Chi ben comincia è a metà dell’opera e questo vale anche nel mondo della musica. Un ottimo singolo di debutto può lanciare la carriera di un artista e farlo arrivare ai piani alti di qualsiasi classifica. Per questo motivo Rolling Stone USA ha deciso di analizzare i primi singoli dei più famosi cantanti e stilare la classifica dei 100 debutti più belli.
In questa lista troviamo molte delle nostre regine del pop, da Madonna con Everybody e Rihanna con Pon De Replay, fino a Lana Del Rey con Video Games. Al primo posto però c’è Britney Spears con Baby One More Time e non posso che essere d’accordo con questa posizione e non solo perché questo pezzo ha segnato la mia infanzia. Questo brano e il suo video musicale sono davvero iconici, hanno fatto la storia del pop come pochi altri e al momento non mi viene in mente un singolo di debutto che meriti di più questa posizione.
Quel pasticcino della Spears ha anche ringraziato Rolling Stone.
Mi spiace invece non trovare nella classifica Crazy in Love di Beyonce, Genie in a Bottle, ma soprattutto A Thousand Miles di Vanessa Carlton.
1. Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time
2. The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
3. The S*x Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K.
4. Run-DMC – Sucker M.C.’s/It’s Like That
5. Chuck Berry – Maybellene
6. R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe
7. Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times
8. Elvis Presley – That’s All Right
9. The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
10. The Smiths – Hand in Glove
11. Taylor Swift – Tim McGraw
12. Lil Nas X – Old Town Road
13. The Clash – Whit Riot
14. Kanye West – Through the Wire
15. The B-52s – Rock Lobster
16. Radiohead – Creep
17. Outkast – Player’s Ball
18. The Box Tops – The Letter
19. Depeche Mode – Dreaming of Me
20. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
21. The Beatles – Love Me Do
22. Otis Redding – These Arms of Mine
23. Buddy Holly and the Crickets – That’ll Be the Day
24. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
25. Credence Clearwater Revival – Suzie Q
26. New Order – Ceremony
27. Oasis – Supersonic
28. The Doors – Break on Through (to the Other Side)
29. Lorde – Royals
30. Chic – Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
31. Prince – Soft and Wet
32. The Go-Go’s – Our Lips Are Sealed
33. Pearl Jam – Alive
34. D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
35. Frank Ocean – Novacane
36. The Eagles – Take It Easy
37. Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
38. One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
39. Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown
40. Blondie – X Offender
41. Joy Division – Digital
42. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Hey Joe
43. Madonna – Everybody
44. The Replacements – I’m in Trouble” / “If Only You Were Lonely
45. LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
46. X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
47. Eric B and Rakim – Eric B Is President
48. Patti Smith – Hey Joe / Piss Factory
49. LL Cool J – I Need a Beat
50. The Knack – My Sharona
51. Aaliyah – Back and Forth
52. Booker T and the MGs – Green Onions
53. Alicia Keys – Fallin’
54. The Monkees – Last Train to Clarksville
55. Boston – More Than a Feeling
56. Hanson – MMMBop
57. Spoonie Gee – Spoonin’ Rap
58. Metallica – Whiplash
59. Television – Little Johnny Jewel
60. Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
61. De La Soul – Plug Tunin’
62. Aerosmith – Dream On
63. Lana Del Rey – Video Games
64. Mission of Burma – Academy Fight Song
65. Maren Morris – My Church
66. Billie Eilish – Ocean Eyes
67. Gang of Four – Damaged Goods
68. A Tribe Called Quest – Description of a Fool
69. Boogie Down Productions – South Bronx
70. The Grateful Dead – Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
71. Nas – Halftime
72. Pere Ubu – Heart of Darkness
73. Pylon – Cool
74. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
75. Toto – Hold the Line
76. Sade – Your Love Is King
77. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
78. Rihanna – Pon de Replay
79. Archers of Loaf – Web in Front
80. New Edition – Candy Girl
81. M.I.A. – Galang
82. Mudhoney – Touch Me I’m Sick
83. The Raincoats – Fairytale in the Supermarket
84. Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes
85. Weezer – Undone — The Sweater Song
86. Public Image Ltd. – Public Image
87. Duran Duran – Planet Earth
88. Pink Floyd – Arnold Layne
89. Destiny’s Child – No No No
90. The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
91. Roxanne Shanté – Roxanne’s Revenge
92. Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
93. Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
94. Dinosaur Jr. – Repulsion
95. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
96. Alabama Shakes – Hold On
97. The New Pornographers – Letter From an Occupant
98. Kesha – Tik Tok
99. The Zombies – She’s Not There
100. Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart