Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Birmingham

United Kingdom · #20 origin · 5 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
307.3
US score
14.7
UK score
42.8
Attributed artists
39

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 3.13 · score per artist 7.9

Decade fingerprint

1950
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1970
1980
1990
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2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Duran Duran57.7
  2. 2UB4041.2
  3. 3Steve Winwood40.3
  4. 4Black Sabbath38.6
  5. 5Electric Light Orchestra36.4
  6. 6Slade22.2
  7. 7Ozzy Osbourne18
  8. 8Fine Young Cannibals15.4
  9. 9Nick Drake3.8
  10. 10The Moody Blues3.3
  11. 11The Move2.9
  12. 12Dexys Midnight Runners2.8
  13. 13The Streets2.7
  14. 14Musical Youth2.5
  15. 15The Spencer Davis Group2.4

Signature songs

  1. 1“The Reflex” : Duran Duran · UK / US #1 (1984)
  2. 2“Can't Help Falling in Love” : UB40 · US #1 (1993)
  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“Ordinary World” : Duran Duran · UK / US #3 (1993)
  7. 7“Hungry Like the Wolf” : Duran Duran · UK / US #3 (1982)
  8. 8“Is There Something I Should Know?” : Duran Duran · UK / US #1 (1983)
  9. 9“She Drives Me Crazy” : Fine Young Cannibals · UK / US #1 (1989)
  10. 10“Union of the Snake” : Duran Duran · UK / US #3 (1983)
  11. 11“Don't Bring Me Down” : Electric Light Orchestra · UK / US #3 (1979)
  12. 12“(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You” : UB40 · UK #1 (1993)
  13. 13“Coz I Luv You” : Slade · UK #1 (1971)
  14. 14“Come On Eileen” : Dexys Midnight Runners · US #1 (1983)
  15. 15“Good Thing” : Fine Young Cannibals · UK / US #1 (1989)

Chart-topping #1 singles

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