FabSwingers.com forum: The top 20 Best British songs of all time

By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

According to XFM, Radio X, or what ever it's called these days. Take it with a pinch of salt, lol

1. Oasis - 'Wonderwall'

2. Oasis - 'Don’t Look Back In Anger'

3. Oasis - 'Champagne Supernova'

4. Oasis - Live Forever'

5. The Stone Roses - 'I Am The Resurrection'

6. Arctic Monkeys - 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

7. David Bowie - 'Heroes'

8. David Bowie - 'Life On Mars?'

9. The Verve - 'Bittersweet Symphony'

10. The Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'

11. Elbow - 'One Day Like This'

12. Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

13. The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'

14. Pulp - 'Common People'

15. The Smiths - 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

16. Oasis - 'Slide Away'

17. The Stone Roses - 'Fool’s Gold'

18. The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now'

19. The Beatles - 'A Day In The Life'

20. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's no one direction on there 4/10

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That list should be the other way up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

wonderwall is the best song that's ever come out of Britain?

God shoot me now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wrong on so many levels I don't know where to even start.

That list and the question of the top 20 British singles is like when you move house, and you have to put all your records and cds back into order, its not something you can just DO! It takes planning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No Beatles in the top ten is a good start. But Oasis at 1-4 hmmmm.

No Wanted Gold Forever!!!!!!!!! Wtf man!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was it put together by liam galagher pmsl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"wonderwall is the best song that's ever come out of Britain?

God shoot me now

Bang. Bang. Second shot for me.

(Even that song 'Bang Bang' was better than wonderwall...!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

oasis were crap so how they can have the top 4 in this list is beyond belief

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

To top it off Noel Gallagher was still not happy that his new band high flying birds wasn't in the top ten haha! Legend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oasis are a poor man's Stone Roses

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bet you all know the words to wonderwall tho lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've seen a pub band that are better than oasis , and the guitar player never turned up so they went on without him.

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By *andaCouple
over a year ago

co down

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By *andaCouple
over a year ago

co down

A while 20 or so years airbrushed out of history then? Considering none of the 90s bands would have been in existence without their late 70s influences obviously hasn't been considered

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I bet you all know the words to wonderwall tho lol"

I know all the words to Mambo No 5 and that don't make it a classic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I bet you all know the words to wonderwall tho lol"

I don't.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I only have 5 of those in my collection...

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By *verysmileMan
over a year ago

Canterbury

What is the criteria......?

If we are talking about influence we seem to have forgotten the whole social geo political awareness thing that came out of "Do they know it's Xmas"....it may not have been Shakespeare with a tune but it certainly changed the world.

Alternatively, if it is musical extravagance, what about Tubular Bells?

Or if we are talking simply a good tune, then this list is a little short of anything other than a simple 30 year time frame........in other words, it draws from a very small period in out culture.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a pretty decent list of Indie guitar music. Wrong order though, and very mainstream.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Brought to you by the entire Q editorial team no doubt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Completely ruined by those comic opera buffoons Queen though.

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By *verysmileMan
over a year ago

Canterbury

............and of course, no mention of the Pistols......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I ain't even heard of number 11.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"I ain't even heard of number 11. "

You're kidding me. It wasn't off the radio when it came out!

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By *anchestercubMan
over a year ago

manchester & NI

"............and of course, no mention of the Pistols......"

Or Led Zeppelin.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I ain't even heard of number 11.

You're kidding me. It wasn't off the radio when it came out!

I'm afraid I don't listen to music radio.

My wireless isn't good enough for that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm going to put together my own top twenty, then you can all pick it apart, and then I can tell you why your wrong lol

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"I ain't even heard of number 11.

You're kidding me. It wasn't off the radio when it came out!

I'm afraid I don't listen to music radio.

My wireless isn't good enough for that. "

You'll know the song. It's been used for various BBC trailers and idents.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"I'm going to put together my own top twenty, then you can all pick it apart, and then I can tell you why your wrong lol

This is the problem isn't it. Music is so subjective. But the list on the OP is clearly put together by middle aged men from Manchester.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

who on earth compiles these lists!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Farcical !

Next to nothing from the sixties .

Nor the 70s

And how many from oasis ?

What a joke

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Farcical !

Next to nothing from the sixties .

Nor the 70s

And how many from oasis ?

What a joke

I think it just highlights the lack of "breadth" in the Radio X audience !

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By *untimes_2009Couple
over a year ago

Wallasey

Very small cross section. Probably in a very restrictive area of Manchester. Oasis Avenue???

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By *afadaoMan
over a year ago

Staines

Where are The Kinks?

Where are The Who?

Where are Pink Floyd?

Where are Led Zeppelin?

Where are New Order?

Where are Blur?

Where are Fleetwood Mac?

Where are The Jam?

Where are The Clash?

Where are Radiohead?

Where are The Cure?

That's for starters. Bit of a lazy list isn't it? As compiled by Noel Gallagher!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

was Liam Gallagher guest DJ when that list was compiled?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Where are The Kinks?

Where are The Who?

Where are Pink Floyd?

Where are Led Zeppelin?

Where are New Order?

Where are Blur?

Where are Fleetwood Mac?

Where are The Jam?

Where are The Clash?

Where are Radiohead?

Where are The Cure?

That's for starters. Bit of a lazy list isn't it? As compiled by Noel Gallagher!"

Pretty sure most of these were in the top 100, OP didn't post them all lol.

It was done via the Radio X website over a couple of weeks of I remember correctly

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

"According to XFM, Radio X, or what ever it's called these days. Take it with a pinch of salt, lol

1. Oasis - 'Wonderwall'

2. Oasis - 'Don’t Look Back In Anger'

3. Oasis - 'Champagne Supernova'

4. Oasis - Live Forever'

5. The Stone Roses - 'I Am The Resurrection'

6. Arctic Monkeys - 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

7. David Bowie - 'Heroes'

8. David Bowie - 'Life On Mars?'

9. The Verve - 'Bittersweet Symphony'

10. The Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'

11. Elbow - 'One Day Like This'

12. Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

13. The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'

14. Pulp - 'Common People'

15. The Smiths - 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

16. Oasis - 'Slide Away'

17. The Stone Roses - 'Fool’s Gold'

18. The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now'

19. The Beatles - 'A Day In The Life'

20. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

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teenage kicks

Ghost town

Every breath you take

My generation

Wuthering heights

Anarchy in the UK

Wild Thing

Waterloo sunset

These aren't in my top 10 they are just random tunes that are better than the list above

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By *afadaoMan
over a year ago

Staines

"Where are The Kinks?

Where are The Who?

Where are Pink Floyd?

Where are Led Zeppelin?

Where are New Order?

Where are Blur?

Where are Fleetwood Mac?

Where are The Jam?

Where are The Clash?

Where are Radiohead?

Where are The Cure?

That's for starters. Bit of a lazy list isn't it? As compiled by Noel Gallagher!

Pretty sure most of these were in the top 100, OP didn't post them all lol.

It was done via the Radio X website over a couple of weeks of I remember correctly"

I just went on the Radio X site to have a look at the top 100 and got this - "Sorry, we've got a bit of a technical problem! Try coming back later"

That is due to a cyber attack by people disgruntled at the top 20.

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

Utter pish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I pretty much never agree with these lists, but this one is even more utter toss than they usually are.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nice to see wonderwall at the top. Wait. This isn't the Mike flowers pops version?

And no Edwin Collins either? Someone tear this shite up.

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By *ldestswingerintownMan
over a year ago

Lancaster

Russ Conway? - Mrs Mills? Pinky & Perky - all better than the original list!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

One word to sum that up

bollocks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a list voted for by XFM listeners. What did you all expect?

I'm sure that if we had a list from Heart FM or BBC Radio Norfolk there'd be plenty of "Knights in White Satin" or whatever

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't get me wrong, I like all the songs on the list, but there are better songs, and in some cases there are better sings on the same albums as the ones on the list (if that makes sense).

I think they just took the first 20 tracks from a mix tape someone made them at art college

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Think the Radios analogue coverage in Manchester had somewhat of an influence in this poll!!

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Russ Conway? - Mrs Mills? Pinky & Perky - all better than the original list!"

Mr Blobby and Bob The Builder too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"According to XFM, Radio X, or what ever it's called these days. Take it with a pinch of salt, lol

1. Oasis - 'Wonderwall'

2. Oasis - 'Don’t Look Back In Anger'

3. Oasis - 'Champagne Supernova'

4. Oasis - Live Forever'

5. The Stone Roses - 'I Am The Resurrection'

6. Arctic Monkeys - 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

7. David Bowie - 'Heroes'

8. David Bowie - 'Life On Mars?'

9. The Verve - 'Bittersweet Symphony'

10. The Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'

11. Elbow - 'One Day Like This'

12. Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

13. The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'

14. Pulp - 'Common People'

15. The Smiths - 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

16. Oasis - 'Slide Away'

17. The Stone Roses - 'Fool’s Gold'

18. The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now'

19. The Beatles - 'A Day In The Life'

20. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

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what no pink floyd

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What no massive attack?

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Blue Monday

I rest my case

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By *hetalkingstoveMan
over a year ago

London

Good grief. I know these lists are meaningless but this is outstandingly awful. They haven't even picked the best Oasis songs

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By *onnie55Man
over a year ago

Port Talbot

I agree with so many of the above posters.. Not my top twenty at all!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

XFM = people who like shit music. Let's hit reality, oasis were fucking crap, whichever of the whining gallagher gits was screeching the songs were absolutely tuneless shite. Stone roses complete bollocks, arctic wankers, pulp, the smiths? seriously? whoeveer put this shit together is tone deaf or maybe completely deaf. 5 decent songs among the lot.

"According to XFM, Radio X, or what ever it's called these days. Take it with a pinch of salt, lol

1. Oasis - 'Wonderwall'

2. Oasis - 'Don’t Look Back In Anger'

3. Oasis - 'Champagne Supernova'

4. Oasis - Live Forever'

5. The Stone Roses - 'I Am The Resurrection'

6. Arctic Monkeys - 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

7. David Bowie - 'Heroes'

8. David Bowie - 'Life On Mars?'

9. The Verve - 'Bittersweet Symphony'

10. The Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'

11. Elbow - 'One Day Like This'

12. Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

13. The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'

14. Pulp - 'Common People'

15. The Smiths - 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

16. Oasis - 'Slide Away'

17. The Stone Roses - 'Fool’s Gold'

18. The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now'

19. The Beatles - 'A Day In The Life'

20. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"XFM = people who like shit music. Let's hit reality, oasis were fucking crap, whichever of the whining gallagher gits was screeching the songs were absolutely tuneless shite. Stone roses complete bollocks, arctic wankers, pulp, the smiths? seriously? whoeveer put this shit together is tone deaf or maybe completely deaf. 5 decent songs among the lot.

According to XFM, Radio X, or what ever it's called these days. Take it with a pinch of salt, lol

1. Oasis - 'Wonderwall'

2. Oasis - 'Don’t Look Back In Anger'

3. Oasis - 'Champagne Supernova'

4. Oasis - Live Forever'

5. The Stone Roses - 'I Am The Resurrection'

6. Arctic Monkeys - 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

7. David Bowie - 'Heroes'

8. David Bowie - 'Life On Mars?'

9. The Verve - 'Bittersweet Symphony'

10. The Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'

11. Elbow - 'One Day Like This'

12. Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

13. The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'

14. Pulp - 'Common People'

15. The Smiths - 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

16. Oasis - 'Slide Away'

17. The Stone Roses - 'Fool’s Gold'

18. The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now'

19. The Beatles - 'A Day In The Life'

20. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

I'm sorry, have you been down the garden center and had a listen to some ornate roses that are made of stone? Because that's the only way I can fathom the statement " the stone roses are bollocks" or are you just angry that shade and wizard are not in the list?or maybe you were honing for 5star or musical youth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bohemian Rhapsody only no.12???

Really??

Some amount of average tunes in there!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Where are The Kinks?

Where are The Who?

Where are Pink Floyd?

Where are Led Zeppelin?

Where are New Order?

Where are Blur?

Where are Fleetwood Mac?

Where are The Jam?

Where are The Clash?

Where are Radiohead?

Where are The Cure?

That's for starters. Bit of a lazy list isn't it? As compiled by Noel Gallagher!"

cant put it better than that;

think how long PF were at No.1 with the wall, Fleetwood Mac amazing both first & 2nd generation, the Clash another amazing band, the list could go on and on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The most interesting thing is to look at the best selling singles of all time .

You won't find any by Oasis in the top 40 .

This list is very much a personal selection done by listeners from a selected region I would guess .

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