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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 30, 1990

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990

The year-end countdown (December 30, 1990) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Bill Is Dead” by The Fall at number one. The list features 30 different artists; Wedding Present has the most entries with six songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Bill Is Dead The Fall 1 #1
2 Soon My Bloody Valentine 7 #2
3 Dreams Burn Down Ride 1 #3
4 Like A Daydream Ride 1 #4
5 Tunic (Song For Karen) Sonic Youth 1 #5
6 All On You (Perfume) Paris Angels 1 #6
7 Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) Wedding Present 1 #7
8 Step On Happy Mondays 38 #8
9 Corduroy Wedding Present 1 #9
10 Loving You The Orb 1 #10
11 Everything Flows Teenage Fanclub 3 #11
12 I'm Hardly Ever Wrong Would Be's 1 #12
13 Different Drum The Lemonheads 1 #13
14 Big New Fast Automatic Daffodils 1 #14
15 White Lightning The Fall 1 #15
16 November Spawned a Monster Morrissey 19 #16
17 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 32 #6
18 Don't Talk, Just Kiss Wedding Present 1 #18
19 The Ship Song Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 5 #14
20 Heather Wedding Present 1 #20
21 Kaleidoscope The Boo Radleys 1 #21
22 Crawl Wedding Present 1 #22
23 Sliver Nirvana 13 #23
24 The Happening The Pixies 2 #24
25 Taste Ride 1 #25
26 Kill Your Television Ned's Atomic Dustbin 22 #22
27 Sweetness & Light Lush 3 #27
28 Polar Bear The Charlatans 1 #28
29 The Wagon Dinosaur Jr. 3 #29
30 Blood Outta Stone The Fall 1 #30
31 Velouria The Pixies 17 #5
32 Kinky Afro Happy Mondays 7 #32
33 Blues For Ceaucescu Fatima Mansions 1 #33
34 Pro-Gen The Shamen 1 #34
35 Telephone Thing The Fall 1 #35
36 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays 48 #3
37 Any Way That You Want Me Spiritualized 1 #37
38 House Babes In Toyland 1 #38
39 Dalliance Wedding Present 2 #8
40 Kool Thing Sonic Youth 31 #30
41 Chicago, Now! The Fall 1 #41
42 Little Fluffy Clouds The Orb 25 #42
43 God Knows It's True Teenage Fanclub 1 #43
44 Groove Is In The Heart Dee-Lite 13 #4
45 Nothing Special Bastro 1 #45
46 Stepping Stone The Farm 1 #46
47 Groovy Train The Farm 20 #21
48 Alison The Pixies 1 #48
49 Dig for Fire The Pixies 12 #49
50 Beast Inside Inspiral Carpets 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 30, 1990. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Source: John Peel Wiki (Fandom), "1990 Festive Fifty".

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