# The 8 Best Britpop Tracks of All Time

A mid-nineties British argument that guitar pop should sound English again — Kinks chords, local vocabulary and a self-conscious rejection of American grunge — conducted largely in the London press and briefly in the singles chart.

- **Origin:** London, England, 1993
- **Tempo:** 100–160 BPM
- **Also known as:** brit pop, cool britannia, camden scene
- **Tracks:** 8
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/genre/britpop/

## The list

### 1. [Pulp](https://waxonia.com/artist/pulp/) — [Common People](https://waxonia.com/track/pulp--common-people/)

*1995 · Island*

Jarvis Cocker's account of a rich student who wanted to slum it, and by several distances the best lyric of the era. Class rage as a disco record.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Pulp%20Common%20People) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM)

### 2. [Oasis](https://waxonia.com/artist/oasis/) — [Live Forever](https://waxonia.com/track/oasis--live-forever/)

*1994 · Creation*

Noel Gallagher wrote it as a direct answer to Nirvana's I Hate Myself and Want to Die. Whatever one thinks of the band, the argument is stated cleanly.

Also on: [1994](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Oasis%20Live%20Forever) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=TDe1DqxwJoc)

### 3. [Blur](https://waxonia.com/artist/blur/) — [Girls & Boys](https://waxonia.com/track/blur--girls-and-boys/)

*1994 · Food*

A disco bassline, a synth line and Damon Albarn sneering at package holidays. Far stranger than its chart position suggests.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Blur%20Girls%20%26%20Boys) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WDswiT87oo8)

### 4. [Blur](https://waxonia.com/artist/blur/) — [The Universal](https://waxonia.com/track/blur--the-universal/)

*1995 · Food*

Strings, a slow build, and a lyric about a future where everything is fine and nothing is. The band's best song and the least like the rest of the movement.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Blur%20The%20Universal) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAqJ7c0zm0)

### 5. [Supergrass](https://waxonia.com/artist/supergrass/) — [Alright](https://waxonia.com/track/supergrass--alright/)

*1995 · Parlophone*

Two minutes of piano and delight, by three teenagers who meant it. The one Britpop record with no irony anywhere in it.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Supergrass%20Alright) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qUE4oDunYkc)

### 6. [Elastica](https://waxonia.com/artist/elastica/) — [Connection](https://waxonia.com/track/elastica--connection/)

*1994 · Deceptive*

A Wire riff, borrowed closely enough that the publishing was settled out of court. Justine Frischmann's band were the movement's sharpest and shortest.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Elastica%20Connection) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ilKcXIFi-Rc)

### 7. [Manic Street Preachers](https://waxonia.com/artist/manic-street-preachers/) — [A Design for Life](https://waxonia.com/track/manic-street-preachers--a-design-for-life/)

*1996 · Epic*

"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](https://waxonia.com/theme/dancing-to-bad-news/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Manic%20Street%20Preachers%20A%20Design%20for%20Life) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=TfEoVxy7VDQ)

### 8. [Oasis](https://waxonia.com/artist/oasis/) — [Wonderwall](https://waxonia.com/track/oasis--wonderwall/)

*1995 · Creation*

Ubiquitous to the point of parody, and worth hearing again. The chord sequence is a very good chord sequence, whatever the last thirty years have done to it.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Oasis%20Wonderwall) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1Bh8ZvH84)

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