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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 29, 1996

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996

The year-end countdown (December 29, 1996) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Come Out 2 Nite” by Kenickie at number one. The list features 40 different artists; The Fall has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Come Out 2 Nite Kenickie 1 #1
2 The First Big Weekend Arab Strap 1 #2
3 Under Canvas Under Wraps The Delgados 1 #3
4 Punka Kenickie 1 #4
5 Born Slippy Underworld 34 #5
6 Cheetham Hill The Fall 1 #6
7 The Box Orbital 7 #7
8 Patio Song Gorky's Zygotic Mynci 1 #8
9 Why? Sweeney 1 #9
10 Girl About Town Helen Love 1 #10
11 Cybele's Reverie Stereolab 1 #11
12 Brickbat Billy Bragg 1 #12
13 The Chiselers The Fall 1 #13
14 Kandy Pop Bis 1 #14
15 Goodnight Babybird 1 #15
16 Hostile The Fall 1 #16
17 That Was My Veil PJ Harvey & John Parish 1 #17
18 10 Feet Tall Flaming Stars 1 #18
19 Abba On The Jukebox Trembling Blue Stars 1 #19
20 Fluorescences Stereolab 2 #20
21 Djed Tortoise 1 #21
22 2 Kindsa Love Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 1 #22
23 Taut PJ Harvey & John Parish 1 #23
24 Friend Quickspace 1 #24
25 No One's Driving Dave Clarke 1 #25
26 Stunt Girl AC Acoustics 1 #26
27 Nitrus Dick Dale 1 #27
28 The State I'm In Belle & Sebastian 3 #28
29 Girl/Boy Aphex Twin 2 #29
30 Fireworks DJ Force & Styles 1 #30
31 Your Woman White Town 26 #21
32 Babylon's Burning Zion Train 1 #32
33 Lies, Lies & Government Calvin Party 1 #33
34 The Book Lovers Broadcast 1 #34
35 Stem DJ Shadow 1 #35
36 2, 3, Go Wedding Present 1 #36
37 Firestarter The Prodigy 24 #17
38 Oh Yeah Ash 3 #22
39 Teenage Angst Placebo 1 #39
40 Living Room Broadcast 1 #40
41 Race Tiger 1 #41
42 A Design for Life Manic Street Preachers 9 #2
43 Paintball's Coming Home Half Man Half Biscuit 1 #43
44 Sore Loser Soulbossa 1 #44
45 Kewpies Like Watermelon Urusei Yatsura 1 #45
46 Go Man Go Wedding Present 1 #46
47 Out There Somewhere Orbital 1 #47
48 The Face On The Bar Room Floor Flaming Stars 1 #48
49 God Show Me Magic Super Furry Animals 1 #49
50 Les Yper Yper Sound Stereolab 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 29, 1996. 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), "1996 Festive Fifty".

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