Moloko’s first hit (from 1999.) This song only made no. 45 on first release but after a remix it reached the dizzy heights of no. 4. Not as high as the follow up The Time Is Now; but that was in 2000.

Moloko: Bring it Back

Between 1995 and 1999 Liverpool band Cast had ten top twenty hits in the Uk. This is the one I remember most.

Cast: Walkaway

I don’t know what it is about this song that speaks to me. I just like it.

Bryan Adams: When You’re Gone (featuring Melanie C)

Surprisingly (to me anyway) this song was a bigger hit than their first single All You Good Good People. No 6 in 1997.

Embrace: Come Back to What You Know

Quaye was born in Edinburgh. His father Cab and half brother Caleb were both also musicians.

This is his first UK hit, from 1997. It wasn’t till that year that he and his father finally met.

Finley Quaye: Sunday Shining

The third single from This is Hardcore.

Pulp: This is Hardcore

One of Britpop’s contributing bands, with more hit singles in 1996 than any other.

Shed Seven: Chasing Rainbows

A piece of sparkly yet wistful pop from 1998.

Sixpence None the Richer: Kiss Me

The band’s first hit, no 3 in the UK in 1995. An objection to the female condition, the song’s lyric playing against lead singer Gwen Stefani’s appearance. Commercial imperatives, though.

No Doubt: Just a Girl

Despite its long afterlife this only reached no 46 in the UK on first release in 1984. It was a no 13 on re-release in 1990, though.

Talk Talk: It’s My Life