The 17 Greatest 90s Britpop Performances From "Top Of The Pops"

"Maybe, I don't really wanna know, how your garden grows... "

17. Sleeper, "Sale of the Century".

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This clip gets a million more 90s points for having old-school subtitles.

16. Ocean Colour Scene, "The Riverboat Song".

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15. Menswear, "Daydreamer".

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14. Echobelly, "Great Things".

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13. Lush, "Single Girl".

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12. Kula Shaker, "Tattva".

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11. Mansun, "Wide Open Space".

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Note that the person doing the intro is none other than 70s glam rock star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter.

10. Ash, "Goldfinger"

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9. The Bluetones, "Slight Return".

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8. Elastica, "Waking Up", featuring a gurning Damon Albarn not playing keybords.

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7. Suede, "Trash", which proves that no one works a tambourine like Brett Anderson.

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NO ONE.

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6. Oasis, "Some Might Say".

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5. Blur, "Charmless Man", complete with weird big drumsticks, for some reason.

4. Supergrass, "Alright".

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Key questions raised by this clip include, what the HELL is Gaz wearing?

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3. Blur, with Phil Daniels, "Parklife".

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2. Oasis, "Live Forever".

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"Maybeeeeeeeeeeeeee ..."

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1. Pulp, "Common People".

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Some of Jarvis's moves in this performance are OFF THE SCALE.

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The BBC is running a Britpop season at the moment if this is your kind of thing.