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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 201 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 33 songs.

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

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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