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The 10 most influencial singles ever

The 10 most influencial singles ever

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By singles I mean 7 inches of plastic with a hole in the middle.

1) Hey Jude - The Beatles
2) House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
3) Baby Please Don't Go - Them
4) Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
5) See My Friend - The Kinks
6) Happenings Ten Years Time Ago - The Yardbirds
7) King Midas in Reverse - The Hollies
8) Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
9) White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
10) That amazingly long thing, 8 - 10 minutes on both sides, by that heavy American band

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Originally posted by znsho
By singles I mean 7 inches of plastic with a hole in the middle.

That still doesn't narrow it down.

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Originally posted by znsho
By singles I mean 7 inches of plastic with a hole in the middle.

1) Hey Jude - The Beatles
2) House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
3) Baby Please Don't Go - Them
4) Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
5) See My Friend - The Kinks
6) Happenings Ten Years Time Ago - The Yardbirds
7) King Midas in Reverse - The Hollies
8) Proud Mary - Creedence Cl ...[text shortened]... plane
10) That amazingly long thing, 8 - 10 minutes on both sides, by that heavy American band
How are these influential?

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1)Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
2) Mama Look-a Boo Boo - Lord Melody
3) Don't Worry Kyoko It's Only Mummy Looking For Her Hand In The Snow -Yoko Ono




OK It's only three but...........

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As in Van Morrison.

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Originally posted by PBE6
How are these influential?
Hey Jude:

An amazingly long (in minutes) single with a surrealistic jam at the end; got away from the 2.5 minute ditty

House of the Rising Sun:

Brought blues to mainstream charts

Baby Please Don't Go:

Ditto

Peggy Sue:

Listen to See My Way by The Who

See My Friend:

Indian mystsicism comes to the UK

Happenings Ten Years Time Ago:

Psychodelia with a touch of heavy metal hits the UK public

King Midas In Reverse:

Not a major hit but led to Graham Nash help form C, S and N and much that followed (e.g. see Wooden Ships)

Proud Mary:

CCR considered 'Pop' and commercial by the so-called intelligasia hippy but, in fact, were way ahead of Grateful Dead et al.

Grand Funk Railroad:

Who had ever heard of a 10-minute single?

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Originally posted by znsho


Who had ever heard of a 10-minute single?
What about Hotel California? Doesn't that last for 47 minutes?

It seems like it bloody does.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
What about Hotel California? Doesn't that last for 47 minutes?

It seems like it bloody does.
1) Was that a single?

2) I am pretty sure it came after Grand Funk Railroad's longy.

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God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Vienna - Ultravox

Chan Chan - Campay Segundo

LSD - Beetles

We are the Cheeky Girls - Cheeky Girls

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Why has nobody thought of War (what is it good for?) - Edwin Starr.

That song pretty much started all anti war protesting by itself.

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Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschex
Why has nobody thought of War (what is it good for?) - Edwin Starr.

That song pretty much started all anti war protesting by itself.
Too prententious, too pompous. He didn't really mean it.

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LOUIE LOUIIIIII !!!! WHOAHHHH, BABY, WE GOTTA GO NOW

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Originally posted by Sam The Sham
LOUIE LOUIIIIII !!!! WHOAHHHH, BABY, WE GOTTA GO NOW
"She gets her kicks on top of me"

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Bauhaus "Bela Lugosi's Dead" just to mention one