Top twenty singles

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Daft list time

Have to be singles that were hits. No album tracks or obscure flops

Would probably change half my list tomorrow

And what is extraordinary is the Beatles. The astonishing material that was never released as single. All ,y loving, in my life, she's leaving home. Etc etc

Shaft. Isaac Hayes
Ticket to ride. Beatles
Strawberry fields Beatles
Eleanor rigby Beatles
Sympathy for the devil. Stones
Unforgettable nat king cole
Someone like you. Adele
Unchained melody Righteous brothers
New York New York. Frank
Good times. Chic
What have I done. Pet shop boys
Killing of Georgie rod Stewart
Fantasy. Earth wind and fire
God only knows. Beach boys
Superwoman. Stevie wonder
Love train. Ojays
I want you marvin Gaye
All in the game. Tommy Edwards
Losing my religion. Rem
Say a little prayer. Aretha

Enjoyed that
 
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Welcome to the north - The Music (Lead single on there second album and the Greatest song on earth imo.)
The Smiths- The queen is dead
The Smiths- That joke isn't funny anymore
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle emptiness
Stone Roses- She bangs the drums
Stone roses- Waterfall
Happy Mondays - Loosefit
Rage Against The Machine-Bullet in the head
Oasis - Whats the story morning glory
The Beatles -Yesterday
Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter
Tremeloes- Silence is golden
David McWilliams - The days of pearly spencer
Sneaker Pimps -Six Underground
Pearl Jam- Jeremy
Joy Division - Transmission
Madonna- Get into the groove
Jackson 5- Can you Feel it
Van Morrison- Have I told you lately
Outkast- So fresh so clean
 
I didn't know gimme shelter was released as a single but you are probably right

Jacksons show me the way would be my choice of theirs. Mate who's been to many many gigs of all sorts said that when they opened with that at one concert it was the best moment he had ever seen live
 
clivex said:
I didn't know gimme shelter was released as a single but you are probably right

Jacksons show me the way would be my choice of theirs. Mate who's been to many many gigs of all sorts said that when they opened with that at one concert it was the best moment he had ever seen live
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Wasn't 100% sure myself Clive. But if it wasn't it should have been :)
 
1 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1975
2 John Lennon Imagine 1980
3 Robbie Williams Angels 1997
4 Beatles Hey Jude 1968
5 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991
6 Oasis Live Forever 1994
7 Oasis Wonderwall 1995
8 U2 One 1992 MOST OVERRATTED SONG EVER
9 Verve Bitter Sweet Symphony 1997
10 U2 With Or Without You 1987
11 Beatles Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever 1967
12 Beach Boys Good Vibrations 1966
13 REM Losing My Religion 1991
14 Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone 1965
15 Beach Boys God Only Knows 1966
16 REM Everybody Hurts 1993 Not far off One
17 Kinks Waterloo Sunset 1967
18 Oasis Don’t Look Back In Anger 1996
19 Procol Harum A Whiter Shade Of Pale 1967
20 Led Zepplin Stairway To Heaven 1971

This is not my list but someone born 1980-1988 is likely to include a lot of these.
 
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Welcome to the north - The Music (Lead single on there second album and the Greatest song on earth imo.)
The Smiths- The queen is dead
The Smiths- That joke isn't funny anymore
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle emptiness
Stone Roses- She bangs the drums
Stone roses- Waterfall
Happy Mondays - Loosefit
Rage Against The Machine-Bullet in the head
Oasis - Whats the story morning glory
The Beatles -Yesterday
Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter
Tremeloes- Silence is golden
David McWilliams - The days of pearly spencer
Sneaker Pimps -Six Underground
Pearl Jam- Jeremy
Joy Division - Transmission
Madonna- Get into the groove
Jackson 5- Can you Feel it
Van Morrison- Have I told you lately
Outkast- So fresh so clean
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The Queen is Dead wasnt a single or Whats teh story Morning Glory (not in the uk at least) Great albums though.
 
The 3m energy burst songs rather than the greatest songs that happened to be released as singles.....top of the head

Going Underground - The Jam
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Yes - mcalmont and butler
Over and over - hot chip
Common People - Pulp
Heroes - Bowie
Waterloo sunset - kinks
This Charming Man - Smiths
Last Nite - Strokes
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields - Beatles
Debaser - Pixies
Alec Eifell - Pixies
The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Cornerstone - Arctic Monkeys
Karma police - radiohead
Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
Together in Electric Dreams - Moroder and Oakley (guilty pleasure)
Ten Storey Love Song - Stone Roses
Slight Return - Bluetones
Something Changed - Pulp
 
Come together (Beatles)

Town called malice (the jam)

Ever fallen in love with someone (you shouldn't have fallen in love with)

First of the gang ( I think it's called that - morrisey)

Blackbird (Beatles)

Teenage kicks ( can't remember!)

Champagne supernova (oasis)

The universal (blur)

Wichita Lineman


I'm sure there are more !!!


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Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
The Smiths - Panic
The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Beatles - Ticket to Ride
Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing
AC/DC - Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
Daft Punk - One More Time
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Who - Substitute
Rolling Stones - Paint It Back
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
REM - Losing My Religion
Kate Bush - Wow
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blur - Beetlebum
ABBA - Fernando
 
Pedant Alert

In the opening post, I have to question if The Killing Of Georgie and Sympathy For The Devil were, in fact, single releases?
 
It's impossible you need a top 100 as when I was 14 I'd probably have all the old rock stuff but as time went on I'd have to have 80s/90s especially as golden era of music.

Sally cinnamon (all stone roses)
Fools gold
One love
Resurrection
This charming man (smiths)
Revol(manics)
From despair to where(manics)
Fire(u2)
Creep(radio head)
Come as you are(nirvana)
Lithium(nirvana)
Waiting in vain (marley)
Janes says(janes addiction off nothings shocking,one of bestest albums ever if you like rock/metal
Welcome to the jungle (guns 'n roses)
November rain (guns 'n roses)
New way new life (Asian dub foundation)
Enter sandman(metallica)
Love will tear us apart (joy division)
Everlong(foo fighters)
My hero(foo fighters)
 
Can remember the excitement when the Beach Boys released one of their singles [I should remember which one it was but I think it was Good Vibrations] and everyone was saying how ground breaking it was but I didn't like it. Then, of course there was I Wanna Be Your Man which was released as a single by the Stones but writen by the Beatles [they used to liase with each other when it came to releasing singles, or so I've read]. But my al time favourites were 'For Your Love' by the Yardbirds and 'See Emily Play' by Pink Floyd. I'm ashamed to say I can't think which songs were singles and which were album tracks. But it's great fun reading these lists! My mum wouldn't let me have a record player as she said we couldn't afford to buy records so she bought me a transistor radio instead so I could listen to Radio Luxembourg [she was right; thanks mum]. The Smiths passed me by completely as did The Stone Roses.
 
Downtown Train - Tom Waits
Jersey Girl - Tom Waits
Hold On - Tom Waits
Bad as Me - Tom Waits
Lie to Me - Tom Waits
In a Beautiful Place out in the Country - Boards of Canada
roygbiv - Boards of Canada
Reach for the Dead - Boards of Canada
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths
The Boy with a Thorn in his Side - The Smiths
Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb
Sloop John B - Beach Boys
What Time is Love - The KLF
French Kiss - Lil Louis
Wouldn't It Be Nice - Beach Boys
Monkey Gone to Heaven - The Pixies
Give it a Lash Jack - Liam Harrison and the Goal Celebrities
Gold Soundz - Pavement
Say It Ain't So - Weezer
I Don't Believe You - The Magnetic Fields
Quick - The Magnetic Fields
 
Have to be singles that were hits. No album tracks or obscure flops

I get a feeling that some lists are a bit chocker with singles that didn't quite make the top 500. Or 5000

Should have stated top 30.

Then, of course there was I Wanna Be Your Man which was released as a single by the Stones but writen by the Beatles [they used to liase with each other when it came to releasing singles, or so I've read]
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They were very good friends. But i am pretty sure this was the only liason between the two groups. Apparently it was written in... 15 minutes

My two replacements for Rod and the Stones album tracks

One nation under a groove - Parliament
positively 4th street - Bob dylan

But would change again tomorrow probably
 
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I listened to that Bored of canada stuff just to give it a go. Its ok i suppose. Bit grim though
 
Reach for the Dead comes from an album that is trying to evoke a post-apocalyptic vibe,
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Fair enough. Sounds like fun. Just the thing for a friday night

I would still veer towards Chics Good times myself

I was more a few drinks, good laugh and get a nice shag rather than pondering what it would be like after a nuclear war
 
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I wonder if music tastes reflect personalities?

I didnt know many people that were into the smiths but i would say that they were shortest odds to be found under the tube at earls court

Can relate this to classical

Mozart is very extrovert and i think very sexual. A bit up and down too
Beethoven a little more introvert. Maybe a lot more
Bach is always seems to be razor sharp. Level headed and brilliant
Mahler is not exactly a barrel of laughs

and so on
 
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