What does Sup Forums think is the best pop song ever written? I'll start

[Charles Gomez]

What does Sup Forums think is the best pop song ever written? I'll start
youtube.com/watch?v=8Dhn_iIQXDE

[Lucas Turner]

youtube.com/watch?v=bs56ygZplQA

or

youtube.com/watch?v=AX9Wc5Isg74

[Gabriel Bell]

Pop is a pretty vague category.

[Christian Nelson]

very strong candidate imo. i don't think i can come up with anything better, so i'm gonna play exodia

youtube.com/watch?v=EkPy18xW1j8

[Alexander Brown]

youtube.com/watch?v=cJRP3LRcUFg

or

youtube.com/watch?v=TWvG-QZNsJk

johnny marr & morrissey had pop down to a science

[Alexander Mitchell]

Agreed. One of my favorite songs of all time.

[Jordan Powell]

youtube.com/watch?v=Pz6oixJiA8c

[Grayson Hill]

youtube.com/watch?v=gbnbMMCfyoc

[Nolan Green]

Define pop?

[Luke Barnes]

i lovr being sad all ido is listen to the cure and sad music and smoke ganj, and pop xans and cry myself to sleep

[Logan Turner]

youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg

Oh baby don't it feel like heaven right now?

[Anthony Wright]

You know the general concept of pop music but if I had to put a finer point on it -- music with the "aim of appealing to a general audience, rather than to a particular sub-culture or ideology"

[John Powell]

That narrows it down a bit yeah.

[Jonathan Thompson]

Baby Blue - Badfinger
youtube.com/watch?v=TkA7xQb6uPk

[Camden Gutierrez]

youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw

[Ryder Powell]

I'll come in with a more modern contestant
youtube.com/watch?v=MGQjyGT1-mc

[Henry Anderson]

>Hyperballad

Meh, the Yoko Kanno rippoff is actually better.

[Wyatt Harris]

no it isn't you fucking retard

[Camden Perry]

Day After Day is better

[Luis Ross]

I think it's probably that or Friday I'm in Love for me. I'm fascinated by artists like Hall and Oates, and the Cure, and Prince who were able to crank out amazing pop songs like it was nothing. Moreso than I am with artists that were more experimental. There's just something interesting about crafting a perfect pop song to me.

[Christopher Fisher]

It is a very good pop song, but if OP is asking for the best pop song wouldn't it be one that achieved the goal of pop, which is mass appeal? I mean, heck, if we're talking favorites I'd be posting Sweet Tuesday Morning and In the Meantime/Some Other Time, for starters. They had a lot of better songs than Baby Blue, for sure.

[Bentley Morris]

Either or this:
youtube.com/watch?v=4aeETEoNfOg

[Cooper Parker]

Day After Day had mass appeal, I feel it accomplishes the ideals of the pop form as you describe

[Jordan Rivera]

youtube.com/watch?v=Cqdv032mFbg&feature=share

[Henry Phillips]

Toxic is the perfect pop song in my opinion.

[Ian Cook]

youtube.com/watch?v=N9XKLqGqwLA

[Wyatt Torres]

I wish Billy could still write like this. I'll never stop loving him for his good years and wishing him the best, though, no matter how many Being Beiges he churns out.

[Jackson Turner]

I don't know how well it charted in Britain but in America I don't remember it getting much airplay unfortunately

youtube.com/watch?v=EaEPCsQ4608

Always think it works in a pop songs favor when they have one minor element that pops. Like the "krrhh krrhh" in Creep, the "DNN DNN" in Tainted Love, the "DRN DRA DRN DRN" in Bullet With Butterfly wings. I think the bursts of strings in this song is along the lines of those. I've never met anybody who disliked this song.

youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms

[Hudson Morris]

Don't hate
youtube.com/watch?v=cs-XZ_dN4Hc

[Blake Gomez]

I miss DeGarmo
youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw

[Ian Collins]

Almost, but not quite.

youtube.com/watch?v=4ycl_ayPHU0

[Jeremiah Diaz]

I'm surprised that no one posted this one yet
youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY

[Mason Wilson]

This is such a non-entity of a band that I'm embarrassed for loving this song so much.

youtube.com/watch?v=8N-qO3sPMjc

[Anthony Williams]

FUCK. We're bringing out the classics now

I vote this youtube.com/watch?v=eu2iv-vMKT8

[Colton Richardson]

Uploader has not made this video available in my country.

But I agree. The 80's had a lot of amazing pop.

[Jason Murphy]

This
youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914

It will never die

[Camden King]

So this is who they were covering!

Kind of sad that adorable sweet voices lead singer from SPNtR was wasted on corporate covers of classic songs the public forgot.

[Christian Flores]

youtube.com/watch?v=6WOYnv59Bi8

[Mason Gomez]

True. I guess one hit wonders have to stick together. Both are such great pop songs

[Isaac Gutierrez]

youtube.com/watch?v=ssX9nWAJsbE

Is it possible to not groove when this song comes on in a car? Do any of you not at least lip sync this song, if not butcher the high notes with zeal?

[Xavier Allen]

The 80s had hits on deck for the entire decade
youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q

[Jonathan Diaz]

In all honesty, it has to be this. youtu.be/Zi_XLOBDo_Y

[William Anderson]

youtube.com/watch?v=5vye_tNZYL8

[Jace Allen]

youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY

[Brody Carter]

this song is garbage

[Chase Hall]

this

[Asher Butler]

this song basically taught me how to have a crush

[Brody Robinson]

As far as production goes it's a contender, but the bassline was pretty much stolen from I Can't Go For That which is an even better pop song

[Joshua Mitchell]

although i agree with you in principle, there are some genres and artists, that would argue they are not pop bands, but their music still follows a pop formula.
for example, i would consider Black Sabbath "Paranoid" to be a fantastic pop song

youtube.com/watch?v=hkXHsK4AQPs

[Jaxon Hughes]

as if.

[Jordan Reed]

You're garbage.

[Jaxson Hall]

Prince - Purple Rain (obviously i can't put a YT link but you all know it)

[Jason Gomez]

are you kids even trying

youtu.be/2uneYz201p0

[Connor Long]

"steal my sunshine"
Len

Unironically

youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA

[Wyatt Price]

That's cute, user.

[Connor Morales]

I've been trying to pick a Beatles song but you have to consider how vast their catalog is. Them and David Bowie. I was having a hell of a time with U2 as well.

[Cameron Torres]

From a best pop song standpoint
>Beatles
Let It Be
>Bowie
China Girl
>U2
Streets Have No Name

[Nolan Rogers]

>U2

This or New Years Day

youtu.be/XmSdTa9kaiQ

[Grayson Harris]

For Bowie, I'd go with Heroes
youtube.com/watch?v=Tgcc5V9Hu3g

or Young Americans
youtube.com/watch?v=ScVi_L817ec

[Luke Anderson]

Probably robbie williams angels or George Michael freedom '90

[Jaxon Ward]

Breaking bad.

[Joseph Hill]

Does anyone have that song with the dyke in the jeans? It came out in the late 90s and there was an acoustic guitar.

[Austin Hall]

I want to kiss the singer

[Grayson Wright]

Our lord and savior JC:

youtube.com/watch?v=GRaKBBQwJZE

[Christian Baker]

>Beatles
Here Comes The Sun
>Bowie
Young Americans
>U2 (no where near on the level of the above)
Beautiful Day

[Mason Torres]

I'd go with 11th Dimension but it's close. Out of the blue is another very solid option
youtube.com/watch?v=pl15PlIXHIk

[Thomas Sanders]

I'm bias because I'm sick to death of With or Without You, and I think it's their weakest radio song. It's so uninteresting and cliche.

Where the Streets Have No Name?
youtube.com/watch?v=GzZWSrr5wFI

I'm tempted to nominate Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me. That is just a sexy fun song.
youtube.com/watch?v=IDl1c0nR5SI

[Daniel Martin]

Me too, user, me too. She was the cutest thing ever, especially in that video.

[Brandon Morgan]

>Here Comes The Sun
Here Comes the Sun wasn't one of their poppy songs though. I LOVE that song, especially acapela, though.

>Young Americans
We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. But I'm still indecisive. I'm thinking I'd pick Lets Dance. It's really freaking hard, though.

>Beautiful Day
I do like it but is it their best pop song? I'm leaning towards...

[Austin Cook]

this is giving me aggressive flashbacks to when i was a young lad

[Ayden Price]

youtube.com/watch?v=S3EKEwMXmXY

[Camden Jenkins]

Just Like Heaven is amazing, the DJr cover makes it even better. My favorite by The Cure though is Pictures of You and that might actually be my favorite pop song.
My runner-up is Kate Bush's Hounds of Love.

[Mason Torres]

youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic

[Alexander Gomez]

youtube.com/watch?v=8kBeE8vSFlI

[Grayson Clark]

I have to say, maybe that song is the best pop song ever written.

[Noah Jones]

youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

[Benjamin Barnes]

Come on guys it's obviously this

youtu.be/qAlLQaDXc4I

[Xavier Davis]

rl gud pop songs

youtube.com/watch?v=e_GzdN9ouYE

sugary pop perfection

[Asher Ross]

Went through the entire thread and not one mention of this

youtube.com/watch?v=JccW-mLdNe0

[Dominic Lewis]

can't tell if you're joking, because that describes fully 50% of 90s songs

youtube.com/watch?v=VV1XWJN3nJo

[William Clark]

In terms of modern day pop music in the 2010s. youtu.be/OPf0YbXqDm0

[Adam Sullivan]

this song was the balls when it came out, too bad it got played to death

[Owen Martin]

youtube.com/watch?v=nZBKFoeDKJo

This or Good Vibrations

[Easton Scott]

Let's Dance is not a hard call to make for Bowie's poppiest

[Gabriel Stewart]

Burning down the house by the talking heads
(I don't think it's their best I just think it's their most popular one, and it happens to be their best)

[John Martinez]

These are the first to come to mind.

youtube.com/watch?v=G5x1F9ohRa4
youtube.com/watch?v=E4oR7bv9kF0
youtube.com/watch?v=UJfP6G0LSEA
youtube.com/watch?v=JjTI5qjm0Yw

[Carter Reed]

>thread is almost entirely popshit
When did normies take over Sup Forums?

[Juan Murphy]

>thread asks for pop songs
>complains about pop in thread

[Michael Rivera]

Sup Forums has been a spinoff of Reddit for years now.
The average Sup Forumstant in 2017 wasn't even alive when 9/11 happened.