Ranking   
BBC Radio 2   Nov 2002
The original UK singles chart 50th anniversary

  1. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - Queen
  2. IMAGINE - John Lennon
  3. HEY JUDE - The Beatles
  4. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - Simon & Garfunkel
  5. MY SWEET LORD - George Harrison
  6. A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - Procol Harum
  7. THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Animals
  8. DANCING QUEEN - ABBA
  9. GOOD VIBRATIONS - Beach Boys
10. UNDER PRESSURE - Queen & David Bowie
11. WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Kate Bush
12. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - Pink Floyd
13. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - Police
14. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING - Righteous Brothers
15. DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS - Band Aid
16. (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION - Rolling Stones
17. BEATLES - She Loves You
18. TAINTED LOVE - Soft Cell
19. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - Beatles
20. JAILHOUSE ROCK - Elvis Presley
21. I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10CC
=22. MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
=22. MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart
24. OH PRETTY WOMAN - Roy Orbison
25. SPACE ODDITY - David Bowie
26. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
27. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - Beatles
28. COME ON EILEEN - Dexy's Midnight Runners
29. I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - Marvin Gaye
30. I'M A BELIEVER - Monkees
31. I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS - Boomtown Rats
32. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - Beatles
33. HELP! - Beatles
34. RELAX - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
35. CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD - Kylie Minogue
36. INNUENDO - Queen
37. MR TAMBOURINE MAN - Byrds
38. WATERLOO - ABBA
39. A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION - Elvis Presley vs JXL
40. YOU REALLY GOT ME - Kinks
41. DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER - Oasis
42. ALL SHOOK UP - Elvis Presley
43. ALBATROSS - Fleetwood Mac
44. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT - Elvis Presley
45. (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU - Bryan Adams
46. PAINT IT BLACK - Rolling Stones
47. WITHOUT YOU - Nilsson
48. THE WONDER OF YOU - Elvis Presley
49. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/CABERET - Louis Armstrong
50. HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK - Ian Dury & The Blockheads