re: What do you feel is the most perfectly crafted song of the rock era?

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I'd ask what you think the criteria are? Is it the songwriting itself, the production, the performance or a combination of all three?

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A combination of all three was my intent when starting this thread. My pick of "Head Over Heels," for instance, is excellent just as a song, but the quality of the recording, plus all of the little instrumental flourishes and layers that they added into the finished product, turn it into something really special.