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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Carole King/Gerry Goffin: “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” is to my mind the greatest pop song ever written. (Her own version of it.) Genius lyrics and melody.
Still can’t get it out of my head.
Agreed @rvpiano, that song defines Pop. Carole and Gerry wrote a lot of fantastic songs, including the astounding "Halfway To Paradise", recorded in the 1980's by Nick Lowe, a great version.

Like Captain Renault, I'm shocked, simply shocked.

How could I have forgot to mention perhaps the most perfect pop record ever cut?

If there's anything wrong with this then it's beyond my comprehension.

Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel US no 1 1962

[Pardon the poor sound on this colour video but there are versions with far better sound availabile].

https://youtu.be/OnEmeOUmjVk

 

So many good songs already mentioned. Here's a few that always make me spin 

 

del amitri "Roll To Me"

Db's "Neverland"

Rheostatics "Claire"

Cars "Just What I needed"

XTC "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead"