Top 95

To help commemorate 95bFM’s 40th Birthday, we’ve collected the Top 95 Songs of bFM’s Time – as voted by 95bFM listeners.

Topping the chart was Darcy Clay’s Jesus I Was Evil, the self-recorded pop masterpiece that travelled from Daniel Bolton’s bedroom to the 95bFM playlist back in 1996. The fact this song is the closest to the 95bFM audience’s hearts is an indicator of how grassroots New Zealand music has become an integral part of the identity of the station and its listeners.

The list of the Top 95 Songs offers a snapshot of the diverse 95bFM sound and audience, where homegrown music stands alongside that of the rest of the world. Mixing genres, eras and generations, the Top 95 songs reflects music that challenges and rewards, regardless of any received notions of commercial success or historical importance.

The Top 10 alone sees Joy Division rubbing shoulders with Fat Freddy’s Drop, Jeff Buckley edging out LCD Soundsystem, and Johnny Cash and Jane’s Addiction nudging Concord Dawn to 11th place.

Sarin,

I am Daniel Bolton's (Darcy Clay's) dad.

Tim Moon has kindly forwarded your press release about the success of 'Jesus I Was Evil' with your listeners.

I knew the song was popular and successful but I had no idea that its success and popularity was still so strong after more than ten years.

It was bFM that gave Darcy Clay the break he needed and deserved and for that he was always exceedlingly grateful and loyal.

He is no longer with us but I can assure you, your station and above all your listeners that it is incredibly heartwarming to me and my family to know that Darcy Clay and his music is still remembered so fondly by so many people.

Thank you, all, sincerely.

Bob Bolton.

Please ignore the entries that show 0% – they DID have a percentage and they ARE in the right place, but sometimes technology fails you... amirite?

Voting has closed! Here are the results.

23.0% 1. Darcy Clay - Jesus I was Evil
15.7% 2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
11.3% 3. Fat Freddy's Drop - Hope
10.7% 4. Jeff Buckley - Grace
10.0% 5. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
9.7% 6. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
9.3% 7. Massive Attack – Teardrop
9.0% 8. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
9.0% 9. Johnny Cash - Hurt
0.0% 10. Jane's Addiction - Three Days
8.7% 11. Concord Dawn - Morning Light
8.3% 12. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
8.0% 13. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
7.7% 14. Pixies - Debaser
7.3% 15. Pixies - Hey
7.3% 16. MIA - Paper Planes
7.0% 17. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
6.7% 18. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
6.7% 19. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
6.7% 20. 3Ds - Hey Seuss
6.0% 21. The Pixies - Where Is My Mind
6.0% 22. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
0.0% 23. The Breeders - Cannonball
5.7% 24. Queens Of The Stone Age - Song For The Dead
5.3% 25. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
5.3% 26. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
5.3% 27. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
5.3% 28. Joy Division - Atmosphere
0.0% 29. The Clash - Train in Vain
5.3% 30. At The Drive In - One Armed Scissor
5.0% 31. Underworld - Born Slippy
5.0% 32. Pulp - Common People
5.0% 33. Nirvana - Negative Creep
5.0% 34. Massive Attack - Protection
5.0% 35. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
4.7% 36. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
4.7% 37. DLT & Che Fu - Chains
4.7% 38. Arcade Fire - Wake Up
4.3% 39. TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
4.3% 40. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
4.3% 41. The Strokes - Someday
0.0% 42. Straightjacket Fits - She Speeds
4.3% 43. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
4.3% 44. New Order - Blue Monday
4.3% 45. Mercury Rev - Holes
4.3% 46. Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
4.3% 47. Headless Chickens - Gaskrankinstation
4.3% 48. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
4.3% 49. Fugazi - Waiting Room
0.0% 50. The Chills - Pink Frost
4.3% 51. Bauhaus - Bella Lugosi's Dead
4.0% 52. The Pixies - Gouge Away
4.0% 53. Kings of Leon - Four Kicks
4.0% 54. John Lennon - Imagine
4.0% 55. The Clean - Tally Ho
4.0% 56. The Clean - Beatnik
0.0% 57. Beirut - Elephant Gun
3.7% 58. Voom - B Your Boy
3.7% 59. The Verlaines - Death & The Maiden
3.7% 60. The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
3.7% 61. Sonic Youth - Diamond Sea
3.7% 62. Shihad - Deb's Night Out
0.0% 63. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
3.7% 64. Nirvana - Something in the Way
3.7% 65. Hot Chip - Over & Over
3.7% 66. Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
3.7% 67. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots pt. 1 & 2
3.7% 68. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
3.7% 69. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
3.7% 70. Chris Knox - Not Given Lightly
3.3% 71. Ween - Push The Little Daises
3.3% 72. Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
0.0% 73. Sigur Ross - Glosoli
3.3% 74. Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
3.3% 75. New Order - Ceremony
0.0% 76. My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
0.0% 77. The Mint Chicks - Blue Team Go!
3.3% 78. David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things
3.3% 79. Coco Solid - ABC
0.0% 80. Bob Marley - Concrete Jungle
0.0% 81. Beats International - Dub Be Good to Me
3.3% 82. The Beatles - Let it Be
3.0% 83. Wu-Tang Clan - Proteck Ya Neck
3.0% 84. Interpol - Not Even Jail
3.0% 85. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 - The Message
3.0% 86. Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain
2.7% 87. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Y Control
2.7% 88. The Who - Baba O'Reilly
2.7% 89. Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
2.7% 90. Roni Size & Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag
2.7% 91. Head Like A Hole - Crying Shame
2.7% 92. Garageland - Finger Pops
2.7% 93. The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?
2.7% 94. Dimmer - Crystalator
2.7% 95. The Clean - Point That Thing Somewhere Else

14.0% 1. Aural Emporium - 'Ski Racks'

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12.0% 2. Lawline Promo - 'F**k Him Up'

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5.3% 3. Accommodation Guide - 'Where Do You Do Poos?'

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4.7% 4. Emily Barclay Phoning a Sex Line

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3.3% 5. NZ Music Week - 'But You've Got 9 Mikes'

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3.0% 6. Word to the Mother

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3.0% 7. Saturday 2-4 - 'Can You Get Out From Under My House'

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2.7% 8. bFM sting - 'What's the Station Again?'

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2.3% 9. Coopers Beer - Once Were Warriors

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2.0% .5 Cypress Hill - 'You Got Any Toast?'

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