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12. APHEX TWIN – “Girl/Boy Song”
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— 6 Dec 1999 Tom Comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
To outrun the 90s, you have to be fast. When the Aphex Twin created “Didgeridoo”, the record that made his name, that’s what he had in mind: to create a dance track so agitated nobody cou[…]

13. GANG STARR – “Just To Get A Rep”
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— 3 Dec 1999 Tom 1 comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
No single less glamourous has ever seen release. Attacking gangsta rap, matching its deadly braggadocio with a self-righteousness just as bombastic, was and is easy. Guru could have played this story of po[…]

14. THIEVES – “Unworthy”
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— 2 Dec 1999 Tom 4 comments

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
David McAlmont can’t sleep. He glides through the house, imaginary conversations playing in his head, a vision of misery in a purple suit. Outside it’s late enough for him not to want to know t[…]

15. TREMBLING BLUE STARS – “Abba On The Jukebox”
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— 1 Dec 1999 Tom Comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
The saddest songs are often the simplest songs. “Abba On The Jukebox” is seven minutes long and feels like a miniature, a Zen sketch of heartbreak. A short, high-toned guitar phrase over tick-t[…]

16. MASSIVE ATTACK – “Unfinished Sympathy”
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— 30 Nov 1999 Tom 1 comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
“I don’t know where this one came from” mutters the run-out voice. Not so: “Unfinished Sympathy” may have swanked into the charts and had classic status handed to it on the sp[…]

40. SHERYL CROW – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
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— 29 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Average: 1.95 Controversy: 1.31
AT: A misguided cover, but not without a certain logic to it along the drunk lady does karaoke lines. 3
KG: Back to film soundtracks with you Madam. 3
GE: Better versions probably performed in pubs every day of the yea[…]

39. STEREOPHONICS – “The Bartender And The Thief”
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— 29 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Average: 2.33 Controversy: 2.71
KA: They were doing so well until stooping to suckle from the teat of MOR AOR rubbish. 8
GE: A band like this in every town – why them?? 4
NW: And people thought the Manics sounded hamfisted. 2
TE: The Stereophon[…]

38. THE VENGABOYS – “We’re Going To Ibiza”
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— 29 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Average: 2.36 Controversy: 2.22
NW: The kind of cheesy dance pop I’d imagined died in the early 90s. 7
KG: As nothing to the majesty of previous offerings. Quite annoying they’ve taken this route. 3
PB: If I was five this would be great. […]

37. MACY GRAY – “Do Something”
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— 29 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Average: 2.38 Controversy: 0.74
FS: After all I heard about her, this was massively underwhelming. 3
JM: Acid jazz is soooooo 1994. 3
KG: Has a lovely voice, sadly the song is bollocks. 3
AT: Jools Holland’s wet dream. 1[…]

36. WHITNEY HOUSTON – “My Love Is Your Love”
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— 29 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Average: 2.58 Controversy: 2.81
NW: Whitney Houston in single that doesn’t completely suck shocker! It’s probably due to her choice of collaborators this time round, but Whitney manages to reign in the melodramatics. The dying Yeti vocal […]

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