The greatest single ever made...
Posted by shane pacey on 2 December 2008 - 10:38pm.
..It's not just the beautiful song construction by Weatherspoon, Riser and Dean (although that's part of it)
It's not just the sweet and hurtin' soul vocal of Mr. Ruffin (although that's a BIG part of it)
It's not just the flawless production from Weatherspoon and Stevenson (Although cop that snare sound)
It's not just the (as usual) brilliant contribution of the Funk Brothers (Although, god knows, people just can't play like that anymore)
It's all of those things, but mainly the last 40 seconds where the chorus punches home (with variations) to leave you in doubt at all.
I will brook no arguments on this (Oh, allright, I will)
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No argument from me...
although I might just say one of the greatest. A song to remind one what songs can be.
Hate to quibble but
...that version is not the classic version, is it? I love it anyhow.
There was a version..
..with a spoken intro used on a uk compilation, if that's what you mean. It does sound like it's been beefed up with a remix. Now replaced with "authentic" stereo mix.
It is very good, but
for 40 years I have believed this to be the greatest single ever made, so it must be true:
Which is one reason why THIS
is the greatest 'Greatest Hits' ever issued.
His brother’s pretty good too
Here’s David and the Tempts singing one of Smokey’s finest.
A Single Has Two Sides
and on that basis I say the greatest single of all time is Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane by The Beatles