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1970s, 1980s & 1990s Top 40 Runners Up Rate

So far, we've crowned the winners of the 70s, 80s and 90s Top 40 rates. But what about those which came second? Below are all the tracks which just missed out on a place in the Ultimate Top 40 finals. Rate your faves and the results will be revealed commencing 4/5/2016. You can vote in all, or some. It's up to you.

1970s

1. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
2. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army
3. Carly Simon - You're So Vain
4. Isaac Hayes - Theme From 'Shaft'
5. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
6. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
7. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
8. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
9. Rose Royce - Car Wash
10. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
11. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
12. Blondie - Picture This
13. Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Teenage Dream
14. Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy
15. Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
16. Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
17. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
18. Bill Withers - Lean On Me
19. X Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescence
20. Buzzcocks - Promises
21. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
22. Doors - Riders On The Storm
23. Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby
24. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
25. The Clash - English Civil War (Johnny Comes Marching Home)
26. Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
27. The Jam - News Of The World
28. Matt Monro - And You Smiled
29. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
30. Television - Marquee Moon
31. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
32. James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
33. Pretenders - Kid
34. Buzzcocks - Love You More
35. Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
36. The Jam - Modern World
37. Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
38. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
39. Small Faces - Lazy Sunday
40. Donna Summer - Could It Be Magic
41-75. The Slits - Typical Girls/I Heard It Through The Grapevine

1980s

1. Black Box - Ride On Time
2. The Pogues Feat Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
3. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
4. Madonna - Open Your Heart
5. Kate Bush - Babooshka
6. Teardrop Explodes - Reward
7. Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me
8. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
9. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
10. Michael Jackson - Thriller
11. Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
12. Kim Wilde - Cambodia
13. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
14. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
15. Cure - In Between Days
16. Lightning Seeds - Pure
17. Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
18. Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer
19. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
20. New Order - Touched By The Hand Of God
21. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
22. Cure - Boys Don't Cry
23. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
24. Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
25. Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
26. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
27. Damned - Alone Again Or
28. New Order - Shellshock
29. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops
30. The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
31. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
32. Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
33. Abba - Thank You For The Music
34. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty
35. Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
36. Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It
37. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
38. Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
39. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
40. Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby
41-75. Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

1990s

1. Cher - Believe
2. Madonna - Ray Of Light
3. Everything But The Girl - Missing
4. Janet Jackson - Together Again
5. Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight
6. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
7. Pulp - Disco 2000
8. Len - Steal My Sunshine
9. Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
10. Massive Attack - Teardrop
11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Feat Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
12. Bjork & David Arnold - Play Dead
13. Duran Duran - Come Undone
14. Janet Jackson - If
15. Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
16. Madonna - Take A Bow
17. B-52s - Roam
18. Solid Harmonie - I'll Be There For You
19. Dubstar - Not So Manic Now
20. Ace Of Base - Lucky Love
21. Chemical Brothers - Out Of Control
22. Kylie Minogue - Some Kind Of Bliss
23. Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison
24. Lightning Seeds - Marvellous
25. James - Laid
26. Mercury Rev - Goddess On A Hiway
27. Cranberries - Dreams
28. George Michael - Freedom!
29. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
30. Placebo - Teenage Angst
31. Army Of Lovers - Crucified
32. Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
33. Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time?
34. Tricky - Overcome
35. Beck - Where It's At
36. Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
37. Cher - Save Up All Your Tears
38. Mariah Carey - Someday
39. R.E.M - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
40. Breeders - Cannonball (EP)
41-75. Cher - Heart Of Stone

You can vote as follows:

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or:

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or:

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+26
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If there are any ties, then they'll be separated by the most +40s, +39s etc. Good luck

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 12th May 2016, 01:14 AM