Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Glasgow

United Kingdom · #45 origin · 7 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
116.7
US score
9.8
UK score
38.7
Attributed artists
43

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 1.7 · score per artist 2.7

Decade fingerprint

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Top artists

  1. 1Lewis Capaldi26.7
  2. 2Wet Wet Wet12.7
  3. 3Sheena Easton12.4
  4. 4Donovan7.4
  5. 5Gerry Rafferty6.7
  6. 6Travis6.3
  7. 7Simple Minds4.7
  8. 8Lulu4.2
  9. 9Belle and Sebastian4
  10. 10Snow Patrol3.1
  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“Baker Street” : Gerry Rafferty · UK / US #2 (1978)
  3. 3“Before You Go” : Lewis Capaldi · UK / US #1 (2019)
  4. 4“Sunshine Superman” : Donovan · UK / US #1 (1966)
  5. 5“Love Is All Around” : Wet Wet Wet · UK #1 (1994)
  6. 6“Chasing Cars” : Snow Patrol · UK / US #5 (2006)
  7. 7“Forget Me” : Lewis Capaldi · UK #1 (2022)
  8. 8“Don't You (Forget About Me)” : Simple Minds · UK / US #1 (1985)
  9. 9“Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” : Middle of the Road · UK #1 (1971)
  10. 10“Wish You the Best” : Lewis Capaldi · UK #1 (2023)
  11. 11“Young at Heart” : The Bluebells · UK #1 (1984)
  12. 12“To Sir, with Love” : Lulu · US #1 (1967)
  13. 13“Hold Me While You Wait” : Lewis Capaldi · UK #4 (2019)
  14. 14“Hurdy Gurdy Man” : Donovan · UK / US #4 (1968)
  15. 15“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” : Marmalade · UK #1 (1968)

Chart-topping #1 singles

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