얼마 전 외신에서도 보도됐던 "영국인이 뽑은 최고의 노래 500선"입니다.
원래는 영국의 버진 라디오www.virginradio.co.uk가 THE ALL TIME TOP 500라는 이름으로 매년 선정하는 리스트입니다. 따라서 해마다 순위가 바뀝니다.
2004년에는 레드 제플린LED ZEPPELIN의 Stairway To Heaven이 1위였습니다.
우선 2005년도 500곡 중 1%(=5곡) 이상의 비중을 차지한 아티스트들을 성적(?) 순대로 나열하면,
1. Beatles 41곡(솔로 8곡 포함, 존 레논 5곡, 폴 매카트니 2곡, 조지 해리슨 1곡)
2. Rolling Stones 17곡
3. David Bowie 15곡
4. U2 15곡
5. Queen 14곡
6. Paul Weller 11곡(잼 6곡, 스타일 카운실 2곡, 솔로 3곡)
7. Coldplay 9곡
8. Oasis 9곡
9. Police 9곡
10. Blondie 8곡
11. Dire Straits 7곡
12. Eagles 7곡(돈 헨리 1곡 포함)
13. Paul Simon 7곡(사이먼 앤드 가펑클 6곡)
14. Bruce Springsteen 6곡
15. Madness 6곡
16. R.E.M. 6곡
17. T-Rex 6곡
18. Bob Marley 5곡
19. Cure 5곡
20. Eurythmics 5곡
21. Red Hot Chili Peppers 5곡
22. Rod Stewart 5곡(페이시즈 1곡 포함)
23. The Who 5곡
2% 부족했던 안타까운 아티스트들(=4곡에 그친 아티스트)
Bon Jovi, The Clash, Crowded House, Duran Duran, E.L.O., Elton John, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, Kate Bush, Keane(!), Kinks, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Pretenders, Robbie Williams, Small Faces, Squeeze, Stereophonics
그럼, 전체 리스트 나갑니다.
THE ALL TIME TOP 500 SONGS (2005)
1 JOHN LENNON - Imagine
2 THE BEATLES - Hey Jude
3 THE BEATLES - Let It Be
4 U2 - One
5 ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Angels
6 QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody
7 LED ZEPPELIN - Stairway To Heaven
8 THE POLICE - Every Breath You Take
9 THE EAGLES - Hotel California
10 JAMES BLUNT - You're Beautiful
11 THE ROLLING STONES - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
12 THE BEATLES - Yesterday
13 REM - Losing My Religion
14 GUNS N ROSES - Sweet Child O Mine
15 U2 - With Or Without You
16 ROD STEWART - Maggie May
17 BOB MARLEY - No Woman No Cry
18 OASIS - Wonderwall
19 THE BEACH BOYS - God Only Knows
20 THE KINKS - Waterloo Sunset
21 BOB DYLAN - Like A Rolling Stone
22 BLONDIE - Heart Of Glass
23 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born To Run
24 THE DOORS - Light My Fire
25 COLDPLAY - Yellow
26 THE BEATLES - Strawberry Fields Forever
27 PINK FLOYD - Another Brick In The Wall
28 VAN MORRISON - Brown Eyed Girl
29 GEORGE HARRISON - My Sweet Lord
30 THE POLICE - Roxanne
31 PROCUL HARUM - Whiter Shade Of Pale
32 DAVID GRAY - Babylon
33 PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here
34 THE ROLLING STONES - Paint It Black
35 THE BYRDS - Mr Tambourine Man
36 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Under The Bridge
37 THE BEATLES - Penny Lane
38 THE KINKS - Lola
39 EURYTHMICS - Sweet Dreams
40 DAVID BOWIE - Heroes
41 THE BEACH BOYS - Good Vibrations
42 THE WHO - My Generation
43 THE BEATLES - She Loves You
44 OASIS - Don't Look Back In Anger
45 THE JAM - Town Called Malice
46 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Waters
47 THE ROLLING STONES - Jumpin' Jack Flash
48 U2 - Still Haven't Found……
49 THE VERVE - Bitter Sweet Symphony
50 THE HUMAN LEAGUE - Don't You Want Me
51 MEATLOAF - Bat Out Of Hell
52 REM - Everybody Hurts
53 QUEEN - We Will Rock You
54 FREE - All Right Now
55 OASIS - Live Forever
56 THE BEATLES - Help
57 DAVID BOWIE - Space Oddity
58 DEREK AND THE DOMINOS - Layla
59 TRACY CHAPMAN - Fast Car
60 MADNESS - It Must Be Love
61 BON JOVI - Livin' On A Prayer
62 THE ANIMALS - House Of The Rising Sun
63 THE JAM - That's Entertainment
64 THE BEATLES - A Hard Day's Night
65 THE ROLLING STONES - Brown Sugar
66 U2 - Pride
67 JIMI HENDRIX - Hey Joe
68 THE WHO - Substitute
69 OASIS - Champagne Supernova
70 SOFT CELL - Tainted Love
71 THE BEATLES - A Day In The Life
72 THE CLASH - London Calling
73 DON MCLEAN - American Pie
74 DON HENLEY - The Boys Of Summer
75 ELTON JOHN - Rocket Man
76 THE BEATLES - All You Need Is Love
77 THIN LIZZY - The Boys Are Back In Town
78 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - The Boxer
79 THE PRETENDERS - Brass In Pocket
80 QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE - Under Pressure
81 GUNS N ROSES - November Rain
82 THE KINKS - You Really Got Me
83 JIMI HENDRIX - All Along The Watchtower★
84 U2 - Vertigo
85 FLEETWOOD MAC - Go Your Own Way
86 FRANZ FERDINAND - Take Me Out
87 JOY DIVISION - Love Will Tear Us Apart
88 LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Freebird
89 ELO - Mr Blue Sky★
90 STEVE HARLEY - Make Me Smile
91 THE BEATLES - Ticket To Ride
92 DAVID BOWIE - Life On Mars
93 PRINCE - When Doves Cry
94 QUEEN - Killer Queen
95 ELTON JOHN - Your Song
96 THE SPECIALS - Ghost Town
97 NO DOUBT - Don't Speak
98 THE BEATLES - Eleanor Rigby
99 THE JAM - Going Underground
100 MOTT THE HOOPLE - All The Young Dudes
101 CLASH - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
102 ROLLING STONES - Sympathy For The Devil
103 NEW ORDER - Blue Monday
104 ERIC CLAPTON - Wonderful Tonight
105 U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
106 CROWDED HOUSE - Don't Dream It's Over
107 DIRE STRAITS - Romeo And Juliet
108 KATE BUSH - Wuthering Heights
109 STRANGLERS - Golden Brown
110 UNDERTONES - Teenage Kicks
111 QUEEN - A Kind Of Magic
112 ROLLING STONES - Gimme Shelter
113 TOM PETTY - Free Falling
114 THE BEATLES - I Want To Hold Your Hand
115 DAVID BOWIE - Starman
116 OASIS - Half The World Away
117 GREEN DAY - Wake Me Up When September Ends
118 THE WHO - Won't Get Fooled Again
119 RHCP'S - By The Way
120 ROLLING STONES - Start Me Up
121 PULP - Common People
122 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born In The USA
123 SCISSOR SISTERS - Take Your Mama
124 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Relax
125 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - Mrs Robinson
126 DIRE STRAITS - Money For Nothing
127 BLONDIE - Sunday Girl
128 DAVID BOWIE - Jean Genie
129 GOO GOO DOLLS - Iris
130 DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Come On Eileen
131 GUNS N ROSES - Paradise City
132 ELVIS COSTELLO - Olivers Army
133 ROLLING STONES - Honky Tonk Woman
134 SNOW PATROL - Run
135 QUEEN - We Are The Champions
136 T-REX - Get It On
137 KILLERS - All These Things
138 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
139 LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Sweet Home Alabama
140 BAND AID - Do They Know It's Christmas
141 BOSTON - More Than A Feeling
142 BLONDIE - Call Me
143 KEANE - Somewhere Only We Know
144 VERVE - Drugs Don't Work
145 NICKLEBACK - How You Remind Me
146 THE BEATLES - Something
147 QUEEN - Don't Stop Me Now
148 ROLLING STONES - You Can't Always Get What You Want
149 ULTRAVOX - Vienna
150 COLDPLAY - Trouble
151 STING - Fields Of Gold
152 POLICE - Message In A Bottle
153 CARS - Drive
154 RADIOHEAD - Creep
155 JOAN ARMATRADING - Love And Affection
156 BRYAN ADAMS - Summer Of 69
157 TEARS FOR FEARS - Everybody Wants To The Rule The World
158 THE BEATLES - In My Life
159 ROLLING STONES - Miss You
160 ALANIS MORISSETTE - You Oughta Know
161 FLEETWOOD MAC - Don't Stop
162 JAMES - Sit Own
163 PETER GABRIEL - Sledgehammer
164 ROD STEWART - I Don't Want To Talk About
165 DAVID BOWIE - Changes
166 SMITHS - This Charming Man
167 U2 - New Years Day
168 BLUE OYSTER CULT - Don't Fear The Reaper
169 EAGLES - Take It Easy
170 MADNESS - My Girl
171 MEATLOAF - Two Of 3 Ain't Bad
172 MAROON 5 - She Will Be Loved
173 SEAL - Kiss From A Rose
174 CURE - Love Cats
175 BOOMTOWN RATS - I Don't Like Mondays
176 KEANE - This Is The Last Time
177 PAUL WELLER - Wildwood
178 INXS - Need You Tonight
179 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - The Sound Of Silence
180 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - The Power Of Love
181 THE BEATLES - The Long And Wilding Road
182 OMD - Enola Gay
183 POLICE - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
184 POGUES - Kirsty Maccoll
185 SUPERTRAMP - Breakfast In America
186 ERIC CLAPTON - I Shot The Sheriff
187 THE BEATLES - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
188 COLDPLAY - Clocks
189 SPECIALS - Too Much Too Young
190 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Californication
191 JOHN LENNON - Woman
192 PETER GABRIEL - Solsbury Hill
193 PAUL SIMON - You Can Call Me Al
194 ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Rock DJ
195 QUEEN - Another One Bites The Dust
196 DAVID BOWIE - Ashes To Ashes
197 ROLLING STONES - Get Off Of My Cloud
198 ROD STEWART - You Wear It Well
199 THE CURE - In Between Days
200 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP - Jack And Diane
201 KNACK - My Sharona
202 GARY NUMAN - Cars
203 SIMPLE MINDS - Don't You Forget About Me
204 ROBERT PALMER - Addicted To Love
205 MADNESS - House Of Fun
206 PINK FLOYD - Comfortably Numb
207 BLONDIE - Denis
208 THE BEATLES - Can't Buy Me Love
209 BOB MARLEY - Jamming
210 KAISER CHIEFS - I Predict A Riot
211 QUEEN - I Want To Break Free
212 DAVID BOWIE - Young Americans
213 ROLLING STONES - Tumbling Dice
214 WINGS - Band On The Run
215 FLEETWOOD MAC - Dreams
216 AMERICA - Horse With No Name
217 DURAN DURAN - Rio
218 LED ZEPPELIN - Whole Lotta Love
219 GREEN DAY - Time Of Your Life (good Riddance)
220 SQUEEZE - Up The Junction
221 ELTON JOHN - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
222 DIRE STRAITS - Brothers In Arms
223 KINKS - All Day And All Of The Night
224 ROLLING STONES - Ruby Tuesday
225 LOU REED - Walk On The Wild Side
226 COLDPLAY - In My Place
227 FOREIGNER - I Want To Know What Love Is
228 THE BEATLES - Lady Madonna
229 SINEAD O'CONNOR - Nothing Compares To You
230 MADNESS - Embarrassment
231 STEPPENWOLF - Born To Be Wild
232 ERIC CLAPTON - Tears In Heaven
233 PINK FLOYD - Money
234 QUEEN - Somebody To Love
235 AEROSMITH - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
236 RHCP'S - Can't Stop
237 LENNY KRAVITZ - Are You Gonna Go My Way
238 THE LA'S - There She Goes
239 POLICE - Walking On The Moon
240 B52'S - Love Shack
241 THE BEATLES - Come Together
242 JIMI HENDRIX - Voodoo Chile
243 JOAN JETT - I Love Rock N Roll
244 SANTANA - Smooth
245 MONKEES - I'm A Believer
246 PRINCE - Purple Rain
247 BLONDIE - One Way Or Another
248 WHO - Who Are You
249 COLDPLAY - Fix You
250 MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Design For Life
251 CLASH - Rock The Casbah
252 DAVID GRAY - Sail Away
253 THE BEATLES - Revolution
254 JAM - Start
255 ROLLING STONES - Let's Spend The Night Together
256 PHIL COLLINS - In The Air Tonight
257 EAGLES - Lyin' Eyes
258 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Two Tribes
259 PAUL WELLER - Broken Stones
260 POLICE - So Lonely
261 SCISSOR SISTERS - Laura
262 SIMPLE MINDS - Alive And Kicking
263 STRANGLERS - No More Heroes
264 AEROSMITH - Walk This Way
265 DANIEL POWTER - Bad Day
266 STONE ROSES - Fools Gold
267 SUZANNE VEGA - Luka
268 STEREOPHONICS - Handbags And Gladrags
269 MADNESS - Baggy Trousers
270 COLDPLAY - The Scientist
271 THE BEATLES - I Feel Fine
272 CURE - Close To Me
273 DAVID BOWIE - Sound And Vision
274 EURYTHMICS - Here Comes The Rain Again
275 QUEEN - Radio Ga Ga
276 KEANE - Bedshaped
277 POLICE - Don't Stand So Close To Me
278 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - Torn
279 OASIS - She's Electric
280 PETER GABRIEL AND KATE BUSH - Don't Give Up
281 FRANZ FERDINAND - Do You Want To
282 ROLLING STONES - Angie
283 STEALERS WHEEL - Stuck In The Middle With You
284 TRAVIS - Why Does It Always Rain On Me
285 MONKEES - Daydream Believer
286 RAZORLIGHT - Somewhere Else
287 JAM - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
288 U2 - Beautiful Day
289 RHCP'S - Scar Tissue
290 THE BEATLES - Get Back
291 DAVID BOWIE - Rebel Rebel
292 BLONDIE - Atomic
293 BOB MARLEY - Could You Be Loved
294 CRANBERRIES - Dreams
295 CROWDED HOUSE - Fall At Your Feet
296 PAUL WELLER - You Do Something To Me
297 DIRE STRAITS - Sultans Of Swing
298 HOUSEMARTINS - Happy Hour
299 JAMES BLUNT - Goodbye My Lover
300 SMALL FACES - Itchyco Park
301 EAGLES - Desperado
302 U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
303 QUEEN - You're My Best Friend
304 VERVE - Lucky Man
305 REM - Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
306 DAMIEN RICE - Cannonball
307 ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Let Me Entertain You
308 JAM - Eton Rifles
309 SOUL ASYLUM - Runaway Train
310 T-REX - 20th Century Boy
311 YAZOO - Only You
312 RADIOHEAD - High And Dry
313 MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS - Echo Beach
314 MAGIC NUMBERS - Love Me Like You
315 SQUEEZE - Labelled With Love
316 STEREOPHONICS - Have A Nice Day
317 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
318 THE BEATLES - Ballad Of John And Yoko
319 KEANE - Everybody's Changing
320 BON JOVI - Wanted Dead Or Alive
321 THE CALLING - Wherever You Will Go
322 CROWDED HOUSE - Weather With You
323 COLDPLAY - Don't Panic
324 REM - The One I Love
325 THE CURE - Friday I'm In Love
326 TALKING HEADS - Once In A Lifetime
327 EXTREME - More Than Words
328 BLONDIE - Picture This
329 IAN DURY - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
330 PRETENDERS - Back On The Chain Gang
331 JOE JACKSON - It's Different For Girls
332 U2 - Angel Of Harlem
333 OASIS - Whatever
334 MADNESS - Our House
335 PETER GABRIEL - Games Without Frontiers
336 T-REX - Jeepster
337 QUEEN - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
338 REM - Man On The Moon
339 SQUEEZE - Cool For Cats
340 THIN LIZZY - Whiskey In The Jar
341 TRAVIS - Driftwood
342 U2 - Sweetest Thing
343 COLDPLAY - Speed Of Sound
344 BLONDIE - Hanging On The Telephone
345 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - Whole Of The Moon
346 BRYAN ADAMS - Everything I Do
347 ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Millennium
348 A-HA - Take On Me
349 BOB MARLEY - Three Little Birds
350 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - Homeward Bound
351 KATE BUSH - Man With The Child In His Eyes
352 ATHLETE - Wires
353 BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - Perfect 10
354 EURYTHMICS - Love Is A Stranger
355 T-REX - Ride A White Swan
356 THE CURE - Boys Don't Cry
357 DURAN DURAN - Save A Prayer
358 SHERYL CROW - All I Wanna Do
359 DIRE STRAITS - Your Latest Trick
360 NEW ORDER - True Faith
361 COLDPLAY - Shiver
362 RAZORLIGHT - Golden Touch
363 ELO - Livin' Thing
364 DAVID BOWIE - Let's Dance
365 DEL AMITRI - Nothing Ever Happens
366 DANDY WARHOLS - Bohemian Like You
367 DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Geno
368 HEAVEN 17 - Temptation
369 IGGY POP - The Passengers
370 MANIC STREET PREACHERS - If You Tolerate This
371 LOU REED - Perfect Day
372 MEN AT WORK - Down Under
373 SQUEEZE - Tempted
374 T-REX - Children Of The Revolution
375 RAINBOW - Since You've Been Gone
376 ROLLING STONES - Fool To Cry
377 STEREOPHONICS - Just Looking
378 TALKING HEADS - Road To Nowhere
379 TRAIN - Drops Of Jupiter
380 VAN MORRISON - Bright Side Of The Road
381 WHO - Pinball Wizzard
382 OASIS - The Import!ance Of Being Idle
383 TROGGS - Wild Thing
384 TRACY CHAPMAN - Baby Can I Hold You
385 BOB DYLAN - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
386 10CC - Dreadlock Holiday
387 THE BEATLES - Norwegian Wood
388 KT TUNSTALL - Suddenly I See
389 EURYTHMICS - There Must Be Missing An Angel
390 EAGLES - Take It To The Limit
391 BON JOVI - You Give Love A Bad Name
392 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Streets Of Philadelphia
393 KATE BUSH - Running Up That Hill
394 POLICE - Can't Stand Loosing You
395 REM - Shinny Happy People
396 ALANNAH MYLES - Black Velvet
397 STYLE COUNCIL - You're The Best Thing
398 DAVID BOWIE - Sorrow
399 KIRSTY MACCOLL - A New England
400 T-REX - Hot Love401 SUPERTRAMP - The Logical Song
402 TEARS FOR FEARS - Mad World
403 CONNELLS - 74-75
404 DEACON BLUE - Dignity
405 4 NON BLONDES - What's Up
406 EURYTHMICS - Thorn In My Side
407 BLUR - Parklife
408 THE BEATLES - Hello Goodbye
409 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Hungry Heart
410 DIRE STRAITS - Walk Of Life
411 INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
412 FLEETWOOD MAC - Little Lies
413 ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman
414 STYLE COUNCIL - Speak Like A Child
415 JIMI HENDRIX - Crosstown Traffic
416 GENESIS - Follow You Follow Me
417 JONI MITCHELL - Big Yellow Taxi
418 MARK COHN - Walking In Memphis
419 NEW RADICALS - You Got To Get What You Give
420 PRETENDERS - Don't Get Me Wrong
421 ROD STEWART - First Cut Is The Deepest
422 ROXY MUSIC - Love Is The Drug
423 SEMISONIC - Secret Smile
424 STEVE MILLER BAND - The Joker
425 TEARS FOR FEARS - Shout
426 TALK TALK - It's My Life
427 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - I'm On Fire
428 ROLLING STONES - Wild Horses
429 PET SHOP BOYS - West End Girls
430 THE BEATLES - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
431 ELVIS COSTELLO - Watching The Detectives
432 DAVID BOWIE - China Girl
433 AEROSMITH - Dude Looks Like A Lady
434 BOB MARLEY - One Love
435 JOE JACKSON - Steppin' Out
436 CARLY SIMON - You're So Vain
437 SMALL FACES - All Or Nothing
438 BANGLES - Walk Like An Egyptian
439 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - The Way It Is
440 BRYAN ADAMS - Run To You
441 THE BEATLES - Back In The U.S.S.R.
442 DURAN DURAN - Girls On Film
443 VAN HALEN - Jump
444 FACES - Stay With Me
445 SUPERGRASS - Alright
446 TOTO - Africa
447 DAVID BOWIE - Golden Years
448 OMD - Souvenir
449 CROWDED HOUSE - It's Only Natural
450 THE BEATLES - Love Me Do
451 ROXY MUSIC - Let's Stick Together
452 STEELY DAN - Do It Again
453 KILLERS - Somebody Told Me
454 MAMAS AND PAPAS - California Dreamin'
455 IGGY POP - Lust For Life
456 VAN MORRISON - Have I Told You Lately
457 ELO - Evil Woman
458 BILLY IDOL - White Wedding
459 ELTON JOHN - Daniel
460 BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
461 MOODY BLUES - Nights In White Satin
462 EAGLES - One Of These Nights
463 DEPECHE MODE - Just Can't Get Enough
464 THE BEATLES - Here Come The Sun
465 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Dancing In The Dark
466 U2 - Desire
467 COUNTING CROWS - Mr Jones
468 BON JOVI - Always
469 DURAN DURAN - The Reflex
470 BOOMTOWN RATS - Rat Trap
471 JOHN LENNON - Jealous Guy
472 10CC - I'm Not In Love
473 SEAL - Crazy
474 GERRY RAFFERTY - Baker Street
475 WINGS - Jet
476 SMALL FACES - Lazy Sunday
477 BUZZCOCKS - Ever Fallen In Love
478 JOHN LENNON - Happy Christmas War Is Over
479 MAROON 5 - This Love
480 PRETENDERS - I'll Stand By You
481 THE BEATLES - Fool On The Hill
482 WHITESNAKE - Here I Go Again
483 KAISER CHIEFS - Everyday I Love You Less And Less
484 DOORS - Riders On The Storm
485 CARS - My Best Friends Girl
486 JAMES BLUNT - High
487 QUEEN - One Vision
488 CLASH - I Fought The Law
489 BOB DYLAN - Lay Lady Lay
490 THE BEATLES - Day Tripper
491 CREEDENCE CLEAR WATER REVIVAL - Bad Moon Rising
492 TUBEWAY ARMY - GARY NUMAN - Are Friends Electric
493 STEREOPHONICS - Pick A Part That's New
494 JOHN LENNON - Instant Karma
495 OASIS - Some Might Say
496 KILLERS - Mr Brightside
497 ALICE COOPER - School's Out
498 BLUR - Girls And Boys
499 THE BEATLES - Don't Let Me Down
500 U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing