When People First Heard Them, No One Knew They Were British! (80 HUGE Songs)
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- 80 massive songs people didn't know (WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT) were by British artists!
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This about people not knowing INITIALLY...meaning just hearing the songs on the radio for the first time when they came out there was no way of knowing they were British artists. For most of them the assumption would have been they were American, but not all of them. Just because you have known for a while now that they are British DOES NOT CHANGE THAT 😂 its irrelevant! And it doesn't mean you can just claim you would have known from first listen too lol. A couple could be questioned, Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams maybe, but it really does apply for these songs overall!
Only to some ,
Im good at spotting accents.
@@byronyoung1763 But still for these you really cant spot the accents, or at least if you can now, it wouldnt have been obviosuly noticeable on first listen. Its definitely easier to spot something once you are looking too or when you already have the information and actually know lol like the actor Idris Elba in The Wire, ive heard some americans say that once they knew he wasnt American you could actually hear but before they were fooled by it.
Title should be 80 huge songs Americans didn't know were British artists.
I dont know if it would just be americans lol but i would guess quite a few of these americans would have just assumed were american artists, at least initially. Cheers
I didn’t know majority of these songs were British because they don’t sound British
Cap I’m British and didn’t know most was British
@@BenWilkes-c9nYou’re just uncultured then, idk
@@ghoultooth no I just couldn’t tell a song that doesn’t sound British is British
Def Leppard routinely used to perform wearing Union Jack outfits, very obviously British!
I just meant when people first heard their sound they would have likely assumed they were American. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker Not people who live in Sheffield, UK, where they are from!
Or are 'people' just people in the USA?
@@ChrisInTheNorth Not just Americans but mostly i guess yeah. Cheers
@@ChrisInTheNorth top of the pops referenced how alot of people think theyre american, lets get rocked or make love like a man, either of those
@ChrisInTheNorth Because the entire world, apart from the US, lives in Sheffield UK? A large portion of these people sound very American, so unless you’re familiar with the artist assumptions would be made. Kinda like how most people, including the British, tend to think Canadians are Americans because they think they sound like us.
Being British I knew most of these, but still found a few surprises in there. I really enjoyed this rapid fire compilation
Thanks. I do use slightly longer clips (still under 10 seconds really) for songs now but when i made this i was still monetised so i was getting around, and trying to avoid, copyright claims.
My mum was friends with Mark Morrison (return of the Mack singer) when they were young in Leicester England, surprisingly most people in Leicester don’t even know he’s from here and also assume he’s American lol
Yeah that doesnt surprise me lol i think he was the first one i thought of when i went to make this! Thanks for watching
I swear I thought he was from Atlanta this surprised me
My dad done his roof and said he's a prick 😂
Did he ever call back saying there was a return of the leak? 😂@@Formally-known-Prince-Andrew
Maybe I’m just a geek, but I thought everyone knew these people were British. 😂
I was going with more when they initially came out, they definitely would have surprised some people lol. Cheers
I've never heard of some of them but, is it any wonder why people thought they were American? After all they are singing in an American accent, I've always found it odd, just sing with your accent like Paolo Nutini for example.
@@alimetodista3459 I think its cause it all comes from America and then the first big british artists (those early 60s bands etc) all basically copied them. Some of them even started just doing direct covers too so i think it just stuck. Some artists you can tell though as time went on. Cheers
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@@Media_Ranker aye makes sense, the 60s and 70s America for music was the peek of music and will never be beaten.
People in the comments are just picking out the odd one and saying "how didnt u know this was british" but a lot of these were mindblowing? Return of the Mac, Back to Reality and Dusty Springfield being british was shocking
Lol i guess if youve known for a while then it can seem obvious to you, i definitely should have had the word 'initially' in the title from the get go but i think it will help its there now. Yeah Mark Morisson was definitely one of the first i thought of when i came up with this! Thanks for watching
The British are among the best singers on the planet. They are so amazing they always invade all nations music industries like the US
They copy everything American??? Unbelievable???
Wowwww… this was something I got from my mom knowing where musical artists were from but I unfortunately never met anyone my age that shared that interest so I stopped . But this takes me back. Thanks.❤️
Our brothers and sister from across the pond with love from the US ❤️
Thanks for "return of the mac"! Because I began to think that only I knew it. :))
Yeh, I can imagine people thinking that`s American.
I'm British and thought they were American.
Who thinks that The Foundations, Duran Duran, The Police, Any Winehouse, The Moody Blues, etc etc. are not British?
This is about when they would have first had an international hit on the radio etc, people would have been surprised to initially find out they were British. In terms of the list you gave there, Duran Duran was maybe a bit of a stretch but the rest definitely would have shocked people. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker The only thing I thought, when I first heard them on the radio, was that the guys from The Police were black.
Change your video title to:
80 HUGE Songs People Didn't Know Were By British Artists!...Initially!
they are more obvious they sing with their accent and have decades of interviews. most of them are masters of American accent. example I didn't know Idris Elba was English until a couple of years ago in a interview. same with dude from star wars
@@colihon3552 But Idris Elba is an actor and his job is to mimic accents. We are talking about musicians whose job is not that.
How can u not know Amy Winehouse was British? XDDDDDD
This was about people not knowing initially, at least in most places when she first got really big, cause she had that old american Jazz soul voice basically. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker More or less understandable, but then you hear her thick North London accent....
Probs cause its called rehab. Most american go xD
Tbf I'm British and I always thought she was American.!
@@sonconmas That is weird. Did you ever hear her talk?
You cannot be more British than The Eurythmics.
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
One thing I will accept: I thought the Kung Fu fighting guy was American
I think oasis and Blur should be here. Initially Americans assumed they were also American, and blurs first big break in America was a mock grunge song but Americans didn’t get the jokes and played it to death. They assumed a grunge song had to be American
Yesss and Gorillaz: Damon albarn's side project that became his main project 😂
Return of the Mack surprised me since I thought the guy singing it was probably from Philly or Atlanta
Yeah Mark Morrison was one who i knew people assumed was American lol. Cheers
This list was more fun to make as the songs spanned many decades but as you will see I prefer the older stuff. Here are my Top 20 from your list of 80
20 Sweet dreams
19 Stuck in the middle
18 Praise you
17 True
16 Baby come back
15 Stayin alive
14 Roxanne
13 She drives me crazy
12 Sunshine of your love
11 Gimme some lovin
10 You sexy thing
9 Kiss from a rose
8 Run to the hills
7 Back to life
6 Time of the season
5 Smooth operator
4 Holding back the years
3 Blinded by the light
2 Night in white satin
1 House of the rising sun
Yeah it was a good one to show off different eras and genres. Cant fault that top 20! Cheers
Great list 🎉 I knew most of these, especially the older artists. I always thought Carl Douglas was German (like Milli Vanilli and Bony M) so I learnt something today
Thanks! Yeah i was surprised by a couple myself making this list!
@@Media_Ranker This is what we call songs we listened to in America by British artists.
Probably british don´t know. Richie is a british artist who lived in Brazil for decades. He was a succesfull singer here in the 80s. He used to sing in portuguese.
Oh wow yeah i dont know if he is known here at all really, ill definitely look into his career. Cheers
Well im British so I knew them all, but thanks for reminding me of some good tracks ❤
0:22 Forget about your boyfriend and meet me at the hotel room.
Oh yeah its been sampled quite a few times now i think! Thats probably still the most famous one though. Cheers
This is like the most obvious list of British artists of all time but at least I have a compilation for when I want to show people how clear UK music is
As a Jamaican I didn't know ,Simple red ,jay Sean,Sonique,Duran Duran,play circle, Joe Cracker were British
Did you create this entire video just to rick roll us?
Lol i would never do such a thing...
I hope there will be part 2 later, let's make british music great again 🇬🇧💂🏻♀️
Weird that I knew White Town sampled the great Al Bowlly when it was released. Player!! Stealer's Wheel!! Aww, taking me right back! AWB!! saw them at Jazz Cafe, Angus rejoined them that night!
I don't know who would be surprised to learn that "Laid" by James is by a British band when it's heavily hinted by the accent in which the singer sings.
Its more becuase it was made famous by the film American Pie lol. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker Except the song was a hit in the UK in 1993 and American Pie wasn't released until 1999.
If you define people as 'Americans who never look out of their own Window' then maybe your video title works.
Oh, and The Cranberries were Irish.. So even after your research you get things wrong
@@ChrisInTheNorth Just British people knowing an artist is British from the get go isnt even nearly the point is it lol. The Cranberries arent in the video so i dont know what you are on about lol
Maybe it’s because I’m British, maybe it’s because of my age, maybe it’s because I’m a DJ, but I knew MOST of these Artists were British 🤷🏽♂️
And think back to when you just first heard them, would you have guessed they were British on first listen? lol take away the fact that you may have known they are for a while at this point. Cheers
I was suprised by a couple like sade and Carl Douglas, but most I thought were common knowledge, maybe they aren’t
This was really just about when they would have been initially successful, with their first hit on the radio etc. Cheers
Great video
Thanks!
Some of these definitely surprised me. Great list. Your probably my favourite music list TH-camr at this point.
Appreciate it mate thanks!
Wow, I’m from the UK and I thought Return of the Mack was American 😮
How about Dire Straits? It's only a few years since I discovered they are British. Quite shocked since I had been listening to them for decades!
Also Bush definitely need to be in here!
Both good shouts actually, definitely planning to do a part 2 for this or replace it with a longer version. Cheers
I'm 54 and i never knew they were from here hahaha
Billy Ocean was British? wow I didn't know that. That surprised me. In fact a few surprised me.
Born in Trinidad but moved to Britain as a young kid and definitely has dual citizenship. But i think a lot of people thought he was American anyway lol. Thanks for watching
@@Media_Ranker Yep I thought he was American.
Oh no he's British, seen him on TV has a very soft speaking voice
@@Media_Rankerdual citizenship
@@TheRatlord74dual citizenship
If you didn’t know Duran Duran were from Britain then you are easily deceived
But initially with their first true international hit i think people would have assumed they were american. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker Er.... no.
@@mat5379 Their first true international hit was Hungry Like The Wolf, it went to top 5 in quite a lot of countries, people hearing that on the radio would have had no reason to think they were british lol. They aren't one where you can hear the accent really, not for that song anyway. Cheers
Don't forget. David Bowie, QUEEN, Judas Priest, Tears for Fears, Joy Division. Blur, Radiohead, YES, The Smiths. Oasis
Rolling Stones, Beatles, Clash, Sex Pistols, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Motorhead, Elton John, Van Morrison, Shirley Bassey, The Who, The Hollies, The Kinks, The Dave Clark 5, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Madness, and so many more. I am proud of our countries musical pedigree,
Who didn’t know Wake me up before you go go was a British song
I was thinking more initially with Wham! and George Michael, when they first heard them on the radio, and that was their first international hit. Cheers
his accent said that. now pass the dutchie I thought they were Jamaican
@@colihon3552 You could hear George Michael's english accent in that? Turns out he was actually from very near where i am from in Hertfordshire...i cant hear it
White town young women sounds like the imperial march
It does a bit actually! lol ive never noticed that. Thanks for watching
More like The Imperial March sounds like Lew Stone's version of "My Woman", which "Your Woman" samples.
I either never heard of em or knew they were British
Blinded by the Light is by Bruce Springsteen
I know, its in my covers video lol thats not the point though, that was Manfred Mann's Earth Band first big international hit and everyone would have heard it an assumed they were american, regardless of whether or not the song itself is a cover. Cheers
Player was founded in LA and there is 1 English dude in the band and the others were American.
Yeah thats the one that i really did get wrong, i think i just saw somewhere that they had a dual nationality and i think i remembered an interview from years ago with the lead singer too. Should have looked into it more thats my bad. Cheers
Add Level 42, Steve Winwood, and Elle Mai in a part 2 video.
Good shout, had The Spencer Davis Group here but could definitely do Steve Winwood solo too. Cheers
Idk why i thought Blade was singing LOL
The fact that I just got rick rolled is outrageous ,wow I expected better
lol not for that reason though, many people even to this day are surprised THAT voice came out of him! Cheers
We got rickrolled in the end 😂
I saw that lol! 😂
I forgot William Michael Albert Broad was British as he has been in America so long 😂😂
He probably does have US citizenship too by now yeah lol. Cheers
The Animals singing "there is a house in New Orleans" made me think they're American
I think thats partly why i thought they were for a while too! I know now that its a cover of an old folk so but even so. Cheers
There's a few that maybe the title is true for, but 95% of these are well known British artists. Like Duran Duran? The Police? C'mon.
Known NOW...but on first listen? Duran Duran maybe but their first big international hit was Hungry Like The Wolf, i dont think it was obvious with that song, The Police obviously had such a reggae style to their sound too. I know in Britain it blended with punk in the 70s but still, this is all about when people INITIALLY heard these artists for the first time. Thanks
I felt like my world was a lie after this video 😂
Lol what were the biggest shocks? Thanks for watching
Great list! You could probably narrow it down a bit taking out such as The Police, Billy Idol, Eurythmics and Amy Winehouse and a few others
But very few made me go “Come on. Who doesn’t know that?”
Some were absolute shockers like Hot Chocolate, Ace, Average White Band.
Funny. 30 Rock did a live show where Jenna played Dusty Springfield and she played her with a Kentucky accent “Howdy Yall I’m Dusty Springfield!”
For the west coast version of the live show….someone must have told the actress that Dusty was British.
Thanks. In fairness its easy to assume she would be american, especially with that name too. Cheers
I always heard that The Bee Gees were Australian. I knew most of these, besides maybe the most recent ones.
Venus was a hit in the UK first by Shocking Blue, a Dutch band.
No i know but that version was a big international hit and even then people probably would have assumed Bananarama were American initially. Cheers
THIS IS CRAZY!!!!
Crazy cause you were surprised to learn they were british or you already knew? lol. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker I didn't know Alot of these guys were British ,Duran Duran and soniqe are the biggest shocker. Could you do a video on all the billboard entries from Jamaican artist?🇯🇲👍
@@Narcissist-d6g Definitely want to do other nations so ill add that to the list. cheers
Two thirds of these are pretty famously british
Yeah i tried to go with initially if you see what i mean, i think a lot of those people would have been surprised to learn they were British at the time, even if its been known for quite a while now. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker non Brits watching might be unaware
Donovan, amy winehouse, Lewis are the more obvious.
I knew Iron Maiden was British
But most I didn’t
And yes I’m a U.S. citizen
I am British, but thought Eddy Grant came from Jamaica or Trinidad.
He has dual nationality, Guyanese-British. Spent almost all of his life in England though i think. Cheers
Great vid but Player is an American band based in Los Angeles!
Thanks! I saw that they were dual nationality no? British-American? cheers
@Media_Ranker defo American.. Fleetwood Mac are British/American and so is Foreigner. 👍🏻
@@grahamjay7080 Turns out its only the lead, Peter Beckett, who is English so yeah you are right. Shouldnt have been in here really my bad. Cheers
Fleetwood Mac would be more British as they were originally an All British band @@grahamjay7080
You forgot to mention Genesis and Phil Collins.
I can see it for some of these other artists but Duran Duran and Kajagoogoo are some of the most British bands I can think of lmaoooo
And then along came people like Simon Cowell and that was the end of great British music.
Was ot really from 2006? 4:30
Put Your Records On? Yeah the single was released in February 2006. Cheers
Leona lewis soon fizzled out,
Yeah she did really, she had that christmas song and a couple of good covers, but thats about it. Thanks for watching
@@Media_Ranker You cut me open and I keep bleeding love.
I sat through all that just to get Rick Rolled at the end!? Shameful😄
I think a lot of singers passively put on American accents when singing.
Oh yeah most do, thats always been my theory on why british actors can find american accents easier than the reverse...they start singing along to songs in an american accent as kids! That must subconsciously stick. Cheers
Apparently it is simply because British Accents do not suit singing so British singers tend to modify their pronunciation whilst singing and people perceive this as sounding american
American accent is much more ear-friendly because their pronunciation needs less vocal resources and way more sleazy. Also, it comes off naturally in a romantic time when you're comfy and relaxed
Aren't the Beddingfields from New Zealand?
Daniel has dual nationality, New Zealand - British, i think he was born in New Zealand but Natasha just has British. She was born here. Cheers
R&B/Soul/Funk/Rap song automatically associates with America, David Bowie started do soul in America
poms have the best music an singers
If theres one thing we can do its music! lol. Especially from the previous century! Thanks for watching
@@Media_Ranker even my nephew said....gee England has the best music 🎶 hey well led zepplin come from England 🇬🇧 👏
aight not going to lie like 75 percent of them maybe 65 I didn't know where British. especially sade. mainly the rock songs I knew but the R and b songs I was shocked.
Yeah i knew they would be the main ones that people maybe still wouldnt know to this day! Thanks for watching
It's the USA who didn't know they were British 😂
Few dodgy classification of british in there, but how did people not know tom jones was welsh?
This was really just about initially, hes even talked about everyone assuming he was american with his singing style and type of music/voice. Cheers
Only an American wouldn’t realise these were British artists 🤦🏼♂️
Someone else said that lol i dont know if thats fair but it could be mostly americans who would have initially assumed a lot of these were american when they were first initially big on the radio etc, which is what i meant with this. Cause obviously most artists sing in an american accent and often an american style really. Cheers
Cap I’m British and didn’t know most was British
I'm polish living in Britain, and bout half of these I didn't know were British, especially dua lipa and Amy Winehouse
@@BenWilkes-c9nSame 😭
Nope, i’m british and didn’t know some of them, some of them i knew
Mostly English with a few Scotch, welsh, Caribbeans.
Scotch 🙄
Yup. Bonnie Tyler, Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones are Welsh (as are Super Furry Animals). Average White Band, Nazareth, Annie Lennox, Middle of the Road, Pilot, Bay City Rollers, Big Country, Simple Minds, and many others from Scotland.
@@FedericoDLPwhat's the issue with that term, I'm unfamiliar
@@smelly1060 It's Scottish. Scotch is like whisky or egg.
@@FedericoDLP what about scotch-irish ¿
did did i just get rick rolled 😲😳
MF DOOM
Did not know that! If i do a part 2 it will definitely feature him. Cheers
@@Media_Rankerand slick rick
I thought BeeGees were Australian
They are both but more British than Australian really. Cheers
Carl Douglas, Kung Fu Fighting was a surprise
Yeah i didnt know until quite recently too actually! Cheers
Where are Wet Wet Wet? They had a massive hit.
Yeah if i did a part 2 they could maybe be in that actually. Cheers
Taio Cruz is british?
Yeah! I definitely assumed he was American when he first came out! Thanks for watching
Weren't bee gees aussie ¿
They are both, dual nationality, but arguably more British than Australian overall if you look at their upbringing etc. Cheers
A lot of these are so British sounding and most were huge thar peeps knew they were British.
Im with everyone else and agree it is Americans who dont know
But the ones who dont sound british, which i would say is most (i am british too btw) of them, when they were initially one the radio with these songs i think a lot of people, probably mostly americans yeah, would have been surprised to then find out later that they were British. Cheers
You mean Gen X that’s the only people you could be talking about
Player is a bit of a stretch. Only one of the members was a Brit. Most Black UK artists until more recent times born in the Caribbean or Africa and were part of the mass emigration to Blighty in the 1950s and 60s. Joan Armatrading (St. Kitts & Nevis)... Eddy Grant (Guyana) ... Carl Douglas and Errol Brown (Jamaica)... to name a few.
It's hard to pinpoint what to call The Bee Gees. They were kids when they relocated from Isle of Man to Australia and were only there about ten years when they returned to the UK to begin their recording career. They said they "felt" Australian, but many of my Aussie friends insist they're Poms. Olivia Newton-John also relocated to her native Britain to begin her international career. Both were always included on those various "British Gold" compilation LPs of the 70s and they're rarely included on the many "Greatest Aussie Acts of the 70s" videos we see on TH-cam.
So, do Australians consider either to be dinky-di Aussies?
Also Whitesnake's lead singer David Coverdale is English, but the rest of the band aren't British technically, mostly American
Bananarama had an Irish member Siobhan Fahey who was also in Shakespeare's sister.
I didn’t know dua lips was British
Yeah she seems to be the big contemporary artist that is shocking people the most at the moment i think, when it comes to that, i know Sam Smith definitely shocked people when he first had a big song. Cheers
I know all these songs but I thought most rock bands were American for some reason😂 Shakin Stevens and ACDC are another two
Its crazy when you look into how many bands, not just rock, from each genre and era are british. Especially from the 20th century of course. Thanks for watching
Not me a Brit learning for the first time that some of these people are British.
Which ones surprised you the most? Thanks for watching
Most still have that drift of when we’re imitating an American accent, I think it is pretty obvious even if one did not initially know where the artist is from. Not all, but most have the accent down well-can’t say the same for my friends and I 😂 we sound like idiots when we try our American accents. Nice video, added a few songs to my playlist, too.
It’s not just the American accent it’s also American music since Americans created rock and pop music so of course people would assume that
@@wolfeyezontheprize2658 Good one, that as well.💖
Eddy Grant is from Guyana. Not Britain
Can you do an American one as i thought Elvis, Whitney and Michael Jackson were all British and was shocked to find out they were American
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Calling the zombies British? Just offended every single person in Ireland
Who are the Irish members or former members? Arent they basically all English lol. Cheers
Yeah I’ll be honest lads I had a brain fart and confused the song zombies with the band
@@liamw6562 Oh by The Cranberries lol i see. No worries! Thanks for watching
what about tears for fears? or spice girls?
Possibly, i think you can hear it a bit in Tears For Fears accent when singing, both Roland and Curt. And with the Spice Girls they blew up so quickly they were doing interviews around the world straight away lol even if you couldnt tell from the singing itself etc. Thanks for watching
I was thinking Coldplay the whole time lol
Sade!? You must be joking. Adu sounds like the Yoruba Essex girl she is. But I must say, if it wasn't for I luv u, we'd still hate our accents.
In her speaking voice? What does that have to do with hearing her/their music for the first time lol you knew she was from Essex from that? Cheers
@@Media_Ranker south east recognises south east, I heard it in her singing. You'll be pleased to know, I'm sure that. Dylan Kwabena Mills got an MBE for bringing the British accent back to music.
@@danielbergonzi7319 I mean im from Hertfordshire, i cant hear it lol but fair enough. Yeah, especially since Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys stopped singing that way lol. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker I'm from Buckinghamshire, tbh. It was specifically the pronunciation of ask that gave the game away to me . Most of the other artists on the list deserve to be in it
Initially didn't know they were British?? Everyone knows they are British.....
Initially meaning when they first had a big hit internationally, no one heard Return Of The Mack on the radio for the first time and thought he would be anything other than American, let alone specifically British...for example lol. But if you think they did the second part of your comment really should have said knew instead of knows and were instead of are. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker I'm British..
@@daveadam435 So am i...that changes nothing about the example i gave though lol you still wouldnt have just known when you first heard it. Youve just let the fact that because you know they are british NOW (probably because you are) tell you that everyone would have known from the get go lol. Sorry for the long replies its just some people really arent understanding 'initially' properly with this!
@@Media_Ranker I'm 65. There's a distinct difference in America and British music. Songs and styles. When you've been listening to it as long as me it's easy to tell. ... Them songs don't sound remotely American or any other nationality for that matter. ... How old are you ??
@@daveadam435 There are British styles of music of course that doesnt mean any song made by a Brit is immediately in a British style does it. That can apply for one or two here perhaps, the Eurythmics maybe, but again there is no way in hell you heard Return Of The Mack on the radio when it came out and thought Mark Morisson was British lol you had absolutely no reason to and thats the point of this overall. Like i said theres a couple that can be questioned but claiming you instantly just knew these were British artists on first listen...you are lying you know you are lol. And yes, to use the same example, Return Of The Mack sounds completely American
I was really surprised when I found out that Peter Gabriel and Paul Rodgers were British and not American. Especially Paul Rodgers, who sang one of the most American-sounding songs ever, All Right Now.
When you realise that the uk has probably put out the best music/artists in the west
We (i say as if i did something lol) really did contribute a lot to music, when you think of all the legendary bands too! Cheers
You forgot "Yesterday ", "Stairway to Heaven ".
Venus was originally by shocking blue who were not British
No i know, thats not what this is about lol i just mean the popularity of that version and people likely assuming they were american. Cheers
Creative industries big part of the UK economy. Just like Germans make cars, French perfumes, Americans tech etc
In the 1960s and 1970s there was more songs with British artists/bands sounding American than actual American bands/artists
holup jay sean was a brit
Yeah, him and Taio Cruz definitely surprised some people in the late 2000s lol. Thanks for watching
TIL a lot