B sides that were better than the A side

[borolad259]

I have a few in mind. The Slits "Heard It Through The Grapevine" of course. But the kings of the B side were the Wildhearts, who were so adep at releasing killer B sides that there's a whole albm of them: "Coupled With".
But this B side is probably my favourite ever. A throw away song about listening to your favourite bands. A fans favourite to the day.

Points for recognising the references.

 

[Jollyroger]

Rolling Stones ” You can’t always get what you want”, b side “Honky tonk woman“.
Slight misnomer as a few songs at that time were classed as double A sides. Penny Lane /Strawberry Fields springs to mind.The most popular side would be played by DJs, so the other side became the “b”side.

 

[alanmoodysdog]

Situation (B side of Only You - Yazoo)
Suffragette City (B side of Starman - Bowie)

For very better B side there were 1000 filler tracks ... Jam, Bowie and Pistols turned out great b sides . Ruts B side to Rude Boys was exceptional -

 

[alanmoodysdog]

This was a B side Thin Lizzy Half-Caste - love the mellow reggae groove

 

[alanmoodysdog]

Pistols Did you No Wrong - not better than A side but worth a listen

 

[HarryVegas]

Quite unbelievably, these were both on the b side of the 1975 version of Space Oddity...

 

[HarryVegas]

...this too...

 

[bear66]

The Rutles - Cheese and Onions