Perfect Pop Songs


Those with the kind of music, lyrics, performance, arrangement and production that you could easily repeat all day.

How about starting with this one? Somewhat outside of her usual cannon and none the worse for it. Perhaps also a contender for the sexiest vocals ever?

Louie Louie  by Julie London
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Off the top of my head....some of the better 3-minutes of power pop (sometimes you just catch lightning in a bottle):

"There She Goes" - The La’s; "Train in Vain" - The Clash; "Lazy Eye" - Silver Sun Pickups; "What I Like About You" - The Romantics; "Praise You" - Fatboy Slim; "Save It For Later" - The English Beat; "Is It Any Wonder?" - Keane
Motown was the epitome of great pop songs. Especially pop songs with amazing intros. Two that come to mind are ‘Love Child’ by the Supremes and ‘Tears of a Clown’ By Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

I think a great pop song has a certain balls-to-the-wall feel. The Crystals ‘Then He Kissed Me,’ Eric Carmen ‘Make Me Lose Control,’ Mr. Big ‘To Be With You.’
Crank up the volume and sing along.

Sure, a lot of pop songs are not ‘audiophile’ recordings. But played on a good system, they sure sound great!
I am not surprised that "power pop" has dominated this discussion so far. So, now that Motown and R&B classics are starting to get mentioned, here's a few more:

Schoolboy Crush - Average White Band
Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin
I"ll Take You There - Staple Singers
Use Me - Bill Withers