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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 27, 2001

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001

The year-end countdown (December 27, 2001) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Chinese Whispers” by Melys at number one. The list features 34 different artists; The Strokes has the most entries with five songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Chinese Whispers Melys 1 #1
2 Hotel Yorba The White Stripes 6 #2
3 Health & Efficiency Cinerama 1 #3
4 Hey Charlie, Hey Chuck Bearsuit 1 #4
5 Last Night The Strokes 8 #5
6 Fell in Love With a Girl The White Stripes 45 #1
7 Hard to Explain The Strokes 28 #5
8 Eighties Fan Camera Obscura 1 #8
9 Crystal New Order 16 #9
10 My Father My King Mogwai 1 #10
11 Morning After Pill Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia 1 #11
12 Impact Saloon 1 #12
13 Bob Wilson Anchorman Half Man Half Biscuit 1 #13
14 Human Punk Miss Black America 1 #14
15 Shout Bama Lama Detroit Cobras 1 #15
16 Vatican Broadside Half Man Half Biscuit 1 #16
17 Jonathan David Belle & Sebastian 1 #17
18 The Modern Age The Strokes 1 #18
19 Sunrise Pulp 1 #19
20 My Red Hot Car Squarepusher 1 #20
21 Rings Around The World Super Furry Animals 1 #21
22 Two Rights Make One Wrong Mogwai 1 #22
23 Drink, Drink, Drink Cuban Boys 1 #23
24 Low & Sweet Greenskeepers 1 #24
25 Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground The White Stripes 37 #15
26 They'll Hang Flags From Cranes Ballboy 1 #26
27 These Are The Days Lift To Experience 1 #27
28 New York City Cops The Strokes 2 #28
29 Trees Pulp 1 #29
30 I Wake Up In The City The Fall 1 #30
31 Alan Bean Hefner 1 #31
32 I'm Waking Up To Us Belle & Sebastian 1 #32
33 One Note Ikara Colt 1 #33
34 Superman Cinerama 1 #34
35 I Don't Believe In You Melys 1 #35
36 This Is Love PJ Harvey 1 #36
37 Sensational Vacuum Seedling 1 #37
38 Who's Looking Out For Number One Antihero 1 #38
39 Falling From Cloud Nine Lift To Experience 1 #39
40 The Pyramid Song Radiohead 1 #40
41 I've Got Pictures Of You In Your Underwear Ballboy 1 #41
42 Don't Speak My Mind Miss Black America 1 #42
43 New Slang The Shins 34 #3
44 The Dark Is Rising Mercury Rev 1 #44
45 Captain Easychord Stereolab 1 #45
46 Someday The Strokes 31 #15
47 Hate To Say I Told You So The Hives 35 #1
48 Giant Robo Rock Of Travolta 1 #48
49 Freefall Saloon 1 #49
50 Chard Pico 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 27, 2001. 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), "2001 Festive Fifty".

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