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Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Dec. 2005)

1. John Lennon - Imagine

2. The Beatles - Hey Jude

3. The Beatles - Let It Be

4. U2 - One

5. Robbie Williams - Angels

6. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

7. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

8. The Police - Every Breath You Take

9. The Eagles - Hotel California

10. James Blunt - You're Beatiful

11. The Rolling Stones - I Can't Get No Satisfaction

12. The Beatles - Yesterday

13. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

14. Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine

15. U2 - With or Without You

16. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

17. Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry

18. Oasis - Wonderwall

19. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

20. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

21. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

22. Blondie - Heart of Glass

23. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

24. The Doors - Light My Fire

25. Coldplay - Yellow

26. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

27. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2

28. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

29. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

30. The Police - Roxanne

31. Procul Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

32. David Gray - Babylon

33. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

34. The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

35. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man

36. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

37. The Beatles - Penny Lane

38. The Kinks - Lola

39. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

40. David Bowie - Heroes

41. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

42. The Who - My Generation

43. The Beatles - She Loves You

44. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

45. The Jam - Town Called Malice

46. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

47. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash

48. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

49. The Verve - Bittersweet Sympthony

50. The Human League - Don't You Want Me

51. Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell

52. R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

53. Queen - We Will Rock You

54. Free - All Right Now

55. Oasis - Live Forever

56. The Beatles - Help!

57. David Bowie - Space Oddity

58. Derek and the Dominos - Layla

59. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

60. Madness - It Must Be Love

61. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer

62. The Animals - House of the Rising Sun

63. The Jam - That's Entertainment

64. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

65. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

66. U2 - Pride

67. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

68. The Who - Substitute

69. Oasis - Champagne Supernova

70. Soft Cell - Tainted Love

71. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

72. The Clash - London Calling

73. Don MacLean - American Pie

74. Don Henley - The Boys of Summer

75. Elton John - Rocket Man

76. The Beatles - All You Need is Love

77. Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town

78. Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer

79. The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket

80. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

81. Guns n' Roses - November Rain

82. The Kinks - You Really Got Me

83. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

84. U2 - Vertigo

85. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

86. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

87. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

88. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

89. ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

90. Steve Harley - Make Me Smile

91. The Beatles - Ticket to Ride

92. David Bowie - Life on Mars

93. Prince & the Revolution - When Doves Cry

94. Queen - Killer Queen

95. Elton John - Your Song

96. The Specials - Ghost Town

97. No Doubt - Don't Speak

98. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

99. The Jam - Going Underground

100. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes

101. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

102. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

103. New Order - Blue Monday

104. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

105. U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name

106. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

107. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

108. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

109. Stranglers - Golden Brown

110. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

111. Queen - A Kind of Magic

112. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

113. Tom Petty - Free Falling

114. The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand

115. David Bowie - Starman

116. Oasis - Half the World Away

117. Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

118. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

119. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way

120. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

121. Pulp - Common People

122. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.

123. Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama

124. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax

125. Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson

126. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

127. Blondie - Sunday Girl

128. David Bowie - Jean Genie

129. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

130. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

131. Guns n' Roses - Paradise City

132. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Oliver's Army

133. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman

134. Snow Patrol - Run

135. Queen - We Are the Champions

136. T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On)

137. The Killers - All These Things I've Done

138. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

139. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

140. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

141. Boston - More than a Feeling

142. Blondie - Call Me

143. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

144. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

145. Nickelback - How You Remind Me

146. The Beatles - Something

147. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

148. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

149. Ultravox - Vienna

150. Coldplay - Trouble

151. Sting - Fields of Gold

152. The Police - Message in a Bottle

153. The Cars - Drive

154. Radiohead - Creep

155. Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection

156. Bryan Adams - Summer of '69

157. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

158. The Beatles - In My Life

159. Rolling Stones - Miss You

160. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

161. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop

162. James - Sit Down

163. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

164. Rod Stewart - I Don't Want to Talk About

165. David Bowie - Changes

166. The Smiths - This Charming Man

167. U2 - New Year's Day

168. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

169. The Eagles - Take It Easy

170. Madness - My Girl

171. Meatloaf - Two of 3 Ain't Bad

172. Maroon 5 - She Will be Loved

173. Seal - Kiss From a Rose

174. The Cure - The Lovecats

175. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

176. Keane - This is the Last Time

177. Paul Weller - Wildwood

178. INXS - Need You Tonight

179. Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

180. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love

181. The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road

182. OMD - Enola Gay

183. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic

184. The Pogues w/ Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

185. Supertramp - Breakfast in America

186. Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff

187. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

188. Coldplay - Clocks

189. The Specials - Too Much Too Young

190. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

191. John Lennon - Woman

192. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

193. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

194. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

195. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

196. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

197. The Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud

198. Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well

199. The Cure - In Between Days

200. John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack and Diane

201. The Knack - My Sharona

202. Gary Numan - Cars

203. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

204. Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love

205. Madness - House of Fun

206. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

207. Blondie - Denis

208. The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

209. Bob Marley - Jamming

210. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot

211. Queen - I Want to Break Free

212. David Bowie - Young Americans

213. The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice

214. Wings - Band on the Run

215. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

216. America - Horse With No Name

217. Duran Duran - Rio

218. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

219. Green Day - Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)

220. Squeeze - Up the Junction

221. Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

222. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

223. The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night

224. The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

225. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

226. Coldplay - In My Place

227. Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is

228. The Beatles - Lady Madonna

229. Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

230. Madness - Embarassment

231. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild

232. Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

233. Pink Floyd - Money

234. Queen - Somebody to Love

235. Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

236. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop

237. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

238. The La's - There She Goes

239. The Police - Walking on the Moon

240. The B-52's - Love Shack

241. The Beatles - Come Together

242. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile

243. Joan Jett - I Love Rock n' Roll

244. Santana - Smooth

245. The Monkees - I'm a Believer

246. Prince - Purple Rain

247. Blondie - One Way or Another

248. The Who - Who Are You

249. Coldplay - Fix You

250. Manic Street Preachers - A Design for Life

251. The Clash - Rock the Casbach

252. David Gray - Sail Away

253. The Beatles - Revolution

254. The Jam - Start

255. The Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together

256. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight

257. The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes

258. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes

259. Paul Weller - Broken Stones

260. The Police - So Lonely

261. Scissor Sisters - Laura

262. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking

263. The Stranglers - No More Heroes

264. Aerosmith - Walk This Way

265. Daniel Powter - Bad Day

266. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold

267. Suzanne Vega - Luka

268. Stereophonics - Handbags and Gladrags

269. Madness - Baggy Trousers

270. Coldplay - The Scientist

271. The Beatles - I Feel Fine

272. The Cure - Close to Me

273. David Bowie - Sound and Vision

274. Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again

275. Queen - Radio Ga Ga

276. Keane - Bedshaped

277. The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me

278. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

279. Oasis - She's Electric

280. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up

281. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want to

282. The Rolling Stones - Angie

283. Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You

284. Travis - Why Does It Always Rain on Me

285. Monkees - Daydream Believer

286. Razorlight - Somewhere Else

287. The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

288. U2 - Beautiful Day

289. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

290. The Beatles - Get Back

291. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

292. Blondie - Atomic

293. Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved

294. The Cranberries - Dreams

295. Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet

296. Paul Weller - You Do Something to Me

297. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

298. Housemartins - Happy Hour

299. James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

300. Small Faces - Itchyco Park

301. The Eagles - Desperado

302. U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

303. Queen - You're My Best Friend

304. The Verve - Lucky Man

305. R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

306. Damien Rice - Cannonball

307. Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You

308. The Jam - Eton Rifles

309. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

310. T. Rex - 20th Century Boy

311. Yazoo - Only You

312. Radiohead - High and Dry

313. Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach

314. Magic Numbers - Love Me Like You

315. Squeeze - Labelled With Love

316. Stereophonics - Have a Nice Day

317. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire

318. The Beatles - Ballad of John and Yoko

319. Keane - Everybody's Changing

320. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive

321. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go

322. Crowded House - Weather With You

323. Coldplay - Don't Panic

324. R.E.M. - The One I Love

325. The Cure - Friday I'm in Love

326. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

327. Extreme - More than Words

328. Blondie - Picture This

329. Ian Dury - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

330. The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang

331. Joe Jackson - It's Different for Girls

332. U2 - Angel of Harlem

333. Oasis - Whatever

334. Madness - Our House

335. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

336. T. Rex - Jeepster

337. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

338. R.E.M. - Man on the Moon

339. Squeeze - Cool for Cats

340. Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar

341. Travis - Driftwood

342. U2 - The Sweetest Ghing

343. Coldplay - Speed of Sound

344. Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone

345. The Waterboys - Whole of the Moon

346. Bryan Adams - Everything I Do

347. Robbie Williams - Millennium

348. A-Ha - Take on Me

349. Bob Marley - Three Little Birds

350. Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound

351. Kate Bush - Man With the Child in His Eyes

352. Athlete - Wires

353. The Beautiful South - Perfect 10

354. Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger

355. T. Rex - Ride a White Swan

356. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

357. Duran Duran - Save a Prayer

358. Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna do

359. Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick

360. New Order - True Faith

361. Coldplay - Shiver

362. Razorlight - Golden Touch

363. ELO - Livin' Thing

364. David Bowie - Let's Dance

365. Del Amitri - Nothing Ever Happens

366. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

367. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno

368. Heaven 17 - Temptation

369. Iggy Pop - The Passenger

370. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

371. Lou Reed - Perfect Day

372. Men at Work - Down Under

373. Squeeze - Tempted

374. T. Rex - Children of the Revolution

375. Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone

376. The Rolling Stones - Fool to Cry

377. Stereophonics - Just Looking

378. Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere

379. Train - Drops of Jupiter

380. Van Morrison - Bright Side of the Road

381. The Who - Pinball Wizard

382. Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle

383. Troggs - Wild Thing

384. Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You

385. Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

386. 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday

387. The Beatles - Norweigan Wood

388. KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

389. Eurythmics - There Must Be Missing an Angel

390. The Eagles - Take It to the Limit

391. Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

392. Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

393. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

394. The Police - Can't Stop Losing You

395. R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People

396. Alannah Myles - Black Velvet

397. The Style Council - You're the Best Thing

398. David Bowie - Sorrow

399. Kirsty MacColl - A New England

400. T. Rex - Hot Love

401. Supertramp - The Logical Song

402. Tears for Fears - Mad World

403. The Connells - '74-'75

404. Deacon Blue - Dignity

405. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up

406. Eurythmics - Thorn in My Side

407. Blur - Parklife

408. The Beatles - Hello Goodbye

409. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart

410. Dire Straits - Walk of Life

411. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

412. Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

413. ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman

414. The Style Council - Speak Like a Child

415. Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic

416. Genesis - Follow You Follow Me

417. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

418. Mark Cohn - Walking in Memphis

419. The New Radicals - You Get What You Give

420. The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong

421. Rod Stewart - First Cut is the Deepest

422. Roxy Music - Love is the Drug

423. Semisonic - Secret Smile

424. Steve Miller Band - The Joker

425. Tears for Fears - Shout

426. Talk Talk - It's My Life

427. Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire

428. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

429. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

430. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

431. Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives

432. David Bowie - China Girl

433. Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady

434. Bob Marley - One Love

435. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

436. Carly Simon - You're So Vain

437. Small Faces - All or Nothing

438. The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian

439. Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is

440. Bryan Adams - Run to You

441. The Beatles - Back in the U.S.S.R.

442. Duran Duran - Girls on Film

443. Van Halen - Jump

444. Faces - Stay With Me

445. Supergrass - Alright

446. Toto - Africa

447. David Bowie - Golden Years

448. OMD - Souvenir

449. Crowded House - It's Only Natural

450. The Beatles - Love Me Do

451. Roxy Music - Let's Stick Together

452. Steely Dan - Do It Again

453. The Killers - Somebody Told Me

454. Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'

455. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

456. Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately

457. ELO - Evil Woman

458. Billy Idol - White Wedding

459. Elton John - Daniel

460. Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

461. Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

462. Eagles - One of These Nights

463. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

464. The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun

465. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

466. U2 - Desire

467. Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

468. Bon Jovi - Always

469. Duran Duran - The Reflex

470. The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap

471. John Lennon - Jealous Guy

472. 10cc - I'm Not in Love

473. Seal - Crazy

474. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

475. Wings - Jet

476. Small Faces - Lazy Sunday

477. The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love

478. John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

479. Maroon 5 - This Love

480. The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You

481. The Beatles - Fool on the Hill

482. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

483. The Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less

484. The Doors - Riders on the Storm

485. The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl

486. James Blunt - High

487. Queen - One Vision

488. The Clash - I Fought the Law

489. Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay

490. The Beatles - Day Tripper

491. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

492. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?

493. Stereophonics - Pick a Part That's New

494. John Lennon - Instant Karma

495. Oasis - Some Might Say

496. The Killers - Mr. Brightside

497. Alice Cooper - School's Out

498. Blur - Girls and Boys

499. The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down

500. U2 - Even Better than the Real Thing