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 May 17 2020, 01:45 PM
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Welcome to the results page for the Week 7 quiz, which really was: to guess the songs that have been at the most different chart positions!
Entrants: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, Jade, coi, Riser, Rush, MrAndrewMan, dan-G, StoneDragon Happy to have 11 entrants and it’s about what I expected at the beginning of the week. This was always likely to be one of the less attended quizzes of the series, if not the least. I’d agree that it’s a slightly odd concept, and most certainly niche interest, even on this forum, but I thought maybe there was some quiz potential in it as a complete one-off, so here we are. It also means everyone's guaranteed at least 20 points for the leaderboard  I’ll start posting the answers soon. I have most of it prepped, but need to work in everyone’s results and a bit of formatting etc. so this might take a few hours, but I’ll try to get there by First Look time! |
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May 17 2020, 01:50 PM
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A reminder of the questions for the first part:
Part 1: 12 songs with most positions held in the UK Singles Top 40 Positions held in the Top 8 for Songs A-I shown below: 1st=| 31 positions | Song A: 1-4, 6-8... 1st=| 31 positions | Song B: 2-8... 3rd=| 29 positions | Bill Haley and his Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955): 1-9, 12-15, 17-20, 22, 24-27, 29-33, 35, 38 3rd=| 29 positions | Song C: 1-8... 3rd=| 29 positions | Song D: 2-6, 8... 3rd=| 29 positions | Song E: 2-3, 5-8... 7th=| 28 positions | Song F: 1-4, 6-7... 7th=| 28 positions |Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore (1961): 2, 5-20, 22-23, 27, 30-33, 35, 38-40 7th=| 28 positions | Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969): 5-7, 9, 16-18, 20-40 10th=| 27 positions | Song G: 1-2, 4-6... 10th=| 27 positions | Song H: 1, 3-7... 10th=| 27 positions | Song I: 3-7... |
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May 17 2020, 01:50 PM
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 Alone and wounded
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My goal is to come top 10 which is hopefully not too difficult with 11 players
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May 17 2020, 01:52 PM
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 This is where you end and I begin
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Yay us 11 are going to do very well!
Tbh we should get double points for entering. 
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May 17 2020, 02:00 PM
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In each of the first 15 questions, there were 2 points for the correct song (title only needed), or 1 point for guessing the song elsewhere in your answers for A-O.
OK here’s the first couple: A: Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved Top 40 debut 2019 | Weeks 66 | Positions 31 | Rank 1st= 1-4, 6-11, 13-15, 18-31, 34, 36-38 2 points: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, Jade, coi, Riser, Rush, MrAndrewMan, dan-G, StoneDragon We begin with a song we all know and (some of us) love. What is there that hasn’t already been said about it? When I first compiled this list in early February it hadn’t made the top ten here, but an extended run back on SCR that saw it pick each up #6 to #8, plus more new places on the way down, has propelled it to the joint summit of this particular chart  so... congrats Lewis! And to all 11 of you who got this correct.B: Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York Top 40 debut 1987 | Weeks 70 | Positions 31 | Rank 1st= 2-20, 22-24, 26-27, 31-33, 36, 38-40 2 points: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, coi, Riser, Rush, StoneDragon 1 point: MrAndrewMan (Song D) Originally written in 1985, with the female vocals intended for then-Pogues bassist Cait O’Riordan before the now-late Kirsty was brought on board, the 1987 Christmas #2 has taken on a life of its own in the digital era, revisiting the Top 20 annually for 15 years and counting (many of those in the Top 10) which has helped it cover every position there except the top spot! Adding in a few forays in the lower end of the Top 40, including a 1991 re-release which OCC lists separately, sees it sitting pretty at the top of this particular tree, or at least it did until the Capaldi came along. This post has been edited by jimwatts: May 20 2020, 01:51 PM |
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May 17 2020, 02:01 PM
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Well at least I got the first one right
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May 17 2020, 02:20 PM
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Incorrect guesses for B were Valerie (Jade) and Take Me To Church (dan-G), both long-running #2s which did indeed visit each of positions 2-8, so were very good guesses. The latter made 26 positions in the Top 40 so only just missed out on this list!
C: Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud Top 40 debut 2014 | Weeks 56 | Positions 29 | Rank 3rd= 1-8, 10, 12-14, 16-20, 23-26, 28-32, 34-35, 38 2 points:M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, Jade, coi, Riser, Rush, dan-G 1 point:MrAndrewMan (Song I) It was inevitable Ed would be here and with this song first. It still has the longest unbroken Top 40 run in history, starting out as an album track then pushed as single all the way to #1 for two separate weeks, before falling slowly back down, in the pre-ACR, pre-3-track rule, early days of streams being counted. It’s also (as far as I know) the only song that’s been at every position in the Top 8 this century. StoneDragon had Ed Sheeran hits in two answers including one here, but unfortunately not this song! |
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May 17 2020, 02:23 PM
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I knew looking up Ed Sheeran chart-runs would be a good idea
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May 17 2020, 02:33 PM
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D: John Legend - All Of Me
Top 40 debut 2014 | Weeks 54 | Positions 29 | Rank 3rd= 2-6, 8-11, 13-15, 17-20, 22-24, 26, 28-29, 31, 33-34, 36-37, 39-40 2 points: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, Jade, coi, Rush, dan-G, StoneDragon 1 point: MrAndrewMan (Song E) Before he |
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May 17 2020, 02:36 PM
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Seems like I've got them all in the wrong order
Oh well at least I got the right songs I guess 
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May 17 2020, 02:47 PM
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E: Wham! - Last Christmas
Top 40 debut 1984 | Weeks 57 | Positions 29 | Rank 3rd= 2-3, 5-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 18-21, 23-24, 26-29, 32-36, 38-40 2 points: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, coi, Rush, StoneDragon 1 point: Riser (Song L) An instant colossal seller and #2 behind Band Aid, this, the foremost eternal reminder of George Michael’s talent, climbed back to #6 the next Christmas. It returned to the Top 10 at #7 following his tragic passing in 2016 and has made the Top 3 every year since. I’ve included videos in this results thread as we usually do, so what better reason to listen to Christmas songs in May. Jade went for Nickelback’s Rockstar which was very close to matching the places I gave in the question. |
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May 17 2020, 02:48 PM
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It was worth sitting through 'All On Me' being in the chart forever for the purpose of this game at least
I feel like such a fool for thinking hmm Christmas songs probably won't feature 
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May 17 2020, 02:51 PM
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QUOTE(jimwatts @ May 18 2020, 12:20 AM)  C: Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud There are a couple more!It’s also (as far as I know) the only song that’s been at every position in the Top 8 this century. David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium: 16-31-53-61R(19)-8-3-2-{1}-2-4-5-7-8-6-7-8-7-11-19-19-15-21-26-32-39-39-43-39-31-30-35-36-43-50-56-59R(2)-56-57-69-63-61-48-56-57-39-48-63-75-47R(7)-60-47R(9)-38-37-66-71R(12)-58R(2)-59-61-65-60R(6)-74->61 Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?: {1}-2-1-1-2-1-1-5-7-6-7-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-3-4-4-8-13-14-16-17-19-19-23-26-27-29-32-38-48-47-48-51-57-59-63-64-71-70R(2)-66-69-67-72->48 and, surprisingly, Ne-Yo - Closer: 22-24-12-7-5-3-2-{1}-2-4-6-4-6-8-11-12-16-22-27-26-28-33-37-42-46-55-63-65-68-66R(5)-62->31 This may not be 100% complete if there are any others where the OCC changed the song's credit part-way (eg 'Cheerleader' not listing the remix at first). (I used a spreadsheet of the charts to look this up but, for the record, I didn't use it for my quiz answers) QUOTE(jimwatts @ May 18 2020, 12:33 AM) D: John Legend - All Of Me My thoughts exactly
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May 17 2020, 02:55 PM
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Thanks Rush, didn't know about those! Guess I was only really thinking of songs that also made #10.
Closer is an efficient one! |
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May 17 2020, 03:03 PM
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F: Pharrell Williams - Happy
Top 40 debut 2013 | Weeks 50 | Positions 28 | Rank 7th= 1-4, 6-7, 10-19, 22, 24-25, 27, 29-30, 32-35, 37, 40 2 points: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, Jade, coi, Rush, MrAndrewMan, dan-G, StoneDragon The most played song of the 2010’s, and it’s hard to think of another song from the decade that had as much of a cross-demographic impact as this did. It fell just short of lasting a complete year in the Top 40. Riser went for the original Band Aid which actually has visited all of those positions in the clue, and was so close to being on this list. |
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May 17 2020, 03:06 PM
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Yay back to points
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May 17 2020, 03:10 PM
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G: Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
Top 40 debut 2008 | Weeks 48 | Positions 27 | Rank 10th= 1-2, 4-6, 11-19, 21-23, 26-27, 29-31, 33, 37-40 2 points: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, coi, Riser, Rush, MrAndrewMan, StoneDragon The lead single from their biggest era, it had a good run near the top before clearing some room for Use Somebody (which was Riser’s vote for Song E, and actually visited the exact same positions as Last Christmas in the Top 8, but just misses this list). After both songs eventually dropped out of the Top 40, this one was performed by an X Factor contestant and shot back up to #6. Jade and dan-G went for Despacito and Sam Smith’s Stay With Me respectively – both are close and match for the Top 6 at least. |
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May 17 2020, 03:16 PM
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H: Ed Sheeran - Perfect
Top 40 debut 2017 | Weeks 43 | Positions 27 | Rank 10th= 1, 3-7, 11-13, 16, 18-19, 22-26, 28-29, 31-34, 36-38, 40 2 points: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, coi, Riser, Rush, MrAndrewMan, dan-G, StoneDragon Where to start with this? Well it’s another one that didn’t make this first list at the start of February, but thanks to its (ongoing!!) post-Christmas reset to SCR where it climbed as high as #36 – which it hadn’t visited before – it’s here now. Shape Of You has had more Top 40 weeks overall, but with fewer of them not used up at #1, its fellow Divide hit just shades it here. Jade I’m so sorry, it would have been great if Rockabye were actually here instead! |
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May 17 2020, 03:18 PM
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Omg I'm so annoyed - I came across both of those chart runs and still didn't think they fit in anywhere
The Clean Bandit answer was basically "I give up, here's one that is close with the top 10 positions"
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May 17 2020, 03:23 PM
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I: George Ezra - Budapest
Top 40 debut 2014 | Weeks 41 | Positions 27 | Rank 10th= 3-7, 10-13, 15-24, 27-30, 33-35, 37 2 points: M4NGO, chrissmith276, Scene, LewisGT, coi, Rush, dan-G, StoneDragon If I’d just said there was a George Ezra song here, you might not have expected it to be this one. Still my favourite of his, it has now appeared as a chart quiz answer for a second week running. It stayed in the Top 40 beyond its follow-up hit Blame It On Me, but very efficiently picked up these 27 spots in the space of just 41 weeks. Interestingly, both Jade and Riser went for The A-Team which I guess fits the places in the Top 8, hadn’t even thought of that! |
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