The Sound of Dublin

Ireland · #16 origin · 1 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
349.3
US score
7
UK score
36
Attributed artists
22

Signature decade 1990s · era-distinctiveness 1.9 · score per artist 15.9

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1U2218.4
  2. 2Enya49.3
  3. 3Hozier22.2
  4. 4Boyzone14.2
  5. 5Sinéad O'Connor13.5
  6. 6My Bloody Valentine5.5
  7. 7The Bachelors3.1
  8. 8The Corrs3.1
  9. 9Samantha Mumba3
  10. 10Ronan Keating2.8
  11. 11Chris de Burgh2.4
  12. 12The Boomtown Rats2.4
  13. 13BWitched2.2
  14. 14Niall Horan1.4
  15. 15The Script1.4

Signature songs

  1. 1“Too Sweet” : Hozier · UK / US #1 (2024)
  2. 2“Take Me to Church” : Hozier · UK / US #2 (2014)
  3. 3“Nothing Compares 2 U” : Sinéad O'Connor · UK / US #1 (1990)
  4. 4“The Lady in Red” : Chris de Burgh · UK / US #1 (1986)
  5. 5“With or Without You” : U2 · UK / US #1 (1987)
  6. 6“Gotta Tell You” : Samantha Mumba · UK / US #2 (2000)
  7. 7“I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” : U2 · UK / US #1 (1987)
  8. 8“Desire” : U2 · UK / US #1 (1988)
  9. 9“Diane” : The Bachelors · UK / US #1 (1964)
  10. 10“Rat Trap” : The Boomtown Rats · UK #1 (1978)
  11. 11“I Don't Like Mondays” : The Boomtown Rats · UK #1 (1979)
  12. 12“C'est la Vie” : BWitched · UK / US #1 (1998)
  13. 13“Father and Son” : Boyzone · UK #2 (1995)
  14. 14“No Matter What” : Boyzone · UK #1 (1998)
  15. 15“I Believe” : The Bachelors · UK #2 (1964)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Too Sweet”
Hozier · UK / US
2024
“Hall of Fame”
The Script · UK
2012
“Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own”
U2 · UK
2005
“I Don't Wanna Know”
Enya · UK
2004
“Real to Me”
Brian McFadden · UK
2004
“Take Me to the Clouds Above”
U2 · UK
2004
“Vertigo”
U2 · UK
2004
“If Tomorrow Never Comes”
Ronan Keating · UK
2002
“Beautiful Day”
U2 · UK
2000
“Breathless”
The Corrs · UK
2000
“Life Is a Rollercoaster”
Ronan Keating · UK
2000
“Blame It on the Weatherman”
BWitched · UK
1999
“When You Say Nothing at All”
Ronan Keating · UK
1999
“When the Going Gets Tough”
Boyzone · UK
1999
“You Needed Me”
Boyzone · UK
1999
“All That I Need”
Boyzone · UK
1998
“C'est la Vie”
BWitched · UK
1998
“No Matter What”
Boyzone · UK
1998
“Rollercoaster”
BWitched · UK
1998
“To You I Belong”
BWitched · UK
1998
“Discothèque”
U2 · UK
1997
“A Different Beat”
Boyzone · UK
1996
“Words”
Boyzone · UK
1996
“The Fly”
U2 · UK
1991
“Nothing Compares 2 U”
Sinéad O'Connor · UK / US
1990
25 of 34 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

1 Master Tape track by Dublin artists: The Lady In Red (Chris de Burgh)