Best Pop Song Ever Tournament: A Winner is Crowned

[Orange]

Hey, all! I figured that while I got the Greatest Rock Song Ever Tournament going on, it might be kind of cool to do the genre on the opposite side of the spectrum - Pop!

So, let's nominate 64 of the absolute best Pop songs ever written - with a total of 6 for each band/artist, and 10 nominations for every poster.

I'll start.

1. Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel

2. Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body

3. Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle

4. Seal - Kiss from a Rose

5. Lady GaGa - The Edge of Glory

6. TLC - Waterfalls

7. Del Amitri - Roll to Me

8. Gary Numan - Cars

9. Real McCoy - Another Night

10. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5

11. Mika - Blame It On the Girls

12. Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young

13. Billy Joel - The Longest Time

14. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

15. Michael Jackson - Street Walking

16. The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'

17. Ke$ha - We R Who We R

18. George Michael - Careless Whisper

19. Duran Duran - Rio

20. Lady GaGa - Born This Way

21. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night

22. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

23. The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand

24. Jewel - You Were Meant for Me

25. Lady GaGa - Poker Face

26. Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

27. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca

28. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

29. Call Me Maybe

30. Psy - Gangnam Style

31. Lady GaGa - Dance in the Dark

32. Lady GaGa - Judas

33. Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You

34. Ed Sheeran - Wake Me Up

35. Ed Sheeran - Lego House

36. Ke$ha - Thinking of You

37. MGMT - Time to Pretend

38. Janelle Monae - Dance or Die

39. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

40. Gotye - Eyes Wide Open

41. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice?

42. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

43. The Beatles - Yesterday

44. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

45. Men at Work - Down Under

46. Michael Jackson - Beat It

47. Billy Joel - Piano Man

48. Jackon 5 - I Want You Back

49. MGMT - Electric Feel

50. MGMT - Kids

51. M - Pop Muzik

52. Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

53. Alphaville - Forever Young

54. Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way

55. Lyndsay Buckingham - Holiday Road

56. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

57. Berlin - Take My Breath Away

58. Toto - Africa

59. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

60. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

61. Madonna - Material Girl

62. Janelle Monae - Cold War

63. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

64. Michael Jackson - Bad

[Knailsic From Now On]

Might need to tell me if some don't count

Mika "Blame It On The Girls"
Billy Joel "Only The Good Die Young"
Billy Joel "The Longet Time"
Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Michael Jackson "Street Walking"
The Mamas & The Papas "California Dreamin'"
Ke$ha "We R Who We R"
George Michael "Careless Whisper"
Duran Duran "Rio"
Lady Gaga "Born This Way" Duran Duran "Hungry Like The Wolf"

[Orange]

Feb 2, 2013 0:35:02 GMT -5 Knailsic From Now On said:

Might need to tell me if some don't count

Mika "Blame It On The Girls"
Billy Joel "Only The Good Die Young"
Billy Joel "The Longet Time"
Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Michael Jackson "Street Walking"
The Mamas & The Papas "California Dreamin'"
Ke$ha "We R Who We R"
George Michael "Careless Whisper"
Duran Duran "Rio"
Lady Gaga "Born This Way"

Yeah, Pop's kind of weird - I wasn't sure if I should nominate Seal and Del Amitri, actually.

Yours are good picks, though.

[Spider2024]

Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Backstreet Boys - Everybody
Ricky Martin - Living La Vida Loca
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Psy - Gangnam Style

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Lady Gaga - Dance in the Dark
Lady Gaga - Judas
Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You
Ed Sheeran - Wake Me Up
Ed Sheeran - Lego House
Ke$ha - Thinking of You
Ke$ha - All That Matters (The Beautiful Life)
Janelle Monae - Dance or Die
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know
Gotye - Eyes Wide Open

[Orange]

Hmm, this one might not get off the ground.

[Deleted]

Pop isn't exactly my genre, so sorry if any of these don't apply.

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

The Beatles - Yesterday

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

Men at Work - Down Under

Michael Jackson - Beat It

Billy Joel - Piano Man

Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

MGMT - Electric Feel

MGMT - Kids

[Drillbit Taylor]

M - Pop Muzik
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Alphaville - Forever Young
Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way
Lyndsay Buckingham- Holiday Road
Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Berlin- Take My Breath Away
Toto - Africa
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

[Deleted]

....Kinda wish I nominated MGMT - Time to Pretend now

[Knailsic From Now On]

Since Gaga has 5 songs okay if I replace it?

[Wolf Hurricane]

Madonna - Material Girl
Janelle Monae - Cold War
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Michael Jackson - Bad

[Orange]

Feb 4, 2013 1:49:49 GMT -5 Knailsic From Now On said:

Since Gaga has 5 songs okay if I replace it?

Wow, thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't even noticed.

You can if you want, but since you pointed that out, and since they're all great songs, I just stretched it out to 6 songs per artist. Feel free to change if you want, but it's not necessary.

Feb 4, 2013 2:17:19 GMT -5 Wolf Hurricane said:

Madonna - Material Girl
Ellie Goulding - Lights
Janelle Monae - Cold War
Michael Jackson - Bad
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Lonely Island - Captain Jack Sparrow
Lonely Island - Space Olympics
Lonely Island - I'm on a Boat
Christina Aguilera - Fighter

If you can narrow that down to 4 songs we can get started.

Thanks, by the way, guys. I thought this was going to be dead in the water.

[Wolf Hurricane]

Narrowed down.

[Orange]

And with Wolf Hurricane's picks taken into account, we're ready to go!

First round will be up shortly. We're having some troubles with the house that we need to take care of.

[Orange]

Alright, here's our first matchup in deciding the best song that Pop has ever had to offer!

Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body (2002)



www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVHoHyErBQ

vs.

Lady GaGa - Edge of Glory (2011)



www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeWBS0JBNzQ

[Wolf Hurricane]

Rock Yo Body

[Orange]

Since these are both my picks, I'm going to vote (again, something I won't be doing often).

Personally, while Edge of Glory is a great song, Rock Your Body is one of the catchiest songs ever, IMO.

So, I have to go with Rock Yo Bahdy here - it's just way too catchy to vote against, dated beatboxing part put aside.

[Deleted]

Timberlake

[Orange]

GaGa falls off the edge to give Justin Timberlake our first victory of the tournament! A 3-0 shutout.

Next up, a classic artist and song take on some fairly new...newcomers.

Who'll come out on top? Let's find out!

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (1983)



www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y

vs.

MGMT - Electric Feel (2008)



www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmZexg8sxyk

[Wolf Hurricane]

Billie Jean