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*The penultimate chart hosted by John Peel was also the third chart where all the tracks were played in a single show (the previous occasions were 1993 and 1997).

  • Vote rigging plagued this year's Fifty, with the Dawn Parade being particular victims.
  • Top scoring artists were Low, with three entries.

Shows[]

The Festive Fifty of 2002[]

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    John Peel's Festive Fifty - 2002

    Saloon: "Girls Are The New Boys" (LP - (This Is) What We Call Progress)
  2. Cinerama: "Quick, Before It Melts"
  3. Miss Black America: "Talk Hard"
  4. Nina Nastasia: "Ugly Face"
  5. AntiHero: "Rolling Stones T-Shirt"
  6. M.A.S.S.: "Hey Gravity"
  7. Laura Cantrell: "Too Late For Tonight"
  8. Pinhole: "So Over You"
  9. Marc Smith Vs Safe n' Sound: "Identify The Beat"
  10. Ballboy: "All The Records On The Radio Are Sh*te"
  11. Miss Black America: "Miss Black America"
  12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Bang"
  13. Cinerama: "Careless"
  14. Half Man, Half Biscuit: "The Light At The End Of The Tunnel"
  15. White Stripes: "Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground"
  16. Low: "In The Drugs"
  17. Asa-Chang & Junray: "Hana"
  18. Low: "Canada"
  19. Coin Op: "Democracies"
  20. Belle & Sebastian: "You Send Me (Live At Peel Acres)"
  21. Datsuns: "In Love"
  22. The Fall: "Susan vs Youthclub"
  23. Jeffrey Lewis: "The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song"
  24. Ballboy: "Where Do The Nights Of Sleep Go? (When They Do Not Come To Me)"
  25. Cornershop: "Staging The Plaguing Of The Raised Platform"
  26. Saloon: "Have You Seen The Light?"
  27. White Stripes: "Fell In Love With A Girl"
  28. Cranebuilders: "You're Song"
  29. The Delgados: "Mr Blue Sky (Session)"
  30. Bearsuit: "Drinkink"
  31. Ladytron: "Seventeen"
  32. Boom Bip & Doseone: "Mannequin Trapdoor"
  33. Von Bondies: "It Came From Japan"
  34. Wire: "99.9 (Session)"
  35. McLusky: "Alan Is A Cowboy Killer"
  36. Low: "(That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace"
  37. AntiHero: "You Got Nothing (Session)"
  38. Half Man, Half Biscuit: "Breaking News"
  39. Cinerama: "Cat Girl Tights"
  40. McLusky: "To Hell With Good Intentions"
  41. Burning Love Jumpsuit: "Cheerleader"
  42. Interpol: "Obstacle 1"
  43. Melys: "So Good"
  44. The Delgados: "Coming In From The Cold"
  45. Miss Black America: "Infinite Chinese Box"
  46. Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster: "Celebrate Your Mother"
  47. D4: "Get Loose"
  48. Mum: "Green Grass Of Tunnel"
  49. Aphrodisiacs: "This Is A Campaign"
  50. Dawn Parade: "The Hole In My Heart"

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