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Date: 09.06.2006
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Dark Side Of The
Moon by Pink Floyd has won a national vote to find the song that has the power to change people's lives.
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Listeners to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2's Jeremy
Vine show have been voting online for their ultimate life-changing track as part of Radio 2's new interactive Music
Club.
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Jeremy says: "Dark Side of the Moon won hands down. People just love it. For its mammoth sense of scale and all the invention, it's still wonderful."
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Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist David Gilmour said: "It's fantastic. What can I say except be thrilled.
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"It's a good combination of great music and great
lyrics. It's music for people who have a brain as well as a soul,
I think.
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"The theme that Roger tackles so well with his words are universal and they are just as relevant today as they were 33 years ago when it first came out."
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The album has been in the US album chart for 33 years (an incredible 1,500 weeks).
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The three songs that made the final were Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon (23% of votes); The Beach Boys God Only Knows (16%); and Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah (17% of the votes.)
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The ten tracks nominated to be included in the national vote were:
- God Only Knows - Beach Boys
- Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves - Giuseppe Verdi
- Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
- Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
- Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
- Imagine - John Lennon
- Something Inside So Strong - Labi Siffre
- Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
- Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
- Everybody Hurts - REM
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