1989
There are two great songs in the pop canon that go by the name of Hallelujah. Leonard Cohen got there first and Jeff Buckley breathed new life into it, but The Happy Mondays came up with their own new song.
This is the second version of Pixies’ song Wave Of Mutilation (aka the “UK Surf” version) that appeared on the B-side of Here Comes My Man.
The Fall perform the opening song from their final album for Beggars Banquet, the dance number Dead Beat Descendant.
I was initially resistant to the dance music takeover in the late Eighties and the replacement of guitars with laptops, synths and samplers. But I was converted by songs like Pump Up The Volume, S Express – and this.
I’d forgotten quite how long The B-52s kept up their run of quirky hit singles backed by camp and kitsch videos.
Chris Isaak’s moody masterpiece being given a dub reggae makeover may not seem like a natural marriage – but it turns out to be a perfect match.
I have to confess I wasn’t swept away with the baggy revolution at the time but I did come around to The Stone Roses’ debut album.