[bootless]

This was obviously a list of break-up songs, played while young women exercised their good judgment on these weenies.

Toby Keith? Love it?

Clay Aiken's Invisible? It's an intriguing and listenable song by a terrific singer.

I could go on.

They aren't the BEST songs ever, but they're certainly not the worst. For that list, Dave Barry has the definitive Worst Of list.

Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Run Joey Run - (Who knows?)
Fly Robin Fly - Silver Convention

These 50 aren't even close.

[bootless]

Oops. Love it? should be Love It!

[Kirkwood]

"The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace"

I hate to admit it, but I actually kind of like this song... has an old-town Chicago barroom sound to it.

[Scoutmaster]

When you say "Run Joey Run", you're probably referring to "Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)" by Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus.

Quick Joey Small went-a over the wall

with a ball and a chain behind him

Quick Joey Small went-a over the wall

Set the dogs right out to find him

Het Het

1969, if I'm not mistaken.

Not only do I have it on a 45, but I own two copies of a LP titled "Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth," which features Quick Joey Small along with songs by the Ohio Express ("Chewy, Chewy", "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy", "Down at Lulu's") the 1910 Fruitgum Company ("Simon Says," "Goody, Goody Gumdrops"), and the Lemon Pipers ("Green Tamborine"), among others.

The problem with this list is trying to limit it to 50.

From just the period 1966-1969 or so, we haven't even mentioned "Here Comes the Judge" by Pigmeat Markum, "She's a Heartbreaker" by Gene Pitney ("The way you sock-it-to-me girl, you're outta sight"), Master Jack by Three Jacks and a Jill, "Indian Lake" by the Cowsills.

And don't get me started on the early 1960s ("Goodbye Cruel World (I'm Off to Join the Circus)" by Jimmy Darin, etc., **shiver**).

Now, as far as the greatest songs NEVER to make it into the Billboard Top Ten, one would be "Look of Love" by Leslie Gore -- not the same song as "The Look of Love," written by Burt Bacharach. Why? Simply because it ranks just behind "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" by the Tams as the best song ever for Shagging (not in the Austin Powers sense, but the Southern fraternity house dance similar to the Jitterbug).