The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
896-Billy Paul-Me And Mrs Jones.
1973-Number 12 single.
Best Bit-At 3.36 Billy Paul shows us what he was capable of.
A hint about the songs subject matter is cleverly hidden at 0.16.The saxophone is playing the first line from the 1953 Doris Day hit Secret Love.Two of the songs writers were Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff who formed Philadelphia Records in 1971 as a rival to Berry Gordy’s Motown.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
897-Simple Minds-Don’t You(Forget About Me.)
1985-Number 7 single.
Best Bit-At 3.45 i say LA LA LA,both writer Keith Forsey and singer Jim Kerr have said that they could not find any suitable lyrics to fit in with the end of the song.
The song is played at the beginning and the end of the much acclaimed 1985 film The Breakfast Club which undoubtedly helped little known in the States Scottish band Simple Minds to have a Billboard Number 1.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
898-Buddy Holly-Peggy Sue
1957-Number 6 single.
Best Bit-At 1.23 air guitar for the 1950s teenager.
Buddy holly is one of the most influential artists in Pop Music history.Shortly after 1.am on February 3rd 1959 in inclement weather the plane carrying Holly crashed into a cornfield instantly killing him Ritchie Valens,The Big Bopper and the pilot Roger Peterson,Buddy Holly was 22 years old.
Paul McCartney and John Lennon both cited Holly as their main influence.Other artists who have said they were influenced by Holly include Bob Dylan,Mick Jagger,Keith Richards and Elton John.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
900-Diana Ross-Touch Me In The Morning.
1973-Number 9 single
Best Bit-At 0.2 you wont get a better offer all day.
It is said that Diana Ross always tried to push hard to get the vocals right for this particular song calling it a draining experience.It was recorded in the early morning hours as was her custom after she began raising her children.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
901-Manic Street Preachers-The Everlasting.
1998-Number 11 single.
Best Bit-At 1.16 James Dean Bradfields wonderful Welsh accent singing ‘genuine’.
The Manic Street Preachers formed in Caerphilly in 1986 and started life out as a Punk Band,their sound may have mellowed throughout the years but lyrically they are as thought provoking as ever.This was the second single from their 1998 Album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours,it’s peak at Number eleven broke a run of five consecutive top ten hits.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
902-Sandie Shaw-(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me.
1964-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.22 The favorite artist of those with a foot fetish.
The song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and is one of the most covered songs of all time.It was originally recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick in 1963 and first charted in 1964 for Lou Johnson whose version reached Number 49 on Billboard.In 1982 British band Naked Eyes released a version which peaked at Number 8 in America and Number 59 in the UK.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
903-Duran Duran-Planet Earth.
1981-Number 12 single.
Best Bit-At 1.18 Simon Le Bon Bop bopping.
Planet Earth was the debut single from Duran Duran who were at that time one of the leading names on the New Romantic scene.It wasn’t long tho until they shred that image in favor of a more mainstream look and sound.The song explicitly acknowledges the New Romantic fashion movement with the line ‘Like some New Romantic looking for the TV sound.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
904-Feeder-Buck Rogers.
2001-Number 5 single.
Best Bit-At 0.26 it’s got a CD PLAYER,player player player player player.
Kerrang! asked songwriter and frontman Grant Nicholas about the lyric ‘drink cider from a lemon.’He replied,that was always the line people ask about,i was just being stupid it was fun,if I’d known people would still be asking about it i definitely would have changed it.’
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