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Paul Weller The Jam That's Entertainment "it's beautiful and it's intense and it's quite scary" A-D| E-I| J-M| N-R | S-V| W-Z New Order Blue Monday Nilsson Without You Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit Oasis Live Forever Oasis Wonderwall Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger Donny Osmond Puppy Love Gilbert O'Sullivan Alone Again (Naturally) Pet Shop Boys Being Boring Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Pogues, The Fairytale Of New York Police, The Every Breath You Take Elvis Presley Hound Dog Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley That's All Right Procol Harum A Whiter Shade Of Pale Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Gerry Rafferty Baker St Bonnie Raitt I Can't Make You Love Me Otis Redding (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Cliff Richard Miss You Nights Cliff Richard Move It Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Tracks of My Tears Rolling Stones, The (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side REM Everybody Hurts REM Losing My Religion Ronettes, The Sleigh Ride Lou Reed Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side It was a great example of the working relationship between Lou Reed and David Bowie and Mick Ronson" A-D| E-I| J-M| N-R| S-V | W-Z Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water Slade Everyday Slade Merry Christmas Everybody Smiths, The This Charming Man Spandau Ballet True Dusty Springfield You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen Born To Run Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road Status Quo Paper Plane Stone Roses, The I Am The Resurrection 10cc I'm Not In Love James Taylor Fire And Rain Turner, Ike and Tina River Deep, Mountain High U2 One U2 With Or Without You Undertones, The Teenage Kicks Sarah Vaughan Serenata Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA "What they missed was the shameful part. The guy in the song was just proud that he lived" A-D| E-I| J-M| N-R| S-V| W-Z Ward, Clifford T. Home Thoughts From Abroad Dionne Warwick Walk On By Dinah Washington Mad About The Boy Wham! Last Christmas Hank Williams Cold Cold Heart Robbie Williams Angels Robbie Williams Feel Stevie Wonder Superstition Hank Williams Hank Williams Cold, Cold Heart "it’s almost as if the song just existed and was discovered like an element in the periodic table." About the BBC | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy Explore the BBC
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