Best Track on MY Favourite Tracks of......1999!

Deceptacon, by a surprisingly high margin

Good list. Aphex, kelis, odb, and mos are my frontrunners

“women of the world”

“saltwater” is amazing too. i love chicane.

voted fyuz - it's the only one actually in my library

i can't really recommend tracks - most of the "1999" tracks in my library are mistagged cd reissues - some stabs:

calyx - schitzoid
houndog - i brought the rain
manishevitz - lonesome cowboy dave thomas
mr. bungle - goodbye sober day
olivia tremor control - i have been floated
ultrasound - stay young

yeah i don't know that's what i've got, i don't have a lot of interesting music from '99

"Echo's Answer" frequently feels like the best song from any year when it's playing, so...

Basement Jaxx - Red Alert
Björk - All Is Full Of Love
Busta Rhymes ft Janet - What's It Gonna Be?
Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing
Underworld - Shudder / King of Snake

But would've gone "Rendez-Vu" for the Jaxx pick.

who took the bomp?

Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

I might not vote for it, but my heart leapt when I saw this one.

shudder/king of snake

xp I was talking to a Finnish girl about music one time and she outnof nowhere apologised for the Bomfunk MCs, she was fairly surprised when I said I loved their one hit, closest thing we had to a D&B number one until 2011!

Vivrant Thing just over Second Line and Coffee & TV

Afx, Björk or Blur. Likely Afx.

Doom’s Night obviously, but it’s not really ideal for home listening.

In retrospect Freestyler was one of the songs that kicked off the big electro revival in the years after this, together with Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass

come on Freestyler was terrible and the tail end of big beat

I don’t really have an opinion on its place in musical history, but I hated big beat and I loved “Freestyler” (and still do)

I find it pretty difficult to lump Freestyler in with big beat, it has way more in conmon with all the big electro tunes that came after, Moguai, Tomcraft, Moonbootica, Huntemann etc.

Been listening to those four and was reminded of a novelty electro record a friend had on promo cd in 2001, was a 4-track promo with different mixes, very little if any vocals... it was sort of a "fun track" but had a unique sound... sorry, not able to remember or describe very well, but would really like to find it.

Oh this list is actually good. Voted the second line.

Oh this list is actually good. Voted the second line.

Surely Sweet Like Chocolate for this one? Sugary UK Garage perfection

There are at least 10 things here that make me feel deep joy but I'm going to ask nitpicking questions anyway... is that Quickspace Happy Song #1 or #2?

I think #1 was released on 7" without the #1 on the end of the title, but a '99 release date probably points at #2.

Eh, anyway, that or Second Line or Sweet Like Chocolate or Deceptacon or Flat Beat/Dooms Night (these two wub-wub-wub tracks have been melded into one in my head ever since 1999, but it's a good one) or Windowlicker or King of Snake or...

voted for Mos to make sure he got a vote

xp from the Precious Little EP which apparently makes it #2, and, er, from 1998.

it has just occurred to me that I've never heard Quickspace Happy Song #1 (I've got the #2 7")

Gonna give that Mogwai track some love - still a great jam from them

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

great list. that's one of my favourite Blur songs, so went for it

Jim O'Rourke's "Women of the World" and Eureka as an album were so beautiful

"Echo's Answer" frequently feels like the best song from any year when it's playing, so...

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Yeah this list is great, you should poll other years.