Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Freddie Mercury of Queen singing in New Haven, Connecticut
Freddie Mercury of Queen singing in New Haven, Connecticut. November 16, 1977 - Credit: Carl Lender / Wikimedia Commons - License: CC-BY-SA
Entertainment
Top 2000
Freddie Mercury
queen
The Eagles
Deep Purple
Boudewijn de Groot
Pink Floyd
Adele
Coldplay
Tuesday, 1 January 2013 - 02:38
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

"Bohemian Rhapsody": Top of the Pops 2013

Listeners of Netherlands national public radio station Radio 2 picked Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the top song entering the new year. Every year. the radio station counts down to the celebratory moment by playing the top 2000 songs as voted on by the public.

Top 2000 has been on the air annually since 1999. "Bohemian Rhapsody" took the number one position in 12 of the show's 14-year history, including last year. For the second year in a row and seventh time overall, "Hotel California," by the Eagles, was runner up. The top ten in order for 2012 are:

  1. "Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen
  2. "Hotel California," The Eagles
  3. "Stairway to Heaven," Led Zeppelin
  4. "Child in Time," Deep Purple
  5. "Avond," Boudewijn de Groot
  6. "Wish You Were Here," Pink Floyd
  7. "Shine on you Crazy Diamond," Pink Floyd
  8. "Someone Like You," Adele
  9. "Clocks," Coldplay
  10. "Comfortably Numb," Pink Floyd

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Netherlands, Germany & Denmark buying at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine
  • Low-income earners can now apply for extra energy bill compensation
  • Plans for 1-hour train between Amsterdam, Groningen enters new phase
  • Bitvavo crypto exchange strikes deal to recover 80-100% of clients’ missing assets
  • Vermeer exhibition opens in Rijksmuseum this week; 28 paintings from 7 countries
  • Dutch parliament members visit Kyiv

Top stories

  • Netherlands, Germany & Denmark buying at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine
  • Care farm ordered closed for physically, mentally abusing people with disabilities
  • Vattenfall to lower energy prices to below price cap for 700,000 customers in April
  • Dutch rescue team arrives in Turkey; Nearly €1.2 million raised for earthquake victims
  • Netherlands to send a search & rescue team to Turkey after 7.8 magnitude earthquake
  • Dutch employers becoming less critical during hiring process

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content