I Feel LoveDonna Summer
I Feel Love
1977
Moroder's pulsing synth track, Summer floating above it, and the record Eno reportedly called the sound of the future.
★ 9.3
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Shout (The Isley Brothers)
1959
Ronald Isley improvised the call and response onstage extending Lonely Teardrops, and RCA packed the room with friends answering.
★ 7.5
I Want to Take You HigherSly and the Family Stone
I Want to Take You Higher
1969 · From Stand!
Freddie Stone's bluesy riff, the band trading vocal lines, and a B-side that Woodstock turned into a Top 40 A-side.
★ 6.8
Sweet Thing
1968 · From Astral Weeks
Jazz players Richard Davis and Connie Kay taped it at the last Astral Weeks session, and Morrison floats free.
★ 6.6
Dancing BarefootPatti Smith
Dancing Barefoot
1979 · From Wave
Written with Ivan Kral and dedicated to women like Jeanne Hebuterne, Modigliani's mistress; Rundgren produced and played the bass.
★ 5.9
I Hear a SymphonyThe Supremes
I Hear a Symphony
1965
Gordy demanded better after "Nothing but Heartaches" stalled, and Holland-Dozier-Holland came back with modulations and Mike Terry's baritone sax.
★ 5.6