Coldplay top 'greatest song' list for Radio 6
Coldplay's hit Clocks has been named the greatest song of the decade by listeners to BBC station Radio 6 Music.
The 2003 single by the band whose front-man Chris Martin hails from Exeter, topped a poll to find the favourite tracks of the station's lifetime, although bands were limited to just one song each.
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Coldplay's hit Clocks has been named the greatest song of the decade by listeners to BBC station Radio 6 Music.
Arctic Monkeys single I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor was runner-up in the poll, which drew votes from 100,000 listeners.
The poll comes at the end of the station's 10th anniversary year and just a day after it celebrated becoming the biggest BBC digital station with 1.89 million listeners.
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In 2010 the service was threatened with closure due to cost-cutting measures, but the proposal was rejected by the BBC Trust. The audience has almost trebled since.
In third position was One Day Like This by Elbow, making an all-British top three.
Presenter Steve Lamacq counted down the Top 10 with the entries in the 100 scattered throughout the day.
The Top 10 in order were: Coldplay – Clocks; Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor; Elbow – One Day Like This; The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio; The Killers – Mr Brightside; The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army; The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize??; Johnny Cash – Hurt; British Sea Power – Remember Me; Radiohead – There There.
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