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Obvious double a-sides where both sides were equally popular don't count. Tracks from recent CD Singles/EPs do though:

1. Depeche Mode: Fools
2. The Beatles: Rain
3. The Beatles: I Am The Walrus
4. Depeche Mode: Dangerous
5. Pet Shop Boys: Miserablism
6. Erasure: When I Needed You
7. Depeche Mode: But Not Tonight
8. Oasis: The Masterplan
9. The Beatles: Thank You Girl
10.Rolling Stones: Child Of The Moon

I am sure there are lots of great tracks I have forgotten, so it may be interesting to see other people's lists. These are all great though. :)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 16 January 2006 20:05 (twenty years ago)

Erasure - "She Won't Be Home"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 16 January 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Bruce Springsteen: Johnny Bye Bye
Bruce Springsteen: Be True

REM: Maps and Legends (acoustic)

U2: Luminous Times

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 16 January 2006 20:56 (twenty years ago)

1. Bob Dylan - "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live)" (B-Side to "I Want You")
2. Belle and Sebastian - "Your Cover's Blown" (B-Side to "Wrapped Up in Books")
3. Talk Talk - "John Cope" (B-Side to "I Believe in You")
4. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherry" (B-Side to "1979")
5. Dion - "Daddy Rollin'" (B-Side to "Abraham, Martin, and John")
6. Prince - "Erotic City" (B-Side to "Let's Go Crazy")
7. LCD Soundsystem - "Beat Connection" (B-Side to "Losing My Edge")
8. The Beastie Boys - "Some Dumb Cop Gave My Two Tickets Already" (B-Side to "Shadrach")
9. R.E.M. - "Voice of Harold" (B-Side to "So. Central Rain")
10. Led Zeppelin - "Hey Hey What Can I Do?" (B-Side to "The Immigrant Song")

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 16 January 2006 21:22 (twenty years ago)

erotic city obvs OTM

― titty sanskrit (sanskrit), Monday, 16 January 2006 22:11 (twenty years ago)

This thread has nothing to do with Non.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Monday, 16 January 2006 22:35 (twenty years ago)

Oh shit! I forgot "Into the Groove"! Get "Hey Hey What Can I Do" right the hell outta there!!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 16 January 2006 23:14 (twenty years ago)

Marigold is a pretty cool Nirvana song. I believe it was a b-side to Heart Shaped Box.

― Harrison Barr (Petar), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 01:17 (twenty years ago)

Ooh, "Child of the Moon" rules. Also: "Who's Driving Your Plane." "Voice of Harold" is awesome. Those Beatles cuts are some of their very best things. And:

"Dogs Part Two," The Who
"Irresistible Bitch," Prince
"Camera," Pavement
"My Song," Aretha Franklin
"My Generation," Patti Smith Group
"Endless Sleep," Nick Lowe (on an EP in England, but a 45 B-side in the States)
"Big Tears," Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"Raw Ramp," T. Rex
"You're My Favorite Waste of Time" and "Somebody Like You," Marshall Crenshaw
"Crystal Japan" and that 1979 version of "Space Oddity," David Bowie
"Let It Bleed," Caetano Veloso

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 03:00 (twenty years ago)

Obvious double a-sides where both sides were equally popular don't count.

I dunno. Certain bands did equally consistent B-sides where they became popular only semi-inadvertently - unlike those "double A-side" reissue 45s.

I think of "Dear God" / "Grass" by XTC.
Virtually every Smiths single known to man.
Elvis Costello had a long streak of fantastic flips (including "Peace Love and Understanding" being the B-side of Nick Lowe's "American Squirm," if memory serves)

Placebo and Siouxsie both have marvellously experimental B-sides that, in some cases, outstrip their A-side equivalents for sheer interesting/expansive listening, if not necessarily top-shelf longevity. People say the same of Blur, but I was never a big fan, so...

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

Ride: Grasshopper
Oasis: Acquiesce
Belle and Sebastian: Slow Graffiti
Beatles: I Am the Walrus
Buzzcocks: Why Can't I Touch It?

Other five later I guess.

― Cunga (Cunga), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 08:42 (twenty years ago)

Adorable: "A to Fade In". Best thing they ever did. I dont think I can even remember what the A side was!

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 08:44 (twenty years ago)

1989 was such a good year for the (stone) roses. brilliant b-sides included Mersey Paradise, Standing Here, Where Angels Play and What the World is Waiting For.

― dr x o'skeleton, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 09:58 (twenty years ago)

I love b-sides.

500 Greatest Non-Album B-Sides

B-Sides that should have been A-Sides

The best b-sides band in the world --evah!

Search & Destroy - B-Sides compilations

B-sides - Classic or Dud?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 10:16 (twenty years ago)

I love me some B-sides (2000+ only):

Super Furry Animals – Patience
Belle & Sebastian – I Love My Car
Mansun – Promises
Death Cab for Cutie – Song for Kelly Huckaby
Bright Eyes – Messenger Bird Song
Okkervil River – Last Love Song For Now
The Fiery Furnaces – Single Again
JJ72 – Earthy Delights
Elbow – Vum Garda
Paperlung (featuring Sice) – These Are the Days (demo)

― BeeOK (boo radley), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 10:51 (twenty years ago)

I think of "Dear God" / "Grass" by XTC.

However, "Dear God" did eventually become an a-side anyway, and thus is not valid in this thread.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

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