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    Coldplay feature three times in XFM 'Best British Songs' list

    xfm.jpgOn Bank Holiday Monday, Xfm threw caution to the wind and decided to name the Top 100 Best British Songs Of All Time. Taking in votes from the listeners and Xfm DJs, they compiled what they think it the definitive list of the greatest songs from Blighty.

     

    Coldplay featured three times in the list, courtesy of songs Yellow, Viva La Vida and Clocks which came in at 36th, 70th and 82nd positions respectively. And for the record, here's what the final line-up was... (mustve been an XFM Manchester poll then...!)

     

    1. Oasis - Live Forever

    2. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

    3. Oasis - Wonderwall

    4. The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection

    5. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart6. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

    7. The Who - My Generation

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

    9. The Clash - London Calling

    10. Oasis - Champagne Supernova

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

    12. Muse - Knights Of Cydonia

    13. Pulp - Common People

    14. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    15. Blur - Song 2

    16. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

    17. The Jam - A Town Called Malice

    18. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    19. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

    20. The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold

    21. Blur - Parklife

    22. David Bowie - Life On Mars

    23. The Smiths - This Charming Man

    24. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

    25. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

    26. The Jam - Going Underground

    27. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot

    28. Radiohead - Creep

    29. Muse - Plug In Baby

    30. Elbow - One Day Like This

    31. The Beatles - Come Together

    32. The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black

    33. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    34. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness

    35. Muse - Time Is Running Out

    36. Coldplay - Yellow

    37. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life

    38. New Order - Blue Monday

    39. John Lennon - Instant Karma!

    40. Muse - Hysteria

    41. Oasis - Supersonic

    42. The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now

    43. Snow Patrol - Run

    44. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    45. David Bowie - "Heroes"

    46. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

    47. Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

    48. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

    49. David Bowie - Jean Genie

    50. The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun

    51. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

    52. Stereophonics - Dakota

    53. The Jam - That's Entertainment

    54. Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol

    55. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

    56. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole

    57. The Beatles - All You Need Is Love

    58. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

    59. Muse - Starlight

    60. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

    61. Oasis - The Masterplan

    62. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

    63. Muse - Feeling Good

    64. The Specials - Ghost Town

    65. Ash - Girl From Mars

    66. The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums

    67. The Who - Who Are You

    68. Oasis - Slide Away

    69. The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

    70. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

    71. Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down

    72. Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star

    73. The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

    74. Primal Scream - Rocks

    75. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love With Someone...

    76. Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song

    77. Primal Scream - Loaded

    78. The Beatles - Revolution

    79. The Cure - Close To Me

    80. The Kinks - Lola

    81. Feeder - Just A Day

    82. Coldplay - Clocks

    83. David Bowie - Space Oddity

    84. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

    85. Blur - The Universal

    86. Feeder - Buck Rogers

    87. The Rolling Stones - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

    88. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    89. Radiohead - Karma Police

    90. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Part 2

    91. The Stone Roses - Made Of Stone

    92. Blur - Country House

    93. Stereophonics - Pick A Part That’s New

    94. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    95. Radiohead - High And Dry

    96. The Jam - Eton Rifles

    97. The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

    98. The Stone Roses - Waterfall

    99. Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me

    100. The Kinks - You Really Got Me

     

    Source: XFM

     




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