PERFECT POP TOP 200. This post: #5-4. Continues tomorrow & all this week with the Top 10. Check out the playlist so far on Spotify.

Caffe` Latte` presents the 200 Most Essential…

PERFECT POP SONGS

-THE TOP 10-

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IMAGINE

John Lennon

(1971) #1

The defining moment in John Lennon’s post-Beatles recording output, “Imagine” dares us to consider a world where our differences no longer exist, just a common humanity. Its lyrics have continued to resonate over subsequent decades. The single reached #1 in Canada, Australia and South Africa. It peaked at #3 in America. In 1981, in the wake of Lennon’s assassination, the song was re-released, finally topping the British chart.

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GOOD VIBRATIONS

Beach Boys

(1966) #1

When it was unleashed, this single raised the bar in terms of production. The watershed track widened the sonic soundscape. Brian Wilson, the group’s main songwriter, doggedly had a vision and painstakingly endeavoured to bring it to full fruition. The classic topped the charts in America, Britain, Malaysia, Rhodesia and New Zealand. 

All of the songs from this playlist can be heard on 3Spotify.