songs with the happiest, poppiest, catchiest melodies

  • Thread starter Thread starter grn
  • Start date Start date
grn

grn

Well-known member
I'm looking for a list of songs with the happiest, poppiest, catchiest melodies so I can analyze them. If you could make any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

I will start off the list.

The Beatles
Dave Clark Five - Because
Of Montreal - Penelope
"The Wonders" - That thing you do
"The Archies" - Sugar, sugar
Wheatus - Teenage Dirt Bag
Green Day
Weezer
 
Herman's Hermits: Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter
Freddie & The Dreamers: I'm Telling You Now
Manfred Mann: Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Have you seen allmusic.com and their search feature that let's you explore by "mood", such as happy, etc?
 
Just from the top of my head, here is my catchiest list regardless of genre.
Will add more as I can think more on it, as Im writing a tune right now ^^
Might not be all happy, but catchy - hell yeah:

Kyrie Eleison (Mr. Mister)
Unwell (Matchbox twenty)
Poor Leno (Royksopp)
Crazy (Seal)
Angels (Heffernan, Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams)
Shooting Star (Bad Company)
Complicated (Avril Lavigne)
Dancing Queen (ABBA)
Davy´s on the road again (Manfred Manns Earth Band)
Dont wanna miss a thing (performed by Aerosmith)
Drowning (Max Martin/Backstreet boys)
Sing (Travis)
Unnamed (the song im writing now) ^^

There are tons more. Will add more later.
 
Beatles - When I'm 64/Good day Sunshine
Mongo Jerry - In the Summertime
 
Here are a few off the top of my head:

Herman's Hermits -- I'm Into Something Good
Queen -- You're My Best Friend
Beatles --
I Want to Hold Your Hand
I Saw Here Standing There
Please Please Me
I Will

P.S. That Thing You Do is an excellent choice, grn. Love that song!
 
I'll try to add a few ...I'm a little iffy on the exact title of some of these:

The Beatles: "Hello Goodbye"..."Penny Lane"...and "I'd Be Happy just to Dance with You"
REM: "Stand"
The Archies: "Band-Shang-A-Lang"
Daddy Dewdrop: "Chic-A-Boom"
Pilot: "Magic"...the one that goes: "oh, oh, oh, it's magic, you know, never believe it's not so"
 
Last edited:
My Quick Picks.....

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
Soak up the Sun Cheryl Crowe
Dont Worry-Be Happy Bobby McF
 
My Affliction

Thanxalot....Now I've got about a dozen wacky sunshine-up-your-ass songs spinning around in my head. I wont be able to write for at least a week......



chazba
 
apl said:
Walkin' On Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves
Click to expand...
holy crap. You win. Guaranteed to have that damn song in my head all day....and don't it feel good!

Oh and my contribution, sticking with my recent john Denver obsession - Annies Song. very cool chord progression. Lots of his other songs are over the top happy too. Thank god I'm a country boy, grandma's featherbed, to name a few popular ones.
 
  • Like
Reactions: apl
chazba said:
Thanxalot....Now I've got about a dozen wacky sunshine-up-your-ass songs spinning around in my head. I wont be able to write for at least a week......



chazba
Click to expand...

Ha....................that's funny! Crap now I have these songs stuck in MY head!
 
dont forget the white stripes song seven nation army...
i ve had that song stuck in my head since it was released
 
What about Bob

Bob Marley
I don't wanna wait in vain

Or Bob and the Whalers
Sun Is Shining

The Police
Walking on the Moon

Sublime
What I got

Wild Cherry
Play that Funky Music White Boy
 
apl said:
Walkin' On Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves
Click to expand...
that's the one I was gonna say....that song is so damn happy, it makes me wanna shoot myself in the face.
 
"Light & Day/Reach for the Sun" - The Polyphonic Spree
 
Rhythm of the Night- DeBarge
The Hour that the Ship Comes In- Bob Dylan
Top of the Roller Coaster- David Wilcox
Celebrate- Kool and the Gang
So Happy Together- The Turtles
The Lion Sleeps Tonight- The Tokens
Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and countless others by the Beatles
Squeeze Box, Baba O'Reilly, and countless others by The Who
Ape Man- The Kinks
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Our House, Love the One You're With- and countless others by CSN&Y
Casey Jones- The Grateful Dead
The City of New Orleans- Steve Goodman
Momma Loved Papa, The American Honkytonk Bar Association, Friends in Low Places, and countless others by Garth Brooks


I can't help it- I'm a multi-genre popaholic. I could go on all day.-Richie
 
Good topic. I've been giving this a little thought as well, since it's good to analyze songs that work -- and here are some that I came up with, and while these are not necessarily my personal favorite songs (in fact I'm kinda sick of them since they're totally played out), but they are undeniable in their power of pop-catchiness... :rolleyes:

  • B-52's - Love Shack
  • R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People (since someone else already mentioned "Stand")
  • Kelly Clarkson - Since You Been Gone

Here are a few more that are darn catchy (but not necesarily poppy):

  • U2 - Vertigo
  • Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
  • The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
  • Weezer - Buddy Holly
  • Green Day - When I Come Around
  • The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

...I'll edit this and add more if any others come to mind. ;)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top