Madness.

great back catalogue pop rush

Good calls, Madness is one I thought about.

If Americans are allowed.

70s
Slade
Sweet
T.Rex

80s
Madness
Squeeze

90s
Wonderstuff

Haircut 100 and Haircut 100 equals pop. Just the one album though but it does tick every conceivable pop box

Indeed, Dave, I'm a massive fan of Pelican West, great album. In terms of pop albums Pelican West is definitely in my top 5.

I'll take Lily Allen, Eliza Doolittle and Rihanna anyday.

Oh, sorry, I misread 'Pop' as 'Thrash Metal'.

...I won't even take my coat off.

I'm a huge Girls Aloud fan but I think they're one of the only contemporary pop groups that give me the 'rush' you describe. Mirrors have their moments:

(Apparently, they did the '1-2-3-4-5' in this song without even realising it's a tad 'Senses Working Overtime'. Thank God it's clearly a different tune.)

Rewinding a bit, a lot of my favourite 'pop' bands had a heavy dose of gloominess that rules them out of making the Top 5 in the OP (groups like OMD and Ultravox).

So my vote is for Wham! Embarrassingly large number of great tunes given they were together for no time at all.

Wham! do indeed have a number of great songs. If you're looking for bounciness and cheeriness, they deliver.

If you want pure pop then you don't have to look any further than the variety and quality of the Fountains Of Wayne. They are always my first chice if I just want some pop.

Is pure and perfect.

I`d ditch the Beatles for Blondie ,replace PSB for Madness

Good call on the Jacksons

and the Supremes. Obvious, really.

How can they be anyone's favourite group?

Sorry, I just don't get it with them. I prefer Middle Of The Road.

And there's your fifth.

Beatles, ELO, Madness, Monkees, Manfred Mann would be the five that I turn to for hum alongable pure popness!