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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · July 2, 1993

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty')

The year-end countdown (July 2, 1993) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 28 different artists; The Fall has the most entries with six songs.

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Voting took place at the end of 1991 as usual, but Peel aborted the countdown and did not tally or broadcast it at the time, dubbing it the 'Phantom Fifty'. The results were eventually tallied by a listener, and Peel broadcast one track per week from 8 January to 2 July 1993; the date above refers to that broadcast.

# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
2 Dress PJ Harvey 1 #2
3 Ten Little Girls Curve 1 #3
4 Edinburgh Man The Fall 1 #4
5 Star Sign Teenage Fanclub 20 #5
6 The Concept Teenage Fanclub 7 #6
7 Burn Black Hole 1 #7
8 Dalliance Wedding Present 2 #8
9 A Lot Of Wind The Fall 1 #9
10 Teenage Whore Hole 1 #10
11 Higher Than The Sun Primal Scream 1 #11
12 Dare Wedding Present 1 #12
13 Some Fools Mess Gallon Drunk 1 #13
14 Fleshworld Wedding Present 1 #14
15 Black Metallic Catherine Wheel 45 #15
16 Drain You Nirvana 17 #16
17 Suzanne Moose 1 #17
18 Handsome & Gretel Babes In Toyland 2 #18
19 Finest Kiss The Boo Radleys 1 #19
20 Catch The Breeze Slowdive 1 #20
21 Happy Shopper Foreheads In A Fishtank 1 #21
22 Rotterdam Wedding Present 1 #22
23 Good Morning, Captain Slint 3 #23
24 High Tension Line The Fall 1 #24
25 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
26 Planet of Sound The Pixies 17 #3
27 Siva The Smashing Pumpkins 12 #27
28 Auto Killer UK 70 Gwen Party 1 #28
29 Sexuality Billy Bragg 29 #17
30 Catatonic Babes In Toyland 1 #30
31 Laugh My Head Off Babes In Toyland 1 #31
32 Octopussy Wedding Present 1 #32
33 Pearl Chapterhouse 4 #33
34 Summer Babe Pavement 4 #34
35 The War Against Intelligence The Fall 1 #35
36 Like A Virgin Teenage Fanclub 1 #36
37 To Here Knows When My Bloody Valentine 1 #37
38 No Escape From Heaven Curve 1 #38
39 Primus Babes In Toyland 1 #39
40 Get The Message Electronic 26 #7
41 The Mixer The Fall 1 #41
42 Ripe Babes In Toyland 1 #42
43 So What About It? The Fall 1 #43
44 Gorgeous Blue Flower In My Garden Th' Faith Healers 1 #44
45 Missing The Moon Field Mice 1 #45
46 Motorway To Roswell The Pixies 1 #46
47 Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons The Pixies 1 #47
48 Breed Nirvana 17 #48
49 Car Wash Hair Mercury Rev 1 #49
50 Nick Cave Dolls Bongwater 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in July 2, 1993. 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), "1991 Festive Fifty".

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