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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 30, 1995

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995

The year-end countdown (December 30, 1995) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Common People” by Pulp at number one. The list features 32 different artists; Pulp has the most entries with six songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Common People Pulp 26 #1
2 Sorted For E's and Wizz Pulp 2 #2
3 Sucker Wedding Present 1 #3
4 Girl From Mars Ash 3 #4
5 Zion Youth Dreadzone 1 #5
6 Kung Fu Ash 2 #6
7 Feeling Numb The Fall 1 #7
8 I-Spy Pulp 1 #8
9 Maximum Dreadzone 1 #9
10 Heads Of Dead Surfers Long Fin Killie & Mark E Smith 1 #10
11 Send His Love To Me PJ Harvey 1 #11
12 Mis-Shapes Pulp 3 #12
13 Alright Supergrass 10 #6
14 Dance Of Life Zion Train 1 #14
15 Bluetonic The Bluetones 2 #15
16 Fight The Power Dreadzone 1 #16
17 Down by the Water PJ Harvey 43 #17
18 Bleed Catatonia 1 #18
19 If Fingers Were Xylophones Gorky's Zygotic Mynci 1 #19
20 All Nighter Elastica 1 #20
21 Slight Return The Bluetones 2 #21
22 Black Steel Tricky 10 #22
23 Little Britain Dreadzone 1 #23
24 Don't Call Me Darling The Fall 1 #24
25 My Sister Tindersticks 1 #25
26 Nitro Dick Dale 1 #26
27 Disco 2000 Pulp 6 #5
28 Violet Hole 22 #12
29 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Flaming Stars 1 #29
30 Bonkers In Phoenix The Fall 1 #30
31 Underwear Pulp 1 #31
32 Bugs Spare Snare 1 #32
33 Pop Quiz Stereolab 1 #33
34 To Bring You My Love PJ Harvey 2 #34
35 Captain Dread Dreadzone 1 #35
36 6am Jullander Shere Cornershop 1 #36
37 Northern Industrial Town Billy Bragg 1 #37
38 King Of The Death Posture Van Basten 1 #38
39 Not Here Solar Race 1 #39
40 Father To A Sister Of Thought Pavement 1 #40
41 Afro Left Leftfield 1 #41
42 Is This What You Call Change Harvey's Rabbit 1 #42
43 Angel Interceptor Ash 1 #43
44 Plug Myself In D.O.S.E. (with Mark E Smith) 1 #44
45 Vow Garbage 10 #15
46 Red Three Dave Clarke 1 #46
47 School Disco Bis 1 #47
48 Life, Love & Unity Dreadzone 1 #48
49 The Joke The Fall 1 #49
50 You Can't Safe Deposit 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 30, 1995. 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), "1995 Festive Fifty".

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