All-time countdown · Virgin Radio · December 2006

Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)

The all-time countdown (December 2006) from Virgin Radio in United Kingdom ranks 500 songs, with “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol at number one. The list features 206 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 32 songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol 40 #1
2 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 50 #1
3 One U2 172 #1
4 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
5 I Predict a Riot Kaiser Chiefs 31 #5
6 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 92 #2
7 Town Called Malice The Jam 62 #7
8 America Razorlight 1 #8
9 It Must Be Love Madness 11 #9
10 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
11 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 169 #1
12 Hey Jude The Beatles 105 #1
13 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
14 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
15 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
16 Golden Brown The Stranglers 12 #10
17 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 146 #7
18 Imagine John Lennon 121 #1
19 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
20 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 136 #1
21 Angles Robbie Williams 1 #21
22 A Day in the Life The Beatles 88 #1
23 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 49 #23
24 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
25 That's Entertainment The Jam 46 #4
26 Beautiful Day U2 124 #1
27 Atomic Blondie 13 #27
28 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 163 #8
29 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 74 #1
30 Yesterday The Beatles 50 #12
31 My Generation The Who 85 #26
32 We Will Rock You Queen 17 #4
33 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 48 #29
34 Get It On T. Rex 7 #34
35 Space Oddity David Bowie 157 #8
36 Somewhere Only We Know Keane 58 #12
37 Every Breath You Take The Police 124 #3
38 Help! The Beatles 37 #9
39 Hotel California The Eagles 160 #1
40 Mrs. Robinson Simon and Garfunkel 17 #40
41 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 75 #1
42 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 63 #12
43 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 67 #17
44 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 27 #2
45 Live Forever Oasis 50 #4
46 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 64 #5
47 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 169 #1
48 Run Snow Patrol 43 #7
49 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 50 #2
50 Killer Queen Queen 89 #15
51 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 72 #4
52 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 116 #2
53 Starman David Bowie 35 #20
54 Fairytale of New York The Pogues 22 #54
55 With or Without You U2 213 #3
56 All You Need is Love The Beatles 40 #5
57 All Right Now Free 92 #6
58 Trouble Coldplay 36 #1
59 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 97 #2
60 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 118 #1
61 Sunday Girl Blondie 6 #61
62 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 50 #2
63 Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd 74 #1
64 Under Pressure Queen 130 #2
65 The House Of The Rising Sun The Animals 67 #28
66 Going Underground The Jam 19 #7
67 Lola The Kinks 105 #24
68 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 148 #2
69 Livin' on a Prayer Bon Jovi 97 #5
70 Mr. Blue Sky ELO 7 #70
71 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 77 #1
72 I'm a Believer The Monkees 5 #72
73 You're Beautiful James Blunt 5 #73
74 Let It Be The Beatles 89 #3
75 Stuck in the Middle With You Stealers Wheel 35 #17
76 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 140 #9
77 Don't Stop Me Now Queen 30 #13
78 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 61 #5
79 Take Your Mama Scissor Sisters 16 #23
80 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 8 #16
81 Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones 110 #14
82 Layla Derek and the Dominos 132 #2
83 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day 44 #2
84 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 60 #1
85 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 26 #32
86 Don't You Want Me The Human League 41 #5
87 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 24 #20
88 Babylon David Gray 43 #3
89 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 29 #9
90 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
91 November Rain Guns N Roses 119 #22
92 Wildwood Paul Weller 6 #4
93 My Girl Madness 5 #90
94 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
95 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
96 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 25 #12
97 How You Remind Me Nickelback 53 #2
98 Roxanne The Police 167 #10
99 Ghost Town The Specials 34 #21
100 Somewhere Else Razorlight 9 #100
101 We Are the Champions Queen 6 #16
102 Light My Fire The Doors 127 #5
103 Handbags and Gladrags Stereophonics 5 #86
104 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 156 #1
105 There She Goes The La's 59 #16
106 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 31 #8
107 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) Train 30 #1
108 Vienna Ultravox 33 #18
109 She's Electric Oasis 5 #100
110 One Way or Another Blondie 74 #19
111 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers 36 #34
112 Bedshaped Keane 3 #112
113 Jack and Diane John Mellencamp 77 #7
114 The One I Love R.E.M. 150 #5
115 Something The Beatles 49 #34
116 Everyday I Love You Less and Less Kaiser Chiefs 3 #28
117 American Pie Don McLean 46 #12
118 Since You've Been Gone Rainbow 22 #92
119 Sit Down James 31 #8
120 The Drugs Don't Work The Verve 15 #22
121 Penny Lane The Beatles 38 #11
122 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 102 #2
123 Somebody Told Me The Killers 75 #1
124 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 143 #6
125 Let Me Entertain You Robbie Williams 6 #4
126 The Scientist Coldplay 65 #1
127 Start Me Up The Rolling Stones 108 #7
128 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix 99 #24
129 Laura Scissor Sisters 5 #58
130 The Boys of Summer Don Henley 97 #7
131 She Moves in Her Own Way The Kooks 21 #11
132 Fall at Your Feet Crowded House 19 #12
133 I Feel Fine The Beatles 17 #133
134 Why Does It Always Rain on Me? Travis 23 #1
135 Only You Yazoo 7 #12
136 You're My Best Friend Queen 78 #31
137 Summer of '69 Bryan Adams 93 #3
138 Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols 47 #6
139 Make Me Smile Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 5 #27
140 Heart of Glass Blondie 54 #5
141 Life on Mars David Bowie 29 #7
142 Life on Mars Frankie Goes to Hollywood 1 #142
143 Bad Day Daniel Powter 2 #143
144 Maggie May Rod Stewart 73 #16
145 In My Life The Beatles 45 #4
146 There Must be an Angel Eurythmics 2 #146
147 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
148 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds 8 #35
149 Fill My Little World The Feeling 1 #149
150 Free Fallin' Tom Petty 116 #10
151 Message in a Bottle The Police 127 #24
152 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 50 #16
153 Fix You Coldplay 47 #13
154 The Boys are Back in Town Thin Lizzy 95 #26
155 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 21 #4
156 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
157 Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 45 #38
158 The Masterplan Oasis 2 #33
159 Honky Tonk Woman The Rolling Stones 96 #23
160 Daydream Believer The Monkees 2 #160
161 The Lovecats The Cure 60 #2
162 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 139 #1
163 Call Me Blondie 71 #6
164 Upside Down Jack Johnson 21 #20
165 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 103 #12
166 Shiny Happy People R.E.M. 36 #8
167 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 111 #11
168 What's Up? 4 Non Blondes 41 #10
169 Everybody's Changing Keane 20 #51
170 I Love Rock-N-Roll Joan Jett 115 #2
171 The Jean Genie David Bowie 24 #78
172 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis 17 #4
173 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 148 #2
174 Baggy Trousers Madness 9 #174
175 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 69 #1
176 Ticket to Ride The Beatles 29 #12
177 Bring Me to Life Evanescence 57 #1
178 Could You Be Loved Bob Marley 39 #53
179 Down Under Men At Work 36 #2
180 Cannonbll Damien Rice 1 #180
181 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 102 #30
182 Black Velvet Alannah Myles 4 #182
183 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 126 #9
184 If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next Manic Street Preachers 1 #184
185 The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel 22 #26
186 White Wedding Billy Idol 152 #7
187 The Importance of Being Idle Oasis 4 #37
188 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 104 #7
189 Have a Nice Day Stereophonics 16 #2
190 Don't Speak No Doubt 58 #3
191 When Doves Cry Prince 30 #12
192 Rock the Casbah The Clash 164 #1
193 Suddenly I See KT Tunstall 16 #127
194 A Kind of Magic Queen 4 #111
195 Take On Me a-ha 46 #2
196 You Do Something to Me Paul Weller 5 #90
197 Substitute The Who 20 #48
198 Need You Tonight INXS 87 #5
199 She Loves You The Beatles 17 #43
200 Too Much Too Young The Specials 6 #36
201 She Will Be Loved Maroon 5 5 #10
202 Weather With You Crowded House 26 #69
203 Our House Madness 66 #15
204 Luka Suzanne Vega 31 #10
205 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Aerosmith 7 #1
206 Teenage Kicks The Undertones 18 #2
207 Common People Pulp 36 #1
208 Wherever You Will Go The Calling 10 #7
209 You Give Love a Bad Name Bon Jovi 81 #16
210 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
211 This Charming Man The Smiths 52 #2
212 Valerie The Zutons 2 #212
213 The Long and Winding Road The Beatles 28 #68
214 Paradise City Guns N Roses 112 #2
215 Love Shack The B-52's 79 #1
216 Oliver's Army Elvis Costello & the Attractions 27 #35
217 Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers 67 #2
218 Don't Get Me Wrong The Pretenders 26 #8
219 Hanging on the Telephone Blondie 25 #80
220 More than a Feeling Boston 117 #2
221 Whatever Oasis 8 #2
222 No Tomorrow Orson 1 #222
223 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police 85 #20
224 Changes David Bowie 128 #17
225 Maybe Tomorrow Stereophonics 5 #225
226 Broken Stones Paul Weller 5 #43
227 One Love Bob Marley 27 #36
228 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 45 #18
229 Parklife Blur 14 #1
230 Man on the Moon R.E.M. 73 #24
231 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 52 #47
232 Better Together Jack Johnson 7 #47
233 Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones 74 #43
234 A Design for Life Manic Street Preachers 9 #2
235 Hot Love T. Rex 2 #235
236 Lucky Man The Verve 27 #31
237 While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles 83 #13
238 Another One Bites the Dust Queen 92 #3
239 Purple Rain Prince 71 #1
240 Drive The Cars 33 #33
241 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 51 #14
242 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day 96 #1
243 The Unforgettable Fire U2 32 #48
244 You Really Got Me The Kinks 65 #22
245 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
246 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 90 #1
247 The Sound of Silence Simon and Garfunkel 17 #17
248 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
249 Just Looking Stereophonics 4 #249
250 Take It to the Limit The Eagles 45 #142
251 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 84 #3
252 Secret Smile Semisonic 8 #7
253 Cool for Cats Squeeze 34 #50
254 Sound And Vision David Bowie 28 #38
255 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 45 #1
256 Itchycoo Park Small Faces 4 #35
257 Sweet Talkin' Woman ELO 3 #257
258 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow 45 #6
259 Lady Madonna The Beatles 25 #45
260 I Want to Break Free Queen 7 #211
261 Rocket Man Elton John 61 #33
262 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 82 #1
263 Run to You Bryan Adams 55 #107
264 Walking in Memphis Marc Cohn 23 #53
265 All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople 54 #59
266 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
267 Back on the Chain Gang The Pretenders 83 #15
268 I Don't Want to Talk About It Rod Stewart 4 #164
269 Dude Looks Like a Lady Aerosmith 89 #16
270 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 104 #2
271 Jammin' Bob Marley 43 #2
272 You Get What You Give The New Radicals 45 #3
273 Sail Away David Gray 13 #200
274 I Shot the Sheriff Eric Clapton 38 #13
275 Half the World Away Oasis 7 #7
276 So Lonely The Police 54 #94
277 Golden Touch Razorlight 15 #39
278 Breakfast in America Supertramp 53 #80
279 Let's Dance David Bowie 98 #6
280 Angie The Rolling Stones 100 #1
281 More than Words Extreme 11 #4
282 Rock DJ Robbie Williams 4 #126
283 Embarassment Madness 4 #230
284 Somebody to Love Queen 99 #28
285 The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby and the Range 18 #7
286 A New England Kirsty MacColl 8 #286
287 '74 - 75 The Connells 13 #287
288 Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen 74 #48
289 Love is a Stranger Eurythmics 18 #62
290 Take It Easy The Eagles 90 #14
291 Back in the U.S.S.R. The Beatles 52 #19
292 Goodbye My Lover James Blunt 2 #292
293 Rio Duran Duran 44 #18
294 All Day And All of the Night The Kinks 39 #68
295 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 119 #4
296 Desire U2 96 #2
297 Dignity Deacon Blue 3 #297
298 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
299 Golden Years David Bowie 56 #154
300 Jump Van Halen 102 #3
301 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd 122 #1
302 You Can Call Me Al Paul Simon 21 #9
303 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette 69 #2
304 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
305 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 96 #4
306 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 106 #11
307 Smooth Santana 31 #1
308 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 28 #69
309 Whistle for the Choir The Fratellis 3 #50
310 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
311 Denis Blondie 7 #150
312 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
313 Can't Stand Losing You The Police 52 #49
314 Whisky in the Jar Thin Lizzy 2 #314
315 Angel of Harlem U2 46 #11
316 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 91 #8
317 Never Be Lonely The Feeling 1 #317
318 Start The Jam 23 #231
319 Born to be Wild Steppenwolf 95 #1
320 Woman John Lennon 7 #59
321 Walk This Way Run DMC 15 #9
322 Heroes David Bowie 125 #1
323 My Sweet Lord George Harrison 46 #5
324 One Vision Queen 4 #324
325 Wisemen James Blunt 1 #325
326 California Dreamin' The Mamas and the Papas 16 #70
327 The Power of Love Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6 #48
328 Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton 58 #6
329 Children of the Revolution T. Rex 2 #329
330 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer 44 #50
331 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 53 #20
332 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics 38 #82
333 Last Request Paolo Nutini 2 #44
334 Get Back The Beatles 77 #29
335 Up The Junction Squeeze 21 #79
336 Pick a Part That's New Stereophonics 5 #2
337 Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 50 #20
338 Driftwood Travis 9 #42
339 Fields of Gold Sting 21 #22
340 Three Little Birds Bob Marley 46 #2
341 Young Americans David Bowie 69 #24
342 High and Dry Radiohead 55 #44
343 Is It Any Wonder? Keane 25 #16
344 Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac 48 #56
345 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 44 #1
346 Miss You The Rolling Stones 101 #6
347 This Love Maroon 5 6 #3
348 Stay With Me The Faces 54 #88
349 Sweetest Thing U2 50 #3
350 Here Comes the Rain The Beatles 1 #350
351 In My Place Coldplay 47 #2
352 Kiss from a Rose Seal 11 #26
353 Eton Rifles The Jam 6 #61
354 China Girl David Bowie 49 #61
355 Good People Jack Johnson 23 #20
356 Desperado The Eagles 54 #35
357 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 100 #3
358 Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell 16 #96
359 Tainted Love Soft Cell 76 #1
360 No More Heroes The Stranglers 8 #33
361 Don't Fear the Reaper Blue Oyster Cult 114 #1
362 Chocolate Snow Patrol 21 #11
363 Save a Prayer Duran Duran 26 #14
364 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
365 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 9 #57
366 Your Song Elton John 34 #54
367 Crosstown Traffic Jimi Hendrix 40 #72
368 Wanted Dead or Alive Bon Jovi 95 #5
369 Fool to Cry The Rolling Stones 10 #182
370 Money for Nothing Dire Straits 116 #7
371 You're the Best Thing The Style Council 9 #104
372 Alright Supergrass 12 #6
373 Nothing Ever Happens Del Amitri 4 #256
374 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
375 When You Were Young The Killers 61 #2
376 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
377 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 83 #2
378 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 19 #29
379 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles 23 #6
380 Pinball Wizard The Who 92 #50
381 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
382 Shout Tears for Fears 70 #5
383 Livin' Thing ELO 3 #363
384 Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones 38 #78
385 This is the Last Time Keane 3 #38
386 Knockin' on Heavven's Door Bob Dylan 1 #386
387 Happy Xmas (War is Over) John Lennon 4 #139
388 Little Lies Fleetwood Mac 7 #105
389 Perfect 10 The Beautiful South 3 #232
390 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 141 #1
391 Rebel Rebel David Bowie 85 #63
392 Walking on the Moon The Police 53 #63
393 In the Morning Razorlight 10 #58
394 Norweigan Wood The Beatles 4 #332
395 Radio Ga Ga Queen 21 #193
396 I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker Sandi Thom 1 #396
397 One of these Nights The Eagles 58 #34
398 Rocks Primal Scream 4 #7
399 Cars Gary Numan 66 #11
400 Get Off My Cloud The Rolling Stones 34 #94
401 Dreams The Cranberries 67 #2
402 My Sharona The Knack 41 #54
403 Vertigo U2 75 #4
404 20th Century Boy T. Rex 14 #83
405 Animal Def Leppard 75 #41
406 It's My Life Talk Talk 61 #18
407 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' Scissor Sisters 6 #5
408 Here I Go Again Whitesnake 92 #2
409 Here I Go Again Deep Blue Something 1 #409
410 Revolution The Beatles 97 #2
411 Ordinary World Duran Duran 46 #6
412 House of Fun Madness 15 #204
413 Runaway Train Soul Asylum 73 #6
414 Don't Give Up Peter Gabriel 25 #29
415 Sewn The Feeling 1 #415
416 Never Tear Us Apart INXS 48 #1
417 Geno Dexy's Midnight Runners 5 #40
418 Bright Side of the Road Van Morrison 7 #87
419 Sorrow David Bowie 6 #397
420 Heaven is a Place on Earth Belinda Carlisle 2 #413
421 Ironic Alanis Morissette 35 #20
422 Dreams Fleetwood Mac 92 #8
423 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 143 #3
424 The Fool On The Hill The Beatles 11 #155
425 You're All I Have Snow Patrol 9 #30
426 Some Might Say Oasis 4 #44
427 Perfect Day Lou Reed 39 #12
428 Thorn In My Side Eurythmics 12 #62
429 Sunny Afternoon The Kinks 11 #95
430 Rockin' All Over the World Status Quo 1 #430
431 Heaven Bryan Adams 8 #43
432 Sing Travis 20 #8
433 Day Tripper The Beatles 23 #105
434 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 67 #2
435 The Logical Song Supertramp 73 #34
436 Speed of Sound Coldplay 45 #2
437 You Took the Words... Meat Loaf 1 #437
438 I'll Stand By You The Pretenders 17 #78
439 I Fought the Law The Clash 62 #13
440 Let's Spend the Night Together The Rolling Stones 20 #132
441 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 36 #1
442 The Tide Is High Blondie 20 #31
443 Dakota Stereophonics 17 #17
444 Come Together The Beatles 99 #8
445 You Wear It Well Rod Stewart 12 #198
446 True Faith New Order 78 #3
447 That's All Genesis 53 #78
448 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen 72 #73
449 The Passenger Iggy Pop 44 #10
450 Mad World Tears for Fears 38 #5
451 Africa Toto 26 #15
452 Ever Fallen in Love The Buzzcocks 33 #19
453 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
454 Tears in Heaven Eric Clapton 22 #60
455 Here, There, and Everywhere The Beatles 14 #170
456 Bones The Killers 16 #16
457 Evil Woman ELO 4 #224
458 Down in the Tube Station at Midnight The Jam 12 #4
459 The Joker Steve Miller Band 98 #9
460 Wild Thing Troggs 19 #12
461 Even Better Than The Real Thing U2 45 #15
462 Baker Street Gerry Rafferty 29 #80
463 Country Girl Primal Scream 11 #79
464 The Man With The Child In His Eyes Kate Bush 4 #61
465 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Ian Dury & The Blockheads 26 #57
466 Temptation Heaven 17 4 #217
467 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds The Beatles 43 #22
468 Streets of Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen 13 #13
469 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 60 #25
470 Roll With It Oasis 7 #5
471 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 124 #4
472 Rat Trap Boomtown Rats 6 #320
473 The Reason Hoobastank 27 #5
474 Superstition Stevie Wonder 29 #17
475 Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel 7 #208
476 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
477 Hello Goodbye The Beatles 32 #95
478 Let's Stick Together Bryan Ferry 9 #102
479 Girls on Film Duran Duran 51 #18
480 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 67 #8
481 Crazy Seal 43 #6
482 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson 32 #66
483 Set the Fire to the Third Bar Snow Patrol 1 #483
484 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 95 #2
485 Money Pink Floyd 113 #2
486 Always Bon Jovi 7 #5
487 Black Horse & the Cherry Tree KT Tunstall 13 #92
488 Lyin' Eyes The Eagles 45 #75
489 Love And Affection Joan Armatrading 14 #127
490 Strong Robbie Williams 2 #193
491 Modern Love David Bowie 84 #12
492 Wild Horses The Rolling Stones 68 #14
493 Say What You Want Texas 5 #52
494 Ballad of John and Yoko The Beatles 29 #7
495 The First Cut is the Deepest Rod Stewart 7 #329
496 Hammer to Fall Queen 1 #496
497 Talk Coldplay 37 #7
498 Real Gone Kid Deacon Blue 3 #226
499 Follow You Follow Me Genesis 33 #22
500 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite R.E.M. 18 #88

About this countdown

Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) was broadcast by Virgin Radio (United Kingdom) in December 2006. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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