Illayaraja foot-tapper leads BBC World Service Top 10 Adi Rakamma featured in Dalapati, Mani Ratnam's runaway hit of the Nineties

N Sathiya Moorthy in Chennai

Adi Rakkamma, kaiya thattu, the foot-tapper rendered by S P Balasubramaniam and Swarnalatha, from Mani Ratnam's Tamil megahit Dalapati, starring Rajnikanth, leads BBC World Service's Top Ten list for the 70th anniversary celebrations.

Illayaraja scored the music for the film, a runaway hit in the Nineties.

Also on the Top Ten list, based on entries from 112 countries, are two other Indian songs. One is Vande Mataram, composed and sung by A R Rahman, at the fifth slot. Another Rahman-scorer Chaiyya chaiyya is at the seventh place.

The Indian three are from among the 1,000-odd songs in pop and rap, Western classical and African tribals listed in thousands of votes that have thus far been recorded.

The final list will be run by BBC World Service December 21, according to a BBC release.