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The best 25 British songs of the last 25 years: easy
disnews by DiS News January 4th, 2005
On the 25th birthday of the Brit Awards, the ‘legendary’ institution is launching a search to find the public's all time favourite 'British' single. Expect the whole farrago to bombard your media for a couple of months to come, so here’s a bit of pre-warning…

Quite simply, the 25 songs from which you will be prodded to vote are:

‘Heroes’ - David Bowie
‘We Are The Champions’ - Queen
‘Wuthering Heights’ - Kate Bush
‘Night Fever’ - Bee Gees
‘London Calling’ - Clash
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ - Joy Division
‘That's Entertainment’ - The Jam
‘I Don't Want To Talk About It’ - Rod Stewart
‘Look of Love’ - ABC
‘Golden Brown’ - The Stranglers
‘True’ - Spandau Ballet
‘Careless Whisper’ - George Michael
‘Holding Back The Years’ - Simply Red
‘Sledgehammer’ - Peter Gabriel
‘Sacrifice’ - Elton John
‘Unfinished Sympathy’ - Massive Attack
‘Why’ - Annie Lennox
‘Fields of Gold’ - Sting
‘Kiss From A Rose’ - Seal
‘Wonderwall’ - Oasis
‘Angels’ - Robbie Williams
‘Yellow’ - Coldplay
‘Babylon’ - David Gray
‘Leave Right Now’ - Will Young
‘Dry Your Eyes’ - The Streets

Does this inspire you? We know there’s going to be the Eltons and Stings of this world on there, but surely redemption via The Jam, Joy Division and Kate Bush? Or do you hate it all?



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