100 Great Scottish Songs: Scotland's Best Loved Songs

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I’ll see your “best Scottish song” challenge, Drowned In Sound, and raise you the best outsider anthem ever written. Released in the interim between If You’re Feeling Sinister and The Boy With The Arab Strap, ‘Lazy Line Painter Jane’ is the sound of Belle and Sebastian at the very peak of their creative powers. Cross-country running, furtive fumblings on public transport, yeast infections: Stuart Murdoch sets the minutiae of a stifling, small-town adolescence against joyous swells of Hammond organ, adds soaring guest vocals from Thrum’s Monica Queen, then slathers the whole lot in nostalgic, Super-8-style fuzz. Desperately sad, yet inexplicably uplifting, these are the finest 5 minutes and 52 seconds of music any Scot has ever committed to tape. NOW WHERE’S MY PRIZE MONEY?

Last year saw something of a haul of Scottish artists reaching Number 1, with both Lewis Capaldi and DJ duo LF SYSTEM enjoying Number 1 success with Forget You and Afraid To Feel, respectively (Lewis also gained a fourth char-topper this year with Pointless). A wilfully wobbly and floaty machine-pop with light beats that drifts into the subconscious from the underground electronic music producer from near Edinburgh. LFM also presents The Magic Window on madwaspradio.com, apparently. Glasgow producer JD Twitch teams up with Berlin-based counterpart to create a intoxicatingly unpredictable twist of synth drone with a house twist. Edinburgh-born songwriter Ross Wilson won't be heard on Capital. There won't be plays on Radio 1. With a jazz trumpet, a jazzy inflection and a whole dollop of soul, this emotional, pastoral, contemporary alt-folk anthem provides guaranteed chills.The Glasgow singer-songwriter exposes tangible vulnerability and pain on this sensitive, emotional jewel from her EP Mooching. Scotland is indeed a beautiful country and has produced some of the most beautiful songs. These are a reminder of the rich heritage and cultural significance of Scotland. nu shooz/i can't wait *1986* : https://www.youtube.c*m/watch?v=KdPfy1Khjpg peaking @ #3 on the hot 100 chart, they're a married couple *still happily married today!* & this song perfectly showcases how eclectic and diverse the 80s music scene really was. not a traditional pop or club song, very unique for the times. This captivating Scottish song carries a deep cultural significance. It has become one of the unofficial national anthems of Scotland and is often performed at special events and sporting occasions. His sophomore album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, is also set to be just as massive - the LP's first two singles, Forget Me and Pointless, also reached Number 1, bringing Lewis' tally up to four. Wet Wet Wet

I wrote this song because I was having a stressful day comparing myself to others and being a wee negative nancy which is very unlike me! I went into the studio with the idea of calling a song 20s and talking about all the highs and lows of being in your 20s.Seven years after the release of their last album Later… When The TV Turns To Static, the Glasgow's cult heroes with the awful pun band name returned with this triumphant single from their fourth album Godpseed that is a sublime sonic blast of Ramones vs Phil Spector wall of sound vs My Bloody Valentine. With an LP slated for release in April 2021, this taster is their finest ever four-and-a-bit minutes so far. A delightfully tender acoustic guitar strum is the glue that make this refreshing wide-eyed summer breeze of a "sunshine man is here" love song from the folk-pop combo originally formed in Edinburgh, and who now hail from all over. They say: "Orange Nights is the song that brought the band together many moons ago. Its upbeat melody and optimism shine through in this eclectic mix of dancing, singing and home work-out eccentricity." The mysterious Glasgow producer has made the top 30 of this list in 2020 and this 2022 release is a soaring euphoric slice of chill-house which builds round a simple keyboard hook, a spoken French count, while spiralling into a whirlpool of digita vs piano madness. This is another break up song but over time it has taken on new meaning from its original intention. Over the past few years life has been pretty harsh for a lot of people and when I sing this song it makes me feel how hard it has been to stay connected and express my feelings for certain people I care about. I find it hard at the best of times to communicate properly in a way that I would like but that can feel impossible when times are hard and people are forced to be apart.” Marti Pellow's successful group are the next most prolific when it comes to Number 1 singles, with three to their name. Wet Wet Wet's Billy Bragg collab With a Little Help from My Friends was their first Number 1 in 1988, and the followed that up four years later with Goodnight Girl.

Irresisible collage of uplifting piano-led chillhop from the mysterious Glasgow producer who conspires to make classic-sounding lo-fi and ambient epics. Calvin's Number 1s are: Dance Wiv Me (with Dizzee Rascal & Chrome); I'm Not Alone; We Found Love (with Rihanna); Sweet Nothing (with Florence Welch); Under Control (with Alesso & Hurts); Summer; Blame (ft. John Newman); Feels (ft. Pharrell, Katy Perry & Big Sean); One Kiss (with Dua Lipa); Promises (with Sam Smith) and Miracle (with Ellie Goulding). We've researched through 70 years of history in our chart archive , and here are a selection of the most notable. Scroll to the very bottom of the article for the full list. Calvin Harris The Scots production due topped the UK charts with this original retro disco workout based on I Can't Stop (Turning You On) from 1970s soul band Silk's album Midnight Dancer. This is the best of the remixes - which added some Ibiza 2022 fairy dust. It is an observation of the arc of the millennial British male through their 20s. It’s a jeering, aggy little number that’s intended to jab and poke you in the ribs rather than start a full-on fist fight," say the bandThere’s a lot of pressure in your 20s to be social but also be hard working. To drink and party but be healthy. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions and we are still learning who we are. I wanted to write this song because I think a lot of people think they are the only ones going through it (including myself), when really we all have our struggles. I wanted to remind people we all have our own chapters and stories to tell." Scots DJs Hannah Laing and Stephen Kirkwood collaborate on this sparkling banger that mixes house, hi-nrg disco and a haunting soul sample. Fee fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman..." Magnificent bark at the moon offering from Glasgow four-piece punk combo who have shifted from poppy new wave to find their fire and have more in common with nu-metallers Deftones. And that is no bad thing.