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Perfect Pop Songs

Those with the kind of music, lyrics, performance, arrangement and production that you could easily repeat all day.

How about starting with this one? Somewhat outside of her usual cannon and none the worse for it. Perhaps also a contender for the sexiest vocals ever?

Louie Louie  by Julie London
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"Ballad of John & Yoko" The Beatles
"She’s Gone" & "Lady Rain" Hall & Oates
"Candy" Jackson Browne
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reubent

I’ll see your offering and raise you:

General Public - Tenderness

Saw them in concert back in the day.  Great stuff!
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Would Lou Reed be considered “pop”?  He might be turning in his grave on that one.  But “Sweet Jane” and “Walk On The Wild Side” are well known.
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Beach Boys - Kokomo

Paul Simon - The Boy In The Bubble
Beausoleil - Zydeco Gris-Gris

shout out to all the accordion lovers out there.  Hello. Anyone...

Nevermind...😞
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@16f4,

Check out Suzanne Vega’s version of "Take a Walk on the Wild Side".....maybe more of a "pop" version?
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