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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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
511-Michael Jackson-Thriller.
1984-Number 10 single.
Best Bit-At 4.24.Don’t be frightened,it’s about as scary as the Honey Monster.
Thriller was the seventh single release from Michael Jackson’s 1982 Album of the same name.The song was written by Rod Temperton(see best songs 812) and produced by Quincy Jones(see best songs 703.)
While Temperton was writing the song he stated that he’d ‘always envisioned a talking section at the end’ on the song.Quincy Jones’ then wife Peggy Lupton who knew Vincent Price,(May 27,1911-October 25,1993) suggested Price for the vocal part.
In 1999 MTV listed the music video as being the greatest music video ever made on their list ‘100 Greatest Videos Ever.’
‘The foulest stench is in the air the funk of forty thousand years.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
512-Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit.
1967-Did not chart in the UK-In 1987 it did chart peaking at Number 94.
Best Bit-At 2.14.A quote from Grace Slick,’All Rock-and-Rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire.’
Although the song refers to drugs many times,a school of thought suggests that it is also a protest song against the Vietnam War.
White Rabbit was written in late 1965 or early 1966 by Grace Slick,it uses imagery found in the books of Lewis Carroll’s 1865 ‘Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland’ and it’s 1871 sequel ‘Through The Looking Glass.’
Slick said of the song,’White Rabbit is about following your curiosity,the White Rabbit is your curiosity.’
‘Remember what the dormouse said,feed your head,feed your head.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
513-Roni Size and Reprazent-Brown Paper Bag.
1997-Number 20 single.
Best Bit-At 1.12.Let the Drum and Bass commence.
Drum and Bass is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from Rave and Jungle music in the early 1990’s.
Roni Size was born in Bristol in 1968,he is a record producer who in 1997 formed the Drum and Bass collective known as ‘Reprazent.’Together they recorded the Mercury Prize winning Album,New Forms which features the original full length version of Brown Paper Bag.
‘Step to the rhythm made out of brown paper,sounds entering of a different nature.’
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