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At least the World Cup last year showed really encouraging signs for England, the future does at least look promising that the team will make it further in the tournament next time. Euro 2020 will be an interesting one to watch as an indication of how the next World Cup might go for us since all four semi-finalists in 2018 were European.

Most of the artists in The Collective were fairly big names in 2011! It surprises me how low that peaked really, maybe it's because the public knew it wasn't that good!

No Matter What kept Mysterious Times off the top spot as well! It was at a concert for their 20th anniversary tour six years ago, not one I volunteered to go to and not the best concert I've ever been to either! Wasn't too bad though.

And yay for us having the same favourite song for Madonna and Spice Girls!

I still have the lists for my favourite top 40 hits in the years since 2000 and I'll refer to those when you eventually get that far in this thread but for now I did put together my ten favourites from 1998 at least, it would look like this:

1. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar '98
2. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
3. Radiohead - No Surprises
4. Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (which I noticed appeared in your chart earlier as well!)
5. Manic Street Preachers - The Everlasting
6. Spice Girls - Viva Forever
7. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
8. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
9. Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions '98
10. Massive Attack - Teardrop

It's Like That and Millennium (and of course Frozen) are other faves from your chart that wouldn't have been far off my top ten as well.

- This is true! Us advancing so far was such a surreal moment but also a promising one. Fingers crossed, I look forward to the Euros next year! Plus the Olympics a good year for televised sport for sure.
- I've just looked up the list of artists on The Collective as I could only remember Tulisa and Ed Sheeran off the top of my head, but yeah you're right, that list is VERY 2011 but in a good way at the time. These poor brave charity songs like that and SuBo/Geraldine McQueen - 'I Know Him So Well' flopping that year! But yeah neither were vintage charity songs at all (sorry Geraldine) so I'm not exactly sad about the floppage
- Oh blimey, 'No Matter What' was such a juggernaut poor 'Mysterious Times', that would've been such a great first #1 for Sash! and ahhh I see well at least it wasn't too bad then haha!
- Hooray, I approve of our tastes matching there *.* also thanks for sharing your own list! 'My Heart Will Go On' wouldn't have been too far off mine.

They thought it would never happen x (oh my at Stardust being finally added to Spotify just in time for you to add it to your playlist from this thread, that explains the delay tbh xx)

That's a really flawless top 4 there, all absolute classics! The top 3 in particular would probably all be very near the top of my list of fave hits of 1998 if I were to put one together as well, 'Frozen' quite possibly at #1 I think 'Three Lions' is a classic as well ofc especially after last year but hard disagree on the '98 version being better, I'm far too used to the original version that that one just sounds wrong to my ears oops (but then I guess you weren't able to include the original in one of these countdowns anyway so yay for the re-release allowing it to be mentioned at all )

Some very interesting Madonna fun facts there - I can kind of picture Madonna singing 'Teardrop' actually. And oh MY at the impact of 'Come To Daddy' x

I know right *_* whoops, I can only hope that 1999 gets completed quicker! Trying to at least stick to a goal of one section a week, that should be manageable enough I think. Oh yes that Stardust timing was just perfect! Now for 'Perfect Day' and 'Chocolate Salty Balls' to miraculously get added please xx why yes, that was the real reason

Aw yay I'm glad that you approve of my top 4/especially top 3! 'Frozen' would be an excellent choice of #1. I really need to get 'Ray Of Light' on vinyl and force you to listen to it with me one day as it really is such a high quality album on the whole. Fair enough at you preferring the original 'Three Lions', it is great in any form tbh. Like you, I was exposed to the version I prefer a lot more than the original, this is because in year... 5 I'd like to say? at school, we had a "going for goals" themed assembly featuring the likes of Shayne Ward - 'That's My Goal', Spandau Ballet - 'Gold' and of course... 'Three Lions '98'! I heard it over and over again during the rehearsals for that and it always stuck with me. Anyway yes, the original pre-dates my birth a bit so hooray for '98 allowing it to be here in some capacity.

Haha I'm glad you enjoyed the Madonna facts *.* I could too, especially with what she was releasing herself at the time. IKR?! I couldn't believe it when I read that!

I just wanna go back!
Back to 1999!
Predicting Red Alert, You Don't Know Me, My Name Is, Scar Tissue, Cassius 1999 and a Moby song for that countdown.

Omg... so much this! Had enough of adulting, back to being 1 with these great tunes please x
Some interesting predictions there I'm going to try and put the list together tonight so... coming soon!

Fantastic top 5 for 1998, I think all of those would be quite high in my own list as well. I learned that Madonna fact about Teardrop from my 1001 song bucket list book recently! I'm quite glad she wasn't the vocalist, the vocals we do have on it are so heavenly. Got a lot of love for Music Sounds Better With You too, YES at that finally being on Spotify *. I think I do prefer the original Three Lions lyrically, but I do think the 1998 one has better production behind it.

My top 10 of 1998 I think would be:

01. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next
02. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
03. Massive Attack - Teardrop
04. Spice Girls - Viva Forever
05. The Lighthouse Family - High
06. Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing
07. Sham Rock - Tell Me Ma
08. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
09. Radiohead - No Surprises
10. B*Witched - C'est la Vie ()

The Manics seem the one big omission between out lists here, you heard that one? ;o

Why thank you Chez, it's cool that these songs at the very top are appealing to a wide range of people here! Oh yes I remember you telling me about that bucket list on plug once, I followed the Spotify playlist and still need to get round to it eventually cool that it's full of fun facts anyway! Yeah, I could picture Madonna on it but the original is just so perfect that I wouldn't want it to be touched. Omg I cannot tell you how happy I am about Stardust being on Spotify!! So many scrobbles on my last.fm of a fake by 'Lushlife' on there which was the actual song but uploaded by a randomer Ah okay, I definitely agree about the production being stronger!

Thank you for sharing your list! Living for 'C'est la Vie' being there when I saw Spice Girls a few months ago at Wembley, they played lots of songs before they arrived on stage to warm the crowd up and that got the best reaction for sure! Also, I do like the Manics song but it's never fully clicked with me enough to properly love it I feel like that and 'The Drugs Don't Work' for 1997 are the biggest omissions so far based on what my taste is usually like, but yeah I definitely like them both. I can definitely promise that 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough' will make an appearance for them to make up for it also multiple people have mentioned that Radiohead song now and I don't know it so I'll have to check that out ASAP!!

Viva Forever is certainly the best song the Spice Girls recorded. Here are my top 20 hits from 1998. As with 1997,I'm only including top 40 singles,no album tracks or flop singles.

1. Binary Finary -1998 (Matt Darey mix)
2. Massive Attack - Teardrop
3. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Three 'N One mix)
4. Radiohead - No Surprises
5. Faithless - God Is A DJ
6. Massive Attack - Angel
7. Madonna - Frozen
8. Faithless - Take The Long Way Home (the album version is much better)
9. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
10. Rest Assured - Treat Infamy
11. Eels - Last Stop This Town
12. Air - Sexy Boy
13. BT - Flaming June
14. Lucid - I Can't Help Myself
15. Air - All I Need
16. Depeche Mode - Only When I Lose Myself
17. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
18. Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel
19. Air - Kelly Watch The Stars
20.Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade

A perfect choice of favourite Spice Girls song there Rollo! It does seem to have a lot of fans here on BuzzJack. Thanks for sharing your list, excellent to see a couple from my top 10 in there and 'I Can't Help Myself' stands out too, a bit forgotten but excellent. I'm not too familiar with the Binary Finary song, maybe only heard it a couple of times years ago, will need to revisit that.

Not a big Spice Girls fan but Viva Forever is their best slow song, good to see it well ahead of Stop anyhow though I prefer your numbers 2-4!
Frozen is definitely one of Madonna's best too, outstanding production particularly.
Music Sounds Better With You, I absolutely love! Great to see that it's finally on Spotify now too.
Teardrop is a beauty, their best song by some way for me though Unfished Sympathy is great too.
Not keen on Three Lions in any version sadly though especially after all its overexposure last year but otherwise a great top ten!

I 100% agree that 'Viva Forever' is their best slower song, I'm not the biggest fan of Spice ballads really compared to their uptempos ('Goodbye' is probably my least favourite of their singles for instance) but this was a massive notable exception! Yeah, I do love a bit of 'Stop' but 'Viva Forever' is leagues ahead ah, 2-4 being more to your taste definitely makes sense, especially 'Music Sounds Better With You'! It being on Spotify has been incredible <3 if only 'Toca's Miracle' could get the same treatment for its 20th anniversary next year, alas that looks like more of an uphill battle with the whole vocals saga ah well.

Yeah 'Teardrop' really stands out for me as Massive Attack's best too, what an absolute classic <3 'Unfinished Sympathy' is a good shout too though, as I said to coi above it always blows my mind when I remember how old that is.

Aw it's a shame you're not really into 'Three Lions' (true about it being exposed a lot last year ) but can't complain at a glowing review otherwise, yaaaay!!

Lots of songs to love in your 1998 countdown.

Although the moment in the 3 Lions 98 video where it shows the back on the German's team shirts and one has Klinsmann on the back and the rest of them have 'Kuntz' is a brilliant moment, I do think the original is the much better song. It doesn't sound right hearing 3 Lions without Alan Hanson declaring that he think's "it's bad news for the English game". I was at the match where we beat Croatia earlier in the year and the whole crowd stayed behind blasting this out for like 15 mins afterwards. Iconic moment

I have a special place in my heart for Brimful of Asha seeming that it was #1 when I was born. It's also an amazing tune too though tbh

My other favourites you've chosen are Believe, The Rockafeller Skank & The Boy Is Mine.

Yay Lewis that's fantastic to hear!

Oh yes that moment in the 'Three Lions 98' video is rather amusing fair enough, quite a few of you have now said they prefer the original now any '98 lovers here?? I feel like Rich (gooddelta) is a fan at least. Oh wow that must've been an amazing atmosphere!! **

Ooh what a brilliant birthday number 1 <3 kinda forgot you were younger than me! I do like my birthday #1 'I'll Be Missing You' a lot, as seen in my 1997 countdown, but I do think you got the better one haha. An amazing tune for sure!! Excited to get into more Fatboy Slim stuff in 1999

Woo some classics right there.

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Thanks everyone! going to try and start putting my 1999 list together tonight, with the aim of kicking it off at the weekend.