I want to make a list of songs with the kind of ridiculously catchy choruses and refrains that burrow through your mind like worms. Any idea?
Okay, don’t worry, I did it myself. Here’s what I came up with:
- Kanye West – Famous (Bam bam, ‘ey ‘ey ‘ey Bam bam bam, bam bam dilla)
- JAY-Z – Empire State Of Mind ft. Alicia Keys (Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York)
- The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name (that’s not my name, that’s not my name etc.)
- Sneaker Pimps – Six Underground (tie me down, six underground)
- Elton John – Candle in the Wind
- Boney M – Rivers of Babylon
- Elvis Presley – Devil in Disguise
- Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
- Culture Club – Karma Chameleon
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
- Bachman Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
- Elvis Presley – It’s Now or Never
- Hanson – MMMbop
- Lady Gaga – Poker Face
- Aerosmith – I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
- The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
- Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
- Michael Jackson – Beat It
- Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman
- ABBA – SOS
- Lady Gaga – Just Dance
- Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
- Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5
- Spice Girls – Wannabe
There you go, that’s my 24 song list compiled for the next 5 Towns Radio show. I cheated on 5 to 24, though; I Googled ‘catchiest tunes ever’ and came up with this site: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59883/catchiest-songs-according-science
On another note – if one of y’all out there could make versions of these songs without the verses, but keeping just the hooks, then that’d be real nice. Oh wait, I just remembered – they did that already. They’re called adverts.
Right, let me get on. I’ve got a show to record. 🙂
Robert C Day 