http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...-revealed-2978/

 

1 SEX ON FIRE KINGS OF LEON

2 WE ARE YOUNG FUN FT JANELLE MONAE

3 USE SOMEBODY KINGS OF LEON

4 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL

5 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY

6 PARADISE COLDPLAY

7 IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS

8 HO HEY LUMINEERS

9 POMPEII BASTILLE

10 KILLING IN THE NAME RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

11 VIVA LA VIDA COLDPLAY

12 MR BRIGHTSIDE KILLERS

13 HUMAN KILLERS

14 THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED SCRIPT

15 ROCKSTAR NICKELBACK

16 HOW TO SAVE A LIFE FRAY

17 ONE DAY LIKE THIS ELBOW

18 SWEET DISPOSITION TEMPER TRAP

19 EYE OF THE TIGER SURVIVOR

20 FIX YOU COLDPLAY

 

Any rock track that appeals to the masses is bound to be horrendous as they have awful taste in rock. Much better taste in pop so it's no surprise some of the worst songs (of any genre) of all time are there - Iris, Use Somebody, Chasing Cars, Rockstar.

The Killers Human is almost a PSB song - quite far from rock.

Coldplay getting 3 tracks in the Top 20 there. :D Shame the OC don't give official sales figures when they do these coundowns. :(

Any rock track that appeals to the masses is bound to be horrendous as they have awful taste in rock. Much better taste in pop so it's no surprise some of the worst songs (of any genre) of all time are there - Iris, Use Somebody, Chasing Cars, Rockstar.

 

How are those *not* rock?

How are those *not* rock?

 

You might want to re-read that post.

You might want to re-read that post.

 

 

:D

Whenever I think of rock music I always think of heavy-metal or big 'anthemic' artists like Guns N Roses or Bon Jovi or Queen, so a lot of the records here were initially a surprise. However when I think about it they are all appropriate, mainly falling into the alternative rock category.

I'm happy (and shocked) that Sweet Disposition made it in - anybody have any idea of its sales?

Yes because Pompeii is a 'rock' song...

I'm happy (and shocked) that Sweet Disposition made it in - anybody have any idea of its sales?

I don't have any accurate sales but I think it's passed 500k. In fact I think the whole Top 20 has passed 500k.

Yes because Pompeii is a 'rock' song...

It's indie/alternative rock. It is a surprise to see some of the songs here like I said, but they do all fit somehow.

I'd class Pompeii as an Indie/Alternative Pop song with elements of Electronica personally, I fail to see how it is rock, at all.

Edited May 4, 201411 yr by CallumC97

Really delighted if Sweet Disposition has sold 500,000.

I'd class Pompeii as an Indie/Alternative Pop song with elements of Electronica personally, I fail to see how it is rock, at all.

 

 

Agreed but OCC are rubbish at this sort of thing.

No, it just shows that different people have different ideas on what meets what genre. See Gezza's list of top selling dance singles to see how much disagreement there was on whether certain tracks were dance or not.

 

"We Are Young" is the one I have the most of an issue with, I see rock music as guitar based, and that certainly isn't.

 

To be honest, I do think it would be a much more interesting list (and a list that would make more people happy) would be if the OCC only included songs that are applicable to the Rock & Metal chart: http://www.officialcharts.com/rock-charts/

The only track that I fail to see is Rock, is the fun. track

What a terrifyingly poor top 10...

I want to see a Top 100 pre-download era chart!

I agree with Bastille not being rock. Also Lumineers is hardly rock either, neither is Fun

Edited May 7, 201411 yr by fiesta