Music: Each Band's/Artist's Most Iconic Song

[DaaaaB's]

Beastie boys
Brass monkey?
No sleep?
Fight for your right?
Paul rever?

Now that's a tough one. Could be any of those along with So Whatcha Want or Sabotage maybe. My personal favourite is probably Shake Your Rump but it's not as popular as those other songs.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Now that's a tough one. Could be any of those along with So Whatcha Want or Sabotage maybe. My personal favourite is probably Shake Your Rump but it's not as popular as those other songs.

I'm Eating burgers and chicken an you pickin your nose
I'm on time homie thats, how it goes..

I'm a massive beastie boy fan

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Everybody Wants To Rule The World.

My Best-Carey

Love that song - as soon as I hear the first few notes when it randomly plays on the radio, takes me instantly back to my youth.

Head Over Heels is my favorite from Big Chair though.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Beastie boys
Brass monkey?
No sleep?
Fight for your right?
Paul rever?

I’m going with Pass the Mic.

They played Brass Monkey at my daughter’s hockey game between periods last weekend, and all these teens got up and started dancing and singing the lyrics.

Thought that was cool kids today still like music we listened to at their age.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Love that song - as soon as I hear the first few notes when it randomly plays on the radio, takes me instantly back to my youth.

Head Over Heels is my favorite from Big Chair though.

It’s not the most iconic but Advice for the Young at Heart is my favorite TFF songs and like a top 3 favorite song period

 

[I am not exposed]

I don't think you've been right about anything you've said in this thread...

YouTube views mean jack... the Billboard Hot 100 means nothing... you seem to think the single most valuable tool we have in this thread is your own personal recollection of which songs you've heard more times on the radio

Funny from the guy using youtube plays.

Most of your choices have been hilariously off. Iconic doesn't necessarily mean most played on a streaming device.

 

[Perennial]

Funny from the guy using youtube plays.

Most of your choices have been hilariously off. Iconic doesn't necessarily mean most played on a streaming device.

Feel free to post your own list...

 

[I am not exposed]

Feel free to post your own list...

I have already in this thread.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Yes-Owner Of A Lonely Heart

For Yes, I'd pick "Roundabout". I agree "Owner of a Lonely Heart" got a lot of airplay in the 1980's (it was the band's only #1 single - so I face an uphill battle in making my case), but "Roundabout" is my pick for four reasons:

1. It's a much better representation of their style (progressive rock vs mainstream pop).
2. "Roundabout" gets played far more often in concerts ("fan favourite" factor).
3. Over the past decade or two, "Roundabout" seems to get played more on the radio (so does "I've Seen All Good People").
4. "Roundabout" was produced by the band's greatest lineup (Squire, Howe, Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman) while "Owner of a Lonely Heart" only has two of those five members (White replacing Bruford, Rabin replacing Howe, and Kaye replacing Wakeman).

What do others think?

 

[angusyoung]

One of the most iconic songs of all time not yet mentioned

 

[tacogeoff]

Beastie boys
Brass monkey?
No sleep?
Fight for your right?
Paul rever?

toss up of FFYR and No sleep for me. remember the older kids getting the bus driver to play those songs on repeat every day to school. we had a dope bus driver now that i think back on it lol.

 

[tacogeoff]

Sublime. Santeria? or What i got?

or would you say their iconic song would be off 40z to freedom which put them on the map as it was one of the highest selling independent albums and Smoke two Joints was a pretty popular track.

 

[TheAngryHank]

I’m going with Pass the Mic.

They played Brass Monkey at my daughter’s hockey game between periods last weekend, and all these teens got up and started dancing and singing the lyrics.

Thought that was cool kids today still like music we listened to at their age.

Nice ,sounds fun

 

[Perennial]

I have already in this thread.

I meant a corrected list of the ones I hilariously chose...

 

[Perennial]

Sublime. Santeria? or What i got?

or would you say their iconic song would be off 40z to freedom which put them on the map as it was one of the highest selling independent albums and Smoke two Joints was a pretty popular track.

I only know a few of their songs, but Doin' Time is the one that comes to mind when I think of Sublime...

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Billy Joel - Piano Man
The Cars - Moving in Stereo (because of Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Cheap Trick - Surrender
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Boston - More Than A Feeling
The Doors - Light My Fire
The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Blue Öyster Cult - Godzilla
War - Low Rider
Billy Squire - The Stroke
The Spinners - The Rubberband Man

 

[frisco]

For Yes, I'd pick "Roundabout". I agree "Owner of a Lonely Heart" got a lot of airplay in the 1980's (it was the band's only #1 single - so I face an uphill battle in making my case), but "Roundabout" is my pick for four reasons:

1. It's a much better representation of their style (progressive rock vs mainstream pop).
2. "Roundabout" gets played far more often in concerts ("fan favourite" factor).
3. Over the past decade or two, "Roundabout" seems to get played more on the radio (so does "I've Seen All Good People").
4. "Roundabout" was produced by the band's greatest lineup (Squire, Howe, Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman) while "Owner of a Lonely Heart" only has two of those five members (White replacing Bruford, Rabin replacing Howe, and Kaye replacing Wakeman).

What do others think?

I know a big Yes fan and I doubt if "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" is in his top 20. That being said, when I made my list I was thinking more of the masses and sort of a psychological band/song association where it was almost the first song that came to mind when I thought of an artist. "Roundabout" is the better choice for even semi-serious fans of the band but "Owner" is quite a bit more well known for casual music fans on the whole.

My Best-Carey

 

[Perennial]

Billy Joel - Piano Man
The Cars - Moving in Stereo (because of Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Cheap Trick - Surrender
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Boston - More Than A Feeling
The Doors - Light My Fire
The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Blue Öyster Cult - Godzilla
War - Low Rider
Billy Squire - The Stroke
The Spinners - The Rubberband Man

Maybe others can chime in with their thoughts, but I feel like you missed some obvious ones...

The Cars - Drive
Elvis - Can't Help Falling In Love
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

cars - just what i needed
doors - l.a. woman
styx - blue collar man
rush - limelight
judas priest - you've got another thing coming
metallica - creeping death. yeah i'm totally disregarding the black album. i hate that album and enter sandman is just shit.
billy idol - white wedding
santana - oye como va
steve miller - fly like an eagle
chicago - 25 or 6 to 4

 

[kihei]

103 Bands

Chuck Berry: Sweet Little Sixteen
Little Richard: Tutti Frutti
Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill
Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire
Elvis Presley: Hound Dog
Buddy Holly: That'll Be the Day
The Everly Brothers: All I Have to Do Is Dream
Beach Boys: California Girls
Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go?
Four Tops: Reach Out, I'll Be There
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: The Tracks of My Tears
The Temptations: My Girl
Dionne Warwick: Walk on By
The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever
The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction
The Who: My Generation
The Kinks: You Really Got Me
Traffic: Dear Mr. Fantasy
The Searchers: Needles and Pins
Dave Clark Five: Glad All Over
The Zombies: She's Not There
Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin
Peter and Gordon: I Go To Pieces
Bob Dylan: Blowing in the Wind
John Lennon: Imagine
Paul McCartney: Maybe I'm Amazed
George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Donovan: Catch the Wind
Dusty Springfield: The Look of Love
Velvet Underground: Heroin
The Doors: Light My Fire
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee
Grateful Dead: Dark Star
Jefferson Airplalne: Somebody to Love
The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man
Lovin' Spoonful: Daydream
Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven
Yes: Roundaboout
Genesis: Carpet Crawlers
Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb
Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill
Simon and Garfunkel: The Sound of Silence
Neil Young: Like a Hurricane
Rod Stewart: Maggie Mae
The Band: The Weight
Marianne Faithful: Broken English
David Bowie: Space Oddity
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
Roxy Music: Do the Strand
Bob Marley and the Wailers: No Woman, No Cry
Peter Tosh: Legalize It
Mott the Hooplle: All the Young Dudes
Jeff Beck: Cause We've Ended as Lovers
Mick Taylor: Spanish/"A" Minor
Bruce Cockburn: Wondering Where the Lions Are
Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Jane Siberry: Mimi on the Beach
Eric Clapton: Layla
The Cars: Good Times Roll
Eurythmics: Here Comes the Rain Again
U2: Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Fine Young Cannibals: Johnny Come Home
Midnight Oil: Beds Are Burning
Joy Divisiion: Love Will Tear Us Apart Again
The Jam: That's Entertainment
Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays
The Only Ones: Another Girl, Another Planet
XTC: Making Plans for Nigel
UB40: Red, Red Wine
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing
Simple Minds: Don't You Forget about Me
The Clash: I'm So Bored with the USA
Talking Heads: Psycho Killer
Elvis Costello: Allison
Psychedelic Furs: Pretty in Pink
REM: It's the End of the World as We Know It
Talk Talk: Living in Another World
New Order: The Perfect Kiss
The Police: Roxanne
Stone Roses: I Wanna Be Adored
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Refugee
The Cult: She Sells Sanctuarry
The La's: There She Goes
Bryan Ferry: Slave to Love
Crowded House: World Where You Live
My Bloody Valentine: Only Shallow
The Cure: Pictures of You
Garbage: I Think I'm Paranoid
Evanescence: Bring Me to Life
Sigur Ros: Svefn-g-englar
Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot
Portishead: Glory Box
Oasis: Champagne Supernova
Coldplay: Yellow
Radiohead: Paranoid Android
David Usher: Black, Black Heart
Corrine Bailey Rae: Put Your Records On
Metric: Gimme Sympathy
Muse: Hysteria
Broken Social Scene: 7/4
Babyshambles: F*** Forever

 

[Perennial]

cars - just what i needed
doors - l.a. woman
styx - blue collar man
rush - limelight
judas priest - you've got another thing coming
metallica - creeping death. yeah i'm totally disregarding the black album. i hate that album and enter sandman is just shit.
billy idol - white wedding
santana - oye como va
steve miller - fly like an eagle
chicago - 25 or 6 to 4

I would've thought The Joker for Steve Miller and Tom Sawyer for Rush...

And since I've never heard or heard of Creeping Death until today, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's not Metallica's most iconic song

 

[Hammettf2b]

cars - just what i needed
doors - l.a. woman
styx - blue collar man
rush - limelight
judas priest - you've got another thing coming
metallica - creeping death. yeah i'm totally disregarding the black album. i hate that album and enter sandman is just shit.
billy idol - white wedding
santana - oye como va
steve miller - fly like an eagle
chicago - 25 or 6 to 4

Not the point of this thread at all

 

[Eisen]

Beastie boys
Brass monkey?
No sleep?
Fight for your right?
Paul rever?

Fight for your right to me.

 

[Eisen]

Sublime. Santeria? or What i got?

or would you say their iconic song would be off 40z to freedom which put them on the map as it was one of the highest selling independent albums and Smoke two Joints was a pretty popular track.

Santeria to me closely followed by Date Rape.

 

[Perennial]

103 Bands

Chuck Berry: Sweet Little Sixteen
Little Richard: Tutti Frutti
Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill
Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire
Elvis Presley: Hound Dog
Buddy Holly: That'll Be the Day
The Everly Brothers: All I Have to Do Is Dream
Beach Boys: California Girls
Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go?
Four Tops: Reach Out, I'll Be There
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: The Tracks of My Tears
The Temptations: My Girl
Dionne Warwick: Walk on By
The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever
The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction
The Who: My Generation
The Kinks: You Really Got Me
Traffic: Dear Mr. Fantasy
The Searchers: Needles and Pins
Dave Clark Five: Glad All Over
The Zombies: She's Not There
Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin
Peter and Gordon: I Go To Pieces
Bob Dylan: Blowing in the Wind
John Lennon: Imagine
Paul McCartney: Maybe I'm Amazed
George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Donovan: Catch the Wind
Dusty Springfield: The Look of Love
Velvet Underground: Heroin
The Doors: Light My Fire
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee
Grateful Dead: Dark Star
Jefferson Airplalne: Somebody to Love
The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man
Lovin' Spoonful: Daydream
Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven
Yes: Roundaboout
Genesis: Carpet Crawlers
Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb
Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill
Simon and Garfunkel: The Sound of Silence
Neil Young: Like a Hurricane
Rod Stewart: Maggie Mae
The Band: The Weight
Marianne Faithful: Broken English
David Bowie: Space Oddity
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
Roxy Music: Do the Strand
Bob Marley and the Wailers: No Woman, No Cry
Peter Tosh: Legalize It
Mott the Hooplle: All the Young Dudes
Jeff Beck: Cause We've Ended as Lovers
Mick Taylor: Spanish/"A" Minor
Bruce Cockburn: Wondering Where the Lions Are
Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Jane Siberry: Mimi on the Beach
Eric Clapton: Layla
The Cars: Good Times Roll
Eurythmics: Here Comes the Rain Again
U2: Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Fine Young Cannibals: Johnny Come Home
Midnight Oil: Beds Are Burning
Joy Divisiion: Love Will Tear Us Apart Again
The Jam: That's Entertainment
Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays
The Only Ones: Another Girl, Another Planet
XTC: Making Plans for Nigel
UB40: Red, Red Wine
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing
Simple Minds: Don't You Forget about Me
The Clash: I'm So Bored with the USA
Talking Heads: Psycho Killer
Elvis Costello: Allison
Psychedelic Furs: Pretty in Pink
REM: It's the End of the World as We Know It
Talk Talk: Living in Another World
New Order: The Perfect Kiss
The Police: Roxanne
Stone Roses: I Wanna Be Adored
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Refugee
The Cult: She Sells Sanctuarry
The La's: There She Goes
Bryan Ferry: Slave to Love
Crowded House: World Where You Live
My Bloody Valentine: Only Shallow
The Cure: Pictures of You
Garbage: I Think I'm Paranoid
Evanescence: Bring Me to Life
Sigur Ros: Svefn-g-englar
Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot
Portishead: Glory Box
Oasis: Champagne Supernova
Coldplay: Yellow
Radiohead: Paranoid Android
David Usher: Black, Black Heart
Corrine Bailey Rae: Put Your Records On
Metric: Gimme Sympathy
Muse: Hysteria
Broken Social Scene: 7/4
Babyshambles: F*** Forever

I'm not familiar with many of the bands you listed, but I'd change a few of your choices...

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Donovan - Mellow Yellow
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Oasis - Wonderwall
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
U2 - With Or Without You... or possibly One
REM - Losing My Religion
The Beatles - Hey Jude... Let It Be... or Yesterday

And Genesis has quite a few songs I'd put above Carpet Crawlers

And then there are others up for debate...

Radiohead - Creep
Police - Every Breath You Take
Rod Stewart - Forever Young or Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Bob Marley - Redemption Song... One Love... Jammin'

And The Supremes have quite a few big hits... Can't Hurry Love, You Keep Me Hangin' On, Stop! In The Name Of Love, Baby Love, and as you listed, Where Did Our Love Go... I'd be curious what others think about this one

Same with The Beach Boys... I feel like it would be Good Vibrations, but they have quite a few songs worthy of consideration