Taken from the soundtrack to “The Misadventures of Margaret” (vinyl re-release, please!), it’s one of the more obviously commercial songs from that project, but its limited release leaves it languishing in 39th place here, 1 of you scoring it 8 points and only 16 of you thinking it was deserving of any points at all.Īnd so we reach the first song that I gave points to in the countdown. The “Way Out West Mix” that opens the second disc of “Casino…” remains my favourite, upping the “crazy wig out factor” to ten, and I’m hoping it’s this which encouraged 11 of you to rank the song, with a high vote of 10 points.Īnother flirtation with the band’s obvious love for the format, this was Saint Etienne’s third 7” release in a row, on the Amberley Records label back in 1999.
Part of the “Casino Classics” sessions and originally earmarked as a full single, “Angel” ended up being a promotional release alongside “Burnt Out Car” in 1996.
13 of you gave it points, with a high vote of 7. Part of a double-a side with the much better known “Nothing Can Stop Us”, “Speedwell” didn’t receive any real promotion and is another of the forgotten gems littering the bottom of your chart. It duly lands towards the bottom of your list.īack to rarity time, this collaboration with French megastar Etienne Daho was a French release back in 1995 that came from the “Reserection” EP and is another overlooked gem from the band’s vast catalogue of oddities! Scored as highly as 10 points, with 7 of you thinking it worthy of a ranking. It’s certainly one of the Saint Etienne singles I play least and I remember some fans thinking the single remix was something of a misstep at the time. This was the one that took ages to get any points at all- it looked for a long time like "Boy Is Crying" was going to have a shot at a Eurovision style "Nil Points", but it came through at the end, with 9 votes and two of you thinking it was worthy of 8 points. Two of you thought it worthy of 6 points, with 9 of you ranking it at all. A shame, it's a nice little hidden gem for me, but understandable.Ī limited release from the "Places to Visit" EP, released only on 7" in the US, this is another that probably hasn't attracted much attention due to it not being known as well as others. Surely the least known of Saint Etienne's singles, only 5 of you thought it was worth points, with its highest vote being a score of 5, from two of you. No massive surprise here, as one of Saint Etienne's two singles released under the Cola Boy moniker lands at the bottom of our chart. Great Saint Etienne Singles Survey 2020 organized and executed by Dan Pīased on the votes of 372 hardcore Saint Etienne fans, commentary by Dan P Click here to return to the Fanclub Section