# Best Song Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618 "2012-02-12T18:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/1 "2012-02-12T18:52:21Z")
I have a $50.00 itunes gift certificate and want to download 50 great songs. What is your favorite song ever. For me, it depends on the day, and today I think “The Greatest Discovery” by Elton John, although in the past it has been others. Anyway, style, artist, etc. does not matter. I would rather have a song I have never heard of before. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/2 "2012-02-12T19:01:20Z")
Can’t be answered. I will tell you that my two favorite rock “anthems” are both by The Who – Baba O’Riley and Won’t Get Fooled Again. I also love several works by Beethoven and Mozart, but I can’t imaging putting them on a scale against rock & roll tunes and deciding which I like more. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/3 "2012-02-12T19:09:11Z")
Easy. “I Melt With You” by Modern English. It’s a medley of their hit. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/4 "2012-02-12T19:14:41Z")
[Best Song Ever](http://www.cmt.com/videos/katie-armiger/603382/best-song-ever.jhtml) by Katie Armiger. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/5 "2012-02-12T19:21:20Z")
One of my all-time favourite songs is Unbelievable by EMF. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/6 "2012-02-12T19:25:51Z")
OP, [you might be interested in this site](http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0.html), which is a compendium of lists of great contemporary music. For many of the songs you can just click on the title and listen to it immediately. One other resource I will point you to. [At Rhapsody’s mp3 site](http://mp3.rhapsody.com/home.html), you can search for and listen to songs in their entirety, though there is a limit of something like 25 a month. And if you use your imagination, there are ways to get around that limit. ---
**Author:** ![simsimian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@simsimian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simsimian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/7 "2012-02-12T19:33:28Z")
I’m fond of “By the Rivers Dark” by Leonard Cohen. (from the Ten New Songs album) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/8 "2012-02-12T19:35:06Z")
Moved IMHO --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/9 "2012-02-12T20:59:51Z")
_Free Bird_ ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/10 "2012-02-12T21:35:46Z")
_[We Go In My City (You Got Vocal)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6shXy7T06aY)_ -DJ Marshell That is my favorite song ever. It gets me pumped up and energized every time I listen to it. No matter how bad of a mood I’m in, this song will get me moving and at least not wishing everyone but me was dead. Others have come close to dethroning the king, but none have succeeded. EDIT: If anyone happens to own the CD this song originally appeared on (Disc 5 or so from 100 Best Techno Songs Ever compilation) I’d love to buy it and the whole collection. My copy of the song is unfortunately not the most legal or high quality and I’d love to be able to rip it directly from a CD. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/11 "2012-02-12T21:39:26Z")
This question is virtually impossible to answer, but it is difficult to deny the greatness of “One Love” by Bob Marley. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/12 "2012-02-12T21:40:49Z")
[Bongolia.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyvKf5Kt8qE) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/13 "2012-02-12T21:47:48Z")
Paranoid Android by Radiohead ETA: I answered the title of the thread (best song ever), but the OP asks my favourite song ever. That would be Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots. Not the greatest song ever written but I love it, and have loved it for decades. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/14 "2012-02-12T22:05:46Z")
[Appeal to Reason](http://www.amazon.com/Appeal-Reason-Rise-Against/dp/B001FYRNJQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1329084146&sr=1-1) by _Rise Against_. The whole album. ETA: (13 songs for $9.49 on Amazon, don’t know what it is on iTunes.) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/15 "2012-02-12T22:22:23Z")
I don’t know if it’s the best song ever, but I don’t think it’s possible to listen to “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” by The Darkness and be unhappy at the end of it. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/16 "2012-02-12T22:40:24Z")
I don’t know if it qualifies as a “song” exactly, but if I were compiling a playlist of wonder, Gershwin’s **Rhapsody in Blue** would be on it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/17 "2012-02-12T22:48:53Z")
“TiK ToK” by Kesha. In no particular order, other contenders include “Blow” by Kesha, “We R Who We R” by Kesha, “Take It Off” by Kesha, “Backstabber” by Kesha, and “Crazy Beautiful Life” by Kesha. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/18 "2012-02-12T23:32:18Z")
I probably have a different favourite song every week, but this week, it’s “Stay Together” by **Suede**. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/19 "2012-02-13T00:04:20Z")
[The Mummers’ Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxTpvA-pUG0&feature=related) by Loreena McKennitt. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/20 "2012-02-13T00:33:00Z")
Gus Visser and His Singing Duck’s rendition of _Ma! He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me:_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LwQ6v_nYPMs/hqdefault.jpg "Gus Visser and His Singing Duck") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQ6v_nYPMs) Un-_beat_able. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618.md?page=2)