Live Forever by Oasis has been named the Best British song of 2021 by Radio X.
The 1994 single has returned to the top of the station’s annual Best British Songs poll.
Live Forever last held the Number 1 position in 2018. In the last two years, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody claimed the top spot.
Upon hearing Live Forever had returned to Number 1, Noel Gallagher told Radio X: “Great to see it back at #1, where it belongs. It’s the song that inspired A LOT of tattoos.”
The Manchester band also took third place with their 1995 track Champagne Supernova, while Richard Ashcroft and The Verve claimed fourth place with Bitter Sweet Symphony.
Radio X Best Of British 2021 Top 10
- Oasis – Live Forever
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Oasis – Champagne Supernova
- The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
- Courteeners – Not Nineteen Forever
- Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
- Arctic Monkeys – 505
- Oasis – Slide Away
- The Stone Roses – I Am The Resurrection
- Nothing But Thieves – Impossible
Over 20,000 votes were received in the poll, which seeks to name the Top 100 British Indie, Rock, or Alternative tracks.
Oasis had the most entries in this year’s Top 100 with 16 songs, followed by the Arctic Monkeys with 12.
The highest new entry in the 2021 chart was Nothing But Thieves with their track Impossible, which also won Radio X’s Song Of The Year poll in 2020.
Source: Radio X
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