Year In Your Ear - 1999

In 1999 Green Day were still dining out on the 'Nimrod' album, releasing the fourth single "Nice Guys Finish Last", two years after the album came out.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The euro currency was established, one benefit was: it made our OE trips easier to plan, not having to deal with Francs, Liras and Markers, when travelling from the home base of London.

The Mars Polar Lander was launched by NASA, and we dreamed of living on Mars.

Napster, unleashed hell on the music industry, Helen Clark became our second female Prime Minister.

The last "dry" electorates in New Zealand, in Auckland and Wellington, voted to go "wet" and to allow alcohol sales.

We were watching 'The Phantom Menace' on the big screen and 'The Sixth Sense'.

Angelina's Top 9 Songs of the Year