Side A
Artist	Song
100. The Wonders	That Thing You Do
99. Genesis	Turn It On Again
98. The Weekend	The Single
97. Teenage Fanclub	Sparky's Dream
96. Barenaked Ladies	Shoebox
95. Billy Joel	Only The Good Die Young
94. The Supremes	You Can't Hurry Love
93. Boston	More Than A Feeling
92. Duran Duran	Rio
91. The Housemartins	Happy Hour
90. Boys Brigade	Passion Of Love
89. Grapes Of Wrath	Piece Of Mind
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
88. The Archies	Sugar Sugar
97. Jimmy Eat World	The Middle
86. Violent Femmes	Blister In The Sun
85. The Modern Lovers	Someone I Care About
84. Crowded House	Something So Strong
83. The Bangles	Hero Takes A Fall
82. Phantom Planet	California
81. Yo La Tengo	Sugarcube
80. Liz Pahir	Supernova
79. The Boomtown Rats	I Don't Like Mondays
78. Sinead O'Conner	Mandinka
77. Veruca Salt	Seether
76. Oasis	Live Forever

Comment:

First of all, let's get one thing straight: lists are stupid. Can I honestly say that I enjoy song #56 more than #58 but slightly less than #55? Of course not. However, we all seem to love them! So these are my personal favourite pop songs of the last 40 years.___________________Now, what is considered a "pop" song? Well, literally, it's something popular. However, not all these songs were popular. Some were #1 on the Billboard chart and others wouldn't know a Billboard chart if it hit them in the head (huh?!?) Anyways, to me a pop song is generally between 2-5 minutes long, it's immediately enjoyable and usually the first time you hear it, you've got the lyrics to the chorus memorized! All of these rules are broken at least once throughout the course of this list. One thing they do all have in common is that they are all super catchy (in my opinion!) Some are old, some are new, some are chart faves, some are AOTM faves, and there are a few guilty pleasures as well (yes, Rick Springfield made the cut.) I'd love yer feedback (what you like, hate, and what I've left out.)_____________________One more thing, I've limited the list to one song per artist just for the sake of variety. Otherwise, The Beatles and Big Star would completely take over. And I'd have to include the entire Fountains of Wayne debut which wouldn't make this much of a mix. So,____________________ #100. Ok The Wonders are not a real band, but it was played in the movie about 50 billion times and I was still humming it when I left.___________________#99. As a rule, I HATE Collins-era Genesis but I love this song. Why? Don't know.___________________#98. The Weekend are a local band but I listened to this song over and over again when i picked up their CD. And it's called "The Single" fer cryin' out loud.______________97. Sparky's Dream should probably be higher but this is still a fairly new song for me. Up till recently, I only owned Bandwagonesque and at that time "What You Do To Me" was a shoe-in for this list. But i think this song's better.____________________#93. Boston. Guilty pleasure (although I think most people secretly like it.) And besides, the riff is really quite similar to one of the greatest pop hits of the 90's. (you know the one)___________________________#80. I know, I know, Exile In Guyville's better. But not catchier.

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