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Top 100 Singles
Your Top 100 Singles
The Dorset Echo's music critic Marco Rossi is compiling his top 100 singles of all time in a weekly feature on the Friday What's On pages.

And here's your chance to be part of it!

We are asking readers to submit their own all-time top 10 singles, whether it be urban, rock, soul, folk or a complete mixture.

These will be displayed on this page - and we will also feature some of them in the Echo on Fridays.

All you have to do is click the comment link below and add your list.

10:15am Monday 19th February 2007

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Posted by: Northern Rock on 3:48pm Mon 19 Feb 07
Just 10! Ok.
Radiohead - Creep,
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit,
Green Day - Time of Your Life,
Simon and Garfunkle - Bridge Over Troubled Water,
Hollies - The Air that I Breathe,
Coldplay - Yellow,
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony,
REM - Everybody Hurts,
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl,
Byrd's - Mr Tambourine Man.
Posted by: Jack Fate on 12:36pm Tue 20 Feb 07
1.Strawberry Fields Forever: Beatles
2.Small Town Talk: Bobby Charles
3.Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan
4.Arnold Layne: Pink Floyd
5.Whatcha Gonna Do About It: Small Faces
6.Won't Get Fooled Again. The Who
7.Whiter Shade of Pale: Procol Harum
8.The Weight. The Band
9.Sign of the Times: Prince
10. Family Affair: Sly and the family Stone

Shame you had to limit it to ten!


Posted by: Chris, London on 7:49pm Fri 23 Feb 07
Dobie Gray -Out on the Floor
Free - Alright Now
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit Song
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Mighty Wah - Story of the Blues
Randy Crawford - A Rainy Night in Georgia
Small Faces - All or Nothing
Stone Roses - Waterfall
X -Ray Specs - Oh Bondage Up Yours
Yum Yums - Gonna Be A Big Thing
Posted by: Paul Kinvig, Bournemouth on 9:59am Mon 26 Feb 07
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Holidays In The Sun - Sex Pistols
Hanging On A String - Loose Ends
Labour Of Love - Hue & Cry
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Rosanna - Toto
You're A God - Vertical Horizon
Is This Love - Whitesnake
Blue Monday - New Order
Gett Off - Prince
Posted by: Alan, Weymouth on 1:41pm Mon 26 Feb 07
1. Here There and Everywhere - The Beatles
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
3. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
4. Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll - Ian Drury and the Blockheads
5. Ride a White Swan - T-Rex
6. Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones
7. Space Oddity - David Bowie
8. Living in the Past - Jethro Tull
9. These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Queen
10. Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
Posted by: Pootle on 4:57pm Mon 26 Feb 07
1. Agadoo - Black Lace
2. Atmosphere - Russ Abbott
3. The Birdie Song - The Tweets
4. Ho Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
5. Mustang Sally - The Commitments
6. Living Next Door To Alice - Roy Chubby Brown
7. Fast Food Song - The Fast Food Rockers
8. Barbie Girl - Aqua
9. Timewarp - Rocky Horror Show
10. Careless Whisper - George Michael
Posted by: Matt H, Isle of Wight on 8:53pm Mon 26 Feb 07
1. The Who-Dont Get Foooled Again
2. Grace Jones-Slave to the Rhythm
3. David Bowie-Ashes to Ashes
4. Blancmange-Living on the Ceiling
5. XTC-Making Plans for Nigel
6. Iggy Pop-**** for Life
7. Fat Larry's Band-Zoom
8. Rick Wakeman-Morning Has Broken
9. Lou Reed-Satellite of Love
10. Queen-Who wants to live Forever
Posted by: harry walton, weymouth on 7:12pm Tue 27 Feb 07
Coldplay - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
The Doors - Riders on the Storm
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
Queen - Radio Ga-Ga
Rolling Stones - I Can't Get No Satisfaction
Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
The Who - Pinball Wizard
Posted by: Cliff, Poole on 10:56am Wed 28 Feb 07
1. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
2. Mr Blue Sky - ELO
3. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
4. Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
5. Shake Some Action - The Flaming Groovies
6. As Long As I Have You - Garnet Mimms
7. Chains Of Love - The Dirtbombs
8. How Does It Feel - Slade
9. Fool To Cry - The Rolling Stones
10. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
Posted by: Thin Wyke Duke, Weymouth on 10:58am Wed 28 Feb 07
This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of us; Sparks
Get Up Offa That Thing: James Brown
Jet Boy: New York Dolls
Stoned Love: Supremes
New Rose: The Damned
'Heroes': David Bowie
My Forbidden Lover: Chic
Out on the Floor: Dobie Gray
Tin Soldier: Small Faces
God Only Knows: Beach Boys
Posted by: Chris, Bridport on 12:09pm Wed 28 Feb 07
We're Here - Guillemots
Being Boring - Pet Shop Boys
Souvenir - OMD
Shorley Walls - Ooberman
Bizarre Love Tirangle - New Order
Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers
Life On Mars? - David Bowie
Gorecki - Lamb
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Run - Snow Patrol
Posted by: Mark King\\\\\\\'s Thumb, Level 42 on 3:51pm Wed 28 Feb 07
1: Charles and Eddie - Would I Lie to You
2: Simply Red - Holding Back the Years
3: Level 42: Family Tree
4: Glen Madeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You
5: Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
6: Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
7: Genesis - I Can't Dance
8: The Beautiful South - A Little Time
9: Crowded House - Weather with You
10:ELO: Mr Bluesky
Posted by: Southern Soul, Weymouth on 8:49pm Wed 28 Feb 07
Goose Pimples: Shirley J Scott
Soul City Walking: Archie Bell and the Drells
Destination Anywhere: The Marvellettes
Do I Love You (Indeed I Do): Frank Wilson
123: Len Barry
Footsteps: Frances Nero
Time Will Pass You By: Tobi Legend
Everything's Tuesday: Chairman of the Board
Love is like an Itching in My Heart: The Supremes
The Night: Frankie Valli
Posted by: Chris, London on 1:33pm Sun 4 Mar 07
Apologies to the board Administrator for this interjection:
Great to see other peoples choices. I particualrly appreciated Cliff,Poole reminder of Flaming Groovies 'Shake Some Action' and Thin Wyke Duke(that's not Glen by any chance is it??) of NY Dolls 'Jet Boy' both of which I'd forgotten.
Posted by: Laura, Southampton on 5:29pm Fri 9 Mar 07
A Design for Life - Manic Street Preachers
Whole of the Moon - Waterboys
Only the Strongest Will Survive - Hurricane #1
Every You, Every Me - Placebo
Wicked Game - Chriss Issak
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Roads - Portishead
Tranquilizer - Geneva
Suedehead - Morrissey
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Posted by: R Adams, Bridport on 12:14pm Mon 12 Mar 07
Will You? - Hazel O'Connor
O Superman - Laurie Anderson
Down Under - Men at Work
Long Shot Kick The Bucket - Pioneers
Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra
Life On Mars - David Bowie
Lay Down - Strawbs
I Could Never Be Your Woman - White Town
A Walk In The Park - Nick Straker Band
Hold Your Head Up - Argent
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Posted by: Sandy, Bournemouth on 12:36pm Mon 12 Mar 07
Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis
Think - Aretha Franklin
In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight
Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses
I Can't Dance - Genesis
Killer - Seal
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes - Paul Simon
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Posted by: Ivy Likes, Dorchester on 9:44am Tue 13 Mar 07
Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet
Feels Like A Woman - Troggs
Rock and Roll - Gary Glitter
Gary Gilmore's Eyes - Adverts
Donna - 10CC
Tom Hark - Piranhas
Ashes To Ashes - Bowie
One And One Is One - Medicine Head
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Shannon - Henry Gross
Posted by: John West, Weymouth on 9:28pm Fri 23 Mar 07
1 Like a Hurricane - Neil Young
2 Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
3 Moondance - Van Morrison
4 Light My Fire - Doors
5 A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harem
6 On the Turning Away - Pink Floyd
7 Positively 4th street - Bob Dylan
8 One-U2
9 Bird on the wire - Leonard Cohen
10 Windmills of your mind - Noel Harrison
Posted by: Jason Hughes, Portland on 10:40pm Fri 30 Mar 07
1. Running to Stand Still - U2
2. Live Forever - Oasis
3. I am The Resurrection - Stone Roses
4. Going Underground - The Jam
5. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
6. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
7. All These Things that i have Done - Killers
8. Skinhead Moonstomp - Symarip
9. Darklands - Jesus and Mary Chain
10. Every Day is Like Sunday - Morrissey

Posted by: David, Weymouth on 8:22am Sun 1 Apr 07
Working Man..Rush
Magic Man .......Heart
Echo's ......Pink Floyd
Haitian Divorce..Steely Dan
Sunday bloody Sunday...U2
Creep...Radiohead
Where is the love ...Black eyed peas
Ring the Alarm...Beyonce
Kites....Simon Dupree
Mr Writer...Steryophonics
Posted by: dave hain, weymouth on 2:43pm Fri 13 Apr 07
1-creep- raidiohead 2-fake plastic trees-raidiohead 3-when you were young -the killers 4- fix you-coldplay 5-america- razorlight 6-plug in baby-muse 7-waiting on a friend-rolling stones 8-back on the chain gang-the pretenders 9-buck rogers-feeder 10- runaway train-soul asylum
Posted by: dickaroo, brisbane oz on 2:09am Mon 16 Apr 07
dont get fooled again- the who
clocks - coldplay
money- pink floyd
miss you- the stones
sultans of swing - dire straits
november rain- gunners
paroniod- black sabbath
white room- cream
steets have no name- u2
my boomerang wont come back- charlie drake!!!
Posted by: Deb, Dorchester on 9:17am Mon 16 Apr 07
Here's my 10
1 Dr Hook - A little bit more
2 Jack Johnson - Better when we're together
3 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
4 Yazoo - Only You
5 Fern Kinney - Together we are beautiful
6 Enya - Only If
7 Chicago - You're my inspiration
8 Human League - Don't you want me
9 Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough
10 Twinkle - Terry
Posted by: Sally Turner, Norwich on 11:53am Mon 16 Apr 07
bucks fizz - making your mind up
Posted by: louis, London on 12:44pm Mon 16 Apr 07
1. Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime,
2. The message - Grandmaster Flash and the furious five,
3. We can work it out - Stevie Wonder,
4. Cool and the gang - Summer madness
5. The impossible bongo band - Apache,
6. Primal scream - Loaded,
7. Joy Division - Love will tear us apart,
8. The Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK,
9. The Specials - Message to you rudy,
10. Morissey - Every day is like sunday
Posted by: Lee, Weymouth on 3:00pm Mon 16 Apr 07
1. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
2. Stay With Me - The Faces
3. Waterfall - The Stone Roses
4. Come Together - Primal Scream
5. Afterglow - The Small Faces
6. Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
7. Northern Sky - Nick Drake
8. About You - Teenage Fanclub
9. Thirteen - Big Star
10. Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones
Posted by: Mikey, Weymouth on 3:05pm Mon 16 Apr 07
Can i request that the following are ignored from this poll to give it some real credibility:

Coldplay
Queen
Robbie Williams

Not too much to ask is it?
Posted by: Jo, Upwey on 3:41pm Mon 16 Apr 07
There's nothing wrong with Queen!

1. There She Goes - The La's
2. Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles
3. America - Simon & Garfunkel
4. Little Red Corvette - Prince
5. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie
6. A Case of You - Joni Mitchell
7. Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
8. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
9. They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
10. Fool's Gold - The Stone Roses
Posted by: Albo, Wyke Regis on 5:34pm Mon 16 Apr 07
This list looks an awful lot like several others that have gone before. Which, I suppose, goes to show that you've got fantastic taste:

1. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
3. Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels
4. Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven
5. Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
6. Propaganda - Duel
7. Mighty Wah! - Story of the Blues
8. Ultravox - Vienna
9. Teardrop Explodes - Reward
10. The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Posted by: Arron Hendy, Bournemouth on 2:52pm Thu 19 Apr 07
Top 10 ever is too hard so going for a genre:

Punk top 10.
1. The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
2. Iggy and the Stooges - No Fun
3. The Clash - White Riot
4 Sex Pistols - Abortion
5 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
6 Offspring - No Brakes
7 Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry
8 Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love
9 MC5 - Kick out the jams
10 The Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight.

By the way I saw butterfly bangs for the first time, go and see them if you can, great to see a Weymouth band giving it some!
Posted by: jerry beirne, thailand on 5:07am Sun 22 Apr 07
roadrunner, jnr walker and the allstars,
living in the u.s.a., steve miller band
riders on the storm , the doors
like a rolling stone, bob dylan
moondance, van morrison
river deep, mountain high, ike and tina turner
rocky mountain way, joe walsh
crossroads, cream
tin soldier, small faces
brand new me, aretha franklin

apart from roadrunner, the record i never tire of hearing over the last forty odd years, the above are in no particular order. can i do another ten tomorrow? please.
Posted by: Mrs. Maureen Tigwell, Dorchester on 2:39pm Tue 24 Apr 07
1. True Love Ways - Buddy Holly
2. Wondrous Place - Billy Fury
3. I'm gonna be Strong - Gene Pitney
4. L'il Star - Kellis
5. Parisian Walkways - Gary Moore
6. Waterloo Sunset - Kinks
7. Endless Sleep - Marty Wilde
8. Take on Me - Aha
9. Blue Angel - Roy Orbison
10. Magic Moments - Perry Como

Hope you like my choice! Spans from my first memories as a small child to the present.
Posted by: Alan Brierton, Longford, Ireland on 4:44pm Thu 26 Apr 07
10 in no particular order, because its a hard decision. :D
1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
3. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
4. The Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop
5. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
6. The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
7. Blur - Song 2
8. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet you look Good(On the Dancefloor)
9. Kate Bush - Brazil
10. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird.
Posted by: Andy Morten on 11:03am Fri 11 May 07
1. The Real Thing Parts 1 & 2 - Russell Morris
2. Lanternlight - Peter & The Wolves
3. Tales Of Flossie Fillet - Turquoise
4. The Wedding Of Ramona Blair - The Mirage
5. Mr Guy Fawkes - The Dave Miller Set
6. Mr Boyd - Argosy
7. On A Saturday - Keith West
8. In The Land Of The Few - Love Sculpture
9. Amelia Jane - Made In Sheffield
10. Defecting Grey - The Pretty Things
Posted by: Andy Rendall, Weymouth on 3:04pm Sun 3 Jun 07
1. Black Flag- Wasted
2. Pixies- Valoria
3. Magazine- Shot by both sides
4. Dandy Warhols- Last junkie on earth
5. Dead Kennedys- Holiday in Camodia
6. Killjoys- Johnny wont get to heaven
7. Pavement- Range Life
8. Grandaddy- Crystal Lake
9. Rudimentary Peni- Discord
10. Butthole Surfers- Who was in my room last night
Posted by: Joe Curtis Rendall, Sunny Sunny Weymouth on 3:12pm Sun 3 Jun 07
1. Batista- I walk Alone
2. Kaiser Chiefs- I predict a riot
3. Mika- Grace Kelly
4. Ukraine Eurovision 2007- Verka Serduchka
5. Eletric 6- Gay Bar
6. WWE- Mr Kennedy
7. South Park- Shut your f****n face
8. Keane- Somewhere only we know
9. Oasis- The Importance of being idle
10. Fat Boy Slim- Dash.com
Posted by: Gitte, Somerset on 12:38pm Wed 4 Jul 07
1. The Beatles - Something
2. Donovan - Sailing Homeward
3. Tony Hazzard - Woman in the West
4. Honeybus - She Sold Blackpool Rock
5. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
6. The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get a Message To You
7. The Left Banke - She May Call You Up Tonight
8. Vaughan Thomas - Black Sheep of the Family
9. Glenn Campbell - Witchita Lineman
10. Buffy Sainte-Marie - Until It's Time For You To Go
Posted by: Ian Smith, Bowleaze Coveway on 8:55am Tue 17 Jul 07
1. My Sweet Lord-George Harrison
2. I Dont Wanna Miss a Thing-Aerosmith
3. Heatwave-Martha Reeves & the Vandellars
4. Baby Stop Crying-Bob Dylan
5. Baker Street-Gerry Raffity
6. I Feel Love- Donna Summer
7. Layla-Derek & the Dominoes (Eric Clapton)
8. Maggie May- Rod Stewart
9. Wont get Fooled Again-Who
10.I Heard it Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye

Well thats my choice from a ex DJ and current Bass Player from a fantastic choice over many years.

Ian A Live Music Fan!



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Posted by: Mark Blamey, Dorchester Rd on 8:08pm Fri 20 Jul 07
1.Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
2.Behind the wall of sleep - The Smithereens
3.Becoming More Like Alfie - The Divine Comedy
4.Till the end of the day - The Kinks
5.In the crowd - The Jam
6.Strange arrangement of colour - I am kloot
7.As - Stevie Wonder
8.Joining a fanclub - Jellyfish
9.Statue of Liberty - XTC
10.I am the resurrection The Stone Roses
Posted by: Alan J. Wolsey, Chickerell on 8:27pm Fri 2 Nov 07
1. All along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
2. God only knows - The Beach Boys
3. Blackberry Way - The Move
4. 5th of July - Terry Reid
5. California Dreaming - Mamas and the Papas
6. Theme from a Summer Place-Percy Faith & Orch
7. Spacer - Shelia & B Devotion
8. I`m Mandy, Fly Me - 10 cc
9. Runaway - Del Shannon
10. Wonderful Land - The Shadows
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