Contenders for the greatest song of all time

Imagine is very good. I also like Walking Back To Happiness (Woop Ah, Oh Yay) by Helen Shapiro.

But are they as good as this?

A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray

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They’ll be singing imagine when the worms are dancing six hand reels through you

Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves

An absolute stone cold classic that still feels fresh 47 years later

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Imagine turning on your record player in the 60s and hearing this for the first time

Seminal

It took immense craft to make a song this gloriously plodding

2 minutes of pop perfection

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Oasis at their best

If only for the recorder bit at the start.

There was a fella playing this in a pub at home one night. Complete with the dreaded backing track as he mimed over Jimmy Page’s solo towards the end. Chancer,

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Ok guys.

You can lock the thread now … just a shame we’ll never, ever know who actually sang it. Ever.

Come on you Boys In Blue/Green delete as necessary

Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin