1997-2002: current top picks
Personal favorites from the years of Geocities, Hed Kandi and Y2K talk. Here’s a playlist with most of the tracks listed on this page; top + bottom part. Sadly, there's also an ultra dark side. This is an extra version, without the tracks released after August 2001.
✱ Fitting 1996 songs are included.
✱ Fitting 1996 songs are included.
- 4hero, Carina Andersson - Les fleur
- Air - Casanova 70
- Air - How does it make you feel? ····· Edit
- Air - Kelly watch the stars ····· Album version
- Air - Kelly watch the stars ····· Edit ***
- Air - La femme d'argent
- Air - Les professionnels
- Air - Modular mix
- Air - Sexy boy
- Air, Beth Hirsch - All I need
- Air, Beth Hirsch - You make it easy
- Air, Gordon Tracks - Playground love
- Alain Bashung - Tel
- All Saints - I know where it's at ····· Cutfather And Jo's Alternative Mix; Radio
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Another morning stoner
- Angie Stone - Wish I didn't miss you
- Armand Van Helden, Old Skool Junkies - The funk phenomena ····· Original
- Audio Bullys - We don't care
- Bad Company UK - The nine
- Badly Drawn Boy - Disillusion
- Basement Jaxx - Bingo bango
- Basement Jaxx - Flylife ····· Brix Radio Edit ➔ On streaming services, this (+/-) 4:04 minutes version might be available without the remix info
- Basement Jaxx - Jump 'N shout
- Basement Jaxx - Red alert
- Basement Jaxx - Rendez-vu
- Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at
- Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
- Benjamin Biolay - Novembre toute l'année
- Billy Bang - Mystery of the Mekong
- Biosphere - Antennaria
- Biosphere - Kobresia
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Red eyes and tears
- Blackalicious - Make you feel that way
- Blackalicious, Cut Chemist - Chemical calisthenics
- Blackstreet, Dr. Dre, Queen Pen - No diggity
- Bløf - Liefs uit Londen
- Blue Boy, Sure Is Pure - Remember me ····· Sure Is Pure 7 Inch Edit
- Blur - Song 2
- Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Street tattoo
- Boogiemonsters - Whistles in the wind
- Brainpower - Dansplaat ····· Radio Edit ➔ The original, slightly longer version sounds similar, but features a reprise I don't really like
- Bran Van 3000 - Astounded
- Breakbeat Era - Rancid
- CAKE - Short skirt / long jacket
- Calexico - Crystal frontier ····· Widescreen Version
- Calexico - Stray
- Camp Lo - Luchini
- The Cardigans - Erase / rewind
- The Cardigans - My favourite game
- Cassius - Feeling for you ····· Album version ➔ Similar to the radio version, just one minute longer
- The Chemical Brothers - Hey boy hey girl
- The Cinematic Orchestra, Fontella Bass - All that you give
- The Clientele - I had to say this
- Coldplay - Trouble
- Common, Jill Scott - I am music
- Corey Glover - April rain
- Cornershop, Norman Cook - Brimful of Asha ····· Norman Cook Remix Single Version
- Cradle FC - Ready
- Daft Punk - Around the world
- Daft Punk - One more time ····· Album version
- D'Angelo, Redman, Method Man - Left and right
- David Bowie - Little wonder
- Deltron 3030, Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan The Automator, Kid Koala - Memory loss
- Depeche Mode - Dream on
- Digital Mystery Tour - Run time ***
- DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world
- Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E.
- Eden - Star
- Eels - Last stop: this town
- Eels - Novocaine for the soul
- En Vogue - Don't let go (Love)
- Eric Benét, Faith Evans - Georgy Porgy
- Erik Truffaz, Nya - Sweet mercy
- Erykah Badu - Appletree
- Erykah Badu - Next lifetime
- Erykah Badu - On & on
- Erykah Badu - Tyrone ····· Live
- Étienne de Crécy - Am I wrong
- Étienne de Crécy - Prix choc
- Étienne de Crécy - Tempovision ····· Album version
- Étienne de Crécy - Tempovision ····· Radio Edit
- Étienne de Crécy, Air - Soldissimo ····· EDC Remix
- Étienne de Crécy, Mooloodjee - Les 10 jours fous
- Fabe, DJ Mehdi, Sear - C'est pas parce que
- Fatboy Slim - Right here right now
- Finley Quaye - Sunday shining
- The For Carnation - Emp. man's blues
- Freundeskreis, Max Herre, Don Philippe, DJ Friction - Tabula rasa pt. II
- Fun Lovin' Criminals - Big night out
- Fun Lovin' Criminals - Loco
- Gang Starr - Full clip
- George Michael - Shoot the dog
- Gorillaz, Del The Funky Homosapien - Clint Eastwood
- Graham Coxon - I wish
- Groove Armada - At the river
- Groove Armada - Superstylin'
- Guano Apes - Open your eyes
- H - Baby I love you ····· Radio Edit ***
- Hairy Diamond - Givin up
- The High Fidelity - Scream if you want to go faster ***
- The Hives - Hate to say I told you so
- Hooverphonic - 2 Wicky
- Hot Snakes - Suicide invoice
- Ian Pooley, Daft Punk - Chord Memory ····· Daft Punk Remix
- Interpol - Stella was a diver and she was always down
- Isolée - Beau mot plage
- Jamiroquai - Deeper underground
- Jamiroquai - Little l
- Jamiroquai - Virtual insanity
- Janet Jackson, Joni Mitchell, Q-Tip - Got 'til it's gone
- Jill Scott - Gettin' in the way
- Jill Scott - Gimme
- Jill Scott - It's love
- Johnny Cash - Hurt
- Jovanotti - Il resto va da se'
- Julien Jabre & Dj Gregory Present Soha - Amour ➔ It's also possible you can find it under the name 'House Master, Dj Gregory, Julien Jabre'
- Jurassic 5 - Concrete schoolyard
- Jurassic 5 - Freedom
- Jurassic 5 - Long road to glory
- Justin Timberlake - Like I love you
- Kelis, Terrar - Good stuff
- Kelly Joyce - Vivre la vie
- Késhaw - The heat ***
- De La Soul, Chaka Khan - All good?
- Laurent Garnier - The sound of the big Babou
- Layo, Bushwacka! - Love story
- Lootpack - Hityawitdat
- Low - Missouri
- Manic Street Preachers - A design for life
- Manic Street Preachers - If you tolerate this your children will be next
- Manu Chao - Bongo bong
- Manu Chao - Me gustas tu
- Marc Ribot, Los Cubanos - Aqui como alla
- Massive Attack, Elizabeth Fraser - Teardrop
- Medina Green - Crosstown beef ***
- Mekon - Please stay ····· Royksopp Remix
- MF DOOM - Gas drawls
- Moloko - Forever more
- Monaco - What do you want from me?
- Morcheeba - Slow down
- Mos Def - Umi says
- Mousse T., Hot 'N' Juicy - Horny ····· '98 Radio Edit
- Ms. Dynamite - It takes more ····· Bloodshy Main Mix
- Ms. Lauryn Hill - Everything is everything
- Muse - Bliss
- Nada Surf - Popular
- Nas, Ms. Lauryn Hill - If I ruled the world (Imagine that)
- N.E.R.D - Provider
- N.E.R.D - Rockstar
- N.E.R.D, Vita, Lee Harvey - Lapdance
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into my arms
- Nitin Sawhney - Sunset *** ➔ The version as played on the radio, back in the days / But I can’t figure out the correct name of that version; however, it is not 'Nitin’s Radio Edit', although that version and the 'Prophesy Album Version' sound pretty similar
- No Doubt - Hella good
- Noir Désir - Le vent nous portera
- Novastar - Wrong
- Nuyorican Soul, India - Runaway
- Ol' Dirty Bastard, Kelis - Got your money
- Olive, Black Olive - You're not alone ····· Radio Edit
- The Ones - Flawless ····· Radio Edit
- Opeth - Face of Melinda
- Outkast - Rosa Parks
- Outkast - SpottieOttieDopaliscious
- Outkast, CeeLo Green - Liberation
- Overhead, Nicolas Leroux - Innerself
- Overhead, Nicolas Leroux - Monkeys for the people
- Ozark Henry - Sweet instigator
- Papa M - Plastic energy man
- Placebo - Pure morning
- Placebo, David Bowie - Without you I'm nothing
- Q-Tip - Let's ride
- Quasimoto - Microphone mathematics
- Quasimoto - Real eyes
- Queens of the Stone Age - First it giveth
- Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows
- Radiohead - Exit music (For a film)
- Radiohead - Idioteque
- Radiohead - Karma police
- Radiohead - No surprises
- Radiohead - Packt like sardines in a crushd tin box
- Radiohead - Paranoid android
- Radiohead - Pyramid song
- Rae & Christian, Veba - Spellbound
- Rakim - Guess who's back
- Rammstein - Du hast
- Raphael Saadiq, Q-Tip - Get involved
- Red - Daily misery
- Red Snapper, Alison David - Image of you
- Relax - Calling ye name (Right here)
- Robbie Williams - The road to Mandalay
- Robbie Williams, Maxi Jazz - My culture
- Roots Manuva - Witness (1 hope)
- The Roots, Tariq Trotter, Erykah Badu, Eve - You got me
- Röyksopp - Eple
- Röyksopp - Poor Leno
- Röyksopp - Remind me ····· Someone Else's Radio Mix ➔ But I’ve also played the 'video version' a lot; it’s similar to the 'Someone Else’s Radio Mix', but it starts differently and includes a reprise at the end
- Run–D.M.C., Jason Nevins - It's like that
- Samarabalouf - Zarbie pas touche la mouche
- Savas Pascalidis - Superman
- Shivaree - Goodnight moon
- Sia, Different Gear - Drink to get drunk ····· Different Gear Remix
- Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar
- Slum Village - Fall in love
- The Source, Candi Staton - You got the love ····· Now Voyager Radio Mix
- St Germain - Rose rouge
- The Streets - Let's push things forward
- Suede - Beautiful ones
- Sun Electric, Green Velvet - Eya ····· Green Velvet... Funk Mix
- Supergrass - Moving
- The Supermen Lovers, Mani Hoffman - Starlight ····· Radio Edit
- Syndicate Of L.A.W. - Right on time
- Terry Callier - Lazarus man
- Terry Callier - When my lady danced
- Thievery Corporation - The richest man in Babylon
- Thomas Newman - Any other name
- Timo Maas, MC Chickaboo - Shifter
- Tindersticks - Another night in
- Tindersticks - Walking
- Tortoise - Swung from the gutters
- UNKLE, Richard Ashcroft - Lonely soul
- Urban Species, MC Mell'O', Taipanic - Reality check
- The Verve - Bitter sweet symphony
- Vicente Amigo - Ciudad de las ideas
- Virago - Ouvre-moi
- Vitalic - La rock 01
- White Town - Your woman
- The Wiseguys - Ooh la la
- Wu-Tang Clan, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA, Method Man - Reunited
- Wu-Tang Clan, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Method Man, Masta Killa, RZA, Ghostface Killah, U-God, Cappadonna, GZA - Protect ya neck (The jump off)
- Wyclef Jean, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Celia Cruz, Jeni Fujita - Guantanamera
- Yann Tiersen - La crise ····· Live
- Yann Tiersen - The seizure
- Yo La Tengo - Everyday
- Yo La Tengo - The crying of Lot G
- Zero 7, Sia, Sophie Barker - Destiny
- Zero 7, Sophie Barker - In the waiting line
- Zuco 103 - Treasure
*** = missing on Spotify/grey (Dutch situation).
··· SUB TOP / BUBBLING UNDER (1997-2002 + fitting 1996 ones)
- Adam F - Circles ····· Album Edit ➔ On streaming services, you might only find a 7:14-minute version called 'Circles Revisited'; that's the same version
- Alain Bashung - Fantaisie militaire
- Alex Gopher - The child
- The Avalanches - Since I left you
- The Avalanches - Summer crane
- Babyface, LL COOL J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniels - This is for the lover in you
- Badly Drawn Boy - Once around the block
- Beck - Devils haircut
- Bel Amour - Bel Amour ····· Vocal Mix
- Biosphere - Sphere of no-form ····· Alternative Version
- Björk - Bachelorette
- Björk, Thom Yorke - I've seen it all
- Blackalicious - Deception
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Sun is shining ····· Extended Club Mix
- Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler ····· Alternative Radio Edit
- Buckshot LeFonque - Another day
- Buena Vista Social Club - Chan chan
- Bush, Nightmares On Wax - Letting the cables sleep ····· Nightmares On Wax Remix
- Carl Craig - At les
- Cassius - La mouche
- The Chemical Brothers - Block rockin' beats
- The Chemical Brothers - Star guitar ····· Edit
- Chocolate Puma - I wanna be u ····· Original Edit/Radio Edit
- Coldplay - God put a smile upon your face
- Company Flow - 8 steps to perfection
- D'Angelo - Devil's pie
- David Bowie - Seven
- Def P & Beatbusters - Stad & land
- Doe Maar - Watje
- Elvis Presley, JXL - A little less conversation ····· JXL Radio Edit Remix
- Étienne de Crécy - Scratched
- Étienne de Crécy, Minos - Le patron est devenu fou
- Everlast - What it's like
- Faithless - Bring my family back ····· Bluebottle Mix ***
- Fatboy Slim - Praise you
- Felix Da Housecat - Silver screen (Shower scene) ····· Original Edit
- Finley Quaye - It's great when we're together
- Freestylers, Navigator - Ruffneck
- Fugazi - Argument
- Fugazi - I'm so tired
- Gang Starr - Natural
- Gang Starr - Skills
- Garbage - I think I'm paranoid
- George Michael - Freeek!
- Gigi D'Agostino - L'amour toujours ····· Small Mix
- Grandaddy - He's simple, he's dumb, he's the pilot
- Green Velvet - Genedefekt ····· Original Mix
- Grooveyard - Mary go wild ····· Radio Mix
- Gypsymen - Babarabatiri
- Henk Westbroek - Zelfs je naam is mooi
- Herbert - Going round
- Hooverphonic - Jackie Cane
- Hooverphonic - Mad about you
- Jamiroquai - Cosmic girl
- Jaydee, J Dilla - African rhythms ····· Instrumental
- Jean-Louis Murat - Viva Calexico
- Jeff Mills - Stark (Detroit Story) ***
- Joe Dukie, DJ Fitchie - Midnight marauders
- Kenny Hawkes, Louise Carver - Play the game ····· Radio Edit
- Korn - Freak on a leash
- Kula Shaker - Grateful when you're dead
- Labradford - Lake speed
- Laika - Almost sleeping
- Lenny Kravitz - Again
- Liars - Tumbling walls buried me in the debris
- Low - Immune
- Madonna - Ray of light
- Manau - La tribu de Dana
- Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter
- Mark Van Dale, CB Milton - Something goin' on ····· Radio Mix
- Maxwell - Ascension (Don't ever wonder)
- Metro Area - Miura
- Michel Houellebecq - Présence humaine
- Missy Elliott - 4 my people ····· Basement Jaxx Remix
- Mix Master Mike, Lateef, Gift Of Gab - Kalakuta show
- Mobb Deep, Kool G Rap - The realest
- Moby - Porcelain
- Moloko - The time is now ····· Radio Edit
- Morcheeba - Trigger hippie
- Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
- Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
- Nikka Costa - Like a feather
- Nitin Sawhney - Broken skin
- No Doubt - Don't speak
- No Doubt - Just a girl
- Nuyorican Soul, Jocelyn Brown - I am the black gold of the sun
- Outkast - Da art of storytellin' (Pt. 1)
- Outkast - So fresh, so clean
- Placebo - Nancy boy
- Porter Ricks - Redundance 3
- Portishead - All mine
- Portishead - Western eyes
- Quasimoto, Madlib - Low class conspiracy ····· Instrumental ***
- Queens of the Stone Age - Mosquito song
- Racoon - Blue days
- Radiohead - Everything in its right place
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Around the world
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road trippin'
- Seven Davis Jr. - Word ***
- Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow never dies
- Smith & Mighty, Tammy Payne - Same
- Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
- Spinvis - Smalfilm
- St Germain - Sure thing
- Stardust, Benjamin Diamond, Alan Braxe, Thomas Bangalter - Music sounds better with you
- Stephen Simmonds, Lisa Nilsson - Tears never dry
- Stereolab - The flower called nowhere
- Steve Roach - Midnight loom
- Sugababes - Freak like me ····· We Don't Give A Damn Mix
- Sugababes - Overload
- Sugababes - Round round
- Thomas Newman - Dead already
- TLC - No scrubs
- The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon
- A Tribe Called Quest - Find a way
- A Tribe Called Quest - Like it like that
- UNKLE, Atlantique - Chaos
- UNKLE, Thom Yorke - Rabbit in your headlights
- Urban Dance Squad - Happy go fucked up
- Wamdue Project - King of my castle ····· Original Radio Edit
- Within Temptation - Ice Queen
- Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad
- Zed Bias - Neighbourhood ····· Radio Mix
*** = missing on Spotify/grey (Dutch situation).
