The 1979 ZIG ZAG Reader’s Poll

Its That time of year for readers and listeners polls. In the light of the XFM Top 1000 Best British Songs Of All Time I thought I would go back in my time machine and see what what was happening in those far off days off Punk Rock.    

So these are the best singles from:
The 1979 ZIG ZAG Readers Poll from back in the day.

Best Single

1. Staircase (Mystery) - Siouxsie And The Banshees

2. Public Image - Public Image Ltd

3. Damaged Goods - Gang of 4

4. Hong Kong Garden - Banshees

5. White Man (In Hammersmith Palais) - The Clash

6. Where Were You - The Mekons

7. In A Rut - The Ruts

8. Teenage Kicks - Undertones

9. Cost of Living EP - The Clash

10. Down In The Tube- The Jam

11. Fairytale In The Supermarket - Raincoats

12. Strange Town - The Jam

13. English Civil War - The Clash

14. Memory - Johnny Thunders

15. Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders

16. Tommy Gun - The Clash

17. Ambition - Subway Sect

18. Love Song - The Damned

19. Killing An Arab - The Cure

20. Get Over You - Undertones

Last Years Winner - Complete Control - Clash


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