An exchange with chrisoff in the Goth thread got me thinking about pop music.
This is the place to own up to the pop songs you love. Not the classic rock or obscure indie stuff. That is the rule - no trying to look cool. Nope, pop only.
Here are some of mine:
Hanson - “MMMbop”
Junior Senior - “Move Your Feet”
Tiffany - “I think We’re Alone Now”
Cat Stevens - “Father and Son”
Shakira - “Whenever, Wherever”
A-ha - “Take on Me”
Weezer - “Buddy Holly”
That Junior Senior song is well ace.
I’d argue that Weezer aren’t a pop band by the definitions in your initial post, although that is most definitely a pop song.
Here’s some of mine (any Rawk credibility I had is about to fly out the window):
Anything by McFly
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
Corinne Bailey Rae (I know her brother in law) - Put your records on
S Club 7 - Bring it all back / Don’t stop movin
Scissor Sisters - Take your mama out
Deacon Blue - Dignity / Real Gone Kid
I’d have Take On Me as well but I think I prefer the Ska version I heard a few years ago (possibly by Reel Big Fish).
I was going to put stuff like Prince and Michael Jackson / Jackson 5 in there but I think they’re some of those acts that transcend being simply pop music.
I’d have Take On Me as well but I think I prefer the Ska version I heard a few years ago (possibly by Reel Big Fish).
Yep, by Reel Big Fish (from the Baseketball soundtrack), and right dandy a rendition if I might say so meself.
I must have lost a decade somewhere - I don’t recognize ANY of those titles!!! 
“Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear” – Harper’s Bizarre, later covered by the Muppets
“Mony Mony” – Tommy James and the Shondelles
“Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter,” “I’m Henry VIII, I Am,” and “There’s A Kind Of Hush” by Herman’s Hermits
And of course, anything by the Monkees. (Say what you will, but the influence of Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith on the course of rock and roll has been singularly and significantly underrated.)
<< Edited by gonzo because he left out – “Happy Together” by the Turtles>>
Many of them may just have been hits in the UK, most of them are from the 90’s and 00’s as I’m too young to remember the 80s (Prince, Michael Jackson and Deeacon Blue aside) and I wasn’t born in the 70s.
I’m dreadfully embarrassed to admit it, but I really like Justin
Timberlake’s song “What Goes Around Comes Around”. There’s
just something about it…
I also dig the new “Pop Punk” (I use that name for maximum irony)
movement, with bands like Panic! At the Disco, and Fall Out Boy.
Panic!'s “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” is pretty good.
Yes! And was “Silhouettes” released as a single?
That’s my favorite Herman’s Hermits song.
Put his arms around your waist, held you tight
Kisses I could almost taste in the night
Wondered why I’m not the guy making silhouettes on the shade
I couldn’t hide the tears in my eyes
Lost control and rang your bell, I was sore
Let me in or else I’ll beat down your door!
When two strangers who had been two silhouettes on the shade
Said to myself “You’re on the wrong block!”
Rushed down to your house with wings on my feet
Loved you like I’d never loved, you’re my sweet
Vowed that you and I would be two silhouettes on the shade
All of our days, two silhouettes on the shade
I forgot about JT.
Let’s add Cry Me A River to my list and while we’re at it let’s add Crazy In Love by Beyonce.
Quite awesome (I was just listening to that one 
).
::dances off, singing “ooooEEEEEooooo…I look just like Buddy Holly…”::
“ooooEEEEEEooooo and you’re Mary Tyler Moore” 
OH, yeah! 
::Homer voice:: Mmmm… Beyonce… ::drool::
‘Sister Golden Hair’ by America has one of the greatest opening stanzas ever.
‘Part of the Plan’ Dan Fogelberg.
‘25 or 6 to 4’ (long version) by Chicago.
Whoah, mate. Some of those are a bit high on the credibility scale. Get into the shameful spirit of it. We lookin’ for cheese here!
Confession is good for the soul!
So it’s cheese you want?
OK…
Anything by this band:
Flock of Seagulls is right. Like a flock of seagulls that just flew over your newly-washed car. ploploploplop…
Flock of Idiots.
Oh, sorry.
Let’s see…I like that one Kelly Clarkson song but I don’t know the name. It’s in 6/8 if that helps. (P.S., I love a board where I can say it’s in 6/8 and it’s actually useful information).
And I do like a lot of old Barry Manilow. It’s pop at it’s finest.
Oh, and most of ‘Saturday Night Fever’ album. Does that count?
I honestly hear very little current pop.
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EVERYBODY PANIC!
This is frightening, but I watched Justin Timberlake’s video for
“What Goes Around Comes Around” on youtube awhile back. I
don’t usually care for music videos anymore, but it had Scarlett
Johansson (yum!) in it. Anyway, during the course of the video, JT
finds out Scarlett is cheating on him, and chases her out of the club.
They get into some uberfast cars and have a car chase through the
city. Scarlett runs afoul of another car that is inexplicably stalled
and burning in the street, flips her ride and dies in JT’s arms.
Now for some background: Justin used to date Britney Spears. She
broke up with him. Since this song came out shortly after Britney
and Kevin Federline split, many people think the song is JT
thumbing his nose at Britney (you could’ve had me, sucker!) Then
the video came out, and people realized JT just wants Britney dead
in a fiery car crash. So, apparantly, he’s no longer satisfied with just
ripping off women’s brassieres during major sporting events.
I can’t see the appeal of Justin Timberlake. Visually, I mean. Just me I guess.
However, if we’re truly bent on embarrassing revelations:
I like I Want it That Way by the Backstreet Boys.
I also like 5 For Fighting.