Top 10 Best Cliff Richard Songs

Whatever you think of Sir Cliff Richard, you can't deny he's one of the most successful British solo artists ever!

Vote for your favorite here. There are plenty to choose from in his 50-plus-year career. Feel free to add your favorite if it's not on the list.

Cliff's music career started back in the late 1950s with rock 'n' roll hits like "Move It" and "Summer Holiday," performed with his backing group, The Shadows. He was dubbed "The British Elvis."

He's competed in Eurovision twice, including in the 1960s with "Congratulations."

His music style shifted to a poppier sound during the 1970s, and he scored a 1979 No. 1 hit with "We Don't Talk Anymore," along with numerous 1980s hits like "Wired for Sound." He later went on to have two Christmas No. 1 singles in the UK and released his 100th album in November 2013.

1. We Don't Talk Anymore

   

   In the 1970s, Cliff had a run of sophisticated and memorable singles, leading up to 1979's We Don't Talk Anymore, a No. 1 hit that brought out the best in his soul-lite falsetto. The trade-off was his transformation into an ageless pop icon, the so-called "Peter Pan of Pop."

   There are so many of his songs that I love. Can't Keep This Feeling In should have made the list. What an awesome song! He is the greatest performer to ever grace this earth.

2. Wired for Sound

   

   A major hit in the 1980s, reaching number 4 in the UK Charts. This era of his music saw him move into synth-pop. It was taken from his album of the same name.

3. Dreamin'

   

   This is a very happy song and has always been one of my favorites.

   This is a great track. Youthful and energetic vocals.

4. Congratulations

   

5. Summer Holiday

   

   From the film of the same name, we all know it with him on the tour bus. One of his best-known songs, a summer classic!

   If this song does not lift your spirits, then you are not human! Beautiful vocals, beautiful song. Thank you, Cliff!

6. A Voice In the Wilderness

   

7. Devil Woman

   

   This is Cliff's contemporary comeback single, Devil Woman, released in 1976. It made him a chart regular again. Originally a rock 'n' roll hit years before.

   My favorite from the selection given, although I would have chosen Miss You Nights as my all-time favorite.

   This is my favorite song from Cliff, hands down. It's got a catchy beat and a story.

8. Ocean Deep

   

   Beautiful song, which sadly seems to have been mostly forgotten - other than by Cliff fans, of course. Hopefully, one day it will have its moment in the sun. I'm very pleased to see some deserved recognition in this poll.

   The emotion portrayed within the vocals makes this song brilliant.

   A great song unknown by the general public. Sung with great feeling.

9. Butterfly Kisses

   

10. When the Girl In Your Arms Is the Girl In Your Heart

    
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    On the Beach

    
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13. Some People

    

    This is an amazing piece of writing sung with conviction. The key changes give it a surreal feel, and there's bizarrely a certain sadness about it. The lyrics are terrifically on point.

    Cliff is great! I've been a fan since the '50s. He has been to South Africa three times that I know of - I saw him all three times. Even now, at 75 years of age, he is still pulling in the crowds. How many singers can do that? Thanks, Cliff and his army of fans!

    More pop-rock from Cliff's pop era. A major hit in the 1980s.

14. What Car

    A 2005 Top 10 hit for Cliff, an upbeat, rocky track about him driving his dad's car when he was young without him knowing.

    Great song, even greater when performed live on stage!

15. A Little In Love

    

    This one is top on my list along with We Don't Talk Anymore, Devil Woman, and Dreamin'. A Little In Love gets my vote.

16. In the Country

    

    A classic 1960s summer hit. In the Country is a very English take on California sunshine pop. Great catchy sing-along track.

    One of my favorite Cliff Richard songs. Whenever I drive to the countryside, I like to play this catchy song. I even sing it at karaoke several times.

    Charlie

17. The Next Time

    

    This song is a dreamy ballad of lost love. My favorite for many years.

18. The Best of Me

    

19. Living Doll

    

    Another track with The Shadows, which was also a No. 1 in the 1980s with the kids from the sitcom The Young Ones. Written by Lionel Bart, it was made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still called The Drifters) in 1959. It has topped the UK charts twice: in its original version and a new version recorded in 1986 in aid of Comic Relief.

20. Move It

    

    It's his only good number and arguably the first British rock and roll song.

21. Mistletoe and Wine

    

    One of his two Christmas No.1's in the UK. A bit cheesy, but it wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of Cliff.

22. Miss You Nights

    

    This is the most romantic song of all time and so beautifully sung by Sir Cliff.

23. I Just Don't Have the Heart

    

    1989 UK #3 hit, a modern-sounding pop song for the time. Produced by PWL, Stock Aitken and Waterman, who worked to produce some of Kylie's biggest hits at the time.

24. Travellin' Light

    

25. The Young Ones

    

    A No.1 hit in the 1960s and in the 1980s with a remake featuring sitcom stars of "The Young Ones," including Rick Mayall.

    Showcases his dreamy voice best.

26. The Millennium Prayer

    

    Who would have thought that a vocal version of The Lord's Prayer combined with the theme to Auld Lang Syne would make it to the top of the U.K. charts?

    The Millennium Prayer was a charity single released in the final week of November 1999 on the Papillon record label. All the proceeds generated from its record sales went directly to the Children's Promise organization. It was the perfect song to celebrate the end of a millennium and herald the beginning of a new one!

    On its initial release, it caused such a great furore in the press, and most radio stations refused point-blank to even play the song. Certain individuals openly expressed their intense hatred of the song, describing it as the worst single of the twentieth century. After more negative comments were made, things got rather personal, and Cliff himself was discussed in a most unsavory manner. Then, a media frenzy ensued, and it was anticipated that the record would not do well in the Christmas market.

    In its first week, The Millennium Prayer entered the charts at No. 2 (Cliff's highest chart entry since The Best Of Me, ten and a half years earlier!) behind the Wamdue Project's club classic King Of My Castle.

    A week later, the song climbed to the top of the charts, not only knocking King Of My Castle off the top spot but also beating stiff competition from Boyzone's Every Day I Love You.

    The Millennium Prayer topped the charts for 3 weeks and clocked up total sales of 840,000 copies in 1999. It was the third-best-selling record of the year, behind Eiffel 65's Blue (Da Ba Dee) and Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time.

    By the end of its chart run, the song had made total sales of 1,248,000 copies!

    In fact, The Millennium Prayer is Cliff Richard's biggest-selling single since The Young Ones in 1962.... read more

27. Bachelor Boy