In this week's NME magazine, When Doves Cry makes it to the dizzy heights of #48 in the top 100 singles of all time. There's loads of crap in the chart, but it was still pretty surprising to see NME saying something positive about lil' Princey.

Only #48? j/k...That's pretty high praise for one of my
all time favorite songs.

Can anybody give us the entire list?

48 is bullshit. Show me a better record in the last 20 years

I don't think that the entire list is on the internet yet. But this was taken directly from the NME site.

It is 50 years since the NME published the first ever UK singles chart - on November 14, 1952.

In this week's issue, on sale in London today (November 12) and the rest of the UK tomorrow, we reveal our Top 100 singles that have touched us deepest over the last half century.

And right here we are giving YOU the chance to tell us what you think is missing from the list, by voting for the 101st best single.

Our list is not based on sales. It's simply the singles that have touched us deepest, the 100 singles of the last half-century that have indelibly marked our souls. Voted for by NME staff, our chart brings together innovators, outsiders, superstars, people in torment and people on top of the world. Artists, in other words, with nothing in common but the immortality of their music.

To read the full Top 100, you'll have to buy the NME, but here we bring you the cream of the crop that made the Top Ten in our list:

1. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
2. Nirvana - 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
3. The Sex Pistols - 'Anarchy In The UK'
4. The Rolling Stones - 'Paint It, Black'
5. David Bowie - ''Heroes''
6. The Stone Roses - 'Fools Gold'
7. The Smiths - 'This Charming Man'
8. Oasis - 'Live Forever'
9. Massive Attack - 'Unfinished Sympathy'
10. The Clash - 'London Calling'

I'd definitely have to agree with position #1 being that they're the greatest band ever. #5 is pretty nice too.

TRON said:

bullshit

What's bullshit about it?

Keep in mind that it's a British magazine so 9 of the top 10 artists are British. They're definitely slanted.

Thats pretty weird cuz when they did that list in the early 90's Kiss was number 4 and Sign of the times was also in the top 100 along with 1999...
they change their tune don't they...
well they have gone sooo down-hill since the mid-90's which is when pop music began to lose the plot... funny coincidence n'est pa?

Not a bad top 10 tho... I think atleast half of those would be deserving of top 100 status... and 'unfinished...' is def. in my top 10... that track is amazing