Classic songs that deserve every bit of their fame and recognition
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Cat Stevens - Father and Son
Cat Stevens - Wild World
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
New Order - Blue Monday
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
a-ha - Take On Me
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Cheap Trick, "Surrender"
Iron Butterfly, "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida"
Jay-Z, "99 Problems"
Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Laurie Anderson, "O Superman"
Mission of Burma, "That's When I Reach for My Revolver"
R.E.M., "The One I Love"
Simple Minds, "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Talking Heads, "Once in a Lifetime"
A few of those are quasi-cheating but they're all well-known enough for me to mention them in this context, albeit in one case more for a cover but still.
Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
Black Sabbath - "Iron Man"
Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper"
and the entire Melvins discography, which is well-known to every human being on the planet
The Beatles - “Strawberry Fields Forever”
The Clash - “Train in Vain”
Cyndi Lauper - “Time After Time”
Gary Numan - “Cars”
Peter Gabriel - “Games Without Frontiers”
The Rolling Stones - “Can You Hear Me Knocking?”
The Smiths - “How Soon Is Now?”
Soundgarden - “Black Hole Sun”
Tears For Fears - “Shout”
They Might Be Giants - “Birdhouse In Your Soul”
The Zombies - “Time of the Season”
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"but you don't have any friends"
Hello Darkness
Rainbow's magnum opus is probably "Stargazer".
The Cascades - “Rhythm of the Rain”
David Bowie - “Life on Mars?”
Nirvana - “About A Girl”
Thin Lizzy - “The Boys Are Back In Town”