Category: Radio
2
Date: 03.01.2005
Printable version
Davina McCall today
unveils the list of songs that have made it into the BRITs 25 –
Best Song Award.
Listeners to Davina's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2 show are being asked to vote for their
top five songs from the list of 25 to find the country's favourite BRITS
song.
BRITs 25 - the Best Song Award goes out today on Radio 2 at 2.00pm.
The search to find the public's favourite British song released since
the BRITs began in 1977 was launched by Radio 2 and the BPI to mark
the 25th ceremony in the history of the BRIT Awards.
The shortlist of 25 songs has been nominated by a special panel made
up of members of the music industry and media.
Ìý
All the singles have been performed by a British act
since 1977.
The top five will then be announced at the BRIT Awards Nomination Launch
on 10 January 2005 at the Park Lane Hotel, London.
To decide upon the BRITs 25 - Best Song, listeners to Radio 2's Ken
Bruce show will be able to hear the top five between Monday 17 and Friday
21 January (9.30am-noon).
Ìý
The voting will be open via web, text and telephone
from 21 to 30 January.
The winner will be announced at BRITs 25 on 9 February 2005, which will
be hosted by Chris Evans and held at Earls Court, London.
The shortlist of 25 songs
1. Heroes - David Bowie
Ìý
2. We Are The Champions - Queen
Ìý
3. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Ìý
4. Night Fever - Bee Gees
Ìý
5. London Calling - Clash
Ìý
6. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Ìý
7. That's Entertainment - The Jam
Ìý
8. I Don't Want To Talk About It - Rod Stewart
Ìý
9. Look of Love - ABC
Ìý
10. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Ìý
11. True - Spandau Ballet
Ìý
12. Careless Whisper - George Michael
Ìý
13. Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
Ìý
14. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Ìý
15. Sacrifice - Elton John
Ìý
16. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Ìý
17. Why - Annie Lennox
Ìý
18. Fields of Gold - Sting
Ìý
19. Kiss From A Rose - Seal
Ìý
20. Wonderwall - Oasis
Ìý
21. Angels - Robbie Williams
Ìý
22. Yellow - Coldplay
Ìý
23. Babylon - David Gray
Ìý
24. Leave Right Now - Will Young
Ìý
25. Dry Your Eyes - The Streets
Colin Martin, Editor of Radio 2 Music, who sat on the panel, says: "British
chart music is a massive part of our popular culture and looking back
at what has been produced since the BRITs first began in 1977 has highlighted
what a wealth of outstanding talent we have produced over the decades.
Ìý
"Distilling over a quarter-century of hits to a
list of 25 to be voted on by Radio 2 listeners has been one of the most
difficult tasks I have ever shared in.
Ìý
"Now it's up to our listeners to find the all time
favourite British song, I wish them luck!"
BPI Chairman Peter Jamieson says: "BRITs 25 with Mastercard is
already lining up to be a very special show.
Ìý
"This unique collaboration with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2 gives
the British public their opportunity to select the very best song of
the two-and-a-half decades the BRITs has been running. The result is
bound to be controversial."
Notes to Editors
Ìý
BRITs 25 - the Best Song Award criteria:
Ìý
· A song performed by a British act
Ìý
· The song has to have first charted between
1 January 1977 and 31 December 2004
Ìý
· Re-releases/re-issues will not be eligible
Ìý
· Recording to have reached top 75 chart success
with the period
Ìý
· A maximum of one title per artist to be allowed
in final 25
Ìý
· Recording has to have been available on general
UK wide release during the period
