It's the 25th Brit Awards next year (of course they weren't called the Brit Awards in 1977, but that's just being pedantic), and to celebrate Radio 2 and the Brits people are going to poll the nation as to their favourite British song since 1977. A panel of pundits have picked out their favourite 25 tracks, which will be previewed on Radio 2 on 3 Jan. Music fans will then be able to vote for their favourites - the top five will be announced at the Brits nominations thing on 10 Jan with the overall winner announced at the Brit Awards on 9 Feb.
Commenting on the poll, BPI boss Peter Jamieson told CMU: "BRITs 25 with Mastercard is already lining up to be a very special show. This unique collaboration with BBC Radio 2 gives the British public their opportunity to select the very best song of the two-and-a-half decades the BRITs has been running. The result is bound to be controversial."