A l’occasion du cinquantième anniversaire des Charts Britanniques, la BBC a lancé un grand sondage destiné à savoir quel était le meilleur single de tous les temps… voici donc le top 100, dans lequel le groupe Queen se classe devant les Beatles.
1. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
2. John Lennon – Imagine
3. Beatles – Hey Jude
4. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
5. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
6. Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
7. Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun
8. Abba – Dancing Queen
9. Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
10. Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
11. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
12. Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall
13. Police – Every Breath You Take
14. Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
15. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas
16. Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
17. Beatles – She Loves You
18. Soft Cell – Tainted Love
19. Beatles – All You Need Is Love
20. Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
21. 10 CC – I’m Not In Love
22 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
22 Rod Stewart – Maggie May
24. Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman
25. David Bowie – Space Oddity
26. Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
27. Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand
28. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
29. Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
30. Monkees – I’m A Believer
31. Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays
32. Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
33. Beatles – Help!
34. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
35. Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
36. Queen – Innuendo
37. Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
38. Abba – Waterloo
39. Elvis vs JXL – A Little Less Conversation
40. Kinks – You Really Got Me
41. Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
42. Elvis Presley – All Shook Up
43. Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
44. Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight
45. Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
46. Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
47. Nilsson – Without You
48. Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
49. Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World/Cabaret
50. Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
51. Abba – The Winner Takes It All
52. Blondie – Heart Of Glass
53. Beatles – Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
54. Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby
55. George Michael – Careless Whisper
56 Beatles – Ticket To Ride
56 John Lennon – Woman
58. Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love
59. Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never
60. Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Chile
61. Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
62. Beatles – Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby
63. Human League – Don’t You Want Me
64. Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely
65. Bill Haley & His Comets – Rock Around The Clock
66. Beatles – Paperback Writer
67. Jam – Going Underground
68. T Rex – Get It On
69. Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
70. Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
71. Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
72. Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
73 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends
73 Abba – Mamma Mia
75 Gerry & The Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone
75 David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
75 Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
78. Beatles – Get Back
79. Abba – Knowing Me Knowing You
80. Madonna – Like A Prayer
81. Elvis Presley – Return To Sender
82. Bangles – Eternal Flame
83 Freddie Mercury – Living On My Own
83 U2 – Beautiful Day
85. Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
86. Rolling Stones – Jumping Jack Flash
87. Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)
88. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
89. Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
90. Beatles – From Me To You
91. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
92. A-ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV
93. Bee Gees – Night Fever
94. Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
95 Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
95 Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother
97. Beatles – Hello Goodbye
98. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown
99 Police – Message In A Bottle
99 Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
