View Poll Results: What decade had the best songs?

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  • 1970s

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    Bumping again.

    YouTube video for 1964 hit song by The Kinks - You Really Got Me:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTsY-oz6Go

    YouTube video for 1983 hit song by The Kinks - Come Dancing:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRUE0aAI5o8

    YouTube video for 1969 hit song by The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun:

    https://www.google.ca/search?q=youtu...NqsfFUwhY,st:0

    YouTube video for 1970 hit song by Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td3QJ01dIWc

    YouTube video for hit song Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel (1968):

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

    YouTube video for hit song Shambala by Three Dog Night (1973):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vO99mmoCf0

    YouTube video for hit song What is Life by George Harrison - 1971 (one recent morning, in a stretch when not feeling too happy, just after waking up I suddenly 'heard' part of this favourite upbeat song playing strongly in my mind):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiH9edd25Bc

    YouTube video for hit [cover] song Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison (1987):

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

    YouTube video for hit song Whatever Gets You Thru The Night by John Lennon (1974):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFTD9O-XMw

    YouTube video for 1984 hit song Too Late For Goodbyes by Julian Lennon:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRJjHK1EVYY

    YouTube video for 2006 song Parachute by Sean Lennon:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GG5ZvdJIKI

    YouTube video for The Pete Best Band - Hayman's Green (2008):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjehmCZvlCE
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 02-26-2024 at 09:41 AM. Reason: Adding link
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    Bumping poll.

    YouTube video for 1967 hit song by Every Mother's Son - Come On Down To My Boat Baby:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvye4GXgPE0

    YouTube video for Marina Del Rey - Marc Jordan, 1978 - I still can't believe this song isn't older:

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

    YouTube video for hit song Thunder Island by Jay Ferguson (1977):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUg0Uj81tIE

    YouTube video for hit song Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band (1977):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHa1hiFYbFQ

    YouTube video for hit song Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney and Wings (1976):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dbYxAr697w

    YouTube video for hit song Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney (1979):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Ye-3C1FC8

    YouTube video for hit song It Don't Come Easy by Ringo Starr (1971):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDcZxEpA9XY
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 02-26-2024 at 07:54 PM. Reason: Adding link
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    YouTube video for hit song Hitchin' a Ride by Vanity Fare (1969):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4pArjPVA-8

    YouTube video for hit song Ride Captain Ride by The Blues Image (1970):

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

    YouTube video for hit song by Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride (Single Version) (1973):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKx9SohErPI

    YouTube video for hit song Running on Empty by Jackson Browne (1977):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFQKvtbD6Kw

    YouTube video for hit song Driver's Seat by Sniff 'n' The Tears (1978):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SCzVEUlqqA

    YouTube video for hit song Runaway by Del Shannon (1961):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H56qRqHfSRQ

    YouTube video for hit song Everyday by Buddy Holly (1957):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMezwtB1oCU

    YouTube video for hit song Hound Dog by Elvis Presley (1956):

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

    YouTube video for hit [cover] song Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis Presley (1956):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeXnFx7aPOE
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 02-25-2024 at 09:21 PM. Reason: Adding link
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    YouTube video for hit song The Night has a Thousand Eyes by Bobby Vee (1962):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GQAmTznY2o

    YouTube video for hit song Fortune Teller by Bobby Curtola (1962):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edhy6xaH6DY

    YouTube video for hit song How Do You Do It? by Gerry and the Pacemakers (1963):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQD-m2AQoXc

    YouTube video for hit song One Fine Day by The Chiffons (1963):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvyOqKhKWQ4

    YouTube video for hit song Look Through Any Window by The Hollies (1965):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQp1IDVZdCg

    YouTube video for hit song Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers (1966):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iaR3WO71j4

    YouTube video for hit song Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations (1969):

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

    YouTube video for hit song In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry (1970):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 10-16-2023 at 06:01 PM. Reason: Adding link
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    YouTube video for hit song Do You Believe in Magic by The Lovin' Spoonful (1965):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4MprZk1xj4

    YouTube video for hit song Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful (1966):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIHs15lejJw

    YouTube video for hit song Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison (1967):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-O9sgPKDGk

    YouTube video for hit song Green-Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf (1970):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8FFJQYoTM

    YouTube video for hit song No Matter What by Badfinger (1970):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFjRclRMl48

    YouTube video for hit song Reelin' in the Years by Steely Dan (1972):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaH25Sghoqc

    YouTube video for hit song Rikki Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan (1974):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZWp-hGCdA

    YouTube video for hit song Deacon Blues by Steely Dan (1977):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iac-vLq6tnY

    YouTube video for hit song Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits (1978):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ffIJ7ZO4U

    YouTube video for hit song Walk of Life by Dire Straits (1985):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd9TlGDZGkI

    YouTube video for hit song Kiss On My List by Hall & Oates (1980):

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

    YouTube video for hit song Steppin' Out by Joe Jackson (1982):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJwt2dxx9yg
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 10-16-2023 at 05:54 PM. Reason: Adding link
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    YouTube video for hit song Lola by The Kinks (1970 - I still can't believe this song is not more recent):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI

    YouTube video for hit song Heart of Gold by Neil Young (1972):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7eB7Wns1-M

    YouTube video for hit song Squeeze Box by The Who (1975):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW3PSKJ-Bik

    YouTube video for hit song Pop Muzik by M (1979):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrE3Wn619z8

    YouTube video for hit song Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe (1979):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQdxGpV5aV8

    YouTube video for hit song On The Dark Side by John Cafferty/Eddie and the Cruisers (1983):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fE77OmwVaI

    YouTube video for hit song Money For Nothing by Dire Straits (1985):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0

    YouTube video for hit song Get a Haircut and Get a Real Job by George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1993):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNg3DTBQGgk

    YouTube video for hit [cover] song Whatta Man by Salt-N-Pepa (1993):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0v4Hd431Gg

    YouTube video for hit song A Change Would Do You Good by Sheryl Crow (1996):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpkzApq2HK0

    YouTube video for hit song Get the Party Started by Pink (2001):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1dbiD_zDk

    YouTube video for 2016 hit song, Justin Timberlake's CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (from DreamWorks Animation's "TROLLS"):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxKV_E-wB10

    YouTube video for 2023 song Wrecking Ball by Dolly Parton & Miley Cyrus:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9AyDpNOzGY
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 02-18-2024 at 02:54 PM. Reason: Adding link
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    YouTube video for hit song For What it's Worth by Buffalo Springfield (1967):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_39eAx3z8

    YouTube video for hit song Incense & Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock (1967):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rw1_FNdy-Y

    YouTube video for hit song Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills and Nash (1969):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TYq9RjdYYU

    YouTube video for hit song Superstition by Stevie Wonder (1974):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFuCYNx-1g

    YouTube video for hit song The Things We Do For Love by 10cc (1975):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rf3_viTxk

    YouTube video for hit song Africa by Toto (1982):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7lAMjFuA0

    YouTube video for hit song Little Red Corvette by Prince (1983):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KpfrJE4zw

    YouTube video for hit song Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles (1985):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFGCu5hnLyA

    YouTube video for hit song Big Me by Foo Fighters (1995):

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

    YouTube video for hit song Angel by Shaggy (2000):

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

    YouTube video for hit song Love Story by Taylor Swift (2008):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adrGakL11Ss
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 10-16-2023 at 07:34 PM. Reason: Adding link
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    YouTube video for Buddy Holly's 1957 hit song Not Fade Away:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2L84dvoag

    YouTube video for Anne Murray's lesser known 1969 song Sunspots [currently not listed in the Singles category of her Wikipedia discography; perhaps never released as a single]:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Lx-6ow0uI

    YouTube video for 1974 hit [cover] song You Won't See Me by Anne Murray:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlM15soLy-Y

    YouTube video for Avril Lavigne's 2002 hit song Complicated:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NPBIwQyPWE

    YouTube video for U2's hit 2000 song Beautiful Day:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6WMzDOh1o

    YouTube video for Katy Perry's hit 2010 song Teenage Dream:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98WtmW-lfeE

    YouTube video for 2014 hit song by Pharrell Williams - Happy:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZSe6N_BXs

    YouTube video for hit song ME! by Taylor Swift (2019):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgiODf-fitA

    YouTube video for The Weeknd's 2020 hit song Blinding Lights:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHI8X4OXluQ

    YouTube video for Elton John, Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 2021 hit:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qod03PVTLqk

    YouTube video for Billy Joel's 1977 hit song Just The Way You Are:

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

    YouTube video for The Police's 1978 hit song Roxanne:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1c7GkzRQQ

    YouTube video for 1981 hit song by The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aENX1Sf3fgQ

    YouTube video for David Bowie's 1980 hit song Ashes to Ashes:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMm4rJemtI

    YouTube video for David Bowie's 1983 hit song Modern Love:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HivQqTtiHVw
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 02-25-2024 at 09:44 PM. Reason: Adding link
    There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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    YouTube video for hit song Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets (1955):

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

    YouTube video for hit song Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin (1959):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8OlDPqYBLw

    YouTube video for hit song Turn! Turn! Turn! by the Byrds (1965):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4

    YouTube video for hit song Return To Sender by Elvis Presley (1962):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhXQBFKeTY

    YouTube video for hit song California Dreamin' by The Mamas & The Papas (1965):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOok1WzZbOY

    YouTube video for hit song Bend Me, Shape Me by The American Breed (1968):

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

    YouTube video for hit song Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf (1968):

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

    YouTube for hit song Brandy (You're a fine girl) by Looking Glass (1972):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBwBUXSw90o

    YouTube for hit song Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan (1973):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9coqlk8fY

    YouTube video for hit song Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal Band (1976):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu1UXCdyNo0

    YouTube video for hit song Take The Long Way Home by Supertramp (1979):

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

    YouTube video for hit song Turn It On Again by Genesis (1980):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OIkw9kJ0u4
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 10-17-2023 at 01:17 AM. Reason: Adding link
    There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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    YouTube video for hit song "If You Knew Susie (Like I know Susie!)" Eddie Cantor, 1925:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0zKqiClt1k

    YouTube video for 1939 hit song We'll Meet Again by Vera Lynn:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsM_VmN6ytk

    YouTube video for 1939 hit song Over The Rainbow by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gO1iRc6T18

    YouTube video for 1939 hit song The Right Idea by Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9185tIZnbk

    YouTube video for 1940 hit song by Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Southern Fried:

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

    YouTube video for 1941 hit song In The Mood by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aME0qvhZ37o

    YouTube video for 1941 hit song A String of Pearls by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3PU8_OIzuk

    YouTube video for 1951 hit song I Want To Be Happy - Sonny Burke & His Orchestra (sung by Jo Ann Greer):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLaMXWCPh-8

    YouTube video for Paul Anka song Tell Me That You Love Me (1957):

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

    YouTube video for 1958 hit song Whirlybird by Count Basie:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CAvrGWa7fw

    YouTube video for 1968 hit by Mason Williams - Classical Gas - ORIGINAL STEREO VERSION:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mREi_Bb85Sk

    YouTube video for 1969 hit [cover] song My Way by Frank Sinatra:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp6D71kQRhA

    YouTube video for hit [cover] song by Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You (1971):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVRu6Dlwzg0

    YouTube video for 1981 hit song Queen of Hearts by Juice Newton:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L7R-XOittY
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 03-14-2024 at 04:41 PM. Reason: Adding link
    There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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