 20. Basement Jaxx 'Oh
My Gosh'
Here’s the thing, right: Basement Jaxx churn out great
songs that make people dance like nob-ends after they’ve had
one too many rum ‘n’ cokes. Even cool people. Even- gasp!-
Fearne Cotton. And Oh My Gosh was one of their best
yet.
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 19. Rachel Stevens
'I
Said Never Again (But Here We Are)'
Who’d have thought that our Rach could pull off this storming sex-with-your-ex anthem?
What’s more, “Oooh I let you in my back door” is quite
possibly the best lyric of the year.
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 18. Gorillaz 'Feel Good
Inc'
More hooks than an Angling superstore, more quirkiness
than a Hoxton hairdressing salon and more energy than the
Duracell factory: Feel Good Inc is a gold-plated,
teflon-coated, certified choooooooon.
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 17. Gwen Stefani 'Cool'
One word summarised Gwen Stefani for our ‘panel’ this
year: overexposed. As one voter put it: “Get her off my
*&!%*$! MTV!!!” Still, old Flatbelly managed to redeem herself
slightly by releasing Cool as a single back in
September. It’s a synth-laden ballad that sounds like the
theme to an eighties teen movie. You know, the sort of thing
that would probably star Rob Lowe. It is, therefore, bloody
brilliant.
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 16. McFly 'All
About You'
One ‘member’ of the ‘panel’ professed to hate McFly
because “they’re better than you think but still uglier than
Busted”. Heavens! Still, the boys’ Comic Relief ballad All
About You is awfully pretty, isn’t it?
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 15. Kelly Clarkson
'Behind These Hazel Eyes'
La Clarkson’s second screamalong
stormer of the year. Its only fault is that it’s not Since
U Been Gone but, then again, what is?
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 14. Bananarama
'Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)'
Britain’s second most
successful girl group (damn those Spicies!- Ed.)
returned to the charts with Move In My Direction in
August, but this follow-up single marked the Nanas’ real
comeback. Look On The Floor is a lovely slice of
shimmering electropop with the best vocodered delivery of the
lyric “Devil’s in your eyes and he’s looking at me” ever.
Great to have you back, ladies.
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 13. Kate
Bush 'King Of The Mountain'
After a twelve-year absence our Kate returned with this
surprisingly sane mid-tempo ballad. First listen: “Err, it’s
OK I suppose”. Second listen: “What’s all this Elvis malarkey
about then?” Third listen: “OH MY FUCK I WANT TO MARRY HER AND
HAVE HER BABIES!!!” In other words, the very definition of a
grower.
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 12. Arctic
Monkeys 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'
Kooky name!
Kooky hair! Kooky choon! And the members of the panel wot like
indie and read the NME and everything just
couldn’t get enough of it when it hit number one in October.
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 11. Goldfrapp
'Number 1'
Alison Goldfrapp cooed “I’m like a dog to get you” on this
wonderfully lascivious electro-ballad. The nation came. |
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