‘I had no cares in the 1990s, I knew of no downfalls, though war was breaking out all around me, my concerns were with prank calls’ – The Wombats
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)
- Bluetones – Slight Return
- Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger
- Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack
- Bone Thugs N Harmony – The Crossroads
- OMC – How Bizarre
- Warren G (feat Adina Howard) – What’s Love Got to do With It
- The Fugees – Killing Me Softly
- Cher – One By One
- Suede – Beautiful Ones
- Terrorvision – Perseverance
- Toni Braxton – Un-break My Heart
- George Michael – Spinning The Wheel
- The Fugees – Ready or Not
- Saint Etienne – He’s On The Phone
- Ocean Colour Scene – The Day We Caught The Train
- Bon Jovi – Hey God
- Sheryl Crow – If It Makes You Happy
- Spice Girls – Wannabe
- Kula Shaker – Hey Dude
- Bryan Adams – The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You
- Alisha’a Attic – I Am, I Feel
- Gabrielle – Give Me A Little More Time
- Cast – Walkaway
- East 17 (feat. Gabrielle) – If You Ever
- The Prodigy – Breathe
- Gabrielle – Forget About the World
- Lighthouse Family – Ocean Drive
- Neneh Cherry – Woman
- Louise – Naked
- Alanis Morissette – Ironic
- George Michael – Fastlove
- Dodgy – Good Enough
- Faithless – Insomnia
- Manic Street Preachers – A Design for Life
- 2 Pac – California Love
- Prodigy – Firestarter
- Robbie Williams – Freedom
- Lisa Moorish – Mr Friday Night
- Kula Shaker – Tattva
- Celine Dion – Because You Loved Me
- Joan Osborne – One of Us
- Space – Neighbourhood
- Spice Girls – 2 Become 1
