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”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Az5vS9cOyXk.

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

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16. Ocean Colour Scene, “The Riverboat Song”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3lzBuavYWE.

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15. Menswear, “Daydreamer”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=y9JKNaxOxzs.

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14. Echobelly, “Great Things”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-mwDz9AdqRc.

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13. Lush, “Single Girl”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bJCp9e4hFL4.

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12. Kula Shaker, “Tattva”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Iwt-iqKJ0iU.

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11. Mansun, “Wide Open Space”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xjsXcTOJ1kk.

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

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10. Ash, “Goldfinger”

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OugqugHNTIQ.

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9. The Bluetones, “Slight Return”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=X8q2LzWdq-Q.

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

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mGP2CAn2Tyw.

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

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=jQwElHkbz7k.

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NO ONE.

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6. Oasis, “Some Might Say”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OcwSan1OR3I.

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

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gqm2jlnOiFg.

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4. Supergrass, “Alright”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ghrjVjqDaoA.

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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”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rHhZUFiiWrA.

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2. Oasis, “Live Forever”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=UaqmMmgQqBI.

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“Maybeeeeeeeeeeeeee …”

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1. Pulp, “Common People”.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=b-aIFKvWHvM.

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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.

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