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Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Dec. 2004)

1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

2. U2 - One

3. Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine

4. R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

5. Robbie Williams - Angels

6. John Lennon - Imagine

7. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

8. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

9. The Eagles - Hotel California

10. Coldplay - Trouble

11. The Beatles - Let It Be

12. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

14. David Bowie - Space Oddity

15. U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)

16. The Police - Every Breath You Take

17. Blondie - Heart of Glass

18. The Human League - Don't You Want Me

19. Oasis - Wonderwall

20. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2

21. The Stranglers - Golden Brown

22. The Beatles - Hey Jude

23. The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black

24. The Kinks - Lola

25. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

26. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

27. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

28. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

29. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

30. The Specials - Ghost Town

31. Soft Cell - Tainted Love

32. The Doors - Light My Fire

33. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

34. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

35. Guns n' Roses - Novermber Rain

36. Stealers Wheel - Stuck In the Middle With You

37. Queen - We Will Rock You

38. Madness - It Must Be Love

39. Extreme - More than Words

40. The Rolling Stones - I Can't Get No Satisfaction

41. Coldplay - Yellow

42. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

43. U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name

44. The Police - Message in a Bottle

45. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

46. Steve Harley - Make Me Smile

47. Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately

48. The Who - Substitute

49. The Jam - Going Underground

50. Squeeze - Cool for Cats

51. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

52. New Order - Blue Monday

53. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

54. Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

55. Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town

56. U2 - With or Without You

57. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

58. The Beatles - Yesterday

59. Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry

60. The Jam - That's Entertainment

61. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Oliver's Army

62. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer

63. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

64. Queen - Killer Queen

65. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

66. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

67. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

68. The Police - Roxanne

69. U2 - The Sweetest Thing

70. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

71. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

72. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

73. Free - All Right Now

74. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax

75. The Cure - The Lovecats

76. T. Rex - Get It On

77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

78. The Police - Can't Stand Losing You

79. The Jam - Town Called Malice

80. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

81. Crowded House - Fall at Your Feet

82. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

83. David Gray - Babylon

84. No Doubt - Don't Speak

85. Ultravox - Vienna

86. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

87. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

88. The La's - There She Goes

89. Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up

90. U2 - Beautiful Day

91. R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People

92. Sting - Fields of Gold

93. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

94. Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

95. Guns N' Roses - Paraidse City

96. Don Henley - The Boys of Summer

97. Snow Patrol - Run

98. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

99. Oasis - Live Forever

100. The Beatles - Help

101. David Bowie - Heroes

102. The Specials - Too Much Too Young

103. The Eatles - One of These Nights

104. Boston - More than a Feeling

105. John Lennon - Jealous Guy

106. Aerosmith/Run DMC - Walk This Way

107. Eric Clapton - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

108. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

109. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man

110. Crowded House - Weather With You

111. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire

112. Iggy Pop - The Passenger

113. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

114. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

115. Stereophonics - Have a Nice Day

116. Queen - A Kind of Magic

117. Paul Weller - You Do Something to Me

118. The Verve - Lucky Man

119. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

120. Blondie - Call Me

121. The Beatles - Lady Madonna

122. David Bowie - Starman

123. The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket

124. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

125. Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You

126. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

127. Bryan Adams - Run to You

128. Queen - Somebody to Love

129. Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

130. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

131. Blondie - Atomic

132. Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection

133. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

134. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

135. Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere

136. The Rolling Stones - Miss You

137. Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

138. David Bowie - Jean Genie

139. John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over)

140. Steve Miller Band - The Joker

141. Lou Reed - Perfect Day

142. Pulp - Common People

143. T. Rex - 20th Century Boy

144. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

145. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

146. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?

147. The Beatles - Penny Lane

148. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes

149. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman

150. Travis - Why Does It Always Rain on Me

151. Train - Drops of Jupiter

152. INXS - Need You Tonight

153. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

154. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

155. David Bowie - Let's Dance

156. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

157. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

158. Radiohead - Creep

159. Yazoo - Only You

160. Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson

161. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

162. Oasis - Champagne Supernova

163. Pink Floyd - Money

164. The Beatles - Something

165. Squeeze - Up the Junction

166. U2 - Mysterious Ways

167. Santana - Smooth

168. The Smiths - This Charming Man

169. Blondie - Sunday Girl

170. Damien Rice - Cannonball

171. Manic Street Preachers - A Design for Life

172. The Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together

173. The Animals - House of the Rising Sun

174. Madness - My Girl

175. Talk Talk - It's My Life

176. Elton John - Rocket Man

177. The Police - Walking on the Moon

178. Meat Loaf - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

179. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

180. David Bowie - Life on Mars

181. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

182. The Rolling Stones - Fool to Cry

183. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

184. U2 - New Year's Day

185. Oasis - Half the World Away

186. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

187. The Waterboys - Whole of the Moon

188. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

189. The B-52's - Love Shack

190. Queen/David Bowie - Under Pressure

191. Kraftwerk - The Model

192. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

193. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

194. The Beatles - All You Need is Love

195. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop

196. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

197. The Kinks - You Really Got Me

198. Seal - Kiss from a Rose

199. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

200. R.E.M. - The One I Love

201. Queen - We Are the Champions

202. Paul Weller - Wildwood

203. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Power of Love

204. Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff

205. U2 - Angel of Harlem

206. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

207. Coldplay - Clocks

208. The Cars - Drive

209. The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun

210. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

211. Dido - White Flag

212. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

213. The Clash - Rock the Casbah

214. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

215. The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love

216. Queen - You're My Best Friend

217. Travis - Driftwood

218. The Who - My Generation

219. Roxy Music - Love is the Drug

220. Keane - Bedshaped

221. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic

222. The Beatles - In My Life

223. James - Sit Down

224. Blondie - Picture This

225. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight

226. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

227. Van Halen - Jump

228. INXS - New Sensation

229. Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

230. Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

231. U2 - Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out of

232. The Eagles - Take It Easy

233. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

234. Prince - Purple Rain

235. The Beatles - Hello Goodbye

236. Dido - Here With Me

237. The Cure - Close to Me

238. Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic

239. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

240. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive

241. Bryan Adams - Summer of '69

242. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way

243. Don MacLean - American Pie

244. Semisonic - Secret Smile

245. Gary Numan - Cars

246. David Bowie - Changes

247. Small Faces - Itchycoo

248. Madness - Embarassment

249. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?

250. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

251. Billy Idol - White Wedding

252. The Beatles - Ticket to Ride

253. Black - Wonderful Life

254. Nirvana - Come As You Are

255. The Police - So Lonely

256. Aztec Camera - Somewhere in My Heart

257. Rod Stewart - I Don't Want to Talk About It

258. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

259. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno

260. Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone

261. The Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud

262. The Clash - London Calling

263. The Eagles - Desperado

264. David Bowie - Modern Love

265. The Cranberries - Linger

266. The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant

267. R.E.M. - Man on the Moon

268. Burce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is

269. Robbie Williams - She's the One

270. The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me

271. Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

272. Dido - Thank You

273. Oasis - She's Electric

274. Van Morrison - Bright Side of the Road

275. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

276. The Rolling Stones - Angie

277. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

278. Nickelback - How You Remind Me

279. The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road

280. Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love

281. Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do

282. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer

283. Genesis - Follow You Follow Me

284. U2 - Desire

285. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

286. The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes

287. Blur - Parklife

288. Queen - Radio Ga Ga

289. Madness - House of Fun

290. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop

291. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

292. Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway

293. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

294. The Beatles - She Loves You

295. The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang

296. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold

297. The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice

298. Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved

299. John Lennon - Stand By Me

300. Supertramp - Breakfast in America

301. The Who - Pinball Wizard

302. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

303. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking

304. Queen - I Want to Break Free

305. Keane - Everybody's Changing

306. Blondie - Denis

307. Travis - Turn

308. Sting - Englishman in New York

309. Suzanne Vega - Luka

310. New Order - True Faith

311. Stereophonics - Handbags and Gladrags

312. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

313. R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight

314. The Beatles - Revolution

315. The Knack - My Sharona

316. The Housemartins - happy Hour

317. David Gray - Please Forgive Me

318. Madness - Our House

319. John Lennon - Woman

320. The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap

321. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

322. David Bowie - Young Americans

323. Def Leppard - Animal

324. The Stranglers - No More Heroes

325. Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary

326. Bob Marley - Is This Love

327. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

328. Tears for Fears - Mad World

329. Rod Stewart - First Cut is the Deepest

330. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

331. The Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane

332. Mighty Wah - The Story of the Blues

333. Blondie - The Tide is High

334. Thin Lizzy - Whisky in the Jar

335. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

336. Cardigans - My Favourite Game

337. Queen - One Vision

338. The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

339. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

340. The Jam - Start

341. Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid

342. ZZ Top - Legs

343. Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis

344. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

345. Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running

346. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul

347. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

348. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

349. The Beatles - Back in the U.S.S.R.

350. Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

351. Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

352. Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well

353. OMD - Enola Gay

354. Supertramp - The Logical Song

355. Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air

356. John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane

357. Duran Duran - Girls on Film

358. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

359. U2 - Even Better Than the Real Thing

360. Texas - Say What You Want

361. Babybird - You're Gorgeous

362. The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl

363. Seal - Crazy

364. David Bowie - China Girl

365. David Gray - Sail Away

366. Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady

367. Hoobastank - The Reason

368. Wings - Band on the Run

369. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

370. The Beatles - I Feel Fine

371. The New Radicals - You Get What You Give

372. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

373. Dire Straits - Walk of Life

374. U2 - Vertigo

375. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

376. INXS - Mystify

377. Travis - Sing

378. The Jam - Eton Rifles

379. David Bowie - Sound and Vision

380. Rod Stewart - The Killing of Georgie

381. Bon Jovi - Always

382. Scissor Sisters - Laura

383. Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket

384. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

385. Duran Duran - Rio

386. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

387. Bryan Adams - Heaven

388. Stereophonics - Just Looking

389. Supergrass - Alright

390. Meat Loaf - You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth

391. The Beatles - Fool on the Hill

392. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.

393. Patti Smith - Because the Night

394. Keane - This is the Lat Time

395. Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk

396. The Jam - Beat Surrender

397. David Bowie - Sorrow

398. Wannadies - You and Me Song

399. Men at Work - Down Under

400. ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

401. The Eagles - New Kid in Town

402. The Stranglers - Always the Sun

403. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's

404. The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love

405. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy

406. Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again

407. Rod Stewart - Tonight's the Night

408. Tom Petty - Won't Back Down

409. Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

410. Coldplay - The Scientist

411. The Beatles - Get Back

412. The Cranberries - Dreams

413. Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow

414. Cream - I Feel Free

415. Oasis - Whatever

416. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

417. Aerosmith - Love in an Elevator

418. The Cure - Friday I'm in Lovfe

419. Guns N' Roses - Live & Let Die

420. Scissor Sisters - Mary

421. Eurythmics - Thorn in My Side

422. Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith

423. Oasis - Supersonic

424. Rod Stewart - You're in My Heart

425. Del Amitri - Nothing Ever Happens

426. The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

427. Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

428. Duran Duran - Ordinary World

429. Prince & the Revolution - When Doves Cry

430. Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It

431. The Verve - Sonnet

432. The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong

433. Blur - Girls and Boys

434. Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me

435. Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

436. R.E.M. - Leaving New York

437. Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is

438. Catatonia - Road Rage

439. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

440. The Beatles - The Ballad of John & Yoko

441. Bob Marley - Jammin'

442. The Style Council - You're the Best Thing

443. Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith

444. David Gray - Be Mine

445. The Doors - Riders on the Storm

446. Green Day - Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)

447. America - A Horse With No Name

448. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

449. The Clash - I Fought the Law

450. Paul Weller - Broken Stones

451. Evanescence - Bring Me to Life

452. The Beatles - Come Together

453. Tears for Fears - Shout

454. U2 - The Fly

455. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You

456. Joe Jackson - It's Different for Girls

457. Barenaked Ladies - One Week

458. Elton John - Your Song

459. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

460. Coldplay - In My Place

461. The Kinks - All Day & All of the Night

462. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Till It's Over

463. Embrace - Gravity

464. Marillion - Kayleigh

465. Kirsty MacColl - A New England

466. Toto - Africa

467. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

468. The Connells - '74-'75

469. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

470. Maroon 5 - This Love

471. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes

472. Alannah Myles - Black Velvet

473. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

474. The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You

475. Duran Duran - The Reflex

476. David Bowie - Golden Years

477. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

478. Heaven 17 - Temptation

479. Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love

480. Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama

481. Genesis - Invisible Touch

482. The Beatles - Day Tripper

483. Travis - Writing to Reach You

484. The Smiths - Panic

485. Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone

486. Madness - Baggy Trousers

487. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart

488. Squeeze - Tempted

489. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

490. Steely Dan - Do It Again

491. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

492. The Style Council - Speak Like a Child

493. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

494. The Bangles - Manic Monday

495. T. Rex - I Love 2 Boogie

496. The Cure - In Between Days

497. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

498. Travis - Flowers in the Window

499. Rod Stewart/Faces - Stay With Me

500. Wings - Jet