Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Coventry

United Kingdom · #180 origin

Combined (3:1)
4.4
US score
0
UK score
4.4
Attributed artists
6

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 4.97 · score per artist 0.7

Decade fingerprint

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Top artists

  1. 1The Specials1.9
  2. 2Lieutenant Pigeon0.7
  3. 3King0.7
  4. 4Fun Boy Three0.5
  5. 5Hazel O'Connor0.4
  6. 6The Enemy0.2

Signature songs

  1. 1“Mouldy Old Dough” — Lieutenant Pigeon · UK #1 (1972)
  2. 2“Ghost Town” — The Specials · UK #1 (1981)
  3. 3“Love & Pride” — King · UK #2 (1985)
  4. 4“Too Much Too Young (EP)” — The Specials · UK #1 (1980)
  5. 5“Rat Race” — The Specials · UK #5 (1980)
  6. 6“Eighth Day” — Hazel O'Connor · UK #5 (1980)
  7. 7“Do Nothing” — The Specials · UK #4 (1981)
  8. 8“Gangsters” — The Specials · UK #6 (1979)
  9. 9“Had Enough” — The Enemy · UK #4 (2007)
  10. 10“Our Lips Are Sealed” — Fun Boy Three · UK #7 (1983)
  11. 11“It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)” — Fun Boy Three · UK #4 (1982)
  12. 12“Will You?” — Hazel O'Connor · UK #8 (1981)
  13. 13“Really Saying Something” — Fun Boy Three · UK #5 (1982)
  14. 14“Stereotype” — The Specials · UK #6 (1980)
  15. 15“Alone Without You” — King · UK #8 (1985)

Chart-topping #1 singles

Year ▼SingleArtistChart
1981“Ghost Town”The SpecialsUK
1980“Too Much Too Young (EP)”The SpecialsUK
1972“Mouldy Old Dough”Lieutenant PigeonUK
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