# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/21 "2012-02-13T00:37:46Z")
Nightswimming by REM. ---
**Author:** ![cdsilv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cdsilv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdsilv)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/22 "2012-02-13T01:20:15Z")
Only passing through - Mac Macanally ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/23 "2012-02-13T01:22:53Z")
_1952 Vincent Black Lightning_ - Richard Thompson _Somebody That I Used to Know_ - Gotye _John Doe No. 24_ - Mary Chapin Carpenter ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/24 "2012-02-13T07:39:49Z")
_Love Will Tear Us Apart_ by Joy Division is the best song ever. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/25 "2012-02-13T07:53:55Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Nightswimming by REM. Good choice. “Man On The Moon” is another great REM song. You also have to include some Warren Zevon: “Lawyers, Guns And Money” “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” “Desperados Under The Eaves” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/26 "2012-02-13T10:44:38Z")
“Lazy River” by Hoagy Carmichael ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/27 "2012-02-13T11:21:57Z")
The most beautiful pop song ever (I said it before): The Kinks - [Waterloo Sunset](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8A2dNCUItQ) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/28 "2012-02-13T11:48:16Z")
[“Stay”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ySnPgKXAg) by Pink Floyd from the criminally underplayed “Obscured by Clouds” Not what most people would consider typical Floyd but it is simple, gentle and beautiful. You can’t hear that final wah-wah solo without a little smile on your face. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/29 "2012-02-13T12:04:43Z")
If we’re talking pop, there’s nothing I’ve ever heard that comes close to _Common People_ by Pulp. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/30 "2012-02-13T13:50:59Z")
_Blue Skies_, Irving Berlin. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/31 "2012-02-13T14:01:48Z")
If you’re digging “The Greatest Discovery” right now, how 'bout “Isn’t She Lovely,” by Stevie Wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Yaxche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8dc957/32.png) [@Yaxche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yaxche)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/32 "2012-02-13T16:50:47Z")
Understand I am a primarily a metal/rock dude… but the correct answer is: Rhapsody in Blue. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/33 "2012-02-13T16:54:47Z")
I can’t come up with a definitive answer at this time, but can I veto someone else’s choice? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/34 "2012-02-13T16:54:53Z")
Probably “Tumbling Dice” by the Rolling Stones or “Rock and Roll” by Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/35 "2012-02-13T16:55:57Z")
“California Stars” by Wilco ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/36 "2012-02-13T18:21:23Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Moved IMHO –\> Cafe Society. Not familiar with that - can you hum a few bars? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/37 "2012-02-13T18:23:52Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > The most beautiful pop song ever (I said it before): > > The Kinks - [Waterloo Sunset](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8A2dNCUItQ) That’s a good one. One of my favorite bands. For perfect pop song, I would go with [“Septembur Girls”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA) by Big Star. Or, for something a little more acoustic and sweetly notalgic: [Thirteen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3Jg-2Ax4) by the same band. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/38 "2012-02-13T18:27:18Z")
_Walk_ by the Foo Fighters. Won a Grammy for Best Rock Song last nigh. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/39 "2012-02-13T19:13:31Z")
The two best songs ever: Song to the Siren - Tim Buckley Song to the Siren (Monkees TV Show 1968) - Tim Buckley ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618/40 "2012-02-13T21:08:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > That’s a good one. One of my favorite bands. For perfect pop song, I would go with [“Septembur Girls”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA) by Big Star. Or, for something a little more acoustic and sweetly notalgic: [Thirteen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3Jg-2Ax4) by the same band. We surely seem to have a similar musical taste, I love Big Star and especially those two songs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618.md?page=3)