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75. Keep On Pumpin' It (ft Visionmasters & Tony King) | 5.285 (Highest Scores: 9: Feel the Fever), Lowest Scores: 3.5/3: (Nina West, Red Blooded Man, HausofHitchcock)
74. All I See | 5.48 Highest Scores: 11: (ready for it), Lowest Scores: 0: (Stuart25)
73. New York City | 5.66 Highest Scores: 10: (___∆___,dabblie, ready for it, Nick F1), Lowest Scores: 1: (Pippa, Feel The Fever)
72. If You Were With Me Now (ft Keith Washington) | 5.666 Highest Scores: 10: (___∆___, Dannyboy), Lowest Scores; 1: (Tawdry Hepburn)
71. Higher (ft Taio Cruz) | 5.687 Highest Scores: 10: (elf), Lowest Scores: 1: (Red Blooded Man, Stuart25)



At #75 is one of Kylie's earliest collaborations Keep On Pumpin' It, a single by British producers duo Visionmasters (Paul Taylor and Danny Hybrid) and DJ Tony King. It samples Freestyle Orchestra's "Keep On Pumping It Up" & Kylie's track from her 4th studio album "I Guess I Like It Like That". The track was released in November 1991 & peaked at #49 on the UK singles chart. This marks an interesting little experiment for Kylie at this early stage in her career, already showing diversity with this underground club track. Okay I wouldn't call this a dance classic by any means, but its a good example of an artist trying something new that she would do better in later years.

At #74 is All I See, released in March 2008 as the lead single for the US market from her 10th studio album X. A version featuring rapper Mims was released to radio formats and included as a bonus track on the American edition of said album. The song contains an interpolation from Gap Band's "Outstanding". Musically the song is an R&B/Pop song that was chosen for the American market in order to boost her image there, but the song only managed to chart at #3 on the US Dance charts, as well as managing a #81 peak on the Canadian charts. Honestly think that they missed the mark by releasing as not only were there far better choices on the album, but it also doesn't represent the overall sound of it either, as this is rather low key. However this does have a nice mellow sound to it with some smooth & soothing vocals that flows along quite nicely. This is B-Side material at best.

At #73 is New York City, which was originally written for her 14th studio album Golden, but wasn't included on the final tracklist. However Kylie did showcase its demo on her 'Kylie Presents Golden' promo tour in New York, then again on her Golden tour as part of a Studio 54 medley, where it received acclaim from both fans and critics. The song was later included on her 4th major Greatest hits album Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection where it was released as the lead single in May 2019. The song's recorded version contains a sample of Mylo's 'Drop The Pressure'' . When this first came out I really liked it as its a very fun little bop with some fun upbeat synth sounds & punchy production with a cool electronic vibe to it. Sure this won't go down as one of Kylie's strongest singles that doesn't really hold up, but its a nice little addition to her Greatest hits album.

I bet this will come as a surprise to many, in at #72 we have If You Were With Me Now, released in October 1991 as the 2nd single from her 4th studio album Let's Get To It & features American R&B singer Keith Washington. The song was released due to its favourable radio reaction, as originally 'Finer Feelings' was due to be released but was held back in favour of this as this was probably seen as a safer option. In the UK the song put her back into the top 5 with a #4 peak as well as being her first hit single to feature Kylie as a co-writer. Elsewhere it managed a top 10 peak in Ireland, but didn't fare quite as well in her home country Australia by reaching a #23 peak, along with top 40 in Belgium, then lower peaks in Netherlands & Germany. Despite both artists recording their parts separately this is still a pretty gorgeous ballad with some superbly emotional vocals on both sides. The production really gives this that slushy Disney ballad vibe, but its still a rather beautiful number even if it doesn't quite stand out in Kylie's discography. Plus whatever did happen to Keith Washington.

The last of this bunch is another big hit Higher, which was originally written for Kylie's 11th studio album Aphrodite, but plans fell through & was later given to English singer Taio Cruz as he was one of the writers & producers on the song where he recorded it as a solo on his 2nd studio album Rokstarr. The track was later released as the album's 5th single & was re-recorded to feature Kylie for the European market, while American rapper featured on it for the American market. Upon release the song was a massive success by reaching a #8 peak in the UK , as well as top 5 peaks in Norway, Poland, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, New Zealand & Slovakia, & top 10 peaks in 7 other countries, then top 20/40 everywhere else. At the time this was a fun catchy little bop that really gets stuck in your head & plus it was nice to see Kylie back in the top 10 again (even if it was her final time), but now it comes across as rather dated & very phoned in. No wonder Taio's career soon fizzled out after this, as this cynical formula was becoming fast becoming stale.