‘1995 is missing buses, It’s walking 15 miles to see your love’ – The Radio Dept.
Dad’s ‘Pick of the Year’ tapes were always a firm family favourite where he would make a compilation cassette of his favourite songs form that year. He stopped in 1992 however, when music got a bit too modern for him. It’s something over the years I’ve tried to carry on, and did for a while but, no one listens to CDs anymore and they don’t have the same impact as mp3 playlists. I’ve often thought about restarting it all from 1982 on my blog though just so I have somewhere to put them all for prosperity sake.
The first rule of POTY is DON’T TALK ABOUT PICK OF THE YEAR, sorry, that’s the illegal underground fight club i’m part of.
The first rule of POTY is that you can only pick songs that charted in the top 75 in the UK. The second rule of POTY is that you can only pick enough songs that would fit onto an old C120 cassette (between 30-40 tracks). The final rule, one which I’ve imposed myself, is that you must include that year’s Christmas number 1 (highlighted in green)
- Oasis – Wonderwall
- The Bucketheads – The Bomb
- Def Leppard – When Love and Hate Collide
- Take That – Back for Good
- Blur – Country House
- McAlmont & Butler – Yes
- Bon Jovi – This Ain’t a Love Song
- Everything But The Girl – Missing
- Pulp – Common People
- Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise
- Human League – Tell Me When
- The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You
- Seal – Kiss From a Rose
- Scarlet – Independent Love Song
- Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game
- Take That – Never Forget
- Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone
- Ultimate Kaos – Hoochie Booty
- Diana King – Shy Guy
- Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
- Montel Jordan – This Is How We Do It
- Madonna – You’ll See
- TLC – Waterfalls
- Brownstone – If You Love Me
- East 17 – Hold My Body Tight
- Alanis Morissette – Hand in my Pocket
- Janet Jackson – Whoops Now
- MN8 – I’ve Got A Little Something For You
- Edwyn Collns – A Girl Like You
- Freak Power – Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out
- Wildchild – Renegade Master
- Mike & The Mechanics – Over My Shoulder
- Ali Campbell – That Look In Your Eyes
- Oasis – Roll With It
- Alex Party – Don’t Give Me Your Life
- Simply Red – Fairground
- Love City Groove – Love City Groove
- Shaggy – Mr Boombastic
- Dana Dawson – 3 is Family
- Livin Joy – Dreamer
- Michael Jackson – Earth Song
