Criteria: Influence, Acclaim, Cultural Impact and Popularity (Preferably counted among specific indie pop musicians/critics/fans rather than general critics/fans)

1. This Charming Man - The Smiths
2. Cattle and Cane - The Go-Betweens
3. There is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
4. 100,000 Fireflies - The Magnetic Fields
5. Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
6. Sensitive - The Field Mice
7. Rip it Up - Orange Juice
8. Shine On - The House of Love
9. The State I Am - Belle and Sebastian
10. Beat Happening - Indian Summer

11. Pink Frost - The Chills
12. I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives - Television Personalities
13. Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays
14. Million Tears - The Pastels
15. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
16. Lee Remick - The Go-Betweens
17. Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
18. You and Me Song - The Wannadies
19. Throw Aggi Off the Bridge - Black Tambourine
20. A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins

21. Emma's House - The Field Mice
22. Happy Hour - The Housemartins
23. Lovefool - The Cardigans
24. Birthday - The Sugarcubes
25. Bachelor Kisses - The Go-Betweens
26. Tool - Heavenly
27. Young Folks - Peter, Bjorn and John
28. Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now? - The Wedding Present
29. The Concept - Teenage Fanclub
30. My Favourite Game - The Cardigans

31. Belle and Sebastian - Funny Little Frog
32. Primitive Painters - Felt
33. Truck Train Tractor - The Pastels
34. I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You - Shop Assistants
35. French Navy - Camera Obscura
36. The Book of Love - The Magnetic Fields
37. You Should All Be Murdered - Another Sunny
38. Teenage Caveman - Beat Happening
39. Caravan of Love - The Housemartins
40. Bewitched - Beat Happening

41. Your Arms Around Me - Jens Lekman
42. Hand in Glove - The Smiths
43. Puzzle Pieces - Tiger Trap
44. Dying for It - The Vaselines
45. I'm a Cuckoo - Belle and Sebastian
46. Twee - Tullycrafy
47. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths
48. Blue Boy - Orange Juice
49. Pristine Christine - The Sea Urchins
50. Suffer for Fashion - Of Montreal








Others:
51. Beat Happening - Our Secret
52. Falling and Laughing - Orange Juice
53. Black Tambourine - For Ex-Lovers Only

55. Streets of Your Town - The Go-Betweens
56. The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind

58. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
59. Belle and Sebastian - Legal Man
60. Television Personalities - This Angry Silence

61. The Beautiful South - Song for Whoever
62. fun. - We Are Young
63. Of Montreal - Suffer for Fashion
64. Morrissey - Everyday is Like Sunday
65. The Wedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
66. The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
67. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
68. St. Vincent - Krokodil
69. The Radio Dept. - Heaven's on Fire
70. Another Sunny Day - I'm In Love With a Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist

71. Morrissey - Suedehead
72. Beat Happening - Godsend
73. Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
74. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know
75. Felt - Penelope Tree
76. Feist - My Moon My Man
77. The Divine Comedy - Everybody Knows (Except You)
78. Vampire Weekend - Cousins
79. The Smiths - Panic
80. The Magnetic Fields - Born on a Train

81. Los Campesinos! - The International Tweexcore Underground
82. Girls - Vomit
83. Talulah Gosh - Beatnik Boy
84. Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies
85. The Field Mice -Couldn't Feel Safer
86. The Orchids - Unholy Soul
87. Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
88. Tullycraft - Pop Songs You're New Boyfriend is Too Stupid to Know About
89. Guillemots - Made-Up Lovesong #43
90. Heavenly - C Is the Heavenly Option

91. Teenage Fanclub - What You Do to Me
92. Rocketship - Hey, Hey Girl
93. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
94. Allo Darlin' - Dreaming
95. Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal
96. Twa Toots - Please Don't Play "A Rainy Night in Georgia"
97. The Bats - Block of Wood
98. Trixie's big Red Motorbike - Norman and Narcissus
99. The Wedding Present - Brassneck
100. The Sugarcubes - Hit

"You shut your mouth. How can you say... I go about things the wrong way?"

Just some random thoughts:





I-I-I-I-I love this record. I had no idea it was that popular/well regarded in some circles. Good.




Another favorite of mine. It's so different from most indie stuff, though...I wonder if it's the best choice to represent them. But I'm happy if it is. Great version of what was already a great song.

It's also interesting to me that there's a distinct crossover with what I would consider "power pop"--the above two bands, Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub, and so on. But there are a lot of things that fit one category but not the other.




Missing a y there.

Some other stuff that could be here, especially if you do an honorable mentions section:

The Primitives - Crash
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
The Beautiful Soul - You Keep It All In
The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
Aztec Camera - Oblivious

Good job, Avery.
I agree with Piper about the other songs, especially "Pumped Up Kicks".

Personally, I consider Lee Remick to be the first ever indie pop song and probably the first ever indie rock song in general. I know me and Piper disagree on this but I always see the Go-Betweens and Television Personalities to be the godfathers of indie rock music in general and definitely of indie pop (and I always think indie pop was the first of the subgenres of indie and that indie pop and indie music were the same thing in the very early days).



What song do you think would be a better one for consideration?



Whoops, yeah, cheers.




Cheers, Piper. Will definitely take those into consideration.

Piper's choice of "Happy Hour" probably is their other best known song, and more representative of their sound. I don't know whether "Caravan" itself had an impact on that music or not.

"Crash", BTW, is a great record and one that would probably make my Power Pop Songs list if I ever expand it.

This is another great list!

I'd add:

ORANGE JUICE - 'Felicity'
HURRAH! - 'Hip Hip' & 'The Sun Shines Here'
ORCHIDS - 'Caveman'
VERONICA FALLS - 'Bad Feeling'
JESSE GARON & DESPERADOES - 'Splashing Along'
CHILLS - 'I Love My Leather Jacket'
CHEFS - '24 Hours'
DENTISTS - 'Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (It's Wintertime)'
CLOUDS - 'Get Out Of My Dream'
PRIMAL SCREAM - 'It Happens'
TEENAGE FANCLUB - 'Sparky's Dream'
POPGUNS - 'Waiting For The Winter'
PRIMITIVES - 'Really Stupid'
SHOP ASSISTANTS - 'Safety Net'
WILD SWANS - 'The Revolutionary Spirit'
JUNE BRIDES - 'Comfort'
DARLING BUDS - 'Shame'
BATS - 'Sighting The Sound'
WEDDING PRESENT - 'My Favourite Dress'
MONOCHROME SET - 'Jet Set Junta'
FANTASTIC SOMETHING - 'If She Doesn't Smile...'

That takes me back, just because I had a friend in college who used to buy tons of indie pop/power pop/twee/related stuff, and made awesome mixtapes, one of which had this as its title track. Haven't heard this song in ages, have to see if I can find it.

'Splashing Along' is on YouTube because I posted it on Facebook from there a few weeks back. In physical form it is on the 'Rough Trade Shops Indie Pop 1' 2xCD

I also forgot:

MCCARTHY - 'Red Sleeping Beauty'
FRANKIE ROSE & OUTS - 'That's What People Told Me'
BRIGHTER - 'Poppy Day'
ZIPPER - 'Goodbye'
THE SCHOOL - 'I Want You Back'
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - 'Everything With You'
LUSH - 'Single Girl'

Thanks for all these suggestions. Is a great help, thanks.

No problem I shall try & keep them coming!

Good stuff. What are your personal favourite indie pop artists/songs/albums, rich?