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The top 100 songs list: 100-91.

Disclaimer: songs in this list have been selected on their merits. Selection had nothing to do with any usage in movies, TV series, commercials or whatever. ‘Nothing’ brought me here - except the song.

100. Saved by the Bell - Robin Gibb. The Bee Gees rejected one of his songs as an A-side, so he recorded this astounding vocal performance and beat everything else the Bee Gees ever did

99. Cooky and Lila - Dr. Hook. Truckstop lovesong lost in the wider Dr. Hook opus, but arguably their best. Written by Dave Hickey: ' ... as the nation rolls along like a semi down the highway/casting lonely broken bodies in the grass along the road

98. Funny How Time Slips Away - Jimmy Elledge. Recorded the Willie Nelson revenge song at age 18 and this remains the best version

97. Scarborough Fair - Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66. Turned a pedestrian folk song into a jazz-infused orchestra-backed masterpiece of sixties ambience

96. Brandy - Scott English. Perfectly good song before toneless crooner Barry Manilow destroyed it three years later, oddly renaming it 'Mandy'

95. By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glenn Campbell. Chorusless sung soliloquy is a masterpiece of mood and production and could appear anywhere in this 100. Campbell should never have moved on from Jimmy Webb

94. Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby) - Lulu. Soul-infused Brit-girl power pop, not her biggest hit, but best

93. Breathless - Nick Cave. Shakespeare or Robert Frost?

92. I'm Coming Home - Johnny Mathis. Soulful early '70s Thom Bell production creates exactly the right hauntingly evocative tone. Listen again

91. It Started With a Kiss - Hot Chocolate. Every note Errol Brown sings is a teardrop.

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