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is the Jackson 5's 'I Want You Back'
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It's 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow' by Goffin-King, sung by The Shirelles.
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splates Wrote:
is the Jackson 5's 'I Want You Back'


hard to argue with that, but Daydream Believer also gives this a run for its money

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I could list at least a hundred, but these especially:

Borgeouis Tagg - "I Don't Mind At All"
The Association - "Never My Love"
Johnny Nash - "Hold Me Tight"
Beach Boys - "In My Room"
Pink - "Get The Party Started" (seriously)
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The Association - "Never My Love"


This would be one of my picks.

That Monkees song is great pop as well.

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A couple of other picks:
Smokey Robinson - "Tears Of a Clown"
The Temptations - "My Girl" (also written by Smokey)
Apples In Stereo - "Seems So"
The Byrds - "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better"

But yeah, that J5 pick is killer.
And I just so happen to have the Hitsville, USA box, disc 4 (with that song on it) with me at work today!

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Anyone check out that Motown Remixed album? The first cut is z-trip's remix of I want you back. It's killer.

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That Jackson Five is way the fuck up there.

I'm also gonna throw out:
Chuck Berry, "Promised Land"
Wilson Picket, "Land of 1000 Dances"
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
The Beatles, "Can't Buy Me Love"
Beach Boys, "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run"
Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Big Bopper, "Chantilly Lace"
Booker T. & th MGs, "Green Onions"
The Foundations, "Build Me Up Buttercup"

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What Fu said.
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the la's - there she goes
james - laid

(these are nowhere near the jackson 5, but they're still pretty perfect in my book)
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Booker T is blues, not pop.
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the la's - there she goes


Excellent choice.
And I love the James song, but I'm not so sure I'd call it "pure pop".

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Pink - "Get The Party Started" (seriously)

Thanks, now I have that stupid fucking song in my head. I can appreciate some bubblegum power pop (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne), but I can't stand Pink.
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The Vaselines are the best pure pop that I've ever heard

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timmyjoe42 Wrote:
Booker T is blues, not pop.


Sez U.
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frosted Wrote:
Pink - "Get The Party Started" (seriously)

Thanks, now I have that stupid fucking song in my head. I can appreciate some bubblegum power pop (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne), but I can't stand Pink.


Too bad, so sad.
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i think james brown's its a mans world is awesome.
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Elvis Fu Wrote:
That Jackson Five is way the fuck up there.

I'm also gonna throw out:
Wilson Picket, "Land of 1000 Dances"
The Foundations, "Build Me Up Buttercup"


"River Deep, Mountain High"

and that "If you wanna be happy for teh rest of your life/never make a pretty woman your wife" song...dunno why but I fucking love it.

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Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
"River Deep, Mountain High"



Can't find it in me to consider this one "pop". Great song, not "pop".
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frosted Wrote:
tommy two thumbs Wrote:
frosted Wrote:
Pink - "Get The Party Started" (seriously)

Thanks, now I have that stupid fucking song in my head. I can appreciate some bubblegum power pop (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne), but I can't stand Pink.


Too bad, so sad.

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Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
"River Deep, Mountain High"



Can't find it in me to consider this one "pop". Great song, not "pop".


I see your point, but it's on my Specter Box Set, so I kinda stretched it.

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"Love Train" - O'Jays

Unless you mean white pop. Racist.
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Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
Billzebub Wrote:
Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
"River Deep, Mountain High"



Can't find it in me to consider this one "pop". Great song, not "pop".


I see your point, but it's on my Specter Box Set, so I kinda stretched it.


Has Radcliffe hooked you up with The Saints' cover of this one yet?
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it really is "I Want You Back" that's what I was going to reply with.

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