Best British Song?

The Brit Awards this year have an interesting idea - trying to name the best British song of the past few decades. here's the list :


Heroes - David Bowie
We Are The Champions - Queen
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Night Fever - Bee Gees
London Calling - Clash
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
That's Entertainment - The Jam
I Don't Want To Talk About It - Rod Stewart
Look of Love - ABC
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
True - Spandau Ballet
Careless Whisper - George Michael
Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Sacrifice - Elton John
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Why - Annie Lennox
Fields of Gold - Sting
Kiss From A Rose - Seal
Wonderwall - Oasis
Angels - Robbie Williams
Yellow - Coldplay
Babylon - David Gray
Leave Right Now - Will Young
Dry Your Eyes - The Streets

what can I say? starts off well, falls away badly at the end. I mean, Will Young? as popular as he may be, has he really done anything that would be considered better than the works of people like The Smiths & Morrissey? The Streets instead of something like Frankie's Power Of Love? and where exactly is what could well be the greatest song ever recorded, "I Am The Resurrection" by The Stone Roses?

alarmingly, this by and large appears to be "English", not British. not one appearance by the Welsh Wonders, the Manic Street Preachers? U2 from Ireland? Simple Minds, for that matter?

oh well, these things always do tend to cause debate and "controversy". ho hum, good luck to the winner. I can't pick one - if it's the entries from Bowie, Queen, Joy Division or Kate Bush, or even perhaps The Clash, then I guess all is well. anything after them on the list and I think you have a "novelty" winner on your hands!