Great Hooks

[Z]

So i was listening to Fancy there by Iggy Azalea and the Charli XCX chorus/hook/whatever on it is really so damn good. It's a bit surprising she hasn't been paid a bunch to do more of them.

What're some of your favourites? Both hooks and people doing them?

[Golden E. Pump]

Peter.

Captain James T.

[bgmnts]

Bette Davis Eyes.

[Golden E. Pump]

My serious answer - 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go'. Imagine writing that. It's a slice of pop heaven that everyone knows. Doesn't get enough credit for being a perfect pop song.

[bgmnts]

My serious answer - 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go'. Imagine writing that. It's a slice of pop heaven that everyone knows. Doesn't get enough credit for being a perfect pop song.

Better than Wham Rap? Behave.

[Dr Rock]

I think Young Guns (Go For It) is the best early Wham! song.

Hey sucker
(What the hell's got into you?)
Hey sucker
(Now there's nothing you can do)
Well I hadn't seen your face around town awhile,
So I greeted you, with a knowing smile,
When I saw that girl upon your arm,
I knew she won your heart with a fatal charm.
I said "Soul Boy, let's hit the town!"
I said "Soul Boy, what's with the frown?"
But in return, all you could say was
"Hi George, meet my fiancee"
Young guns,
Having some fun
Crazy ladies keep 'em on the run.
Wise guys realize there's danger in emotional ties.
See me, single and free
No tears, no fears, what I want to be.
One, two, take a look at you
Death by matrimony!

Then again Bad Boys is excellent too. George just pissed hooks.

[Golden E. Pump]

He really did. 'Freedom', 'I'm Your Man' and 'Club Tropicana' too. That's not even going into his solo career.

Even a ballad like 'Careless Whisper' had a banging hook.

[Steven]

[Oops! Wrong Planet]

But seriously, fucks: just about anything from Smokey Robinson.

[itsfredtitmus]

i kissed a girl and i liked it
CAUSE YOURE HOT THEN YOURE COLD
AND BE A JUKKKKEEEBOX HERO (STARS IN HIS EYES)

[itsfredtitmus]

charli xcx could be this generations nate dogg

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

The Grooviest Girl In The World by also-ran '60s group The Fun & Games is one of the hookiest pop songs ever made, so much so that it sounds like an Austin Powers-style retro pastiche. It's amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p-q_14X2aU

[itsfredtitmus]

She flies like a bird in the sky

[itsfredtitmus]

The Grooviest Girl In The World by also-ran '60s group The Fun & Games is one of the hookiest pop songs ever made, so much so that it sounds like an Austin Powers-style retro pastiche. It's amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p-q_14X2aU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyUZDXMYUbY

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Those guys shat out hooks for breakfast. Perhaps that was their undoing.

Elephant Candy would be improved tenfold, however, if the opening couplet was: "Elephant, elephant candy/Did you know that elephants are randy?"

[itsfredtitmus]

absolutely gorgeous song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I782UQvEwE

[Sebastian Cobb]

Ring all the bells sing and tell the people everywhere that the flower has come

[alan nagsworth]

Carpet Rash by Total Control has got one of the greatest chorus licks I've ever heard. Just absolute fucking guitar heaven, the riff that keeps on giving. It's a seven minute tune but I always listen to it twice in a row.

It's a shame that they never made anything even half this good and most of their other stuff is properly shite, and when I saw them play this track live they did this fucking gash electronic rendition of it and I hated the whole set, but I don't really care because being responsible for the studio recording of it alone makes me respect them hugely as a band. THIS SONG RULES.

[itsfredtitmus]

Ring all the bells sing and tell the people everywhere that the flower has come

...🎵I WILL STOP THE CAVALRY🎶

[Brundle-Fly]

Wizards Of Ooze - Big Red Baloon (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnOVgBalidI

[Dr Rock]

'mommy's alright, daddy's alright..'

'I never thought it would happen, with me and a girl from Clapham'

'if you change your mind, I'm the first in line'

[itsfredtitmus]

'mommy's alright, daddy's alright..'

'I never thought it would happen, with me and a girl from Clapham'

'if you change your mind, I'm the first in line'

YOU DIDNT KNOW WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING TILL YOU HEARD THE VOICES IN YOUR EAR
YOU DIDNT KNOW WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING TILL YOU HEARD THE VOICES IN YOUR EAR

*ABBEY ROADESQUE GUITAR*

[itsfredtitmus]

It's more than a feeling mOOooOOREEE THAN A FEEELLING

January don't be cold don't be angry to me oh January don't gooOOGOGOOO DON'T GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Far far AWAY with my head up in the clouds

[Sebastian Cobb]

...🎵I WILL STOP THE CAVALRY🎶

ta

[itsfredtitmus]

ta

[Better Midlands]

tatare sauce 15p

[Sebastian Cobb]

Doesn't make sense. CHIPS though. CHIPS. Do you see what I'm getting at? Or am I just as well showing a dog a card trick?

[itsfredtitmus]

Doesn't make sense. CHIPS though. CHIPS. Do you see what I'm getting at? Or am I just as well showing a dog a card trick?

[Johnny Yesno]

Peter.

Captain James T.

Dr.

[Dr Syntax Head]

Generals and Majors. The obligatory XTC post there.