The Most Important and Famous Pop Songs Ever
There are many pop songs that have been and continue to be the soundtrack of our time, from the 50s to today, and for this reason we want to take you back in time, mentioning some of these songs that have left their mark. Among these we mention:
“Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson, single from the sixth studio album Thriller and released on January 2, 1983, written and composed by Michael himself together with Quincy Jones and which has become the artist’s best known and most famous song;
“Stand by me” song by Ben E. King written by himself and by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and released for the first time in 1961. The song has become one of the giants of pop music, reaching the top ten best-selling singles in the United States twice, namely in 1961 and 1986;
“Suspicious Minds”, a famous song interpreted by Elvis Presley written in 1968 by Mark James and recorded by Presley in 1969, a text that speaks of a love that unfortunately fails to take off because it is hindered by too many suspicions;
“Dancing Queen”, one of ABBA’s biggest hits and one of the most popular pop songs in the world, written by Benny Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson for the Arrival album, released in the summer of 1976;
“Like a Virgin“, a song by Madonna released on November 6, 1984 extracted from the homonymous album Like a Virgin, a song that had a profound social impact; many tried to prohibit it, including many family promoters and many traditionalists, thinking that the song could lead to sex before marriage;
“Purple Rain”, a musical piece by Prince, released in 1984, extracted from the album of the same name, a single that has a mix of genres, namely pop, rock, gospel and orchestral music, but which has become a great success so much that it has been certified gold, having sold well over a million copies;
“Imagine” , the most famous piece of music by John Lennon, composed after the breakup of the Beatles and released on the album of the same name in 1971 in the United States and then re-released in 1975 as a single also for the British market meaning, interpreted by many in a pacifist key, despite the fact that Lennon himself defined it as an anti-religious, anti-nationalist, anti-conventional and anti-capitalist passage;
Your Song, a song composed and performed by Elton John, written by Bernie Tupin and contained in his second album. A song about the feelings a boy had towards a young woman, which has become perhaps the most famous song of all by Elton John, but also one of the most romantic ever.
Thriller, the Michael Jackson song composed by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones published practically all over the world between 1983 and 1984, contained in the homonymous album, which as we anticipated, turns out to be the best-selling record in the history of music, having sold over 115 million copies in assets.