Which British music era hits hardest? Rank the decades that defined the nation's sound.

Britain didn't just make music in the 1960s, it practically invented the modern pop world. From Merseybeat to psychedelia, the decade still casts a shadow so long it's borderline embarrassing for everything that followed.

Arguably the most chaotic and creative decade in British music, the 70s lurched from glittery excess to snarling punk fury without pausing for breath. If you weren't confused, you weren't paying attention.

Britain in the 80s weaponised the synthesiser and pointed it directly at the dancefloor and the heartstrings simultaneously. Whether it was the Haçienda or Live Aid, everything felt enormously, ridiculously high stakes.

Britpop turned guitar music into a cultural war and the whole country picked a side. Meanwhile, a generation was simultaneously raving in fields — two completely different Britains, both convinced they had it right.

A gloriously messy era where Grime was born in east London tower blocks, indie landfill briefly ruled Radio 1, and Simon Cowell somehow held the entire nation hostage every Saturday night. Chaotic? Absolutely. Iconic? Undeniably.