The 100 best pop/rock/etc songs in waltz time

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33. Mogwai - Take Me Somewhere Nice
32. Mogwai - Ratts of the Capital

― Nice Pete, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

31. The Fall - Hip Priest

― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 05:47 (twenty-two years ago)

30. "Valse Chinoise", Volapük

(...30. it should be, perhaps? for Alex fired in, attention span-lessly, Stranglers' "Golden Brown" that had already been mentioned upthread)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 07:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry to be obscuro, but

29. Kantner/Slick/Freiberg, "Harp Tree Lament" (my favorite Robert Hunter lyric)

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"Some Velvet Morning" - or parts of it at least.

― Huey (Huey), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

27. Alicia Keys - "Falling"

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"Waltz #1" ba-bam
"Keepers"- del Amitri

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

re: 3/4 hip hop, there's a track on Group Home's Living Proof album, tho' it may be a 'lude.

― Barima (Barima), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

23. American Without Tears, Elvis Costello

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)

bingo!

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Shellac 'Didn't we deserve a look at the way you really are?'

― mei (mei), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, Costello seems to like a good waltz. I just noticed this one...

21. Elvis Costello - "Sunday's Best"

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

That Ramones one that starts "One! Two! Three!".

― jazz odysseus (jazz odysseus), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Flying Burrito Bros. "Juanita"

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Pavement - "Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse)"

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam Cooke "Fool's Paradise"

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Os Mutantes "Senhor F" It goes back and forth between 3/4 and 4/4.

― not Graham (Inuuu), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:48 (twenty-two years ago)

16. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Obscured"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

15. Red House Painters - "Grace Cathedral Park"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

14. Nick Drake - "Place to Be" (can't believe I almost forgot that)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)

13. Amateur -Aimee Mann

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:50 (twenty-two years ago)

12. Cocteau Twins "Pearly Dewdrops Drops"

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 6 May 2004 05:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Another Costello: "New Amsterdam"

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 6 May 2004 06:24 (twenty-two years ago)

10. Coba - "After Dinner (Plaid Mix)"

probably my favourite bit of music to be released last year.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 6 May 2004 07:34 (twenty-two years ago)

9. George Michael - "Cowboys and Angels"

― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 6 May 2004 12:48 (twenty-two years ago)

8. J.Lo and R Kelly - 'Baby, I Love You'
(10 times better if J.Lo was replaced with Kiley Dean, Aaliyah, Javine, Kelly Rowland even*!)

*OK, maybe not.

― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:17 (twenty-two years ago)

7. "Solar System," the Beach Boys.

Speaking of the BBs, I'm listening right now, on a sunny day filled with my doin' mostly nothin', to the great "Busy Doin' Nothin'" and it's really a modified bossa nova--I count it in 2/2, not 4/4...classic bossa time signature...

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 6 May 2004 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

6. Weezer - Holiday

― Roberton, Thursday, 6 May 2004 20:45 (twenty-two years ago)

5. Sly and the Family Stone - Que Sera Sera

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 6 May 2004 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

4 - Delgados - "The Light Before We Land"

― Ben Dot (1977), Thursday, 6 May 2004 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

3. Richard Thompson, "Waltzing's for Dreamers"

― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Thursday, 6 May 2004 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

2. Kate Bush, "Army Dreamers"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 6 May 2004 23:00 (twenty-two years ago)

1. the linger effect - aquaman

hehe.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Friday, 7 May 2004 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)

2/2 is generally just a short-cut to make written parts more readable, but you're right about it being a bossa.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Political Nightmare - Minutemen (As I remember..but I could be wrong.)

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

late entry but too good to miss:

Moose - I'll See You In My Dreams

― rentboy (rentboy), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

depressing that you all missed "The Millionaire Waltz" by Queen

― Scotto (Scotto), Saturday, 8 May 2004 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)

>2/2 is generally just a short-cut to make written parts more readable, but you're right about it being a bossa.

Well, not exactly. Bossas and sambas are in 2, not 4. If you count bossas--including "Busy Doin'"--in 4, it becomes a fast 4/8, or 8/8, not 4/4. You can hear the "boom" of the 1 and 2 in "Busy" quite clearly. You're right about it being, at times, a convenience, but in bossa nova it's just the way the music is structured. "Waters of March" by Jobim is notable as one of his few songs that are actually in 4/4.

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 8 May 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

"Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You," by Aretha Franklin.

We can make room for it by getting rid of "Kiss From a Rose" and "How Can I Be Sure" (and maybe more), which are in 6/8, not 3/4.

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

"Manic Depression," The Jimi Hendrix Experience

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 3 June 2005 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"We're brothers who are brothers" - The Brothers Brothers

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 4 June 2005 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Beach Boys - Busy Doin' Nothing

This song isn't in 3/4, so:

Beach Boys - Friends

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Saturday, 4 June 2005 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Flitcraft: The Mekons

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 4 June 2005 01:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Not ONE mention of "I Put a Spell on You"?

Nat King Cole: "It's All in the Game"

― Burr (Burr), Saturday, 4 June 2005 03:51 (twenty-one years ago)

aussie band - v capri 1986 "this dance" has waltz beat.
the words: "waltz our lives away".
their songs used to play in aussie soap " neighbours".

― ross tinney, Saturday, 4 June 2005 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

isn't there at least one beatles songs ?
i'm not a musician but i'll guess - her majesty (if you slow it down)

― ross tinney, Saturday, 4 June 2005 08:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"Her Majesty" isn't a waltz. I don't think the Beatles used 3/4 too often--the only one I can think of is "A Taste of Honey."

― Keith C (kcraw916), Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

As of 3 days ago, 'Roadside' by The Shortwave Set made my top 10 waltz-time pop songs. This is the NEW (third) thread for requesting and offering songs via YSI/Gmail/Etc.

― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

As of 3 days ago, 'Roadside' by The Shortwave Set made my top 10 waltz-time pop songs. Get it at This is the NEW (third) thread for requesting and offering songs via YSI/Gmail/Etc.

― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe not quite the genre(s) you're looking for but- John Coltrane to thread with
"My Favorite Things"
"Greensleeves"
"Chim Chim Cher-ee"

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

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