This week’s Video Of The Week is the one and only Mariah Carey’s ‘Vision Of Love’.

This weeks Video Of The Week comes from Bruce Springsteen.

This week’s Video Of The Week is Luther Vandross’ ‘Never Too Much’. 

The Video Of The Week this week is none other than the Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’.

This week’s Video Of The Week is none other than Barbra Streisand and Céline Dion’s, ‘Tell Him’.

This week’s Video Of The Week is the iconic collaboration between Coldplay and The Chainsmokers, ‘Something Just Like This’.

This week’s Video Of The Week is Backstreet Boys, ‘Anywhere For You’! 

This week’s Video Of  The Week is ‘Better In Time’ by Leona Lewis.

This week, our Video Of The Week is a classic cover from Westlife. It’s ‘Uptown Girl’!

Starting March off with a bang! This week’s VOTW is none other than Kelly Clarkson’s ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’!

This week’s Video Of The Week is Céline Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’.

Today’s Video of the Week is The Script’s emotional ballad ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’.

This week’s Video Of The Week comes from Outkast.

The king of rock and roll Elvis Presley released ‘Jailhouse Rock’ 65 years ago!

For this week’s Video Of The Week, we look to Usher’s 2004 hit single ‘Yeah!’.

This week’s video of the week comes from Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus with their 2018 single ‘Nothing Breaks Like A Heart’.

This week we are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Justin Timberlake’s track ‘Suit & Tie’.

Whitney Houston’s ‘I’m Every Woman’ is 30 years old today!

This week’s ‘Video of the Week’ is Alexandra Burke’s beautiful cover of ‘Hallelujah’ recorded in 2008.

This week’s Video of the Week is Avril Lavigne’s ‘I’m With You’, released as the third single from her iconic debut studio album ‘Let Go’.

This week’s Video of the Week is none other than the incredible ‘One Sweet Day’ the duet from Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.

This week’s Video of the Week is Steps’ iconic debut track ‘5,6,7,8′.

This week’s Video of the Week is James Arthur’s 2016 love song ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’.

Today’s Video of the Week is Labrinth’s ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’ featuring Emeli Sande.

This week’s Video of the Week is Leona Lewis and Avicii’s dance banger ‘Collide’, released just over ten years ago in 2011.

This week’s Video of the Week is Mariah Carey and Westlife’s version of ‘Against All Odds’ which they released in September 2000.

This week’s Video of the Week comes from hip-hop trio Fugees with their chart-topping single ‘Ready or Not’.

This week’s Video Of The Week is the summer banger, ‘Feel So Close’ by Calvin Harris.

Natasha Bedingfield’s ‘These Words’ was at number 1 on the Official UK Chart this week in 2004.

This week’s Video of the Week is Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1979 track ‘After The Love Has Gone’.

This weeks Video Of The Week is none other than this George Michael classic, ‘Careless Whisper’.

This week’s ‘Video of the Week’ comes from Craig David with ‘7 Days’, the second single from his debut studio album ‘Born To Do It’.

Released 20 years ago this week, Bruce Sprimgsteen’s track ‘The Rising’ is this week’s ‘Video of the Week’.

This week our Video of the Week is the one and only ‘Never Too Much’ by Luther Vandross.

Happy birthday Paloma Faith! To celebrate, we are making Paloma’s 2012 track ‘Picking Up The Pieces’ this week’s ‘Video of the Week’!

This week’s ‘Video Of The Week’ comes from Beyoncé’s with her hit track ‘Crazy In Love’ which was released in 2003.

This week’s Video of The Week is P!nk’s track ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’, which turned 10 years old this week!

Happy birthday to the wonderful Cyndi Lauper! To celebrate, this week’s video of the week is Cyndi Lauper’s iconic song ‘True Colours’.

This week’s video of the week is ‘Born In The U.S.A’ from the legend that is Bruce Springsteen.

This week’s Video of The Week is from none other than iconic hip hop trio the Fugees with ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’! Since its release this track has become a classic in its own right.

This week’s Video of the Week is none other than the brilliant ‘Not Myself Tonight’ by Christina Aguilera.

This week’s video of the week comes from Christina Aguilera with her 1999 hit single ‘Genie In A Bottle’.

Whitney Houston’s iconic track ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ was released as the lead single from her second album ‘Whitney’ and received worldwide success. Here are a few facts you might not know about the song…

This week’s Video Of The Week is none other than Queen Bey’s iconic anthem, ‘Run The World (Girls)’.

This week’s Video of The Week comes from Calvin Harris with his 2009 hit single ‘I’m Not Alone’. The track was release as the lead single from his second studio album ‘Ready For The Weekend’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’.

Here are a few things you might not know about the track:

This week’s Video of the Week is Joan Jett & The Blackhearts’ ‘I Love Rock ‘n Roll’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’.

This week’s Video of the Week is John Mayer’s ‘Shadow Days’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Avril Lavigne’s ‘What The Hell’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Train’s ‘Hey, Soul Sister’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya!’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)’.

This week’s Video of the Week is Destiny’s Child’s “Bootylicious”.

This week’s Video of the Week is Manic Street Preachers’ “Motorcycle Emptiness”.

This week’s Video of the Week is Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love”.

This week’s Video of the Week is Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten”.

“Ex-Factor” is the second single from Lauryn Hill’s multi-award winning debut solo album,”The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”, which recently earned her an RIAA Diamond award. 

This week we are taking a look back Beyonce’s best selling UK single, “If I Were A Boy”. Here are a few things you might not know about the song.

Kings of Leon track ‘Use Somebody’ is this week’s Video of the Week

This week we are taking a look back at Foo Fighters track “The Pretender”, one of the bands most successful songs.

Sometimes it becomes a little too hard to recognise talent until it’s too late; it’s there in your hands, but if you’re not careful then it’ll slip away.

Formed in Coventry in 1984, new wave pop stars King built on the foundations of their hometown’s Two-Tone scene to create what they called ‘Multi-Tone’.

There are whole variety of reasons why Shakin’ Stevens was the biggest-selling singles star of the 1980s.

Formed by the celebrated songwriter and 10cc guitarist, bassist and singer Graham Gouldman and singer-songwriter Andrew Gould, Wax was the meeting of two massive musical talents.

Released as the first single from the film of the same name, ‘Footloose’ was one of the earliest instances of a film and its soundtrack being utterly, inextricably linked.

This footage of the mighty AC/DC detonating their 1990 hit to tens of thousands of delirious fans, lays a serious claim to being the most exciting live footage ever captured for posterity.

Appearing at the end of ‘National Treasures – The Complete Single’ compilation album, the video for Manic Street Preachers’ idiosyncratic and heartfelt cover version of The The’s classic 1983 single, ‘This Is The Day’, is an emotiional montage of the band’s career.

Harnessing the opportunities of the nascent video age, ELO made the canny move of simultaneously releasing their eighth studio, ‘Discovery’, on video as well as vinyl and cassette.

Shot live in front of 300,000 adoring fans in Mexico City’s Zocalo Square in late 2016, this epic video is a stunning artifact that beautifully captures the awe-inspiring experience that is Roger Waters in the flesh.

Few are the records that genuinely cross generational, gender and racial lines to bring them all together but Daft Punk’s 2013 smash hit is in that rarefied group that actually does.

Recorded live in Leipzig, Germany in July 2013, this exhilarating video captures the thrill of catching Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band in their natural habitat.

The second single to be released from Depeche Mode’s seventh studio album, ‘Violator’, this was also their seventh Top 10 UK single.

Produced by Kenny Laguna, best known for his work with Joan Jett…

There’s no denying that ‘Times Like These’ has taken on new resonance thanks to the charity version by Live Lounge Allstars.

Originally planned as a Christmas special for NBC TV, Elvis Presley’s return to live performance after a hiatus of seven years was soon transformed into something far more spectacular.

This memorable and iconic video for the title track from The Clash’s third album was only the second promo to be shot by director Don Letts.

Though the long overdue return of LCD Soundsystem was rightly met with the kind of fervor expected for a long, lost relative, the fact that it was so good was probably more than most hoped for.

As befits one of Paul Simon’s most creative and fecund periods, the video for ‘The Boy In The Bubble’ is a glorious representation of the celebrated singer-songwriter’s weightier themes.

One of the most creative outfits to have emerged from the hip-hop scene of the early 90s…

Achieving hilarity with a measure of profundity is no easy feat.

Well of course this video for ‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’ crackles with energy and passion…

Amazingly, it took some 28 years for this rock anthem to actually crack the UK charts.

Shot at the legendary Marquee venue in London’s Soho by director Andy Morahan, Wham! knew they were in safe hands.

Do music videos get any more uplifting than this?

Filmed before promo videos became common currency, this clip for the third single to be released from the planet-straddling success that was the ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ album was originally shown in cinemas.

Written by Prince under the pseudonym ‘Christopher’, ‘Manic Monday’ was the song that introduced to The Bangles to the wider world.

Getting meta way before getting meta was a thing, the video for ‘Easy Lover’ is a tongue-in-cheek look at the making of a music video, which is used as a music video.

Colourful and gloriously exuberant, it’s not difficult to see why the video to Altered Images 1981 Top 10 smash ‘I Could Be Happy’ found itself on heavy rotation during the early days of MTV.

Originally appearing on the soundtrack for the 1984 film, ‘Footloose’, and then on Bonnie Tyler’s 1986 album, ‘Secret Dreams And Forbidden Fire’, the video to this classic 80s single nonetheless makes absolutely no reference to Kevin Bacon…

Contemporary political implications aside, this was one of the biggest hits of the 1980s, topping the charts in 13 countries all across the EU.

Few things blow the winter blues away with quite as much clout as a musical blast of the summer…

One of Depeche Mode’s biggest global hits, ‘Personal Jesus’ was the lead single from the group’s seventh studio album, ‘Violator’ and their first gold-certified single in the US.

With Primal Scream’s 2000 album, ‘XTRMNTR’, about to celebrate its 20th anniversary, it’s entirely apposite that we should focus our attention on the record’s lead track and third single, ‘Kill All Hippies’.

Originally appearing on Johnny Cash’s 1969 album, ‘At San Quentin’, this song was written by humorist and poet Shel Silverstein.

Formed by Mick Jones after his departure from The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite were a band way ahead of the curve.

‘Ant Music’ was as much a call to arms as it was the consolidation of years of work from the band…

So while this single’s flipside – that’ll be ‘Last Christmas’ – gets the most plaudits, it’s worth remembering that ‘Everything She Wants’ is every bit as good.

A UK Christmas No.1 for Elvis Presley in 1962, this single bears a number of distinctions.

A posthumous Yuletide hit for Jeff Buckley, his version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ is widely regarded as one of the finest.

Taken from his final and most successful album, ‘Midnight Love’, lead single ‘Sexual Healing’ was the record that put Marvin Gaye back on top.

With the party season pretty much upon us, it’s entirely apposite that we should kick off with Earth Wind And Fire’s dancefloor perennial, ‘Let’s Groove’.

‘Runaway Train’, was simultaneously one of the most heavily rotated and hardest hitting videos to have been played on MTV and VH1.

The sixth and final single to be taken from their debut album, ‘Generation Terrorists’, ‘Little Baby Nothing’ finds Manic Street Preachers nailing their feminist flag to the mast.

Do debut singles get any more exuberant than this stomper from JoBoxers?

This feminist anthem finds Eurythmics teaming up with the late soul legend Aretha Franklin for one of the defining tracks of the 80s.

Forty years after it ram-raided the UK Top 20 singles chart and it’s fair to say that Meat Loaf’s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ still operates in a field all of its own.

It’s strange to think Paul Young’s version of ‘Love Of The Common People’ failed to chart upon its initial release…

There’s a particular significance that goes with this incredibly exuberant video, which features a disco ball, flags and a representation of the six-armed Hindu deity Vishnu.

Who exactly knows what the subplot of this promo is all about? Almost a quarter of a century on and we’re still trying to work it out.

With promo videos still a long way from modern storyboarding and generous budgets, Hall & Oates’ ‘Maneater’ is very much a product of the era that spawned it.

Arguably the video that cemented the image of the post-Wham! George Michael.

Formed from the ashes of Coventry ska almost-rans The Reluctant Stereotypes, 80s new wavers King were named after their singer Paul King.

Such is the planet-straddling status of Depeche Mode that it sometimes becomes a little too easy to forget that they were four fresh-faced lads looking to make their way out of the Essex post-war new town of Basildon.

Initially available only as an import single, ‘Bankrobber’ became a Top 20 hit for The Clash in 1980 after fan fervor merited a domestic release.

With Foo Fighters having recently returned to their natural habitat at the Reading and Leeds festivals, let’s head back to the band’s earliest days to catch them as they emerged into the sunlight.

‘Mr Vain’, directed by Matt Broadly, made its first appearance on UK screens in August 1993 and perfectly captures the fun and hedonism of those long, hot summer nights.

Directed by Academy Award-nominee John Sayles, this video – just like the song it’s illustrating – has lost none of its power since its original release.

A UK No.4 hit and global Top 10 smash hit, the video to ‘Hold On Tight’ was, upon its release in 1981, the most expensive promo ever shot.

It’s amazing to think that this was ever released at all. The song was originally going to be given to crooner Julio Iglesias, and was then bumped in favour of ‘Automatic’.

It’s easy to forget quite how groundbreaking, not to mention commercially successful, these neo-psychedelic Britpoppers were. ‘Tattva’, reached No. 4 in the UK singles charts in 1996 while the parent album, ‘K’, became the fastest-selling debut album in Britain.

There are few bands to have taken the reins of the early 80s nascent video age with quite the same degree of gusto as Adam & The Ants.

The early 80s were a golden period for pioneering videos and this one for Wham!’s 1983 No.4 single, ‘Club Tropicana’, is no exception.

A quiet highlight from the oft-overlooked second album, this haunting video sees the Manics at their poetic best.

Hailing from New York City, Spin Doctors hit international pay dirt with this insanely catchy single back in the heady days of 1993.

If any one song from their vast back catalogue perfectly encapsulates Primal Scream’s rock’n’roll side then it’s got to be ‘Rocks’.

Although ‘I Drove All Night’ was originally written for Roy Orbison – he eventually scored a posthumous hit in 1992 after he recorded his version in 1987 – it was Cyndi Lauper who took the song Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1989.

After a series of memorable yet unsuccessful singles, synth pop trio Thompson Twins finally broke through to a wider audience with the release of their third album, ‘Quick Step & Side Kick’.

Along with the Filofax and dole queues, few things summon images and memories of the 80s quite as much as A Flock Of Seagulls frontman Mike Score’s idiosyncratic hair-do.

Directed by the legendary Julien Temple, this is the video that arguably sealed the denim’n’leather image of heavy metal in the popular imagination.

Inspired by the tragic story of American teenager Jeremy Wade Delle, who shot himself in front of his classmates, ‘Jeremy’ was one of Pearl Jam’s darker steps on the path to global superstardom.

The chances are that we ain’t ever going to agree on what the best Bruce Springsteen album is….

Sometimes it can become a little too easy to take some of the finer things in life for granted…

Haircut 100 take us back to the early years of the modern video age and the birth of MTV.

Twenty-three years to the week since its release as the first single from Manic Street Preachers’ ‘Everything Must Go’, ‘A Design For Life’ remains every bit as potent as it did then.

Few calling cards are as exuberant as this debut single and video from Terence Trent D’Arby.

There may well be April showers outside, but there’s another kind of downpour coming down round these parts.

This live video for 1990 hit ‘Enjoy The Silence’ brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the Basildon boys in action.

Let’s kick off the new month with this extraordinary footage of Mott The Hoople letting rip with the mighty ‘Roll Away The Stone’.

Directed by Josh Taft, Cypress Hill’s sixth single and the first from their second album, ‘Black Sunday’ – found itself on – ahem – high MTV rotation.

The brainchild of French duo Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez, Deep Forest fused new age electronics with UNESCO field recordings made in locations as varied as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Solomon Islands and Burundi.

Having supported the likes of Terence Trent D’Arby, powerhouse singer Andrew Roachford broke through to a wider audience with ‘Cuddly Toy’, his first hit single.

Exploding from the dark days of power cuts and the three-day week was this utterly irresistible blast of glam rock.

With Ozzy Osbourne set to hit these shores with Judas Priest and all the force of a Viking raiding party, ‘Let Me Hear You Scream’ is a timely reminder of why we love him so much.

This distinctive and memorable black and white video was directed by Josh Taft. A friend of guitarist Stone Gossard, he would later helm the videos for ‘Oceans’ and ‘Even Flow’.

Though producer Jeff Wayne is best known for his work on the planet-straddling success of 1978’s ‘Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of War Of The Worlds’, he cut his production teeth working in partnership with singer David Essex.

For the first Video Of The Week of 2019, it’s entirely apposite that we should turn our attention to what was The Clash’s first single release in the US.

Released in January 2000, Manic Street Preachers’ non-album single ‘The Masses Against The Classes’ peaked at number one on the UK singles chart.

One of the most evergreen Christmas singles to have ever been released, ‘Last Christmas is also the biggest-selling festive single to have never reached No. 1 in the UK.

Although the song originally appeared on Paul Simon’s eponymous 1972 album, the video for ‘Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard’ wasn’t actually made until 1988.

‘It’s Tricky’ was the fourth and final single to be taken from Run DMC’s third album, ‘Raising Hell’, peaking at No. 16 in the UK singles chart.

A towering figure in the development of country music, singer and actor Gene Autry was one of the first figures to popularise the image of the singing cowboy.

A real curio in The Kinks’ back catalogue, ‘Mr Pleasant’ was originally released only in the US and mainland Europe.

Written by lead singer Kevin Cromin after finding out about a pre-martial infidelity, this is as heartbreaking as it is timeless.

Today of all days we need something explosive, so let’s do it in style with the righteous fury of The Clash.

Taken from Iggy Pop’s 1979 album ‘New Values’ , this marks Iggy’s last collaboration with former Stooges guitarist James Williamson until their 2009 reunion.

This week marks 25 years since Meat Loaf climbed to the top of the UK charts with this global smash hit, and the video is just as famous as the song.

Undoubtedly one of the defining songs of the 1990s, Rage Against The Machine’s signature track still holds as much potency, power and relevance as it did back then.

One of the most powerful music videos of all time, ‘Hurt’ was shot just seven months before Johnny Cash’s passing in 2003.

What with those evenings drawing in, Bill Withers’ classic 1971 breakthrough single seems an appropriate choice for October to kick off to.

The closing track of Big Audio Dynamite’s second album ‘No. 10 Upping Street’ found not only former Clash members Mick Jones and Joe Strummer sharing production duties but also cult movie director Jim Jarmusch helming the video.

Known as the Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith was one of the most popular singers of the Jazz Age and her influence is still keenly felt to this very day.

The first track to be lifted from ELO’s eighth studio album, ‘Shine A Little Love’ is widely regarded as the start of the band’s disco period.

Watching this video from 1986, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Lou Reed was less a product of the Golden Age of Rock’n’Roll and more a creation of Skynet.

Undoubtedly one of the great summer anthems.

‘Fox On The Run’ was The Sweet’s 14th single but the first that was actually written and produced by the band.

The lead track from Meat Loaf’s 1981 album of the same name comes on like ‘Grease’s ‘Summer Nights’ on steroids, featuring an extraordinary performance from the one and only Cher.

Few bands come to define their generation, and even fewer get to deliver a TV performance that draws a clear line in the sand between what went before and what’s about to come hurtling down the tracks. And nobody does it with this kind of swagger.

It’s one thing having three voices blend in perfect harmony, but it’s quite another when those vocal skills are given the chance to unite in a band that has three songwriters.

A UK Top 3 smash for The Bangles in 1986, ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ was originally offered to singer-choreographer Toni Basil, who turned the song down.

In hindsight, this meeting of singer Bonnie Tyler and songwriter Jim Steinman was always going to be a monsterous global success.

Originally released in 1980 and a Top 20 hit in the UK, this track by Aussie soft rockers has continued to endure thanks to several new leases of life.

Less a band and more a melting pot of styles, genres and moods, Death In Vegas could only have come from DJ culture.

Whatever you think of the concept – and millennial audiences may certainly raise their eyebrows at the Baby Boomer rundown of the Luckiest Generation’s trials and tribulations – there’s no denying that ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ had the cultural impact of a meteor strike.

If it’s June then it’s summer and if it’s summer then it’s time to mambo!

Almost 50 years since its release and Sly Stone’s central message of unity between races and genres is as pertinent now as it was then.

Proving that there was always so much more to them than cowbells…

Short, sharp and to the point, this is blues virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan in full-on party mode.

Finally recognised by the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Nina Simone remains one of the most idiosyncratic talents to have emerged from any era or genre.

‘Neutron Dance’ was originally slated for director Walter Hill’s rock’n’roll fable Streets Of Fire…

There’s a convincing argument to be made that if there is a heaven above, then this is the music they’ll be playing at the Pearly Gates, such is the divinity of this timeless classic.

We could argue forever about whether it’s the singer or the song. But there are some singers, and some songs, that simply settle the matter.

Memorably used by Martin Scorsese in the classic 1990 gangster flick ‘Goodfellas’ and covered by LCD Soundsystem, this clip of Harry Nilsson’s rocker is taken from the little-seen Ringo Starr-produced musical comedy, ‘Son Of Dracula’…

Released on cassette back in ’83, Run D.M.C’s original broke plenty of new ground. But it’s the ’97 Jason Nevins remix we’re concerned with today.

Some bands get to say all they need to in a short space of time. Fitting into this compact and bijou category is none other than Fairground Attraction.

The most successful singles artist of the 1980s, Shakin’ Stevens had already had a career as a singer since the early 1970s when ‘Green Door’ became his second UK No. 1 in 1981.

They’re one of our finest, most eclectic and endlessly inventive pop duos.

If ever a convincing argument was made that a cover version can truly transcend and eclipse the source material, then you’re seeing it now.

This is a proper floor flller and no mistake.

As Paul Simon gears up to say goodbye at Hyde Park this summer, it’s worth considering his monumental journey.

With spring on its way, it’s time to get down with some positive party vibes. And this utter gem from 1993 delivers in spades.

An homage to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, ‘Uptown Girl’ was Billy Joel’s first and only Number One hit.

Originally inspired by a running gag on ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’ in the US, this was a bona fide trans-Atlantic hit that shot to Number Four in the UK singles chart in 1991.

Blending early hip-hop with sampling and rock’n’roll, Big Audio Dynamite were way ahead of the curve when this was released in 1985.

This week we turn to our attention to a watershed moment from The Boss (and not just because of Courtney Cox’s Dad dancing…)

Even after 25 years, Alice In Chains’ ‘Them Bones’ has lost none of its visceral power to shock and awe.

The ultimate ’80s track from the ultimate ’80s party starter, ‘When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)’ would have passed into pop folklore with or without Michael Douglas’ help.

From our 35 year vantage point, it’s a little strange to think that it took ‘Africa’ around four months to climb to the top of the US singles charts…

It’s only right and proper that we pause to celebrate the life of David Bowie on the week of what would’ve been his 71st birthday.

Well, what else could it be this week?

So what do you get if you mix up a legendary American songwriting duo, the hottest girl group since before the phrase ‘girl group’ was even a thing, and Iron Man?

There are times when sound and vision, music, film and all the points in between merge to create an effervescent carnival of unashamed and unabashed joy. This is one of those times.

On the week of what would have been Dave Brubeck’s 97th birthday, it’s entirely apposite that we should pause to celebrate his considerable talent and luxuriate in one of the most famous jazz standards ever committed to posterity.

Having worked with the likes of Miles Davis – where he helped redefine the role of the jazz rhythm section as well composing classics such as ‘Watermelon Man’ and ‘Cantaloupe Island’ – Herbie Hancock’s credentials were well established.

There are so few records that attain perfection, let alone classic status, but the late Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’ is one of them.

The pedigree on display here is stunning…

Wha..? Now hold on for just one minute! Can it really be 10 years since MGMT burst through with the incredible ‘Oracular Spectacular’?

Though the monumental concept album, ‘Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds’ has been re-imagined for a new generation of music fans, the original 1978 telling of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi tale is the one that resonates the most.

The first single from the criminally underrated ‘Give ‘Em Enough Rope’ album, ‘Tommy Gun’ was aggressively political even by The Clash’s acerbic standards.

Though they’ll forever be associated with the white-hot blast of fury that was punk rock, The Stranglers not only outlasted many of their contemporaries, they continued to score hits long after their competitors bit the dust…

Without a shadow of a doubt, David Essex’s ‘Rock On’ is hands down one of the weirdest tracks to have graced the UK Top 10…

Still, for many, the definitive signature tune from the Manic Street Preachers early period.

There is absolutely no way that you’ll be able to sit still through this.

Many are the artists and records that claim to have altered the course of popular music but Boston are one of the very few bands to make good on that claim.

‘Pretty In Pink’ is the moment where The Psychedelic Furs ditched the punk influences of their eponymous debut album to introduce a sharper and brighter side to their output…

One of the most idiosyncratic and creative bands to have emerged over the last 25 years or so…

Emerging from the Pacific north-west alongside bands such as Mudhoney, Melvins and of course Nirvana, Screaming Trees may not have grabbed as many headlines, but they did nonetheless make an indelible impression on the alt.rock scene of the 90s.

The Isley Brothers’ take on ‘Summer Breeze’ is that rarest of beasts – a cover version that is considered more definitive than the original.

Originally released in 1973, Gladys Knight & The Pips’ version of ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’ took eight weeks to climb to the top of the US charts,

Hey, come on! It’s the height of the summer and right now we can’t think of a better video to occupy this exalted slot.

Among Nina Simone’s many colossal talents – pianist, singer, songwriter – was her incredible ability to re-interpret the material of others and make it uniquely her own…

There’s a lot of nonsense spoken about jazz, usually by people who know nothing about the genre…

The 1980s proved to be a cruel and unforgiving time for many artists of a 1960s vintage but Lou Reed had always been cut from a different cloth….

Though Mick Jones’ ignominious dismissal from The Clash in 1983 led to the band’s slow decline and eventual demise, it also heralded a new beginning in the form of Big Audio Dynamite.

With Glastonbury upon us once more, let’s get down to a seriously monstrous groove with one of the greatest festival performances of all time at what was truly the Mother of All Festivals.

As we count down to Glastonbury it’s worth pausing to spare a thought for the late Joe Strummer, and Strummerville…

Time to head back to the time of double-necked guitars, Rod Argent’s instantly memorable keyboard riff and singer Russ Ballard’s truly magnificent hair.

Following the news that Australia’s enviro-rockers Midnight Oil have reformed and are embarking on their biggest tour to date, it’s entirely timely that we play this international hit as we prepare to say ‘G’day’ to them once again.

They weren’t the first rock’n’roll band to feature a pair of brothers at their heart and they certainly won’t be the last but The Godfathers are up there with the very best of ‘em.

As with AC/DC’s ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ or Peter Frampton’s ‘Show Me The Way’, there are those rare instances when the live version of a song takes on a life of its own and transcends the original.

Is it really almost 40 – count ‘em! – years since the release of Meat Loaf’s planet-straddling album ‘Bat Out Of Hell’?

It’s strange to think that Roger Waters’ first solo album, ‘The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking’, very nearly became the follow-up to Pink Floyd’s 1977 album ‘Animals’. ..

With festival season fast approaching, it’s entirely apposite that we get right into the mood and look ahead to the summer and what better video than this?

What? Can it really be 10 years since this was released? And it still sounds just as good now as it did back then. Possibly even better.

This isn’t just pop, or dance or punk or whatever you want to call it. This is a moment…

Oh, what’s to say about this? It’s the opening track to that evergreen eponymous debut album. It’s the sound of pioneers.

Ok, so the chances are you missed them a few weeks back at the Cheese & Grain in Frome, Somerset…

Seal of approvals rarely come higher than a nod and a snigger from Bevis and Butthead but that’s exactly what Ned’s Atomic Dustbin got from the cartoon morons….

It’s almost 20 years since we lost Jeff Buckley…

It’s just over 20 years since neo-psychedelicists Kula Shaker stormed the Britpop scene with an almost indecent ease.

It’s high time that Blue Oyster Cult’s 1976 smash, ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’, was reclaimed from the realms of the sketch show and recognised as the enduring classic that it so obviously is.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been just over 13 years since Johnny Cash passed away…

While multi-media promotion is a regular fixture of 21st century life, this was an entirely new concept three decades ago…

One of the great rock’n’roll ‘what-ifs’ is pondering what The Psychdelic Furs would’ve sounded like had they actually managed to secure David Bowie to occupy the producer’s chair for their third studio album, ‘Forever Now’.

The second single from the duo’s tenth album, ‘Private Eyes’, ‘I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)’ by Hall & Oates became a planet-straddling smash hit upon its release in 1981.

This week in 1941, the extraordinary singer songwriter Paul Simon was born.

Bob Dylan’s 5th album “Bringing It All Back Home” was released in 1965 and was half acoustic half electric. What’s the story behind this artwork?

Have you ever seen Jamiroquai drenched from feathers to toe?

This day in 2008,  Kings Of Leon began a three week stay at #1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Sex On Fire’

This week in 1982, Survivor went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Eye Of The Tiger,’ the theme from the film Rocky III.

Dense, frenetic, anxiety… What did Jeremy do?

“In the blink of an eye I knew her number and her name / And she said I was the tiger she wanted to tame” ROAR!

July 23rd 1983, Paul Young had his first UK No.1 single with ‘Wherever I Lay My Hat, (That’s My Home.)’

*Rollin’ and Scratchin’*

Happy belated 4th of July y’all

4 days to go till Glastonbury 2015!

11 days to go to Glastonbury!

17 days to go to Glastonbury!

31 years ago today, this track was Wham!’s first UK No.1.

Celebrate sunshine with ‘The King of Rock’n’Roll’

10/10 in our hearts

We should have voted for Rick!

It’s all about Hair-dos and Air-guitar in ‘Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)’

‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ is our first video of the week