“It started with a playlist…I never thought it would come to this…” (with apologies to Hot Chocolate).
Well yes, I went quite a bit further with an early lockdown challenge amongst some friends to each compile a Spotify playlist of our 50 favourite songs (with only one selection by any single artist). From an initial longlist of 379 such tunes – leading to various accompanying playlists in addition to my standard top 50 – I then started blogging about each choice. Initially this involved pretty much one post every day throughout April and May for my favourite 50, before broadening this out to cover my top 100 songs and then blogging roughly twice a week from June to November. And so a project that began near the start of the first lockdown comes to a conclusion towards the end of the second lockdown…
Anyway, here’s the full rundown of my favourite songs from #100 (Jumping Fences) to #1 (Wichita Lineman) – with links to each blog. And below that is a countdown playlist of all these tunes – well all 94 that are available on Spotify…
- #1 “Wichita Lineman” by Glen Campbell
- #2 “God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys
- #3 “Everything Flows” by Teenage Fanclub
- #4 “Game Of Pricks” by Guided By Voices
- #5 “Fight The Power” by Public Enemy
- #6 “Strength Of Strings” by Gene Clark
- #7 “Gold Soundz” by Pavement
- #8 “One More Time” by Daft Punk
- #9 “Chillout Tent” by The Hold Steady
- #10 “Good Morning, Captain” by Slint
- #11 “You Made Me Realise” by My Bloody Valentine
- #12 “Together In Electric Dreams” by Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey
- #13 “The Rat” by The Walkmen
- #14 “Farewell Transmission” by Songs: Ohia
- #15 “The Ballad Of El Goodo” by Big Star
- #16 “Get Me” by Dinosaur Jr
- #17 “True Faith” by New Order
- #18 “Winterlong” by Neil Young
- #19 “Nobody But Me” by The Human Beinz
- #20 “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” by The Byrds
- #21 “Outdoor Miner” by Wire
- #22 “Born To Run” by Bruce Springsteen
- #23 “Teen Age Riot” by Sonic Youth
- #24 “Trans-Europe Express” by Kraftwerk
- #25 “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC
- #26 “Kids In America” by Kim Wilde
- #27 “Atomic” by Blondie
- #28 “Sabotage” by Beastie Boys
- #29 “No Time” by Whiteout
- #30 “Virginia Plain” by Roxy Music
- #31 “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath
- #32 “The Sound Of The Crowd” by The Human League
- #33 “Three-Quarters Blind Eyes/Found A Little Baby” by Plush
- #34 “”Be My Baby” by The Ronettes
- #35 “These Are The Days” by Lift To Experience
- #36 “Get Ready For Love” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- #37 “Care Of Cell 44” by The Zombies
- #38 “Paid In Full” by Eric B. & Rakim
- #39″ The Killing Moon” by Echo & The Bunnymen
- #40 “Lisztomania” by Phoenix
- #41 “Paperback Writer” by The Beatles
- #42 “3am Eternal” by The KLF
- #43 “Roland” by Interpol
- #44 “They Live By Night” by The Make-Up
- #45 “Roygbiv” by Boards of Canada
- #46 “There, There My Dear” by Dexys Midnight Runners
- #47 “Everlasting Love” by The Love Affair
- #48 “Surrender” by Cheap Trick
- #49 “Mistakes & Regrets” by …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
- #50 “City Sickness” by Tindersticks
- #51 “Hot Burrito #1” by The Flying Burrito Brothers
- #52 “Enjoy The Silence” by Depeche Mode
- #53 “Maps” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- #54 “Embarassment” by Madness
- #55 “Therefore I Am” by Jim O’Rourke
- #56 “Round And Round” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
- #57 “Transmission” by Joy Division
- #58 “Upside Down” by Diana Ross
- #59 “Psycho” by The Sonics
- #60 “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
- #61 “Hard To Explain” by The Strokes
- #62 “Girl/Boy Song” by Aphex Twin
- #63 “Open My Eyes” by Nazz
- #64 “Car Wash Hair” by Mercury Rev
- #65 “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- #66 “Afro” by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- #67 “Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens
- #68 “Cars” by Gary Numan
- #69 “Tin Soldier” by Small Faces
- #70 “Voodoo Ray” by A Guy Called Gerald
- #71 “No Room 9, Kentucky” by Shudder To Think
- #72 “Solar Sister” by The Posies
- #73 “Makes No Sense At All” by Husker Du
- #74 “Far Gone And Out” by The Jesus & Mary Chain
- #75 “Strings Of Life” by Rhythim Is Rhythim
- #76 “Echo Beach” by Martha & The Muffins
- #77 “$1000 Wedding” by Gram Parsons
- #78 “Panda” by Dungen
- #79 “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush
- #80 “Seven Days Too Long” by Chuck Wood
- #81 “Inbetween Days” by The Cure
- #82 “Summer In The City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful
- #83 “Higher Than The Sun” by Primal Scream
- #84 “Acquiesce” by Oasis
- #85 “We Are Your Friends” by Justice vs Simian
- #86 “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand
- #87 “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye
- #88 “A Lot’s Gonna Change” by Weyes Blood
- #89 “I Love Rock’n’Roll” by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- #90 “Nothing Can Stop Us” by Saint Etienne
- #91 “I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5
- #92 “Anarchy In The UK” by Sex Pistols
- #93 “O.U.” by Pulp
- #94 “C.R.E.A.M.” by Wu-Tang Clan
- #95 “The Snake” by Al Wilson
- #96 “Chesterfield King” by Jawbreaker
- #97 “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need To Get By” by Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
- #98 “I Wanna Be Sedated” by Ramones
- #99 “My Sharona” by The Knack
- #100 “Jumping Fences” by The Olivia Tremor Control
CHART RUNDOWN PLAYLIST: FROM 100-1
Counting down my 100 favourite songs from #100 to #1 (well those that are on Spotify at least) in true chart rundown style…
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