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Your Ultimate British Group - The Top 30

There were more than 50 to choose from and now the votes have been counted, Mark Goodier counts down the Top 30 most-voted-for... and crowns Your Ultimate British Group.

Mark Goodier counts down the Top 30 most-voted-for and crowns Your Ultimate British Group.

成人快手 Radio 2 ran this audience vote to mark National Album Day, where the theme for 2024 is Great British Groups, and there were more than 50 to choose from.

As well as trivia and facts about the groups and some of their significant albums, there's also memories from, and recordings from the 成人快手 archive of Melanie B, Michelle Visage, Johnny Marr, Ian Wright, Christine McVie and John Lennon & Paul McCartney.

Radio 2 is celebrating Great British Groups as part of National Album Day, an annual celebration of the album format, which takes place on Saturday 19 October 2024. You can listen to a collection of special programmes by searching 'British Groups' on 成人快手 Sounds, including Your Ultimate British Group Top 30, Johnny Marr's Great British Groups, The Great British Groups That Broke America, and themed editions of shows such as Pop Top 10s and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Disco.

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Sat 19 Oct 2024 13:00
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

  • The Police

    Can't Stand Losing You

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Bad Girls (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Blur

    There's No Other Way

    • Precious - Various Artists.
    • Dino.

  • The Clash

    London Calling

    • Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • Wham!

    Bad Boys

    • Wham! - Fantastic.
    • Epic.

  • Bee Gees

    More Than A Woman

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • The Kinks

    You Really Got Me

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 7.

  • The Beautiful South

    You Keep It All In

    • Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Cha.
    • Go! Discs.

  • Girls Aloud

    Sound Of The Underground

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Madness

    One Step Beyond

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Duran Duran

    Hungry Like The Wolf

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Cure

    In Between Days

    • The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
    • Fiction.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing

    • Very.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 2.

  • Genesis

    Invisible Touch

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Smiths - The Very Best Of.
    • WEA.
    • 2.

  • Radiohead

    No Surprises

  • The Jam

    Start!

    • Sound Affects.
    • Polydor.
    • 12.

  • Depeche Mode

    Everything Counts

    • Depeche Mode - The Singles 1981-1985.
    • Mute Records.

  • The Who

    I Can't Explain

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 002.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Hold On Tight

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Oasis

    Up In The Sky

    • Definitely Maybe.
    • Creation.
    • 4.

  • Coldplay

    Don't Panic

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Music.

  • Take That

    Everything Changes

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Stairway To Heaven

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • Pink Floyd

    Money

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Angry

    • Hackney Diamonds.
    • Polydor.

  • Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    • Greatest Hits I II & III (The Platinum Collection).
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 19 Oct 2024 13:00
    成人快手 Radio 2