Worlds favourite songs?
Some odd choices in the top 10 from the BBC World Service poll to find the 'Worlds favourite song'. Eric Olsen, naturally isn't impressed, especially as the only American song is by Cher, and one of the three English-language songs is his favourite, "Bohemian Rhapsody".
High on the list, but outside the top ten were such delights as the cheese-metal classic "Winds of Change", and, for Cthulhu's sake, "The Ketchup Song".
Of course, these polls are ultimately meaningless; they're prone to ballot-stuffing (how else could an Irish republican anthem get to #1?), and can produce distorted results, such as no Beatles songs because their votes were split between 10 different nominations. Although I'm glad there nothing there by The Smiths!
i think you will find that an irish republican song was voted number one as the irish are one of the largest emigrants of all time and have huge support across the globe in places such as palestine and america as well as the Uk for their plight. the song A Nation Once Again is a song for freedom, justice and the right of a man to live in his homeland without fear and in peace. that is why this song was voted number one, as the bbc said there was no cheating, they even wanted to discount it at a time and recount the votes but this still showed the song as clear winner.
Posted by: James on December 2, 2003 11:45 PM