Artist
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers appears 2 times in our Britpop and Dancing to Bad News lists, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 2
- Appears on
- Britpop and Dancing to Bad News
- Year
- 1996
- Highest placing
- No. 7 in Britpop
- Updated
- 2026-08-31
Appears on
A Design for Life
1996 · Epic
Ranked No. 7 in Britpop
"Libraries gave us power." Written after their guitarist disappeared, and it turns the era's flag-waving into something with actual grief in it.
Also on Dancing to Bad News
A Design for Life
1996 · Epic
Picked by Dancing to Bad News
Written after their guitarist vanished, about libraries built by people who were then told they drank too much. Sung back by festival crowds as an anthem, which is either the point being missed or the point being made.
Also on Britpop