100 Greatest Choruses of All-Time

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You know, the ones that could go on forever and you'd be just fine with that. I'll start with:

100. Donovan "Atlantis"

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 3 December 2005 04:52 (nineteen years ago)

99. David Bowie "Cracked Actor"

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 3 December 2005 05:21 (nineteen years ago)

98. William De Vaughan "Be Thankful For What You've Got"

― Allen Baekeland (Allen Baekeland), Saturday, 3 December 2005 05:31 (nineteen years ago)

97. ? and the Mysterians, "96 tears"

― Guayaquil (eephus), Saturday, 3 December 2005 05:32 (nineteen years ago)

96. Andrew W.K. - "She Is Beautiful" - Doesn't kick in 'til after the two minute mark (and after one would have assumed the one-line refrain was the chorus), but then he hammers it, I think, three times.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 3 December 2005 06:36 (nineteen years ago)

95. Go Betweens - Lee Remick

― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Saturday, 3 December 2005 06:54 (nineteen years ago)

94. Bee Gees, "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 3 December 2005 07:09 (nineteen years ago)

"She Is Beautiful" OTM. The specification that you could handle the chorus going on and on forever prompts a few to mind, but also strikes off a lot of GREAT choruses that just don't lend themselves to endless looping. The Beatles, for example - "She Loves You" is a solid gold classic, but it doesn't lend itself to the task at hand...

93. Toto, "Africa"
92. Pylon, "Stop It"

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 3 December 2005 07:16 (nineteen years ago)

91. Arcade Fire, "Wake Up"
90. Rufus Wainwright "Beautiful Child"

― novamax (novamax), Saturday, 3 December 2005 13:56 (nineteen years ago)

89. Ode to Joy

― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Saturday, 3 December 2005 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

88. Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands

― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Saturday, 3 December 2005 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

87. David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival

― vartman (novaheat), Saturday, 3 December 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

86. Cheap Trick - Southern Girls

― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Saturday, 3 December 2005 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

85. Beach Boys- Darlin'

― naturemorte, Saturday, 3 December 2005 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

84. Go-Betweens "Love Goes On!"

― Steev (Steev), Saturday, 3 December 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

"Memory Of A Free Festival" totally seconded.

― sleeve (sleeve), Saturday, 3 December 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

83. If The Kids Were United - Sham 69

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Saturday, 3 December 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

82. The Bluetones "Slight Return"

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Saturday, 3 December 2005 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

81. Kirsty MacColl "New England"

― stranded, Saturday, 3 December 2005 23:53 (nineteen years ago)

80. Poison, "Nothing But a Good Time"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 4 December 2005 00:01 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno if it's a chorus exactly, but King Tee and the Alkoholiks' "I Got It Bad Y'all" has a repeating call and response part that goes

What's your favorite brew?
O-E!
What's it make you do?
Go pee!

Which is the best thing ever.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 4 December 2005 00:04 (nineteen years ago)

79. Dodgy: "Staying Out For The Summer"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 4 December 2005 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

78. junior boys - can you teach me how to fight
show me what it's likeeeeeeee to give back paaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiinnnnn
show mó how to fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!

― nique (nique), Sunday, 4 December 2005 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

77. bjork - it's not up to you

― applesider, Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

76. t rex - children of the revolution

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Sunday, 4 December 2005 05:31 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.pbs.org/now/popups/images/greekchorus_large.jpg

― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 4 December 2005 05:37 (nineteen years ago)

75. The Ramones -- "Sheena is Punk Rocker"

― bsj30 (bsj30), Monday, 5 December 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

75.5 The Ramones -- "Rockaway Beach"

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Monday, 5 December 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

74. Bush Tetras— Too Many Creeps

― js (honestengine), Monday, 5 December 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

73. Stevie Wonder - "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing"

― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 5 December 2005 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

72. neutral milk hotel - "holland 1945"

― petesmith (plsmith), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

71. Raspberries - "Go All The Way"

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

70. queen - killer queen

also toto's africa is totally deserved.

― ollie wants to be a scientist (ollie wants to be a scientist), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 00:25 (nineteen years ago)

69. Outkast - "ATLiens"

― R. J. Greene, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 01:42 (nineteen years ago)

68. the timelords - doctorin' the tardis

― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

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