Ireland's top 25 songs

[stargift]

9 February 2005

Ireland's Today fM - Top 25 songs over the last 25 years

The top 25 Songs as voted by Today FM's Breakfast Show Listeners are as follows:

1 U2 - One
2 Sultans of Ping - Whers My Jumper
3 U2 - With or Without You
4 The Pogues - Fairy Tale Of NY
5 The Corrs- Runaway
6 Paddy Casey - Saints & Sinners
7 Stocktons Wing - Beautiful Affair
8 Christy Moore - Ride On
9 The Saw Doctors - N17
10 The Frames - Revelate
11 Bagatelle - Summer in Dublin
12 U2 - Bad
13 U2 - Where the streets have no name
14 Crazy World - Aslan
15 Pierce Turner - Wicklow Hills
16 Those Nervous Animals - My Friend John
17 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
18 The Stunning - Brewing Up A Storm
19 Aslan - This Is
20 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
21 Damien Rice - Cannonball
22 Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All
23 Paul Brady - The Island
24 Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter
25 U2 - Pride

 

[Aardvark747]

Not enough u2 in there for my likeing!

 

[Party Boy]

Sultans of Ping at number 2? And not one Thin Lizzy song included?? Shocking....

And what the hell is Ronan Keating, Paddy Casey, The Corrs, Saw Doctors doing in that list??

And where the hell is My Bloody Valentine - Soon, Rory Gallagher - Tattoo Lady.

Very strange..

 

[OnFire]

No Van Morrison?

 

[starsgoblue]

Shocked at the absence of Van Morrison...

 

[Catman]

Who is this "U2" band and why do they have so many songs on that list?


EDIT: I'm not too familiar with Van Morrison, but was he even popular in the 80's?

 

[Axver]

Who is this "U2" band and why do they have so many songs on that list?

They're a hack group who released an album in the early eighties and then vanished ...

 

[Catman]

They're a hack group who released an album in the early eighties and then vanished ...

Figures. You have one BIG album, the world loves you, then you disappear...just like the Beatles.

 

[Axver]

Figures. You have one BIG album, the world loves you, then you disappear...just like the Beatles.

Yeah, six songs from that stupid damn album are on that list. Radio listeners are imbeciles and will vote for any fifteen-seconds-of-fame hack you throw at them. Oppose U2!

 

[Shaliz]

They're a hack group who released an album in the early eighties and then vanished ...

 

[Harry Vest]

No Thin Lizzy????????????
No Undertones???????????
No Waterboys??????????????
No Van Morrison??????????????
No Boomtown Rats?????????????
BULLSHIT LIST!!!

 

[Harry Vest]

At least BAD beat PRIDE. Yahoo.

 

[Pearl]

What about the cranberries?

 

[1stepcloser]

OK so the Corrs make the top 5 but Teenage Kicks by the Undertones doesn't even make the list? somethings not right there....

 

[Chizip]

needs more rubyhorse

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Where is Meatloaf?

 

[ZeroDude]

Paddy Casey is class

 

[TheFlyOnTheWall]

Chizip, who is that in your signature animation?

 

[Chizip]

Muse

 

[allbecauseofu2]

from stuf that i';ve read, thier more chili peppers fans per squaire mile or something like that in ierland. lol something to that effect. so red hot chili peppers should be on thier.

 

[u2lassie]

Shocked at the absence of Van Morrison...

I may be wrong but I think both Van Morrison and The Undertones are Northern Irish and maybe the list refers to Southern Irish bands?

 

[1stepcloser]

ah yes you may be right there. well spotted.

 

[Party Boy]

Paul Brady I think is Northern Irish also. As for the Pogues, most if not all were born in London (although come from Irish families).

 

[Axver]

Paul Brady I think is Northern Irish also. As for the Pogues, most if not all were born in London (although come from Irish families).

Well, half of U2 weren't born in Ireland either ...

Is Adam even an Irish citizen?