Billboard: 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time

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100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks
by Billboard Staff
July 10, 2017
http://www.billboard.com/articles/colum ... roup-songs

There are few institutions with a prouder legacy within pop music than the girl group. For as long as the Billboard Hot 100 has existed, there have been all-female vocal groups gracing its ranks, from the early days of The Chantels and The Bobbettes in the late '50s all the way up to Fifth Harmony and Little Mix in 2017.
Over that six-decade span of iconic mainstream success, girl groups have often been dismissed, jeered at or all but written out of rock history. But as the years march on, the groups have endured -- through their fashion, their cool, and most importantly, their songs.
To honor that legacy, Billboard will be doing a week's worth of girl group coverage, starting with our list of the 100 greatest girl group songs of all-time -- or at least of the rock era, with a quick shout-out to absent predecessors like the Andrews Sisters and The Chordettes -- as decided by Billboard's editorial staff. (For a list of the biggest girl group hits of all-time as determined by their Billboard Hot 100 chart success, click here.)
Our list takes us through the many forms the girl group has taken over the last 60+ years -- from Spector to Motown to disco to freestyle to R&B to Girl Power to TRL to K-pop to X Factor -- but always keeps the emphasis on the sparkling, life-affirming and truly timeless music.
Before we get counting down, though, a word about how we defined the term "girl group." For a group to be included here, it had to be all-female, it had to have at least three members, and it had to be primarily vocal in nature: In other words, no groups that present mostly as bands, with the emphasis just as much on their instruments as their singing. So you won't see artists like The Go-Go's or HAIM on this list -- just like you wouldn't see The Cars or Vampire Weekend on our list of boy bands.
Now that that's out of the way, it's time to get together with your best friends, put on your finest matching outfits, and check out our 100 favorite girl group songs: the leaders of the pack, now and forever.


100. The Paris Sisters, "I Love How You Love Me" (1961)
99. Wilson Phillips, "Impulsive" (1990)
98. L.A.X. Gurlz, "Forget You" (2006)
97. B*Witched, "C'est La Vie" (1998)
96. Atomic Kitten, "Whole Again" (2001)
95. The Exciters, "Tell Him" (1962)
94. The Pointer Sisters, "Automatic" (1984)
93. Apollonia 6, "Sex Shooter" (1984)
92. Little Mix, "Move" (2013)
91. Richgirl, "He Ain't Wit Me Now (Tho)" (2009)
90. The Supremes, "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" (1966)
89. 3LW, "Playas Gon' Play" (2001)
88. Fin.K.L., "Now" (2000)
87. Sweet Sensation, "If Wishes Came True" (1990)
86. The Cookies, "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)" (1963)
85. Klymaxx, "Meeting in the Ladies' Room" (1985)
84. Brownstone, "If You Love Me" (1994)
83. Shirley Gunter & the Queens, "Oop Shoop" (1954)
82. Martha and the Vandellas, "Jimmy Mack" (1967)
81. Eden's Crush, "Get Over Yourself" (2001)
80. Electrik Red, "So Good" (2009)
79. The Bobbettes, "Mr. Lee" (1958)
78. The Jaynetts, "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" (1963)
77. Destiny's Child, "Independent Women (Part I)" (2000)
76. Play, "I Must Not Chase the Boys" (2003)
75. The Blossoms, "That's When the Tears Start" (1965)
74. Bananarama, "Robert De Niro's Waiting (Talking Italian)" (1984)
73. The Chiffons, "He's So Fine" (1962)
72. SWV, "Weak" (1993)
71. The Marvelettes, "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game" (1966)
70. Red Velvet, "Dumb Dumb" (2015)
69. Expose, "Exposed to Love" (1985)
68. The Pussycat Dolls, "Stickwitu" (2005)
67. The Three Degrees, "When Will I See You Again?" (1974)
66. Sister Sledge, "He's the Greatest Dancer" (1979)
65. Girls Aloud, "Love Machine" (2004)
64. The Cake, "Baby That's Me" (1967)
63. The Ikettes, "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" (1961)
62. Spice Girls, "Spice Up Your Life" (1997)
61. Mary Jane Girls, "All Night Long" (1983)
60. The Chantels, "Maybe" (1957)
59. f(x), "Rum Pum Pum Pum" (2013)
58. Xscape, "Who Can I Run To?" (1995)
57. Fifth Harmony, "Sledgehammer" (2014)
56. The Ronettes, "Baby I Love You" (1963)
55. The Crystals, "Da Doo Ron Ron" (1963)
54. Blaque, "Bring It All to Me" (1999)
53. Dixie Cups, "People Say" (1964)
52. Jade, "Don't Walk Away" (1992)
51. The Shangri-Las, "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" (1964)
50. G.R.L., "Ugly Heart" (2014)
49. The Cover Girls, "Show Me" (1986)
48. The Pointer Sisters, "Fire" (1978)
47. All Saints, "Never Ever" (1997)
46. 702, "Where My Girls At?" (1999)
45. The Sugababes, "Freak Like Me" (2002)
44. The Shirelles, "Mama Said" (1961)
43. Wonder Girls, "Nobody" (2008)
42. TLC, "No Scrubs" (1999)
41. En Vogue, "Free Your Mind" (1992)
40. Destiny's Child, "Survivor" (2001)
39. Danity Kane, "Damaged" (2008)
38. The Supremes, "Stop! In the Name of Love" (1964)
37. Vanity 6, "Nasty Girl" (1982)
36. Dream, "He Loves U Not" (2000)
35. The Tammys, "Egyptian Shumba" (1964)
34. Little Mix, "Black Magic" (2015)
33. Dixie Cups, "Chapel of Love" (1964)
32. Girls Aloud, "Biology" (2005)
31. The Crystals, "He's a Rebel" (1962)
30. The Pussycat Dolls, "Don't Cha" (2005)
29. Martha and the Vandellas, "Dancing in the Street" (1964)
28. Total feat. The Notorious B.I.G., "Can't You See" (1995)
27. The Chiffons, "One Fine Day" (1963)
26. The Shangri-Las, "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" (1964)
25. Spice Girls, "Say You'll Be There" (1997)
24. The Angels, "My Boyfriend's Back" (1963)
23. The Pointer Sisters, "I'm So Excited" (1982)
22. The Marvelettes, "Please Mr. Postman" (1961)
21. Girls' Generation, "I Got a Boy" (2012)
20. Sister Sledge, "We Are Family" (1979)
19. The Supremes, "You Can't Hurry Love" (1966)
18. The Pipettes, "Pull Shapes" (2006)
17. SWV, "Right Here" (Human Nature Remix) (1992)
16. Labelle, "Lady Marmalade" (1974)
15. Wilson Phillips, "Hold On" (1990)
14. Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign, "Work From Home" (2016)
13. Bananarama, "Cruel Summer" (1983)
12. Martha and the Vandellas, "Heat Wave" (1963)
11. TLC, "Waterfalls" (1995)
10. The Emotions, "Best of My Love" (1977)
9. The Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack" (1964)
8. The Crystals, "Then He Kissed Me" (1963)
7. Destiny's Child, "Say My Name" (1999)
6. En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" (1992)
5. Spice Girls, "Wannabe" (1996)
4. The Supremes, "Where Did Our Love Go?" (1964)
3. The Shirelles, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" (1961)
2. TLC, "Creep" (1994)
1. The Ronettes, "Be My Baby" (1963)

personal comment: The top 10 is pure gold and I like the inclusion of several K-Pop girl group songs though if Billboard intended this to be a global list it should know that there are international girl groups of note beyond South Korea.

[StevieFan13]

Oh lord, I hope this isn't considered a genre list like the Rolling Stone boy bands list I posted a while ago.

[VacantJoy]

Billboard (USA) - 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks (2017)

nice list