Another one from Radio 1 but this time listeners were asked to vote for their favourite song of the 90’s. This chart was broadcast on 1st January 1996 with the late Kevin Greening and Jo Wiley taking the helm.
The only thing about this chart I don’t like is the fact that there are 4 years worth of music that couldn’t be included because when this chart was broadcast we’d only just got half way through the 90’s.
Same rules from the previous listeners chart applied but you could only vote for songs from 1990 – 1995 and it was only the top 90 songs voted for that would make the chart and get broadcasted.
The most popular choice of viewers is Pulp’s “Common People”. This song fended off competition from Oasis, Nirvana, Blur and R.E.M. to claim the feat of being the listener’s choice of the decade.
01 – Pulp – Common People
02 – Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
03 – Oasis – Live Forever
04 – Blur – Girls n Boys
05 – R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
06 – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Boom Shake The Room
07 – Take That – Back For Good
08 – Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry – Seven Seconds
09 – The Shamen – Ebenezer Good
10 – U2 – The One
11 – Simply Red – Fairground
12 – Warren G & Nate Dog – Regulate
13 – Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) – I Do It For You
14 – Madonna – Justify My Love
15 – Portishead – Glorybox
16 – East 17 – Stay Another Day
17 – Beautiful South – A Little Time
18 – Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
19 – Coolio & L.V. – Gangsta’s Paradise
20 – Supergrass – Alright
21 – Arrested Development – Mr. Wendle
22 – E.M.F. – Unbelievable
23 – Prince – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
24 – Crowded House – Weather With You
25 – The Prodigy – Everybody Is In The Place
26 – Reel 2 Reel featuring The Mad Stuntman – I Like To Move It
27 – Seal – Crazy
28 – Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
29 – Shakespeare’s Sister – Stay
30 – The Lightning Seeds – The Life Of Riley
31 – Primal Scream – Moving On Up
32 – Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
33 – Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith
34 – Meatloaf – I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)
35 – Des’ree – You Gotta Be
36 – Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone
37 – Snap – The Power
38 – Erasure – Blue Savannah
39 – Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy
40 – Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do
41 – Suede – Animal Nitrate
42 – Shabba Ranks – Mr. Loverman
43 – Dee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart
44 – K.L.F. & Tammy Wynette – Justified
45 – Mariah Carey – Without You
46 – 2 Unlimited – No Limits
47 – The Grid – Swamp Thing
48 – Enigma – Sadness (Part 1)
49 – Celine Dion – Think Twice
50 – The Cure – Friday I’m In Love
51 – Elastica – Stutter
52 – Boyz II Men – End Of The Road
53 – Adamski – Killer
54 – Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Philadelphia
55 – Billy Bragg – Sexuality
56 – D-Reem – Things Can Only Get Better
57 – Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game
58 – World Party – Message In The Box
59 – k.d. Lang – Constant Craving
60 – England/New Order – World In Motion
61 – Paul Weller – Wildwood
62 – Bjork – Big Time Sensuality
63 – Stereo M.C’s – Connected
64 – Sting – If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
65 – M People – Moving On Up
66 – Jamiroquai – Too Young To Die
67 – Kylie Minogue – Confide In Me
68 – Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring
69 – Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite
70 – Edwin Collins – A Girl Like You
71 – Radiohead – Creep
72 – Echobelly – Insomniac
73 – Ace Of Base – All That She Wants
74 – Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
75 – The Farm – All Together Now
76 – The Source & Candi Staton – You’ve Got The Love
77 – Shaggy – Oh Carolina
78 – Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl
79 – Soul Asylum – Runaway Train
80 – Black Grape – In The Name Of The Father
81 – Ini Kamoze – Here Comes The Hotstepper
82 – Salt n Pepa – Let’s Talk About Sex
83 – The Orb – Perpetual Dawn
84 – The Cranberries – Linger
85 – The B-52’s – Love Shack
86 – Freak Power – Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
87 – The Outhere Brothers – Don’t Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)
88 – Annie Lennox – Why?
89 – Del Amitri – Always The Last To Know
90 – James – Sit Down
