Modern songs in 6/8?

[Roscoe East]

Neither of these 6/8 numbers fit the "past few years" requirement, but they were both huge pop hits:

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" - Tears For Fears
"Minute By Minute" - Doobie Brothers

 

[dhsierra1]

Incident At Neshubar by Santana

 

[MonetBass]

St. Augustine In Hell by Sting [snip]. Vinnie plays a two measure pattern on St. Augustine with an accent every other eighth note that's super cool. It almost makes me enjoy listening to Sting.

That's 7/8 as well. Very cool song!

 

[jaywa]

Kelly Clarkson, "Breakaway".

Interesting point and maybe just me, but I'm 45 and I've worked with a number of young (under 30) drummers and even more so, acoustic guitarists who literally cannot play a 6/8 groove. Craziest thing I've ever seen.

 

[pengyou40]

Nothing Else Matters, 6/8 time. This is an easy song to learn the feel of 6/8 time.

 

[Eric Perry]

The bridge in DMB's Rapunzel is in 6/8. The intro is in 5/4 and the verses are in 4/4. Very cool song from a time perspective!

 

[Bart1966]

Electric feel by mgmt is mostly 3/4, kinda 6/8.