Brian Eno - "King's Lead Hat"
'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Bruce Springsteen's Spirit in the Night, which I am oddly fond of.
"Soulfinger"... I want to say by the Bar-Kays, but that's not right.
"We Got the Beat" by the Go-Go's.
"Let's Go" by the Routers. Which was a great almost-instrumental until it was used in a car rental company's commercial.
Brian Eno - "King's Lead Hat"
Ooh - love that song.
Pro'lly everyone knows this, but "King's Lead Hat" is an anagram for "Talking Heads." This was when Eno was almost a fifth member of the band.
Tenderness - General Public (though I think they might be synthesized)
Hand-claps are often the tipping point at which I'll lose it for a giddy pop song. For example, The Wannadies - Friends
Not really a hand clap, but more of a knee clap. Hello Saferide -The Quiz