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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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
Not much from the last 30 years.  Says something about us. Or did 'pop' music die 30 years ago? 

We used to call pop music stuff that wasn't 'hard'.  For instance the Archie's, Monkees etc were Pop. The kinks and yardbirds, police were Rock.
"Not much from the last 30 years."

How about Katy Perry and Last Friday Night? It does not get much poppier than that.