Those "perfect pop songs". We all have them. But what exactly is that one "perfect pop song"? And how do we find out? Well, that's where you come in! I'd like you to leave a list here or via my PMs of your personal perfect pop songs, you should aim for no more than 250 songs, but you can include as little as 10.
Now I know this is going to be hard to define but I'm personally going to generally keep to prefix-pop rather than suffix-pop, and by that I mean I'll make a list of my favourite dream pop, jangle pop, etc etc rather than pop punk, pop rock, pop rap etc. Obviously, there's exceptions to these in which I'll be using suffix-pop rather than prefix-pop, for instance I'll be keeping away from progressive pop but maybe I'll include some pop rock songs every now and then. There's no real fixed definition of what makes a "perfect pop song", so just nominate what you feel fits this criteria for you - whether it be sweet melodic-based inoffensive ditties or basic-structured indie pop, go for whatever you feel works.
I'd advise keeping your lists 2-3 songs per artist but really you can include as many as you want. So basically this is rule-less. Just make a list of pop songs you like.
The deadline for submitting your lists will be New Year's Eve, so if all lists can be either here or on my PMs before the new year that'll be great. If you have any problems with this deadline, just drop me a PM and I'll see what I can do. The results should be up no more than a month after.
Get listing!
N.B.: If you want particular songs to gain more points than others, then feel free to order them. If not, leave them in no particular order and each album will gather the same amount of points _________________
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White Town - Your Woman
The Ronettes - B my Baby
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Journey - Anyway U Want It
Prince - Kiss
Prince - Raspberry Baret
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
Grimes - Oblivion
Stevie Wonder - Sunset
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Bangles - Manic Monday
ABBA - Take a Chance on Me
The Who - I Can't Explain
Donna Summer - Love to Love u, Baby!
Run DMC - It's Tricky
The Cardigans - Lovefool
Britney Spears - Toxic
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get u Outta My Head
REM - It's the End of the World as we Know it
Haim - Falling
Modern English - I Melt With You
i hope ur lists arent just like, rock songs that are barely pop. i want some britney spears, ppl! _________________ My top songs of the 2010s
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Here's 250 songs, in no order. Probably forgot a few, but oh well. These are all practically perfect anyway.
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams
Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
UGK & Outkast - International Player's Anthem
The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Pavement - Grounded
Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
Junior - Mama Used to Say
Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Frank Sinatra - Pennies from Heaven
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Animal Collective - My Girls
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
Kendrick Lamar & Gunplay - Cartoons & Cereal
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Thuggin'
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones pt. II
Jay-Z - Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)
The Cure - Close to Me
The The - This is the Day
Vic Godard & Subway Sect - Stop That Girl
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - The Morning of Our Lives
Kelis - Trick Me
TLC - No Scrubs
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
John Barry - Theme from Midnight Cowboy
John Holt - Ghetto Queen
Sizzla - Just One of Those Days (Dry Cry)
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
Beyonce - Crazy in Love
Madvillain - Accordion
The Intruders - (Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner
Amerie - 1 Thing
Phil Collins - Sussudio
Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love
Ms. Dynamite & Sticky - Booo!
Tubby T - Tales of the Hood
Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
Burial - Archangel
Pixies - Gigantic
Television - Marquee Moon
Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World
St. Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Girl Unit - Wut
Waka Flocka Flame - Hard in da Paint
Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
The Pogues - The Sick Bed of Cuchullain
The Clash - Stay Free
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
The Impressions - Gypsy Woman
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
Del Shannon - Runaway
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time
Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town
Prince - I Would Die 4 U
Skepta & JME - That's Not Me
Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan (a.k.a. Rich Gang) - Tell 'Em (Lies)
Rick Ross - B.M.F. (ft. Styles P)
Styles P - The Life (ft. Pharoahe Monch)
Pharoahe Monch - The Light
Erykah Badu - On & On
R. Kelly - Bump 'n' Grind
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites
The Who - Baba O'Riley
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer
Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
Skinnyman - I'll Be Surprised
Bob Dylan - I Want You
The Flaming Lips - Lightning Strikes the Postman
Fela Kuti - Zombie
The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
The Soul Survivors - Expressway to Your Heart
The Monkees - Daydream Believer
Herman's Hermits - Something Good
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You've Really Got a Hold On Me
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army
The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
The Jam - A Town Called Malice
The Styles Council - You're The Best Thing
Gram Parsons - She
The Faces - Ooh La La
Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking
Carole King - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
James Brown - Try Me
Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh - La-Di-Da-Di
Chance the Rapper - Juice
Freda Payne - Band of Gold
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
Fairground Attraction - Perfect
Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Kid Creole & The Coconutes - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Smiley Culture - Police Officer
The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag
The New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Scott Walker - Jackie
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Gabrielle - Dreams
Des'ree - You Gotta Be
The Lighthouse Family - Lifted
Eminem - Without Me
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
De La Soul - All Good? (ft. Chaka Khan)
Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
The Damned - New Rose
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said
The B52s - Rock Lobster
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
Usher - U Remind Me
Fountains of Wayne - Stacey's Mom
Big Star - Thirteen
Janet Jackson - All For You
Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On
Bow Wow & Ciara - Like You
Ja Rule - Livin' It Up
50 Cent - Many Men (Wish Death)
Big Pun & Joe - Still Not a Player
Nas - Nas Is Like
The Doors - Break on Through
Jay Electronica - Exhibit C
Clipse - Cot Damn
Kevin Gates - 4:30am
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Beastie Boys - Ch-Check It Out
The Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
The Guess Who - These Eyes
The Band - The Weight
Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number
Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Edward Hamilton & The Arabians - Baby Don't You Weep
George Benson - Give Me The Night
Solange - Losing You
Diana Ross - Upside Down
How To Dress Well - & It Was U
Dam-Funk - I Don't Wanna Be A Star
The RAH Band - Messages from the Stars
Womack & Womack - Teardrops
Scritti Politti - The Word Girl
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
The Egyptian Lover - I Cry (Night after Night)
How to Dress Well - & It Was U
Weezer - Only in Dreams
The Game - Hate It Or Love It (ft. 50 Cent)
DeBarge - A Dream
Suga Free - Doe Doe and a Skunk
Nico - Wrap Your Troubles Up In Dreams
Suicide - Dream, Baby, Dream
Kate Bush - Army Dreamers
The Zombies - She's Not There
Van Morrison - Call Me Up In Dreamland
Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
The Hold Steady - Your Little Hoodrat Friend
The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
The Sonics - Strychnine
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Gregory Isaacs - My Number One
Dennis Brown - Money in My Pocket
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
New Order - Ceremony
Joanna Newsom - The Sprout and the Bean
Roy Davis Jr. & Peven Everett - Gabrielle
Drake - Best I Ever Had
Guide By Voices - I Am A Scientist
The Fall - Psycho Mafia
Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
Low - Just Like Christmas
The Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Warren G. & Nate Dogg - Regulate
Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Mary J. Blige - My Life
A Tribe Called Quest - Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
Nirvana - Sliver
The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady?
Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
ScHoolboy Q & A$AP Rocky - Hands on the Wheel
Blondie - Atomic
Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True
Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen at Parties
Barbara Lewis - Baby I'm Yours
War - Low Rider
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Faithless - Insomnia
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Underworld - Born Slippy
Pulp - Babies
Dick Dale - Misirlou
Daniel Johnston - The Story of an Artist
Shalamar - A Night to Remember
R.E.M. - Cuyahoga
Al Green - Love and Happiness
The Church - The Unguarded Moment
The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic
Afroman - Because I Got High
The Time - Jungle Love
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
Cypress Hill - Hits from the Bong
More Fire Crew - Oi!
The Police - I Can't Stand Losing You
The Mekons - Part-Time Punks
The Buzzcocks - Boredom
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
Elvis Presley - I Can't Help Falling In Love With You
The Bangles - Manic Monday
Blind Willie McTell - Baby, It Must Be Love
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
The Strokes - Last Night
Blink-182 - Dammit
Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Townes van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty
Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman (as Baloo the Bear & Mowgli) - The Bare Necessities
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
1.) Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying - Belle & Sebastian
2.) Thirteen - Big Star
3.) The Opposite of Hallelujah - Jens Lekman
4.) Huddle Formation - The Go! Team
5.) I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles
6.) John Wayne Gacy Jr. - Sufjan Stevens
7.) Sexx Laws - Beck
8.) Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again) - Wilco
9.) Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
10.) Care of Cell 44 - The Zombies
11.) Confetti - The Lemonheads
12.) Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan
13.) The City - Dismemberment Plan
14.) Where It's At - Beck
15.) Fake Palindromes - Andrew Bird
16.) After Hours - Velvet Underground
17.) I'm A Cuckoo - Belle & Sebastian
18.) Like Dylan in the Movies - Belle & Sebastian
19.) Sleep the Clock Around - Belle & Sebastian
20.) The State That I Am In - Belle & Sebastian
21.) I Was Born (A Unicorn) - The Unicorns
22.) Who Loves the Sun - The Velvet Underground
23.) Death or Glory - The Clash
24.) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
25.) For Tomorrow - Blur
26.) Give Up The Funk - Parliament _________________
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