Rock & Pop

A disco beat political statement from the electropop duo.

Clever, funny and charming, Sleeper added some much-needed cheek to the UK pop scene.

Even if you have never heard them before.

Catching the moment, The Smiths are dancy, excitable and thrilling.

Having found an unlikely home on Broadway, Bruce Springsteen is now back in the spotlight for all the right reasons.

A sassier and smarter diva re-emerges with an iconic album featuring a gay anthem (or two).

They came, they sang, they danced about a bit, and they made the nation very, very happy. What's not to like in Wham!'s purest of pop confections?

I'm Mandy Fly Me is quite a sweet song about a fairly ridiculous proposition.

How Blur's Girls and Boys caught the spirit of the Britpop age.

Possibly the creepiest and weirdest bubblegum love song ever written, I Think I Love You is little heard today.

It went to Number One, apparently everywhere it inspires one gay man in three (according to our so-called "research") to get up and wave their arms about like demented windmills and it is fun.