The Specials
Gangsters





Release Year: 1979

Rankings:
All-Time #1051 / 1970s #232 / 1979 #25

Genres: 2 Tone
Parent Genres: Ska


Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update) 1-1001
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001) 36
Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) No Order
Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007) No Order
Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1970-1979 (2004) 5
The Observer (UK) - 31 Songs That Changed 31 Music Fans' Lives (2003) No Order
Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991) No Order
Martijn Stoffer and Roel Bentz van de Berg (The Netherlands) - Atoomjukebox (2009) No Order
Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997) 225
Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013) No Order
Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012 No Order
Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008) No Order
Marty Willson-Piper, InDeepMusicArchive.net (Australia) - Song of the Day Selections (approx. 1983-present) No Order
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 9
NME (UK) - Singles of the Year 2
Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year 2