30 Girl Pop Anthems You Should Download

50 years of pop perfection

1. The Supremes: Baby Love (1964)

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From an era when Diana Ross wasn't scary and using the word "baby" in a song was still considered pretty original.

2. The Ronettes: Be My Baby (1963)

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Yes, it's another song with "baby" in the title, but it's just awesome!

3. Dusty Springfield: I Only Want To Be With You (1963)

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Britain's very own soul queen, Dusty's 1963 hit 'I Only Want To Be With You' is a song that never gets old.

4. Nancy Sinatra: These Boots Are Made For Walking (1966)

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Nancy "don't ask about my dad" Sinatra kicked some musical balls with this song.

5. Marianne Faithful: As Tears Go By (1965)

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Let's face it, in a toss up between whose version of this song is better, Marianne's sweet and longing lament beats The Rolling Stones hands down.

6. Roberta Flack: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1972)

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It's a song destroyed millions of times by karaoke wannabe's, but forget them and sway to the beautiful voice of Roberta Flack.

7. Dolly Parton: Jolene (1973)

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Every camp gay man's fantasy, Dolly Parton's global 1973 hit is still as haunting now as it was then.

8. Donna Summer: I Feel Love (1977)

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Donna Summer's genre defining disco anthem that literally changed the face of pop music.

9. Baccara: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (1977)

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So, this what orgasms sounded like in the 70's. Camp disco at its finest.

10. Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights (1978)

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Famously called "the white witch of pop" this is Kate's finest outpouring of creative insanity.

11. Blondie: Heart Of Glass (1979)

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A song that rounded off the decade of punk and disco pretty nicely.

12. Madonna: Material Girl (1984)

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That song by Madge that defined the decade of Thatcherism and Reaganomics!

13. Cyndi Lauper: True Colors (1986)

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From the New Yorker who redefined what a pop anthem was.

14. Transvision Vamp: Baby I Don't Care (1989)

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Wendy James was a girl you didn't mess with and let's all remember baby, she didn't care!

15. The Divinyls: I Touch Myself (1990)

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Quite simply the best song about female masturbation you'll ever hear.

16. Elastica: Connection (1994)

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Justine Frischmann and her band Elastica kick started the Britpop revolution, and this is one of their coolest songs.

17. Garbage: Stupid Girl (1996)

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There was no woman more cool in the 90's than Shirley Manson, and this is the song that launched her on to the pop music scene.

18. The Spice Girls: Spice Up Your Life (1997)

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Everybody thinks the Spice Girls best song was Wannabe, well it aint...this was.

19. Sugababes: Overload (2000)

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For a bunch of girls barely in their teens, Overload was scarily brilliant.

20. Destiny's Child: Bootylicious (2001)

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Bootylicious was the perfect slice of R&B/Pop, that showed the world just how talented this trio were.

21. Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Take Me Home (2001)

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The ever sultry Ms Ellis-Bextor made this old Cher song her own, with a very classy reworking.

22. Kylie Minogue: Love At First Sight (2002)

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To not include Kylie in a list of girl pop anthems would be heinous. So here's her ode to love.

23. Britney Spears: Toxic (2003)

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From a time when Britney ruled the air waves.

24. Gwen Stefani: What You Waiting For? (2004)

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The song which cemented Gwen as the Queen of quirky pop.

25. KT Tunstall: Suddenly I See (2006)

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The chirpy song that launched the ever chirpy KT Tunstall's career.

26. Alesha Dixon: The Boy Does Nothing (2008)

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Almost forgotten, this bouncy ditty brought many to the dance floor in 2008.

27. Girls Aloud: The Promise (2008)

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One of the girls finest hits that marked the beginning of the end.

28. Lady Gaga: Poker Face (2008)

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Gaga's concoction of foot tapping pop brilliance.

29. Ellie Goulding: Lights (2011)

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Ethereal folky pop at its best!

30. Lana Del Rey: Video Games (2011)

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Melancholic, atmospheric and totally Lana.

Yes, there's tons of songs I've missed out (feel free to berate me in the comments section) but this is still a good enough selection of tunes to make you, well do this...

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