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Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 05:41 PM

Welcome to the results show for the first Pre-2000s forum song contest. We ended up with a full house of votes. Which song has triumphed and who sent it? The results will start at 7.30pm.

Posted by: awardinary 3rd October 2022, 05:45 PM

Early thanks to our host for not only hosting but initiating this whole idea, it’s been great fun and it’s appealed to a wide range of people. I’ve enjoyed being a part of it and hope to do so for the next edition too!

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 06:08 PM

Will be interesting to see what does well or not here. I'm predicting a PSB win just cause they are extremely popular as are Depeche Mode. That said wouldn't totally surprise me if something more obscure triumphs tbh.

No clue how mine will do but hopefully not too badly.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 06:11 PM

I think I'm predicting a PSB victory also. Paninaro is a good track and they typically have a wide following on here so even discounted votes may be enough to storm to victory... but we shall see!

Posted by: Jester 3rd October 2022, 06:13 PM

I’m not feeling confident

Posted by: Colm 3rd October 2022, 06:27 PM

I did not vote for PSB

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 06:35 PM

1. Jade

Jade started off by sending the wonderful Waves by Blancmange but then changed her mind and entered this song from 1984. I'm glad she did as I don't think I've heard it before. Vicious Pink were a duo from Leeds (Josephine Warden and Brian Moss) who started out as backing singers for Soft Cell. Cccan't You See was their third single and biggest hit, reaching number 67.

12 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
10 Charlie - Spacer Woman
08 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
07 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
06 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
05 Naked Lunch - La Femme
04 John Foxx - Underpass
03 Psyche - Misery
02 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph
01 Camouflage - The Great Commandment

xx Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
xx Thomas Dolby - Windpower
xx Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)

amazing edition

Posted by: awardinary 3rd October 2022, 06:39 PM

Oh my I sussed out Jade’s love of all things French!

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 06:40 PM

Great choice from Jade - still think the radio version may have been a better bet but I guess the extended version suits the theme of the contest more *.*

Posted by: Colm 3rd October 2022, 06:40 PM

That's one of my finds from this contest,

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 06:40 PM

2. Chez Wombat

It was Chez who entered this instrumental from the soundtrack to the 1982 science fiction film, Blade Runner. The soundtrack album wasn't released until 1994.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 06:41 PM

And there goes the most obvious sender of a song in the whole contest

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 06:44 PM

After 2 votes:

1. 22 Charlie - Spacer Woman
2. 22 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
3. 15 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
4. 9 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
5. 8 John Foxx - Underpass
6. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour
7. 7 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
8. 6 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
9. 5 Naked Lunch - La Femme
10. 5 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
11. 3 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
12. 3 Psyche - Misery
13. 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph
14. 2 Book Of Love - Boy

There's a tie for first place after Jade and Chez both put Charlie and Hashim in their top 2. A-Ha are the only other act with a double figure score. 11 songs are still without a point.

Posted by: Suedehead2 3rd October 2022, 06:44 PM

QUOTE(King Rollo @ Oct 3 2022, 07:35 PM)

Posted by: Colm 3rd October 2022, 06:44 PM

I always assumed Bladerunner was a late 70s movie.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 06:45 PM

The radio edit would definitely have made sense but just went with my preferred version!

Not at all surprised to find out that Chez was behind that one

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 3rd October 2022, 06:46 PM

I at least tried to be subtle x

Can't not be sending the haunting soundtrack to one of my favourite films I was worried you may be pedantic with the 1994 release date but pleased that wasn't the case x

I'm hoping the winner isn't something too obvious (like PSBs), there were some really great under the radar discoveries here.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 06:48 PM

Oh yes I did initially go with Blancmange (and their ‘Rio’ with less of a budget video ) but then changed my mind to something that didn’t make the top 40 at all. Glad ‘Waves’ has its fans too

Posted by: Jester 3rd October 2022, 06:48 PM

I couldn’t guess anyone! Clearly I don’t know you all that well

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 06:48 PM

Nice pick there Jade. Obvious as can be with Chez on that one. Was also decent.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 06:49 PM

3. gooddelta

Papa Dance are a Polish group formed in 1983. At one point, they were so popular that 120,000 people attended one of their concerts in Moscow.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 06:51 PM

Oh wow thank you for 12 points, Rich!!

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 06:51 PM

Good choices from both Jade and Chez, cool choppy vocals on the former, and I think the Blade Runner theme was new to me even if it is a rather obvious choice for this theme!

I was very intrigued to find out who sent Papa Dance as there didn't seem to be anyone obvious who would be sending a Polish song, interesting curveball from Rich.

Fully expecting a wooden spoon for myself here but we'll see I guess!

Out of the songs by well known artists the PSB one was actually my least favourite oops (though not bad) so I hope that doesn't win

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 06:56 PM

4. HappiestSadGirl

Toni Basil's recording career goes way back to 1966 and her debut single 'Breakaway' with its B side, 'I'm 28', written by 10cc's Graham Gouldman. Over My Head was from her eponymous second album.

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd October 2022, 06:59 PM

QUOTE(JaDevil Woman @ Oct 3 2022, 07:51 PM)

Oh wow thank you for 12 points, Rich!!

Posted by: HappiestSadGirl 3rd October 2022, 07:00 PM

Yes, I sent Toni! I actually knew a cover version of this song by Patty Brard of Luv'- fame for a long time, but Toni's version is far superior! I hope most of you enjoyed it!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:00 PM

After 4 votes:

1. 27 Charlie - Spacer Woman
2. 25 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
3. 22 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
4. 18 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
5. 17 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
6. 15 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
7. 14 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
8. 13 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
9. 13 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
10. 11 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
11. 9 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
12. 8 John Foxx - Underpass
13. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour
14. 6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles
15. 6 Book Of Love - Boy
16. 5 Naked Lunch - La Femme
17. 3 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
18. 3 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
19. 3 Alphaville - Forever Young
20. 3 Psyche - Misery
21. 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph
22. 1 Secret Service - Flash In The Night
23. 1 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
0 - Thomas Dolby - Windpower
0 - Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta

Charlie only receive 5 points from the next two voters but they keep their lead. With 20 points added to their total, Vicious Pink move up from 10th to 2nd place. After not appearing on the first scoreboard, C C Catch and the Pet Shop Boys both go straight into the top 5. We now have just two songs without any points.

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 07:01 PM

That Toni Basil song was quite a sonic swerve (in a good way) considering I only know her from 'Mickey' haha.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 07:07 PM

The two 'Ccc' songs are throwing me off when scanning the votes thanks for the bronze medal, HappiestSadGirl *.*

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Oct 3 2022, 07:59 PM)

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:08 PM

5. Bumblebrë

Mamman Sani Abdoulaye is from Niger and has been described as a pioneer of early West African electronic music. Five Hundred Miles is from a 2015 album of unreleased music by him recorded from 1981 to 1984.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 07:10 PM

Thank you for the points, Bray! Unfortunately didn't have room for yours but I remember commenting that it was quite hypnotic on SyncTube

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 07:12 PM

I already have 6 points more than I expected to be honest! Thanks Rich x

(I stand by my entry, I think it's a really lovely and charming piece of music, but I can totally see why it wouldn't be the most attention grabbing song in such a stacked lineup here. Maybe better suited to Worldvision, not that Niger would ever be an option there. Still thought it'd be an interesting one to share, coming courtesy of me typing the word 'synth' into /r/listentothis and checking out interesting looking songs tagged with 80s release dates, albeit in this case a song that wasn't actually technically released until 2015)

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:13 PM

6. jimwatts

Forever Young was the third single released by the German group, becoming a top 10 hit in several European countries.

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 07:16 PM

Sweet little track there Bre, reminds of a lullaby though the way it goes on lol.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:16 PM

After 6 votes:

1. 37 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
2. 35 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
3. 34 Charlie - Spacer Woman
4. 31 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
5. 28 John Foxx - Underpass
6. 22 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
7. 18 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
8. 18 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
9. 17 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
10. 17 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
11. 14 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
12. 13 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
13. 9 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
14. 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph
15. 8 Psyche - Misery
16. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour
17. 7 Book Of Love - Boy
18. 6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
19. 5 Naked Lunch - La Femme
20. 5 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
21. 4 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
22. 3 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
23. 2 Secret Service - Flash In The Night
0 - Thomas Dolby - Windpower
0 - Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta

We have a new leader as Vicious Pink move up from 2nd place. Charlie and Hashim receive enough points to stay in the top 3 while 16 points from the last two voters help A-Ha move up from 6th to 4th. There's also a big climb from 12th to 5th for John Foxx.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 07:17 PM

Thanks Jim for the silver medal, wow! This is an excellent start.

Posted by: jimwatts 3rd October 2022, 07:20 PM

So the less said about my entry the better - I didn't know how obscure we were going, but once I saw the other entries I thought yeah, it's too obvious. I had 6 songs in reserve, including Underpass which is a stone cold classic and gets my top points, but there were another 3 which could have been used - maybe I'll save them for another contest if we're doing this again soon!

I've had Cccan't You See stuck in my head, inspired choice Jade! The Great Commandment was also a great discovery for me.

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 07:23 PM

'Forever Young' is a fine song but I'm too used to the Jay-Z and Mr Hudson version that the original kind of sounds wrong oops!

Jade coming to win another song contest? Very much liking the look of the top end of the scoreboard so far but of course early on and one of the few voters so far was myself so will see if that holds up haha.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:24 PM

7. dandy*

John Foxx started out as the lead singer of Ultravox, who released three albums from 1977 to 1978, before he was replaced by Midge Ure. Underpass was his debut solo single, reaching number 31 in 1980. It's now considered to be one of the milestone synthpop singles. John has continued to release music sporadically, leaving him time to be an artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer.

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 07:27 PM

Fab choice Dandy there, was one I actually looked at initially.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 07:28 PM

Thank you for the bronze medal, Dandy

I really enjoyed your entry and had no idea that there was a pre-Midge Ure version of Ultravox until the SyncTube session!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:33 PM

8. King Rollo

As I pointed out in the Number 1 listening sessions, Thomas Dolby was first seen in the video for It's My Party by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, playing the role of Johnny. Windpower, which got to number 31 on the UK singles chart, is from his science themed debut album, 'The Golden Age Of Wireless', released in 1982. I think it's second only to 'A Secret Wish' by Propaganda as the best 80s synthpop album. Thomas is probably best known for his song 'She Blinded Me With Science' which was a top 5 single in the US. His scientific expertise led to him founding an audio technology company in the 90s. At one point, it was said that there was a 50% chance that the ringtone on your mobile phone was one of his. He is still married to the actress from Dynasty he met in the 80s.

Posted by: jimwatts 3rd October 2022, 07:34 PM

I wondered why Underpass wasn't in that list of songs you knew Dandy, I thought at least some people must know it! Didn't stop it getting my top points of course
Edit: actually I see it was in your list, but don't think anyone else mentioned it.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 07:35 PM

Thank you, Rollo! I'm very happy to receive points from the host

Posted by: Ansel 3rd October 2022, 07:35 PM

Windpower was a fave of mine, surprised to see that on zero points still!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:35 PM

After 8 votes:

1. 50 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
2. 45 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
3. 43 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
4. 41 Charlie - Spacer Woman
5. 40 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy*
6. 31 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
7. 29 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
8. 23 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
9. 19 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
10. 18 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
11. 18 Psyche - Misery
12. 18 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
13. 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph
14. 14 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
15. 13 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
16. 12 Book Of Love - Boy
17. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour
18. 6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
19. 6 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
20. 6 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
21. 5 Naked Lunch - La Femme
22. 4 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
23. 2 Secret Service - Flash In The Night
0 - Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo
0 - Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta

The top 2 are unchanged. With 12 points from Dandy, A-Ha move up to 3rd place. Moving into contention are Soft Cell (13th to 8th) and the Pet Shop Boys (9th to 6th). Thomas Dolby and Papa Dance are still waiting for their first points.

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 07:37 PM

'Underpass' was a fantastic opening song to set the tone for the contest, did not know about the Ultravox connection until it was pointed out in the listenthrough, all new to me anyway. Great choice Dandy

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 07:38 PM

What a top 5 right now! Aside from my own, obviously, I voted for everything in there and the current 2nd place was my 12 *.* excited to find out who that was.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:42 PM

9. Popchartfreak

Paninaro was the B side to the Pet Shop Boys' 1986 single 'Suburbia'. An extended mix was included on their 'Disco' album. In 1995, a remixed version was released as a single and got to number 15. Those of you who knew the song might have already guessed it was Popchartfreak's entry as he was a bit too specific with his clues in the confirmations thread.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 07:43 PM

I also had no idea that John Foxx used to be in Ultravox until Rollo mentioned it in the listen through chat. Very chuffed that people enjoyed Underpass anyway, I did initially enter a remix of it until Rollo pointed out that I was cheating a little bit, albeit it's not too different to the original.





Still, I do love the original anyway so either was fine by me

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:48 PM

10. Ansel

Alexander Robotnick is an Italian musician whose real name is Maurizio Dami. Problèmes D'Amour reached a wider audience after being featured in the 1985 film National Lampoon's European Vacation.

Hi! Here are my votes really enjoyed this contest, best of luck to everyone!

+12 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
+10 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
+08 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
+07 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
+06 Book Of Love - Boy
+05 Thomas Dolby - Windpower
+04 Alphaville - Forever Young
+03 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
+02 Naked Lunch - La Femme
+01 Depeche Mode - Strangelove

Commiserations: Hashim and John Foxx, but tbh comiserations to everything as it all could have easily made my votes. Best contest to date!

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 07:48 PM

ps also v v v happy that the top 3 after my votes were also the top 3 in my votes

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:51 PM

After 10 votes:

1. 55 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
2. 50 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
3. 45 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
4. 41 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak
5. 41 Charlie - Spacer Woman
6. 40 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy*
7. 38 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
8. 38 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
9. 34 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
10. 25 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
11. 23 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
12. 22 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
13. 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph
14. 18 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
15. 18 Book Of Love - Boy
16. 18 Psyche - Misery
17. 16 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
18. 7 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
19. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel
20. 7 Naked Lunch - La Femme
21. 6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
22. 6 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
23. 5 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo
24. 2 Secret Service - Flash In The Night
25. 0 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta

Vicious Pink and Hashim receive no points from the last two voters so A-Ha are now the new leaders. The Pet Shop Boys continue to make steady progress, moving up from 6th to 4th. 20 points for A Flock Of Seagulls move them into 7th place while Alphaville have a good climb from 22nd to 14th. At last, my own song gets some points, leaving gooddelta's Nasz Disneyland as the only song still with nul points.

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 07:53 PM

My 12 now in the lead we love to see it

Oh no at Papa Dance being the last on 0, I really did want to squeeze that into my votes aw!

Posted by: Ansel 3rd October 2022, 07:55 PM

Things aren't looking good for me then, almost out of the top 20 after a vaguely promising start thanks Chez for the points at least!
I'd be very happy with an A-Ha win but hopefully Camouflage can climb a bit.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 07:56 PM

11. Dobbo

Psyche are a Canadian band who are this year celebrating their 40th anniversary. Misery is taken from their fourth album 'The Influence'.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 07:56 PM

Papa Dance off of zero in style! *.*

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 08:00 PM

...and I was so excited by that I didn't even see the 10 for Underpass - yesssss thanks dobbo!

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 08:01 PM

We love to see it.

Thanks Dobbo for the mealworm - and 'Misery' was a great closing song too, this contest bookended by excellence *.*

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:02 PM

12. awardinary

Wardy tried to enter Superman by Black Lace (vetoed because it was a top 10 single) before switching to Vicious Games by Yello. He than changed his mind and entered this song by the 17 year old New Yorker whose real name was Jerry Calliste Jr.

For a debut contest I would like to thank the many who brought their a-game to this edition, it was great fun to revisit and hear many of these for the first time. Here’s is how my votes shaped up, and I look forward to finding out who was being each of them!

+12 Charlie - Spacer Woman
+10 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
+8 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
+7 Toni Basil - Over My Head
+6 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
+5 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix)
+4 Book Of Love - Boy
+3 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
+2 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
+1 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

Thanks to anyone who enjoyed and voted for my entry this month too!

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 08:03 PM

I should have expected PopChart to be behind PSB tbh haha and Dobbo picking a great closing song too!

Also pleased to see the Polish track off points now too.

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 08:04 PM

I actually had a feeling that Hashim was Wardy's as I feel like I remember seeing you listening to it on my Spotify sidebar a couple of weeks ago (it is quite an eye catching title haha). Absolute banger anyway *.* great to see that one doing so well.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:04 PM

So it was Wardy behind my favourite entry of the contest! I'm a fan of 'Beat Dis' and was taken aback as soon as I made the sample connection, amazing choice *.*

Thanks for the points too after that mini drought <3

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 08:04 PM

Ah I wondered if Wardy had sent that, only because he talked about whether the genre could be stretched or not... it was also my favourite discovery of the contest so thanks Wardy!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:08 PM

After 12 votes:

1. 61 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
2. 55 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
3. 53 Charlie - Spacer Woman
4. 51 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak
5. 50 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy*
6. 49 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
7. 45 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul).......awardinary
8. 39 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
9. 38 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
10. 31 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
11. 26 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
12. 25 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
13. 25 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
14. 22 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
15. 22 Book Of Love - Boy
16. 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph
17. 18 Psyche - Misery.......Dobbo
18. 14 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
19. 12 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta
20. 8 Secret Service - Flash In The Night
21. 8 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
22. 7 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
23. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel
24. 7 Naked Lunch - La Femme
25. 5 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo

With 12 points from awardinary, Charlie move up from 5th to 3rd place. Depeche Mode climb from 8th to 6th while Olivia Newton-John moves through the pack, up 6 places to 11th. After being stuck on zero points for so long, Papa Dance get 12 from Dobbo and move straight into the top 20.

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd October 2022, 08:09 PM

Thank you SO much Dobbo, was about to post that I was so sad/confused that Papa Dance was on zero still.

Loving seeing Jade doing so well with that track PSB I’d have expected to win overall but let’s see.

Posted by: awardinary 3rd October 2022, 08:10 PM

QUOTE(WaspBrë @ Oct 3 2022, 09:04 PM)

I actually had a feeling that Hashim was Wardy's as I feel like I remember seeing you listening to it on my Spotify sidebar a couple of weeks ago (it is quite an eye catching title haha). Absolute banger anyway *.* great to see that one doing so well.

QUOTE(JaDevil Woman @ Oct 3 2022, 09:04 PM)

So it was Wardy behind my favourite entry of the contest! I'm a fan of 'Beat Dis' and was taken aback as soon as I made the sample connection, amazing choice *.*

Thanks for the points too after that mini drought <3

QUOTE(TheInvisibleMan @ Oct 3 2022, 09:04 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 3rd October 2022, 08:13 PM

I think John would enter Pet Shop Boys in every contest going if he could

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:14 PM

13. Roba!

Telegraph is one of the more commercial songs from OMD's fourth album, Dazzle Ships, which had more of an experimental sound compared to the hugely successful Architecture & Morality album that preceded it. The album was panned at the time but in recent years has enjoyed a reappraisal with many current musicians citing it as an influence. Telegraph was the second single released from the album, reaching number 42 on the UK chart.

Posted by: Suedehead2 3rd October 2022, 08:15 PM

Always have to love a bit of OMD

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 08:16 PM

Ooh Roba taking me to double digit points Glad you enjoyed the lullaby enough to vote for it

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:18 PM

Thank you for the bronze medal, Rob I'm a huge fan of 'Enola Gay' and 'Souvenir', plus pointed your OMD entry, I really need to check out more from them.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 08:18 PM

Actually Bré whilst we're on the subject of your entry... where on earth did you find it?

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 08:18 PM

OMD's first song to miss the UK Top 40 at that! Seems 'Underpass' is having a night of 18's (including mine) and rightly so and Jade's too.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:20 PM

14. Jester

Scoundrel Days was the opening track from A-Ha's second album of the same name. It was not released as a single.

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 3rd October 2022, 08:20 PM

This disrespect to one of the greatest ever film soundtracks :'( Thanks to the few points that have come my way nonetheless x

That's a great top 3 though, and Hashim was also wonderful.

Edit: omg that's more like it!!! Thanks Matt x Great choice of entry <3

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 08:20 PM

QUOTE(TheInvisibleMan @ Oct 3 2022, 09:18 PM)

QUOTE(WaspBrë @ Oct 3 2022, 08:12 PM)

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 08:21 PM

FABULOUS choice from Jester

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:22 PM

After 14 votes:

1. 68 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
2. 62 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy*
3. 61 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days.......Jester
4. 59 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
5. 53 Charlie - Spacer Woman
6. 53 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak
7. 45 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul).......awardinary
8. 42 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
9. 39 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
10. 38 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
11. 32 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
12. 31 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
13. 25 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
14. 25 Book Of Love - Boy
15. 24 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
16. 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph.......Roba!
17. 21 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
18. 20 Secret Service - Flash In The Night
19. 19 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta
20. 19 Psyche - Misery.......Dobbo
21. 18 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
22. 13 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
23. 10 Naked Lunch - La Femme
24. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel
25. 6 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo

With 13 points from the last two voters, Vicious Pink return to the top of the scoreboard. 12 points from Roba help John Foxx move into 2nd place while his 10 points for Depeche Mode move them up from 6th to 4th. Many of Jester's points go to songs in the lower half of the scoreboard with Secret Service more than doubling their points total.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:22 PM

Brilliant choice, Jester I'm a big fan of the 'Hunting High and Low' album but know shockingly little of their material beyond that, so thanks for the discovery - and the points!

Posted by: Suedehead2 3rd October 2022, 08:24 PM

QUOTE(JaDevil Woman @ Oct 3 2022, 09:18 PM)

Thank you for the bronze medal, Rob I'm a huge fan of 'Enola Gay' and 'Souvenir', plus pointed your OMD entry, I really need to check out more from them.

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 08:24 PM

Yes a great choice from Jester - obviously know and love a-ha's 2 big hits but I feel like I've been somewhat underwhelmed by other songs I've heard from them, not the case for this one at all though, was quite taken aback by the unexpected goth aesthetic but it works really well for them.

Still a fabulous top 5 so far!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:27 PM

15. Bjork

Strangelove is a 1987 single by Depeche Mode. It was remixed for the subsequent Music For The Masses album to fit in with the album's darker sound and it's that version that I prefer myself.

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 08:31 PM

Didn't predict Bjork being the one to send Depeche Mode but another good one from them.

Thanks for the points so far btw top 15 ish is ok with me.

Posted by: Ansel 3rd October 2022, 08:31 PM

Thank you for the points Bjork, finally a second voter I haven't listened to as much of Depeche Mode's discography as I'd like but this one was definitely point-worthy for me.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:31 PM

Oh wow Bjork, so close to an exact point swap! Thank you for the silver medal *.* you can never go wrong with Depeche Mode

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Oct 3 2022, 09:24 PM)

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:32 PM

16. JulianT

Memorabilia was the B side of Soft Cell's debut single, 'A Man Could Get Lost'. This version is a remix which appeared on their 1982 mini album, 'Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing'.

Posted by: Suedehead2 3rd October 2022, 08:32 PM

Pandora's Box is massively underrated (as is the Procol Harum song of the same name)

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:34 PM

Thank you, Julian! Excellent top 2 there - same songs as me but the other way round *.*

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:35 PM

After 16 votes:

1. 81 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
2. 68 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy*
3. 65 Charlie - Spacer Woman
4. 64 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days.......Jester
5. 59 Depeche Mode - Strangelove.......Bjork
6. 55 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul).......awardinary
7. 55 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
8. 53 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak
9. 49 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
10. 38 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
11. 37 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
12. 32 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
13. 32 Book Of Love - Boy
14. 31 Soft Cell - Memorabilia.......JulianT
15. 27 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph.......Roba!
16. 25 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
17. 24 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
18. 24 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
19. 22 Secret Service - Flash In The Night
20. 20 Psyche - Misery.......Dobbo
21. 19 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta
22. 19 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel
23. 13 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
24. 10 Naked Lunch - La Femme
25. 6 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo

Vicious Pink extend their lead to 13 points with John Foxx still in second place. JulianT's 12 points for Charlie move them up from 5th to 3rd. With points from the last two voters, Alexander Robotnick more than doubles his points total.

Posted by: Ansel 3rd October 2022, 08:35 PM

Thanks Julian! seeing a few of my faves in these recent votes so hopefully Camouflage and Book Of Love are in for a climb.

Posted by: Jester 3rd October 2022, 08:36 PM

Thanks for the points so far and the Scoundrel Days love. By far my fave a-ha song.

Really pleased it’s a discovery for some of you too!

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 3rd October 2022, 08:37 PM

Pleased to be mid table-ish! The Soft Cell song is not entirely a crowd pleaser and it’s dubious how much synth there is in it but it was interesting to learn about from my point of view.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:39 PM

17. AH Gold

From 1983, Spacer Woman was written and recorded by Maurice Cavalieri and Giorgio Stefani who were both members of the Italian disco group Firefly. It was the only record they released under the name Charlie.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 08:39 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Oct 3 2022, 09:32 PM)

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:41 PM

Ah so it was AH Gold behind my silver medal, what a fantastic entry and another almost exact point swap, thanks so much for the AH Gold medal <3

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 3rd October 2022, 08:41 PM

Ooh thanks for the points AH Gold and pleased to find out who sent my 12 pointer!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:43 PM

18. fiesta

I Ran was the third single released by the Liverpool group. While it missed the top 40 in the UK, it was a bigger hit overseas, reaching number 1 in Australia and number 9 in the US.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:45 PM

Another 12?! Wow, I'm elated by the amount of love this is getting thanks fiesta! and 'I Ran' is such a tune, was very familiar with it pre-contest but still gave it 6 points <3

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 08:45 PM

Another couple of great choices from Julian and AH Gold! And 'I Ran' is a bit of a classic too of course.

edit: also forgot to comment on Bjork's, really liked that one too - second time this year that song contests on here are widening my knowledge of Depeche Mode's discography after Rollo sending the also great 'Never Let Me Down Again' as his BJSC anniversary entry!

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 08:45 PM

Two maximums in a row for Vicious Pink, surely must be miles in front by now? Jade really is the queen of spin off style contests!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:46 PM

After 18 votes:

1. 105 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
2. 77 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy*
3. 69 Depeche Mode - Strangelove.......Bjork
4. 65 Charlie - Spacer Woman.......AH Gold
5. 65 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak
6. 64 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days.......Jester
7. 55 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul).......awardinary
8. 55 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
9. 54 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran.......fiesta
10. 44 Soft Cell - Memorabilia.......JulianT
11. 44 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
12. 43 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
13. 37 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
14. 34 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph.......Roba!
15. 33 Secret Service - Flash In The Night
16. 32 Book Of Love - Boy
17. 28 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
18. 26 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
19. 24 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
20. 22 Psyche - Misery.......Dobbo
21. 20 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta
22. 19 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel
23. 13 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
24. 10 Naked Lunch - La Femme
25. 6 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo

With two 12s from the last two voters, Vicious Pink surely have an unassailable lead now. John Foxx is still in 2nd place while 10 points from fiesta move Depeche Mode up from 5th to 3rd. 13 points for Soft Cell take them into the top 10.

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 08:48 PM

I'm not sure I'd have called Vicious Pink as such a runaway winner but I'm here for it if it holds that, an inspired choice and a good song (and always happy to see Jade picking up wins in every contest going of course!)

Can I still drop into last for the Brade bookends?

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 3rd October 2022, 08:49 PM

While Vicious Pink would be a great winner why are we treating the other French entry so badly? :'(

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:51 PM

19. Colm

Secret Service are a Swedish group formed in 1979. Flash In The Night was a top 20 hit in several countries. The group finished in 1987 but were revived in 2006.

12 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
10 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)
8 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix)
7 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
6 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
5Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix)
4 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
3 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles
2 Charlie - Spacer Woman
1 Alphaville - Forever Young


Thanks

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 3rd October 2022, 08:51 PM

QUOTE(Silence of the Wombats @ Oct 3 2022, 08:49 PM)

Posted by: Ansel 3rd October 2022, 08:51 PM

QUOTE(Silence of the Wombats @ Oct 3 2022, 09:49 PM)

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:54 PM

Thank you Colm! Really chuffed to be over 100 points.

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 08:54 PM

'Nasz Disneyland' and 'Five Hundred Miles' should be higher than where they are

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:55 PM

20. Suedehead

After trying to enter Soft Cell, who were already taken, Suedehead chose a song by their Some Bizarre label mates, Naked Lunch. The group were formed in 1979 by Tony Mayo but this line-up only lasted until 1981. Tony has continued to use the Naked Lunch name, helped by various other musicians over the years.

Posted by: Colm 3rd October 2022, 08:56 PM

The lack of success for the Bladerunner theme is frankly shocking. It's one of the greatest pieces of music ever. I had to drop it from my top points because I already knew it.

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 08:56 PM

Thanks for the 8 Points Suede!

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 08:56 PM

Oh great choice Suede - that was right up my street! Well, this whole spin-off was to be fair

and... thank you so much for 12 <3 <3

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 3rd October 2022, 08:57 PM

Ah sorry for derailing your plan Suedey!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 08:57 PM

After 20 votes:

1. 122 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
2. 80 Depeche Mode - Strangelove.......Bjork
3. 77 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy*
4. 74 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
5. 72 Charlie - Spacer Woman.......AH Gold
6. 71 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak
7. 64 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days.......Jester
8. 59 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul).......awardinary
9. 57 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran.......fiesta
10. 49 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
11. 45 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
12. 44 Soft Cell - Memorabilia.......JulianT
13. 42 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph.......Roba!
14. 37 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
15. 35 Secret Service - Flash In The Night.......Colm
16. 34 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
17. 33 Book Of Love - Boy
18. 32 Psyche - Misery.......Dobbo
19. 28 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)
20. 28 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta
21. 26 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
22. 19 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel
23. 16 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
24. 10 Naked Lunch - La Femme.......Suedehead
25. 6 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo

Vicious Pink are out of sight now with a 42 point lead! There's still a close battle for 2nd place with Depeche Mode currently occupying that position. 19 points from the last two voters move Camouflage up from 8th to 4th.

Posted by: Suedehead2 3rd October 2022, 09:00 PM

QUOTE(Ghoul Jules @ Oct 3 2022, 09:57 PM)

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 09:01 PM

Thanks Colm for another few points - can I push for 20

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd October 2022, 09:02 PM

Wow, very deserved lead for Vicious Pink! Why did it flop so hard on release? Lack of promo/airplay?

Glad you liked Papa Dance Colm, thank you for the points!

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:02 PM

21. Daan

It was dance mod Daan who entered this disco sounding song from the Italian trio, Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga and Matteo Bonsanto, known collectively as Kano. Can't Hold Back (Your Lovin') is from their second album, 'New York Cake'.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 09:05 PM

Thank you, Dan *.* did not have Kano down as you at all!

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 3rd October 2022, 09:06 PM

Ooh this is more like it, I could push for a mid-table now *.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:06 PM

22. RabbitFurCoat

Boy was the debut single by the American band who were formed in Philadelphia in 1983.

Posted by: awardinary 3rd October 2022, 09:07 PM

Gosh is there anything Jade can’t win.

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 09:09 PM

Oh yay for Mamman managing to make someone's medal positions in the end, definitely wasn't expecting that! Thank you very much Dan <3 (I guess it would kind of make sense for you to be its biggest fan with it appealing to the minimal piano-y side of your taste)

Vicious Pink really just dominating this though, so many 12s!!

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 09:09 PM

The battle of how many 12's John and Vicious Pink recieve continues

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:10 PM

After 22 votes:

1. 138 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
2. 89 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy*
3. 83 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak
4. 83 Depeche Mode - Strangelove.......Bjork
5. 82 Charlie - Spacer Woman.......AH Gold
6. 74 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
7. 65 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran.......fiesta
8. 64 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul).......awardinary
9. 64 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days.......Jester
10. 55 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)
11. 53 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
12. 50 Soft Cell - Memorabilia.......JulianT
13. 48 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph.......Roba!
14. 41 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat
15. 37 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate
16. 36 Secret Service - Flash In The Night.......Colm
17. 33 Book Of Love - Boy.......RabbitFurCoat
18. 32 Psyche - Misery.......Dobbo
19. 28 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving).......Daan
20. 28 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta
21. 26 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
22. 26 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
23. 22 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel
24. 10 Naked Lunch - La Femme.......Suedehead
25. 9 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo

I can now declare Vicious Pink as the winners. Congratulations to Jade. The battle for 2nd place rages on. 12 points from Daan help John Foxx go back to that position while only one point separates the songs in 3rd, 4th and 5th.

Posted by: Ansel 3rd October 2022, 09:10 PM

Ty Dan for a few points there, hopefully that's enough to avoid the bottom of the table!

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 09:11 PM

Oh wow this must surely be the most top scores I've ever received for a song contest entry?! Merci RabbitFurCoat

QUOTE(awardinary @ Oct 3 2022, 10:07 PM)

Gosh is there anything Jade can’t win.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 09:11 PM

Very happy with that win for Vicious Pink… maybe the radio edit would have done worse after all! Or possibly just blitzed everything even more easily

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 09:12 PM

Congrats Jade on already mathematically having the win then! I am quite pleased that this didn't just end up being a win for Pet Shop Boys / Depeche Mode, not that these were super well known songs by them of course but still imagine they will have enjoyed at least a little bit of familiarity bias.

Posted by: awardinary 3rd October 2022, 09:12 PM

Jade about to start her fifth row of widgets then! Congrats

Posted by: jimwatts 3rd October 2022, 09:13 PM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Oct 3 2022, 10:02 PM)

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd October 2022, 09:14 PM

Congrats Jade, such a fantastic track, and I'd never heard of the artist either, a really inspired choice.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 09:14 PM

QUOTE(awardinary @ Oct 3 2022, 10:12 PM)

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:15 PM

23. Addy!

C. C. Catch is a Dutch-born German pop singer whose real name is Caroline Catherine Müller. Cause You Are Young was the second single from her debut album, Catch The Catch.

It's midnight here in L.A.


12. Depeche Mode - Strangelove
10. Camouflage - The Great Commandment
08. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
07. John Foxx - Underpass
06. Naked Lunch - La Femme
05. Secret Service - Flash In The Night
04. Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
03. Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
02. Soft Cell - Memorabilia
01. Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 09:16 PM

Oops no solidarity between the CCC entries

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 09:16 PM

QUOTE(TheInvisibleMan @ Oct 3 2022, 10:14 PM)

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 3rd October 2022, 09:17 PM

Congrats Jade on a quite spectacular win! Didn't see this landslide coming at all, but I'm really pleased an inspired song won and a great one at that. Rooting for Charlie or John Foxx to get 2nd!

QUOTE(awardinary @ Oct 3 2022, 10:12 PM)

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 09:17 PM

Catchy song there Addy, just not enough for points but another jam.

Posted by: awardinary 3rd October 2022, 09:19 PM

QUOTE(WaspBrë @ Oct 3 2022, 10:16 PM)

I figured we could rely on Wardy asking for one to be made

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:20 PM

24. Harve

Twist Of Fate was from the soundtrack to the 1983 film 'Two Of A Kind' which reunited Olivia with John Travolta. It was a top 5 single in the US.

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 09:21 PM

Yes Congrats Jade on yet another spin off win. Gosh. A very deserving win and as mentioned by others very inspired winner too so that's also a big positive.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 09:22 PM

Another 12!! I really had no idea what I had in my hands thanks so much Harve 🥰

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:24 PM

25. ClaudiaKinkleman

Camouflage are a German group formed in 1983 and still going today. The Great Commandment reached number 1 on the US Dance Chart in 1988.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:27 PM

The final scoreboard:

1. 155 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade
2. 101 Depeche Mode - Strangelove.......Bjork
3. 96 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak (15 votes)
4. 96 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy* (12 votes)
5. 91 Camouflage - The Great Commandment.......ClaudiaKinkleman
6. 82 Charlie - Spacer Woman.......AH Gold
7. 76 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days.......Jester
8. 73 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran.......fiesta
9. 67 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul).......awardinary
10. 65 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version).......Addy!
11. 63 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts
12. 56 Soft Cell - Memorabilia.......JulianT
13. 49 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate.......Harve
14. 48 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat (11 votes)
15. 48 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph.......Roba! (10 votes)
16. 41 Secret Service - Flash In The Night.......Colm
17. 35 Book Of Love - Boy.......RabbitFurCoat
18. 34 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl
19. 32 Psyche - Misery.......Dobbo
20. 31 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta
21. 29 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving).......Daan
22. 28 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel
23. 26 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë
24. 19 Naked Lunch - La Femme.......Suedehead
25. 9 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo

Vicious Pink finish with a winning margin of 54 points. In second place are Depeche Mode with the same number of points as the number of shows that they performed on their Music For The Masses Tour which is why the live album from that tour is called 101. The Pet Shop Boys and John Foxx have to be separated by a tie-break for 3rd place while Camouflage fill the final top 5 position.

Posted by: TheInvisibleMan 3rd October 2022, 09:29 PM

Ousted from the podium by the late votes booooo!

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd October 2022, 09:30 PM

What a decisive win! I thought PSB would but happy my 12 pointer did. A nice mix of the well known artists with unfamiliar songs and inspired songs and artists in the top ten there.

I can't say I'm surprised with my result, it's quite something to miss the bottom five in the end after only scraping four votes together, I'm glad they were mostly high points so the people that enjoyed it really did <3

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd October 2022, 09:32 PM

Many thanks for getting this underway quickly and hosting Rollo, I really did make more discoveries than I expected so participating in this was a very worthy exercise.

Posted by: awardinary 3rd October 2022, 09:32 PM

QUOTE(awardinary @ Oct 3 2022, 10:19 PM)

Hey it’s not for me! Jade might not want one anyway.

But if I were to select something that described best song contest ever in a retro forum it would be a jukebox!

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 09:33 PM

Thank you for the final boost of points, Callum <3 happy that I managed to sneak your song into my votes also!

I am absolutely over the moon by the performance of this entry! I did hope it would catch on, even in all of its 7 minute extended glory (I mean that could only ever be the way in a Rollo-hosted contest!), but never did I think it would be to this extent. All of the 12s have been quite the sight. I'm really having a banner year for side contests with wins in Worldvision VI, Pride III, Club Bizarre and now the inaugural edition of The Best Song Contest In The World.....Ever *.* thanks so much for all of the support for Vicious Pink, so thrilled to have unearthed that gem from the archives.

And oh yes, powers that be, please feel free to create a widget for this contest as an early Christmas present, if you would like

what a first edition, thank you Rollo for your top hosting skills and I was so pleased by the quality of the contest. Really good results too - Vicious Pink aside, my bronze medal Depeche Mode finished 2nd and my gold (Hashim) and silver (Charlie) both achieved top 10 positions too, yay!

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 3rd October 2022, 09:35 PM

Pleased to just about be on the left hand side in my first ever Buzzjack song contest! Many congratulations Jade - yours really stood out from the field and it was well deserved.

And thanks so much Rollo for organising - was absolutely brilliantly done!

More about one of the first ever acid house tracks here:
https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/v7dmdd/soft-cell-memorabilia-anniver-first-ever-ecstasy-song

Posted by: Roba! 3rd October 2022, 09:35 PM

15th is still not as bad as it could be. Shame 'Underpass' slipped to 4th after battling with Jade on 12's but you can't deny Depeche and PSB their popularity in these things.

I did predict 'Le Femme' to be last so that coming 2nd to last was almost spot on. Aw at the host coming last. Didn't mind the song at all personally. Thanks for hosting this Rollo and be interested to see another 80's one in the future

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 3rd October 2022, 09:39 PM

Well I'll definitely take 14th after flopping for so long! Thanks to all who voted for this iconic piece, FOR SHAME though for disrespecting one of the best...OK, OK I'll shut up now x

I enjoyed most of that top 10, the PSB/Depeche Mode ones just missed my votes and very pleased to see all of my top 3 make it in. Problemes D'Amour still robbed though x

Thanks for hosting Rollo, a great first edition of this, very much here for this becoming a regular/semi-regular thing

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:42 PM

It was great to see that more than half of the entrants were following the results live. Thanks for all the comments. I really enjoyed hosting this.

What a great winning song by Vicious Pink.

A shame about poor Thomas Dolby. Other songs by him would have done a bit better maybe but Windpower is my favourite.

Posted by: jimwatts 3rd October 2022, 09:42 PM

Congratulations Jade! Delighted to see Vicious Pink win and Camouflage make the top 5, by far my two favourite discoveries in this contest, with Depeche Mode, John Foxx and PSB (who just missed out on my vote) completing 2-4! I'm happy with top half for Alphaville, all things considered - hopefully at least more people will have heard their original now.

Thank you Rollo for hosting this contest and the mods for supporting it, I hope there will be another one soon!

Posted by: ClaudiaKinkleman 3rd October 2022, 09:43 PM

5th seems to be my lucky placement for any song contest in which I do well! Thank you for your votes everyone, and thank you for the contest Rollo

Posted by: ClaudiaKinkleman 3rd October 2022, 09:43 PM

Also congrats Jade fab song

Posted by: Daan 3rd October 2022, 09:44 PM

very impressive lead for Jade, I don't imagine the English radio edit version would have done quite so well.
could've potentially scored a couple more points off me with a few more listens, as it did grow on listen #2 and again just now, but it clearly didn't need those.
Underpass was easily the best discovery of the lot here, so glad that did well too.
Five Hundred Miles is really lovely too, shame my 10 points ended up being over a third of its total.
Sad that Kano ended up bottom five too though I weren't expecting to end up in the top half anyway.

Posted by: Ansel 3rd October 2022, 09:47 PM

22nd out of 25 is not ideal but the quality was so ridiculously high that I can't really complain there! I've already said but this has been my favourite contest edition across the entire forum, perfect choice of theme and an incredible set of entries. Thank you to the few fans of Problèmes d'Amour, I think it's a great little Italo disco number and I'd definitely recommend trawling through the various different versions on Spotify (I've counted 11 or 12 different edits/mixes, oh the fun of retro songs).
Congrats Jade on the win, great to see a more obscure track take the top spot! Despite some of the big names here, I came into this knowing only two songs (I Ran and Forever Young), both of which I love and consider huge 80s classics so it's nice that some other songs have had their chance to shine. Thanks to Rollo for hosting such a great contest, looking forward to this contest becoming a tradition - I've already got a potential for next time

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 3rd October 2022, 09:48 PM

QUOTE(King Rollo @ Oct 3 2022, 10:42 PM)

QUOTE(awardinary @ Oct 3 2022, 10:32 PM)

Here you go Jade…

Posted by: WaspBrë 3rd October 2022, 09:51 PM

Casually beating 2nd place by more than 50%, wow, that has to be one of the most dominant winners in any contest on here!

The predictable Depeche Mode & Pet Shop Boys lining up just behind in the end then, I'm glad Depeche Mode did better out of the two at least! And lots more of my faves in the top 10 - John Foxx, Charlie, a-ha and Hashim

I did bump Book Of Love up to my 1 point partly as I felt it might be underrated and indeed seems to be the case, I really liked the use of the tubular bells in it, made it stand out a fair bit for me! Disappointing and a bit more surprising to see Psyche also so low though

3rd from last is 2 places higher than I expected so no complaints from me, I'm glad it stood out from the pack a bit for at least a small handful of people, especially Dan!

Thanks for running this Rollo (+ the retro mods), definitely down for these contests to continue as a new regular series if the quality of this one is anything to go by! Maybe next time I'll try harder to find something that might actually do well haha.

(also that suggested jukebox widget looks perfect!)

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd October 2022, 09:58 PM

For anyone who liked Strangelove, this is the much better remixed album version which has a longer intro:

Posted by: AH Gold 3rd October 2022, 10:36 PM

Wow 6th place!!! I’m surprised and delighted by this. More than makes up for the rather awful day I’ve had at work, and my recent BJSC DNQ of course

I didn’t think it was Jade behind my 12pointer and the rightful winner. What a discovery that was! I was instantly hooked. Thank you Jade for bringing that into my life! 😂

Thanks Rollo for the fab hosting and instigating this contest. I’m already looking forward to the next one ❤️

Posted by: Addy! 4th October 2022, 03:20 AM

Congrats Jade, I liked your entry and it was one of the two songs I had to cut it off for the points but glad to see that they were not needed in the end lol.

Happy with that Top 10 position for C C Catch.

Great hosting Rollo and looking forward to second edition (hopefully this will be done 4 contests a year like Club Bizarre).

Posted by: Bjork 4th October 2022, 05:35 AM

oh missed the reveal show, but glad to finish 2nd with DM! My original choice was New Order-bizarre love triangle but that was vetoed, then Never Let me Down again, which was vetoed too, so finally settled with Strangelove, which I think it's a bit of a lot jewel in DM's discography.

congrats Jade, your song was an instant fav and in my top 2 by miles together with Camouflage.

funnily Scoundrel Days was one of the first (or maybe even the first) albums I bought was a kid, but I didn't recall the title track for the heck of it

Posted by: Colm 4th October 2022, 05:46 AM

Well done, Jade.

I'm glad one of the more famous artists didn't run away with this.

Posted by: Jester 4th October 2022, 06:15 AM

Congrats Jade! Fab song.

Chuffed at A-ha coming 7th

Posted by: gooddelta 4th October 2022, 09:21 AM

QUOTE(TheInvisibleMan @ Oct 3 2022, 10:11 PM)

Very happy with that win for Vicious Pink… maybe the radio edit would have done worse after all! Or possibly just blitzed everything even more easily

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 4th October 2022, 03:41 PM

The devil works hard but Joseph works harder... *.*

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th October 2022, 04:08 PM

QUOTE(King Rollo @ Oct 3 2022, 07:35 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th October 2022, 04:17 PM

QUOTE(King Rollo @ Oct 3 2022, 08:24 PM)

Posted by: Dobbo. 4th October 2022, 04:21 PM

Many congrats Jade, another song contest chalked off!

So actually when I was searching for an entry for this I did come across both Underpass & Cccan't You See. I really liked the former but saw it was a top 40 hit and wanted to send something more obscure and as for the latter... I found it pretty boring tbh so to see this kind of landslide is somewhat bewildering!

Not me not only giving Nasz Disneyland it's first points but also the full amount. I swear this literally happened in another contest earlier this year too. This song was a clear favourite for me!

Can't be too unhappy with my song's performance as this is far far away from a genre I know much about! I did have another song I was considering which I may reserve for a future contest, I imagine it might have actually performed better than Misery in the end.

A big thanks to King Rollo for hosting this inaugural contest.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th October 2022, 04:35 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Oct 3 2022, 09:13 PM)

I think John would enter Pet Shop Boys in every contest going if he could

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th October 2022, 04:40 PM

QUOTE(JaDevil Woman @ Oct 3 2022, 09:18 PM)

Thank you for the bronze medal, Rob I'm a huge fan of 'Enola Gay' and 'Souvenir', plus pointed your OMD entry, I really need to check out more from them.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th October 2022, 05:02 PM

Sorry I missed the live results, I was at a pub quiz coming 3rd. Well that was an omen! What questions got us the bottle of wine? Name the 5 Original cast Star trek films after Motion Picture. Star Trek geek me...

Thanks Rollo for the fab hosting and organising, much appreciated, and Jade, wow! You really do have the knack for these contests! Amazing an unknown song did so well, well done and also everyone else who took a risk. When I saw the list of songs entered I almost vetoed my own as the cheapest entry so it was nice an unknown won.

Posted by: HappiestSadGirl 4th October 2022, 05:51 PM

This was such a fun round, thanks for hosting this, Rollo, and of course lots of congratulations to Jade for winning - what an iconic song! Let's do this again SOON!
I had hoped Toni would do a little better, but well, better luck next time... I have loads of 80's songs in my list of potentials from the Retro Song Contest at the PopJustice forum

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 7th October 2022, 04:37 PM

Been a busy week so only just properly caught up with this. Incredible and fully deserving winner. Not often in song contests where a discovery is something I find better than my own entry, but this was definitely one of them.

Pleased Boy managed to rack up a decent number of votes, even if it didn't quite manage any big scores. Of Book of Love's four singles which are their most popular on Spotify, that is my favourite so wanted to enter that even if it might not have been the one to do best here

Posted by: WoW73 13th November 2022, 10:06 AM

Any chance of doing Vol. 2 for this? Maybe early next year?

Posted by: Jester 13th November 2022, 11:30 AM

QUOTE(WoW73 @ Nov 13 2022, 10:06 AM)

Posted by: awardinary 15th January 2023, 03:18 PM

Im curious to know if this contest will be returning in the near future? Maybe after the current Club Bizarre contest finishes? Hopefully we can step into the 90’s era with the next theme.

Posted by: Jester 15th January 2023, 03:20 PM

Yes, it will be back in February. More details to follow soon.

Posted by: awardinary 15th January 2023, 03:25 PM

Yay fab! Had to remind myself of the last winner… and with it being Jade… I guess we can expect something dark and mysterious from the last century! *.*

Posted by: calxyum 4th June 2024, 03:04 AM

Can we have another 80s synth contest? I’ve been reminiscing on this contest and I think there’s so much untapped material that could constitute such a great second edition