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Pavement's 'Gold Soundz' Named Best Song of the 1990s By Pitchfork

11:20 a.m. · September 3, 2010 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Anyone who had "Paranoid Android" in their "Pitchfork's Best Songs of the 1990s" pool is totes out of some money this morning: The site chose Pavement's "Gold Soundz"* as its number one, edging out songs like "Juicy," "Loser," "Protect Ya Neck," "Holland, 1945" and (ridiculously) "Nuthin' But a G Thang." I guess they have to pick something by Pavement, and picking "Cut Your Hair" would have been too obvious. Overall though, the songs in the top ten are generally pretty awesome; I'm sure everyone will have some problem with the order:

10. Weezer, "Say It Ain't So"

09. Beck, "Loser"

08. Aaliyah, "Are You That Somebody?"

07. Neutral Milk Hotel, "Holland, 1945"

06. My Bloody Valentine, "Only Shallow"

05. Wu-Tang Clan, "Protect Ya Neck"

04. Radiohead, "Paranoid Android"

03. Dr. Dre f. Snoop Dogg, "Nuthin' But a G Thang"

02. Pulp, "Common People"

01. Pavement, "Gold Soundz"

See the full list over at Pitchfork. 

*- Which isn't even the best Pavement song. Or the best song on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.