Best pop song of all time…..

stickyfiddle

hollywoodrox said:

I Win . Waiting for a Star to fall  is sheer class  even the mockery of a TOTP2 presenter takes nothing away from it  & Shannon looks so 80s girl next door cute 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5BiWXOUXQ0I&feature=share

YES. Phenomenal song.

And Wikipedia tells me they also wrote How Will I Know? and I Wanna Dance with Somebody for Whitney. What a CV!!

guitars4you

EricTheWeary said:

guitars4you said:

Danny1969 said:

I think this is the finest crafted pure pop song 

I can recall this coming out - I was about 14 - The band The Rubettes never existed at the time - The high vocals were done by a session singer called Paul Da Vinci - The song was about to chart so the 'demo/session' guys quickly became The Rubettes minus Paul and formed just in time to go on TOTP - Showaddywaddy were offered the song and turned it down

Those sort of faux teddy boy bands were pretty much my first awareness of pop music via TOTP. My favourites were Mud. I think Tiger Feet is still a classic (with quite buzz saw fuzz guitar as I think I recall). 

yes I was somewhat of a fan of Mud - Rob Davis co wrote Kylie's big hit Can't get you out of my head - with Cathy Dennis

axisus

Talk about an impossible question!

Shrews

Rock - any music a person can bang their head too
Metal - as above but with longer hair and smellier clothes
Grunge - as above but even longer hair and even smellier clothes
Alternative - any music where a person can just stand still, shuffle a bit, and look like Kevin from Kevin and Perry
Brit Pop - part rock/part pop/part Tony Blair/part Spice Girls
Europop - terrible, cheesy, cringy, corny stuff our weird Euro neighbours seem to like. 
Punk - it's Punk
New Wave - it's not Punk, but nearly is 
Ska - dance music for skinheads in braces
Mod - dance music that's like rock music but pretends not to be. Status Quo and The Who got confused with this one.
Rap - an obvious typo missing the C off the start.
Hip-Hop - for people who like crap, want to be gangsters, and like lyrics sung so fast they sound like just one word.
House - for people who like drugs, made by people on drugs and produced by people on drugs
Soul - swingy, finger-clicking, sway music loved by black people.
Swing - like Soul but for white people in tuxedo's.

Pop - any other stuff that doesn't fit into the above

Hurling_Fruitmig

Having given it some thought I think this is probably my favourite pop song that was released in my lifetime despite having had 32 years to pick another:

Aornic

As a lover of a nice pop hook, I'm scouring this thread.

I would consider Billie Jean to be a perfect pop song, but my vote goes for this earworm.

CoolCat

My Sharona - by The Knack

ronnyb

Bohemian like you. Dandy warhols.

scrumhalf

CoolCat said:

My Sharona - by The Knack

Great guitar solo but that video, with the bloke with the Strat behaving like the biggest twat to ever step in front of a camera, is too big a hurdle to clear.

I'll add The Beatles' "Help" to the list. 

stufisher

Stayin Alive ... and this is why  

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFhRWLSv/

joneve

VimFuego said:

any conversation without reference to this masterpiece is utterly irrelevant IMO.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHozn0YXAeE

Glad someone said it. 

joneve

Gassage said:

VimFuego said:

any conversation without reference to this masterpiece is utterly irrelevant IMO.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHozn0YXAeE

I actually love the updated version. It's a banger.

The vocal harmonies in this version are probably some of my favourite of all time.

Deadman

‘Best’ is impossible to define. 

My favourite however, is easy. It’s Liquid gold with Dance yourself dizzy:

https://youtu.be/2KsK1ybDZ44

HippoPete

That magnificently powerful piece of film making from the 'Comic Strip Presents' featured in the Robbie Coltrane tribute thread next door reminds me that this surely must be a contender.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO1HC8pHZw0

rsvmark

Deadman said:

‘Best’ is impossible to define. 

My favourite however, is easy. It’s Liquid gold with Dance yourself dizzy:

https://youtu.be/2KsK1ybDZ44

What exactly is Eddie Van Halen doing on guitar….. not his normal style? ;-)

Grunfeld

Danny1969 said:

I think this is the finest crafted pure pop song 

Seriously?

The Rubettes, Sugar Baby Love is pretty much my favourite example too.  Even down to the speaking part.

swiller

All 16 mins of it.

DefaultM

Love going through the comments on YouTube videos for songs like this.

"Luv it still listening in 2022. Theres been no good music since 1st January 1990 when all the computer drug music started".

equalsql

Simple 

Sporky

I do find it funny when people pick a year and decide nothing good has happened since.