Radio X Best of British 2023

[Panda]

Strongbow Dark Fruits and bucket hats at the ready because Radio X listeners have voted on the station's annual poll to find the best British song of all time...

100(NE) Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales Of San Francisco
99(RE) Oasis - Little By Little
98(RE) Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
97(RE) Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.
96(NE) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - If I Had A Gun
95(RE) Muse - Hysteria
94(65) Oasis - Cast No Shadow
93(RE) Stone Roses - Love Spreads
92(RE) Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
91(97) Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
90(84) Oasis - Rock & Roll Star
89(RE) Stone Roses - Made Of Stone
88(79) Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
87(RE) Oasis - Half The World Away
86(92) Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
85(88) Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky
84(RE) Kasabian - LSF
83(69) Elbow - One Day Like This
82(RE) Liam Gallagher - Once
81(86) Blur - Song 2
80(81) Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
79(RE) The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
78(73) Skunk Anansie - Weak
77(RE) Blossoms - Charlemagne
76(RE) Kasabian - Fire
75(RE) Oasis - Some Might Say
74(70) Beatles - Get Back
73(RE) Blur - Parklife
72(48) Sam Fender - Will We Talk?
71(28) Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth
70(66) Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows
69(54) Oasis - Whatever
68(45) Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
67(82) Beatles - Come Together
66(RE) Kasabian - Club Foot
65(49) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
64(57) The Verve - Lucky Man
63(76) Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief
62(RE) Stone Roses - Waterfall
61(RE) The Cure - Just Like Heaven
60(67) Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
59(64) Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
58(RE) Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
57(77) Liam Gallagher - Everything's Electric
56(56) Nothing But Thieves - Real Love Song
55(58) The Who - Baba O'Riley
54(RE) Stone Roses - Fools' Gold
53(91) Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
52(60) David Bowie - Starman
51(50) Skunk Anansie - Hedonism
50(RE) Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
49(47) Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
48(36) Muse - Plug In Baby
47(27) Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol
46(33) Smiths - This Charming Man
45(72) Oasis - Morning Glory
44(22) Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
43(NE) Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
42(43) Stereophonics - Local Boy In The Photograph
41(31) Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
40(37) Prodigy - Firestarter
39(96) Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
38(98) Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon
37(34) New Order - Blue Monday
36(51) Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
35(95) Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone
34(59) Oasis - Supersonic
33(16) Oasis - Acquiesce
32(21) Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
31(13) Radiohead - Creep
30(19) The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
29(74) Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?
28(53) Stereophonics - C'est La Vie
27(42) Oasis - Wonderwall
26(52) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
25(38) Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
24(12) Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles
23(23) Nothing But Thieves - Impossible
22(18) Courteeners - Not Nineteen Forever
21(24) Oasis - The Masterplan
20(20) Pulp - Common People
19(35) Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
18(7) David Bowie - Heroes
17(26) David Bowie - Life On Mars
16(14) Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
15(15) Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
14(90) Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
13(8) Stereophonics - Dakota
12(NE) Lathums - Say My Name
11(10) Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
10(29) Faithless - Insomnia
9(9) Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
8(NE) Wet Leg - Wet Dream
7(5) Oasis - Champagne Supernova
6(11) Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
5(1) Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
4(6) Arctic Monkeys - 505
3(3) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2(4) Oasis - Slide Away
1(2) Oasis - Live Forever

[greendemon]

Wow, I don't think I've seen this list in previous years but it's a little depressing how about 80% of it is made up of 5 acts.

A lot of the new entries and big jumps up make sense - sadly explaining why 'Insomnia' has gone into the top 10, plus good to see new acts like Wet Leg and Sam Fender doing well - but 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' jumping up from 90th to 14th in one year is surprising me - did I miss something?

(other than it being head and shoulders above about 90% of this chart, of course...)