Best Single Ever?

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Interested to hear what you think out there......but have to agree with John Peel, it has got to be Teenage Kicks by The Undertones... 8)
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Joy Division - Atmosphere 8)

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Best Video - Dominion - The Sisters Of Mercy - (it cost £50,00 in 1988!)
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As singles go I personally think "Its a long way to the top (if you want to rock n roll) " by AC/DC takes some beating .....

...... and it has bagpipes too ...... :notworthy:
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nothing wrong with bagpipes :D
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I thought it was generally accepted that the ultimate 45" single is 'Stand and Deliver' by Adam and the Ants?

it has the bestest ever video too.
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Black Shuk wrote:I thought it was generally accepted that the ultimate 45" single is 'Stand and Deliver' by Adam and the Ants?

it has the bestest ever video too.
think I'll get out me new Romantic clobber...
Nah - if we're talking about the mighty Adam it has to be "Car Trouble"
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pish! its obviously "dog eat dog" ;)
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I would have to say it is Fool's Gold by the Stone Roses
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Dreamweapon wrote:I would have to say it is Fool's Gold by the Stone Roses
you might be onto something there... :)

or maybe "there she goes" by the la's. its just pure and perfect pop. everything you would want a pop song to be, and thus by definition the best single (as singles are a pop medium).
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I'd say Siouxsie & the Banshees - Cities in Dust.

After hearing that that song on the radio (and later from the 7") I recognized, that there's much more music around than the stuff from the charts - and than "This Corrosion" came out... :von:

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nice to see no one has the same answer so far :twisted:
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Quiff Boy wrote:pish! its obviously "dog eat dog" ;)
NO WAY!! "Watch me Daddio"...... oh please! :lol:
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i'd say "the leader of the pack" is the best 7" of all time :oops: :D
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Big Si wrote:Joy Division - Atmosphere 8)

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Quiff Boy wrote:pish! its obviously "dog eat dog" ;)
TOSH! Us oldies all know it's actually 'Kick' :D

Being a Libran I couldn't possibly state one ultimate single. I can sense a "Bestive Fifty" coming on

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Quiff Boy wrote:
Dreamweapon wrote:I would have to say it is Fool's Gold by the Stone Roses
you might be onto something there... :)

or maybe "there she goes" by the la's. its just pure and perfect pop. everything you would want a pop song to be, and thus by definition the best single (as singles are a pop medium).
Well, if it's pop songs were after, you can't beat a bit of Erasure...I'd struggle (AGAIN - fecking star signs..) to name only one but what about 'Stop' for starters?

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OOOh and then there's the House of Pain track that the Fun Lovin' Criminals always come on stage to....erm....ermmm

Oh blimmin heck......ermmm...KERCHING!!

Jump Around - or is it just called Jump?

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Crikey Blimey....

REWARD - Teardrop Explodes come on , now if that doesn't grab you then, well...yer all younger than needs be


am working my way back through time here.

Footsie - by I don't bloody remember

Jeepster - T.Rex

I'm Free - The Who

and forwards again

Free World - Kirsty MacColl

I need to go lie down awhile then come back and remember these aren't REALLY my favs just pseudo favs :?

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Snub Nose wrote:'sometimes' was better.

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temple of love 1992 (touched by the hand of ofra haza) :evil:


?

I think this is abit of a silly thread, actually :wink:
Damn yes...Sometimes is a tad good.

But I'm buggered if I'll have any of that Ofra nonsense....bbllleeeuuurrrgghhhhhh

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Transmission - Joy Division
Lucretia or Dominion - T'Sisters (12")
Fool's Gold 9'53 - T'Roses
Sanity Assassin - Bauhaus
Deliverance - the M*****n (12")
Hunting High and Low - A-ha!!!!!
Lovesong - T'Cure
Hallelujah - T'Mondays
True Faith - New Order

Sh*t this is turning into a top ten...soz... :innocent: :innocent:

All them others I can't think of...You know the ones...
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friday i'm in love - the cure
der morgan danach - lacrimosa
new rose - the damned


any of them....
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Hurt - NIN
Judith - A Perfect Circle
Here - Vast

Going for lyrical content here.
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