American Reacts Top 40 Best Selling UK Songs of All Time

[@andybaker2456]

Whoever put that video together wasn't invested enough to know that Careless Whisper was by George Michael, not George Ezra!

[@KnightmareUSA]

classic 80s Ezra

[@paulmidsussex3409]

Careless Whisper was an Album track by Wham. George Michael later released it as a solo single.

[@Silentauditor974]

@@KnightmareUSAhis pre embryonic phase… underrated 😂

[@BulldogMack700rs]

Or Lou Reed who wrote and performed Perfect Day is from New York city

[@hellemarc4767]

Or that "Perfect Day" is a Lou Reed song... They don't know sh*t about music.

[@paulfieldsend295]

For anyone young and ignorant enough to think the Beatles are over-rated, there is an excellent documentary (which you can find on KZbin) by Howard Goodall - the TV and Film composer. In it he explains exactly why the Beatles can never be over-rated and why all of those 'great songs' you enjoy, simply wouldn't exist without them.

[@peterchapman3740]

hes correct

[@peterchapman3740]

overated

[@janolaful]

Excuse me I'm 68 and yes the beatles were over raited Come Together Based on Chuck Berry's 1956 hit "You Can't Catch Me", Lennon's song was slowed down and given a "swampy" bass line by McCartney. The lyrics were also altered slightly, with "Here come old flat-top/He come groovin' up slowly" replacing Berry's "Here come a flat-top/He was movin' up with me". Lennon was sued by Berry's publisher, Morris Levy, in 1973, but the case was settled out of court. Lennon agreed to cover three of Levy's songs, including a version of "You Can't Catch Me". Feel Fine Similar to Bobby Parker's 1961 song "Watch Your Step". Lennon also based the guitar riff for "Day Tripper" on "Watch Your Step.

[@derekhorne8076]

I think it’s unfair to call him or anyone that isn’t a massive fan of the beatles ignorant. Everyone has their own tastes. Music, art, writhing etc. that’s like saying someone who doesn't Mozart is ignorant, or Chaucer. Different times, different cultures, different tastes. Each to their own

[@Nickel1147]

​@@janolafulWell your ears need changing.

[@4yaears]

Anyone that says the Beatles are overrated simply hasn’t listened to enough Beatles songs. They are, hands down, the greatest band that ever existed in terms of the quality and depth of their songs and styles.

[@jayb8298]

Prefer The Stones....

[@peterchapman3740]

Your wrong they are overated ,they good for you but we all dont feel the same

[@4yaears]

@@peterchapman3740 I’m not wrong, they’re the best by almost every conceivable metric. The amount of songs. The amount of hits. The amount of styles. They trail-blazed, revolutionising pop music. They conquered UK and American market. They utilised the broadest range of instruments, orchestras, sounds and vocals. Every member wrote, sang and played. They were all characters, equally loved by all. Their success traversed more than 2 decades. They were the first to play stadiums. They shaped rock, pop, and culture. Their groundbreaking studio techniques, lyrical depth, and genre diversity set unmatched standards. Their influence spans generations, inspiring countless artists and enduring global adoration. Success this transformative can't simply be hype-it’s genuine legacy.

[@NeilusNihilus]

I have never heard anyone EVER, say they are overrated.

[@Loupa57]

100% agree.

[@gdok6088]

Frankie Goes to Holywood was a British group.

[@Slademanxx]

Beatles over rated ?. i gave up when you said that.

[@lizvickers7156]

Me too. He wouldn't know good music if it knocked on his door. The greatest group of all time.

[@christineharding4190]

This list is of the best selling songs in the UK - NOT the best UK songs.

[@blackprince7510]

Saying the Beatles are overrated and then saying Wonderwall is a classic? I always thought Oasis was very overrated and Wonderwall was an annoying song.

[@ChristinaH111]

And after aaaaaaaaaall, your my wonder waaaaaaaaaalll 🎶 😂

[@Slademanxx]

Oasis were very much Beatles influenced, which a lot of bands have been, nothing wrong with that i liked Oasis, without the Beatles a lot of bands would never have come about,.

[@julianbarber4708]

You were right to think that.

[@davidcrump294]

Elton John's song "Candle in the Wind" was originally written to honor Marilyn Monroe, but was later re-written and re-recorded to pay tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales: Marilyn Monroe The song was originally written in 1973 to honor Monroe's life and how it reflected society's treatment of its idols. Diana, Princess of Wales In 1997, John and Bernie Taupin re-wrote the song as a tribute to Diana, who had died earlier that year. The song was performed at Diana's funeral, and the proceeds from the song went to her charities. The song's title was changed to "Candle in the Wind 1997", and the opening lyrics were changed from "Goodbye Norma Jeane" to "Goodbye England's rose".

[@auldfouter8661]

Her funeral was less than a week after her death. Died early hours of Sunday , funeral was the next Saturday. I was at a friend's 40th birthday party on Saturday 30th August and when I got home I just heard the news within an hour or so of the event.

[@OneTrueScotsman]

After watching that list, I have a hard time believing it's accurate.

[@spruce381]

Me too - bet it includes Spotify - 45s list would be far more committed.

[@murmursmeglos]

The funny thing about The Beatles is you could do a top 10 or even top 20 of their best songs and none of them could be singles. Many of their most ground-breaking songs are from albums, not to say the singles aren't impressive but just concentrating on them really doesn't show the diversity of the Beatles catalogue.

[@brianroyle2533]

oops beatles over rated ! set a week aside listen to everything then apologise

[@scipioafricanus5871]

and three copies of a hand-written essay of why the Beatles can never be over-rated.

[@Vaati1992]

Love how the top three comments are related to The Beatles. Let me build on that pile xD Because, to me, saying "I find the The Beatles to be overrated" is such a weird statement. We live in a world The Beatles built. The image pop acts have, the idealization of pop acts that write their own songs, clear group dynamics, musical acts adjusting their style during their careers. All those things weren't really a "thing" musicians did. Nothing the Beatles did was unique to them, but the sum of it all means that you just gotta respect them so much. Anyway, I'm also not surprised you don't know about e.g. Perfect Day, which, as a British charity single, was always unlikely to "cross over" into any other music market. The Brits love their frequent charity things, including musical projects. There are a few Comic Relief charity singles that also sold well, and those are either joke songs, or songs covered by UK comedians. Nobody outside of the UK buys them.

[@gdok6088]

John Lennon's Imagine gives me chills. I don't often play it, but it moves me whenever I hear it.

[@Nickel1147]

Strictly speaking the lyrics are Yoko

[@spanishpeaches2930]

Dreadful, self indulgent song..made even worse by every fkw1t who drags their piano to a pointless vigil

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Connor these are songs that were hits in UK but not necessarily British. "Perfect Day" is Lou Reed, for example.

[@HankD13]

You think the Beatles are over rated, followed by "never heard this song". You need to get more.

[@KnightmareUSA]

you'll generally never hear a lot of beatles tracks. not on pop radio, not on tv. not even in ytube ads.. and def not when out in stores, bars, pubs or clubs

[@OneTrueScotsman]

I agree with him. What they accomplished is nothing to scoff at. But popularity doesn't imply quality. Look at what tops the charts these days. And the garbage Marvel makes is somehow the best selling movies of all time?

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@KnightmareUSA But driving in a car around Rhode Island listening to any radio channel between 2012-15 you'll definitely have heard Pharrell Williams "Happy". lmao.

[@Isleofskye]

THE BEATLES and their 230 songs changed the World not just The World Of Music. Biggest selling artists by a long way, worldwide, First to play an outdoor stadium. Have the most recorded songs (Over 3,000 versions of "Yesterday") Had ALL The Top 5 an The USA Charts simultaneously and 14 in THe Top 100. "Three Lions" was THe Eglish Fooball Teans, unofficial 1996 Anthem.

[@AlexByth]

Actually it was their official 1996 anthem. And their unofficial anthem for every other tournament England have played in ever since!

[@Loupa57]

“Imagine” came out when I was 18. It was such a powerful note 🎵 for its time. One of my favourite classics, if not for anything else, for the memories it evokes.

[@theo4281]

Dutchie here. Rhode Island was named by Dutch explorer Adrian Block. He named it "Roodt Eylandt" meaning "red island" in reference to the red clay that lined the shore. The name was later anglicized when the region came under British rule.

[@angelabushby1891]

Elton Johns song was for Princess Diana,he sung it at her funeral

[@williambailey344]

Bryan Adams didn't sing Stand by you sorry Connor what you were singing was the wrong song 😊

[@gdok6088]

Last Christmas, the one you referred to as a classic was by Wham! - a British pop duo (George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley)

[@clivegilbertson6542]

G'day Mate! I agree about the Barbie Girl song but back in about 1999 there was a British TV Comedy program called Goodness Gracious Me totally cast with South Asians in the UK. One of their spoofs was a send up of Barbie Girl Called "I'm Punjabi Girl" and if you can find the original it might well be worth a look... Cheers!

[@mikehull5042]

Love Blur hate Oasis. Was at school when i wanted Blur to beat Oasis at music awards and they did was a awesome time

[@aquillaism]

the number1 song was originally written for marilyn monroe but was rewritten as a tribute to diana princess of wales in 1997 , i think everyone in uk were devastated when we heard about her death

[@peterjones3557]

Not really!

[@AlexByth]

I was devastated by the insane overreaction to it.

[@aquillaism]

@@AlexByth i personally think she was a beautiful person with a beautiful heart , she helped so many people , i stopped what i was doing and sat quietly for 2 minutes when i heard she had died , over a million people went to london for her funeral which was also sign of how much the public idolised her

[@karlJCompton]

the fact that the likes of 'happy' 'uptown funk' and 'blurred lines' etc. are in the same list as 'candle in the wind' 'bohemian rhapsody' 'last christmas' 'wonderwall' etc. is absurd and heartbreaking. the charts died 10 years ago when they allowed streaming to be included. it's not the same.

[@connortopping6943]

uptown funk is an awesome song. blurred lines is terrible and happy is very meh

[@AlexByth]

True, although I think those three (and the Gotye song) were the last big hits from the era of actual paid downloads. I don't think this top 40 includes streaming because it's not THAT skewed.

[@gloryguyful]

Oasis hate the Beatles because the Beatles wrote all Oasis songs before them

[@tihomirrasperic]

Oasis who are they?

[@gloryguyful]

@@tihomirrasperic Probably the biggest band in th Uk in the 90's

[@andreaslindblom9140]

Its kinda "easy" too be a copycat, hard too be the OG!

[@ClaireWW]

What are you talking about? Oasis love the Beatles.

[@gloryguyful]

@@ClaireWW was a joke.......humour bypass?

[@JohnResalb]

Oh yes, I've found your other matter. Yes, most people associate a period in their life with a nostalgic song(s).😊 Especially in our younger days which seem to leave a much more dramatic impact on the rest of our lives.

[@mccorama]

I'm blown away by two Boney M singles in this list - kids in the 70s loved their 45s

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Yet no ABBA. Odd.

[@hod2116]

I was very young end of 70s I can remember boney my being played all the time only others I can remember hit me with yr rithm stick /bright eyes/tell me why I don't like mondays

[@Slademanxx]

It's been discovered that Boney M didn't sing on the their records.

[@AlexByth]

@@Slademanxx Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett did, Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell didn't.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@Slademanxx The Milli Vanilli before Milli Vanilli...

[@Patrick-fo9he]

“I’m so stupid” I can assure you mate you ain’t stupid, you got a better head on your shoulders than 95% of people I see on KZbin : )

[@janolaful]

Elton john sang candle in the wind at princess Diana's funeral

[@JohnResalb]

Rhode Island !! Hi JibJib. Yes, what I think you mean to say is - Rhode Island is a mainland State but part of the State is a large island, in fact a group of islands (am I correct?). As I once mentioned, I studied a little bit all the US states. What was your other question? - I'll have to listen to your review again.

[@claregale9011]

Me and my sister sing in the car often when he radios on , never get half the words correct so we look them up and its nothing like we've been saying , bloody hilarious 😆hope your well connor

[@alexbuckenham1663]

I couldn't agree more with your song opinions

[@nadeansimmons226]

I love Happy. Always makes me cheerful and revs me up

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Young man the Beatles are overrated compared to who . The Beatles has sold 600million records worldwide. Lennon and McCartney have written some of the best songs of all time.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

If you are going to diss someone do Oasis; they copied The Beatles and "Wonderwall" is the name of a George Harrison song. They couldn't even come up with a song title. And they're shite, unlike The Beatles.

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

You need to take your rose tinted specs off.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

​@@mancuniangamecat8288 Ah a Mancunian. Well, I admire your loyalty if not your musical taste.

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

​@@DawnSuttonfabfourwell I do come from the music capital of England.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

@@mancuniangamecat8288 Haha, you are so funny. Is that the famous Northern wit I hear about? If so, then you are truly hilarious, well done! "Music capital..."

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

​@@DawnSuttonfabfouryou should look up the history of music, you might learn something.

[@AncientBriton1948]

There are a few you need to catch up on especially 'Love is all around ' by Wet Wet Wet, 'Do they know its Christmas' by Band Aid which is the song that kicked off the whole Live Aid movement. I'm sure others will mention ones they like, oh Lightning Seeds Its coming home is England's football song for every tournament even though we don't win them 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@James-wp3jq]

No Bee Gee's

[@iangt1171]

The video is not about only British songs Connor, it's about the Top 40 Best Selling in the UK which is totally different as it includes songs by artists who are not British.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

I think imagine by John Lennon received a huge boost in sales in 1980.

[@AndrewBellsWorld]

Goyte is Australian

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

#37... How did they get George Michael and George Ezra confused? The Beatles "overrated"? No, that's not humanly possible. #14, you're confusing it with "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. And we're going to have to disagree over Whitney Houston, who always sounded overwrought and strained to me. Her auntie Dionne Warwick was a far better singer, as are many other people.

[@0utcastAussie]

I prefer Judie Tzuke over Whitney.

[@eddisstreet]

God - I must be getting old - most of these are rubbish

[@johnp8131]

I suppose many of these are "best sellers" due to then being re-released every couple of Christmas'. I'm surprised Slade wasn't in there or did I just miss them?

[@derekhorne8076]

Tbh I was expecting to see ‘white Christmas’ in there as i was always told that was the greatest selling song of all time

[@Slademanxx]

Noddy & Jim's pension .

[@paulmidsussex3409]

You have got to see this in context and listen to every song that has ever charted in the UK.

[@lukespooky]

1:04 george ezra 😂

[@kJ922-h3j]

The ‘Media Ranker’ channel have videos specifically about songs by British artists. Definitely check those out for reactions 👍

[@nolaj114]

P.Diddy "I'll be missing you" instantly takes me to a holiday in Bali and a local guy called Henrik telling me the song made him sad because it made him miss his cat. It has alway's been "Henrik's cat song" to me ever since.

[@davidrenton]

without the Beatles, you don't have Wonderwall without the Beatles , you don't have Oasis without the Beatles, you don't have the vast majority of Songs on that List Saying the Beatles is Overated , is like saying the Model T ford is overated

[@matthewashman1406]

The Beatles ", I feel fine and Hello goodbye should also be in list by sales . Both exceeded 1 million in u .k. which is more than some in the list. Funny no ABBA,or did I miss that

[@TobiasCruelty]

God, I hate Oasis.

[@dyread]

They are a really bad knock off of the Beatles.

[@andrewvalentine6977]

I don't mind them, some of their songs are good it's just I think the lead singer(unsure which brother) has an annoying voice and I can't listen to them for an extended period of time. A few years ago I did night shifts and my colleague would play it all night long. It just became torture after awhile.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@andrewvalentine6977 aaaaaand aaaafteeer aaaaallllll!!! You my wonderwaaaallll!!!

[@RalphHarrison-w9i]

The no 1 was Elton John singing in Westminster Abbey at the funeral of Princess Diana. The song is an adapted version of Candle in the Wind for Diana. You might wish to look it up for a review.

[@johnpowell5433]

I was 13, and diggin' Buddy Holly, when the Beatles came on the scene. They blew my mind. The change they brought about was, and still is, stupendous. As for the bulk of that top 40, I'm ashamed, but also a bit proud, of the list. Several of those best sellers were fundraisers for various calamities that were happening and that's good to know that we British were sufficiently generous to buy enough records to make it into a list like this. Others (Elton in top spot) were pure sentimentality, and that's okay, we're empathetic. So many were dross though. Where were the Beach Boys, ELO, the Kinks (if you haven't explored the Kinks, do so), Bowie, Eric C, the Stones, anyone from Tamla Motown? You're gonna have to find a better list, Connor! 😉

[@philjones45]

Well, without the Beatles you wouldn't have had Oasis, who blatantly ripped off The Beatles all through their career.

[@ItsAlwaysTime4Tea]

loool I thought the same as you did at the start! I was confused when Christina and Adam's song was on the list! Didn't help they listed British songs in the first few!! xD

[@BulldogMack700rs]

I dont know why they've put Perfect day in the intro when its full of Americans and was written by Lou Reed who is famously from New York

[@_Professor_Oak]

9:15 you wouldn't like it as much if you had to hear it 5 times a day, every time December comes around in the UK. Oh and fucking Wham! 😂😂

[@karstenbursak8083]

Boney M. is actually a german production. A casted band of jamaican singers Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barett, Maizie Williams from Monserrat and dancer Bobby Farrell from Aruba produced by Frank Farian, the same guy who gave the world MILLI VANILLI. As with MV, Bobby never sang on any original Boney M. recording, instead Frank Farian would sing the male parts.

[@chrismackett9044]

Perfect Day was originally by Lou Reed but the version here was one recorded by a whole host of artists for charity. George Michael was wrongly labelled as George Ezra. Beatles overrated…hmm.

[@nolaj114]

I am surprised "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood was their big one on this list - on Australia, it was "Relax".

[@lclark6854]

Relax is number 6 on this list.

[@bimble7240]

You should react to Frankie Goes To Hollywood. They took the music world by storm in 1984!! Frankie Says "Do It!"

[@lurchernut7]

You should watch Pentatonix covering Imagine x

[@Vaati1992]

Oh and about #16 (7:03)! Read the lyrics to Barbie Girl. You'll see that Mattel was FURIOUS about that song. It's, and I hope this frankness in the comments has no impact on this video's performance, comparable to stuff like The Vagina Monologues. It's about how Barbie is a s€Xualized commodity, and the clean Scandinavian bubblegum pop production fits that perfectly. It's not a song you necessarily wanna listen to a lot, but it's super legit as a composition and in terms of theme, and I don't get folks who are legitimately INTO music and cannot RESPECT that song's high quality. (in general, in terms of critique, I'm always big on having the two axes of good and bad quality & personal enjoyment and dislike; it's perfectly fine to not like a song, e.g. Uptown Funk, a song I love, for the record, though one can always, if you know how to TALK about music, be honest about a song's qualities; I'm an amateur, most of my love for music comes from looking at lyrics and feeling out if I like the melody and sound of it through more vibes-based stuff, but yeah, sorry for rambling)

[@philjones45]

these are top selling songs in the uk, not necessarily UK acts. We do occasionally buy songs made by acts from different countries, like America for example, God knows why though.

[@AlexByth]

Tee hee hee.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

The Beatles are overrated is the dumbest thing I'll here this year!

[@uppyraptor49]

Listen to TWO TRIBES (annihilation) frankie goes to hollywood ,loud!

[@matt-fh6hb]

Do They Know it’s Christmas by Band Aid was the British version of We Are the World by USA for Africa. The US artists saw what British artists via Midge Ure and Bob Geldoff did and Quincy Jones copied it.

[@katherinethompson4500]

Imagine made cia think Lennon was Russian spy! You need Beatles deep dive - they started heavy metal with ´hetal skelter’. So many different genres - blackbird, . Their early stuff was them finding their sound.

[@woodencreatures]

I'm hoping that you were being sarcastic when you said the Beatles are over rated?????????? Their melodies get compared to Mozart. Are you mad???

[@JustMe-ks8qc]

I love the Adele song, but it always bugs me that I don't know if she means "...find somebody like you (have)" or "..find somebody like you (are)".

[@rwlynch3468]

Unless she had a pet or toy sheep as a kid and it is "ewe", and we have been misled all this time.

[@cityonfoot6023]

Number 14 is the one that starts with “Look into my eyes.. You will see..” Enjoying how you mixed two different songs to guess what it was though. 😂 Also, I understand how you think some Beatles songs are overrated. They’re old now. But I bet they reinvented rock when they were first released.

[@jacksonbrown4112]

@5:36 ''...baby oil'' 😂

[@geoffwright3692]

Never heard of Band Aid? It was recorded 40 years ago almost to the day as a fund-raiser for famine relief in Africa. Been re-recorded a few times in various guises. Typically, the US version came later and wasn't as good. But, I've said it before and I'm not afraid to say it again.....Where did the money really go, Bob?

[@enemde3025]

Never heard of #40. PERFECT DAY is one of American LOU REED songs. Careless Whisper is George MICHEAL not EZRA !! 3 Lions is the England World Cup anthem. I totally agree about the Beatles. I think they were just the boy band of their time.

[@pinksnake8001]

Gotye is Belgian (and Australian and lives in Australia, I think).

[@ThatChrissyGirl]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood are British :) Please can you react to When people first heard these songs, they didn't know they were british? By media ranker

[@hellemarc4767]

Please listen to the Beatles from 1966 on, starting with the "Revolver" album, until their last. Diddy's song is a rip-off of Sting's "Every Breath You Take". Boney M. was a German band.

[@blackprince7510]

That would be the Police's "Every Breath You Take". And yes I know Sting wrote most of it and still performs it as part of his solo career. Andy Summers is still in a dispute over song-writing credit with Sting given he came up with the guitar riff for the song. Something that Stewart Copeland has confirmed.

[@ianmurphy7974]

Connor, Connor, Connor you have never heard of Can’t buy me Love? Ummm I know you are young but come on!!. Great channel though keep up the good work son you ❤

[@paulharvey9149]

Hahaha, your tastes seem very similar to mine, Connor - and thanks for suggesting that The Beatles always feel a bit overrated, as I feel exactly the same. I think some of their stuff has quite a slow beat, which is very much not how popular songs have been for the past 40 or so years, so it may be a generational thing. I came just a couple of years late to be much of a fan as I was still a very young infant when they reached their peak; though I think they did play a major part in enabling so much else by transforming the audiences. Mull of Kintyre at #4 surprises me a little, though I was 13 the year it came out and remember it having the No. 1 spot for something like 11 weeks - I actually think it had something to do with the bagpipes! But it sounds very dated, now. It's a pity the clips were so short, but a nice light subject for the weekend, so well done you!

[@debbielough7754]

Best selling songs in the UK, not from the UK. But there will be more by British artists, for obvious reasons. Including some artists that are considered one hit wonders in the US, but who really aren't here.

[@daphnelovesL]

Connor you are disappoint me, and i not even English.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Connor disappoints me and I _am_ English ...and 71 and have been listening to (& loving)The Beatles since before I was _10_ years old, still in Primary School. ... He may lose a subscriber... 😢😢😠😡

[@estranhokonsta]

Music tastes are some of the most subjective things we have. It is never wrong or bad to say you do not like some song. And there is also no problem in saying, 10 years later, the opposite thing about a song. We are not static things. Though i would say that using the word "hate" for a song is more akin of a psychological trauma than taste. On the other hand i kind of understand the feeling for those dumb songs. They were so everywhere, it was brain washing. I would also note that saying a band is overated is less in the domain of taste, and i would assume that you have some more profund knowledge about music and that band. Do you?

[@notyourtypicalgranny]

Gotye was born in Belgium but moved to Australia at aged two.I hate Grease and to be honest this was a pretty shocking top 40.

[@jeanhalliday4646]

Somebody that I used to know is AUSTRALIAN

[@aroemaliuged4776]

It happened when singles were the evaluator of music Popular music of the eighties This by no means has any impact on music through the years The great bands like Pink Floyd and Radiohead were album 💿

[@DavesFootballChannel]

''Beatles are overrated'' 2 seconds later ''Wonderwall is a classic'' LOL!

[@hellohellohellohellohello-h5l]

"George Ezra"

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

#38, Perfect Day is a cover of a Lou Reed song

[@almostyummymummy]

Imagine. The one song above all others that don't just merely hate, but I loathe, detest, and despise. Have done ever since I first heard it. Reinforced beyond all doubt after watching a version of it from A Perfect Circle. That song you were singing (Stand by You) is from Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders. Great song.

[@ruddyy123]

7:26 you know it’s true, everything I doooo,, I do it for youuuu

[@BlueBarchetta67]

Wales in the UK has a place called Barry Island, which isn;t am island. I get what you mean dude.

[@DavesFootballChannel]

''i'm so stupid'' ... we know!

[@johnmadden2421]

First entry at 40 is from an Australian and a New Zealander. Doomed mate.

[@matt-fh6hb]

You did a medley of Bryan Adams, the Police and the Pretenders!

[@AlexByth]

Quick, get that mastered. Christmas number one ahoy!

[@tonybaker55]

Need to go back further in time for me! Just kidding, as I was a kid at the time of the Beatles early songs and they influenced me, until Led Zeppelin did. Some great songs there. Whitney, as you say, fantastic voice, such a loss.

[@redtim3690]

The Beatles are overrated, really?. Do you mean overrated in the same way as Mozart, Shakespeare, Bach, Picasso?

[@johnpowell5433]

I prefer Shakespeare's music to Picasso's.

[@1mbpdf33]

Every Breath You Take and I'll Stand By You are two different songs, and neither of those are the Bryan Adams song 😂

[@stevenbalekic5683]

These songs aren't all British. I think these songs are the ones from around the world that did well in the British charts. Gotye is not British for starters, he's a Belgian born Australian.

[@QPRTokyo]

I was thinking the same as you about the title.

[@leanne7243]

WHERE IS MR BRIGHTSIDE!!!!!??? :o I was counting on it being top 3 ;)

[@AlexByth]

This is one reason I'm assuming it DOESN'T count streams, just actual paid-for physical discs (and the odd cassette) and downloads. I'm pretty sure Mr Brightside would be in there if streaming was included.