's quite the list.

I think Chained to the Rhythm is a very recent candidate.

Maybe we need to actually nominate by era, then shortlist the winners 

Anyway....

Seeds of Love by Tears For Fears
Rio by Duran Duran, I didn't realise how brilliant this is until I listened to the podcast where each track was played in isolation.  The layers... The bass!