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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 23, 1997

John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997

The year-end countdown (December 23, 1997) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 31 songs, with “Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop at number one. The list features 27 different artists.

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Reduced from the usual 50 to 31 places because of late Christmas scheduling that year; compiled from emails, faxes, letters and cards rather than the usual postal/phone vote, and broadcast in a single extended show.

# Song ListsBest
1 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 33 #1
2 New Paths To Helicon Mogwai 1 #2
3 Does Your Heart Go Boom? Helen Love 1 #3
4 Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?) Period Pains 1 #4
5 Lazy Line Painter Jane Belle & Sebastian 3 #5
6 Rapunzel Novak 1 #6
7 1/2 Inch The Fall 1 #7
8 Rollin' & Scratchin' Daft Punk 1 #8
9 IPC Sub-Editors Dictate Our Youth Clinic 1 #9
10 The Holiday Girl (Don't Die Yet-Arab Strap Mix) David Holmes 1 #10
11 Song 2 Blur 82 #2
12 Dog On Wheels Belle & Sebastian 1 #12
13 We Crossed The Atlantic Hydroplane 1 #13
14 Simple Headphone Mind Stereolab & Nurse With Wound 1 #14
15 Shergar Bette Davis & The Balconettes 1 #15
16 Hey! Fever Arab Strap 1 #16
17 I'm A Mummy The Fall 1 #17
18 Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Spiritualized 3 #18
19 I Messiah, Am Jailer AC Acoustics 1 #19
20 Fluorescences Stereolab 2 #20
21 Strachan Hitchers 1 #21
22 Sweet Shop Avengerz Bis 1 #22
23 Dandelion Milk Summer Secret Goldfish 1 #23
24 Autocade Prolapse 1 #24
25 If I Die I Die Dream City Film Club 1 #25
26 Miss Modular Stereolab 1 #26
27 Pull The Wires From The Wall The Delgados 3 #1
28 Velvet Pants Propellerheads 1 #28
29 Seventeen Hybirds 1 #29
30 Slash/Oblique Prolapse 1 #30
31 Teenage Girl Crush Angelica 1 #31

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About this countdown

John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 23, 1997. 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), "1997 Festive Fifty".

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