'Outstanding pop songs'

[MoonBassAlpha]

I've been almost obsessed with this since I caught the tail end of the Monkees documentary the other week:

Pleasant Valley Sunday. Goffin/King. Great songwriting, guitar riff and harmonies. Whats not to like?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPQEap-8Vk&feature=fvst"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPQEap-8Vk&feature=fvst[/url]

[risingson]

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I was just wondering if that bunch had been mentioned... my vote would be for Hey Jude, which seems to have entered into mass consciousness... my little daughter knew it when she was five or six.
[/quote]

I mentioned them in my OP. The Beatles really sum up what pop is for me.