40. Say Say Say – Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson – 1983 – This is not great disco but it isn’t as terrible as I remember it by any stretch of the imagination. The beat is disco 101 and much more than on “The Girl Is Mine”, it cuts the cute for vocal high medium interplay – C+
39. Another One Bites The Dust – Queen – 1980 – That bass hook made em a fortune and Mercury’s vocal is proforma – B+
38. Night Fever – Bee Gees – 1978 – Defined a generation as surely as “Anarchy IN The UK” did -working class hedonism US vs working class anhedonia UK – A+
37. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye – 1973 – Sexiest song of all time – A+
36. Silly Love Songs – Wings – 1976 – I’ve had enough of silly love songs – F
35. Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden – 1998 – Intensely ordinary rock and roll ballad – C-
34. One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boys II Men -1995 – This is so bad words fail me. It is the anti-Christ – F
33. The Ballad Of New Orleans – Johnny Horton – 1958 – Remember where there were good wars?This one celebrates a battle during the American Civil War – B
32. Tossin And Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis – 1961 – “I couldn’t sleep a wink last night…” – A
31. Rolling In The Deep – Adele – 2011 – I give up, a very addictive beat works as a hook and her voice is beautiful and very rich: it’s like a plum pudding – C