16. “Wonderwall,” Oasis, 1995

I presume I wasn’t alone in losing my mind the first time I heard this song. It’s just good. A lot can be said about Oasis, and the Gallagher brothers, both good and bad, but this song is pop perfection. If you hate this song, I can only assume that you put a lot of effort into hating.

Favorite Lyric: “And all the roads that lead you there were winding/And all the lights that light the way are blinding.”

Favorite Musical Moment: When the cello, then the drums, come in over that deceptively simple strummed guitar, that is where pop nirvana lives.

Would It Make Good Karaoke? Fucking of course it would.