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Maybe this is just my ignorance, but I don't think the term ever crossed the Atlantic. In any event, to confuse the issue I'll point out that the 1910 Fruitgum Company's "Simple Simon Says" and the Velvet Underground's "I Heard Her Call My Name" have pretty much the same chorus, though with different lyrics. And that "Leader of the Pack" - which was rife with blatant social issues - was co-written by Jeff Barry, who also co-wrote "Sugar Sugar." From my reading of this thread, "Perfect Pop" designates two fairly different things: (1) old stuff that was widely popular that people later are taking to be perfect pop (is something like "Walk Away Renee" mentioned here)? I don't think "Sugar Sugar" was trying to be "perfect pop" any more than "The Hamster Dance" and Crazy Frog are trying to be perfect pop; (2) later stuff that may or may not be popular but that is trying to be "perfect pop" in a formalist kind of way.