‘They say two thousand zero zero party over, Oops out of time, So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999’ – Prince
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)
- Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now
- Jordan Knight – Give it to You
- TLC – No Scrubs
- Vengaboys – We Like to Party
- Ricky Martin – Livin La Vida Loca
- Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5
- Enrique Eglesias – Bailamos
- Backstreet Boys – Larger than Life
- S Club 7 – S Club Party
- Will Smith – Wild, Wild, West
- Terrorvision – Tequila
- Madonna – Beautiful Stranger
- B*Witched – Blame it on the Weatherman
- Wandue Project – King of My Castle
- Robbie Williams – Strong
- Baz Luhrman – Everybody’s Free (to wear sunscreen)
- 5ive – Keep on Movin
- Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino
- Cardigans – Erase/Rewind
- Moloko – Sing it Back
- ATB – 9pm (til i come)
- Eiffel 65 – Blue
- Bran Van 3000 – Drinking in LA
- Ann Lee – 2 Times
- Will Smith – Will2K
- Jennifer Lopez – If You Had My Love
- Eminem – My Name Is
- Semisonic – Secret Smile
- A+ – Enjoy Yourself
- Fierce – Dayz Like That
- Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
- Christina Aguilera – Genie in a Bottle
- Shaft – Mucho Mambo
- Beverley Knight – Greatest Day
- 5ive – If Ya Gettin Down
- Britney Spears – (You Drive Me) Crazy
- Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss Me
- New Radicals – You Get What You Give
- Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
- Westlife – I Have a Dream/Seasons in the Sun
- Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch
- Len – Steal My Sunshine
- Dr Dre – Still DRE
- REM – The Great Beyond