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

The all-time countdown (December 2005) from Virgin Radio in United Kingdom ranks 500 songs, with “Imagine” by John Lennon at number one. The list features 203 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 33 songs.

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

About this countdown

Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) was broadcast by Virgin Radio (United Kingdom) in December 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. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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