✅ Tom Ewing's Top 100 Singles of the 1990s

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✅ Tom Ewing's Top 100 Singles of the 1990s

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For FreakyTrigger, Tom Ewing (FreakyTrigger founder, written for others such as Pitchfork) wrote a list of his top 100 singles of the 1990s. This was in 1999.

IIRC (from a blogpost that Ned Raggett wrote), this list was a partner with Ned Raggett's top 136 albums of the 90s - Ned did the album list and Tom did the singles list iirc.

Some great choices I think. Each song in the top 6 is fantastic.

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/1999/12/t ... f-the-90s/

1. PULP – “Common People”
2. DISCO INFERNO – “The Last Dance”
3. MY BLOODY VALENTINE – “Soon”
4. THE ORB – “Little Fluffy Clouds”
5. PULP – “This Is Hardcore”
6. A GUY CALLED GERALD – “Finley’s Rainbow”
7. TEENAGE FANCLUB – “The Concept”
8. DJ CRYSTL – “Warpdrive”
9. PRIMAL SCREAM – “Come Together (12″)”
10. LL COOL J – “Mama Said Knock You Out”
11. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS – “100,000 Fireflies”
12. APHEX TWIN – “Girl/Boy Song”
13. GANG STARR – “Just To Get A Rep”
14. THIEVES – “Unworthy”
15. TREMBLING BLUE STARS – “Abba On The Jukebox”
16. MASSIVE ATTACK – “Unfinished Sympathy”
17. HAPPY MONDAYS – “Kinky Afro”
18. FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – “Papua New Guinea”
19. MANIC STREET PREACHERS – “Motorcycle Emptiness”
20. 2PAC ft DOCTOR DRE – “California Love”
21. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – “The Private Psychedelic Reel”
22. PET SHOP BOYS – “Can You Forgive Her?”
23. ACEN – “Trip II The Moon (Part 2)”
24. WARREN G AND NATE DOGG – “Regulate”
24a. BARRY ADAMSON – “Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis”
25. FUTURE BIBLE HEROES – “Lonely Days”
26. MASSIVE ATTACK – “Teardrop”
27. SMOG – “Ex-Con”
28. NOISE FACTORY – “Skinteeth”
29. SAINT ETIENNE – “He’s On The Phone”
30. JO – “Apollo 9”
31. THE PRODIGY – “Out Of Space”
32. PET SHOP BOYS – “So Hard”
33. SPEEDY J – “Patterns (Remix)”
34. TIMBALAND – “Up Jump The Boogie”
35. THE FIELD MICE – “Missing The Moon”
36. HUMAN RESOURCE – “Dominator”
37. NEW ORDER – “Regret”
38. PUBLIC ENEMY – “Welcome To The Terrordome”
39. KENICKIE – “I Would Fix You”
40. MCALMONT AND BUTLER – “Yes”
41. MEGA CITY TWO – “Darker Side Of Evil”
42. KLF – “Last Train To Transcentral”
43. PRIMAL SCREAM – “Kowalski”
44. ACEN – “Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion!)”
45. THE BETA BAND – Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos
46. JX – “There’s Nothing I Won’t Do”
47. PUBLIC ENEMY – “By The Time I Get To Arizona”
48. ORLANDO – “Just For A Second”
49. SAINT ETIENNE – “I Was Born On Christmas Day”
50. BLUR – “Girls And Boys”
51. THE SUNDAYS – “Goodbye”
52. TRICKY – “Tricky Kid”
53. PALACE BROTHERS – “Come In”
54. THE VERVE – “History”
55. BLACKSTREET – “No Diggity”
56. KIRK LAKE/JACK – “Five Finger Discount”
57. FATBOY SLIM – “The Rockefeller Skank”
58. NEW RADICALS – “You Get What You Give”
59. TRICKY – “Divine Comedy”
60. RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE – “Probably A Robbery”
61. BASEMENT JAXX – “Red Alert”
62. FUGEES – “Rumble In The Jungle”
63. SPACEMEN THREE – “Big City”
64. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – “Setting Sun”
65. MADONNA – “Bad Girl”
66. SINEAD O CONNOR – “Nothing Compares 2 U”
67. MANIC STREET PREACHERS – “Faster”
68. COOLIO ft LV – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
69. FLOWERED UP – “Weekender”
70. BASS D AND KING MATTHEW – “Like A Dream”
71. PIANO MAGIC – “I Am The Sub-Librarian”
72. PREFAB SPROUT – “A Prisoner Of The Past”
73. PULP – “Razzmatazz”
74. LAURYN HILL – “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”
75. THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU – “It’s Grim Up North”
76. SHUT UP AND DANCE – “The Green Man”
77. LAPTOP – “Gimme The Nite”
78. URBAN TAKEOVER – “Bad Ass”/”Drop Top Caddy”
79. PIXIES – “Planet Of Sound”
80. OPUS III – “It’s A Fine Day”
81. LAMBCHOP – “Your Sucking Funny Day”
82. PORTER RICKS – “Redundance”
83. THE AUTEURS – “Unsolved Child Murder”
84. 187 LOCKDOWN – “Gunman”
85. THE COUP – “Dig It”
86. LFO – “We Are Back”
87. SPICE GIRLS – “Wannabe”
88. SUEDE – “The Drowners”
89. SPRING HEEL JACK – “Where Do You Fit In?”
90. EC8OR – “Spex Is A Fat Bitch!”
91. MARY J BLIGE – “Be Happy”
92. SPEARMINT – “Sweeping The Nation”
93. PANASONIC – Osasto
94. WORLD OF TWIST – “Sweets”
95. SPIRITUALIZED – “Medication”
96. PRIMAL SCREAM – “Rocks”
97. BEATS INTERNATIONAL – “Dub Be Good To Me”
98. FLYING SAUCER ATTACK – “Sally Free And Easy”
99. THE INVISIBL SKRATCH PIKLZ vs Da Klamz Uv Deth
100. METALHEADZ – “Terminator”
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