THE JOHN PEEL 1999 ALL TIME FESTIVE FIFTY
1 Joy Division
-Atmosphere-Atmosphere
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 2)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 1)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 2)
(A-side of 3rd single, 1980)
2 Undertones-Teenage kicks
(All Time Festive 50 1978 No. 10)
(All Time Festive 50 1979 No. 2)
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 7)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 6)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 8)
(A-side of 1st single, 1978)
3 Joy Division-Love will tear us apart
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 3)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 3)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 3)
(A-side of 2nd single, 1980)
4 Sex Pistols-Anarchy in the UK
(All Time Festive 50 1978 No. 1)
(All Time Festive 50 1979 No. 1)
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 1)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 2)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 1)
(A-side of 1st single, 1977)
5 Clash-White man in Hammersmith Palais
(All Time Festive 50 1978 No. 7)
(All Time Festive 50 1979 No. 3)
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 5)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 10)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 9)
(A-side of single, 1978)
6 New Order-Blue Monday
(Festive 50 1983 No. 1)
(A-side of 12" single, 1983)
7 Smiths-How soon is now?
(Festive 50 1984 No. 1)
(A-side of 12" single, 1984)
8 Nirvana-Smells like Teen Spirit
(Festive 50 1991 No. 1)
(A-side of single, 1991/5)
9 Smiths-There is a light that never goes out
(Festive 50 1986 No. 1)
(A-side of single, from The Queen Is Dead, 1986)
10 This Mortal Coil-Song to the siren
(cover of Tim Buckley)
(Festive 50 1983 No. 4)
(A-side of single, 1983)
11 Robert Wyatt-Shipbuilding
(Festive 50 1982 No. 2)
(A-side of single, 1982)
12 Pulp-Common people
(Festive 50 1995 No. 1)
(A-side of single, 1995)
13 Captain Beefheart-Big eyed beans from Venus
(All Time Festive 50 1976 No. 18)
(from Clear Spot, 1972)
14 Dead Kennedys-Holiday in Cambodia
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 6)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 9)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 14)
(A-side 2nd of single, 1980)
15 Joy Division-New dawn fades
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 20)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 5)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 3)
(from Unknown Pleasures, 1979)
16 My Bloody Valentine-Soon
(Festive 50 1990 No. 2)
(from Loveless, 1990)
17 New Order-Ceremony
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 4)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 5)
(A-side of 1st single, 1981)
18 Only Ones-Another girl, another planet
(All Time Festive 50 1978 No. 17)
(All Time Festive 50 1979 No. 20)
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 28)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 41)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 24)
(A-side of single, 1978)
19 New Order-Temptation
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 18)
(A-side of 12" single, 1982)
20 Joy Division-She's lost control
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 22)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 41)
(from Unknown Pleasures, 1979)
21 Wedding Present-Brassneck
(Festive 50 1989 No. 19)
(from Bizarro, 1989)
22 Smiths-This charming man
(Manchester)
(Festive 50 1983 No. 2)
(A-side of single, 1983)
23 Sugarcubes-Birthday
(Festive 50 1987 No. 1)
(A-side of single, 1987)
24 Fall-How I wrote Elastic Man
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 26)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 33)
(A-side of 5th single, 1980 R)
25 Wedding Present-My favourite dress
(Festive 50 1988 No. 6)
(A-side of 4th single, 1988)
26 Delgados-Pull the wires from the wall
(Festive 50 1998 No. 1)
(A-side of single, from Peloton, 1997 R)
27 My Bloody Valentine-You made me realize
(Festive 50 1988 No. 6)
(A-side of 1st Creation single, 1988)
28 Joy Division-Transmission
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 10)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 14)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 26)
(A-side of 1st single, 1979)
29 Sex Pistols-Pretty vacant
(All Time Festive 50 1978 No. 6)
(All Time Festive 50 1979 No. 16)
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 23)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 44)
(A-side of 3rd single, 1977)
30 Pixies-Debaser
(Festive 50 1989 No. 3)
(from Doolittle, 1989)
31 Belle and Sebastian-Lazy line painter Jane
(Festive 50 1997 No. 5)
(from Lazy Line Painter Jane EP, 1997)
32 New Order-True faith
(Festive 50 1987 No. 7)
(A-side of single, 1987)
33 Clash-Complete control
(All Time Festive 50 1978 No. 2)
(All Time Festive 50 1979 No. 5)
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 14)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 18)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 19)
(A-side of single, 1977)
34 Fall-Totally wired
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 21)
(A-side of 6th single, 1980)
35 Jam-Going underground
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 12)
(All Time Festive 50 1981 No. 23)
(All Time Festive 50 1982 No. 17)
(A-side of 11th single, 1980)
36 Stereolab-French disko
(Festive 50 1993 No. 5)
(A-side of single, 1993)
37 Jimi Hendrix Experience-All along the watchtower
(cover of Bob Dylan)
(All Time Festive 50 1976 No. 5)
(from Electric Ladyland, 1968/1/21 R)
38 Fall-The classical
(from Hex Enduction Hour, 1982)
39 Damned-New rose
(All Time Festive 50 1978 No. 13)
(All Time Festive 50 1979 No. 10)
(All Time Festive 50 1980 No. 8)
(A-side of 1st single, 1976)
40 Tim Buckley-Song to the siren
(from Starsailor, 1970)
41 Beach Boys-God only knows
(A-side of single, from Pet Sounds, 1966/3/9 R)
42 Velvet Underground-Heroin
(from Velvet Underground And Nico, 1966)
43 Nick Drake-Northern sky
(from Bryter Layter, 1970)
44 Bob Dylan-Visions of Johanna
(All Time Festive 50 1976 No. 23)
(from Blonde On Blonde, 1966/2 R)
45 Beatles-I am the walrus
(B-side of Hello Goodbye, from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967/9/5 R)
46 Beach Boys-Good vibrations
(A-side of single, 1966/2/18-1966/10 R)
47 Sundays-Can't be sure
(Festive 50 1989 No. 1)
(A-side of single, from Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, 1990)
48 Culture-Lion rock
(John Peel, 1982/12/11 R)
49 PJ Harvey-Sheela-na-gig
(Festive 50 1992 No. 2)
(A-side of single, from Dry, 1992)
50 Pavement-Here
(Festive 50 1992 No. 10)
(from Slanted And Enchanted, 1992)
Last updated 04 January, 2006