“It was a good song. It put us on another level and enabled is to keep making lots of records.” Roger Taylor
A poll completed by 2,000 Brits to mark the launch of the new Sony Walkman player found Queen’s 1975 No.1 hit single, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to be the nation’s favourite song by 43%, followed closely behind in second place by their 1978 hit ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’.
Britain’s Top 25 Songs Of All Time Are… (according to the Sony Walkman research.)
Sony’s research celebrates the NW-A105 Walkman, compatible with high resolution audio for crystal-clear sound.
Britain’s Top 25 Songs Of All Time Are:
1. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ – Queen (43%)
2. ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ – Queen (37%)
3. ‘Hey Jude’ – The Beatles (31%)
4. ‘Imagine’ – John Lennon (30%)
5. ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ – Bon Jovi (28%)
6. ‘The Sound Of Silence’ – Simon & Garfunkel (27%)
7. ‘What a Wonderful World’ – Louis Armstrong (25%)
8. ‘Mr Blue Sky’ – ELO (25%)
9. ‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay’ – Otis Redding (24%)
10. ‘Good Vibrations’ – The Beach Boys (24%)
11. ‘I Will Always Love You’ – Whitney Houston (24%)
12. ‘Heard it Through the Grapevine’ – Marvin Gaye (23%)
13. ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ – Tina Turner (23%)
14. ‘Back to Black’ – Amy Winehouse (22%)
15. ‘No Woman, No Cry’ – Bob Marley (22%)
16. ‘Everything I Do (I Do It For You) ‘- Bryan Adams (22%)
17. ‘Waterloo Sunset’ – The Kinks (22%)
18. ‘Ring of Fire’ – Johnny Cash (22%)
19. ‘Mr Brightside’ – The Killers (21%)
20. ‘Careless Whisper’ – George Michael (21%)
21. ‘Rolling in the Deep’ – Adele (21%)
22. ‘Beat It’ – Michael Jackson (20%)
23. ‘Let’s Dance’ – David Bowie (20%)
24. ‘God Only Knows’ – The Beach Boys (19%)
25. ‘Stairway to Heaven’ – Led Zeppelin (19%)