The Sound of London

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

Combined (3:1)
4832.7
US score
190.1
UK score
731.9
Attributed artists
595

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 1.67 · score per artist 8.1

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Adele201.9
  2. 2Queen186.2
  3. 3The Rolling Stones175.1
  4. 4Elton John174
  5. 5Led Zeppelin145.2
  6. 6Phil Collins142.6
  7. 7Coldplay134
  8. 8Fleetwood Mac109
  9. 9Rod Stewart105.4
  10. 10Eric Clapton103.7
  11. 11Dire Straits96.5
  12. 12The Police94.4
  13. 13David Bowie93.5
  14. 14Cliff Richard77
  15. 15George Michael75.3

Signature songs

  1. 1“Last Christmas” : Wham! · UK #1 (1984)
  2. 2“Man I Need” : Olivia Dean · UK / US #1 (2025)
  3. 3“Easy on Me” : Adele · UK / US #1 (2021)
  4. 4“Hello” : Adele · UK / US #1 (2015)
  5. 5“Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight” : Elton John · UK / US #1 (1997)
  6. 6“Hoots Mon” : Lord Rockingham's XI · UK #1 (1958)
  7. 7“Bleeding Love” : Leona Lewis · UK / US #1 (2007)
  8. 8“Bohemian Rhapsody” : Queen · UK / US #1 (1975)
  9. 9“Wannabe” : Spice Girls · UK / US #1 (1996)
  10. 10“Rolling in the Deep” : Adele · UK / US #1 (2011)
  11. 11“Don't Start Now” : Dua Lipa · UK / US #2 (2019)
  12. 12“So Easy (To Fall in Love)” : Olivia Dean · UK / US #2 (2025)
  13. 13“Every Breath You Take” : The Police · UK / US #1 (1983)
  14. 14“Telstar” : The Tornados · UK / US #1 (1962)
  15. 15“You're Beautiful” : James Blunt · UK / US #1 (2005)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Man I Need”
Olivia Dean · UK
2025
“Raindance”
Dave · UK
2025
“Rein Me In”
Olivia Dean · UK
2025
“Where Is My Husband!”
Raye · UK
2025
“Backbone”
Chase & Status · UK
2024
“Backbone”
Stormzy · UK
2024
“Guess”
Charli XCX · UK
2024
“Messy”
Lola Young · UK
2024
“Dance the Night”
Dua Lipa · UK
2023
“Sprinter”
Dave · UK
2023
“Sprinter”
Central Cee · UK
2023
“Strangers”
Kenya Grace · UK
2023
“Escapism”
Raye · UK
2022
“Running Up That Hill”
Kate Bush · UK
2022
“Starlight”
Dave · UK
2022
“Unholy”
Sam Smith · UK / US
2022
“Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”
Elton John · UK
2021
“Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”
Dua Lipa · UK
2021
“Easy on Me”
Adele · UK / US
2021
“Merry Christmas”
Elton John · UK
2021
“My Universe”
Coldplay · US
2021
“Sausage Rolls for Everyone”
Elton John · UK
2021
“Franchise”
M.I.A. · US
2020
“Head & Heart”
Joel Corry · UK
2020
“Head & Heart”
MNEK · UK
2020
25 of 583 #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) …