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What, in your opinion, is a great B-side (of a 7 inch vinyl record)?

Asked by rebbel (35553points) July 12th, 2013

I was watching a documentary on 7 inch records this evening, and “the b-sides” were also discussed in it.
That made me think what, from my small collection of singles, was the best b-side that I have.
The b-side of The Cult’s Love Removal Machine must be it: Wolf Child’s Blues it’s called.
What, for you, is the best/a great “other side” of a single that you have/had?

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SadieMartinPaul's avatar

The Beatles:

“I Saw Her Standing There” was the B-side of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”

“If I Fell” was the B-side of “And I Love Her”

“Strawberry Fields Forever” was the B-side of “Penny Lane”

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was the B-side of “Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da” (that most exquisite George Harrison song shouldn’t have had second billing to anything)

glacial's avatar

This is one of those painful questions that makes you wish you had better musical experiences as a youth… lots of recognizable B-sides I wish I could claim were in my house, but these are a couple that I did have that I can think of off the top of my head. And yeah, I think I played the B-sides as often as the singles. :)

Anyone for Tennis?
New Religion

I could have sworn we had a Police single or two kicking around, but I don’t recognize any of the tracks listed online as B-sides. We had piles of them, but they would tend to be played either (a) over and over and over when the single came out, or (b) a rainy afternoon of B-sides, just going through the stacks and mostly saying, “wow, this is really weird and/or terrible and/or cool, let’s play that again”.

Brian1946's avatar

Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix, which is the B-side of “Somewhere”.

The Wind Cries Mary, which is the b-side of “Purple Haze”.

Brian1946's avatar

I’ll Be Around by the Spinners, which is the b-side of “How Could I Let You Get Away”.

Unchained Melody by Bobby Hatfield: b-side to “Hung On You”.

Roadhouse Blues by the Doors: beside “You Make Me Real”.

marinelife's avatar

@Brian1946 Excellent choice of Unchained Melody.

Queen We Will Rock You was the B side of We Are the Champions.

Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs.

SadieMartinPaul's avatar

Jelly friends – Does anyone still have 45 rpm’s in those little, square boxes with carrying handles on top? I do!

Bellatrix's avatar

One of my favourite songs – God Only Knows by the Beach Boys was the B-side to Wouldn’t it be nice which now always makes me think of Cadbury chocolate. The power of advertising.

Ruby Tuesday was the B-Side to Let’s spend the night together (with a glimpse of Jimmy Savile at the start – ick).

For the Fluther poms….The Magic Roundabout as the B Side to Funky Moped.

Carrot’s cheeky version of The Magic Roundabout was a spoof based on the original BBC children’s programme. It shows the power of banning a record. The B side was banned by the BBC and so Funky Moped reached the top five of the music charts.

cookieman's avatar

Another Lonely Christmas was the B-Side to I Would Die 4 U, from Purple Rain by Prince.

Amazing songs – both of them.

filmfann's avatar

The Beatle’s Revolution was a B side of Hey Jude.

Steam’s Na Na Hey Hey Tell Him Goodbye was an attempt to make a crappy B side for their A side cut. Oops.

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