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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 54 different artists; Queen has the most entries with eight songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
2 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 169 #1
3 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 169 #1
4 Let It Be The Beatles 89 #3
5 Imagine John Lennon 121 #1
6 Every Breath You Take The Police 124 #3
7 Going Underground The Jam 19 #7
8 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
9 Angels Robbie Williams 4 #4
10 Golden Brown The Stranglers 12 #10
11 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 163 #8
12 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 25 #12
13 Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd 74 #1
14 Yesterday The Beatles 50 #12
15 Don't Stop Me Now Queen 30 #13
16 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 50 #16
17 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
18 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 59 #1
19 Town Called Malice The Jam 62 #7
20 Starman David Bowie 35 #20
21 Tainted Love Soft Cell 76 #1
22 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 146 #7
23 Teenage Kicks The Undertones 18 #2
24 Don't You Want Me The Human League 41 #5
25 Hey Jude The Beatles 105 #1
26 My Generation The Who 85 #26
27 Killer Queen Queen 89 #15
28 Ghost Town The Specials 34 #21
29 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 74 #1
30 Heroes David Bowie 125 #1
31 Trouble Coldplay 36 #1
32 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 63 #12
33 Somewhere Only We Know Keane 58 #12
34 The Lovecats The Cure 60 #2
35 Itchycoo Park Small Faces 4 #35
36 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
37 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 156 #1
38 The Scientist Coldplay 65 #1
39 We Are the Champions Queen 6 #16
40 Geno Dexy's Midnight Runners 5 #40
41 All You Need is Love The Beatles 40 #5
42 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
43 Broken Stones Paul Weller 5 #43
44 My Sweet Lord George Harrison 46 #5
45 Run Snow Patrol 43 #7
46 Lola The Kinks 105 #24
47 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 49 #23
48 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 124 #4
49 Bang a Gong (Get It On) T. Rex 68 #42
50 The House Of The Rising Sun The Animals 67 #28
51 Everybody's Changing Keane 20 #51
52 Roxanne The Police 167 #10
53 Maggie May Rod Stewart 73 #16
54 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
55 We Will Rock You Queen 17 #4
56 The Drugs Don't Work The Verve 15 #22
57 Cool for Cats Squeeze 34 #50
58 Penny Lane The Beatles 38 #11
59 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 148 #2
60 In My Place Coldplay 47 #2
61 Eton Rifles The Jam 6 #61
62 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 143 #6
63 Space Oddity David Bowie 157 #8
64 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 116 #2
65 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
66 Substitute The Who 20 #48
67 Live Forever Oasis 50 #4
68 Somebody to Love Queen 99 #28
69 Vienna Ultravox 33 #18
70 It Must Be Love Madness 11 #9
71 All Right Now Free 92 #6
72 The Long and Winding Road The Beatles 28 #68
73 Only You Yazoo 7 #12
74 You Really Got Me The Kinks 65 #22
75 Oliver's Army Elvis Costello & the Attractions 27 #35
76 Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 50 #20
77 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
78 The Jean Genie David Bowie 24 #78
79 Up The Junction Squeeze 21 #79
80 Money Pink Floyd 113 #2
81 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
82 Ever Fallen in Love The Buzzcocks 33 #19
83 20th Century Boy T. Rex 14 #83
84 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 50 #2
85 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 84 #3
86 Handbags and Gladrags Stereophonics 5 #86
87 Another One Bites the Dust Queen 92 #3
88 Make Me Smile Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 5 #27
89 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 67 #8
90 My Girl Madness 5 #90
91 Layla Derek and the Dominos 132 #2
92 Since You've Been Gone Rainbow 22 #92
93 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 72 #4
94 A Day in the Life The Beatles 88 #1
95 Sunny Afternoon The Kinks 11 #95
96 Angie The Rolling Stones 100 #1
97 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 48 #29
98 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Ian Dury & The Blockheads 26 #57
99 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 126 #9
100 Under Pressure Queen 130 #2

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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