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Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005)

The all-time countdown (May 2005) from Virgin Radio in United Kingdom ranks 100 songs, with “Wonderwall” by Oasis at number one. The list features 55 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with eight songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
2 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 69 #2
3 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 73 #1
4 Let It Be The Beatles 36 #3
5 Imagine John Lennon 54 #1
6 Every Breath You Take The Police 56 #3
7 Going Underground The Jam 17 #7
8 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
9 Angels Robbie Williams 4 #4
10 Golden Brown The Stranglers 10 #10
11 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
12 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 11 #12
13 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 Pink Floyd 6 #13
14 Yesterday The Beatles 36 #12
15 Don't Stop Me Now Queen 21 #15
16 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 43 #16
17 Yellow Coldplay 65 #4
18 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
19 Town Called Malice The Jam 22 #13
20 Starman David Bowie 23 #20
21 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
22 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 64 #17
23 Teenage Kicks The Undertones 16 #2
24 Don't You Want Me The Human League 35 #5
25 Hey Jude The Beatles 39 #2
26 My Generation The Who 23 #26
27 Killer Queen Queen 16 #27
28 Ghost Town The Specials 26 #21
29 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 56 #1
30 Heroes David Bowie 93 #1
31 Trouble Coldplay 28 #1
32 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 21 #12
33 Somewhere Only We Know Keane 38 #14
34 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
35 Itchycoo Park Small Faces 3 #35
36 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
37 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 65 #1
38 The Scientist Coldplay 46 #1
39 We Are the Champions Queen 5 #39
40 Geno Dexy's Midnight Runners 5 #40
41 All You Need is Love The Beatles 18 #41
42 Champagne Supernova Oasis 65 #11
43 Broken Stones Paul Weller 5 #43
44 My Sweet Lord George Harrison 21 #5
45 Run Snow Patrol 32 #13
46 Lola The Kinks 40 #24
47 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 39 #23
48 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 34 #4
49 Bang a Gong (Get It On) T. Rex 9 #42
50 House of the Rising Sun The Animals 21 #50
51 Everybody's Changing Keane 15 #51
52 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
53 Maggie May Rod Stewart 21 #16
54 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
55 We Will Rock You Queen 7 #32
56 The Drugs Don't Work The Verve 13 #22
57 Cool for Cats Squeeze 32 #50
58 Penny Lane The Beatles 21 #37
59 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 56 #3
60 In My Place Coldplay 38 #2
61 Eton Rifles The Jam 6 #61
62 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 67 #6
63 Space Oddity David Bowie 84 #8
64 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 34 #2
65 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
66 Substitute The Who 10 #48
67 Live Forever Oasis 43 #4
68 Somebody to Love Queen 19 #46
69 Vienna Ultravox 26 #18
70 It Must Be Love Madness 9 #9
71 All Right Now Free 18 #6
72 The Long and Winding Road The Beatles 16 #68
73 Only You Yazoo 6 #12
74 You Really Got Me The Kinks 30 #22
75 Oliver's Army Elvis Costello & the Attractions 23 #35
76 Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 32 #20
77 Clocks Coldplay 71 #1
78 Jean Genie David Bowie 10 #78
79 Up The Junction Squeeze 19 #79
80 Money Pink Floyd 27 #14
81 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
82 Ever Fallen in Love The Buzzcocks 29 #19
83 20th Century Boy T. Rex 12 #83
84 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 26 #17
85 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 23 #13
86 Handbags and Gladrags Stereophonics 5 #86
87 Another One Bites the Dust Queen 17 #20
88 Make Me Smile Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 2 #88
89 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 35 #12
90 My Girl Madness 5 #90
91 Layla Derek and the Dominos 37 #2
92 Since You've Been Gone Rainbow 5 #92
93 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 11 #61
94 A Day in the Life The Beatles 44 #4
95 Sunny Afternoon The Kinks 7 #95
96 Angie The Rolling Stones 50 #1
97 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 25 #32
98 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Ian Dury & The Blockheads 23 #57
99 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 60 #9
100 Under Pressure Queen and David Bowie 13 #55

About this countdown

Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) was broadcast by Virgin Radio (United Kingdom) in May 2005. 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. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

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