God save the Queen - she'll have to hear the Sex Pistols From the Eton Boating Song to Johnny Rotten, we reveal the proposed playlist for the opening ceremony of the Olympics

THE OLYMPIC RUNNERS ETON BOATING SONG Captain Algernon Drummond (music) William Johnson Cory (lyrics) LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY Elgar (music), AC Benson (lyrics) GOING UNDERGROUND The Jam MAP OF THE PROBLEMATIQUE Muse BIG BEN GOD SAVE THE QUEEN Sex Pistols LONDON CALLING The Clash EASTENDERS THEME Simo...

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Published inMail on Sunday
Main Authors Bradley, Flora, Griffiths, Charlotte
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Solo Syndication, a division of Associated Newspapers Ltd 17.06.2012
Subjects
Bans
Bowie, David
Boyle, Danny (film director)
Musical recordings
Oldfield, Mike
Olympic games
Queens
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Summary:THE OLYMPIC RUNNERS ETON BOATING SONG Captain Algernon Drummond (music) William Johnson Cory (lyrics) LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY Elgar (music), AC Benson (lyrics) GOING UNDERGROUND The Jam MAP OF THE PROBLEMATIQUE Muse BIG BEN GOD SAVE THE QUEEN Sex Pistols LONDON CALLING The Clash EASTENDERS THEME Simon May SHIPPING FORECAST JERUSALEM Sir Hubert Parry (music) William Blake (lyrics) NIMROD Elgar ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA Handel DAMBUSTERS MARCH Eric Coates MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS Handel JAMES BOND THEME Monty Norman TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield IN DULCI JUBILO Mike Oldfield CHARIOTS OF FIRE Vangelis, performed by LSO BBC NEWS 1954 THE ARCHERS THEME Arthur Wood BLACK & WHITE RAG Winifred Atwell PUSH THE BUTTON Sugababes ENOLA GAY OMD THE STRIPPER David Rose & His Orchestra FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD Lionel Bart BEDKNOBS & BROOMSTICKS Irwin Kostal, Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER Rizzle Kicks GOING UNDERGROUND (as before, repeated) WONDERFUL TONIGHT Eric Clapton GREGORY'S GIRL Colin Tully CITY LIGHTS William Pitt MY GENERATION The Who SATISFACTION Rolling Stones MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie Small ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Kinks SHE LOVES YOU The Beatles TIGER FEET Mud TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT Led Zeppelin A MESSAGE TO YOU, RUDY The Specials STARMAN David Bowie BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen PRETTY VACANT Sex Pistols THE REFLEX Duran Duran BLUE MONDAY New Order RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul STEP ON Happy Mondays SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) Eurythmics BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY The Verve FIRESTARTER The Prodigy BORN SLIPPY Underworld I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES Jaan Kenbrovin, John William Kellette CITY LIGHTS (as before, repeated) SONG 2 Blur BONKERS Dizzee Rascal NACHNA ONDA NEI Tigerstyle featuring Kaka Bhaniawala BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson UNDER PRESSURE Queen and David Bowie NAANTHAAN UNGAPPANDA Ilaiyaraaja featuring S.P.\n