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Date: 23.05.2005
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The Kinks' You Really Got Me,
David Bowie's Space Oddity, Queen's
Bohemian Rhapsody, The Pet Shop Boys' West
End Girls and Robbie Williams' Angels
have been voted the Songs Of The Decades in a 91Èȱ¬ Radio 2 vote, held
to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ivor Novello Awards.
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Over the past five weeks, Radio 2's Ken Bruce
(Monday to Friday, 9.30am to noon) has been featuring five songs from
five ten-year periods, and inviting listeners to vote for their favourite
online (at bbc.co.uk/radio2), by text or by post.
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Colin Martin, Editor, Radio 2 Music, says: "When
we started our journey to ask the Radio 2 listeners to select their
favourite song from five decades of great British hit songs, we always
thought The Beatles or John Lennon, who between them got the most nominations,
would top at least one of the decades.
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"How wrong we were - the listeners have voted and
The Beatles are out.
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"The wonderful part of our
journey is the arrival and the discovery that great songs like the Kinks'
You Really Got Me, Bowie's Space Oddity and Queen's
Bohemian Rhapsody are regarded as being not just on a par with
Messrs Lennon and McCartney, but out in front in their contribution
and influence to great British music."
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The shortlist of 25 songs has been selected by the British
Academy of Composers and Songwriters as the most influential between
1955 and 2004.
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2005 is the 50th year of the Ivor Novello Awards for
British popular songwriters, composers and music publishers. The awards
are internationally respected as Britain's major platform for recognising
its songwriting talents.
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The British Academy of Composers & Songwriters is the
trade association for all UK music writers. With over 2,500 members,
the academy provides support, advice and a voice for both emerging and
established writers across all genres of music. The Academy also presents
the annual Ivor Novello Awards.
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The 50th Ivor Novello Awards take place in London on
Thursday 26 May.
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The 25 shortlisted songs are:
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1955-1964
You Really Got Me - The Kinks (written by Ray
Davies)
She Loves You - The Beatles (written by John Lennon
/ Paul McCartney)
I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield (written
by Mike Hawker / Ivor Raymond)
Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole (written by Lionel
Rand / Ian Grant)
Please Please Me - The Beatles (written by John Lennon
/ Paul McCartney
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1965-1974
Space Oddity - David Bowie (written by David
Bowie) Yesterday - The Beatles (written by John Lennon / Paul
McCartney)
My Generation - The Who (written by Pete Townshend)
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (written by Keith Richards / Mick
Jagger)
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks (written by Ray Davies)
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1975-1984
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (written by Freddie
Mercury)
Imagine - John Lennon (written by John Lennon)
London Calling - The Clash (written by Joe Strummer
and Mick Jones)
Every Breath You Take - The Police (written by Sting)
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division (written by Ian
Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris)
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1985-1994
West End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys (written
by Neil Tennant / Chris Lowe)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 (written
by Bono / The Edge / Larry Mullen Jr / Adam Clayton)
Creep - Radiohead (written by Thom Yorke / Phil Selway
/ Colin Greenwood / Jonny Greenwood / Ed O'Brien)
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack (written by Daddy
G / 3D / Mushroom / Shara Nelson / Jonathan Sharp)
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer (written by Robert
Palmer)
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1995-2004
Angels - Robbie Williams (written by Robbie
Williams / Guy Chambers)
Common People - Pulp (written by Jarvis Cocker / Nick
Banks / Candida Doyle / Steven Mackey / Russell Senior)
Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue (written
by Cathy Dennis / Rob Davis)
The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve (written by Richard
Ashcroft)
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis (written by Noel Gallagher)
