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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 207 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 32 songs.

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

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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