3 hours ago, ben08 said:

Surprising that the Beatles 1970 song Let It Be did not make the Top 100.

After all it is now Platinum 2X - and that must include many streaming sales (since 2015).

This list is just streams in 2025. This might not have been the best year for ‘Let It Be’.

I am guessing the omissions are down to the tracks not being singles, so their only release came after downloads were available. On the BPI site, Let Down has a 2007 release date and Lover You Should Come Over has 2004.

Then again, The Chain was also not available to purchase before downloads and that is counted, so who knows.

Edited December 23, 2025Dec 23 by GTH

Out of interest here are some stats to see how things compare with the all-time countdown from April 2024.

Songs from all time top 100 not in 2025's top 100:

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (29 all-time in April 2024)

Still D.R.E. - Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg (32)

Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G. (38)

You Make My Dreams - Daryl Hall & John Oates (45)

9 To 5 - Dolly Parton (46)

Superstition - Stevie Wonder (49)

No Diggity - Blackstreet (54)

Footloose - Kenny Loggins (55)

Say My Name - Destiny's Child (66)

With Or Without You - U2 (67)

All The Small Things - Blink-182 (68)

Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers (69)

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & The Wailers (71)

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (72)

Red Red Wine - UB40 (73)

Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers (74)

All Star - Smash Mouth (75)

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper (76)

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (77)

Jolene - Dolly Parton (78)

Wannabe - Spice Girls (79)

Insomnia - Faithless (80)

Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre ft. Eminem (81)

The Gambler - Kenny Rogers (83)

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers (84)

We Will Rock You - Queen (87)

Town Called Malice - The Jam (89)

American Pie - Don McLean (90)

I Want To Break Free - Queen (95)

Basket Case - Green Day (97)

Down Under - Men At Work (98)

Paradise City - Guns N' Roses (99)

Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash (100)

Country, hip-hop and Queen taking big hits specifically!

Songs that weren't in the top 300 from April 2024:

Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac (29)

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (45)

Vienna - Billy Joel (47)

Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley (70)

Slide Away - Oasis (71)

Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit (83)

Dreams - The Cranberries (91)

Biggest gains from compared to all-time list in 2024 (climbs of over 100 places):

No Surprises - Radiohead (+239)

Linger - The Cranberries (+178)

Golden Brown - The Stranglers (+175)

Paranoid - Black Sabbath (+163)

Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean (+163)

Like A Prayer - Madonna (+146)

She's Always A Woman - Billy Joel (+131)

Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (+119)

Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers (+114)

Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton (+113)

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak (+108)

Enter Sandman - Metallica (+102)

Supersonic - Oasis (+101)

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths (+101)

Break Stuff is interesting, it has even charted for 3 days on UK Spotify this year. Never seen any activity for that before.

1 minute ago, Sour Candy said:

Break Stuff is interesting, it has even charted for 3 days on UK Spotify this year. Never seen any activity for that before.

It's been in the top 25 Rock & Metal charts all year, would guess it's had a boost from them headlining Reading & Leeds plus the death of their bassist. Probably the most unexpected song on the list for me!

On 21/12/2025 at 13:51, gasman449 said:

1. IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS

2. DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC

3. EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC

4. CREEP RADIOHEAD

5. DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY

6. THE CHAIN FLEETWOOD MAC

7. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE POLICE

8. WONDERWALL OASIS

9. DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS

10. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD TEARS FOR FEARS

11. GO YOUR OWN WAY FLEETWOOD MAC

12. SUMMER OF 69 BRYAN ADAMS

13. BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY VERVE

14. ZOMBIE CRANBERRIES

15. BILLIE JEAN MICHAEL JACKSON

16. DANCING IN THE DARK BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

17. SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT NIRVANA

18. DON'T STOP ME NOW QUEEN

19. LINGER CRANBERRIES

20. THUNDERSTRUCK AC/DC

Out of interest, how many of these are likely to make today’s top 100 of the year? They often don’t get announced in our weekly updates so I’m not sure.

1. IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS

2. DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC

3. EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC

4. CREEP RADIOHEAD

5. DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY

6. THE CHAIN FLEETWOOD MAC

7. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE POLICE

8. WONDERWALL OASIS

9. DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS

10. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD TEARS FOR FEARS

11. GO YOUR OWN WAY FLEETWOOD MAC

These 11 should all make it

13 minutes ago, Maestro said:

1. IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS

2. DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC

3. EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC

4. CREEP RADIOHEAD

5. DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY

6. THE CHAIN FLEETWOOD MAC

7. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE POLICE

8. WONDERWALL OASIS

9. DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS

10. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD TEARS FOR FEARS

11. GO YOUR OWN WAY FLEETWOOD MAC

These 11 should all make it

Great to see three Fleetwood Mac songs making it, but sad that there will be no Cranberries. ‘Summer of ‘69’ has made it in recent years, hasn’t it?

1 minute ago, GreyAsh said:

Great to see three Fleetwood Mac songs making it, but sad that there will be no Cranberries. ‘Summer of ‘69’ has made it in recent years, hasn’t it?

Four Fleetwood Mac!

Cranberries had a really good year last year and still only snuck in, was going to be hard to repeat. Summer of '69 made it in 23 and 24 but seems to have had a worse year this time.

Interestingly (or at least it’s interesting to me haha), the 11 will be in a slightly different order to the above, mainly reflecting different premium ratio proportions.

I see last year:

97 Cranberries, Linger

91 Bryan Adams, Summer of ‘69

90 Bruce Springsteen, Dancing In The Dark

…all made it as well.

4 minutes ago, Maestro said:

Four Fleetwood Mac!

Cranberries had a really good year last year and still only snuck in, was going to be hard to repeat. Summer of '69 made it in 23 and 24 but seems to have had a worse year this time.

Oops. Yes, four: even better.

And a different Cranberries song comes on top this year.

Linger was a TikTok thing and Brucey benefitted from a boost from the Euros last year. Was in the YTD for a good portion of this year too but lose momentum.

The premium ratio difference between The Chain and Don't Stop Believin' must have been pretty big looking at the YE list!