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

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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

Top five minimum.

The absolute apex of the meeting of smashing tunes and production and the meeting of pop and dance and rock and rap. This song will never, ever get old.

Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

The Pogues - Thousands Are Sailing

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Has to be a contender - Bridge Over Troubled Water

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I’m sure that would’ve been yours or fagans reaction :smiley:

It would depend on whether Betty or Megan were in the other room.

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What becomes of the broken hearted

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Tears of a clown

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That’s senior hurling.