We asked people what's the best song ever by a Sheffield singer or group.
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00:00 Could you tell me what you think the best song by a Sheffield singer or band ever is?
00:06 I think I'm a Gas Man of 43 years and so I would go for the most famous Gas Man in Sheffield
00:13 that's Joe Cocker and we'd have to say 'Up Where You Belong'. I listened to a lot of
00:20 stories from the Gas Men at work when I first started in MGAS and they told me all the stories
00:25 about Joe singing in pubs and them going along to support him and it's got from a pub in
00:31 Sheffield to where he was, a world-renowned singer and it's got to be 'Up Where You Belong'
00:36 I think because I did my courting in the 80s and me and my wife went to see that film,
00:42 Officer and a Gentleman and it's stuck with me ever since.
00:47 Could you tell me what you think the best song ever by a Sheffield artist is?
00:52 It's got to definitely be Arctic Monkeys, now they're Mardi Bum.
00:55 What do you like about that one?
00:57 I just think it's got the Sheffield twang, obviously it's about the roots as well so
01:03 yeah, all Sheffield through and through.
01:06 Could you tell me please what you think the best song by a Sheffield group or singer ever
01:10 has been?
01:11 The one that springs to mind at the moment just because I used to listen a lot as a teenager
01:16 is Disco 2000 by Pol.
01:19 What do you like about that one?
01:20 I don't know, my friends and I used to dance to it a lot.
01:25 Could you tell me please what you think the best song is by a Sheffield singer?
01:30 Joe Cocker with a little help from my friend.
01:32 And why do you like that one?
01:34 Well I used to see him down at Black Swan, Mucky Duck as they called it then and that's
01:40 when I first saw him there and at all the other pubs around Sheffield.
01:44 Did you see him singing there?
01:45 Yeah, I think it first started there.
01:48 When he's first hit there, you know, I enjoyed him.
01:55 Could you tell me what you think the best song by a Sheffield singer or group is please?
02:01 To me, I've got two in mind, either with a little help from my friend Joe Cocker or
02:09 Dota Lady Joe Cocker.
02:11 Could you tell me please what you think the all time best song is from a Sheffield singer
02:17 or band?
02:18 I reckon it's the Human League, Do What You Want Me Baby.
02:20 What's it like about that one?
02:21 It's just a good song, number one at Christmas in the 80s.
02:26 A popular sing-along song.
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