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Tamil song on BBC's Top Ten
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Ilayaraja's composition "Adi Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu' tops the BBC World Service Top Ten chart followed by Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Any More" and Cher's "Believe".
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`Vande Mataram,' sung and composed by A.R. Rehman is at No.5.
HERE'S A piece of news that's sure to surprise as well as delight music fans in this part of the world. Tamil song Adi Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu currently leads the BBC World Service's World's Top Ten. In the list compiled by the BBC World Service as part of its 70th anniversary celebration, the song, which is right on top, has left behind western pop and rock classics such as Yesterday, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Stairway to Heaven.
Adi Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu, from the Tamil film, Dalapathi, sung by S.P. Balasubramaniam and Swarnalatha, and tuned by well-known Tamil film director, Illayaraja, leads the BBC World Service poll, which has attracted votes from 112 countries. So far, the most number of votes have been sent in from India.
The Tamil favourite is followed by Cliff Richard's We Don't Talk Anymore (No.2), Cher's Believe (No.3), John Lennon's Imagine (No.4), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Vande Mataram, sung and composed by A.R. Rehman (No.5), Queens' Bohemian Rhapsody (No.6), Chaiyan Chaiyan written by Gulzar, composed by A.R. Rehman and sung by Sukhvinder ( No.7), Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin (No.8), the Beatles' Yesterday (No.9), and the Eagles' Hotel California (No.10).
Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is in the sixth place.
More than 1,000 different songs have been nominated from amid innumerable votes. More Beatles' songs have been nominated than any other single artiste.
The final chart of the World's Top Ten will be run in the programme Wright Round the World on December 21. It will also be broadcast across the language sections of the BBC World Service.
John Lennon's `Imagine' occupies the fourth place.
Incidentally, votes for the World's Top Ten are accepted by post and electronically via a dedicated website bbcworldservice.com/70, which details the most popular nominations, identifies musical trends, and highlights the most exciting choices. Thirty-second "tasters" of the World's Top Ten are also available on the site.
The BBC World Service broadcasts programmes around the world in 43 languages and is available on radio, and online on bbcworldservice.com.
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