What could be more ridiculous than trying to rank the thousands of singles and albums you’ve bought and heard over a lifetime? Here we go …
I ranked my singles of the year at end of 1991 and 1997, and then 2000 and every year since. I only started ranking albums in 2008. So I’ve also included the original 2002 singles list, but the first two charts are a December 2024 re-ranking of my favourite singles and albums of the year.
| | Top tracks of 2002 |
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| 1 | Samurai Seven | Lucky Pierre |
| 2 | Melys | Un Darllenwr Lwcus |
| 3 | Melys | Disco Pig |
| 4 | Sea Power | The Spirit of St. Louis |
| 5 | Melys | Baby Tornado |
| 6 | Doves | There Goes The Fear |
| 7 | Abdoujaparov | Benjamin And Jumble |
| 8 | Supergrass | Grace |
| 9 | A | 6 O'Clock On A Tube Stop |
| 10 | Phantom Planet | California |
| 11 | Minuteman | Big Boy |
| 12 | Tuuli | Who's The Fool Now |
| 13 | Gemma Hayes | Let A Good Thing Go |
| 14 | Athlete | You Got The Style |
| 15 | Deadbeat Radicals | Little Yellow Mini (Fruitbat Remix) |
| 16 | Lauren Laverne | I Fell Out Of A Tree |
| 17 | Supergrass | Seen The Light |
| 18 | Distillers | The Young Crazed Peeling |
| 19 | Caesars Palace | Jerk It Out |
| 20 | Melys | I Don't Believe In You |
| 21 | Gemma Hayes | Hanging Around |
| 22 | Melys | Buwch Sanctaidd |
| 23 | Abdoujaparov | There's A Monster In My Garden |
| 24 | Idlewild | A Modern Way of Letting Go |
| 25 | Harry | So Real |
| 26 | Haven | Til The End |
| 27 | Powder (USA) | Up Here |
| 28 | Girls Against Boys | Basstation |
| 29 | Coldplay | God Put A Smile Upon Your Face |
| 30 | Toktok vs Soffy O | Day of Mine (Ludicrous Idiots) |
| 31 | Parva | Good Bad Right Wrong |
| 32 | A | Nothing |
| 33 | Bees | A Minha Menina |
| 34 | Thrills | Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far) |
| 35 | Jamiroquai | Love Foolosophy |
| 36 | Mika Bomb | Super Sexy Razor Happy Girls |
| 37 | Aqualung | Strange And Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell on You) |
| 38 | Bratmobile | Shop For America |
| 39 | PPK | ResuRection |
| 40 | Hell is For Heroes | I Can Climb Mountains |
| 41 | Mclusky | To Hell With Good Intentions |
| 42 | Division of Laura Lee | Need to Get Some |
| 43 | Frank Bennett | Kiss Me Son Of God |
| 44 | They Might Be Giants | Robot Parade |
| 45 | David Bowie | I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spacecraft |
| 46 | Filter | Where Do We Go From Here |
| 47 | Mando Diao | Sheepdog |
| 48 | Lars Frederiksen And The Bastards | Wine And Roses |
| 49 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | Speakers Push The Air |
| 50 | Jim's Super Stereoworld | Big Flash Car |
| 51 | Lemon Jelly | Nice Weather For Ducks |
| 52 | Idlewild | You Held The World In Your Arms |
| 53 | Ladytron | Seventeen |
| 54 | H-Blockx | The Power |
| 55 | Libertines | Up The Bracket |
| 56 | Blur | Don't Bomb When You're The Bomb |
| 57 | Andrew WK | We Want Fun |
| 58 | Tahiti 80 | Soul Deep |
| 59 | Thomson | Suicide |
| 60 | No Doubt | Hella Good |
| 61 | Nu | Disco Hurts |
| 62 | Princess Superstar ft. High & Mighty | Bad Babysitter |
| 63 | Frank Bennett | Been Caught Stealin' |
| 64 | Budapest | Is This The Best It Gets |
| 65 | Silt (Botnleðja) | In Line |
| 66 | Crackout | I Am The One |
| 67 | Bransby | Plenty More Fish In The Sea |
| 68 | Girls Aloud | Sound of The Underground |
| 69 | Bowling For Soup | Girl All The Bad Guys Want |
| 70 | Kylie Minogue | Come Into My World |
| 71 | Junior Senior | Move Your Feet |
| 72 | Garlic | Not Over Yet |
| 73 | Foo Fighters | All My Life |
| 74 | InMe | Underdose |
| 75 | Chris Brokaw | Shadows |
| 76 | Coral | Dreaming Of You |
| 77 | Exileinside | Anaesthesia |
| 78 | Liam Lynch | United States of Whatever |
| 79 | Soft Cell | Monoculture |
| 80 | Electric Soft Parade | Can't Get You Out Of My Head |
| 81 | Eminem | Without Me |
| 82 | Elviss | Skp |
| 83 | Music | Take The Long Road And Walk It |
| 84 | Numan, Gary | M.E. |
| 85 | Ooberman | Bluebell Morning |
| 86 | Sophie Ellis Bextor | Murder On The Dancefloor |
| | Original chart - top tracks of 2002 |
| |
| 1 | Samurai Seven | Lucky Pierre |
| 2 | Hives | Hate To Say I Told You So |
| 3 | Fischerspooner | Emerge |
| 4 | Coral | Dreaming of You |
| 5 | Toktok vs Soffy O | Day Of Mine (Ludicrous Idiots) |
| 6 | Doves | There Goes The Fear |
| 7 | System Of A Down | Toxicity (Version 7.0) |
| 8 | Deadbeat Radicals | Little Yellow Mini (Fruitbat remix) |
| 9 | Harry | So Real |
| 10 | U2 | Electrical Storm |
| 11 | Mclusky | To Hell With Good Intentions |
| 12 | Badly Drawn Boy | You Were Right |
| 13 | Libertines | Up The Bracket |
| 14 | Richard Ashcroft | Check The Meaning |
| 15 | Nu | Disco Hurts |
| 16 | Athlete | You Got The Style |
| 17 | H-Blockx | The Power |
| 18 | Puddle Of Mudd | Blurry |
| 19 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | By The Way |
| 20 | Supergrass | Grace |
| 21 | Parva | Good Bad Right Wrong |
| 22 | Seafood | Pleasurehead |
| 23 | Coral | Skeleton Key |
| 24 | Jim's Super Stereoworld | Bubblegum |
| 25 | Haven | Til The End |
| 26 | Distillers | The Young Crazed Peeling |
| 27 | Gemma Hayes | Hanging Around |
| 28 | Queens Of The Stone Age | No One Knows |
| 29 | Ladytron | Seventeen |
| 30 | Idlewild | American English |
| 31 | Soft Cell | Monoculture |
| 32 | Division Of Laura Lee | Need To Get Some |
| 33 | A | Something's Going On |
| 34 | Abdoujaparov | Emergency Medical Hologram |
| 35 | No Doubt | Hella Good |
| 36 | Inme | UnderDose |
| 37 | Interpol | PDA |
| 38 | Hundred Reasons | If I Could |
| 39 | Desert Hearts | DSR |
| 40 | Budapest | Is This The Best It Gets |
| 41 | Doves | Pounding |
| 42 | Gemma Hayes | Let a Good Thing Go |
| 43 | Coldplay | In My Place |
| 44 | Aqualung | Strange And Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You) |
| 45 | Alien Ant Farm | Attitude |
| 46 | Lostprophets | The Fake Sound Of Progress |
| 47 | Ash | Envy |
| 48 | White Stripes | Fell In Love With A Girl |
| 49 | Hell Is For Heroes | I Can Climb Mountains |
| 50 | David Bowie | Slow Burn |
| 51 | Sum 41 | What We're All About |
| 52 | Jack | The Emperor Of New London |
| 53 | McAlmont and Butler | Falling |
| 54 | Gomez | Shot Shot |
| 55 | Lemon Jelly | Spacewalk |
| 56 | Eminem | Without Me |
| 57 | Filter | Where Do We Go From Here |
| 58 | Missy Elliott | 4 My People (Basement Jaxx Remix) |
| 59 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | Speakers Push The Air |
| 60 | Tenacious D | Tribute |
| 61 | The Music | The People |
| 62 | Koop feat Yukimi Nagano | Summer Sun |
| 63 | Elviss | SKP |
| 64 | Girls Against Boys | Basstation |
| 65 | Liam Lynch | United States Of Whatever |
| 66 | Asian Dub Foundation | Fortress Europe |
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