Rankings / Metro

The Sound of London

United Kingdom · #1 origin · #3 production (Primary) · 72 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
4805.1
US score
188.5
UK score
723.8
Attributed artists
591

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 1.66 · score per artist 8.1

Decade fingerprint

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Top artists

  1. 1Adele196.1
  2. 2Queen185.2
  3. 3The Rolling Stones174.1
  4. 4Elton John171.8
  5. 5Led Zeppelin145
  6. 6Phil Collins137.7
  7. 7Coldplay133.4
  8. 8Fleetwood Mac109.1
  9. 9Rod Stewart104.9
  10. 10Eric Clapton104.3
  11. 11Dire Straits96.2
  12. 12David Bowie93.2
  13. 13The Police93
  14. 14Cliff Richard77.1
  15. 15George Michael74.1

Signature songs

  1. 1“Last Christmas” — Wham! · UK #1 (1984)
  2. 2“Man I Need” — Olivia Dean · UK / US #1 (2025)
  3. 3“Hello” — Adele · UK / US #1 (2015)
  4. 4“Don't Start Now” — Dua Lipa · UK / US #2 (2019)
  5. 5“Easy on Me” — Adele · UK / US #1 (2021)
  6. 6“Hoots Mon” — Lord Rockingham's XI · UK #1 (1958)
  7. 7“Bohemian Rhapsody” — Queen · UK / US #1 (1975)
  8. 8“Bleeding Love” — Leona Lewis · UK / US #1 (2007)
  9. 9“Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight” — Elton John · UK / US #1 (1997)
  10. 10“Rolling in the Deep” — Adele · UK / US #1 (2011)
  11. 11“Fairytale of New York” — The Pogues · UK #2 (1987)
  12. 12“Wannabe” — Spice Girls · UK / US #1 (1996)
  13. 13“Too Good at Goodbyes” — Sam Smith · UK / US #1 (2017)
  14. 14“Fairytale of New York” — Kirsty MacColl · UK #2 (1987)
  15. 15“You're Beautiful” — James Blunt · UK / US #1 (2005)

Chart-topping #1 singles

Year ▼SingleArtistChart
2025“Man I Need”Olivia DeanUK
2025“Raindance”DaveUK
2025“Rein Me In”Olivia DeanUK
2025“Where Is My Husband!”RayeUK
2024“Backbone”Chase & StatusUK
2024“Backbone”StormzyUK
2024“Guess”Charli XCXUK
2024“Messy”Lola YoungUK
2023“Dance the Night”Dua LipaUK
2023“Sprinter”DaveUK
2023“Sprinter”Central CeeUK
2023“Strangers”Kenya GraceUK
2022“Escapism”RayeUK
2022“Running Up That Hill”Kate BushUK
2022“Starlight”DaveUK
2022“Unholy”Sam SmithUK / US
2021“Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”Elton JohnUK
2021“Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”Dua LipaUK
2021“Easy on Me”AdeleUK / US
2021“Merry Christmas”Elton JohnUK
2021“My Universe”ColdplayUS
2021“Sausage Rolls for Everyone”Elton JohnUK
2020“Head & Heart”Joel CorryUK
2020“Head & Heart”MNEKUK
2020“Times Like These”Live Lounge AllstarsUK
25 of 582 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

Production capital · index 74 · PrimaryAIR Oxford Circus, Townhouse, Sarm, Power Plant; Diamond Life, sophisti-pop engine, parent of AIR Montserrat

72 Master Tape tracks by London artists: Silly Love Songs - 2014 Remaster (Wings) · With A Little Luck - Remastered 1993 (Wings) · Arrow Through Me - Remastered 1993 (Wings) · The Logical Song (Supertramp) · Goodbye Stranger - Remastered 2010 (Supertramp) · Time (The Alan Parsons Project) · Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Culture Club) · Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson) · Eye In The Sky (The Alan Parsons Project) · Let's Dance - 2018 Remaster (David Bowie) · China Girl (David Bowie) · Smooth Operator - Single Version (Sade) …