THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
501-Black Box-Ride On Time.
1989-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.38.Every now and then throughout the years I hear a song that sounds like nothing I’ve heard before.This song hailed the start of the popularity of the musical genre ‘Itaio House.’
Black Box are an Italian Dance music group comprising of Daniele Davoli,Vaerio Semplici and Mirko Limoni.
They created an image for the Black Box act by using French fashion model Katrin Quinol on their Album/singles cover art and lip-syncing on the video’s and when performing live.
The vocals you hear on Ride On Time are actually provided by the late Loleatta Holloway,Black Box sampled them from the 1980 Disco song ‘Love Sensation,’written by the late Dan Hartman.
On ‘Love Sensation’ Holloway actually sings ‘Right on time.’Daniele Davoli explained that owing to his limited knowledge of English he thought Holloway sang ‘Ride on time instead of ‘right on time.’
‘Gonna get up,gonna get up,gonna get up.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
502-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Bad Moon Rising.
1969-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.34 ‘There’s a bathroom on the right.’
This song contains one of the most famous misheard lyrics.’There’s a bad moon on the rise’ is often heard as ‘There’s a bathroom on the right.’It became so famous that when John Fogerty performs it live he sings the bathroom line and points towards the toilets from the stage.
Fogerty wrote ‘Bad Moon Rising’ after watching the 1941 fantasy film ‘The Devil and Daniel Webster,’inspired by a scene involving a hurricane.It is ironic that a song inspired by someone watching a film has been featured many times on the soundtrack of several famous movies over the years.
This is not the only classic song written by John Fogerty,he also wrote ‘Proud Mary,(see best songs 752) and ‘Rockin’ All Over The World,’made famous by Status Quo who opened ‘Live Aid’ with the song in 1985.
‘Don’t go ’round tonight it’s bound to take your life,there’s a bad moon on the rise.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
503-Minnie Ripperton-Lovin’ You.
1975-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 2.56.I bet your surprised to see I’ve included the birdie song.
Minnie Ripperton died from breast cancer at the age of 31 in 1979.She had a five octave coloratura soprano,which is a type of operatic soprano voice.
As a youngster she trained to be an opera singer but instead chose Soul and Rhythm & Blues.
At the age of 15 she joined the girl group ‘The Gems’ and was one of the backing singers on the classic 1965 Fontella Bass song Rescue Me.
Lovin’ You was co-written by Ripperton and her husband Richard Rudolph(see best songs 735) and produced by Stevie Wonder,who also played Keyboards on the song and it’s accompanying Album ‘Perfect Angel.’
It will come as no surprise that Mariah Carey states Minnie Ripperton as one of her main influences.
‘Stay with me while we grow old and we will live each day in springtime.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
504-Jess Glynne-Hold My Hand.
2015-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.55.’I Cry When I Laugh’ is the title of Glynne’s debut Album.She said ‘I do actually cry when I laugh it’s a known fact about me,the minute I laugh I cry.’
On the 30th March 2018 Jess Glynne created chart history when she became the first female British singer to achieve six UK Number 1’s,when as a featured artist on the Rudimental song ‘These Days’ she topped the chart.
As the lead artist she has had two Number 1’s with ‘Hold My Hand’ and ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself.’The other three as featured artist are ‘Rather Be’ with Clean Bandit,’My Love’ with Route 94 and ‘Not Letting Go’ with Tinie Tempah.
‘Soul is like a melting pot when you’re not next to me.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
505-Eagles-Lyin’ Eyes.
1975-Number 23 single.
Best Bit-At 4.54.Have you ever seen a beautiful young woman with a much older fat,rich guy?If you have then maybe you could have written this song as well.
The Eagles were formed in Los Angeles in 1971.The founding members were Glenn Frey,Don Henley,Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner,Joe Wash joined the band in 1975 and Timothy B.Schmit in 1977.Their Greatest Hits Album(1971-1975)was the biggest selling Album of the 20th century in America.
Don Henley gave his interpretation of the song.’It was all about these girls that would come down to ‘Dan Tana’s'(restaurant) looking beautiful.They’d be there from 8 O’clock until midnight having drinks with all of us rockers,then they’d go home because they were kept women.’
‘My oh my you sure know how to arrange things,you set it up well,so carefully.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
506-Ohio Players-Fire.
1974-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 1.43.This fire is red hot chili pepper hot.
The Ohio Players were formed in Ohio in 1959 and with several different line ups were active until 2002,all the original members have now died.
They started out as the backing band for ‘The Falcons’ an American R&B group whose members have included Soul legends such as Eddie Floyd(see best songs 828) and Wilson Pickett.
‘Fire’ was the title track from the Ohio Players sixth studio Album recorded in 1974.The song was one of their two Billboard Number 1 singles,the other was ‘Love Rollercoaster in 1975,later covered and a hit for The Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1996.
The singer/songwriter and founder of the band Wild Cherry,Rob Parissi has stated that his Billboard Number 1 song ‘Play That Funky Music is heavily influenced by ‘Fire.’
‘Throw some water on me.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
507-Squeeze-Up The Junction.
1979-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 2.24.Difford and Tilbrook were once hailed as ‘the heirs to Lennon and McCartney’s throne.’
Chris Difford claims that in 1973 he stole 50p from his mothers purse to put a card in a local sweetshop window to advertise for a guitarist to join his band,although he wasn’t actually in a band at the time. Tilbrook was the only person who responded to the advert.
Up The Junction is the name of a collection of short stories written by Neil Dunn,first published in 1963.Lyricist Chris Difford said that the title phrase was lifted from the 1965 TV play version of the work and the subsequent 1968 movie version.
‘And so it’s my assumption I’m really up the junction.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
508-Lulu and the Luvvers-Shout.
1964-Number 7 single.
Best Bit-At 2.44 and you put your hands up in the air.
The original version of Shout was written and performed by the Isley Brothers in 1959(see also best songs 823) and produced by Hugo and Luigi(see also best songs 765.) 
Although it never charted in the UK and only peaked at Number 47 on Billboard it has become one of the Isley’s most successful songs because of it’s longevity and the many times it has been covered.
In 1964 the song became the breakthrough hit for Scottish born singer Lulu and her backing band The Luvvers.
At the age of only 15 when she recorded the song,it is highly unlikely anyone younger will figure in this countdown.
‘You’ve been good to me baby,better than I’ve been to myself.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
509-The Javells featuring Nosmo King-Goodbye Nothing To Say.
1974-Number 26 single.
Best Bit At-0.49.I always thought ‘Right Back Where We Started From’ had a Northern Soul feel to it and now I know why.
In 1975 Pierre Tubbs and J.Vincent Edwards co-wrote the American Billboard Number 2 single performed by Maxine Nightingale
called ‘Right Back Where We Started From,’which was going to be my next track of choice,but after hearing ‘Goodbye Nothing To Say’ for the first time I include it instead.’Right Back Where We Started From’ is so similar to ‘Goodbye Nothing To Say’ that it’s daylight robbery.
The Javells were a British Northern Soul group led by Stephen Jameson,in the 1960’s he recorded under his own name as well as his stage name Nosmo King(no smoking.)
‘Goodbye Nothing To Say,’originally started out life as the ‘B’ side to Jameson’s 1960’s ‘Pye Records’ recording ‘Teenage Love.’The song was co-written by Jameson and Marshall Doctores.
‘So goodbye there’s nothing to say,just goodbye there’s no other way.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
510-B.B.E.-Seven Days and One Week.
1996-Number 3 single.
Best Bit-At 6.02.Just when you thought you could put your feet up and relax, no you can’t.
Seven Days and One Week is a Dance song by the Italian/French music production trio of Bruno Sanchioni,Bruno Quartier and Emmanuel Top,they took the groups name from the first letter of each of their first names.
They were active as a trio between 1996-2003 releasing one Album called ‘Games’ in 1998 and eight official singles.In the UK they were very successful achieving four top twenty singles,including ‘Flash’ which reached Number 5 in 1997.
This song is one of the great Dance tunes of the 1990’s when all sorts of new musical genres were being made,you can file this under under ;Dream Trance.’
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