10 Greatest UK No.1 Singles Of The 1990s

10. No Doubt - Don't Speak

It's been twenty years, but we still can't believe that Gwen Stefani used to be in a ska punk band.

No Doubt were formed in 1986 by Stefani and her brother, Eric. After initially struggling for success, the band hit it big with their third studio album, Tragic Kingdom.

Singles from this album included singles "Just A Girl" and "Spiderwebs", both of which were UK top twenty hits, but it would be the album's third single that finally put No Doubt at the top of the mountain.

"Don't Speak" was as angsty as the nineties itself - starting off slow before plunging into an emotional chorus about an unspoken truth that would rip the protagonist apart if they were to ever hear it.

Stefani's excellent vocals and the song's interesting instrumentation set it out from the crowd when it eventually topped the UK charts for 3 weeks in 1997. Considering it was sandwiched between a U2 track and a Spice Girls' song, you can see why teenagers were keen to give No Doubt their hard-earned pocket money.

One of the absolute quintessential nineties tunes and, with the context of Stefani's solo career, "Don't Speak" is as interesting now as it was in '97.