The Fifties
Pop On Trial is the series which delivers the verdict on pop’s most important, influential and entertaining decade.
The results are in.
The 70s is the winning decade, decided by the jury on the finale.
Check out the top ten for the decade below as voted for by you.
The 90s Advocate
Caitlin Moran
Caitlin was a home-educated teenage prodigy from Wolverhampton. She wrote a novel, The Chronicles of Narmo, at the age of just 16.
She was immediately snapped up by the Melody Maker, where she found herself reporting from the frontline of 90s rock and pop, where Grunge and Britpop battled for the nation's ears. She also got a gig with Channel 4, presenting Naked City, a late night music show, alongside Johnny Vaughan.
These days she continues to take no nonsense from anyone, mostly as a columnist for The Times.
The Top 10 Vote
These are the top ten tracks as voted for by you. Full results below.
- 1
- Pulp - Common People
- 2
- Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- 3
- The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
- 3
- Oasis - Live Forever
- 5
- Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
- 6
- Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
- 7
- Radiohead - Paranoid Android
- 8
- Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
- 9
- Radiohead - Creep
- 10
- Take That - Back For Good
The Critics Top 50
This Top 50 was compiled by Stuart Maconie, Mark Radcliffe, Caitlin Moran, Goldie, Paolo Hewitt and the production team.
Select a track to find out more information about the artist and the song.
New Order
RegretMadonna
VogueBlackstreet
No DiggitySource Ft. Candi Staton
You Got The LoveBlur
For TomorrowFlowered Up
WeekenderBelle and Sebastian
Lazy Line Painter JaneBritney Spears
Baby One More TimeRicky Martin
Livin' La Vida LocaBlur
She's So HighPulp
Common PeopleThe Verve
Bitter Sweet SymphonySinead O'Connor
Nothing Compares 2 UAll Saints
Never EverOasis
Live ForeverThe Flaming Lips
Race For The PrizeEminem
My Name IsCharlatans
The Only One I KnowHappy Mondays
Kinky AfroThe Prodigy
FirestarterShack
ComedyMassive Attack
Unfinished SympathySounds Of Blackness
OptimisticYoung Disciples
As We Come (To Be)Oasis
The MasterplanJanet Jackson
Together AgainBlur
End Of A CenturyTLC
No ScrubsPaul Weller
Wild WoodC + C Music Factory
Gonna Make You Sweat (Every...Massive Attack
TeardropHappy Mondays
God's CopRadiohead
CreepMetalheadz
TerminatorKRS One
Step Into A World (Rapture'...Codename John
The WarningUnderworld
Born SlippySupergrass
Pumping On Your StereoFuture Sound Of London
Papua New GuineaMy Life With The Thrill Kil...
A Daisy Chain 4 Satan (Acid...Spice Girls
WannabeNirvana
Smells Like Teen SpiritTake That
Back For GoodBlur
Girls And BoysREM
The Sidewinder Sleeps ToniteRadiohead
Paranoid AndroidIce Cube
It Was A Good DayManic Street Preachers
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Venus As A BoyPortishead
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