The document discusses some of the most famous songs ever, including "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega, "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor, "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga, "SOS" by ABBA, "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, "I Will Always Love You" originally by Dolly Parton and famously covered by Whitney Houston, "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith. The document was presented by ThanosD and JohnD in January 2016 and provides brief summaries

1. THE MOST FAMOUS SONGS
EVER
Presented by
ThanosD and JohnD
January 2016

3. SPICE GIRLS: WANNABE
• The Spice Girls are an English
pop girl group formed in 1994.
The group consists of
Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice"),
Melanie Chisholm ("Sporty
Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby
Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger
Spice"), and Victoria Beckham,
née Adams ("Posh Spice"). They
were signed toVirgin Records
and released their debut single "
Wannabe" in 1996, which hit
number one in 37 countries[1][2]
and established them as a global
phenomenon. Their debut
album Spice sold more than 30
million copies worldwide,
becoming the best-selling album
by a female group in history.

4. • Lou Bega (born David Lubega on 13 April 1975) is a German mambo musician of
Italian and Ugandan descent. He is most famous for "Mambo No. 5", his 1999
remake of the Pérez Prado instrumental from 1949. Bega added his own words to
the song and sampled the original version extensively. Bega's musical signature
consists of combining musical elements of the 1940s and 1950s with modern beats
and grooves.

6. SURVIVOR: EYE OF THE TIGER
• "Eye of the Tiger" is a song by American rock
band Survivor. It was released on May 29, 1982
as a single from their third album
Eye of the Tigerand was also the theme song for
the film Rocky III, which was released a day
before the single. The song was written by
Survivor guitaristFrankie Sullivan and
keyboardist Jim Peterik and was done so at the
request of Rocky III star, writer, and director
Sylvester Stallone,

7. LADY GAGA-JUST DANCE

8. • "Just Dance" is the debut single by American
recording artist Lady Gaga. The song was
produced by Red One and co-written by Red
One, Gaga and Akon, while also featuring
labelmate Colby O'Donis. It was released in
2008 as the lead single from Gaga's debut studio
album, The Fame. The song was written by Gaga
in ten minutes as "a happy record". "Just Dance"
also has influences of R&B and lyrically speaks
about being intoxicated at a club.

9. ABBA (stylised ᗅᗅᗅ
ᗅ) were a Swedish
pop group formed in
Stockholm in 1972.
ABBA was the first
group to come from a
non-English-
speaking country to
enjoy consistent
success in the charts
of English-speaking
countries, including
the UK, Ireland, the
U.S., Canada,
Australia,
New Zealand, and
South Africa. The
song SOS is one of
the most famous
song in the world.

10. Oh, Pretty Woman" is a
song by Roy Orbison, written
by himself and Bill Dees. It
was released as a single in
August 1964 on
Monument Records and
spent three weeks at number
one on the Billboard Hot 100
– the second single by
Orbison to top the US charts.
It was also Orbison's third
single to top the
UK Singles Chart .The record
ultimately sold seven million
copies and marked the high
point in Orbison's career.

11. "Beat It" is a song written and performed by American singer
Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones (with co-production by
Jackson). It is the third single from the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller
(1982). Eddie Van Halen played the song's distinctive overdriven guitar
solo. While Van Halen was prevented by his record label from appearing in
the music video, he did appear on stage with Jackson in Dallas during the
Jackson brothers "Victory Tour”.
Michael Jackson-Beat it

12. Whitney Houston

13. Whitney Houston
I will always love you
"I Will Always Love You" is a song written,
composed, and originally recorded by American
singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. The country track
was released on June 6, 1974 as the second
single from Parton's thirteenth solo studio album,
Jolene (1974). The singer wrote the song, which
was recorded on June 13, 1973, for her one-time
partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, from whom
she was professionally splitting at the time.

14. Don't You Want Me
"Don't You Want Me" is a single by British group The Human League, released on
27 November 1981 as the fourth single from their third studio album Dare (1981).
It is the band's best known and most commercially successful recording and was
the 1981 Christmas number one in the UK, where it has since sold over 1,560,000
copies, making it the 23rd most successful single in UK Singles Chart history. It
later topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on 3 July 1982 where it stayed for three
weeks. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 7th
favourite 80s number one in a poll for ITV.

15. Aerosmith
"I Don't Want to Miss a
Thing" is a ballad performed
by American hard
rock band Aerosmith for the
1998 film Armageddon.
Written by Diane Warren,
the song debuted at number
one on the
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . It is
one of three songs
performed by the band for
the film, the other two being
"What Kind of Love Are You
On" and "Sweet Emotion."
The song stayed at number
one for four weeks . The
song also stayed at number
1 for several weeks in
several other countries.

16. THE MOST FAMOUS SONGS
EVER
Presented by
ThanosD & JohnD
January 2016