The Sound of Birmingham

United Kingdom · #20 origin · 5 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
308.2
US score
14.8
UK score
43.2
Attributed artists
39

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 3.16 · score per artist 7.9

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Duran Duran57.1
  2. 2UB4042.2
  3. 3Steve Winwood40.6
  4. 4Black Sabbath38.7
  5. 5Electric Light Orchestra36.1
  6. 6Slade22.7
  7. 7Ozzy Osbourne18.1
  8. 8Fine Young Cannibals15.4
  9. 9Nick Drake3.8
  10. 10The Moody Blues3.2
  11. 11Dexys Midnight Runners2.9
  12. 12The Move2.7
  13. 13The Streets2.7
  14. 14Musical Youth2.6
  15. 15The Spencer Davis Group2.4

Signature songs

  1. 1“Can't Help Falling in Love” : UB40 · US #1 (1993)
  2. 2“The Reflex” : Duran Duran · UK / US #1 (1984)
  3. 3“Red Red Wine” : UB40 · UK / US #1 (1983)
  4. 4“The Wild Boys” : Duran Duran · UK / US #2 (1984)
  5. 5“A View to a Kill” : Duran Duran · UK / US #1 (1985)
  6. 6“Is There Something I Should Know?” : Duran Duran · UK / US #1 (1983)
  7. 7“Ordinary World” : Duran Duran · UK / US #3 (1993)
  8. 8“Hungry Like the Wolf” : Duran Duran · UK / US #3 (1982)
  9. 9“Coz I Luv You” : Slade · UK #1 (1971)
  10. 10“She Drives Me Crazy” : Fine Young Cannibals · UK / US #1 (1989)
  11. 11“(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You” : UB40 · UK #1 (1993)
  12. 12“Union of the Snake” : Duran Duran · UK / US #3 (1983)
  13. 13“See My Baby Jive” : Wizzard · UK #1 (1973)
  14. 14“Don't Bring Me Down” : Electric Light Orchestra · UK / US #3 (1979)
  15. 15“Come On Eileen” : Dexys Midnight Runners & The Emerald Express · UK #1 (1982)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Swagger Jagger”
Cher Lloyd · UK
2011
“Dry Your Eyes”
The Streets · UK
2004
“Brimful of Asha”
Cornershop · UK
1998
“Your Woman”
White Town · UK
1997
“Spaceman”
Babylon Zoo · UK
1996
“Baby Come Back”
Pato Banton · UK
1994
“Baby Come Back”
Ali & Robin Campbell · UK
1994
“(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You”
UB40 · UK
1993
“Can't Help Falling in Love”
UB40 · US
1993
“Good Thing”
Fine Young Cannibals · US
1989
“She Drives Me Crazy”
Fine Young Cannibals · US
1989
“Roll with It”
Steve Winwood · US
1988
“Higher Love”
Steve Winwood · US
1986
“A View to a Kill”
Duran Duran · US
1985
“I Got You Babe”
UB40 · UK
1985
“The Reflex”
Duran Duran · UK / US
1984
“Come On Eileen”
Dexys Midnight Runners · US
1983
“Is There Something I Should Know?”
Duran Duran · UK
1983
“Red Red Wine”
UB40 · UK / US
1983
“Come On Eileen”
Dexys Midnight Runners & The Emerald Express · UK
1982
“Pass the Dutchie”
Musical Youth · UK
1982
“Geno”
Dexys Midnight Runners · UK
1980
“Xanadu”
Electric Light Orchestra · UK
1980
“Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)”
Wizzard · UK
1973
“Cum On Feel the Noize”
Slade · UK
1973
25 of 35 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

5 Master Tape tracks by Birmingham artists: Valerie (Steve Winwood) · Higher Love (Steve Winwood) · Back In The High Life Again (Steve Winwood) · Telephone Line (Electric Light Orchestra) · While You See A Chance (Steve Winwood)