The Sound of Glasgow

United Kingdom · #46 origin · 7 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
117.6
US score
9.8
UK score
39.6
Attributed artists
43

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 1.67 · score per artist 2.7

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Lewis Capaldi27.3
  2. 2Wet Wet Wet13.4
  3. 3Sheena Easton12.3
  4. 4Donovan7.1
  5. 5Gerry Rafferty6.5
  6. 6Travis6.2
  7. 7Lulu4.8
  8. 8Simple Minds4.7
  9. 9Belle and Sebastian4
  10. 10Snow Patrol2.8
  11. 11Marmalade2.7
  12. 12Fairground Attraction2.6
  13. 13Franz Ferdinand2.3
  14. 14The Fratellis2.1
  15. 15Big Country2

Signature songs

  1. 1“Someone You Loved” : Lewis Capaldi · UK / US #1 (2019)
  2. 2“Love Is All Around” : Wet Wet Wet · UK #1 (1994)
  3. 3“Baker Street” : Gerry Rafferty · UK / US #2 (1978)
  4. 4“Before You Go” : Lewis Capaldi · UK / US #1 (2019)
  5. 5“Sunshine Superman” : Donovan · UK / US #1 (1966)
  6. 6“Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” : Middle of the Road · UK #1 (1971)
  7. 7“To Sir, with Love” : Lulu · US #1 (1967)
  8. 8“Chasing Cars” : Snow Patrol · UK / US #5 (2006)
  9. 9“Young at Heart” : The Bluebells · UK #1 (1984)
  10. 10“Forget Me” : Lewis Capaldi · UK #1 (2022)
  11. 11“Don't You (Forget About Me)” : Simple Minds · UK / US #1 (1985)
  12. 12“Wish You the Best” : Lewis Capaldi · UK #1 (2023)
  13. 13“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” : Marmalade · UK #1 (1968)
  14. 14“Goodnight Girl” : Wet Wet Wet · UK #1 (1992)
  15. 15“Morning Train (Nine to Five)” : Sheena Easton · US #1 (1981)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Survive”
Lewis Capaldi · UK
2025
“Pointless”
Lewis Capaldi · UK
2023
“Wish You the Best”
Lewis Capaldi · UK
2023
“Forget Me”
Lewis Capaldi · UK
2022
“Before You Go”
Lewis Capaldi · UK
2019
“Someone You Loved”
Lewis Capaldi · UK / US
2019
“When You Believe”
Leon Jackson · UK
2007
“Stop Living the Lie”
David Sneddon · UK
2003
“Colourblind”
Darius · UK
2002
“Knockin' on Heaven's Door”
Dunblane · UK
1996
“Inside”
Stiltskin · UK
1994
“Love Is All Around”
Wet Wet Wet · UK
1994
“Relight My Fire”
Lulu · UK
1993
“Young at Heart”
The Bluebells · UK
1993
“Goodnight Girl”
Wet Wet Wet · UK
1992
“Belfast Child”
Simple Minds · UK
1989
“Perfect”
Fairground Attraction · UK
1988
“Don't You (Forget About Me)”
Simple Minds · US
1985
“If I Was”
Midge Ure · UK
1985
“I Should Have Known Better”
Jim Diamond · UK
1984
“Morning Train (Nine to Five)”
Sheena Easton · US
1981
“Feels Like I'm in Love”
Kelly Marie · UK
1980
“One Day at a Time”
Lena Martell · UK
1979
“Forever and Ever”
Slik · UK
1976
“D.I.V.O.R.C.E.”
Billy Connolly · UK
1975
25 of 29 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

7 Master Tape tracks by Glasgow artists: Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty) · Right Down the Line (Gerry Rafferty) · Tinseltown in the Rain (The Blue Nile) · The Downtown Lights (The Blue Nile) · For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) · Year of the Cat (Al Stewart) · Mary's Prayer (Danny Wilson)