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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

New Musical Express (NME): Songs of the Year, 1953-2024

New Musical Express (NME):

Songs of the Year, 1953-2024

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music magazine first published in 1952. The magazine was responsible for the first UK singles chart that same year and has gone on to publish multiple best-of lists (links at bottom of page) throughout its history. Based on those lists are the top songs of each year from 1952 to 2008. From 2009 on, the top songs are determined by year-end lists.

Check out other “songs of the year” lists here.

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First posted 4/12/2019; last updated 1/3/2025.

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Friday, December 9, 2022

New Musical Express: Albums of the Year, 1963-2022

New Musical Express:

Albums of the Year, 1963-2022

This UK music magazine started as a newspaper in 1952, known for publishing the initial British singles charts. It ceased print publication in January 2018, but still maintains a website. They have published annual album-of-the-year lists since 1974. This list also factors in pre-1974 album-of-the-year awards based on appearances on best-of-all-time lists from NME.

Check out other album of the year awards here.

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First posted 12/30/2020; last updated 12/9/2022.

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Monday, November 14, 2022

Today in Music (1952): New Musical Express published the first British singles chart

November 14, 1952:

New Musical Express published the first British singles chart

The British music magazine NME or New Musical Express, launched as a weekly publication on March 7, 1952. On November 14 of that year, it became the first British paper to include a chart of the current singles. The NME chart survived a barrage of competitors over the years, lasting until the early 1990s.

Percy Dickins, the paper’s advertising manager, compiled the first chart by calling roughly 20 shops and asking for lists of their ten best-sellers. Those results were aggregated into a top 12 chart. Al Martino’s “Here in My Heart” topped that first list. On October 1, 1954, the chart expanded to twenty positions.

In 1955, rival publications began compiling charts. The most notable was Record Mirror which started a top 20 chart in October 1955. In April 1956, NME expanded its chart to thirty positions. That same month, Melody Maker began a top ten chart. In February 1958, Dsic launched a top 20 singles chart. In 1960, Record Retailer initiated a top 50 singles chart.

By 1962, Record Mirror stopped its chart, opting to publish the Record Retailer chart instead. Prior to 1969, there was no official chart although NME’s was the most widely recognized. At the time, the BBC released an aggregated chart which compiled lists from NME, Melody Maker, Disc, and later Record Mirror.

In 1969, the BBC and Record Retailer allied to form the first official chart. The British Market Research Bureau chart was established in 1969, they adopted Record Retailer’s charts back to 1960 as the “official charts” and turned to NME for pre-1960 charts. In 1982, the BMRB lost its contract to Gallup who then implemented electronic data as the gathering format instead of the previously used sales diaries. Today the chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company and ranks the top 200 singles in the United Kingdom as determined by downloads and physical sales.

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First posted 11/14/2011; updated 11/13/2023.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

New Musical Express (NME) Top 100 Songs

New Musical Express:

Top 100 Songs

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music magazine first published in 1952. The magazine was responsible for the first UK singles chart that same year and has gone on to publish multiple best-of lists (links at bottom of page) throughout its history. This is an aggregate of 18 of those lists, resulting in an interesting meshing of classic rock alongside alternative rock with the occasional pop or R&B song thrown in for good measure.

Click here to see other lists from publications and/or organizations.

  1. The Strokes “Last Nite” (2001)
  2. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
  3. Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor” (2005)
  4. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
  5. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
  6. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now?” (1984)
  7. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
  8. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
  9. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
  10. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)

  11. The Libertines “Time for Heroes” (2003)
  12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” (2003)
  13. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
  14. The Killers “Mr. Brightside” (2004)
  15. The Streets “Dry Your Eyes” (2004)
  16. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
  17. The Beatles “Paperback Writer” (1966)
  18. Futureheads “Hounds of Love” (2005)
  19. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
  20. The Smiths “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (1986)

  21. Pulp “Common People” (1995)
  22. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
  23. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
  24. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
  25. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004)
  26. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
  27. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
  28. Jay-Z “99 Problems” (2004)
  29. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
  30. The Smiths “This Charming Man” (1983)

  31. Stone Roses “Fools Gold” (1989)
  32. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1973)
  33. Manic Street Preachers “A Design for Life” (1996)
  34. The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” (1966)
  35. Dizzee Rascal “Fix Up Look Sharp” (2003)
  36. The Rapture “House of Jealous Lovers” (2002)
  37. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (2003)
  38. The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (1966)
  39. Hot Chip “Over and Over” (2006)
  40. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)

  41. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)
  42. Arcade Fire “Rebellion (Lies)” (2005)
  43. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
  44. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969)
  45. The Undertones “Teenage Kicks” (1978)
  46. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
  47. Eminem “The Real Slim Shady” (2000)
  48. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
  49. Oasis “Live Forever” (1994)
  50. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)

  51. Radiohead “Paranoid Android” (1997)
  52. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
  53. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966)
  54. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
  55. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
  56. M.I.A. “Paper Planes” (2008)
  57. LCD Soundsystem “Losing My Edge” (2002)
  58. The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry” (1979)
  59. Arcade Fire “Wake Up” (2005)
  60. The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)

  61. The Walkmen “The Rat” (2004)
  62. New Order “Blue Monday” (1983)
  63. Queens of the Stone Age “No One Knows” (2002)
  64. The La’s “There She Goes” (1988)
  65. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
  66. MGMT “Time to Pretend” (2008)
  67. The Gossip “Standing in the Way of Control” (2007)
  68. The Libertines “Can’t Stand Me Now” (2004)
  69. Joy Division “Transmission” (1979)
  70. Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (2001)

  71. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
  72. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
  73. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Hey Joe” (1966)
  74. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
  75. Blur “Song 2” (1997)
  76. This Mortal Coil “Song to the Siren” (1982)
  77. The Pixies “Gigantic” (1988)
  78. Roxy Music “Virginia Plain” (1972)
  79. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
  80. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)

  81. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
  82. Klaxons “Golden Skans” (2007)
  83. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
  84. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
  85. Wolfman with Pete Doherty “For Lovers” (2004)
  86. Amy Winehouse “Rehab” (2006)
  87. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry” (1974)
  88. Robert Wyatt “Shipbuilding” (1982)
  89. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)“ (1966)
  90. The Byrds “Eight Miles High” (1966)

  91. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
  92. My Bloody Valentine “You Made Me Realise” (1988)
  93. Bloc Party “Banquet” (2005)
  94. The Specials “Ghost Town” (1981)
  95. The Beatles “Penny Lane” (1967)
  96. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
  97. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
  98. The White Stripes “Fell in Love with a Girl” (2001)
  99. Donna Summer “I Feel Love” (1977)
  100. The Stone Roses “I Am the Resurrection” (1989)

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First posted 5/29/2012; last updated 9/28/2023.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

NME Magazine’s Top 100 Albums

NME Magazine:

The Top 100 Albums

NME (New Musical Express) magazine is a British magazine. Over the years, they’ve put out a number of best-of-all-time album lists. This DMDB exclusive list aggregates eight of NME’s lists together (see resources for all the lists at the bottom of the page).

Also, check out NME’s annual picks for album of the year. They have made such picks since 1974, but by looking at the consolidated lists described above, the list has been expanded back to 1963.

Check out other publications and organizations’ best-of album lists here.

1. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
2. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
3. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
4. The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
5. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
6. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
7. Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
8. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
9. Love Forever Changes (1967)
10. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971)

11. Joy Division Closer (1980)
12. The Clash The Clash (1977)
13. Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
14. The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
15. Dexy’s Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
16. Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
17. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
18. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
19. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
20. Television Marquee Moon (1977)

21. The Clash London Calling (1979)
22. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
23. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
24. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
25. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
26. David Bowie Low (1977)
27. The Smiths Hatful of Hollow (1984)
28. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
29. Massive Attack Blue Lines (1991)
30. Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy (1985)

31. The Doors The Doors (1967)
32. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
33. Roxy Music For Your Pleasure (1973)
34. Otis Redding Otis Blue (1965)
35. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
36. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
37. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
38. Primal Scream Screamadelica (1991)
39. The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
40. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)

41. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
42. Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
43. Blur Parklife (1994)
44. Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
45. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
46. New Order Technique (1989)
47. The Smiths The Smiths (1984)
48. John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (1970)
49. Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
50. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

51. The Jam All Mod Cons (1978)
52. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
53. Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year’s Model (1978)
54. The Beach Boys Surf’s Up (1971)
55. The Fall This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985)
56. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
57. Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
58. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
59. Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions (archives, recorded 1954-55, released 1976)
60. Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible (1994)

61. Blondie Parallel Lines (1978)
62. The Band The Band (1969)
63. Radiohead The Bends (1995)
64. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)
65. Pixies Surfer Rosa (1988)
66. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
67. The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground (1969)
68. Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
69. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
70. Kraftwerk Trans-Europa Express (Trans Europe Express) (1977)

71. Aretha Franklin Greatest Hits (compilation: 1971)
72. Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973)
73. Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis (1969)
74. Suede (aka “London Suede”) Dog Man Star (1994)
75. James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
76. Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985)
77. The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (1968)
78. David Bowie Station to Station (1976)
79. Lou Reed Transformer (1972)
80. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (1968)

81. Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
82. Streets Original Pirate Material (2002)
83. Tom Waits Rain Dogs (1985)
84. The Doors L.A. Woman (1971)
85. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Clear Spot (1972)
86. De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
87. Pulp His ‘N’ Hers (1994)
88. PJ Harvey Dry (1992)
89. ABC Lexicon of Love (1982)
90. Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)

91. Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
92. Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (compilation: 1985-92, released 1992)
93. John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1965)
94. The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (soundtrack, 1964)
95. David Bowie Young Americans (1975)
96. Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
97. Talking Heads Fear of Music (1979)
98. The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
99. The Specials The Specials (1979)
100. Iggy Pop Lust for Life (1977)

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First posted 2/11/2010; last updated 3/12/2024.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Today in Music (1963): “From Me to You” became the Beatles’ first UK #1

From Me to You

The Beatles

Writer(s): John Lennon, Paul McCartney (see lyrics here)

Released: April 12, 1963

First Charted: April 18, 1963

Peak: 41 US, 41 CB, 46 HR, 4 CL, 17 UK, 6 CN, 9 AU, 8 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.8 UK

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 4.6 video, -- streaming

Awards:

Click on award for more details.

About the Song:

After “Love Me Do” hit #17, the Beatles got to #2 with the follow-up, “Please Please Me.” When the group recorded the song, producer George Martin told the group, “Congratulations, you have just made your first number one.” KL His prediction was close, but it wasn’t until the Beatles’ third UK chart entry, “From Me to You,” that the group found themselves at the chart pinnacle.

It didn’t fare as well in the U.S. It was released on the Vee Jay label on May 27, 1963, SF and failed to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart until after the success of “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” Even then, it only reached #41. Del Shannon actually hit the charts first in the U.S. with his cover of the song. He was the first American to cover a Beatles song. SF His version charted on June 29, 1963, and peaked at #77.

The song “is crisp, catchy and hip – more of that fashionable harmonica; throaty Everleys harmonies; a teasing lyric; a no-nonsense beat that accelerates thrillingly into the chorus; and shouting.” FT The song is “an archetypal Merseybeat recording,” KL which “was the fad that changed the world.” FT It is “upbeat and strong in the harmony and melody department, and performed by a white male group with lead, rhythm and bass guitars, and drum.” KL

“Merseybeat, like skiffle, was a small club music and even if technique was valuable it was rarely shown off: what counted was energy and pace. There had been aggressive music at the top of the British charts before (‘Great Balls of Fire’!) but generally played by Americans…or incorporating safer comic aspects.” FT

“From Me to You” was credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, as were more than 200 Beatles’ compositions. However, few were genuine examples of the pair writing together. KP They wrote the song on a bus while touring with Helen Shapiro, a 16-year-old who was more popular in America at the time. SF The Beatles wrote it as a message to their fans. SF The title was inspired by the letter column entitled “From You to Us” from the British music newspaper New Musical Express. SF

Resources:

  • DMDB encyclopedia entry for The Beatles
  • KL Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh. (2005). 1000 UK Number One Hits. Omnibus Press: London, UK. Page 91.
  • FT FreakyTrigger.co.uk (11/19/2004). “Popular (UK #1 Singles)” by Tom Ewing
  • SF Songfacts

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First posted 6/23/2022; last updated 9/19/2023.

 
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Saturday, April 20, 2002

NME – Greatest Artists of All Time

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New Musical Express, or NME, is a British music magazine. In April 2002, they featured a list of those artists which they said had the biggest impact over the magazine’s first 50 years.

  1. The Smiths
  2. The Beatles
  3. The Stone Roses
  4. David Bowie
  5. The Sex Pistols
  6. Oasis
  7. Radiohead
  8. Paul Weller
  9. U2
  10. Public Enemy

  11. Bez and Shaun Ryder (of Happy Mondays)
  12. The Clash
  13. Nirvana
  14. Elvis Presley
  15. Joy Division
  16. Blur
  17. The Strokes
  18. The Rolling Stones
  19. The Verve
  20. Bob Marley

  21. The Fall
  22. Prodigy
  23. Lou Reed/Velvet Underground
  24. R.E.M.
  25. Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  26. Dexy’s Midnight Runners
  27. Beastie Boys
  28. T-Rex
  29. The Jesus and Mary Chain
  30. The Specials

  31. Manic Street Preachers
  32. Roxy Music
  33. The Pixies
  34. Iggy Pop
  35. Shane MacGowan (of The Pogues)
  36. Primal Scream
  37. Frank Sinatra
  38. Bob Dylan
  39. Blondie
  40. Eminem

  41. Boy George
  42. Madonna
  43. Marvin Gaye
  44. Pulp
  45. Michael Jackson
  46. The Charlatans
  47. Echo & the Bunnymen
  48. The KLF
  49. Neil Young
  50. PJ Harvey
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