500 Greatest Non-Album B-Sides

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i searched to see if there was something similar. i couldn't find it if there was. anyway, no live tracks, no remixes.b-sides from stand-alone singles are okay, i guess.frinstance,if you really like the b-side to new order's ceremony.(stand-alone meaning singles that never appeared on an album) i wanted to start with The Troggs b-side to Wild Thing, "From Home", cuz i love that song, but it does appear on their u.k. debut(but not the american debut), so i won't.
i'm hoping i will see some stuff i didn't know about.all genres welcome.

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

1)Suede-My Dark Star
2)Echo & The Bunnymen-Over Your Shoulder

i'm starting small.

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

How do you square "no remixes" with "all genres welcome" Scott???!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Anyway

3. Pet Shop Boys - Shameless

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:39 (twenty-two years ago)

B-sides that are better than some of the tracks on the celebrated debuts of these hotster bands:
- "Alabama Sunshine" - The Rapture
- "Countdown" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:39 (twenty-two years ago)

um, i think i mean't no remixes of the actual single. cuz that's cheating.

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

does that make sense?

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

what are we on, six?

6. Beck "Electric Music and the Summer People"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Warner Bros. did two LPs in the 80s "Revenge of the Killer B's" with non-album b-sides: (Although I think some subsequently made it onto LPs or EPs?)

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll

1. Cool Water performed by Fleetwood Mac - 3:22
2. Somebody Like You performed by Marshall Crenshaw - 3:14
3. Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead performed by Depeche Mode - 2:15
4. Post Office performed by Rank and File - 1:47
5. Moon 83 performed by The B-52's - 4:00
6. Money performed by The Pretenders - 4:39
7. I Wish You Wouldn't Say That performed by The Talking Heads - 2:53
8. Way Out and Up We Go performed by Echo And The Bunnymen - 3:58
9. Your Finest Hour performed by Tom Verlaine - 2:30
10. You Had No Intention performed by Kid Creole & The Coconuts - 4:57
11. Ain't No Big Deal performed by Madonna - 4:12
12. Set the Killing Free performed by Aztec Camera - 3:45

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The only song I remember from the first one was "Walking the Dog" - Laurie Anderson.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

7. The Cure "Play"
8. Siouxsie "Tattoo"

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

So add to the official list:
9. Way Out and Up We Go - Echo And The Bunnymen

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

7. Boo Radleys - Blues For George Michael
8. Aphex Twin - Flim

― dog latin, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry Scott, I was being picky but I'd still plea to include remixes - I mean how many great reggae B-Sides are there that AREN'T versions of the A?

A couple more -

Spice Girls - "Take Me Home"
Pulp - "Ansaphone"

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

12? Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth - DWYCK

(although that might have appeared on a later album, and definitely appeared on the greatest hits album, but it was just expected to be a B-side and there weren't any plans to put it on any albums until after it blew up, so I think it counts.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

14. Britney Spears - "Autumn Goodbye" (Britney doing really sunny bubblegum, not much like any of her famous tracks, a shame she didn't do more tunes like this I think)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

15. 17 days - prince. due to be on the 'purple rain' album (it even says so on the single) but lopped off at the last minute. absolutely fantastic. the best b side of all time.

16. young and lovely - blur. pretty much considered to be the blur b- side diamond. for some unknown reason that even the band can't explain 'turn it up' ends up on 'modern life...' instead.

17. miserablism - pet shop boys. again lopped off an album at gone the 11th hour, mainly because of it's stylistic incongruity. and so what went on in it's place ? 'the end of the world'. oh *dear*.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

18. Julian Cope - "Hey High Class Butcher" (quiet and scary whispering pop against meat-eating)

19. John Cale - "Sylvia Says" (I THINK this was a B-Side before it turned up as a bonus track, anyway it's wonderful, one of the great songs about domestic happiness and wanderlust - it's the Moominpappa At Sea of pop!!)

20. Wire - "Former Airline" (I think B Sides were great as opportunities to really dick about.)

21. Chemical Brothers - "Scale" (some scales)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

22. ABBA - "Should I Laugh Or Cry" (HOW COULD I FORGET THIS!! Portrait of a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage, very compassionate which is probably why it's forgotten, doesn't fit the ABBA idea of horrible ex-husbands giving cruel lyrics to divorced wives - one of their best lyrics, up there with Day Before You Came in my book, Tico says check it out!)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

23. The Human League - "Tom Baker" (Canonical 'great B-Side', actually it's just an OK instrumental but it deserves a placing because it's the Human League!! Doing a song called "Tom Baker"!!)

24. Sarah Brightman - "Adventures Beyond The Nurgon Zone" (B-Side to Starship Trooper, has the funniest fade ever committed to vinyl, otherwise it's ghastly but hey, you'll never hear it anyway.)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

25. Soft Cell - "Facility Girls 12"" (B-Side to Bedsitter, useless on the 7" but the 12" is creepy and desolate and very hard to write about.)

(OK I'll stop now and go to the pub.)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

26. Talk Talk - it's getting late in the evening

― jed (jed_e_3), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

pedantic question - are the following eligible:

1. b-sides that never appeared on an album until a "Singles A's and B's" LP collecting them all together appeared?

2. b-sides added a bonus tracks to CD reissues of albums?

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

27. Cherry - Smashing Pumpkins
28. Apathy's Last Kiss - Smashing Pumpkins
29. The Aeroplane Flies High - Smashing Pumpkins
30. Polyethylene parts 1 & 2 - Radiohead
31. Palo Alto - Radiohead
32. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong - Radiohead

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

i gotcha, Tico. but it makes it more interesting to have a list of seperate songs. although, a dub/instrumental/remix list would be great too. if i could just remember which version of inner city's "Good Life" is my favorite.

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

zebedee, if a b-side shows up later on something else, that's fine.(on comps or box sets or best-ofs or even added to the album later as a bonus)but it should have shown up on the actual single first to count as a b. ( or a c or a d since most singles now are more like e.p.'s)

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

33-Bananarama-Ghost
34-Bananarama-Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

35. radiohead - killer cars

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

36. Blur - One Born Every Minute

― doglatin, Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

37. Depeche Mode: Fools
38. Depeche Mode: Ice Machine
39. Depeche Mode: But Not Tonight
40. Depeche Mode: Dangerous
41. Pet Shop Boys: I Want a Dog
42. Oasis: Round Are Way
43. Oasis: The Masterplan
44. Oasis: Step Out
45. Oasis: Underneath The Sky
46. ABBA: Cassandra

Also, I most definitely second "Miserablism" and "My Dark Star".

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Belle and Sebastian to thread !

― Sami (Sami), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

bowie - the awesome remade version of 'holy holy' -- it was the b-side of the diamond dogs single (1974) and should've made it onto an album! (it was included at the end the rykodisc of 'the man who sold the world' but sadly the rykos were deleted in favor of those awful virgin releases

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Pet Shop Boys and The Cure own this thread.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Together with Depeche Mode and Oasis, they do. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

47. Dion-"Daddy Rollin'(In Your Arms)"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

48. Rolling Stones-"Who's Driving Your Plane?"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Let The Damage Begin - The Verve

― Michael G, Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

50. Used To, a Wire cover b-side of Roy Montgomery's Just Melancholy 7"

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

51. Prince: Erotic City

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

52.Beatles-"I'm Down"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Turtles Have Short Legs by Can.

I don't know where it's from originally.

Cherry Red put it on a 12" w/ Moonshake and One More Night

And I borrowed it from Jeremy Campbell.

And it's the best song ever.

It may be on one of the Cannibalism comps

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Pavement, "Harness Yr Hopes"

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

54. Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever"
55. Beatles - "Revolution"
56. Beatles - "Rain"
57. Beatles - "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"

― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

58. Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac

― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

47. Dion-"Daddy Rollin'(In Your Arms)"

without a doubt, one of my favorite songs of all time!!!

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

"Strawberry Fields Forever" was a double A-side.

48 Puertorican Power - Ween
48 One Of These Days - Beck
49 Show Me Your Soul - Red Hot Chili Peppers
50 Dive - Nirvana
51 Did You No Wrong - Sex Pistols
52 Talk Show Host - Radiohead
53 Dear God - XTC
54 Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
55 Velvet Goldmine - David Bowie
56 Yes It Is - Beatles (should be #1)
57 1963 - New Order
58 Marigold - Nirvana
59 Highway Chile - Jimi Hendrix
60 Nannou - Aphex Twin
61 Curmudgeon - Nirvana
62 How I Made My Millions - Radiohead
63 Don’t Let Me Down - Beatles
64 Old Brown Shoe - Beatles
65 Gloria - Them
66 Talk Tonight - Oasis
67 Baby You’re A Rich Man - Beatles
68 Gimme The Car - Violent Femmes
69 Sikamekanico - Red Hot Chili Peppers

― billstevejim, Thursday, 16 October 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

70. This Boy - The Beatles
71. Thank You Girl - The Beatles
72. I'll Get You - The Beatles

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 16 October 2003 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

73 The Inner Light - Beatles

I think that's all of them.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 16 October 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Live tracks and remixes should be eligible. The live version of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" on the flipside to "I Want you" is the best B-Side ever and it doesn't count??? Same with the Zero 7 remix of "Climbing Up the Walls"??? This is bullshit.

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 16 October 2003 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Endgame - David Sylvian and Robert Fripp
Home Of The Whale - Massive Attack
Poot Face Boogie - Frank Zappa & The Mothers
Take Me To The Sunshine - Sting

― bahtology, Thursday, 16 October 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

mull historical society - naked ambition at the epa

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

79. Pixies - "Into the White".

And DWYCK is on Hard to Earn.

― Love Daddy, Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:31 (twenty-two years ago)

radiohead - how i made my millions

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the way a lot of the same bands keep getting mentioned - Radiohead, the Beatles, Aphex Twin, etc It goes to show that the best bands managed to write the best b-sides.

Oh yeh, and - BOO RADLEYS TO THREAD!

― dog latin, Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

buzzcocks - something's gone wrong again
slits - i heard it through the grapevine

― Maxwell von Bismarck (maxwell von bismarck), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

83 gorky's 'girl i've always known'
84 lilys 'more than that is deserved' though it was later added to the album so it could be disqualified
85 straitjacket fits 'in spite of it all'

― keith (keithmcl), Friday, 17 October 2003 00:06 (twenty-two years ago)

are there any great stones b-sides? i can't even remember. there must be, right?

and was i really mean to say no remixes? i just wanted a list of songs that stood on their own. remixes are like a whole other entity. plus, there's so many of them. i wouldn't list the a capella version of erik b & rakim's follow the leader for that reason(even though its really cool). same with live versions. although live versions of other people's songs might work.

― scott seward, Friday, 17 October 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

86. Pulp - "His 'N' Hers"
87. Pulp - "Cocaine Socialism"
88. Pulp - "Like A Friend

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 17 October 2003 00:27 (twenty-two years ago)

89. Manic Street Preachers - "Prologue To History"
90. Kenickie - "Can I Take U 2 The Cinema"
91. Kenickie - "Sk8board Song"
92. Gold Chains - "Rock The Parti"
93. Menswear - "Public Image"

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 17 October 2003 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)

94. Harold and Joe - The Cure

― enoughrope, Friday, 17 October 2003 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

95. Mouse on Mars - Presenter
96. Mouse on Mars - Stammtik

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 17 October 2003 07:42 (twenty-two years ago)

97. The Smiths - Jeanne

― MikeB, Friday, 17 October 2003 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

98 - Splintered in her head - The Cure

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Friday, 17 October 2003 09:07 (twenty-two years ago)

99 - Magpie - Blur
100 - Garden Central - Blur
101 - Hanging Over - Blur
102 - Es Schmecht - Blur
103 - Supa Shoppa - Blur
104 - Right Hand Men - Fischer-Z
105 - Yes I Am - Radiohead
106 - Set the Ray to Jerry - Smashing Pumpkins

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Friday, 17 October 2003 09:35 (twenty-two years ago)

107-Joy Division-These Days

― scott seward, Friday, 17 October 2003 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)

108. Pavement "Easily Fooled"
109. Pavement "So Stark (You're A Skyscraper)"
110. Pavement "Sue Me Jack"
111. Pavement "Westy Can't Drum"
112. Pavement "Raft"
113. Pavement "Harness Your Hopes"
114. Pavement "No Tan Lines"
115. Pavement "Wanna Mess You Around"
116. Pavement "Kris Kraft"
117. Stephen Malkmus "Sin Taxi"
118. Blur "All Your Life"
119. Blur "Ultranol"

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

120. New Order "Mesh"

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

How about the Auteurs? High Flying Horses and Kenneth Angers' Bad Dream?

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 17 October 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

123. A Certain Ratio - Funaezekea
124. The Undertones - Mars Bars
125. Stereolab - Long Life Love (and loads of others but I won't hog the thread with them all)
126. The Move - Omnibus
127. New Order - Lonesome Tonight

'Non album' b-sides is a bit of a punk/new wave/"indie" specialism, really. Kind of skews things a bit.

― Jeff W (zebedee), Friday, 17 October 2003 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

128. Cornelius - 'Ball In Kick Off'
129. LCD Soundsystem - 'Beat Connection'
130. Beck - 'Diamond In The Sleaze'
131. Primal Scream - 'The Hammond Connection'
132. Beastie Boys - 'Partys Getting Rough'/'Beastie Groove'
133. London Funk Allstars - 'Tear It Up'
134. The Chemical Brothers - 'Not Another Drug Store'
135. The Chemical Brothers - 'These Beats Are Made For Breaking'
136. The Chemical Brothers - 'Morning Lemon'
137. The Beastie Boys - 'Pass The Mic Pt. 2 - Skils To Pay The Bills'
138. Girls On Top - 'We Don't Give A Damn About Our Friends'
139. Nick Faber - 'Moments'

― Barima (Barima), Friday, 17 October 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

140.Rolling Stones-'Child of The Moon (RMK)'

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Friday, 17 October 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

bahtology ! yeah ! 'home of the whale' invented chill out.
in a good way.

― piscesboy, Friday, 17 October 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

141. The Cure - "New Day"
142. The Cure - "This Twilight Garden"
143. The Cure - "Play"
144. The Cure - "A Man Inside My Mouth"
145. The Cure - "A Japanese Dream"
146. The Cure - "A Chain Of Flowers"
147. The Cure - "The Big Hand"
148. The Cure - "Fear Of Ghosts"
149. The Cure - "2 Late"
150. The Cure - "Stop Dead"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 October 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

151. Pet Shop Boys - "A Man Could Get Arrested"
152. Pet Shop Boys - "Music For Boys"
153. Pet Shop Boys - "Don Juan"
154. Pet Shop Boys - "Too Many People"
155. Pet Shop Boys - "Your Funny Uncle"
156. Pet Shop Boys - "The Sound Of The Atom Splitting"
157. Pet Shop Boys - "Jack The Lad"
158. Pet Shop Boys - "Do I Have To?"
159. Pet Shop Boys - "One Of The Crowd"
160. Pet Shop Boys - "We All Feel Better In The Dark"
161. Pet Shop Boys - "You Know Where You Went Wrong"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 October 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

162. Pet Shop Boys - "Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend"
163. The Cure - "Ocean"
164. The Cure - "Home"
165. Pet Shop Boys - "Some Speculation"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 October 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

the cure - throw yr foot away

and i know it breaks the no remix rule but the extended version of don juan on the domino dancing single. cuz there can never be enough don juan! (listing the pet shop boys is practically cheating, cuz their b-sides collection is the greatest double album ever.)

― will g. (will g.), Friday, 17 October 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

also hoover factory and heathen town by elvis costello

― will g. (will g.), Friday, 17 October 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

166. “Acquiesce,” Oasis
167. “There She Goes Again,” REM
168. “Stand Down Margaret,” The English Beat
169. “Did You No Wrong,” Sex Pistols
170. “Mary Ann with the Shaky Hands,” The Who
171. “Let’s Go Steady,” Arthur Conley
172. “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” (live), Bob Dylan
173. “Keep On Trying,” Marving Gaye
173. “Happy Landing,” Miracles
175. “I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone,” Elvis Presley

― Burr (Burr), Friday, 17 October 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

176. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", Hole
177. "Drag", Hole

Both from "Malibu" CDS.

― cant think of a name, Friday, 17 October 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

178. Erasure: When I Needed You
179. Three Wise Men (XTC): Thanks For Christmas

Does XTC's "Dear God" count?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 17 October 2003 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, dear god wasn't on the album when it came out. but then it ended up being all over the radio so they added it later. at least that's how i remember it.

― scott seward, Friday, 17 October 2003 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)

180. the loop by morrissey
181. is mr. superlove by the afghans a b-side?

― will g. (will g.), Saturday, 18 October 2003 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)

182 Anyerism - Nirvana

― billstevejim, Saturday, 18 October 2003 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I mean "Aneurysm."

― billstevejim, Saturday, 18 October 2003 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

183. Depeche Mode, "Flexible"
(yes I know I'm the last person you expected to see that come from)

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 18 October 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

it's never a sin to be flexible, douglas. case in point:
184.Depeche Mode-Work Hard

― scott seward, Saturday, 18 October 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

185. "Wrap it Up" -- Sam & Dave
186. "Strong as Death (Sweet as Love)" - Al Green

― chris herrington (chris herrington), Saturday, 18 October 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

187. Pet Shop Boys: Was That What It Was
188. ABBA: Elaine
189. ABBA: You Owe Me One

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 18 October 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

190. pulp "ansaphone"

― dave k, Saturday, 18 October 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I could kiss you, Dave:>

When The Wind Blows: Mansun
Sea of Sin: DM
PSB version of Where The Streets Have No Name

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Saturday, 18 October 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

191. Mauron Chanson - The Delgados
192. Bloke In A Dress - The Boo Radleys
193. Babe, I Got You Bad - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
194. Soop Groove #1 - Stereolab
195. When We Were Young(Philo Version) - Whipping Boy

― barry m, Saturday, 18 October 2003 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Adam Ant "Beat My Guest," arguably his second best song of all time, the first being the A-side "Stand And Deliver." OheeyoEEEEEE!!!

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 18 October 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

they actually put this b-side on his hits album rather than his b-side album, it's that frikkin' good.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 18 October 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, dear god wasn't on the album when it came out. but then it ended up being all over the radio so they added it later. at least that's how i remember it.

The question why I ask if it counts is it was actually turned into an a-side, becoming their biggest ever US hit if I remember correctly. So it may originally have been a non-album track, but it did become an a-side rather than b-side.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 18 October 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

lawrence peeburger - shake me shake me

(not on the LP because there was no LP)

― nolen, Sunday, 19 October 2003 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Late to this, ah well....

"Rollercoaster" by Echo & the Bunnymen
"Mecha-Mania Boy" by Devo
"Turnaround" by Devo
"Ten Trenches Deep" by the Wonder Stuff
"Some Dumb Cop Already Gave Me Three Tickets" by the Beastie Boys -- I believe this is the title. It's basically the b-side of the "Shadrach" 12", which features a hilarious monologue by Mike D. (his voice masked to sound like a particularly libidinous Barry White). It's appeared on a few bootleg compilations and is WELL worth seeking out.
"Spanish Eyes" by U2

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 19 October 2003 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

More...
"Babble" by the Cure
"Daisy Bell" by Blur
"On the Wheel" by Curve

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 19 October 2003 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter - Mansun

Though, as has quite rightly been said, Belle and Sebastian and the Boo Radleys own this thread.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 20 October 2003 07:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes!! 'On the Wheel', how could I forget!

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Monday, 20 October 2003 08:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Wasn't "Sweetest Thing" by U2 a b-side?

― billstevejim, Monday, 20 October 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Originally, yes.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 20 October 2003 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

208-Breeders-So Sad About Us
209-The Jam-So Sad About Us

― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

211 Jeff's Boogie - The Yardbirds
212 You Gave Your Love To Me Softly - Weezer
213 Devotion - Weezer
214 The Warmth Of The Sun - The Beach Boys

― billstevejim, Monday, 20 October 2003 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

oh crud, forgot 210..

210 MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack - Beck

― billstevejim, Monday, 20 October 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

And just go ensure no one starts again at 211..

215 Visions Of The Night - The Police

― billstevejim, Monday, 20 October 2003 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

216. Pixies - "Evil Hearted You"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 20 October 2003 20:24 (twenty-two years ago)

217. The Cure - "A Few Hours After This"
218. The Cure - "The Exploding Boy"
219. The Cure - "Another Journey By Train"
220. The Cure - "Snow In Summer"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 20 October 2003 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

221. The Replacements, "If Only You Were Lonely"

― fact checking cuz, Monday, 20 October 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

222. Guided by Voices, "Real"

― fact checking cuz, Monday, 20 October 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Fidelity Jones - "Destructor"
Redd Kross - "What's Wrong with Me?"
Amen - "Europe" (Killing Joke cover)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 20 October 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

226. Pooh Sticks, "Emergency"

― fact checking cuz, Monday, 20 October 2003 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Grifters, "Organ Grinder"

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 20 October 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

227. Basement Jaxx 'All U Crazies'
228. Goldfrapp 'White Soft Rope'
229. 808 State 'Ski Family'

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 20 October 2003 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

230. Broadcast 'Locust'
231. Space Cowboy 'Always & Forever'
232. Boymerang 'Urban Space'

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 20 October 2003 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

do EP tracks count? if so...

233. Prodigy 'Rhythm Of Life'
234. Broadcast 'Poem Of Dead Song'
235. Broadcast 'Small Song IV'
236. Broadcast 'Illumination'
237. Basement Jaxx 'La Photo'
238. Boards Of Canada 'Amo Bishop Roden'
239. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke 'Penthouse Serenade'

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 20 October 2003 22:19 (twenty-two years ago)

there's a Tanya Donelly or Belly b-side which i adore, but i can't remember the title (obviously don't adore it that much hey). it's either "Thief" or "Vanilla".

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 20 October 2003 22:50 (twenty-two years ago)

241. Belle and Sebastian - "The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner"

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 20 October 2003 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)

242. Led Zeppelin -- "Hey Hey What Can I Do"

This perhaps is one of the most popular, radio played non-LP B'side. It is fun song, I don't know why it didn't make it on to LZIII, Physical Graffitti or even Coda.

243. Shellac -- "Wingwalker"

I think the single 'Uranus' is Shellac's best record. This is side 2, so I suppose it is the B'side, although neither of their first two singles have come out on a compilation or album and they should.
"Watch me as I spread my wings like a PLAAAAANE!" Cool song.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

244. Spiritualized - X-files theme

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

one answer ...

... if you wanna ride, don't ride the white pony!

― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

24. Siouxsie and the Banshees "Tattoo"
25. Siouxsie "I could be again"
26. Siouxsie "Lullaby"

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 06:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex, I always took 'Some Dumb Cop Gave Me Two Tickets Already' to be a remix of sorts of 'Car Thief' (the title, the scratch samples), but great choice anyway.

― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 08:17 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

i'm reviving this cuz i kinda feel like i was being a nazi when i said no remixes allowed. so remix away if you feel like it. maybe i will get some good suggestions for future listening.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 15 January 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

248. Freur "Hold Me Mother"

― jazz odysseus, Thursday, 15 January 2004 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

249. Kinks, "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
250. Kinks, "She's Got Everything"
251. The Jam, "Liza Radley"
252. Husker Du, "Love Is All Around"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

253: My Instiable One - Suede
254: To the Birds - Suede
255: Where the Pigs Don't Fly - Suede
256: He's Dead - Suede
257: The Big Time - Suede
258: Painted People - Suede
259: Dolly - Suede
260: High Rising - Suede
261: The Living Dead - Suede
262: Killing of a Flash Boy - Suede
263: Whipsnade: Suede
264: Modern Boys: Suede
265: Bentswood Boys: Suede
266: This World Needs a Father: Suede
267: Asda Town: Suede

That's the Butler era done, more tommorow.

― C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 05:08 (twenty-one years ago)

268: Laughing Boy: Pulp
269: Start as you Mean to go on: Black Box Recorder
270: Donkeys - Manics
271: Mersey Paradise - Stone Roses

― C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 05:10 (twenty-one years ago)

272. Spoon - The Agony of Lafitte

Wingwalker live was insanely great. Look at me! I'm a! Plane!

― andrew s, Thursday, 15 January 2004 06:15 (twenty-one years ago)

273. Sonic Youth - "Genetic"

One of their best songs ever. Still have no idea why it never made it onto "Dirty".

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 15 January 2004 06:44 (twenty-one years ago)

274. Weezer - I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams
275. Pixies - Manta Ray
276. Pixies - Dancing The Manta Ray
277. Pixies - Weird At My School
287. British Sea Power - Childhood Memories

― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Thursday, 15 January 2004 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)

The Stone Roses - "Going Down"
The Stone Roses - "Standing Here"
The Stone Roses - "Something's Burning"
The Stone Roses - "What The World Is Waiting For"
Embrace - "Brothers & Sisters"
The Verve - "Back On My Feet Again"
Talk Talk - "John Cope"

― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 January 2004 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)

The Move "Disturbance" - very scary (for 1966)

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 15 January 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

296: (When You) Call Me - The Style Council
297: Goodbye Joe - Tracey Thorn
298: Butterfly Collector - The Jam
299: Tiny Steps - Elvis Costello
300: Hoover Factory - Elvis Costello
301: Girls Talk - Elvis Costello
302: Big Tears - Elvis Costello
303: Armagideon Time - The Clash
304: City of The Dead- The Clash
305: In A Lonely Place - New Order

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

let's finish this one off then...

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

306. The Truck Driver and his Mate - Pet Shop Boys

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

that was 303. bum.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

306. Lipstick - Buzzcocks
307 My Mind Ain't So Open
308 Alphabet Soup - ABC
309 Aunties and Uncles - The Jam
310 Omnibus - The Move

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Space Cowboy's 'Always & Forever' withdrawn because it is on the album (which i didn't know was on the way when i posted before)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

311: No Name #6 - Elliott Smith
312: Song for John Davis - The Mountain Goats
313: The Sign - The Mountain Goats
314: Raja Vocative - The Mountain Goats
315: Love Cuts the Strings - The Mountain Goats
316: Fresh Berries for You - The Mountain Goats
317: Alphabetizing - The Mountain Goats
318: Gulf Shores - Palace
319: The Spider's Dude is Often There - Palace
320: Take However Long You Want - Palace
321: Blue Boy - Bonnie 'Blue' Billy
322: Barcelona - Will Oldham

― Clay Smith (cws), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

323. Sammy - Kohut

― Melson (ArchCarrier), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

324. Stop Look and Listen - Belle and Sebastian

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

325.Lee Dorsey-Operation Heartache
326.Lee Dorsey-Mexico

― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

327. Jam & Spoon - Die Kraft Der Vier Herzen

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

328 - Jesus and Mary Chain - "Kill Surf City"
329 - Jesus and Mary Chain - "Vegetable Man"
330 - Jesus and Mary Chain - "Everything Is Alright When You're Down"
331 - Jesus and Mary Chain - "Don't Ever Change"

(I realise a couple of these appeared on the Barbed Wire Kisses Comp but that shouldn't count IMHO)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

332. The Police -- "Fall Out"
333. Smashing Pumpkins -- "La Dolly Vita"
334. Pavement -- "Saganaw"
335. Jonny Polonski -- "In Bloom"
336. Bob Dylan -- "Moonshiner"
337. Julian Cope -- "Gogmagog"
338. Levitation -- "Bedlam"
339. Love & Rockets -- "Mirror People (Slow Version)"
340. Jazz Butcher Conspiracy -- "Rebecca Wants Her Bike Back"
341. Donovan -- "Sand and Foam

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

342. The Sisters of Mercy - "Heartland"
343. The Sisters of Mercy - "Adrenochrome"
344. The Sisters of Mercy - "On The Wire"

― anode (anode), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

345. Blur - Money Makes Me Crazy

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

346. Iron Maiden - Total Eclipse

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

347. Pet Shop Boys - "Paninaro"
348. Pet Shop Boys - "Always"
349. Pet Shop Boys - "Hit and Miss"

― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

350. kenickie - "waste you"

― justin (Justin M), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Police -- "Fall Out"

I thought this was an a-side. The b-side I think was "Nothing Achieving."

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:02 (twenty-one years ago)

351. Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street

― Sym (shmuel), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 08:07 (twenty-one years ago)

352. Bark Psychosis - Reserve Shot Gunman
353. OMD - 4 Neu
354. OMD - Annex
355. OMD - The Romance Of The Telescope
356. New Order - Hurt
357. REM - Bandwagon

― mzui, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

358. Cuyahoga Creeping Bent - Tin Huey

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmmm - since when was Positively 4th st. a b-side?

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

359. Mars - "11,000 Volts"

― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

ten months pass...

360. Pink Floyd - "Candy and a Currant Bun" (B-Side to "Arnold Layne")
361. Ween - "Who Dat?" (B-Side to "Stay Forever")
362. Ween - "Mango Woman" (B-Side to "Push th' Little Daisies")
363. Belle and Sebastian - "Your Cover's Blown" (B-Side to "Wrapped Up in Books")

― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 1 January 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

364. Lo-Fidelity Allstars - Many Tentacles Pimping on the Keys
365. Chemical Brothers - Not Another Drugstore

― christopher (WHO), Saturday, 1 January 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

if covers count

366. The Flaming Lips - Ice Drummer (alan vega cover)

― christopher (WHO), Saturday, 1 January 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

15. 17 days - prince. due to be on the 'purple rain' album (it even says so on the single) but lopped off at the last minute. absolutely fantastic. the best b side of all time.
does thi go "let the rain fall down ? -it's brilliant

17. miserablism - pet shop boys. again lopped off an album at gone the 11th hour, mainly because of it's stylistic incongruity. and so what went on in it's place ? 'the end of the world'. oh *dear*.
miserabilism is ok but i love "end of the world"

― pet peeves, Sunday, 2 January 2005 03:59 (twenty years ago)

jason wrap my arms around you
kylie minogue ocean blue
choirboys let's party
duran duran late bar
real life like a gun

― pet peeves, Sunday, 2 January 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

george michael - monkey man + safe
oasis - rockin chair + flashbax
roxette - happy together (not turtles)+ sweet hello,sad goodbye
spice girls - christmas wrapping + bumper to bumper
elton john - fat bouys and ugly girls + suit of wolves
savage garden -i don't care + promises
mark owen (take that)- home + confused
vertigo - flooding the temple + feel the love
candy flip - theme + konspirancy
kylie minogue - just wanna love you_cruise control
culture club - manshake +colour by numbers
michael hutchence - golfcourse (rooms for the memory bside)

― shit4brains, Sunday, 2 January 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

wasnt "how soon is now?" originally a non album B-Side? I know it was eventually on the US version of Meat is Murder, but if thats the case its definately the best of all time.

I may be way off on this, help.

― JD from CDepot, Sunday, 2 January 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

nah yer right

― kit brash (kit brash), Sunday, 2 January 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

Yardbirds -- Psycho Daisies
Marshall Crenshaw -- You're My Favorite Waste of Time

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Sunday, 2 January 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

389. The Flaming Lips - "Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)" (B-Side to "Fight Test")
390. Radiohead - "Climbing Up the Walls (Zero 7 Mix)" (B-Side to "Karma Police")

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 2 January 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

Something that might count as a "re-mix," in terms of revelatory re-vision, was the live b-side version of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues." Can't remember if it was b of "I Want You" of "Rainy Day Women." But rither than straightforward renditions of weird songs, it was weird on weird, just in case I was starting to take Bobby D.'s topping himeslf for granted.The way he extended syllables even further, and seemingly more at random, with the Band swirling around/behind his timing, yet weirdly compressed, because of the 7" format...don't know if this is the same version as on the Albert Hall (ex-)bootleg, but, good as that album is, and as weird as it can be, the sudden impact of this early lone b "empties [my] ashtrays at a whole[or close enough to] other level"( a Bobline for every occasion yas). Also, think there have been cases of the *intended b-side becoming a/the hit, either along with or instead of the intended a-side?

― don, Sunday, 2 January 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

eight months pass...

Talk Talk - Why Is It So Hard?
Embrace - Flaming Red Hair
Embrace - Feels Like Glue
Embrace - Dry Kids
Embrace - Blind
Embrace - Madelaine
Embrace - Get On Board
Embrace - Red Eye Shot
Embrace - Come On & Smile
The Stone Roses - Somethings Burning
The Stone Roses - Standing Here
The Verve - Back On My Feet Again
The Verve - Echo Bass
The Verve - Three Steps
The Bluetones - Nifkin's Bridge
The Bluetones - Don't Stand Me Down
The Bluetones - The Simple Things
Idlweild - West Haven
Idlewild - A Distant History
Idlewild - Meet Me At The Harbour

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 26 September 2005 09:32 (twenty years ago)

super furry animals- calimero
super furry animals- do't be a fool billy
super furry animals- arnofio /glo in the dark
super furry animals- focus pocus
super furry animals- smokin'
super furry animals- guacamole

― hub, Monday, 26 September 2005 10:11 (twenty years ago)

Embrace - Blind

what a tune that is.

― piscesboy, Monday, 26 September 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

The Smiths - Half a Person

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 26 September 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

piscesboy have you heard any of the recent b-sides by Embrace?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 26 September 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

IMO the Beatles and the Smiths own this category, but in both cases it's become almost impossible to remember what was originally the A-side and what stuff was album tracks etc. Thankfully both have been at least somewhat addressed, freeing me up to focus on... Paul McCartney!

419. Paul McCartney - Sally G
420. Paul McCartney - C Moon
421. Paul McCartney - Oh Woman, Oh Why
422. Paul McCartney - Daytime Nighttime Suffering
423. Paul McCartney - Ode To A Koala Bear
424. Paul McCartney - I'll Give You A Ring

There are other great ones, but these are the ones I will defend to the death if anyone tries to cut them down....

― Doctor Casino, Monday, 26 September 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

(The Stone Roses' "Standing Here" counted twice (which makes sense cuz it's so awezum))

424. R.E.M. - "Ghost Rider"

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and

425. They Might Be Giants - Nightgown of the Sullen Moon.

Arguably my favorite TMBG song, and one of my favorite love songs of all time. Absolutely esssential for any fan.

426. They Might Be Giants - Mrs. Train

Not nearly as good, but, it was stuck in my head yesterday.. they have a LOT more, but I'll leave them to someone else who's so inclined.

― Doctor Casino, Monday, 26 September 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

427. Jawbox - 68

― jb, Monday, 26 September 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

428. the chills - "flame thrower"
429. snapper - "gentle hour"
430. skeptics - "blue"
431. the renderers - "howling at the moon"

― cb, Monday, 26 September 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

432. Cop Shoot Cop "Fragment"
433. Muse "Deadstar"
434. Therapy? "Suing God"

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Monday, 26 September 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

435. Neil & Iraiza - 'Melodyless Song'
436. The Shortwave Set - 'The Free Load'
437. Sugababes vs Audio Bullys - 'Who'
438. Natural Calamity vs Prince Paul and MC Paul Barman - 'Home'

'Not Another Drugstore' is on twice.

― BARMS, Monday, 26 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

439. The Wedding Present - Crawl

― Alex J Lee, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 01:28 (twenty years ago)

440. Afghan Whigs "Creep"
441. Afghan Whigs "Easily Persuaded"

― casey (t. fiend), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

442. art brut - about time

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

We still don't have 500.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 08:06 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

This thread rocks. It should be finished.

― billstevejim, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

she don't care about time - the byrds

― gershy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

443. The Sisters of Mercy - You Could Be the One
444. Nightwish - Sleepwalker
445. Ozzy Osbourne - Party like an Animal
446. The Gathering - Adrenaline
447. The Gathering - in Power We Trust the Love Advocated
448. In Flames - Watch Them Feed
449. Cradle of Filth - Devil Woman
450. Arch Enemy - Kill with Power
451. Children of Bodom - Bed of Nails

― Jeff Treppel, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:06 (eighteen years ago)

452 Patti Smith - Piss Factory

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:35 (eighteen years ago)

453 John Cale - Rose Garden Funeral Of Sores

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:36 (eighteen years ago)

454 Dog Faced Hermans - Time Bomb
455 Dog Faced hermans - Miss O'Grady

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:37 (eighteen years ago)

456 Mission Of Burma - Max Ernst

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:39 (eighteen years ago)

457 Sex Pistols - Satellite

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:41 (eighteen years ago)

458 The The - Three Orange Kisses from Kazan

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:42 (eighteen years ago)

459 Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams Part 2

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

460 Unrest - Love To Know
461 Boredoms - Fuanteidei
462 Captain Beefheart - Light Reflected Off The Oceands Of The Moon

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

463 Pink Floyd - Paintbox
464 Pink Floyd - Julia Dream

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:51 (eighteen years ago)

465 Violent Femmes - Gimme The Car

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

466. Sugababes - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

― musically, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:04 (eighteen years ago)

467 18th Dye - Coffee Cup Revisited (lousy title, great song...maybe the best thing they ever did)
468 Unrest - Vibe Out!

― dlp9001, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:33 (eighteen years ago)

469 Bruce Springsteen - Shut Out The Light

― Eazy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:41 (eighteen years ago)

(B-side to "Born in the USA" - link here)

― Eazy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

470 Everything But The Girl - On My Mind
471 Anne Pigalle - Like We Do

― Eazy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:54 (eighteen years ago)

472 Galaxie 500 - Here She Comes Now

― Eazy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:56 (eighteen years ago)

473 REM - The One I Love (live, 12" b-side)

― Eazy, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:00 (eighteen years ago)

474 Shiina Ringo - Unconditional Love

― Milton Parker, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:23 (eighteen years ago)

475 Roxy Music - The Numberer

― Milton Parker, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:30 (eighteen years ago)

476. outrageous cherry - every day i fall in love

― electricsound, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:36 (eighteen years ago)

477. tyrnaround - uncle jack

― electricsound, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:36 (eighteen years ago)

478. The Who - Water

― bendy, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:47 (eighteen years ago)

479. Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (thanks for jogging my memory Milton!)

― sleeve, Monday, 5 November 2007 02:11 (eighteen years ago)

You mean "The Pride and the Pain"?

Or do you mean the b-side to a reissue of "Virginia Plain"?

― Mark G, Monday, 5 November 2007 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

480. Garbage-Subhuman
481. Slade-Man Who Speaks Evil
482. Slade-Wonderin' Y
483. Slade- I'm Me, I'm Now, and That's ORL

― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 5 November 2007 02:37 (eighteen years ago)

<i>425. They Might Be Giants - Nightgown of the Sullen Moon.</i>

So manifestly OTM as to bear repeating.

REM has tons of great B-sides but instead of these, some of which have been seen above, I nominate

484. Pavement -- Camera

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 5 November 2007 03:57 (eighteen years ago)

485. Ash - No Place to Hide

― Simon H., Monday, 5 November 2007 04:04 (eighteen years ago)

even though it has since been added to the reissues, this one towers above all

486. fleetwood mac - silver springs

― electricsound, Monday, 5 November 2007 04:05 (eighteen years ago)

487. MX-80 Sound, "White Night"

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 5 November 2007 05:57 (eighteen years ago)

this might be the best B-sides of all time (all from one EP):

488. Hi falutin - the Boo Radleys
489. Crushed - the Boo Radleys
490. Almost Nearly There - the Boo Radleys

― Bee OK, Monday, 5 November 2007 06:03 (eighteen years ago)

491. Roxy Music - "Trash 2"

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 5 November 2007 06:07 (eighteen years ago)

492. Grasshopper by Ride
493. Let's All Make Believe by Oasis
494. Screamadelica by Primal Scream

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 5 November 2007 08:53 (eighteen years ago)

495. Ash - Coasting

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 November 2007 08:58 (eighteen years ago)

496. Soundgarden - Karaoke

(From the Down on the Upside sessions, and miles better than any song on the actual album.)

― MacDara, Monday, 5 November 2007 09:15 (eighteen years ago)

497. TV On The Radio - Satellite.

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 November 2007 09:24 (eighteen years ago)

498. Guillemots - Cat's Eyes.
499. Guillemots - Bad Boyfriend.

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 November 2007 09:24 (eighteen years ago)

500. Smashing Pumpkins - "Set the Ray To Jerry"

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 5 November 2007 13:06 (eighteen years ago)

And we're done.

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 November 2007 13:49 (eighteen years ago)

You mean "The Pride and the Pain"?

yeah, that one. Pyjamarama was the A-side but still not on LP, hence my confusion.

― sleeve, Monday, 5 November 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

500 is a dupe of 106. I demand an additional greatest non-album b-side.

― lukas, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 06:08 (eighteen years ago)

Ok fuck it:

500. Curtis Chip - It Starts With A G

― lukas, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 06:21 (eighteen years ago)

also all the unmentioned Nirvana b-sides heh - Pen cap chew in particular

― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 07:50 (eighteen years ago)

or maybe thats just an unreleased song and I'm confusing that with b-sides.

― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 07:56 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

As there are obviously way more than 500 worthy ones, would this be an idea for a bigger ILM poll?

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 14 February 2011 01:56 (fourteen years ago)

it might be a little hard to reach a consensus, seeing as most of these songs (with a few major exceptions) aren't particularly iconic. on the other hand, a landslide victory isn't necessarily the most interesting outcome for a poll, and it'd be fun to see which unlikely choices end up getting a good share of votes. I think it's a good idea & I'd definitely participate.

― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Monday, 14 February 2011 02:13 (fourteen years ago)

if it does happen, it should probably be limited to the album era, so let's say 1948 onward. "non-album b-side" isn't a meaningful idea if it refers to an era in which long-playing albums didn't exist.

― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Monday, 14 February 2011 02:17 (fourteen years ago)

I like the idea.. B-sides aren't supposed to be iconic.

― billstevejim, Monday, 14 February 2011 02:34 (fourteen years ago)

486. fleetwood mac - silver springs
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― Ayo Scott (rip van wanko), Monday, 14 February 2011 04:14 (fourteen years ago)

Do it.

― Ukranian crocodile that swallowed a mobile phone (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 14 February 2011 05:13 (fourteen years ago)

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― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Monday, 14 February 2011 05:38 (fourteen years ago)

If I conduct it, I may need to help to organize it technically when it comes to voting, but of course I can always start out doing a nominations thread.

I suppose what would be needed as a rule is some way of limiting nominations to obvious b-sides and not double a-sides, for instance "We Can Work It Out" and "Let's Stay The Night Together" obviously don't count even though they were b-sides and not on albums.

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:32 (fourteen years ago)

twelve years pass...

While there were obviously lots of great ones on this list, 10CC never made got mentioned, which is a shame. "Get It While You Can", "Waterfall", "Channel Swimmer", "Good News" and "Don't Squeeze Me Like Toothpaste" are all great tracks, now stuck to the reissues.

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 July 2023 20:04 (two years ago)

Geirbot! Rock on, brother.

― scott seward, Friday, 21 July 2023 20:18 (two years ago)

I could probably name hundreds of famous house/trance/techno/etc tracks that happened to be on the B-side of the 12” (like “Access”, “Solid Session”, “Android”, etc), but I’m assuming these don’t count.

― Siegbran, Friday, 21 July 2023 21:12 (two years ago)

Seigbran! Rock on, brother.

― scott seward, Saturday, 22 July 2023 17:09 (two years ago)

i think i got called a rockist on this thread for not wanting to include remixes. i guess i thought that would be too easy since there are only 5 million remixes on every 12-inch single. i wanted actual songs and not versions of a-sides. so sue me!

― scott seward, Saturday, 22 July 2023 17:50 (two years ago)

I meant not so much remixes, but 12 inches with different tracks on the A and B side, but where the one on the B-side became the hit, like this one: https://www.discogs.com/master/104109-DJ-Misjah-Groovehead-DJ-Misjah-DJ-Tim-X-Trax-Vol-1 where the track “Access” on the B-side became a massive hit.

― Siegbran, Sunday, 23 July 2023 00:09 (two years ago)

Also this one: https://www.discogs.com/master/7786-Hallucinogen-Alpha-Centauri-LSD

― Siegbran, Sunday, 23 July 2023 00:11 (two years ago)

487. (?) KLF - America No More

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 23 July 2023 06:55 (two years ago)

two weeks pass...

"In The City" by Madness also seems to be missing here.

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 10 August 2023 00:48 (two years ago)

XTC haven't been mentioned in 20 years, they could fill out a killer double LP of their best B-Sides.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 10 August 2023 01:45 (two years ago)

Really? Recs?

― calstars, Thursday, 10 August 2023 01:47 (two years ago)

Copied & pasted from another thread:

My 19 favorite non-album tracks (in roughly this order, determined when we did the XTC poll)

Chain of Command
Life Begins at the Hop
Are You Receiving Me
Pulsing Pulsing
Blame the Weather
Science Friction
Terrorism
Jump
Instant Tunes
Punch and Judy
Take This Town
Red Brick Dream
Washaway
Heaven Is Paved with Broken Glass
Thanks for Christmas
Smokeless Zone
Extrovert
Happy Families
The World Is Full of Angry Young Men

― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 10 August 2023 06:03 (two years ago)

Thanks!

― calstars, Thursday, 10 August 2023 17:34 (two years ago)

I'd add "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down", although I gather a lot of XTC fans regard it as a sell-out attempt.

― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 11 August 2023 19:34 (two years ago)

...though it's not a b-side.

― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 11 August 2023 19:36 (two years ago)

The thread title says non-album b-sides, so I went for both.

The problem is that I think "Boat" is a total bore. I have no idea why they thought it was single-worthy.

― Hideous Lump, Friday, 11 August 2023 21:38 (two years ago)

My personal b-sides POXX. Would be surprised if any of these have not been mentioned itt

1. The ghost ship - Robyn Hitchcock
2. The leopard - Robyn Hitchcock
3. The black crow knows - Robyn Hitchcock
4. 17 days - prince
5. God (12”) - prince
6. Shockadelica - prince
7. For what it’s worth - talk talk
8. It’s getting late in the evening - talk talk
9. Fantastic life - the fall
10. Kicker conspiracy - the fall
11. Guest informant - the fall
12. Fretless - r.e.m.
13. Turtles have short legs - Can (this was on the b-side of the Moonshake 12” which was my first ever can record so it counts)
14. Heart of darkness - Pere ubu
15. Flying to my home - Paul McCartney
16. Call me the - Tom Verlaine
17. The plague - Scott walker
18. Crystal Japan - David Bowie
19. Right track wrong train - Cyndi Lauper
20. Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac

― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 12 August 2023 15:38 (two years ago)

wait isn't "Kicker Conspiracy" the A-side and "Wings" the B-side? also a worthy inclusion

"Another Coke" by ATV might be my #1

― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:02 (two years ago)

prefab sprout - donna summer

― brimstead, Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:58 (two years ago)

hoping it goes ooooh-oooh donna donna donna

― nashwan, Saturday, 12 August 2023 17:24 (two years ago)

Talk Talk’s “Without You” is stunning. I love The Patty’s Over, particularly side 1 of it, and it would have fit on it.

― beamish13, Saturday, 12 August 2023 17:30 (two years ago)

You’re right sleeve. Somehow in my head it had become Wings/Kicker Conspiracy

Kicker and guest informant on one list might be too much stomp-fall anyway

― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 12 August 2023 19:35 (two years ago)

I miss the chase for B-Sides but not the expense of all those singles. Are labels still releasing tracks unique to Japanese and other foreign issues?

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 12 August 2023 20:29 (two years ago)

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