[Music] Your Number One best song of all time, Just One

[Uncle Spielberg]

Radiohead - Let Down. Your Number One best song of all time ? I revisit many times as so relateable here for me the build up and layers added is incredible. It is a stunning work

 

[Weststander]

Haunting perfection.

 

[Stato]

Nope. I'm not having it. I could, at a push narrow it down to a thousand or so. (None of them would be by Radiohead).

 

[slartibartfast]

Impossible ! Who has ONE ? During lockdown I listed 40, and even that was with just one track per band.

 

[studio150]

Neither of the two posted songs were number one's so not a good start to the thread

 

[Weststander]

Nope. I'm not having it. I could, at a push narrow it down to a thousand or so. (None of them would be by Radiohead).

The Desert Islands Discs 8 would be a nightmare. I’ve pencilled in an 8 before, but 12 or 20 or 50 eases the angst.

 

[Nitram]

Possibly this

 

[Weststander]

Neither of the two posted songs were number one's so not a good start to the thread

Number one to the poster?

If you had to pick just one, your favourite track of all time?

 

[theboybilly]

'Bridge over Troubled Water' for me, just brilliant and the memories that go with it make it so personal.

56 years ago - blimey

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

 

[scooter1]

There She Goes, My Beautiful World.
Nick Cave.

 

[timbha]

'Bridge over Troubled Water' for me, just brilliant and the memories that go with it make it so personal.

56 years ago - blimey

This song has become more and more important to me in recent years

 

[Weststander]

'Bridge over Troubled Water' for me, just brilliant and the memories that go with it make it so personal.

56 years ago - blimey

It is an incredible song, including the epic orchestration. I first heard it on ‘borrowing’ my older brother’s album.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Neither of the two posted songs were number one's so not a good start to the thread

Your number one not the charts

 

[brighton terra]

Today it’s this song, but ask me again tomorrow and it could be something completely different. This song has been there or thereabouts for decades.

 

[Eeyore]

'Bridge over Troubled Water' for me, just brilliant and the memories that go with it make it so personal.

56 years ago - blimey

I rather suspect that many of the selections that folk make for a thread like this will be more lead by emotions than a feeling of what would constitute the best number one. I think in reality there cannot be a 'best' because the music covers so many genres. That said, I'm enjoying the selections, whatever the reasons for them.

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

Five years- David Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust album

 

[brighton terra]

I’ve already changed my mind!

 

[BBassic]

Easy - The Commodores

Those opening piano notes get me every time. There's also a delicious little bass run at the end of the first chorus.

 

[mile oak]

my one today would be different tomorrow and day after and day after that and......