Whilst digesting the Guardian's history of pop, and listening to their playlist, I decided to make a totally subjective and by no means definitive pop playlist, to try to get my head around what pop is for me.

Try as I might, I can't quite put into words what pop is and isn't - in much the same why I can't explain why I love some ambient music and find a lot of it really boring. Pop's contrary heart doesn't need to be explained and whatever it is that beats at the epicentre of universal songs, just, like, is. Yet, attempting to explain why some melodies haunt me more than others or grasping a greater understanding of why music does 'this' to me, is the quest which fed my appetite and led me to where I find myself today, sitting at a computer, 'working' for a music website I sort of started (it really wasn't hard to convince people to get involved).

Anyway, here's a playlist I made myself (and if anyone else likes it, it's a bonus) and was wondering what would feature on your perfect pop playlist? Maybe we should try to see if there's enough agreement to do some sort of 'definitive' DiS pop playlist...

http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/7F8y2WOOYFtGaGjUvUeBIP
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/a-history-of-pop-music

My first draft 50-song tracklisting (likely to change, and grow)

Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time
Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
Michael Jackson – Beat It
Billy Joel – We Didn't Start The Fire
Prince – Little Red Corvette
Phoenix – Too Young
Phil Collins – Sussudio
Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
OutKast – Hey Ya!
Destiny's Child – Bootylicious
Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
The Pretenders – Don't Get Me Wrong
Madonna – Material Girl
The Police – Message In A Bottle
The Cure – The Lovecats
Jackson 5 – ABC
Public Enemy – Welcome To The Terrordome
Dr. Dre – Still D.R.E. - Explicit Version
Eminem – Lose Yourself
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
Slipknot – Wait And Bleed
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Blur – Song 2
Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Iggy Pop – The Passenger
Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child O' Mine
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
Carole King – I Feel The Earth Move
Faith No More – Easy
Ben Folds – Annie Waits
Justin Timberlake – Señorita
Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills
TLC – Creep
Aaliyah – Try Again
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For?
Kelis – Acapella
Lionel Richie – Dancing On The Ceiling
Blondie – Heart Of Glass
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
David Bowie – Heroes
Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side
R.E.M. – It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Kim Wilde – Kids In America
The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World

What's it missing? What shouldn't be on there? Just what IS pop music, to you...?