Singles you've seen described as the greatest....

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...ever made and thought "Yeah, it could be".

I've just chanced upon a couple of reviews of the Only Ones' 'Another Girl, Another Planet' that describe it as possibly the best rock single ever made. Listening to it again for the first time in around a decade, you know what? I think they might just be right.

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

that one is hard to argue against.

― reno sweeney (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

"Good Vibrations" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"

I mean, obviously, not recent ones, as all the best ideas (that is, the ones that sound great and aren't just different and weird) have already been used a long time ago.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)

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I agree, but I'd never ever seen it mentioned even in the same breath as the usual contenders. Reaffirms my faith in human nature.

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

amen to that.

― reno sweeney (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

I was once at a very drunken party where a kind of concensus was reached that One chord wonders by the Adverts was the best single ever.

it isn't but it made total sense at the time.

― Kris England, Monday, 2 May 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

"Superstition"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

This Charming Man

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

"one chord wonders" is indeed the best single ever.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

besides "wannabe."

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

California Love

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

"Be My Baby" - The Ronettes
"God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys

― PB, Monday, 2 May 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

"Stayin' Alive"

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

"Under Pressure"

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

"Hey Ya"

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

"Hunger Strike"

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

"Blue Monday"

and, recently, "Temptation"

― PB, Monday, 2 May 2005 23:06 (twenty years ago)

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

Yes! ....so many Cure songs?

― giboyeux (skowly), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

"God Only Knows" certainly could be (in fact, I rate it ahead of "Good Vibrations", although the latter is more often mentioned as the best single ever)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

"Strawberry Fields Forever"

― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

"Charlotte Sometimes"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

"Tears of a Clown"

― giboyeux (skowly), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

"Heroes"

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

Caroline No
Night Fever
Don't Fear the Reaper

― Dave Vinson (Gaughin), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

"Mas Tequila"

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

"Maps"

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

I was kind of looking for more unusual choices (probably forgot to mention that). So as regards the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Queen, enough already.

What's "Hunger Strike"?

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:03 (twenty years ago)

Temple of the Dog (Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder)

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

Oh. I think I'd hate that.

The Ada version of 'Maps' could well be the best single ever, although if I saw that in print I'd be more than surprised.

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:12 (twenty years ago)

"When Doves Cry" (OH YES IT IS.)

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

"Shine"

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

"Ana Ng"

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

"Black"

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

"I Beg Your Pardon"

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

"black" was my prom theme :(

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

"Cold Cold Heart"

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

wow, that's a heavy theme song! ours was "wonderful tonight" (barf)

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

"Kiss"

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

haha i think it was actually maybe 'cotheme' with garth brooks 'the dance' (maybe it was runnerup), 'wonderful tonight' was in the running, i campaigned HEAVILY against it.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)

"The Dance"

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)

"Isis"

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

"Sweet Child O' Mine"
"Born to Run"

― PB, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

duh, "Like a Rolling Stone"

― PB, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

"Mas Tequila"
-- Naive Teen Idol (matthew.weine...), May 3rd, 2005.

haha. I mean, I saw a joke song coming, but the fact that it's this one made me laugh.

― PB, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

Only Love Can Break Your Heart
O-o-h Child
How Soon is Now?
Just Like Heaven
The Opera House
Paranoid Android
Do You Remember Walter
Sweet Jane

― pinkerton, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 01:10 (twenty years ago)

"Dancing Queen"

― daavid (daavid), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 01:31 (twenty years ago)

I'm always advocating Another Girl, Another Planet as having the most underrated guitar solo in pop music.

― Cunga (Cunga), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 05:42 (twenty years ago)

"new rose"
"love will tear us apart"
"lola"
"green onions"
"please mr. postman"

― french diplomacy (french diplomacy), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 06:51 (twenty years ago)

Marvin Gaye - "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 07:02 (twenty years ago)

Marvin Gaye - "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"

In a perfect world I could hear that song again for the first time (before I heard oldies radio play it every hour).

― Cunga (Cunga), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 07:04 (twenty years ago)

"sitting on the dock of the bay"
"nuthin but a g thang"

― Sym Sym (sym), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)

There was an ILM thread quite some time ago where consensus war reached that the correct answer is "Uptown Top Ranking".

oh and before anyone else does this:

"consensus"

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 08:12 (twenty years ago)

Teenage Kicks

― andyjack (andyjack), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 11:23 (twenty years ago)

"Sheela na gig"

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

"Groove is in the Heart"

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 12:04 (twenty years ago)

"Cruel to be Kind"

― diedre mousedropping (Dave225), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

Touch Me I'm Sick b/w Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More!!!!

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)

"Isis"

I first read this as "Iris" and thought "yeah, it could be"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)

Shakin' All Over - Johhny Kidd and the Pirates

― maracas (maracas), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

"Hanging On The Telephone".

― Ally C (Ally C), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

"Can't Get You Out of My Head".

― Roz, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

No 'Penny Lane'?

― PappaWheelie, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

"nuthin but a g thang"
-- Sym Sym (shmuel...), May 3rd, 2005.

yes. best hip-hop track ever, period, IMO.

― PB, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

Surely that's 'T.R.O.Y.'?!

(IMO)

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

that's also a good answer

― Sym Sym (sym), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

"Part Time Punks"

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

"That's When I Reach for My Revolver"
"I See a Darkness"
"Since I Left You"

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)