
10. Hey Jude – The Beatles – 1968 – The extended coda launched a thousand ships and if you were to call this McCartney’s finest moment you wouldn’t be a million miles off the work. Having said that, I can’t actually hear it any more – A+
9. You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone – 1977 – Either the worst or the greatest piece of Middle Of The Road scmaltz known to mine. It is like a one song punchline for every asinine emotion mankind has ever emoted – F
8. Physical – Olivia Newton- John – 1981 – Damn, she looked good on this disco rocker – B+
7. Macarena – Los Del Rina – 1996 – The most perfect novelty track till “Gangham Style” came along – B+
6. I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas – 2009 – A brave new world of samples and dance bance never surpassed but also never quite reached – A
5. Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO – 2011 – If they had cleaned up the lyric, this would be being played in kindergarten’s all over the world as I write – A
4. How Do I Live – Leann Rimes -1997 – Lame country ballad – C-
3. Mack The Knife -Bobby Darrin – Cabaret meets the American Standard – A-
2. Smooth -Santana and Rob Thomas – Well, he guitarist was pretty good – C+
1. The Twist – Chubby Checker – More than a dance a way out of 1950s, it was a trendsetting world changing romp of sex and sauce and, lest we forget, miscegenation – A

