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> Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 6 Single - The Final, The winner is announced
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post 20th March 2024, 08:49 PM
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'Cha Cha Cha' is my favourite to drop out so far! I do find it difficult to compare really recent songs to established classics, but it was such a moment at Eurovision last year and love that a Finnish-language song went top 10 in the U.K. chart.
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post 20th March 2024, 11:27 PM
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Mar 20 2024, 08:26 PM) *
Deeper and Deeper far too low. It’s overlooked in general though so it did pretty well to make the final

Yeah, pretty much this. It's such an under-rated song.

'Don't Let Me Get Me' deserved to be higher too, it was the first song P!nk released that really made me sit up and take notice and arguably the single that transitioned her from R&B/pop to the pop/rock sound she's now known for.
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King Rollo
post 21st March 2024, 06:31 PM
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44. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 759pts

Writer - Vanessa Carlton
Top scores - Alex! 46, coi 46, AaronTM 45
Low scores - marcinjaro 1, Popchartfreak 1, ElectroBoy 2
Average score - 21.7


This was the debut single and only top 40 solo hit for the singer from Pennsylvania. The follow-up singles only got to 53 and 94. She had a further top 20 hit as the featured singer on 'Big Yellow Taxi' by Counting Crows.

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King Rollo
post 21st March 2024, 07:02 PM
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43. John Farnham - You're The Voice 776pts

Writers - Chris Thompson, Maggie Ryder, Andy Qunta, Keith Reid
Top scores - StoneDragon 46, rio309 44, marcinjaro 44
Low scores - ...ready for it 2, West 2, Dotty New Year 2
Average score - 22.2


And here's another one that was the only top 40 hit for its singer. Things went a bit differently after this in his own country of Australia with the album it was taken from, 'Whispering Jack', becoming the second biggest selling album of all time there (now in third place) and being followed by six more number 1 albums. One of the song's co-writers, Chris Thompson, sang lead vocal on 'Blinded By The Light' by Manfred Mann's Earth Band which failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

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post 21st March 2024, 07:27 PM
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42. Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life 781pts

Writers - John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Franke Previte
Top scores - Grandwicky 47, vibe 46, JackJones 44
Low scores - ElectroBoy 1, JulianT 1, Uls2000 2
Average score - 22.3


Taken from the film 'Dirty Dancing', this song did the award hat-trick of Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy. It was also a number 1 single in the US. Both singers had already reached the top of the charts there, Bill Medley as one of the Righteous Brothers and Jennifer Warnes with Joe Cocker. Among the singers to turn down the song were Donna Summer, Daryl Hall and Kim Carnes.

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post 21st March 2024, 07:41 PM
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One of my faves (You're The Voice - doubly so since the Partridge movie!) and one of my least faves out in succession there
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post 21st March 2024, 07:45 PM
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Did not not BM was in the righteous brothers!
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post 21st March 2024, 10:36 PM
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I had no idea Bill Medley was one half of the Righteous Brothers either ohmy.gif
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post 22nd March 2024, 03:51 AM
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I had a WTF moment when I discovered John Farnham was one of the finalists. He is the annoying voice definitely. drama.gif

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post 22nd March 2024, 12:14 PM
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Yeah, sorry for Vanessa and Käärijä as I'm not participating in the final. This month has been so busy for me.
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post 22nd March 2024, 06:29 PM
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41. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 791pts

Writers - Hot Chip
Top scores - RabbitFurCoat 48, detonate 47, coi 44
Low scores - Mack. 2, StoneDragon 3, Mango 4, Alex! 4
Average score - 22.6


Taken from the London group's third album, 'Made In The Dark', this was their only top 10 single. Their two other top 40 hits were 'Over And Over' (27) and 'Boy From School' (40).

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post 22nd March 2024, 06:54 PM
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40. Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories - Stay (I Missed You) 796pts

Writer - Lisa Loeb
Top scores - Jester 49, marcinjaro 46, DarrenJames 46
Low scores - Chez Wombat 1, seven. 3, danG 4
Average score - 22.7


This song featured on the soundtrack to the 1994 film 'Reality Bites' after being put forward by Lisa Loeb's neighbour Ethan Hawke. It spent three weeks at number 1 in the US, making her the first artist to top the Billboard chart before being signed to any record label. It was her only UK top 40 hit.

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post 22nd March 2024, 07:10 PM
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39. Macy Gray - I Try 798pts

Writers - Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, Jinsoo Lim, David Wilder
Top scores - dandy* 48, Mango 46, xajnipi 46
Low scores - Mack. 1, Liamski689 2, seven. 2
Average score - 22.8


This was the first of five top 40 singles for the singer from Ohio. In 2001, it won the Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

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post 22nd March 2024, 07:18 PM
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Macy robbed! Definitely one of the very best 90s soul songs, I also loved how gradually it climbed to #6 in an era where singles rarely managed to climb the chart at all


Really like the other two today as well. Seems amazing in retrospect that Hot Chip ever managed a top 10 single.
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post 22nd March 2024, 07:33 PM
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A Thousand Miles and You're The Voice are my favourites to drop out so far, both a bit cliched/overplayed and of their time, but it works so much that they still sound like great time capsules. Time of My Life is a similarly great 80s cheesy moment.

No other massive favourites to drop, though I did rather like Ready for the Floor at the time and a rather unconventional top 10!
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post 22nd March 2024, 08:23 PM
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I love all 3 from today. 2 brilliant 90s songs and Hot Chip, which must have suffered due to Bray not voting in the final.
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post 22nd March 2024, 11:03 PM
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Mar 22 2024, 07:18 PM) *
Macy robbed! Definitely one of the very best 90s soul songs, I also loved how gradually it climbed to #6 in an era where singles rarely managed to climb the chart at all

Absolutely this. She has one of the most unique voices in music and both this single and follow-up 'Still' are just stunning. She deserved so much more success than she ever had.
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post 23rd March 2024, 06:32 PM
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38. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 805pts

Writers - Natasha Bedingfield, Danielle Brisebois, Wayne Rodrigues
Top scores - Alex! 50, AaronTM 47, West 45
Low scores - Grandwicky 1, DarrenJames 5, dandy* 5, Uls2000 5
Average score - 23


From 2004, this was Natasha Bedingfield's third top 10 single. It was the most played record on US radio in 2006 after it was chosen to be the theme song for the MTV reality television series 'The Hills'. Unwritten has recently had a resurgence and is currently at number 12, having spent the last ten weeks in the top 20.

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post 23rd March 2024, 06:54 PM
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37. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 806pts

Writers - James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Top scores - Grandwicky 50, RabbitFurCoat 46, Jade 43
Low scores - Mack. 4, Popchartfreak 4, Dotty New Year 4
Average score - 23


Metallica were formed in Los Angeles in 1981 and have had nineteen top 40 hits of which Nothing Else Matters is the sixth.

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post 23rd March 2024, 07:14 PM
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36. Prince and The Revolution - Kiss 822pts

Writer - Prince
Top scores - Uls2000 48, Leonardo 47, ...ready for it 44
Low scores - coi 1, Jade 2, JulianT 3
Average score - 23.5


The first of two songs by Prince drops out today. From 1986, it was his fifth top 10 single and a third number 1 in his own country. Just two years later, a cover version by The Art Of Noise featuring Tom Jones peaked one place higher at number 5.



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