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Originally posted by The Tower
This doesn't seem to be a subjective answer to the question.
"Dreams" was the ONLY #1 single ever attained by FM. So, that would make it the "Best Mac Single". Unless you were accounting for taste.....
If so..... "Gypsy" has to be about the greatest pop song ever written, in my opinion. "Sara" should've been, but it wasn't.
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"Owner Of A Lonely Heart" was Yes's only #1 single. But you also got to remember that not only is that song one of the weakest on the 90125 album, but it's not representative of what Yes is really about. Not in the least. People remember Yes for "Heart Of The Sunrise" and "Close To The Edge." Many fans consider "Owner" to be the lucky fluke they had along the way so chart placement has absolutely nothing to do with it. Any Yes fan would take the lower placing "Roundabout" or "Wondrous Stories" as best Yes singles ANY day.
"Think About Me" was a stinker compared to "Dreams" if we're going by chart placement for greatest, yet I prefer "Think About Me" by a huge margin. So once again, it's a matter of taste more than chart placement and units sold. I think I read somewhere that although "Dreams" was the highest charting, "Hold Me" actually sold more anyways. I could be wrong there though I'm really not sure.
As far as "Silver Springs" I might have to say that would be very close to "Hold Me" or better if it were actually a single. Why that song was a B-side is beyond me and I'm guessing pretty much everybody else too. How in the hell did that get swept aside for "I Don't Want To Know?" They must have been doing way more coke than what was reported. Unless it was for a good reason I don't know about. Anyone care to fill me in? I'm basically a Mac newbie.
And Seven Wonders was a single, with Book Of Miracles as the B-side in the US and UK. I hear lots of good things about Seven Wonders, and I'm really tempted to buy Tango In The Night as I also love the deliciously cheesy 80s gloss of "Isn't It Midnight" along with the familar singles, but I've never heard Seven Wonders. I'm also really curious to hear the song where Stevie sounds like she's croaking a bunch of paranoid garbage.
