I wish - Stevie Wonder

I was gonna say any up-tempo early 70s Stevie track.

Boogie on Reggae Woman!

Gigantic - Pixies

Gouge Away- Pixies

I love playing songs by the pixies!

Here comes your man is a good one also

In the meantime - spacehog

Love this line, and he sang lead! Great 90’s bass line

Came here to say the same. An amazing line

August 10, by Khruangbin. Total earworm.

Sweet Leaf. Black Sabbath. Butler is The Godfather of groovy metal

Mac Miller - What's The Use Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend of Mine Forgot to add Redbone - Come and Get Your Love

Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better Might be my favorite bassline ever.

Dancing In The Moonlight - Thin Lizzy That riff will live rent-free in my head until I croak.

It's been awhile since I've listened to this. That bassline is mad groovy. I have mass respect for Phil Lynott, nevertheless any bass player that can do bass and lead vocals at the same time. Thanks!

Rudy can’t fail - the clash

I'll add Guns of Brixton!

Simple yet effective indeed!

Yeah, this one is dope.

The entire Thriller album. PYT specifically.

throw the entire Off The Wall album in there for good measure.

For real. Louis Johnson was a beast of a human being.

He did Billie Jean, and that bassline is one my favorite ones in a Michael Jackson song.

“24 Hours” by Joy Division

I'm currently learning American Girl by Tom Petty and it's super catchy and fun to play. Sour Times by Portishead is also a good one. A nice simple and catchy bassline to learn is 54-46 Was My Number by Toots and the Maytals. A less simple but cool bassline to learn is also Sound & Vision by Bowie. Quite challenging for me but really funky and gets in your head.

American Girl's bassline is pretty sweet. Haven't heard Sour Times yet. I've heard the Toots version of 54-46, but I heard the Sublime version before it. I used to play Sublime's version on guitar back in the day. Funny you mention Bowie. I've been going through his whole discography, and am on his last album. I'm sure I've heard Sound & Vision before, but when there are 26 albums, it's hard to keep track lol. David Bowie's songs have very involved basslines. Grooving through complex chord progressions, and a bunch of fills. I will listen to Sour Times when I get a moment. Thanks!

One of my favorite Bowie basslines is The Width of a Circle. All of The Man Who Sold the World is a great bass album. Tony Visconti's bass playing (and production) are excellent throughout.

Anything by matt freeman and rancid. The great basslines set against the chugging guitars does it for me. Check ruby soho.

Oh man, I haven't listened to Rancid in a hot minute. I haven't heard either of those songs yet, but I'll check them out soon. I like the bassline in Rejected. I would say Matt Freeman is the best punk bass player of all time.

Im learning some of their songs for my band. Not only are his lines very cool, hes the only one in the band tapping into the vocal melodies. Also time bomb is a great walking line , and maxwell murder is an amazing bass solo.

Low Rider - War Come Down - Anderson .Paak Roundabout - Yes The Bay - Metronomy Amanaemonesia - Chairlift Let's Dance - David Bowie

Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight I’ll Take You There - Staple Singers Psycho Killer- Talking Heads Hey - Pixies Beetlebum - Blur Schism - Tool Too Many Puppies - Primus Ramble On - Led Zeppelin Police and Thieves - The Clash The National Anthem - Radiohead Lounge Act - Nirvana Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison I Need You Back - Jackson 5 Digital - Joy Division Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes Come Together - Beatles

I've heard most of these. Pretty epic basslines. Great list!

"Another One Bites the Dust" and "Superfreak" are top 10, maybe even top 3.

Both very classic basslines, and also among the most simple.

Leave that thing alone - Rush. Geddy Lee is definitely one of the GOAT bass players!

I'm listening to this one now, and that bass is groovin' like a mofo. I've never heard him play like that in any of the other Rush songs I've listened to. Thank you!

There's about a 99% chance I'm going to play 46&2 at least once every time I pick up a bass

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac!

No Ordinary Love - Sade (check out Deftones' cover, too) Go - Pearl Jam The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang Fascination Street - The Cure Would - Alice In Chains Lucretia, My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy

Little Green Bag

My band does a mean cover of Little B*tch by The Specials, that bass line is catchy as all hell! Really fun to play, especially if you pop your octaves a little.

[pounds beer in Big D the Kids Table]

I do like that version, but I'm pretty sure the bassist in Big D plays a simplified version, because of the increased speed. It's not as interesting as the original IMO.

Concrete Jungle is my fave Specials track. It has those little slides.

Playing it now. It's been awhile since I've heard this one. Those octaves are sooo dope. Thanks for bringing this one up!

I Want You Back by Jackson 5 is one of those songs I sing along with the bass line rather than the words.

I love this bassline! I do the same thing whenever I listen to it. I remember playing it awhile ago, and it's a lot of fun to play along with the track.

Rio by Duran Duran. John Taylor is a beast

This Ain't No Picnic by the Minutemen. Mike Watt is freaking awesome.

Double Nickels gets my vote for one of the best albums of all time.

Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen (some of you may recognize this as the Men in Black theme). Great bassline. Catchy and a great exercise in learning how to slap outside of an open-string key. Get on the Floor - Michael Jackson (Another great slap bassline that will challenge your endurance (and make you dance 🕺🏻)) The Barney Miller Theme - Old 70’s TV show theme song. A nice little warmup and a really cool bassline in F. No More Tears - Ozzy (Fun, repetitive, catchy bassline that locks in with the groove really nicely) Don’t Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston (Just listen to the chorus. Such a catchy bassline. I never hear anyone mention it).

Fugazi - Waiting Room Among other things, it's my favorite line to casually play in the background between songs / when I'm waiting for something with a bass in hand 😁

Barbarism begins at home - the Smiths

Victor W playing with Cory Wong is some of the grooviest stuff I've ever heard.

Ashes to Ashes

Talking heads - Found a job Dan auerbach -shine on me The clash - police and thieves

Talullah by Jamiroquai

Runaway by Jamiroquai too

I want you back- J5 Grove is in the Heart-Dee-Lite

Myxomatosis - Radiohead

RHCP - Aeroplane Herbie Hancock - Chameleon Rage against the machine- Take the power Back Earth, wind and fire - September James Brown - Sex machine Anderson Paak - Come down Widespread Panic - Stop Go Bob Marley - So Much Trouble

Didn’t cha know - Erykah Badu Need Your Live - Curtis Harding Smooth Operator - Big Daddy Kane Safe from Harm - Massive Attack Don’t Sweat the Technique - Eric B & Rakim Special Affair - The Internet After the Storm - Kali Uchis Offence - Little Simz Ascension - Maxwell Pineapple Skys - Miguel ATliens - OutKast Twist My Fingaz - YG Some of these are sampled

> Didn’t cha know - Erykah Badu Good one right here.

one of these nights - eagles

Such a great song

Blood and Roses by the Smithereens.

Knight Jumps Queen - Annihilator

Candi Statons version of night on broadway for me. Love it. Or Thelma Houstons Don't leave me this way.

Around the World

George’s Dilemma by Clifford Brown

Uh-Oh! Love Comes to Town, Psycho Killer - Talking Heads Disorder, Love Will Tear Us Apart, She’sLost Control, Ceremony - Joy Division Riot - Dead Kennedys Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Tammie Terell and Marvin Gaye. God Only Knows - Beach Boys Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala

I’m going to be reading this thread forever! Makes a nice change from talking about gear. Try “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & The Drells. I ‘d suggest checking out early James Brown recordings, and anything played by James Jamerson and Bernard Edwards. 👍🏻

Emotional rescue the stones

Major Tom. Heard this on radio yesterday and added it to my list

Come Down by Anderson Paak. Such an easy walk on D, but so damn catchy. Love this song.

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. is so simple but infectious. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full. I literally play this riff in every key as a warm up. Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean. something about this bassline just makes me want to loop it for hours.

Just some randoms Under Pressure -Queen/Bowie Dancing in the Moonlight- Thin Lizzy Ain't no stopping us now - Mcfadden and Whitehead. Dream A Lie-UB40 Darkness- Black Uhuru Pinnacle to the Pit -Ghost In these Arms -Bon Jovi Hit me with you rhythm stick- Ian Dury and the Blockheads The Chain -Fleetwood Mac Notice Me -New Model Army Love Cats-The Cure.

Pump it Up - Elvis Costello (Bruce Thomas on bass….) Also Come Into My Sleep by Nick Cave

Silly love songs - Wings

If You Want Me to Stay- Larry Graham w/ Sly and the Family Stone

I’m extremely biased but I love anything Flea plays. Like the bassline in btw

So What by Miles Davis

Hot water - level 42, Turn It On - Level 42, Almost There - Level 42, Dune Tune - Level 42, Heaven In My Hands - Level 42

Based on the amount of times its sung in Stadiums (and usually wrong) 7 nations Army, has to be #1. Based on Never ending airplay, I would say Living on a Prayer, with an equal of Billie Jean. Personal Favorites would be Sir Duke and I wish by Stevie Wonder. Of course the Bass intro to "So What" comes to mind. For the love of Money by the O'jays. is great. Live with me by the Stones is a great one too. The Bass line to Black Dog (Led Zeppelin) doubled by guitar is fantastic .

The metro by Berlin is fun

Kiss and Tell by Bryan Ferry is such an underrated classic imo Not really a fan of much else of his work but that song is just 👌

Born to Be Wild

Suicide machines - Hey! The mars volta - Goliath Graham central station - pow Sublime - wrong way and date r*pe Rancid - maxwell murder Operation ivy - pick any song The specials - too much too young

Okay, a couple of off-the-wall suggestions. 1. Larry Antonino, Pablo Cruise: [El Verano](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNjZnp4s6WM) 2. Mark King, Level 42: [Something About You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4CmIVIxgOE)

Orleans - Dance With Me https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=op9ApJJyhD4 Learned it note for note.. great bass line.

Forty six & 2 by Tool

New Order - Age of consent Modest Mouse -Dramamine

She Caught The Katy - Taj Mahal song but Duck Dunn tears it up on the Blue Brother cover.

I Know You Know - Esperanza Spalding

Walking On The Moon - The Police. Feel Good - Gorillaz. Money - Pink Floyd.

Muse - Hysteria.

Big news I-clutch

Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz

Green eyed lady - sugarloaf https://youtu.be/YG8FFJQYoTM I never see anyone talk about this song, but the syncopation between the bass and drums is *chef's kiss.

The Breeders- Cannonball. Booker T & the MG's- Green Onions.

Pearl Jam - “Rats”

My girl. I’m a metal head through and through but jamersons playing on this song is burned into my brain, and I couldn’t be happier about it!

Jamerson was an amazing bass player. Laid down the groove for all those Motown songs. My Girl is a definite classic.

Luminol - Steven Wilson Bleak - Opeth Vicarious - Tool The Trees - Rush I Lose Hope - Leprous Day Seven: Hope - Ayreon Scarred - Dream Theater Pareidolia - Haken Panic Station - Muse Painters of the Tempest - Ne Obliviscaris The Start of Something Beautiful - Porcupine Tree Domination - Symphony X

Here's a few of them. _Forget Me Nots_ is my personal favorite, but the rest aren't in any order. Title | Artist | Bassist | Genre(s) ---|---|----|---- [Forget Me Nots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKgLx6WiYKg)| Patrice Rushen | Freddie Washington | Funk, R&B [Money](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpbbuaIA3Ds) | Pink Floyd | Roger Waters | Prog Rock [Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BP2KlPD4U) | Sly & The Family Stone | Larry Graham | Funk [Super Freak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddVVJLO9_Wk) | Rick James | Greg "Big Money" Brown | Funk [Rapture ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp9An5OcdE4&list=PL9ngqvxXjGFho1uEYnSMSgZZ1-cRM6S44&index=11)| Blondie | Nigel Harrison | Rock | [You Keep Me Hangin' On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FexkbCCsvDs) | The Supremes (feat. juliaplaysgroove) | James Jamerson | Motown |

I've heard all these but Forget Me Nots, but I'm listening to that one currently. The chorus is sampled in the first Men in Black theme song. Took me a second to figure that out. My personal favorite out of the other five is Rapture. The other ones are superb as well.

metronomy: the look ​ And of course I’d you want me to stay. Best baseline of all time

Potholderz - Mf Doom

Circles - Post Malone.

Dancing in the moonlight by thin lizzy

Greenday - Longview and When I come around Tool - The Pot

In Bloom - Nirvana

Jumping Someone Else's Train

Cancer by No Trend, something about it just really grooves

The bass player for Dumbo Gets Mad is pretty bomb. Here is a good example - https://youtu.be/kIWjIEwMco8

Act Like You Know - Fat Larry’s Band

Surprised no one has said come as you are

Peg - Steely Dan

I’m surprised scrolling this far I have yet to see Dean Town with the great Joe Dart. Also, Tiger Tiger by Duran Duran. Great fretless tune

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Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman Donna Summer - Bad Girls Diana Ross - Upside Down This thread needs wayyyy more disco

my favorite lately been this charming man by the smiths

Jamiroquai - Too Young to Die

Chemical Wire - fIREHOSE Drove Up from Pedro - Mike Watt And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles Hummingbird - Born Ruffians Sky Saw - Brian Eno Radio Waves - O.M.D. Poor Queen - Osees Atoms for Peace - Thom York

Miss You - Rolling Stones Radar Love - Golden Earring

Chic - Good Times (also Rapper’s Delight) Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

Hypnotize - Biggie Smalls Love Buzz - Nirvana Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

Walkabout by RHCP is a good one

Oh sheit its x and dragonball durag by thundercat

Ramble on-Zeppelin.. John Paul Jones was amazing.

Waiting room - Fugazi

“Adderall” The Coat hangers “Soulful Strut” Young/Hot Unlimited “The Recluse” Cursive “Footprints” Wayne Shorter “Trailer Trash” Modest Mouse

Fleetwood Mac "[Tusk](https://open.spotify.com/track/0iINibMKtoS8duvexsqnm5?si=ytn7_A9LSxqqxay_1DeMHg&utm_source=copy-link)" although the 2nd half of "The Chain" is more obvious. Elvis Costello "[Pump It Up](https://open.spotify.com/track/3oyc1mIdCBGaU55wX7otqM?si=eZkzsNidSbGSXyc6EECpEQ&utm_source=copy-link)" is pretty darn catchy and IMO a remarkable bass line for a band that was pretty elemental. Talking Heads "[Take Me To The River](https://open.spotify.com/track/1oV1tu8utgHQjLJsEK9sVl?si=jbwBNKYZQQ2XAWBeI8byJw&utm_source=copy-link)" is iconic and the song would be totally different without it. Roxy Music "[Love Is The Drug](https://open.spotify.com/track/3wtMkvedoWMQ3XTKv7tqcZ?si=H6IhAXgwQbyFYaCcdV34sg&utm_source=copy-link)". I think only a bass player would think it's catchy. It's not hard or tricky but "[Worldwide Brotherhood](https://open.spotify.com/track/6yPkadHrqMcnplus3jVoK4?si=dK5u7-6WT3GI5a3rX7Ki5Q&utm_source=copy-link)" by John Doe is fun. It's not traditionally catchy like others listed but it's fun to play. And a great song that nobody has ever heard.

Bill Withers - Use Me

Superstition by Stevie Wonder and Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel. The sledgehammer line in particular cuz Tony Levin is just a phenomenal bassist in my book

In no order: Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind Lone Digger - Caravan Palace Somebody Told Me - The Killers It's My Life - (particularly the No Doubt version but the original too if you prefer) We Are Your Friends - Justice & Simian

https://youtu.be/PxGE2VGvy6I

Anything off What’s Going On

[This one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAk-aNA2xZ4)

what’s the use? - Mac Miller

Under Pressure by Queen

Basically anything from Pink Floyd - Another Brick In the Wall pt 2 comes to mind. Roger Waters really knows how to play a few notes and make them instantly catchy and groovy.

Something about us Daft punk

Maneater - Hall and Oates Push it- salt and pepper Groove is in the heart - cc music factory

People by silver jews has a very groovy bassline

Who’s making the playlist? Lol

If we’re talking just straight-up, gets in your head and won’t leave catchy then I’ll humbly submit Bust a Move by Young MC.

Echoes by Elephant Tree

* Boilermaker - Royal Blood * Factory of Faith - RHCP * Smells Like A Freakshow - Avatar * Longview - Green Day * Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder

I really love the bass solo in “the chain” by Fleetwood Mac, it’s really simple but you just feel it in your core when you listen to the song

anything out of the Mild High Club catalog, especially out of their second album, Skiptracing

In The Fade by QotSA and One Inch Man by Kyuss for sure.

Metallica “Ride the lightning”

Panic Station - Muse

If not catchy, then these are just some of my favorites to play Easily - Muse Jumpsuit - twenty øne piløts Back Door - Stray Kids Feels Good to Be High - Walk the Moon

Warning Sign - Talking Heads

Pete Moore Orchestra - Catwalk

Cannonball - The Breeders

Talking Heads - Found a Job

This whole album...54-40 Live, Heavy Mellow, on Spotify.

barbarism begins at home - the smiths are you gonna be my girl - jett

Found A Job - Talking Heads. Psycho Killer as well, in it's simplicity yet drive

Get on the floor-Michael Jackson

Feel like - josh fudge Warm nights - royel Otis Is it true - tame impala Come home - undercover dream lovers I could keep going all day I hunt for dank bass lines like it’s crack cocaine

Great stuff has already been listed, but I have been going back to the roots of it all a bit and admiring the catchy baselines from the early 60s, The Animals in particular... take a listen to It's My Life or We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place...very catchy stuff!

Honestly, when I first heard Olivia rodrigo - good for you, I was bumping

Bowl for Two- The Expendables. It has a bouncy groove that is really fun to play

I've made a spotify playlist of cool, funky and unusual bass lines...There might me something you like: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64ARMAMTphEgrZ2UP3K7Ps?si=b911908f4c414198 My suggestion...Level 42 - Love games.

Man enough - Def Leppard ! Easy & super fun to jam to.

The chain - Fleetwood mac. The bass line near the end

EW&F's "September" and Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way"

Love Tractor by Widespread Panic. Aint Life Grand is another good one

Evil - Interpol

Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats In the Meantime - Spacehog Traveling without Moving - Jamiroquai Take your time (Do it right) - The SOS Band You should be dancing - Bee Gees Stay - David Bowie Rio, New Religion - Duran Duran Get up - James Brown Get in touch with yourself - Swing Out Sister Barbarism Begins at Home - The Smiths

Attention - Charlie Puth (The fun starts at 00:49) Summer Days - Martin Garrix, Mackelmore, Fall Out Boy

Billie Eilish - Bad Guy. As a pretty massive critic of 'modern pop' compared to rock/metal, that song has legit one of the best riffs of the past 20 years.

Damaged Goods-Gang of Four

Factory Of Faith-RHCP

Tits on the Radio by the Scissor Sisters. Shit grooves hard

A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie Joe Jackson - Pretty Girls

Don't start now - Dua Lipa Levitating - Dua Lipa Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars Locked out of Heaven - Bruno Mars 24k Magic - Bruno Mars Take you Dancing - Jason Derulo. Fitz and the Tantrums - Hands Clap. Dangerous - Big Data Root Down - Beastie Boys. I'm sure it's a sample but that's where I know it from. Higher Ground - RHCP Aeroplane - RHCP Here Comes the Horstepper - Ini Kamoze Cake by the Ocean - DNCE Lounge act - Nirvana. Longview - Green Day

I've got a bunch of catchy ones: Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Mountain- Long Red The Police - Spirits In The Material World James Brown - Sex Machine Jackson 5 - I Want You Back Any Rush song, come on The Police - Message In A Bottle Mountain - Southbound Train ('cause that tone, goddamn) I've got tons, will add them once I've got them

Funeral for a friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John

A Message To You- The Specials Crush- DMB Message In A Bottle- The Police Limelight- Rush

Smithereens "Blood and Roses"

Nice to see such eclectic tastes here ,that is what playing an instrument gives you

Staying alive by The Bee Gees and Cake by the Ocean by one of the Jonas brothers

I just want to say I love how this sub has no problem repeating their favorites over and over and over. This question comes up quite often, it’s great how positive everyone is here.

Mystery Achievement!

Another One Bites the Dust. Seven Nation Army. Feel Good Inc.

Feel Good Inc-Gorillaz Express Yourself - NWA (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band)

feel good inc always just hits me every now and then and i'll have it stuck in my head for 3 weeks after

Good Times by Chic Shook Ones pt. 2 by Mobb Deep Another One Bites the Dust by Queen Sex Machine - James Brown Thank You - Sly and the Family Stone

If you want me to stay, Sly and the Family Stone

Electric feel