So far from 1998, the only tracks I like are Never Ever & Angels

Run DMC vs Jason Nevins – It’s Like That (2 weeks)

 

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:lol: This song is hilarious - my best mate does the best impression of it!! The video is great too!

 

"I'd rather stay young, go out and play"

 

 

Massive Attack - Teardrop (3 weeks)

 

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Spine tingling chillout classic from Bristol's finest. The video has a singing foetus :w00t:

 

"Water is my eye"

 

 

 

Aqua – Turn Back Time (2 weeks)

 

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Who would have thought that Aqua could be credible?! This excellent track is taken from the film Sliding Doors.

 

"Claim your right to science"

The Tamperer feat Maya – Feel It (3 weeks)

 

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Whats she gonna look like with a chimney on her? Squashed, I would imagine :(

 

"Whats she gonna look like with a chimney on her"

 

 

Spice Girls – Viva Forever (5 weeks)

 

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The best Spice Girls song, imo. Amazing video and the closest they came to being credible!

 

"Slipping though our fingers like the sands of time"

 

 

 

Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You (5 weeks)

 

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Brilliant slice of French house. Was robbed of the #1 in the official chart by Boyzone :angry:

 

"Love might bring us back together"

The Aqua track I don't mind, but Barbie Girl and Dr. Jones just drives me up the wall, Teardrops, I completely love

The Aqua track I don't mind, but Barbie Girl and Dr. Jones just drives me up the wall, Teardrops, I completely love

Teardrops is so beautiful - although the foetus is a tad odd :lol:

 

Thanks for commenting, Mikey :D

Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next (1 week)

 

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I was over the moon when this was the official #1 - easily one of the best Manics songs, and the long title makes it all the more deep. The best song ever about the Spanish Civil War too!

 

"If I can't shoot rabbits then I can't shoot facisits"

 

 

 

Steps – One For Sorrow (2 weeks)

 

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From the sublime to the ridiculous! :lol: I admit, I am a Steps fan, expect to see more of them in this countdown. I SO know the dance to this!

 

"I know you're someone else right now, loving someone else no doubt"

 

 

 

Robbie Williams – Millennium (3 weeks)

 

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Nicking a sample from You Only Live Twice can work wonders for a song! One of Robbie's best I reckon.

 

"Live for liposuction and detox for your rent"

Best song ever from the Manic Street Preachers

Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin’ (1 week)

 

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I love the video of stuff exploding!

 

"When the fatboys trippin"

 

 

Beautiful South – Perfect 10 (4 weeks)

 

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Hands down best Beautiful South song. Size isn't everything.

 

"If hes XXL, then what the hell"

 

 

REM - Daysleeper (3 weeks)

 

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Stunning beautiful REM song - possibly my favourite - and that says alot as I adore REM!

 

"Talk of chicadian rhythms"

Air – All I Need (2 weeks)

 

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Well, I had to put my faveourite Frenchies in here somewhere! The standout track from the sublime classic Moon Safari.

 

"To get behind the sun and cast this web"

 

 

 

Spice Girls – Goodbye (2 weeks)

 

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Possibly about Geri leaving, or maybe a hint about the end of their decent songs....!

 

"Look for the rainbow in every storm"

 

 

Thats 1998 done ^_^ Thanks for the comments :w00t:

1999

 

 

 

Steps - Tragedy (2 weeks)

 

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:lol: Why do I like this and know the dance when drunk? :(

 

"When the feelings gone and you can't go on"

 

 

 

Fatboy Slim – Praise You (2 weeks)

 

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Legendary video directed by Spike Jonze. Possibly Fatboy Slim's best song too.

 

"We've come a long long way together"

 

 

The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (1 week)

 

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Duuuude!!

 

"You know you can always go on Ricki Lake"

Armand Van Helden – You Don’t Know Me (1 week)

 

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This still sounds ace whilst out clubbing ^_^

 

"What makes you think that I needed you?"

 

 

Moloko – Sing It Back (2 weeks)

 

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Named after a drink in A Clockwork Orange, Moloko were always a classy dance act.Sing It back is so velvety and smooth.

 

"Come to my sweet melody"

 

 

 

Blur - Tender (2 weeks)

 

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Blur go gospel, with a turn from Graham Coxon as well as Albarn on vocals. Simply stunning.

 

"Loves the greatest thing"

 

 

Travis – Writing To Reach You (2 weeks)

 

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Travis' first hit from the mellow The Man Who, and the song that first brought them to my attention.

 

"Whats a wonderwall anyway?"

 

 

Phats and Small – Turn Around (3 weeks)

 

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Phats is appropriately going out with Vanessa Feltz :lol: I was totally obsessed with this song at the time, its is SO catchy!

 

"Hey! Whats wrong with you?"

 

 

 

Basement Jaxx – Red Alert (2 weeks)

 

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Yet another ace dance tune from 1999! Basement Jaxx's debut (but not their best :o )

 

"And the music keeps on playing on and on"

1998!

The Spice Girls, Radiohead and of course Teardrops :wub:

1999!

Love Love Love Armand Van Helden :wub: :wub:

 

Sing It Back is a tune too ^_^

 

And thats Basements Jaxx's second best song imo, Romeo is their best :wub:

Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now (2 weeks)

 

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This songs builds to an amzing climax, the video is brilliant (and I am sure inspired a Guinness advert!). Maybe this is the best fatboy Slim song instead of Praise You :unsure:

 

"Loves not here"

 

 

 

Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way (1 weeks)

 

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I can actually sing this song at karaoke - possibly why I love it so much! Parodied as Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay?

 

"Now I can see that we're falling apart"

 

 

Travis - Driftwood (1 week)

 

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I actually prefer this to Writing To Reach You, but in the same vein. Timeless music.

 

"You've been drifting for a long long time"

1999!

Love Love Love Armand Van Helden :wub: :wub:

 

Sing It Back is a tune too ^_^

 

And thats Basements Jaxx's second best song imo, Romeo is their best :wub:

Thanks, Ryan :P I think its Basement Jaxx's third best, Romeo is best by miles, then Rendez Vu :wub:

Shanks and Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate (2 weeks)

 

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Lush bit of house. Played the night my fave nighclub closed :(

 

"You are warm like the rays of the sun"

 

 

 

Madonna – Beautiful Stranger (4 weeks)

 

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A case for Double O Behave! Taken from the Austin Powers 2 soundtrack, I reckon this is the best Madge song of the 90s.

 

"To know you is to love you"

 

 

 

Blur – Coffee and TV (3 weeks)

 

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The video with the story of a milk carton on a mission. I also think this is Blur's last great song and is sung by Graham Coxon.

 

"I've seen so much i'm going blind and i'm brain dead virtually"

Groove Armada – At The River (2 weeks)

 

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A summer classic. Currently being ruined by Marks and Spencer :arrr:

 

"If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, quaint little villages here and there"

 

 

Basement Jaxx – Rendez Vu (1 week)

 

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Almost Mexiacan-tinged second best song from Basement Jaxx

 

"Your magic it surrounds me"

 

 

 

DJ Jurgen Presents Alice Deejay – Better Off Alone (2 weeks)

 

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Kept off the top of the charts by Westlife. Oh the injustice! :drama:

 

"Talk to me"

Madonna Beautiful Stranger is great :wub: loads of great songs spice girls steps loads :wub: moloko aswell used to like that alot and i think everyone knows the tragedy dance :lol:

i never knew you liked Madonna :o. Beautiful Stranger is her second best of the Ninetines imo. Frozen just beats it :wub:

 

Better Off Alone is a great tune too ^_^