Scottish Pop. It's so impressive, so beautiful, and there's so much of it that non-Scottish band Spearmint sang a song about it. They called it 'Scottish Pop'.

And so, in honour of St. Andrew's Day (30 November), we at Shout4Music have listed our very own musical patron saints of Scotland.

Don't forget to use the comments box below to offer your own suggestions from north of the border.

Arab Strap – 'There Is No Ending'

There are so many great Scottish bands to choose from - mostly Glaswegian - that this was difficult. The reason I've opted for this is because it's not only a beautiful, gritty love song, but also a dismissal of scare-mongering turds. Buy here. (Christopher Moffatt)

Aztec Camera — 'Walk Out to Winter'

From their outrageously good debut 'Hard Land, Hard Rain', this little song breezes in with jangle cool, building to a pitch of cold-hard Scottish reality: “You'll find, snow-blind, this is life!” Buy here. (Mark Nicholls)

The Burns Unit – 'Send Them Kids To War'

There's been quite a few Scottish collectives over the past few year. The Reindeer Section featured members of Belle and Sebastian, Snow Patrol and Arab Strap, and The Fence Collective has boasted members such as KT Tunstall and parts of the Beta Band, along with King Creosote.

Now add to the list The Burns Unit, to whom King Creosote has turned his affections, along with Emma Pollock (formerly of The Delgados), Future Pilot AKA and Karine Polwart. Oh, and they've added a couple of Canadian friends into the mix too. With a collective such as The Burns Unit there is much to choose from – and much to love: from the King Creosote led melancholia of 'Since We've Fallen Out' to the bilious 'Send them Kids To War' with MC Soom T. Buy here. (Stephen Morris)

Cosmic Rough Riders – 'Glastonbury Revisited'

A band with such a sunny disposition and sounds shouldn't come from Scotland. Cosmic Rough Riders had a sound more appropriate to somewhere on the Californian coastline in the late 60s; not Glasgow in the early 00s. But so it is. Their close harmony, Summer of Love pop tunes are sung with aural flowers in their hair: so much so, when they sing about Glastonbury, you feel it's only because they weren't at the first Woodstock. Buy here. (Stephen Morris)

The Delgados – 'No Danger'

The Delgados are one of my favourite bands – ever since I first saw them at Reading in 2000. Their songs mix poignancy with a beautiful, delicate sense of hope that could bring grown men to tears.

The band, firm favourites of John Peel, have now gone their separate ways with Alun Woodward now performing under the stage name of Lord Cutglass (also excellent) and Emma Pollack going solo. The Delgados' finest moment was their album 'The Great Eastern', named after a Glaswegian homeless hostel, and one of that record's most arresting points is 'No Danger'. Buy here. (Stephen Morris)

The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Some Candy Talking'

Feedback heavy noisiness that will make your friendly urban fox think it's mating season. Jim and William Reid's ear splitting music versus mumbled vocals formed a fantastic alternative soundtrack for the 80s and 90s. Buy here. (Stephen Morris)

Malcolm Middleton – 'Red Travellin' Socks'

Ooft. Too many. Best act from this pishpot country is The Jesus & Mary Chain(see above), but if we're going for St Andrew's Day, then I'm gonna nominate 'Red Travellin Socks' by Malcolm Middleton. Just sounds Scottish, without being rotten, which is a feat in itself. You could probably have this at the end of weddings instead of Loch Lomond if that were ever needed: if Donnie Munro turned out to be a kiddy-fiddler, or summat of that ilk. Buy here. (Alaster Kirk)

Primal Scream – 'Movin' On Up'

The recent reissue of 'Screamadelica' that marked the album's twentieth anniversary brought Primal Scream closer to having the status of legends conferred on them.  'Movin' On Up' finds them at their best, combining classic rock'n'roll with elements of rave culture. Buy here. (Alan Ashton-Smith)

The Stagger Rats –' Fuzzy Fuzzy'

The Stagger Rats are an awesome Edinburgh-based band that I've had the pleasure of seeing a few times. As a band, they have amazing live energy which is one of the main reasons they're currently my favourite Scottish act. Their latest single 'Fuzzy Fuzzy' has this great swagger to it and has been receiving some decent praise since its release, hinting at a pretty special full-length album. Buy here. (Arusa Qureshi)

Superstar – 'Someone's Watching Over Me'

There's something almost hymn-like to Superstar's music: a picture of restrained magnificence. My introduction to Superstar came in the form of their eponymous song from their eponymous album.

Once they had exhausted the possibilities of naming tracks and records after themselves, along came 'Someone's Watching Over Me' from 'Phat Dat', sung with the aid of what sounds like a full orchestra. It's passionate, it's glorious – and there's just a hint of Queen about it. An absolute treat - yet strangely unavailable on iTunes, dammit! (Stephen Morris)