Wednesday 27 December 1978

150 songs...

...for my 30th birthday.

(and yes, like the book list this post is dated the day I was born.)

(and yes, this post is a work in progress...)

0 - 10

All Around My Hat - Steeleye Span
American Pie - Don McLean
Babooshka - Kate Bush
Bicycle Race - Queen
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Cathedral - CSNY
Christmas Must Be Tonight - The Band
Dancing in the City - Marshall Hain
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Gaudete - Steeleye Span
Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City - Harry Nilsson
Guitar Man - Bread
Hotel California - Eagles
House At Pooh Corner - Livingstone Taylor
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills
Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz
Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Our House - CSNY
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Spirit in the Sky - Doctor and the Medics
Stand and Deliver - Adam Ant
Stuck In The Middle With You - Steeler's Wheel
Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
Take On Me - A-Ha
Teach Your Children - CSN
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
The Weight - The Band
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham
We Will Rock You - Queen

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10 - 20

Alisha Rules the World - Alisha's Attic
All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
All That She Wants - Ace of Base
Alright - Supergrass
Animal Nitrate - Suede
Bartender and The Thief - Stereophonics
Basket Case - Green Day
Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might be Giants
Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
Carnt Be Trusted - Bluetones
Country House - Blur
Crazy for You - Let Loose
Creep - Radiohead
Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene
Disco 2000 - Pulp
Do The Bartman - The Simpsons
Doin' The Do - Betty Boo
Drugs Don't Work - The Verve
Everything Changes - Take That
Fields of Gold - Sting
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Girl From Mars - Ash
Girl In The Dirty Shirt - Oasis
Goodnight Girl - Wet Wet Wet
Hand in my Pocket - Alanis Morissette
Hey Dude - Kula Shaker
How Bizarre - OMC
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
I'll Be There For You - The Rembrandts
Ironic - Alanis Morrisette
Just A Girl - No Doubt
Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh
Lemon - U2
Love Me For A Reason - Boyzone
Love Shack - The B52's
Man! I Feel Like A Woman! - Shania Twain
Million Love Songs - Take That
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
One and Only - Chesney Hawkes
Parklife - Blur
Pure Morning - Placebo
Raspberry Beret - Prince
Secret Smile - Semisonic
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Staying Out For The Summer - Dodgy
Steal My Sunshine - len
Stupid Girl - Garbage
Things Can Only Get Better - D:Ream
Three Lions - Baddiel & Skinner
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
Unbelievable - EMF
Unknown Legend - Neil Young
Urban Spaceman - Bonzos
Wake Up Boo! - The Boo Radleys
Why Does It Always Rain on Me - Travis
Wonderwall - Oasis
World in Motion - England New Order
Young at Heart - The Bluebells

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20 - 30

Addicted to Bass - Puretone
After Hours- Bluetones
All The Small Things - Blink 182
All The Things She Said - Tatu
American Idiot - Green Day
Bad Day - Daniel Powter
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Beautiful Day - U2
Buck Rogers - Feeder
Call My Name - Charlotte Church
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader
Dark is Rising - Mercury Rev
Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Du Hast - Rammstein
Feeling Good - Muse
Follow Me - Uncle Kracker
Girl All The Bad Guys Want - Bowling for Soup
Kiss The Bride - Elton John
Kokomo - Beach Boys
Leave Right Now - Will Young
Little Less Conversation - Elvis & JXL
Livin' on the Edge - Aerosmith
Long May You Run - Stills Young Band
Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
Memphis Soul Song - Uncle Kracker
My Way - Limp Bizkit
No Tomorrow - Orson
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Plug In Baby - Muse
Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
Ready To Go - Republica
Rock Star - Nickleback
Rushes - Darius
Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
She Hates Me - Puddle of Mudd
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
She's So Lovely - Scouting For Girls
Sitting Down Here - Lene Marlin
Smooth - Santana
So What - Pink
Something Kinda Oooh - Girls Aloud
Teenage Dirtbag -Wheatus
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
What I Go To School For - Busted
Wish I Was A Punk Rocker - Sandi Thom


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I shall be gradually working on links for all of these, and a couple of songs may change if I suddenly find something that I really should have included.

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