NME - 100 Greatest Singles
6. The Stone Roses 'Fools Gold'





The Stone Roses make it to number 6 in the NME's 100 greatest singles this week, below is the short article.


Fools Gold
The Stone Roses
Released November 1989
Highest Chart Position 8



'Fools Gold' is the point where rock and club culture merged, a nine-minute 53-second flash of blinding inspiration that embodies the spirit of the late- '80s musical freedom. It's a pop song, it's a rock song, it's a club track, and it still works on all those levels 13 years later. A fine bands's finest record.

They said: "'Fools Gold' was one of the greatest things we did, it doesn't sound like anybody else. It's just a killer groove" - Ian Brown.

Did you know ? A double A-side with 'What The World Is Waiting For', it was the first new single after the album 'The Stone Roses'.



Below follows the complete NME's 100 Grestest Singles



No.TitleArtist
001.Love Will Tear Us ApartJoy Division
002.Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
003.Anarchy In The UKSex Pistols
004.Paint It, BlackThe Rolling Stones
005.HeroesDavid Bowie
006.Fools GoldThe Stone Roses
007.This Charming ManThe Smiths
008.Live ForeverOasis
009.London CallingThe Clash
010.Unfinished SympathyMassive Attack
011.Going UndergroundThe Jam
012.Paperback WriterThe Beatles
013.Good VibrationsThe Beach Boys
014.Bittersweet SymphonyThe Verve
015.Walk On The Wild SideLou Reed
016.Born SlippyUnderworld
017.Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't'veBuzzcocks
018.SuperstitionStevie Wonder
019.Waterloo SunsetKinks
020.Blue MondayNew Order
021.GenoDexys Midnight Runners
022.Heart Of GlassBlondie
023.(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones
024.RespectAretha Franklin
025.Get It OnT.Rex
026.YellowColdplay
027.Ace Of SpadesMotorhead
028.StanEminem
029.Eight Miles HighThe Byrds
030.Last NightThe Strokes
031.Like A Rolling StoneBob Dylan
032.Dancing QueenABBA
033.Be My BabyThe Ronettes
034.SupersonicOasis
035.Mr Tambourine ManThe Byrds
036.There She GoesThe LA's
037.My GenerationThe Who
038.Get FreeThe Vines
039.SabotageThe Beastie Boys
040.Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
041.I Want You BackThe Jackson 5
042.How Soon Is Now?The Smiths
043.Son Of A Preacher ManDusty Springfield
044.Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields ForeverThe Beatles
045.Teenage KicksThe Undertones
046.Wichita LinemanGlen Campbell
047.In The GhettoElvis Presley
048.When Doves CryPrince
049.LoadedPrimal Scream
050.White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
051.I Heard It Through The Grape VineMarvin Gaye
052.God Save The QueenSex Pistols
053.Ghost TownThe Specials
054.GiganticPixies
055.Common PeoplePulp
056.StarmanDavid Bowie
057.Tracks Of My TearsSmokey Robinson & The Miracles
058.Step OnHappy Mondays
059.God Only KnowsThe Beach Boys
060.I Can't ExplainThe Who
061.You Really Got MeKinks
062.Stay With MeThe Faces
063.Virginia PlanRoxy Music
064.Into The GrooveMadonna
065.Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' Roses
066.Hot In HereNelly
067.Kick Out The JamsMC5
068.September GirlsBig Star
069.Tainted LoveSoft Cell
070.CreepRadiohead
071.Fairytale Of New YorkThe Pogues
072.Get Ur Freak OnMissy Elliot
073.Can't Get You Out Of My HeadKylie Minogue
074.Feel Good Hit Of The SummerQueens Of The Stoneage
075.Song To The SirensThis Mortal Coil
076.Straight Outta ComptonNWA
077.The Modern Age EPThe Strokes
078.Higher Than The SunPrimal Scream
079.WindowlickerAphex Twin
080.Voodoo ChileThe Jimi Hendrix Experience
081.Get Up And StandBob Marley & The Wailers
082.A Design For LifeManic Street Preachers
083.You Made Me RealiseMy Bloody Valentine
084.Ms JacksonOutKast
085.Two TribesFrankie Goes To Hollywood
086.Girls And BoysBlur
087.Music Sounds Better With YouStardust
088.Jumpin' Jack FlashThe Rolling Stones
089.BirthdaySugarcubes
090.There Goes The FearDoves
091.The Eton RiflesThe Jam
092.Bring The NoisePublic Enemy
093.Try AgainAaliyah
094.Song 2Blur
095.Do You Believe In Magic?The Lovin' Spoonful
096.I Want To Hold Your HandThe Beatles
097.Crosstown TrafficThe Jimi Hendrix Experience
098.Love Removal MachineThe Cult
099.Touch Me I'm SickMudhoney
100.Family AffairSly & The Family Stone



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