[Music] What is the best single record EVER? (Your choice not the critics ones)

[Peteinblack]

 

[scooter1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPGepgWupTw

Such a tough choice, but if this song comes on I try to stop and listen to the whole thing

 

[Seasider78]

It’s all down to personal taste I guess but I never tire of listening to this

https://youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE

 

[Peteinblack]

As 2 of my other faves have already been nabbed by NSCers with impeccable taste in music (The Clash's 'Complete Control' and 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais), I'll choose this

If I'd been allowed another choice, it would have been Pulp's 'Common People'

 

[schmunk]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3QDHNpIqwkU&feature=share

Never heard this before so gave it a listen.

"I've got a shotgun, it's riding shotgun..."

SAKE

 

[Uh_huh_him]

As 2 of my other faves have already been nabbed by NSCers with impeccable taste in music (The Clash's 'Complete Control' and 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais), I'll choose this

If I'd been allowed another choice, it would have been Pulp's 'Common People'

Nicely avoiding the OP's constraints to just one choice.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Why would someone pick that ?

 

[Mellotron]

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Every single second is perfect.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Same as last time we had this thread

 

[A1X]

Note - I'm a historian and songs which reference historical events are right up there for me. Thought about We Didn't Start The Fire but went with this;

 

[carlzeiss]

This for me , the only 7 inch single I actually purchased new .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1ct5yEuVY

 

[A1X]

Not at all my usual style of music to listen to, and released over a decade before I was, but c'mon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU

"I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time" may genuinely be some of the most beautiful lyrics ever

 

[Comrade Sam]

Been my favourite long enough to be my all time favourite.

 

[Farehamseagull]

40 years on, I still get goose bumps when I hear this.

Yes this. Perfection.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

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Sounds as great today as it did 46 years ago

 

[happypig]

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[Crispy Ambulance]

Aztec Camera & Mick Jones - Good Morning Britain

Lyrics perfectly encapsulate the time

 

[zefarelly]

Goosebumps song, the best soul singer ever. Studio version backed by the MG's and co produced by Isaac Hayes . . . It doesn't get any better

BarKays were kids, but a formidable backing band . . . And what a voice live.

https://youtu.be/P29E7YYMD7o

Baggy trousers by madness is for me a key song, my first record of my own and one I liked, saw on TotP, opened the doors to music for myself as opposed to what my parents listened to 9 which was all good FWIW)

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

https://youtu.be/5wCUlPNlQuA

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

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Sounds as great today as it did 46 years ago

Yes @Hailsham it’s this one for me too.

It is an impossible task really but I limited it to physical singles I actually bought as soon as I heard them virtually. Whilst there are still many of those this one still creates the fantastic imagery it did back in ‘75