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Posted by: Gezza 6th September 2020, 01:49 PM

But who's yours?

Everyone likes a rate right? Well you had your say on Buzzjack's Favourite Female and male Solo act and decided that Madonna and Michael Jackson were Buzzjack's No 1 acts- Now it's time for the groups!

So what’s the criteria?

As this is the UK Charts section there are some proviso’s around who can be nominated

1) The act in question must have had at least one Top 40 single in the UK
2) That credit may have been a feature
3) To avoid confusion on credits I will treat polyhex.com as the bible
5) By top 40 single I refer to the main UK singles chart not the sales chart or any other alternative chart.


How do I Vote?

Simples. Just PM me with your votes before 23.00 on Saturday 3rd October 2020 with your top 30 list of your groups.

Scoring:

The act you place at No 1 on your list will receive 30 points, No 2 will get 29 points and so on until your 30th man gets 1 point.

We then tally up your marks to give us the ultimate list!

But I don’t like/ know 30 groups?

Firstly what are you doing on Buzzjack? But if you really can’t then that’s fine just submit what you can BUT your No 1 will only get the number of points for the number of acts you enter- for example if your list has 23 groups on it then your No 1 gets 23 points etc.

Feel free to use the thread to discuss/ stan for your fave’s but PLEASE DO NOT REVEAL YOUR SCORES FOR ANY ACT.

You may submit commentary with your scores if you wish and it is encouraged as to why that act means so much to you, but it’s not obligatory!

AND ABOVE ALL HAVE FUN........AND BE NICE!

Please use this as a template for your voting

30 points- YOUR FAV
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1 point- YOUR 30TH FAVE


VOTERS SO FAR:

Bjork
MiichaelKing21
AH Gold
Lukuzz
Gezza
*Dandy
Nick F1
....Ready For It
Xajnipi
Vibe
M4NGO
King Rollo
Dark Horse
Rabbitfurcoat
Slick
Scene
AaronTM
Josh!
Jason
WhoOdyssey
Marcinjaro
Jra1989
Shoat
Elgornio
Mack
Jade
Dircadirca
Jimwatts
Riser
Cremey

Posted by: Bjork 6th September 2020, 03:25 PM

oops

Posted by: miichaelking21 6th September 2020, 03:39 PM

Oops

Posted by: Jade 6th September 2020, 03:40 PM

Guys you're supposed to PM the votes according to the OP just repeating that now before anyone else does the same!

I missed both male and female so will aim to do this one

Posted by: King Rollo 6th September 2020, 03:50 PM

Some of the male and female acts I voted for were on the basis of one or two songs I liked as most of the music I listen to is by groups. This will be a lot tougher to narrow down to thirty.

Posted by: Gezza 6th September 2020, 04:34 PM

YES DO NOT POST YOUR LIST IN THIS THREAD PLEASE!

Posted by: Bré 6th September 2020, 04:36 PM

Third time lucky for M4NGO to remember correctly if he voted or not

Posted by: Gezza 6th September 2020, 04:49 PM

The first post lists all the voters that have participated so far so hopefully that will help

ALSO CAN EVERYONE PLEASE USE THE TEMPLATE- it helps me not having to confirm with you that your first name is not your one pointer but the one you wanted to give 30 points to! Much obliged

Posted by: vibe 7th September 2020, 12:22 PM

Are duos considered groups?

Posted by: Gezza 7th September 2020, 01:26 PM

Id say yes provided they were actually group and not just a collaboration for example Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. They clearly weren't a duo but a duet, if you follow.

Posted by: Lukuzz 7th September 2020, 01:28 PM

Voted ��
Sorry didn't use the template but mine are in order of best to worst.

Thanks

Posted by: ...ready for it 7th September 2020, 11:19 PM

Voted!

Posted by: M4NGO 7th September 2020, 11:35 PM

Oh I'm 100% voting in this. And also correctly remembering that I have.

Posted by: M4NGO 8th September 2020, 12:46 PM

Voted

Posted by: XhannahlongX 9th September 2020, 03:01 AM

If a group was featured on a charity single and that was their only top 40, does it count?

Posted by: Gezza 9th September 2020, 10:02 AM

Only if they were individually credited. So One direction and jls were individually credited on "wishing on a star" for example so they would be eligible on that basis alone, but say Band Aid wouldn't have made any of the individual participants eligible alone.

Posted by: vibe 9th September 2020, 06:58 PM

I found narrowing down to 30 very difficult !!

Posted by: Gezza 12th September 2020, 11:36 AM

THREE weeks left to vote- already 13 voters!

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 13th September 2020, 06:54 AM

I have voted. There are some that I imagine will end up very high that didn't come near consideration, and at least 5 that I'll be very surprised if there's another voter of!

The task was made significantly easier by so many bands I've loved over the last dozen or so years having never made the top 40.

Posted by: Slick 19th September 2020, 10:21 AM

I've voted

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 19th September 2020, 10:28 AM

What about solo artists that were previously groups? (Panic! at the Disco basically )

Posted by: Gezza 19th September 2020, 11:20 AM

Yes their work can be counted separately

Posted by: AaronTM 25th September 2020, 02:53 PM

Voted! Thought it was going to be difficult to think of 30, but in the end it was hard to narrow it down to that number.

Posted by: Gezza 26th September 2020, 06:15 AM

One week warning peeps, get those votes in if you want them to count!

Posted by: Josh! 26th September 2020, 09:50 AM

oops i didn't use your template i apologise but my list is in order from fave to least fave x

looking forward to the countdown!

Posted by: Gezza 26th September 2020, 02:10 PM

Sorry there's a problem with your votes but I can't message you as your inbox is full You've put one band twice (at No 9 and 24) I need an alternative please.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 26th September 2020, 02:16 PM

Voted!

Posted by: Jason 26th September 2020, 03:47 PM

Voted

Posted by: Gezza 27th September 2020, 10:20 AM

Over 20 voters with 6 days to go! You've made me proud buzzjack. Let's see if we can get 30..

Posted by: Gezza 27th September 2020, 04:59 PM

If you are still deciding on your list can you please ensure they meet the criteria as per the opening post. Most lists that I have to go back to people with are because some of the groups haven't had a UK top 40 single........Polyhex is your friend if in doubt- Much obliged

Posted by: Gezza 29th September 2020, 11:00 AM

Up to 24 voters and 4 days left!

Posted by: Gezza 1st October 2020, 02:42 PM

48 hours (or so) left if you want to vote for your favourite groups!

Posted by: Jade 1st October 2020, 10:24 PM

Sent in some votes

Posted by: Gezza 3rd October 2020, 10:17 AM

12 hours left to register your vote!

Posted by: Gezza 3rd October 2020, 04:29 PM

Just under 6 hours left and we've hit 30 voters!

Posted by: Gezza 3rd October 2020, 10:00 PM

And voting is now closed. Thanks to the 30 people who voted. Results will begin tomorrow!......

Posted by: Gezza 4th October 2020, 10:05 AM

OK some stats for you

There are 294 groups (which is more than either the female or male list) and the 30 pointers are spread out over 24 acts!

There were 30 voters which is more than for the males list but less than the females list (34 voters).

Posted by: King Rollo 4th October 2020, 11:15 AM

I don't have a clue who will top this poll. Looking forward to the results.

Posted by: Gezza 4th October 2020, 01:23 PM

NO 281- 1 POINT

DISCLOSURE (Voter: Josh!)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: WHITE NOISE (#2, 2013)



ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS (Voter: Bjork)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: YOU ARE MY SISTER (#39. 2005)



BONEY M (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 13
BIGGEST UK HIT: BROWN GIRL IN THE RING/ RIVERS OF BABYLON (#1, 1978) MARY’S BOY CHILD (#1, 1978)



THE DARKNESS (Voter: Lukuzz)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE (#2, 2003) CHRISTMAS TIME (DON’T LET THE BELLS END) (#2. 2003)



LEFTFIELD (Voter: *Dandy)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: AFRIKA SHOX (#7, 1999)



CAGE THE ELEPHANT (voter: Dark Horse)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: AIN’T NO REST FOR THE WICKED (#32, 2008)



INSPIRAL CARPETS (Voter: Jason)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 11
BIGGEST UK HIT: DRAGGING ME DOWN (#12, 1992)



SHAKESPEARS SISTER (voter: Marcinjaro)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: STAY (#1, 1992)



H.I.M (Voter: Shoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: SOLITARY MAN (#9, 2004)



BLACKPINK (Voter: Elgornio)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: SOUR CANDY (#17, 2020)



G-UNIT (Voter: Mack)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST UK HIT: IF I CAN’T/ THEM THANGS (#10, 2004)



SILVERCHAIR (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: FREAK (#34, 1997)

Dircadirca says "They might be only remembered internationally as a mediocre grunge band (which they were), but late period Silverchair is incredibly inventive while still managing to sell multi-platinum"



KARMIN (Voter: Riser)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: BROKENHEARTED (#6, 2012)



JOY DIVISION (Voter: Cremey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (#13, 1980)

Posted by: Bré 4th October 2020, 01:26 PM

Disclosure only got 1 point? The same as Karmin? This is already cancelled xx

(In fairness I'm not sure they're really one of the first acts I'd think of when thinking of 'groups' so I wonder if some people may have just not considered them)

Cage The Elephant appearing here is a nice surprise, I tend to forget they ever had a top 40 hit. That one top 40 hit from them is a good song but their best for me will always be the absolutely excellent 'Shake Me Down'. 'House Of Glass' from their most recent album was great too.

Posted by: Jade 4th October 2020, 01:29 PM

Oh Disclosure yeah I must admit that they didn’t really come into my head for a group! Well... at least they weren’t totally snubbed then ‘Settle’ is an excellent dance album and I find ‘Caracal’ a bit underrated, another good’un.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 4th October 2020, 01:35 PM

This will be a fun trip

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 4th October 2020, 01:47 PM

Disclosure were definitely a consideration of mine, but probably a good 15-20 away from reaching my votes. Looking forward to following this, I suspect there will be a few where I'm the only voter, the first one having 3/4 points (depending on whether Gezza accepted a somewhat sneaky nomination of mine)

Posted by: jimwatts 4th October 2020, 03:12 PM

Joy Division and Leftfield weren't far away from my nominations, glad they made it in at least. I hadn't realised Antony & The Johnsons had made the Top 40 and I thought Blackpink would be higher. I expect one of my nominations will be out next.

Posted by: Dircadirca 4th October 2020, 03:26 PM

Ah, Disclosure & Joy Division are fair shouts, alas I ran out of room in my vote too quickly.

Posted by: Slick 4th October 2020, 03:27 PM

Looking forward to these results!

Posted by: Lukuzz 4th October 2020, 03:29 PM

Wow so many gone straight away.

My poor 1 pointer The Darkness

Posted by: Dark Horse 4th October 2020, 05:17 PM

I thought someone else would have voted for Cage the Elephant.... they are so underrated, their music is timeless...

Posted by: Bjork 4th October 2020, 06:44 PM

my poor 1 pointer Antony & The Johnsons, one of the most talented and underrated UK artists ever
Hope There's Someone is such a lost classic!

Posted by: Gezza 5th October 2020, 05:31 PM

NO 275- 2 POINTS

AC/DC (Voter:Lukuzz)



TOTAL TOP 40 HITS: 19
BIGGEST UK HIT: HIGHWAY TO HELL (#4, 2013)



RAZORLIGHT (Voter: Gezza)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: AMERICA (#1, 2006)



KOOL & THE GANG (Voter: Dark Horse)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: JOANNA/ TONIGHT (#2, 1984)



THE HOUSEMARTINS (Voter: Jason)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: CARAVAN OF LOVE (#1, 1986)



D-12 (Voter: Mack)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: PURPLE PILLS (#2, 2001) MY BAND (#2, 2004)



BRAND NEW (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: SIC TRANSIT…GLORY FADES (#37, 2004)

Dicadirca says: I do not endorse the past actions of Jesse Lacey, but as far as emotive 2000s rock, there aren't many that match them

Posted by: King Rollo 5th October 2020, 05:49 PM

If the groups on 1 point were 281st, shouldn't the groups with 2 points be 275th, not 276th as there are six of them?

Posted by: Gezza 5th October 2020, 06:22 PM

Quite right- altered.

Posted by: Bré 5th October 2020, 06:40 PM

The title of Brand New's one UK top 40 hit is kind of prophetic in retrospect.

Posted by: M4NGO 5th October 2020, 06:48 PM

According to polyhex, they actually had two UK top 40 hits (although I presume your comment refers to 'Glory Fades' )

Posted by: Bré 5th October 2020, 06:54 PM

*highest charting UK top 40 hit, whoops (I clearly didn't read the line above that in Gezza's post and just guessed from the fact it peaked at #37 that it was their only one )

That said, their other top 40 hit is called 'The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows' which... is kind of also an aged like milk title

Posted by: Jason 5th October 2020, 09:21 PM

I'm not surprised no one else voted for Inspiral Carpets @ Housemartins.
Whatever, This is How it feels by Inspiral and Housemartins rendition of Caravan of Love are both masterpieces imo.

Posted by: M4NGO 5th October 2020, 11:44 PM

'This Is How It Feels' is hands down one of the indie anthems of the 90s

Posted by: Gezza 6th October 2020, 05:40 PM

NO 267- 3 POINTS

SHALAMAR (Voter: Vibe)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 11
BIGGEST UK HIT: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (#5, 1982) THERE IT IS (#5, 1982)



CHEAT CODES (Voter: Miichaelking21)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGEGST UK HIT: SEX (#9. 2016)



KRAFTWERK (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: COMPUTER LOVE/ THE MODEL (#1, 1982)



GODLEY & CRÈME (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: UNDER YOUR THUMB (#3, 1981)



LAST SHADOW PUPPETS (Voter: Dark Horse)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: THE AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT (#9, 2008)



SURFACES (Voter: WhoOdyssey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: SUNDAY BEST (#36, 2020)



THE JAM (Voter: Jimwatts)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: GOING UNDERGROUND/ DREAMS OF CHILDREN (#1, 1980) START (#1, 1980) A TOWN CALLED MALICE/ PRECIOUS (#1, 1982) BEAT SURRENDER (#1, 1982)




TEGAN AND SARA (Voter: Cremey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: EVERYTHING IS AWESOME! (#17, 2014)

Posted by: Tafty 6th October 2020, 05:41 PM

Omg I forgot all about this!

Posted by: jimwatts 6th October 2020, 05:49 PM

I thought The Jam would be out tonight, considering Going Underground didn't do too well on the #1s rate.
Good shout for Kraftwerk.

Posted by: King Rollo 6th October 2020, 06:12 PM

Good to see The Jam and Kraftwerk featuring even if they are quite low down.

Posted by: Lukuzz 6th October 2020, 06:18 PM

AC/DC not high enough.

I can't even remember who I voted for

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 6th October 2020, 06:24 PM

Speaking of AC/DC, their first new music in 6 years is out tomorrow morning

Posted by: dandy* 6th October 2020, 06:28 PM

So many classic acts falling out already! And ones that I forgot all about to be fair

Antony & the Johnsons though

Posted by: Jade 6th October 2020, 06:29 PM

Oh oops I probably should’ve snuck Kraftwerk into my list!

Posted by: M4NGO 6th October 2020, 07:41 PM

Pretty sure one of my bands is gonna be out in the next set!

Posted by: vibe 7th October 2020, 12:17 PM

Who the hell are Teagen and T?

Posted by: Dark Horse 7th October 2020, 02:06 PM

i can’t believe nobody else voted for the Last Shadow Puppets, they are so talented...

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 7th October 2020, 02:09 PM

Tegan and Sara?

Posted by: Gezza 7th October 2020, 04:33 PM

NO 262- 4 POINTS

SPACE (Voter: M4NGO)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES (#4, 1998)



MIKE & THE MECHANICS (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: THE LIVING YEARS (#2, 1989)



PIPETTES (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: PULL SHAPES (#26, 2006)



LA ROUX (Voter: Marcinjaro)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: BULLETPROOF (#1, 2009)



WU-TANG CLAN (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: SAY WHAT YOU WANT (#4, 1998)

Dircadirca writes: I'd probably still put them here if 36 Chambers was the only album they ever made, except then they wouldn't qualify

Posted by: Bré 7th October 2020, 04:39 PM

La Roux a little borderline here given 'they' were only a group for one album - then again that one album contained all of their top 40 hits

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 8th October 2020, 10:22 AM

The Pipettes

As I suspected, their only voter. They were the only group I voted for who I only have one album by, but it is so good. I listened to it again recently, the most wonderful collection of beautifully crafted pop songs. So different to what was around at the time.

Posted by: M4NGO 8th October 2020, 10:49 AM

I knew no one else would vote for Space! 'Neighbourhood' and 'Me And You Vs The World' though

Posted by: Gezza 8th October 2020, 03:46 PM

NO 257- 5 POINTS

FOUR TOPS (Voter: Vibe)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 27
BIGGEST UK HIT: REACH OUT, I’LL BE THERE (#1, 1966)



JAMES (Voter: Gezza)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: SIT DOWN (#2, 1991)



FOSTER THE PEOPLE (Voter: Nick F1)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: PUMPED UP KICKS (#18, 2011)



KASABIAN (Voter: WhoOdyssey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 12
BIGGEST UK HIT: FIRE {#3, 2009)



THE DELAYS (Voter: Shoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: LONG TIME COMING (#16, 2004)

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 8th October 2020, 04:51 PM

There were probably four bands that I should've included but forgot about somehow. Kasabian were the one I thought were most likely to get any points, disappointing to see them this low.

Some of the Delays singles were great, Valentine especially.

Posted by: M4NGO 8th October 2020, 05:27 PM

The Delays, Kasabian, James and Foster The People are all great bands! Kinda sad to see them so low, but I guess there are too many bands out there.

Posted by: Scene 8th October 2020, 07:26 PM

Did I vote? I was planning to but I can't remember whether I submitted it.

Posted by: Gezza 8th October 2020, 07:28 PM

you did

Posted by: StoneDragon 8th October 2020, 09:03 PM

I forgot to vote too! I have my 30 written up but forgot to email it over 😢

Posted by: M4NGO 8th October 2020, 10:36 PM

I'm so glad I'm not the only one these things happen to

Posted by: XhannahlongX 9th October 2020, 02:30 AM

^ lol same, had mine in my notes for weeks and then forgot to send. V intrigued to see how many feature.

#justiceforroyalbloodandtheirzerotop40s

Posted by: StoneDragon 9th October 2020, 08:25 AM

I'll post as and when my scorers pop up - I would imagine they'll all get votes from someone else too.

Posted by: Gezza 9th October 2020, 04:16 PM

NO 249- 6 POINTS

DUBSTAR (Voter: Gezza)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: STARS (#15, 1996)



ABC (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: THE LOOK OF LOVE (#4, 1982)



WOMBATS (Voter: WhoOdyssey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: MOVING TO NEW YORK (#13, 2008)



THE KLF (Voter: Jason)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: 3AM ETERNAL (#1, 1991)



WILSON PHILLIPS (Voter: Marcinjaro)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: HOLD ON (#6, 1990)



DNCE (Voter: Elgornio)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: CAKE BY THE OCEAN (#4, 2016)



KAISER CHIEFS (Voter: Jade)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: RUBY (#1, 2007)



THE AVALANCHES (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: SINCE I LEFT YOU (#16, 2001)

Dircadirca said "I'd probably still put them here if Since I Left You was the only album they ever made"

Posted by: M4NGO 9th October 2020, 04:36 PM

I don't care what anyone says, I loved Wlison Phillips' debut album

The Kaiser Chiefs definitely deserved to be higher, they narrowly missed out on points from me.

Posted by: Jade 9th October 2020, 04:39 PM

Ah The Kaiser Chiefs are the first group to drop out of my votes! Definitely thought they'd get more support than that

I think my favourite of theirs is 'Everyday I Love You Less And Less'

Posted by: Slick 9th October 2020, 05:00 PM

I am shocked that Kaiser Chiefs only got votes from one person!

Posted by: Bré 9th October 2020, 05:31 PM

Are there any electronic music groups that got points from more than one person? Much too low for The KLF as well... (and I am not that familiar with The Avalanches but from what I have heard from them I imagine I would be a big fan if I had heard more of their stuff, I think I only know 'Frontier Psychiatrist' out of their older stuff but I've loved a couple of their new songs from this year).

Kaiser Chiefs and The Wombats both have their fair share of quality songs from the landfill indie era.

Posted by: jlj 9th October 2020, 05:43 PM

I didn’t vote on this but intrigued at results.

Kinda expecting a very girl band heavy list as we get higher up though.

Maybe even a battle of the BJ Artist forums

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 9th October 2020, 05:45 PM

I'd argue The Wombats' more recent stuff is better than their 2000s releases. I'm glad they've managed to grow in popularity since then unlike many of the others at the time now - played arenas for the first time a couple of years ago!

Posted by: Dircadirca 9th October 2020, 05:56 PM

There are based on one of the two votes of mine that's survived so far

Posted by: King Rollo 9th October 2020, 08:08 PM

KLF released some great singles and I love the two songs by Avalanches that made the top 40.

Posted by: M4NGO 9th October 2020, 08:20 PM

'Never Miss A Beat' for me but they've got so many anthemic songs - 'Everyday' but also 'Ruby', 'Oh My God', 'I Predict A Riot'... I actually feel bad I didn't vote for them now


'3am Eternal' is the first CD single I ever bought and it still remains one of my all-time favourite 90s songs

Posted by: XhannahlongX 9th October 2020, 08:34 PM

Ugh if only I remembered to vote, Kaiser Chiefs had 23 points from me.

Posted by: StoneDragon 9th October 2020, 09:11 PM

The Kaisers made my shortlist but would've missed out on votes from me. They do have some amazing songs. KLF were awesome too.

Posted by: Gezza 10th October 2020, 04:13 PM

NO 245- 7 POINTS

DOLLAR (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: LOVE’S GOTTA HOLD ON ME (#4, 1979) MIRROR MIRROR (MON AMOUR) (#4, 1981) GIVE ME BACK MY HEART (#4, 1982)



CATATONIA (Voter: Dark Horse)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: MULDER AND SKULLY (#3, 1998)



BTS (Voter: Elgornio)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST UK HIT: DYNAMITE (#3, 2020)



RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: KILLING IN THE NAME OF (#1, 2009)

Dircadirca said “I'm glad that a band this politically charged can be eternally popular”

Posted by: Bré 10th October 2020, 06:38 PM

Shocked at BTS only getting one vote considering they're one of the only currently relevant groups!

Rage Against The Machine *.

Posted by: Gezza 11th October 2020, 11:11 AM

NO 240- 8 POINTS

EMBRACE (Voter: M4NGO)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: NATURE’S LAW (#2, 2006)



YOU ME AT 6 (Voter: WhoOdyssey- 8 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: LIVED A LIE (#11, 2013)



CROWDED HOUSE (Voter: Jim Watts- 4 points, Bjork- 4 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 12
BIGGEST UK HIT: WEATHER WITH YOU (#7, 1992)



ALL AMERICAN REJECTS (Voter: Riser)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: SWING SWING (#13, 2003)



SUPERGRASS (Voter: Cremey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 14
BIGGEST UK HIT: ALRIGHT/TIME (#2, 1995) RICHARD III (#2, 1997)

Posted by: M4NGO 11th October 2020, 11:18 AM

Awww, another one of my 90s indie bands out! Always had a soft spot for Embrace

Posted by: Bjork 11th October 2020, 12:20 PM

oh Crowded House deserved better

Posted by: Draculadracula 11th October 2020, 12:25 PM

Definitely were in consideration for my vote, such an unstoppable imperial phase.

Posted by: Jason 11th October 2020, 05:08 PM

'Alright' is brilliant but it's the only one song I remember from Supergrass.

Posted by: M4NGO 11th October 2020, 08:42 PM

Probably a controversial opinion but 'Sun Hits The Sky' was a better song than 'Alright'.

Posted by: King Rollo 11th October 2020, 08:47 PM

My favourite Supergrass song is 'Moving'.

Posted by: M4NGO 11th October 2020, 09:40 PM

Yeah that's decent too, and 'Pumping On Your Stereo'. They've actually got a great discography!

Posted by: StoneDragon 12th October 2020, 08:36 AM

This is the first place my votes would've made a difference - Crowded House had 22 points from me!!!

Woodface is one of my all time favourite albums.

Posted by: Gezza 12th October 2020, 06:41 PM

NO 230- 9 POINTS

SPANDAU BALLET (Voter: ….Ready For It)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 17
BIGGEST UK HIT: TRUE (#1, 1983)



FRANZ FERDINAND (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: TAKE ME OUT (#3, 2004)



UNDERWORLD (Voter: King Rollo- 7 points, *Dandy- 2 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: BORN SLIPPY (#2, 1996)



ART OF NOISE (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST UK HIT: KISS (#5, 1988)



THE BANGLES (Voter: Scene)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: ETERNAL FLAME (#1, 1989)



CHAINSMOKERS (Voter: Jason- 3 points, MiichaelKing21- 6 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: CLOSER (#1, 2016)



BIG BROVAZ (Voter: Jra1989)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: FAVOURITE THINGS (#2, 2003)



THE NOISETTES (Voter: Elgornio)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: DON’T UPSET THE RHYTHM (GO BABY GO) (#2, 2009)



TRAIN (Voter: Riser)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST UK HIT: DRIVE BY (#6, 2012)



THE SPECIALS (Voter: Jim Watts)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: GHOST TOWN (#1, 1981)

Posted by: M4NGO 12th October 2020, 06:46 PM

The Bangles are my favourite from that bunch. 'Eternal Flame' remains one of my favourite songs from the 80s, it really didn't deserve to be murdered by Atomic Kitten

Posted by: Blade 12th October 2020, 06:51 PM

That section started out pretty strong - I like what I know of Spandau Ballet, Art of Noise, Underworld, Franz Ferdinand AND The Bangles quite a bit.

The Chainsmokers are super hit-and-miss for me with 'Roses' being a particular gem.

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 12th October 2020, 07:23 PM

Underworld getting more than one vote, hooray! (Though still under 10 points xx)

Posted by: Bjork 12th October 2020, 07:27 PM

Bangles and Underworld are the best of the last batch
Chainsmokers ouch no thanks

Posted by: King Rollo 12th October 2020, 07:49 PM

Great selection today, as well as my own two groups who appeared, I like The Bangles,The Specials and Spandau Ballet.

Posted by: StoneDragon 12th October 2020, 09:32 PM

Spandau Ballet were just outside my votes (had I voted!)

Posted by: ...ready for it 12th October 2020, 10:15 PM

I like The Bangles, but forgot to include them.

Posted by: Jason 13th October 2020, 02:15 AM

I gave 3 points for Chainsmokers just because I like these 3 songs: Who Do You Love, #SELFIE and Paris. Their other singles are mediocre imo.

Posted by: Gezza 13th October 2020, 06:40 PM

No 222- 10 POINTS

SAVAGE GARDEN (Voter: Vibe- 2 points, Gezza- 8 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: TO THE MOON AND BACK (#3, 1998)



HURTS (Voter: Nick F1- 7 points, Gezza- 3 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: UNDER CONTROL (#1, 2013)



CASCADA (Voter: Nick F1)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR (#1, 2009)



T’PAU (Voter: Marcinjaro)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: CHINA IN YOUR HAND (#1, 1987)



ZERO 7 (Voter: Shoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: DESTINY (#30, 2001)



GOSSIP (Voter: Elgornio)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL (#7, 2007)



NICKELBACK (Voter: Riser- 6 points, Mack- 4 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: ROCKSTAR (#2, 2007)



MY BLOODY VALENTINE (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: TO HERE KNOWS WHEN (#29, 1991)

Dircadirca said “I'd probably still put them here if Loveless was the only album they ever made”

Posted by: Lukuzz 13th October 2020, 06:49 PM

I love Hurts forgot about them.
never realised Cascada was a group

Posted by: vibe 13th October 2020, 06:53 PM

Savage Garden and Hurts are great !!

Posted by: M4NGO 13th October 2020, 07:16 PM

Seconded.

Savage Garden narrowly missed out for me although I'm kinda regretting not giving them points now because both of their albums are fantastic!

Posted by: StoneDragon 13th October 2020, 08:02 PM

T'Pau were my #23, so would've got another 8 points! I thought they might be at risk for not getting any votes so good to see them here.

Posted by: StoneDragon 13th October 2020, 08:02 PM

T'Pau were my #23, so would've got another 8 points! I thought they might be at risk for not getting any votes so good to see them here.

Posted by: Jason 14th October 2020, 12:54 AM

Surprised but pleased only 4 of my groups are already out so far!

Posted by: Riser 14th October 2020, 02:26 AM

Oh I totally forgot to include Gossip in my votes, glad someone else remembered them

Posted by: Bjork 14th October 2020, 05:02 AM

oh forgot T'pau, great band, China in your heart is such a classic <3

Posted by: Gezza 14th October 2020, 03:07 PM

No 219- 11 POINTS

DOVES (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: THERE GOES THE FEAR (#3, 2002)



RED BOX (Voter: Marcinjaro)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: LEAN ON ME (AL-LI-AYO)(#3, 1985)



THE FUGEES (Voter: jra1989)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: KILLING ME SOFTLY (#1, 1996) READY OR NOT (#1, 1996)

Posted by: M4NGO 14th October 2020, 03:09 PM

The Fugees were great, despite being so short-lived. 'Killing Me Softly' is obviously one of the defining songs of the 90s, but their other singles were really good too.

Red Box? I've literally never heard of them

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 14th October 2020, 03:49 PM

Thought Doves might have got more than me voting especially with new stuff out, but then happy my 10 pointer didn't appear on 10 - thought I'd likely be the only voter!

Posted by: Pting Rollo 14th October 2020, 03:51 PM

I know Red Box's two top 40 hits. Lean On Me is a great song.

Doves were close to getting points from me.

Posted by: Dark Horse 14th October 2020, 04:18 PM

yes, unfortunately forgot about them both even though i love Hurts latest album

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 14th October 2020, 06:02 PM

What on Earth is a 'Red Box'?

Nice to see Doves on here, another band that I am not as familiar with as I should be but really like most of what I have heard.

Posted by: Gezza 15th October 2020, 06:32 PM

No 217- 12 POINTS

SAME DIFFERENCE (Voter: Miichaelking21)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: WE R ONE (#13, 2008)



THE SCRIPT (Voter: M4NGO)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 11
BIGGEST UK HIT: HALL OF FAME (#1, 2012)

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 15th October 2020, 06:35 PM

Quality

Posted by: Blade 15th October 2020, 06:37 PM

Same Difference

Posted by: jimwatts 15th October 2020, 06:39 PM

Can't knock an act who came 3rd behind Leon Jackson in X Factor can we

Posted by: M4NGO 15th October 2020, 08:35 PM

No one else voted for The Script? I know they're not the most popular band on Buzzjack but thought they might have picked up another couple of casual votes.

Posted by: miichaelking21 16th October 2020, 08:01 AM

I will stand firmly behind my choice to give Same Difference 12 points - purely based on how much ten year old me played their debut album on LOOP, and they sung happy birthday to me in the car park of Monkey World on my 12th birthday.

your faves could never 🙃😂

Posted by: Jason 16th October 2020, 02:33 PM

The Script were in my top 40 radar, I like them. Surprised someone voted for them, Buzzjack used to hate them, don't you remember?

Talking about Same Difference, I used to love them in the X Factor but I have tried to avoid voting for groups with only 1 UK top 40 hit.

Posted by: Gezza 16th October 2020, 05:47 PM

NO 212- 13 POINTS

MEN AT WORK (Voter: Scene- 6 points, ….Ready For It- 7 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: DOWN UNDER (#1, 1983)



112 (Voter: Vibe)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: I’LL BE MISSING YOU (#1, 1997)



HARD-FI (Voter: M4NGO)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: SURBURBAN KNIGHTS (#7, 2007)



PREFAB SPROUT (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: THE KING OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL (#7, 1988)



MAXIMO PARK (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: OUR VELOCITY (#9, 2007)

Posted by: Lukuzz 16th October 2020, 05:51 PM

Same Difference 😂

Used to really like Hard-Fi and Maximo Park back in the day can't say I've heard anything from them in a while

Posted by: GhoulOdyssey 16th October 2020, 06:04 PM

A (very good) new Maximo Park single came out yesterday! - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=238342

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 16th October 2020, 06:17 PM

'Our Velocity' is an all-time fave song Maxïmo Park had a few other bops too ('Books From Boxes', 'Apply Some Pressure'). Hard-Fi had a couple of good tunes too. Landfill indie era memories ~

Posted by: Bjork 16th October 2020, 06:48 PM

oh Prefab Sprout were great

Posted by: M4NGO 17th October 2020, 11:18 AM

Sad not to see Hard-Fi pick up votes from anyone else.

I'm surprised many people on Buzzjack remember Prefab Sprout, though I'm sure a few will know 'If You Don't Love Me' from Kylie's cover of it.

Posted by: Gezza 17th October 2020, 12:43 PM

NO 206- 14 POINTS

PEARL JAM (Voter: Bjork)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 13
BIGGEST UK HIT: SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE (#10, 1994)



EVANESCENCE (Voter: Lukuzz)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: BRING ME TO LIFE (#1, 2003)



PRIMAL SCREAM (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: COUNTRY GIRL (#5, 2006)



SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA (Voter: Jason)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: DON’T YOU WORRY CHILD (#1, 2012)



THE KINKS (Voter: Jade)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 21
BIGGEST UK HIT: YOU REALLY GOT ME (#1, 1964) SUNNY AFTERNOON (#1, 1966)



THE POGUES (Voter: Jimwatts)


TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK (#2, 1987)

Posted by: Bjork 17th October 2020, 12:51 PM

surprised no one else voted for Pearl Jam :/

Posted by: Blade 17th October 2020, 12:51 PM

Finally another one of my votes drops out - not that I'm complaining about waiting a while! Once again surprised that I was the only person to vote for The Kinks they were quite fresh in my mind thanks to The Kink Kronikles release for Record Store Day. Probably my 2nd favourite 60s band after The Beatles.

Posted by: Pting Rollo 17th October 2020, 12:57 PM

That's a good set of groups on 14 points.

I was fully expecting my own 14 pointer to appear today. I'm pleased to see somebody else voted for them.

Posted by: Slick 17th October 2020, 01:02 PM

Evanescence were very close to making my list. None of mine have fallen out yet, I don't think.

Posted by: Jason 17th October 2020, 01:50 PM

Aww poor brave Swedish House Mafia.

Posted by: Lukuzz 17th October 2020, 03:11 PM

I used to be obsessed with Evanescence hence my 14 points, although after their first 2 albums they did start to go down hill.

Posted by: vibe 17th October 2020, 04:52 PM

Someone voted for Same Difference 😳

I have already lost 4 groups again

Posted by: Riser 17th October 2020, 11:42 PM

Oh I probably should've considered voting for Evanescence, but I'm glad someone else did!

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 18th October 2020, 08:38 AM

All those amazing 90s songs and Primal Scream's highest charting hit is Country Girl :| I did love it at the time but wow

Maximo Park's debut album was so good, one of my favourites ever and was utterly obsessed with it. They were probably the band I included which I like the least % of their output if that makes sense. Half a dozen or so great songs since their debut but I can quite happily leave most of their output since.

I'd say if my 13 & 14 pointers have dropped out with only me voting then it's absolutely nailed on my 15 & 16 are too.

Posted by: Bjork 18th October 2020, 10:28 AM

Primal Scream is a stranger one for me, they're a band with a double personality
I love their dance album like Screamadelica and even their minor dance albums like Evil Heat
but hate their rock-y albums, which probably gave them their biggest hits like Rocks

Posted by: Gezza 18th October 2020, 11:57 AM

NO 204- 15 POINTS

COUNTING CROWS (Voter: Bjork)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST UK HIT: BIG YELLOW TAXI (#16, 2003)



IDLEWILD (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 13
BIGGEST UK HIT: YOU HELD THE WORLD IN YOUR HANDS (#9, 2002)

Posted by: Jason 18th October 2020, 01:19 PM

Only 2 groups with 15 points. I wonder if the winner will be announced before Christmas

Posted by: Bjork 18th October 2020, 01:20 PM

poor Counting Crows :/ Idlewild were good too

Posted by: marcinjaro 18th October 2020, 01:27 PM

I expected the thread to be interesting, but I had no idea it was going to be that exciting. So many fantastic bands.

Posted by: Jason 18th October 2020, 01:34 PM

A little review of every group voted would suit this thread perfectly though.

Posted by: GhoulOdyssey 18th October 2020, 01:36 PM

Next time we should do one for groups with a top 10 album, would be even more interesting I suspect

Posted by: Riser 19th October 2020, 12:32 AM

Ah, I love the Counting Crows. They had four top 40 hits actually!

Posted by: Gezza 19th October 2020, 07:19 PM

NO 197- 16 POINTS

CLEOPATRA (Voter: Vibe)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: CLEOPATRA’S THEME (#3, 1998)



EAST 17 (Voter: M4NGO)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: STAY ANOTHER DAY (#1, 1994)



GUILLEMOTS (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST UK HIT: GET OVER IT (#20, 2008)



ASH (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat- 10 points, M4NGO- 6 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HIT: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: GOLDFINGER (#5, 1996)



LONG BLONDES (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: WEEKEND WITHOUT MAKEUP (#28, 2006)



THOMPSON TWINS (Voter: Marcinjaro)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: YOU TAKE ME UP (#2, 1984)



THE ISLEY BROTHERS (Voter: Cremey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (#3, 1968)

Posted by: Bjork 19th October 2020, 07:25 PM

oh love Ash, forgot to vote for them

Posted by: jimwatts 19th October 2020, 07:34 PM

A diverse selection of (mostly very good) groups today!

Posted by: Jason 19th October 2020, 07:43 PM

A diverse selection of unknown groups for me (apart from East 17).

Posted by: marcinjaro 19th October 2020, 08:07 PM

I am really glad Ash made it. I didn't manage to squeeze them into my TOP 30.

Posted by: M4NGO 19th October 2020, 11:19 PM

Seriously - I was the ONLY ONE to vote for East 17? They had some absolute bops back in the day, I'm astounded (and quite saddened) that no one else voted for them

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 19th October 2020, 11:21 PM

I don't think I know any songs from them besides the obvious one. Oop ~

Posted by: M4NGO 19th October 2020, 11:29 PM

I always thought they were better than 90s Take That ('Back For Good' aside).

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 20th October 2020, 07:23 AM

The Long Blondes were the perfect mid 2000s indie act, both of their albums are brilliant and unlike many acts of that time, sounded completely different. A sad end to them but it did leave them with a perfect discography.

Ash had some fine singles in the 90s and early 00s, Free All Angels is a brilliant album I loved as an early teenager and still do, still released some good songs since and I enjoyed their A-Z series about a decade ago. They're another act I've voted for who's biggest hit is a bit meh, never really enjoyed Goldfinger like I do a lot of others

Guillemots wouldn't have been far from my votes. Through The Windowpane is incredible but they were pretty ropey after that.

Posted by: Bjork 20th October 2020, 07:28 AM

I did like a bunch of East 17 songs (House of love, Thunder, Stay Another Day)
but I wouldn't even put them in why top 100 bands

Ash I really liked and I own 3 albums, I think the quality of their music went a bit downhill with the A-Z project (too many songs without quality control)
but they have lots of great songs: Girl from Mars, Oh Yeah, Walking Barefoot, Candy, Shining Light, Evil Eye, Burn Baby Burn, Sometimes, A Life less Ordinary...

Posted by: M4NGO 20th October 2020, 08:33 AM

Add Envy, Meltdown and Orpheus and you've basically got all the best Ash songs right there I've seen them live a couple of times and they're amazing!

Posted by: Gezza 20th October 2020, 07:01 PM

NO 194- 17 POINTS

METALLICA (Voter: xajnipi)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 19
BIGGEST UK HIT: ENTER SANDMAN (#5, 1991) UNTIL IT SLEEPS (#5, 1996)



FAITHLESS (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 15
BIGGEST UK HIT: INSOMNIA (#3, 1996) WE COME 1 (#3, 2001)



GROOVE ARMADA (Voter: Shoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 11
BIGGEST UK HIT: SONG 4 MUTYA (OUT OF CONTROL) (#8, 2007)

Posted by: Pting Rollo 20th October 2020, 07:09 PM

I didn't expect to be the only person to vote for Faithless.

Posted by: M4NGO 20th October 2020, 07:17 PM

Love how this thread is full of us all going "I can't believe I'm the only one who voted for <insert band name here>"

Posted by: Jason 20th October 2020, 11:52 PM

Well, don't include me in this. I can't believe I'm NOT the only one who voted for the group I gave 15 points. I can't wait to discover who's the other 'crazy' Buzzjack member.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 21st October 2020, 09:19 AM

I suspect there's another mid 00s indie band I'll be the only person to have voted for, but I'd like to think everyone else I've given 18+ points to had multiple voters

Posted by: M4NGO 21st October 2020, 10:57 AM

I've still got another 00s indie band to come too, so maybe it's the same one?

Posted by: Jason 21st October 2020, 12:49 PM

I hope there's another boybands fan here.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 21st October 2020, 02:06 PM

Oh 5 of my top 10 I'd define as that, there's just one where I'd not expect anyone else to have voted for them too.

Posted by: Gezza 21st October 2020, 04:59 PM

NO 187- 18 POINTS

SWEET (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 15
BIGGEST UK HIT: BLOCKBUSTER (#1, 1973)



MOLOKO (Voter: Nick F1)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: THE TIME IS NOW (#2, 2000)



MOODY BLUES (Voter: King Rollo- 14 points, AH Gold- 4 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: GO NOW (#1, 1964)



SOFT CELL (Voter: Scene- 8 points, AH Gold- 10 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: TAINTED LOVE (#1, 1981)



EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Voter: Shoat- 12 points, Nick F1- 6 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: WE ARE THE PEOPLE (#14, 2009)



TWENTY ONE PILOTS (Voter: Jade- 8 points, Elgornio- 8 points, WhoOdyssey- 2 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: HEATHENS (#5, 2016)



BEACH BOYS (Voter: Jimwatts)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 17
BIGGEST UK HIT: GOOD VIBRATIONS (#1, 1966) DO IT AGAIN (#1, 1968)

Posted by: Blade 21st October 2020, 05:02 PM

Ooh I thought I might’ve been the only voter for my +18 pointer, glad that’s not the case! Instead it’s twenty one pilots who are next to drop out of my votes. I really got on board due to ‘Stressed Out’ and then the following era produced the goods too <3

‘Tainted Love’ is one of my favourite hits of the 80s

I strongly considered putting The Beach Boys in my votes! Glad they didn’t go home empty-handed.

Posted by: Jason 21st October 2020, 05:07 PM

I'm not a fan but surprised to see Beach Boys with only one vote.

Posted by: Pting Rollo 21st October 2020, 05:24 PM

I'm pleased to see that someone else voted for the Moody Blues.

Sweet, Soft Cell and The Beach Boys are all very good.

Posted by: jimwatts 21st October 2020, 06:42 PM

Rather than reviewing, which I'm not particularly good at, here's my 3 favourite songs from the groups I voted for which have been eliminated so far [and not all of these were Top 40 hits]:

The Jam (3 points) - Going Underground; That's Entertainment; Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Crowded House (4) - Four Seasons In One Day; Into Temptation; Distant Sun
Specials (9) - Gangsters; Friday Night, Saturday Morning; Nelson Mandela
Pogues (14) - Fairytale Of New York; A Pair Of Brown Eyes; The Body Of An American
Beach Boys (18) - Good Vibrations; Wouldn't It Be Nice; literally any of their songs about cars / girls / surfing

Posted by: marcinjaro 21st October 2020, 08:31 PM

21 Pilots seem to be the first group with three votes.

Posted by: Gezza 21st October 2020, 09:24 PM

Indeed they are.

Posted by: Gezza 22nd October 2020, 03:58 PM

NO 185- 19 POINTS

FRIENDLY FIRES (Voter: Shoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST HIT: KISS OF LIFE (#30, 2009)



MUMFORD AND SONS (Voter: jimwatts- 11 points, Josh!- 8 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: I WILL WAIT (#12, 2012)

Posted by: M4NGO 22nd October 2020, 04:05 PM

Never got the fuss about Mumford. Yeah they've released a few decent songs (Little Lion Man is probably my favourite) but I can take or leave them.

Posted by: Blade 22nd October 2020, 04:10 PM

I've never heard a Mumford & Sons album before but I do absolutely love 'The Cave'

Posted by: M4NGO 22nd October 2020, 04:12 PM

Oh yeah, that's a good 'un too!

Posted by: Bjork 22nd October 2020, 04:39 PM

their debut is great but they kinda lost me after that, their best song is Winter Winds

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 22nd October 2020, 04:48 PM

Yeah agree. I loved their debut but they've got progressively worse with now the occasional decent single.

Posted by: Jason 22nd October 2020, 05:24 PM

Friendly Fires got only 1 UK top 40 hit.

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 22nd October 2020, 05:33 PM

Friendly Fires' one top 40 hit is hardly even one of their more memorable songs as well. Same with Two Door Cinema Club.

Mumford & Sons' first 2 albums were both great, I have lost a bit of interest in them since then though.

Posted by: jimwatts 22nd October 2020, 05:55 PM

Yes the first two Mumford & Sons albums are the only ones I really like and the first more than the second. My favourite songs are The Cave, Winter Winds and either of the title tracks next.

Posted by: Gezza 23rd October 2020, 03:35 PM

NO 178- 20 POINTS

OF MONSTERS AND MEN (Voter: Josh!)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST HIT: LITTLE TALKS (#12, 2012)



SHAPESHIFTERS (Voter: Nick F1)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST HIT: LOLA’S THEME (#1, 2004)



ULTRAVOX (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: VIENNA (#2, 1981)



JONAS BROTHERS (Voter: WhoOdyssey- 9 points, Miichaelking21- 11 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST HIT: SUCKER (#4, 2019)



BOOTY LUV (Voter: jra1989- 6 points, Nick F1- 14 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: BOOGIE 2 NITE (#2, 2006)



ADAM & THE ANTS (Voter: Jade- 18 points, AH Gold- 2 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: STAND AND DELIVER (#1, 1981) PRINCE CHARMING (#1, 1981)



OUTKAST (Voter: Cremey- 7 points, Dircadirca- 12 points, jra1989- 1 point)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: MS JACKSON (#2, 2001)

Dircadirca said "Agelessly good"

Posted by: jimwatts 23rd October 2020, 03:39 PM

Someone else voted for my 20-pointer!

Posted by: M4NGO 23rd October 2020, 03:48 PM

Booty Luv getting two votes I thought they were long forgotten about! They did have some decent singles tbf.

I'm 99.9% certain that my 21 and 22 pointers are coming up next because I can't for the life of me imagine anyone else voted for them!

Posted by: Gezza 23rd October 2020, 03:59 PM

So tomorrow we start knocking out people's top 10 faves!

Posted by: StoneDragon 23rd October 2020, 04:06 PM

When I did my list I ended up with a top 70 shortlist!! Mumford were in my top 60 and Beach Boys Top 50. Vienna is an all time classic from Ultravox and I liked a few of their other singles.

Posted by: Blade 23rd October 2020, 04:18 PM

Adam and the Ants I've really got into all three of their albums lately - with 'Kings of the Wild Frontier' being my favourite. The double-drumming tribal energy, post-punk/new wave sound, fun lyrical style and Adam's voice are all so infectious. Top 10 songs right now are probably...

01. Stand and Deliver
02. Prince Charming
03. Antmusic
04. Kings of the Wild Frontier
05. Ants Invasion
06. Dog Eat Dog
07. Don't Be Square (Be There)
08. Physical (You're So)
09. Zerox
10. Scorpios

Great videos too - the embedded 'Prince Charming' one is a lot of fun!

It's a shame that they split up while they were still absolutely massive I understand why and Adam was able to use the springboard for 'Goody Two Shoes', but aww.

This section is mostly full of acts that I really like one song from namely 'Little Talks', 'Lola's Theme', 'Vienna' ( - I watched that exact TOTP performance the other day as '1981 hits' was on iPlayer), and 'Boogie 2nite'! OutKast were a glaring omission from my list, oops

Posted by: GhoulOdyssey 23rd October 2020, 04:58 PM

Everyone thinks they know the story, of Dick Turpin's highway glory

(that parody got me into Adam & The Ants )

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 23rd October 2020, 09:01 PM

Nice to see OutKast getting as many as 3 votes! And cool to see Of Monsters And Men here too though I am surprised they'd be as high as 11th for someone given their fairly limited discography - they do have some other good songs besides 'Little Talks' though xx

Living for Jade randomly turning into an Adam & The Ants stan recently

Posted by: Bjork 23rd October 2020, 09:07 PM

really like Of Monsters and Men and even seen them live a couple times
but Little Talks is their only wow song, the rest are nice but nothing even comes close to Little Talks

Posted by: Blade 23rd October 2020, 09:30 PM

first Fiona Apple and now Adam & The Ants - all of this extra time at home this year expanding my musical horizons in unexpected places *.*

Posted by: Gezza 24th October 2020, 12:09 PM

NO 176- 21 POINTS

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: NO ONE KNOWS (#15, 2002)

Dircadirca said “Strong reliable run, can always be relied on for strong singles even if the album as a whole doesn't land”



PINK FLOYD (Voter: King Rollo- 8 points, xajnipi- 13 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST HITS: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (#1, 1979)

Posted by: Bjork 25th October 2020, 01:48 PM

very low finish for Pink Floyd

Posted by: M4NGO 25th October 2020, 03:05 PM

Someone else voted for my 21 pointer I'm pleasantly shocked! Pretty sure the same won't be true of my 22 pointer though...

Posted by: Gezza 25th October 2020, 04:21 PM

NO 169- 22 POINTS

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK (Voter: …Ready For It)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST HIT: YOU GOT IT (THE RIGHT STUFF)(#1, 1989) HANGIN TOUGH (#1, 1990)



WESTLIFE (Voter: Slick- 12 points, ….Ready For It- 10 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 28
BIGGEST HIT: SWEAR IT AGAIN (#1, 1999) IF I LET YOU GO (#1, 1999) FLYING WITHOUT WINGS (#1, 1999) I HAVE A DREAM/ SEASONS IN THE SUN (#1, 1999) FOOL AGAIN (#1, 2000) AGAINST ALL ODDS (#1, 2000) MY LOVE (#1, 2000) UPTOWN GIRL (#1, 2001) QUEEN OF MY HEART (#1, 2001) WORLD OF OUR OWN (#1, 2002) UNBREAKABLE (#1, 2002)MANDY (#1, 2003) YOU RAISE ME UP (#1, 2005) THE ROSE (#1, 2006)



BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (Voter: Vibe- 1 point, *Dandy- 16 points, AH Gold- 5 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 22
BIGGEST HIT: A LITTLE TIME (#1, 1990)



SPARKS (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE TWO OF US (#2, 1974)



OMD (Voter: King Rollo)



UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: SOUVENIR (#3, 1981) SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS (#3, 1991)



FUTUREHEADS (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: HOUNDS OF LOVE (#8, 2005)



ETERNAL (Voter: jra1989- 13 points, Dark Horse- 4 points, MiichaelKing21- 5 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 15
BIGGEST UK HIT: I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE (#1, 1997)

Posted by: Slick 25th October 2020, 04:24 PM

I forgot I had voted for Westlife! That's a poor showing for them, but I get it - they were never my favourites but they have lots of nostalgic tunes.

Posted by: vibe 25th October 2020, 04:27 PM

How did I forget Eternal

Lots of groups on 22 points !

Posted by: Dark Horse 25th October 2020, 05:18 PM

glad that there were other votes for Eternal, one of my fave girl groups ever...

Posted by: XhannahlongX 25th October 2020, 05:19 PM

Noooooo Westlife would've had 28 points from me

Posted by: Bjork 25th October 2020, 05:23 PM

then good you didn't vote

Posted by: Pting Rollo 25th October 2020, 05:29 PM

The Beautiful South and Sparks are the pick of those as well as my own vote,OMD.

Posted by: Jason 25th October 2020, 05:48 PM

2 boybands out but none of them are the ones I voted for.

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 25th October 2020, 06:34 PM

I like my fair share of Westlife songs but once again... only on BuzzJack could they be ahead of some of the bands they have beaten here xx

Posted by: Jason 25th October 2020, 06:36 PM

In terms of chart success, they can beat everything here.

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 25th October 2020, 06:46 PM

Wow I guess that makes their music amazing then!!!

Posted by: jimwatts 25th October 2020, 07:32 PM

That list of Westlife #1s
Pink Floyd and OMD might have made my Top 50

Posted by: M4NGO 25th October 2020, 10:32 PM

Some great bands in that section... used to love Eternal back in the day and NKOTB too! Love a bit of Beautiful South and OMD were one of the best 80s/early 90s bands, they narrowly missed out on points from me. Westlife are probably my least favourite of all the big boy bands but I'm very surprised to see them this low here.

I can't wait to see who the other person (or people?) is that voted for my 22 pointer! I'm shook!

Posted by: Blade 25th October 2020, 10:35 PM

I must confess that I have a soft spot for 'Flying Without Wings'

Posted by: StoneDragon 26th October 2020, 11:14 AM

Beautiful South were pretty close to my top 30 - I loved some of their early albums and carry on up the charts is an awesome greatest hits collection.

Posted by: vibe 26th October 2020, 11:24 AM

BS deserved top 100

Posted by: Scene 26th October 2020, 04:51 PM

Westlife should be nowhere near the top 200. Granted they had a small handful of decent songs (Uptown Girl, You Raise Me Up, Tonight) but on the most part they represent the worst of pop music from around the turn of the millennium.

Posted by: Gezza 26th October 2020, 05:56 PM

NO 163- 23 POINTS

BOYZONE (Voter: Slick-10 points, Vibe- 10 points, …..ready for it- 3 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 20
BIGGEST UK HIT: WORDS (#1, 1996) A DIFFERENT BEAT (#1, 1996) ALL THAT I NEED (#1, 1998) NO MATTER WHAT (#1, 1998) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH (#1, 1999) YOU NEEDED ME (#1, 1999)



SCORPIONS (Voter: xajnipi)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST HIT: WIND OF CHANGE (#2, 1991)



RUDIMENTAL (Voter: Jason)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 12
BIGGEST UK HIT: FEEL THE LOVE (#1, 2012) WAITING ALL NIGHT (#1, 2013) THESE DAYS (#1, 2018)



EVERYTHING EVERYTHING (Voter: Jade- 2 points, Josh!- 21 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: COUGH COUGH (#37, 2012)



XTC (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: SENSES WORKING OVERTIME (#10, 1982)

Dircadirca said “Incredibly consistent band that doesn't get nearly enough credit”



THE CLASH (Voter: Jimwatts)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 15
BIGGEST UK HIT: SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO (#1, 1991)

Posted by: Jason 26th October 2020, 06:38 PM

How dare you Buzzjack... Rudimental with 3 UK number ones in the 2010s got a single vote.

Posted by: vibe 26th October 2020, 06:41 PM

Boyzone should be top 100

Posted by: jimwatts 26th October 2020, 08:20 PM

No other voters for The Clash? Educate yourselves people ...actually I expected it. My favourite songs of theirs are Complete Control, Career Opportunities and London Calling.

Great shout for XTC.

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 26th October 2020, 09:55 PM

Everything Everything would have been very high up a list if I had done one, happy to see they got a bit of love here.

Is it really necessary to constantly frame everything with respect to the UK charts?

Posted by: M4NGO 27th October 2020, 01:12 AM

If we're talking best Clash songs, 'Rock The Casbah' has GOT to get a mention

Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2020, 08:23 AM

Rudimental had some great songs but also some very bad ones

Posted by: Lukuzz 27th October 2020, 08:30 AM

Glad Boyzone are above Westlife

Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2020, 08:33 AM

Westlife and Boyzone are both terrible karaoke bands

Posted by: Gezza 27th October 2020, 06:29 PM

NO 157- 24 POINTS

MADNESS (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 28
BIGGEST HIT: HOUSE OF FUN (#1, 1982)



SMASHING PUMPKINS (Voter: *Dandy- 17 points, Bjork- 7 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST HIT: TONIGHT TONIGHT (#7, 1996)



DEF LEPPARD (Voter: M4NGO)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 19
BIGGEST HIT: LET’S GET ROCKED (#2, 1992) WHEN LOVE AND HATE COLLIDE (#2, 1995)



JAMIROQUAI (Voter: Dark Horse)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 26
BIGGEST HIT: DEEPER UNDERGROUND (#1, 1998)



MGMT (Voter: Cremey- 5 points, Dircadirca- 18 points, Gezza- 1 point)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: KIDS (#16, 2008)



MAJOR LAZER (Voter: Cremey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST HIT: COLD WATER (#1, 2016)

Posted by: dandy* 27th October 2020, 06:33 PM

Oh I forgot all about Jamiroquai! Especially bad as I tried to include them in the male one

Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2020, 06:39 PM

poor Smashing Pumpkins, they were so amazing (even if briefly)
the run of singles that included Today-Disarm-Bullet with Butterfly Wings-1979-Tonight Tonight was incredible

sad to see the lack of love for 90s US rock bands with Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Counting Crows all gone already

Posted by: Jason 27th October 2020, 06:45 PM

I could have voted for Major Lazer.

I think I liked a Smashing Pumpkins song, but it's not Tonight Tonight.

Posted by: Dark Horse 27th October 2020, 06:49 PM

i’m shocked that no one else voted for Jamiroquai... they r legends...

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 27th October 2020, 06:51 PM

Got to love a bit of Madness x

Posted by: Jason 27th October 2020, 06:59 PM

I'm sad to see the lack of love for 90s UK groups like Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. I got a feeling now that no one else voted for them, they were in my top 35 but I thought they would be remembered in this contest.

Posted by: GhoulOdyssey 27th October 2020, 07:04 PM

Very few of my votes have come up so far, so it'll be a nice surprise for me when they do

Posted by: Pting Rollo 27th October 2020, 07:10 PM

Madness are the best group from today's batch.

Posted by: jimwatts 27th October 2020, 07:45 PM

The Stone Roses were very close to my final 30, but I also think they've missed out on any votes.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 27th October 2020, 07:49 PM

I'm surprised I didn't vote for them, can't remember if they just missed out so might have forgot about them.

Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2020, 08:27 PM

loved the Stone Roses back in the day
and their debut album is amazing, the second one not so much
so it's always difficult to rate them against bands that have consistently delivered over time

I actually cannot recall either if I voted for them or not

Posted by: StoneDragon 27th October 2020, 09:14 PM

Madness (38) and Def Leppard (36) were just outside my Top 30 but Jamiroquai were 25th so would've got another 6 points from me!! All brilliant bands.

Posted by: Gezza 27th October 2020, 09:15 PM

Tomorrow we have the first act to attract votes from 4 voters!

Posted by: M4NGO 27th October 2020, 09:32 PM

Of all my 20+ pointers, I didn't think Def Leppard would be the band that no one else voted for!

Madness are a great band, they were probably close to getting points from me.

Posted by: jimwatts 27th October 2020, 09:37 PM

Def Leppard had another #2 hit, When Love And Hate Collide, that was the first I heard of them and I got their 'best of' the same year.

Posted by: vibe 28th October 2020, 09:17 AM

Madness and Jamiroquai were in my list but couldn’t squeeze them in to my top 30

Posted by: Blade 28th October 2020, 09:38 AM

Everything Everything stood out like a sore thumb in my votes with only one top 40 scrape to their name, but they were a must nevertheless, still delivering the eclectic goods I've never heard a Jamiroquai album before (which was not very useful when I took part in a music quiz once with a dedicated artist round, that week Jamiroquai, full of album tracks ) but they have some brilliant singles in their repertoire.

Posted by: Gezza 28th October 2020, 07:03 PM

NO 150- 25 POINTS

BUCKS FIZZ (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 13
BIGGEST UK HIT: MAKING YOUR MIND UP (#1, 1981) THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE (#1, 1981) MY CAMERA NEVER LIES (#1, 1982)



T.A.T.U (Voter: Nick F1)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID (#1, 2003)



10CC (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 12
BIGGEST HIT: RUBBER BULLETS (#1, 1973) I’M NOT IN LOVE (#1, 1975) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY (#1, 1978)



INXS (Voter: jason- 7 points, Dark Horse- 18 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: NEED YOU TONIGHT (#2, 1988)



THE ROLLING STONES (Voter: Cremey- 11 points, Jimwatts- 1 point, Mack- 11 points, ….Ready for it- 2 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 43
BIGGEST UK HIT: IT’S ALL OVER NOW (#1, 1964) LITTLE RED ROOSTER (#1, 1964) THE LAST TIME (#1, 1965) (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION (#1, 1965) GET OFF OF MY CLOUD (#1, 1965) PAINT IT BLACK (#1, 1966) JUMPIN JACK FLASH (#1, 1968) HONKY TONK WOMAN (#1, 1969)



YEAH YEAH YEAHS (Voter: Cremey- 19 points, Rabitfurcoat- 6 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: DATE WITH THE NIGHT (#16, 2003)



SYSTEM OF A DOWN (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: CHOP SUEY (#17, 2001)

Dircadirca wrote: “I do not endorse the opinions of John Dolmayan, but pretty much every album especially Toxicity is just wall to wall bangers”

Posted by: Blade 28th October 2020, 07:11 PM

All of those #1 hits for The Rolling Stones I've never been able to massively get into them in general but 'Paint It, Black' is a brilliant song.

I really like all of those 10cc chart toppers but on the flip-side, I prefer t.A.T.u.'s material away from 'All The Things She Said' - particularly 'Not Gonna Get Us'

I know and love the obvious Yeah Yeah Yeah songs 'Zero' and 'Heads Will Roll' but don't know anything else, should probably rectify that.

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 28th October 2020, 07:40 PM

I don't know that many songs from Yeah Yeah Yeahs either but they do have 2 proper 11/10 moments in their discog just among the ones I do know - 'Maps' and 'Zero' ('Heads Will Roll' is great as well ofc).

Yay for System Of A Down here as well ~

Posted by: miichaelking21 28th October 2020, 07:52 PM

can’t believe I forgot Bucks Fizz!

Posted by: jimwatts 28th October 2020, 07:55 PM

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps is one of my favourite songs of the 00s. It's been pretty influential too (e.g. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone, Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway and Beyoncé - Hold Up have all used elements of it).

I never really liked any INXS songs until a few years ago when I heard one of their really early songs, Don't Change

Hard to pick 3 favourite Rolling Stones songs as they were so consistent - I'll say Brown Sugar, Jumpin' Jack Flash and The Last Time.

Posted by: Jason 28th October 2020, 08:13 PM

Good to know someone else voted for INXS. My fave of theirs is Never Tears Us Apart.

RIP Michael Hutchence. Its weird to know he was a former Kylie 's boyfriend.

Posted by: Dark Horse 28th October 2020, 08:31 PM

i can’t believe The Rolling Stones got so few votes... they r legends.... thought they’s be in the top 10 at least....

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 28th October 2020, 08:47 PM

Can we not talk about Beyoncé's massacre of 'Maps' pls x

Posted by: Bjork 28th October 2020, 08:50 PM

really liked INXS
lots of great songs especially from the Kick era

Posted by: Pting Rollo 28th October 2020, 08:56 PM

I agree that Not Gonna Get Us by Tatu is a better song than All The Things She Said and Never Tear Us Apart is also my favourite by INXS of the songs I know by them.

Posted by: Gezza 28th October 2020, 09:12 PM

Moving into folks top 5 faves from tomorrow!

Posted by: Riser 29th October 2020, 03:26 AM

Oh how did I forget t.A.T.u., they definitely should've been in my top 30. But then they'd have had more points than the Rolling Stones which would seem weird Glad to see them here without my help!

Posted by: M4NGO 29th October 2020, 09:40 AM

There would be nothing weird about that, this is Buzzjack after all

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 29th October 2020, 05:01 PM

I suspected Cremey would've been the other YYYs voter. They're an incredible singles band, only really love It's Blitz! of their albums which is why I didn't rank them higher.

Good to see System of a Down getting a vote, they wouldn't have been far away from getting points from me, a really good couple of albums which I still listen to occasionally.

Posted by: Gezza 29th October 2020, 08:08 PM

NO 143- 26 POINTS

TRAVIS (Voter: M4NGO- 18 points, Bjork- 8 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: SING (#3, 2001)



SKUNK ANANSIE (Voter: xajnipi- 14 points, Bjork- 12 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: BRAZEN “WEEP” (#11, 1997)



MAMAS & PAPAS (Voter: Scene)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE (#2, 1967)



COCTEAU TWINS (Voter: Marcinjaro)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: PEARLY DEWDROPS’ DROPS (#29,1984)



LEVEL 42 (Voter: Shoat)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 20
BIGGEST UK HIT: LESSONS IN LOVE (#3, 1986)



BIFFY CLYRO (Voter: Mack- 5 points, WhoOdyssey- 21 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: MOUNTAINS (#5, 2008)



INTERPOL (Voter: Dircadirca- 19 points, *Dandy- 7 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST UK HIT: EVIL (#18, 2005)

Dircadirca said "Workmanlike music programmed to be liked by me. One excellent album followed by a decade of killer tracks"

Posted by: StoneDragon 29th October 2020, 08:27 PM

Some great bands in that reveal - esp Skunk Anansie but Biffy so low!!! If I had submitted my votes they would've got 19 more points. #Justice4Biffy

Posted by: MichaelMyers 29th October 2020, 08:39 PM

#Jusitce4Biffy

Should have had more votes.

Posted by: Bjork 29th October 2020, 08:43 PM

oh 2 of big fav ones, Skunk Anansie and Travis

Posted by: vibe 29th October 2020, 08:50 PM

Did not know skunk anasie didn’t have a top 10 !!

Posted by: Bjork 29th October 2020, 09:47 PM

yes, Skunk Anansie came very close to the top 10 a bunch of times, they had 7 top 20 hits I believe
the highest was Brazen at #11 and Hedonism at #13

Posted by: dandy* 29th October 2020, 10:03 PM

Can't believe I forgot Cocteau Twins!

Also can't believe RFC didn't vote for Interpol!!!

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 30th October 2020, 12:12 AM

Biffy Clyro is the only one I really care much about in that bunch.

Posted by: M4NGO 30th October 2020, 09:53 AM

Awww Travis didn't deserve to finish so low, nor did Biffy or Skunk Anansie actually, some great bands in that selection. Skunk Anansie's 'Stoosh' is an outstanding album!

The Mamas and The Papas have some great songs too, obvs 'California Dreamin' is an absolute classic

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 30th October 2020, 06:01 PM

This was a mistake and of the three I forgot that I'd likely have given points to would have had the highest, about 17 probably.

Posted by: Gezza 30th October 2020, 06:52 PM

NO 135- 27 POINTS

THE HUMAN LEAGUE (Voter: AH Gold)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: DON’T YOU WANT ME (#1, 1981)



SLEEPER (Voter: Gezza)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: NICE GUY EDDIE (#10, 1996) SALE OF THE CENTURY (#10, 1996)



FREEMASONS (Voter: Nick F1)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: UNINVITED (#8, 2007)



MARILLION (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 22
BIGGEST UK HIT: KAYLEIGH (#2, 1985)



ROYKSOPP (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat- 1 point, King Rollo- 5 points, *Dandy- 21 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: EPLE (#16, 2003)



B*WITCHED (Voter: jra1989- 17 points, Vibe- 7 points. Lukuzz- 3 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: C’EST LA VIE (#1, 1998) ROLLERCOASTER (#1, 1998) TO YOU I BELONG (#1, 1998) BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN (#1, 1999)



BLUE (Voter: Jade- 3 points, Slick- 8 points, Dark Horse- 9 points, Nick F1- 1 point. Lukuzz- 6 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 13
BIGGEST UK HIT: TOO CLOSE (#1, 2001) IF YOU COME BACK (#1, 2001) SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD (#1, 2002)



STROKES (Voter: Cremey- 12 points, Dircadirca- 15 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: JUICEBOX (#5, 2005)

Dircadirca said “Reminder that universally approved dude bands can be industry plants too, but that industry plants can also be good”

Posted by: Lukuzz 30th October 2020, 08:06 PM

Human League, B*Witched and Blue would have liked to see all slightly higher

Posted by: Grim Bréaper 30th October 2020, 08:17 PM

Röyksopp and The Strokes

Posted by: Gezza 31st October 2020, 08:48 AM

I'll do the 28 and 29 pointers today as there aren't many!

Posted by: Gezza 31st October 2020, 01:36 PM

NO 134- 28 POINTS

YES (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: WONDEROUS STORIES (#7, 1977)

Posted by: Gezza 31st October 2020, 01:37 PM

#29's later on

Posted by: Pting Rollo 31st October 2020, 02:00 PM

It's only right that an iconic group like Yes should have a position all to themselves.

Posted by: Gezza 31st October 2020, 05:43 PM

NO 129- 29 POINTS

ALL ABOUT EVE (Voter: Bjork)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: MARTHA’S HARBOUR (#10, 1988)



BRING ME THE HORIZON (Voter: WhoOdyssey)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST HIT: DROWN (#17, 2014)



LIBERTY X (Voter: jra1989- 7 points, Slick- 14 points, Lukuzz- 8 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: JUST A LITTLE (#1, 2002)



NIRVANA (Voter: Mack- 16 points, xajnipi- 11 points, Bjork- 2 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: HEART SHAPED BOX (#5, 1993)



A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (Voter: Dircadirca)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: CAN I KICK IT? (#15, 1991)

Dircadirca said “Low End & Marauders are stone cold classics, their parting album is not far off that either. No celebrity death has impacted me more than the Phifer”

Posted by: ...ready for it 31st October 2020, 10:21 PM

Yes and Nirvana, I like them. I forgot to vote for several groups, sadly.

Posted by: Gezza 1st November 2020, 10:08 AM

So I can confirm someone is losing their 30 pointer today...

Posted by: M4NGO 1st November 2020, 11:02 AM

I'd put The Human League in the same league (no pun intended) as Duran Duran as one of the biggest pop bands of the 80s so I'm really surprised they only got one vote.

Also surprised Blue and B*witched are that low, after all this is Buzzjack.

Posted by: Bjork 1st November 2020, 11:30 AM

oh my poor All About Eve gone, I knew no one else would vote for them, as this is Buzzjack
not many fans of indie-goth-folk 80s bands even though All About Eve had a female singer
their were my fav band as a kid, so mostly a nostalgia vote

also sad Nirvana is gone, they should definitely be higher, having them together with Liberty X, Blue or B'Witched is just wrong, even for Buzzjack standards
really hope with so many great bands gone already, the rest is not shitty pop bands ti the end

Posted by: Dark Horse 1st November 2020, 12:34 PM

i hope its not me

Posted by: Pting Rollo 1st November 2020, 12:39 PM

I'm hoping AH Gold also voted for my 30 pointer, otherwise it will probably be me.

Posted by: jimwatts 1st November 2020, 12:42 PM

I didn't quite have room for Nirvana in my votes - it's a shame they aren't higher, then again I'm pleased that my 20-pointer has ended up with more points...

Posted by: Lukuzz 1st November 2020, 01:13 PM

Bring me the horizon, nirvana, liberty x I love. Yes, all about eve, a trial called quest ive never even heard of.

Posted by: Gezza 1st November 2020, 01:46 PM

NO 123- 30 POINTS


DEAD OR ALIVE (Voter: Lukuzz- 24 points, AH Gold- 6 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) (#1, 1985)



ELO (Voter: King Rollo)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 27
BIGGEST UK HIT: XANADU (#1, 1980)



ELBOW (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat- 28 points, King Rollo- 2 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: ONE DAY LIKE THIS (#4, 2008)



S CLUB JUNIORS/8 (Voter: Jason- 15 points, Miichaelking21- 15 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: ONE STEP CLOSER (#2, 2002) AUTOMATIC HIGH (#2, 2002) NEW DIRECTION (#2, 2002)



FLORENCE & THE MACHINE (Voter: Marcinjaro- 9 points, *Dandy- 14 points, Gezza- 4 points, Bjork- 3 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) (#1, 2012)



KINGS OF LEON (Voter: Shoat- 15 points, Nick F1- 15 Points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 12
BIGGEST UK HIT: SEX ON FIRE (#1, 2008)

Posted by: King Rollo 1st November 2020, 02:03 PM

I have completed the hat trick of being the first person to lose his 30 pointer on each of Gezza's polls for male,female and group.

Posted by: Slick 1st November 2020, 02:07 PM

Wow I didn't expect to see S Club Juniors in this countdown!

Posted by: Lukuzz 1st November 2020, 02:38 PM

Dead or Alive, one of my all time faves. Glad someone else voted for them too.

Elbow not really a fan of. ELO and Kings of Leon are alright. Florence is pretty good. S Club juniors had like 2 good songs wasn't expecting them this high at all hah

Posted by: vibe 1st November 2020, 02:43 PM

S Club Juniors 🤣🙈

Posted by: vibe 1st November 2020, 02:43 PM

Is Florence the first band with 5 voters ?

Posted by: Gezza 1st November 2020, 03:06 PM

No Blue had 5 voters

Posted by: Gezza 1st November 2020, 03:07 PM

So we're all done with the single voter acts.

For Numbers 101-122 I'll post at least 3 acts a day or more as the numbers dictate and we'll do a round up of how many acts each voter has left before we get started on the top 100.

Posted by: dandy* 1st November 2020, 03:08 PM

I can't remember if I almost voted for Elbow or whether I completely forgot about them, still they're a great band

Posted by: Jason 1st November 2020, 06:11 PM

I'm happy you were wrong.
Thanks michaelking21 for voting for that iconic group as well.

Posted by: StoneDragon 1st November 2020, 06:41 PM

I loved All About Eve - I spammed their first album although they wouldn't have made my Top30. Nirvana I'm surprised they weren't much higher. Liberty X were a guilty pleasure of mine and ELO have some amazing songs.
Florence and the machine are way too low (they would've scored 23 points from me!) but maybe people thought of Florence as a soloist?

Posted by: Tafty 1st November 2020, 07:43 PM

Lmao.

Imma wait and see your reaction when it's a Spice Girls, Girls Aloud & The Saturdays top 3!

Posted by: marcinjaro 1st November 2020, 07:44 PM

I did like All About Eve back in the 80s, "Martha's Harbour" and "December" in particular.
I agree - Nirvana's position really low.

Posted by: Jade 1st November 2020, 07:45 PM

No regrets with sneaking Blue into my votes - both 'All Rise' and lockdown anthem 'Fly By II' have been in my head lately x

Omg S Club Juniors!! 'Fool No More' and 'Sundown' were pretty mature and great from them, Liberty X also have some strong pop offerings like 'Just A Little' and 'Being Nobody'

'nihilist blues' was my favourite song of last year - I'm generally more of a fan of BMTH's electronic work

'One Day Like This', 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)' are classics <3 but don't know much else from those

My favourite Florence song is a bit of a weird choice ('What The Water Gave Me') - they probably deserved a place in my votes actually, but I sometimes forget they're a band

Posted by: marcinjaro 1st November 2020, 07:47 PM

Although 4 people voted for Florence and the Machine, they landed relatively low. I would expect them to be more iconic in Buzzjack.

Posted by: Bré 1st November 2020, 11:11 PM

Was Florence not also in the female solo artists countdown (because of her feature on 'Sweet Nothing')? I can definitely imagine there might have been people who left F+TM out of their votes here due to not considering them to be a group (and it is a fairly arbitrary distinction really).

Posted by: Jason 2nd November 2020, 02:41 AM

You forgot to include Little Mix in the top 3 / top 4.

It would have been very funny if S Club Juniors were ahead of S Club 7, but I'm pretty sure the latter are still to come.

Posted by: Gezza 2nd November 2020, 07:14 PM

NO 121- 31 POINTS

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB (Voter: WhoOdyssey- 16 points, Josh!- 15 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: CHANGING OF THE SEASONS (#33, 2013)



CULTURE CLUB (Voter: Marcinjaro- 12 points, …ready For It- 6 points, AH Gold- 13 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 12
BIGGEST UK HIT: DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME? (#1, 1982) KARMA CHAMELEON (#1, 1983)



NO 118- 32 POINTS

M PEOPLE (Voter: Dark Horse- 15 points, Vibe- 17 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 19
BIGGEST UK HIT: MOVING ON UP (#2, 1993)



TEARS FOR FEARS (Voter: Marcinjaro- 14 points, King Rollo- 18 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 17
BIGGEST UK HIT: EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (#2, 1985)



PORTISHEAD (Voter: Dircadirca- 17 points, *Dandy- 15 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: ALL MINE (#8, 1997)

Dircadirca said “They release every blue moon but they sure do knock it out of the park”

Posted by: vibe 2nd November 2020, 07:44 PM

M People deserve top 100

A unique band !!

Posted by: Lukuzz 2nd November 2020, 07:57 PM

Culture Club and M People had some great ones.

Only really know one Tears for Fears song.

The other 2 I don't know of

Posted by: Dark Horse 2nd November 2020, 09:45 PM

i wish i had voted for Culture Club, forgot about them...😞

Posted by: vibe 2nd November 2020, 09:47 PM

I thought EWTRTW for sure topped the charts.

Posted by: marcinjaro 2nd November 2020, 10:18 PM

I lost my two bands at one go today.

Posted by: King Rollo 2nd November 2020, 10:48 PM

It got to number 1 in the USA. I'm pleased someone else voted for Tears For Fears.

Posted by: Bré 2nd November 2020, 11:32 PM

Two Door Cinema Club had a nearly flawless singles run for their first 2 albums. They've been spottier since then but still put out the occasional great tune. They deserve better than for the ok but fairly subpar by their standards 'Changing Of The Seasons' to be their only top 40 hit - although of course their most popular song by far now would be 'What You Know'.

Posted by: M4NGO 3rd November 2020, 12:06 AM

M People were a great band, in many ways they were the Clean Bandit of the early 90s, in that they produced some excellent commercial sounding dance music. And Heather Small has got a cracking set of lungs on her! I actually feel bad I didn't vote for them now. But I still can't believe they finished lower than my slightly obscure favourite 90s pop/dance band that's yet to come

Posted by: Jason 3rd November 2020, 03:02 AM

Moving on Up is a tune but I can't remember anything else from M People.

I think I've already lost 9 groups but I'm not sure about it.

Posted by: Bjork 3rd November 2020, 07:01 AM

Florence gone! Injustice! and with the same votes as S Club Jr :/ this is just wrong

Portishead just missed in my voting but amazing incredible band

Posted by: M4NGO 3rd November 2020, 09:51 AM

One Night In Heaven? Sight For Sore Eyes? Search For The Hero? Itchycoo Park? All great songs! In fact I feel an M People day coming on *opens spotify*

Posted by: StoneDragon 3rd November 2020, 10:46 AM

Tears for Fears were my number 28 - amazing run of 80s singles. I only know Portishead's first album which is brilliant.

Posted by: Gezza 3rd November 2020, 07:17 PM

NO 116- 33 POINTS

JACKSON 5/ JACKSONS (Voter: Scene- 18 points, Slick- 7 points, Vibe- 8 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 25
BIGGEST UK HIT: SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO (#1, 1977)



SCISSOR SISTERS (Voter: Elgornio- 12 points, Scene- 16 points, *Dandy- 5 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: I DON’T FEEL LIKE DANCING (#1, 2006)



NO 114- 35 POINTS

FOO FIGHTERS (Voter: Riser- 29 points, Mack- 6 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 21
BIGGEST UK HIT: BEST OF YOU (#4, 2005)



SISTER SLEDGE (Voter: AaronTM- 13 Points, Slick- 22 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: FRANKIE (#1, 1985)

Posted by: vibe 3rd November 2020, 09:04 PM

Jackson 5 didn’t make top 100 either

Tomorrow I will add up how many groups I’ve lost

Posted by: M4NGO 4th November 2020, 12:05 AM

Scissors are the best of that bunch, they've delivered some absolute bops. 'Filthy/Gorgeous' was such a moment *.* unfortunately their quality just diminished with every album.

Posted by: Riser 4th November 2020, 12:35 AM

I'm not sure I even know 'Show You The Way To Go'...that was really the Jacksons' only #1!?

Scissor Sisters and Sister Sledge getting the same amount of points, quite a coincidence!

Posted by: Bjork 4th November 2020, 08:59 AM

What happened top Scissor Sisters? Do they still exist?

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 4th November 2020, 09:01 AM

They've been on a "break" since 2012, other than a charity single a few years ago - though Jake Shears most recently said last year that they would return at some point.

Posted by: Bjork 4th November 2020, 10:07 AM

oh that's a long hiatus... but he released solo stuff I think

back in the day I thought everybody hated M People, especially when they won the Mercury Prize

Posted by: Jade 4th November 2020, 10:32 AM

This is my favourite Scissor Sisters song too

Posted by: Slick 4th November 2020, 11:34 AM

Oh I bloody love Sister Sledge.

Posted by: Gezza 4th November 2020, 05:54 PM

NO 112- 36 POINTS

MIS-TEEQ (Voter: jra1989- 15 points, Aaron TM- 2 points, Scene- 12 points, Slick- 6 points, Miichaelking21- 1 point)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: ALL I WANT (#2, 2001) SCANDALOUS (#2, 2003)



THE PRODIGY (Voter: Dircadirca- 3 points, Scene- 19 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 8 points, Nick F1- 3 points, *Dandy- 3 points



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 17
BIGGEST UK HIT: FIRESTARTER (#1, 1996) BREATHE (#1, 1996)

Dircadirca said “Absolutely relentless and the world is better for it”



NO 110- 37 POINTS

HEART (Voter: Scene- 5 points, M4NGO- 22 points, Bjork- 10 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: ALONE (#3, 1987)



HOT CHIP (Voter: Cremey- 20 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 17 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: READY FOR THE FLOOR (#6, 2008)

Posted by: M4NGO 4th November 2020, 06:01 PM

Heart I'm choked that anyone else voted for them, let alone two others! Ann Wilson's voice is absolutely incredible and they definitely don't get much recognition beyond 'Alone' - which I have to say is probably the BEST power ballad ever recorded. I could listen to them all day long

Posted by: marcinjaro 4th November 2020, 06:05 PM

I expected Prodigy to be in the TOP 100. They were my Bubbling Under.

Posted by: Bré 4th November 2020, 08:04 PM

Happy to see The Prodigy getting as many as 5 voters even if they've ended up outside the top 100. Would have been my 30 pointer if I did a list of course. Nice showing for Hot Chip too.

Posted by: StoneDragon 4th November 2020, 08:14 PM

I hated M People - all their songs sounded the same to me!!

Posted by: Jason 4th November 2020, 10:07 PM

I thought Heart were a girlband but I was wrong .
I think I prefer Alyssa Reid's Alone Again to Heart's Alone
Surprised Prodigy is not top 100. I wonder if the groups needed more than 40 point to be top 100 here.

Posted by: Bjork 5th November 2020, 06:50 AM

^oh my, clean your ears

Heart were an amazing band, and not just Alone, they also had lots of other great songs (All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You, Never, These Dreams,
There's the Girl, Secret, What About Love, Stranded)

Prodigy were great too, they were in my bubbling under list. I really loved The Fat of the Land but prior to that album and after that album, I didn't like them as much... but Firestarter and Breathe were some of the best songs of the 90s

Posted by: vibe 5th November 2020, 07:13 AM

Misteeq and Produgy were on my list but didn’t make top 30

Posted by: Lukuzz 5th November 2020, 09:37 AM

I love Heart, completely forgot about them and Mis-Teeq. Both brilliant

Love a bit of The Prodigy too.

Hot Chip I've not heard much of them tbh

Posted by: M4NGO 5th November 2020, 01:51 PM

Love every song in that list would never have believed you and me had Heart in common

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 5th November 2020, 01:59 PM

Another two of mine out, feels like a lot! Thought the Prodigy would be higher - will have to blame Bre

Like so many bands I voted for, the song posted as highest charting for Hot Chip is far from my favourite of theirs. Their career does vary from being good to great, and every time I think they might have lost it come back with something brilliant - their album last year loads better than the previous one, a consistency in producing indie/electronic music and of every gig I've ever been to they probably had the most consistently age varied crowd.

Posted by: Bjork 5th November 2020, 02:07 PM

I guess maybe Prodigy is one of the few cases in which their highest charting songs are also their best
Don't think I like any other song of theres more than Breathe

Posted by: vibe 5th November 2020, 02:30 PM

I have lost ten groups

Hopefully I dont lose anymore until the top 100!!

Posted by: Gezza 5th November 2020, 03:01 PM

1 poster is going to have a very bad day indeed in the thread having voted for every act leaving....

Posted by: dandy* 5th November 2020, 05:22 PM

Wow at the Prodigy being out already. They're the biggest shock for me so far, would have thought they would easily be top 100.

Posted by: Jade 5th November 2020, 05:27 PM

I love The Prodigy but there's definitely a disassociation in my brain between dance acts and the word 'group' or 'band' so I didn't even think of these kind of artists when compiling my votes. So yeah, I'm to blame too. so many classics in their back catalogue - I think 'Out of Space' is my favourite!

Posted by: Jason 5th November 2020, 05:35 PM

OMG! I hope it's not me.

Posted by: jimwatts 5th November 2020, 06:09 PM

The Prodigy would have been somewhere near my votes - they had so many great singles in the 90s.

Well I have 22 groups left and some of them have done better than I thought to get this far...

Posted by: M4NGO 5th November 2020, 06:18 PM

Yep, that and 'No Good (Start The Dance)' are both amazing!

Posted by: Gezza 5th November 2020, 07:39 PM

NO 105- 38 POINTS

THE VACCINES (Voter: WhoOdyssey- 25 points, Josh!- 13 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4
BIGGEST UK HITS: POST BREAK-UP SEX (#32, 2011)



PANIC AT THE DISCO (Voter: WhoOdyssey- 26 points, Nick F1- 12 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 4 (until 2015)
BIGGEST UK HITS: NINE IN THE AFTERNOON (#13, 2008)



CATFISH & THE BOTTLE (Voter: WhoOdssey- 27 points, Josh!- 11 points,)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HITS: LONGSHOT (#25, 2019)



LONDON GRAMMAR (Voter: Elgornio- 5 points, Marcinjaro- 3 points, WhoOdyssey- 1 point, Josh!-
17 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 12 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: STRONG (#16, 2013)



VAMPIRE WEEKEND (Voter: Cremey- 15 points, WhoOdyssey- 14 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 9 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: OXFORD COMMA (#38, 2008)

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 5th November 2020, 07:46 PM

All 5 of mine

Posted by: Lukuzz 5th November 2020, 07:49 PM

Would have liked Panic higher. Although I forgot to vote for them.

London Grammer are alright too..

The other 3 don't really know much of their stuff

Posted by: marcinjaro 5th November 2020, 07:53 PM

Poor WhoOdyssey! I'm more than happy that as many as five posters voted for London Grammar!!! They deserved it!

Posted by: Bjork 5th November 2020, 09:00 PM

ouch looks like I forgot to vote for London Grammar? I was convinced I had them in
I also like Vampire Weekend a lot...

Posted by: XhannahlongX 5th November 2020, 09:02 PM

Loooove P!ATD, would've had 15 points from me.

Posted by: jimwatts 5th November 2020, 09:11 PM

Vampire Weekend probably would have made my top 40, while London Grammar and the Vaccines are two of the more recent groups I considered.

Posted by: Gezza 5th November 2020, 09:12 PM

Tomorrow we'll do a recap of all that's gone as we hit the magic 100 mark plus see how many acts each voter has left in the top 100!

Posted by: Bré 5th November 2020, 09:17 PM

Vampire Weekend and London Grammar are two more that would have ranked highly for me - consider them to be moral top 100 finishers. x

I've not really cared that much for their later stuff but The Vaccines are another band who had a really solid run of singles earlier on. Quite impressive that a group like them managed to get 4 top 40 hits so recently - although their best song for me is 'All In White' which didn't chart.

Posted by: StoneDragon 6th November 2020, 09:34 AM

London Grammar were in my list too - would've had another 16 points. I'm thinking a few of my favs have completed missed the countdown now (I would've been their only voter). Will wait and see.
Brilliant to follow along Gezza

Posted by: M4NGO 6th November 2020, 09:38 AM

London Grammar are one of those bands that everyone except me seems to love, but I just don't get the hype for them at all. With the exception of a couple of songs, I find them a bit dull (don't shoot me). Oh well.

Looking forward to today's recap!

Posted by: Gezza 6th November 2020, 04:31 PM

NO 102- 39 POINTS

FALL OUT BOY (Voter: WhoOdyssey- 20 points, Nick F1- 19 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 11
BIGGEST UK HIT: THIS AIN’T A SCENE, IT’S AN ARMS RACE (#2, 2007)



PULP (Voter: Dircadirca- 5 points, *Dandy- 4 points, Gezza- 11 points, Bjork- 19 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 12
BIGGEST UK HIT: COMMON PEOPLE (#2, 1995) MIS-SHAPES/ SORTED FOR E’S & WHIZZ (#2, 1995)

Dircadirca said "At times they raise the bar in Britpop so high that it's unfair on everyone else"



KEANE (Voter: Riser- 14 points, Jade- 7 points, Elgornio- 4 points, AH Gold- 14 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW (#3, 2004) IS IT ANY WONDER (#3, 2006)

Posted by: Gezza 6th November 2020, 04:35 PM

NO 101- 40 POINTS

A-HA (Voter: Marcinjaro- 8 points, Gezza- 24 points, AH Gold- 8 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV (#1, 1986)

Posted by: Gezza 6th November 2020, 04:40 PM

recap on what we've had!

NO 101- 40 POINTS
A-Ha

NO 102- 39 POINTS
Fall Out Boy
Pulp
Keane

NO 105- 38 POINTS
Vaccines
Panic At The Disco
Catfish & The Bottlemen
London Grammar
Vampire Weekend

NO 110- 37 POINTS
Heart
Hot Chip

NO 112- 36 POINTS
Mis-Teeq
Prodigy

NO 114- 34 POINTS
Sister Sledge
Foo Fighters

NO 116- 33 POINTS
Jackson 5
Scissor Sisters

NO 118- 32 POINTS
M People
Tears For Fears
Portishead

NO 121- 31 POINTS
Two Door Cinema Club
Culture Club

NO 123- 30 POINTS
Dead Or Alive
ELO
Elbow
S Club Juniors
Florence & The Machine
Kings Of Leon

NO 129- 29 POINTS
All About Eve
Bring Me The Horizon
Liberty X
Nirvana
A Tribe Called Quest

NO 134- 28 POINTS
Yes

NO 135- 27 POINTS
Human League
Sleeper
Freemasons
Marillion
Royksopp
B*Witched
Blue
Strokes

NO 143- 26 POINTS
Travis
Skunk Anansie
Mamas & Papas
Cocteau Twins
Level 42
Biffy Clyro
Interpol

NO 150- 25 POINTS
Bucks Fizz
TATU
10CC
INXS
Rolling Stones
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
System Of A Down

NO 157- 24 POINTS
Madness
Smashing Pumpkins
Def Leppard
Jamiroquai
MGMT
Major Lazer

NO 163- 23 POINTS
Boyzone
Scorpions
Rudimental
Everything Everything
XTC
Clash

NO 169- 22 POINTS
New Kids On The Block
Westlife
Beautiful South
Sparks
OMD
Futureheads
Eternal

NO 176- 21 POINTS
Pink Floyd
Queens Of The Stone Age

NO 178- 20 POINTS
Of Monsters And Men
Shapeshifters
Ultravox
Jonas Brothers
Booty Luv
Adam & The Ants
Outkast

NO 185- 19 POINTS
Friendly Fires
Mumford & Sons

NO 187- 18 POINTS
Sweet
Moloko
Moody Blues
Soft Cell
Empire Of The Sun
TwentyOne Pilots
Beach Boys

NO 194- 17 POINTS
Metallica
Faithless
Groove Armada

NO 197- 16 POINTS
Cleopatra
East 17
Guillemots
Ash
Long Blondes
Thompson Twins
Isley Brothers

NO 204- 15 POINTS
Counting Crows
Idlewild

NO 206- 14 POINTS
Pearl Jam
Evanescence
Primal Scream
Swedish House Mafia
Kinks
Pogues

NO 212- 13 POINTS
Men At Work
112
Hard-Fi
Prefab Sprout
Maximo Park

NO 217- 12 POINTS
Same Difference
Script

NO 219- 11 POINTS
Doves
Red Box
Fugees

NO 222- 10 POINTS
Savage Garden
Hurts
Cascada
T'Pau
Zero 7
Gossip
Nickelback
My Bloody Valentine

NO 230- 9 POINTS
Spandau Ballet
Franz Ferdinand
Underworld
Art Of Noise
Bangles
Chainsmokers
Big Brovaz
Noisettes
Train
Specials

NO 240- 8 POINTS
Embrace
You Me At 6
Crowded House
All American Rejects
Supergrass

NO 245- 7 POINTS
Dollar
Catatonia
BTS
Rage Against The Machine

NO 249- 6 POINTS
Dubstar
ABC
Wombats
KLF
Wilson Phillips
DNCE
Kaiser Chiefs
Avalanches

NO 257- 5 POINTS
Four Tops
James
Foster The People
Kasabian
Delays

NO 262- 4 POINTS
Space
Mike & The Mechanics
Pipettes
La Roux
Wu-Tang Clan

NO 267- 3 POINTS
Shalamar
Cheat Codes
Kraftwerk
Godley & Crème
Last Shadow Puppets
Surfaces
Jam
Tegan and Sara

NO 275- 2 POINTS
AC/DC
Razorlight
Kool & The Gang
Housemartins
D-12
Brand New

NO 281- 1 POINT
Disclosure
Anthony & The Johnsons
Boney M
Darkness
Leftfield
Cage The Elephant
Inspiral Carpets
Shakespears Sister
H.I.M
BLACKPINK
G-Unit
Silverchair
Karmin
Joy Division

Posted by: Jason 6th November 2020, 04:40 PM

The Sun Always Shines on TV is a pop classic really. It sounds so much better than their biggest hit in the USA Take On Me imo.

I got 22 groups left in the top 100. I've lost: S Club Juniors, INXS, Rudimental, Swedish House Mafia, Chainsmokers, KLF, The Housemartins and Inspiral Carpets.

Posted by: King Rollo 6th November 2020, 04:44 PM

Keane and Aha have both released some top quality singles.

Posted by: M4NGO 6th November 2020, 04:53 PM

'The Sun Always Shines On TV' is a bona fide 80s classic I especially love in the intro!

I think I've lost 9 acts so I've got 21 acts in the Top 100.

Posted by: Dark Horse 6th November 2020, 04:55 PM

i’m so glad my favorite bands are in the top 100🕺🏾🕺🏾🎉🎉

Posted by: Gezza 6th November 2020, 04:56 PM

So how many act have YOU got left in the top 100?

Aaron TM 28
Xajnipi 25
Riser 24
Miichaelking21 23
Lukuzz 23
...Ready For It 23
Slick 23
Mack 23
Jade 23
Josh! 22
Jimwatts 22
Jason 22
Jra1989 22
Shoat 22
M4NGO 21
Elgornio 21
Scene 21
Dark Horse 21
Vibe 20
Gezza 20
*Dandy 19
Marcinjaro 18
Cremey 18
Bjork 18
Nick F1 16
WhoOdyssey 15
Rabbitfurcoat 15
AH Gold 13
Dircadirca 13
King Rollo 11


Everyone except King Rollo sees their 30 pointer in the top 100

Posted by: Lukuzz 6th November 2020, 06:06 PM

Woo 23 of my faves to come. I can't even remember who I voted for 🤣

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 6th November 2020, 06:44 PM

Catfish & The Bottlemen btw

Posted by: vibe 6th November 2020, 07:56 PM

Really enjoying this thread !!

Can’t believe some members have lost very few bands !!!

Posted by: Bjork 6th November 2020, 08:32 PM

oh can't believe Pulp are gone, I thought they would be much appreciated in here
one of the best UK bands ever and a million times better than Oasis and Blur put together

also sad for A-ha and Keane, which I didn't vote but I do like a lot and bought albums in the past

Posted by: Gezza 6th November 2020, 08:36 PM

As for the top 100- we now move to three eliminations per day. Ties will be separated by firstly those acts with the most voters giving them points, and in the event of a tie on that front, by the top mark they got from any one voter.

Posted by: Bré 6th November 2020, 10:33 PM

I'm going to have to shoot you I'm afraid

Posted by: Gezza 7th November 2020, 02:35 PM

NO 100- 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER- 40 POINTS (Voter: Jade- 11 points, Jason- 27 points, Miichaelking21- 2 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT (#1, 2014)



NO 99- THE POLICE- 41 POINTS (Voter: Mack- 27 points, xajnipi- 1 point, …ready for it- 13 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (#1, 1979) WALKING ON THE MOON (#1, 1979) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME (#1, 1980) EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC (#1, 1981) EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE (#1, 1983)



NO 98- BLINK 182- 41 POINTS (Voter: Riser- 5 points, WhoOdyssey- 22 points, Scene- 11 points, xajnipi- 3 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: ALL THE SMALL THINGS (#2, 2000)

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 7th November 2020, 02:47 PM

blink-182's best half a dozen or so songs are as good as most bands however I'm not really that into much after that.

Adam's Song, Stay Together For the Kids and I Miss You

Posted by: StoneDragon 7th November 2020, 02:57 PM

Keane would've scored 21 points from me and A-ha 5 points. The Police made the shortlist but outside the points. Some great bands mixed in this section.

Posted by: Scene 7th November 2020, 03:40 PM

blink-182 'I Miss You' remains one of my faves.

Posted by: M4NGO 7th November 2020, 04:15 PM

Love a bit of Blink, they were close to getting points from me.

5SOS are good but still a poor man's Busted, at least in their early days. They've done really well to evolve their sound and stay kinda relevant though.

Posted by: Bré 8th November 2020, 12:21 AM

blink-182's more recent releases have been highly questionable at best but I like most of their classic singles, my fave also being 'I Miss You' <3

Mildly judging Jade for putting 5SOS in her top 20. (they have like 3 good songs x)

Posted by: Gezza 8th November 2020, 01:15 PM

NO 97- ALPHABEAT- 42 POINTS (Voter: Riser- 13 points, Gezza- 12 points, Miichaelking21- 17 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: FASCINATION (#6, 2008)



NO 96- STEREOPHONICS- 42 POINTS (Voter: Jason- 5 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 18 points, Lukuzz- 19 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 26
BIGGEST UK HIT: DAKOTA (#1, 2005)



NO 95- HONEYZ- 42 POINTS (Voter: jra1989- 14 points, Aaron TM- 7 points, Vibe- 21 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: FINALLY FOUND (#4, 1998)

Posted by: Lukuzz 8th November 2020, 01:28 PM

Blink 182, Stereophonics and Honeyz are all great.

Posted by: jimwatts 8th November 2020, 01:46 PM

Did not expect to see Alphabeat this high! Fascination is brilliant though.

I liked the Stereophonics' first two albums. I know the Manics have little in common with them except they're both from South Wales, but it would be a shame if they've missed out on votes completely.

Posted by: vibe 8th November 2020, 03:38 PM

Honeys doing very well and deservedly so!!! Still a shame their second album didn’t materialise.

Love the phonics too.

Posted by: M4NGO 8th November 2020, 03:56 PM

I was listening to Alphabeat just the other day actually, they're a great little pop band.

Stereophonics are pretty good too, lots of classic singles, 'Since I Told You It's Over' is probably my favourite.

Don't worry, they Manics haven't missed out on votes completely

Posted by: Jason 8th November 2020, 04:53 PM

A bit late, but I'm still happy to see 5 Seconds of Summer in the top 100. They could have been much higher if Joseph had voted. My faves of theirs are 'Don't Stop' and 'Youngblood'.

Also good to see Stereophonics this high. Their version of 'Handbags and Gladrags' are definitely my fave of theirs.

Posted by: Bré 8th November 2020, 09:09 PM

'Dakota' by Stereophonics is up there with my favourite songs of all time, they have a few other pretty good songs too but that's their only truly essential song.

Honeyz. Lol.

Posted by: Bjork 8th November 2020, 09:29 PM

Stereophonics have many great tracks, my fav is probably Maybe Tomorrow
but also like Pick a Part That's New, Dakota, Traffic, A Thousand Trees, Just Looking...
they kinda lost me recently, cannot recall any recent single since Indian summer

Posted by: Gezza 9th November 2020, 06:53 PM

NO 94- GUNS N ROSES- 43 POINTS (Voter: Mack- 17 points, xajnipi- 26 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: KNOCKIN ON HEAVEN’S DOOR (#2, 1992)



NO 93- THE VAMPS- 44 POINTS (Voter: Jason- 9 points, Josh!- 6 points, Miichaelking21- 29 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: CAN WE DANCE (#2, 2013) LAST NIGHT (#2, 2014)



NO 92- GENESIS- 46 POINTS (Voter: King Rollo- 29 points, …ready for it- 17 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 20
BIGGEST UK HIT: MAMA (#4, 1983)

Posted by: M4NGO 9th November 2020, 10:41 PM

Good showing for G'n'R, 'Don't Cry' and 'November Rain' are two of the best rock songs ever written. They narrowly missed out on points from me.

The Vamps have released some fun singles but much like 5SOS I've always found them ultimately a poor man's Busted/McFly.

Genesis did some good stuff in the 90's, 'No Son Of Mine' is a classic

Posted by: Jason 10th November 2020, 01:57 AM

OMG! Since Gezza started the top 100 countdown, I'm losing 1 group every day.
By the way, I thought I would be the only one to vote for The Vamps. So, I'm pleased to see them in the top 100.
I think me and Michaelking21 have similar music taste. It's not the first time we vote for the same group.

Posted by: Gezza 10th November 2020, 04:40 PM

You get a break today unlike one poster.......

Posted by: Gezza 10th November 2020, 04:50 PM

NO 91- LIBERTINES- 46 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 22 points, WhoOdyssey- 4 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 20 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6
BIGGEST UK HIT: CAN’T STAND ME NOW (#2, 2004)



NO 90- LCD SOUNDSYSTEM- 48 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 21 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 27 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: DAFT PUNK IS PLAYING AT MY HOUSE (#29. 2005)



NO 89- SIGUR ROS- 48 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 13 points, *Dandy- 11 points, Bjork- 24 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 1
BIGGEST UK HIT: HOPPIPOLLA (#24, 2005)

Posted by: Bjork 10th November 2020, 05:21 PM

oh poor Sigur Ros! I also really like LCD Soundsystem

Posted by: Lukuzz 10th November 2020, 06:02 PM

Nice to see Guns n Roses although think they definitely deserve at least top 75. Although I forgot to vote for them haha. The rest in the last bunch don't do much for me

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 10th November 2020, 06:15 PM

Impressed LCD Soundsystem and The Libertines were that high. If anything I under-pointed LCD Soundsystem on 27, their output is so consistent and absolutely great.

I was a bit too young for The Libertines + other bands of that era, enjoyed the couple of singles I knew but went back to them in the second wave and enjoyed their second album, thought they were loads better than the likes of the Strokes or White Stripes, Up The Bracket is superb

Posted by: dandy* 10th November 2020, 06:40 PM

Sigur Rós Completely unique band. I do have to be in the right mood to listen to them but when I am it's so easy to get completely lost in their songs.

Posted by: Jade 10th November 2020, 06:43 PM

The 'Valtari' album is absolutely stunning - really need to check out more Sigur Rós stuff.

I think 5SOS are the only group I've voted for since I last commented in here! They're mostly on my list for past glories (I was a total stan during their first album ) but they have won me back a bit with their latest era anyway - 'No Shame' and 'Wildflower' are great songs.

Posted by: Bré 10th November 2020, 07:08 PM

Sigur Rós <3 not sure we'll be getting any more proper new music from them any time soon sadly as they have lost half of their members and fallen into a couple of scandals oops ~ (they do have an album out in a few weeks but as far as I can tell it's just a live recording from 2002). At least Jónsi is still releasing music. Quite amazing that a band like them ever had a top 40 hit.

Posted by: Bjork 11th November 2020, 08:38 AM

Hoppipolla was quite big at the time, it had 2 chart runs, first peaking at #35 in late 2005 and then it re-entered a few months later in 2006 and peaked at #24 then

of course years later Chicane did a dance cover and called it Poppiholla and that went top 10

Posted by: M4NGO 11th November 2020, 09:36 AM

I could never get into Sigur Rós, they were just that bit too alternative for me. I'm obviously not cultured enough to get them

The Libertines had some good tunes, all my mates were massively into them at the time, but I never thought they lived up to their hype.

Posted by: StoneDragon 11th November 2020, 10:10 AM

I love Sigur Ros - music to zone out to - they were my #30

Posted by: Gezza 11th November 2020, 06:28 PM

NO 88- GOLDFRAPP- 48 POINTS (Voter: Dircadirca- 26 points, Elgornio- 11 points, jra1989- 4 points, Aaron TM- 4 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 3 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: OOH LA LA (#4, 2005)

Dircadirca said “Behind their radio hits is an incredibly evocative band”



NO 87- BLOC PARTY- 50 Points (Voter: Cremey- 27 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 23 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 13
BIGGEST UK HIT: THE PRAYER (#4, 2007)



NO 86- TEXAS- 50 POINTS (Voter: Shoat- 24 points, Aaron TM- 1 point, Dark Horse- 20 points, M4NGO- 5 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 21
BIGGEST UK HIT: SAY WHAT YOU WANT (#3, 1997)

Posted by: vibe 11th November 2020, 06:34 PM

Texas were my number 31 choice !!!

Posted by: miichaelking21 11th November 2020, 06:35 PM

And that is on having phenomenal taste.

Posted by: M4NGO 11th November 2020, 06:36 PM

I had a mate who was a massive Bloc Party fan but I never liked them very much. Their songs just seemed so...forgettable?

Glad Texas got a few votes I actually had their Greatest Hits on the other day, a very pleasant listen!

Posted by: dandy* 11th November 2020, 06:38 PM

Goldfrapp and Bloc Party are both great, particularly with their earlier albums.

Texas are okay but I don't really like anything more than an "I wouldn't turn it off" kinda level. They're a perfect greatest hits only act for me.

Posted by: Scene 11th November 2020, 06:48 PM

I used to like a bit of Texas when I was very young. I used to think they were singing "my Bjorn Borg" rather than "black eyed boy".

Posted by: Gezza 11th November 2020, 06:55 PM

Someone will lose their 30 pointer on Friday............

Posted by: StoneDragon 11th November 2020, 07:07 PM

Goldfrapp were my #29

Posted by: dandy* 11th November 2020, 07:08 PM

I can imagine it won't be too much longer before I do

Posted by: jimwatts 11th November 2020, 07:18 PM

Pleasantly surprised how many indie/alt groups have made it this far! Hope it's a sign of what might be finishing high, rather than them all being eliminated in one stretch... anyway my 20-pointer has at least two other voters

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 11th November 2020, 08:06 PM

Cremey & I losing a lot together at the moment

Bloc Party's output after their third album is pretty much all awful but those first two are incredible, but again two acts I've voted for with their highest charting songs (The Prayer and Ooh La La) not really anywhere near my favourite of theirs.

Posted by: Gezza 12th November 2020, 04:52 PM

No 85- SADE- 51 POINTS (Voter: Vibe- 24 points, Bjork- 27 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: YOUR LOVE IS KING (#6, 1984)



No 84- ONEREPUBLIC- 51 POINTS (Voter: Riser- 20 points, xajnipi- 18 points, Lukuzz- 13 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: COUNTING STARS (#1, 2013)



No 83- BEE GEES – 51 POINTS (Voter: Jason- 17 points, Dark Horse- 10 points, xajnipi- 24 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 31
BIGGEST UK HIT: MASSACHUSETTS (#1, 1967) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU (#1, 1968) NIGHT FEVER (#1, 1978) TRAGEDY (#1, 1979) YOU WIN AGAIN (#1, 1987)

Posted by: Lukuzz 12th November 2020, 04:53 PM

Onerepublic and Bee Gees. Love both.

Posted by: Dark Horse 12th November 2020, 05:06 PM

i can't believe Bee Gees are so low, they're one of the greatest groups in history....
i'm so gutted i forgot to vote for Goldfrapp, they would have been in my top 15 for sure....

Posted by: vibe 12th November 2020, 05:09 PM

Yes Bjork having some taste !!!

I guess some people think Sade is a solo star.

Posted by: M4NGO 12th November 2020, 05:45 PM

If I stop to think about it, I know that Sade is a group but off the top of my head I'd probably forget and assume she's a solo artist.

OneRepublic have released some great songs but I always felt like Ryan Tedder wrote better songs for other people.

I know I didn't vote for them but I definitely thought the Bee Gees would finish higher than that!

Posted by: Jason 13th November 2020, 01:48 AM

Bee Gees deserved much more on here but this is Buzzjack and I'm not surprised at all.
My fave of theirs is You Win Again, I think it has aged very well.

Posted by: Gezza 13th November 2020, 06:20 PM

Time for that 30 pointer then.......

Posted by: Bjork 13th November 2020, 06:30 PM

poor Sade :/ they're the slowest working band ever with their last 3 albums coming out in 92 (Love Deluxe), 2000 (Lovers rock) and 2010 (Soldier of Love)
but still make extraordinary music.

OneRepublic have a couple good songs + much better songs given to others, but sure I don't see OneRepublic releasing a song like Halo

Not the biggest fan of Bee Gees sorry...

Posted by: Gezza 13th November 2020, 06:32 PM

NO 82- THE CORRS- 51 POINTS (Voter: Shoat- 30 points, jra1989- 18 points, Aaron TM- 3 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 13
BIGGEST UK HIT: BREATHLESS (#1, 2000)



NO 81- SIMPLY RED- 52 POINTS (Voter: Marcinjaro- 13 points, Dark Horse- 14 points, Vibe- 15 points, Lukuzz- 10 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 19 (TO 1996)
BIGGEST UK HIT: FAIRGROUND (#1, 1995)



N0 80- ATOMIC KITTEN- 52 POINTS (Voter: Aaron TM- 11 points, Slick- 5 points, …ready for it- 4 points, Gezza- 7 points, Lukuzz- 7 points, Miichaelking21- 18 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 14
BIGGEST UK HIT: WHOLE AGAIN (#1, 2001) ETERNAL FLAME (#1, 2001) THE TIDE IS HIGH (GET THE FEELING) (#1, 2002)

Posted by: jimwatts 13th November 2020, 07:10 PM

The Corrs were close to getting points from me - I'm just not so keen on their albums post-1999

Posted by: Jason 13th November 2020, 09:01 PM

Holding back the years? I'm sorry, but I say no to Simply Red.

I would like to see much more groups from the 2000s in this countdown tbh. I think the only ones were voted by me.

Posted by: M4NGO 13th November 2020, 11:44 PM

'Stars' is a pretty good album but I'm not a huge fan of Simply Red outside of that album and a couple of other singles. I always hated 'Fairground', how it made #1 I'll never know

Atomic Kitten's first album was fun and one I still go back to occasionally, but their murder of 'Eternal Flame' will always remain one of the biggest crimes against music.

The Corrs released some pretty good songs in their time, I would have happily seen them a little higher in this countdown.

Posted by: vibe 14th November 2020, 07:03 AM

I assumed AK would be higher on this site .

The corrs were huge for a couple of years !!

Stars and A New Flame were huge. Mick has a great voice !

Posted by: Bjork 14th November 2020, 09:30 AM

Fairgrpound was #1 cos it was the first thing Simply Red released after Stars
same as why The Corrs-Breathless was #1

Posted by: Lukuzz 14th November 2020, 09:37 AM

Omg that's a triple whammy for me, love all 3. Forgot to vote for The Corrs but they are brilliant.

Simply Red are great too, didn't expect to see them this high
And Atomic Kitten had some great songs, Natasha is amazing singer.

Posted by: Gezza 14th November 2020, 02:01 PM

NO 79- THE CRANBERRIES- 54 POINTS (Voter: Marcinjaro- 7 points, xajnipi- 19 points, Bjork- 28 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: SALVATION (#13, 1996) PROMISES (#13, 1999)



NO 78- N*SYNC- 55 POINTS (Voter: Riser- 24 points, Slick- 1 point, Vibe- 12 points, ….ready for it- 18 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10
BIGGEST UK HIT: GIRLFRIEND (#2, 2002)



NO 77- FOALS- 55 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 6 points, Shoat- 7 points, WhoOdyssey- 17 points, josh!- 25 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: MY NUMBER (#23, 2013)

Posted by: Bjork 14th November 2020, 02:18 PM

poor Cranberries, personally one of the best bands in the history of music
can't believe only 3 people in total voted for them :/

Posted by: M4NGO 14th November 2020, 02:52 PM

The Cranberries were great, loved their first three albums. 'Zombie' is hands down one of the best songs released in the 90s

N*Sync were a poor man's Backstreet Boys and I only really liked a couple of their singles (basically anything written by Max Martin!)

Posted by: Bré 14th November 2020, 03:35 PM

Much love for most of Foals' discography, haven't personally been into their last 2 albums as much save for a couple of highlight songs (but that seems to be just me as the critics love them as much if not more than ever). Their best song wasn't a chart hit though - the glorious 'Spanish Sahara' 'My Number' is a decent enough track to be their biggest hit although also far from their best (I prefer both of their other top 40 hits).

Posted by: Gezza 15th November 2020, 02:20 PM

Time for another 30 pointer leave

Posted by: Gezza 15th November 2020, 02:34 PM

NO 76- EURYTHMICS- 55 POINTS (Voter: Shoat- 6 points, Marcinjaro- 30 points, Scene- 7 points, AH Gold- 12 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 24
BIGGEST UK HIT: THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) (#1, 1985)



NO 75- MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE- 58 POINTS (Voter: Dircadirca- 22 points, Jason- 21 points, WhoOdyssey- 15 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE (#1, 2006)

Dircadirca said "Time has only validated my adolescence, Black Parade is top tier"



NO 74- AEROSMITH- 58 POINTS (Voter: Dark Horse- 8 points, xajnipi- 25 points, Lukuzz- 25 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 13
BIGGEST UK HIT: I DON’T WANNA MISS A THING (#4, 1998)

Posted by: Gezza 15th November 2020, 02:44 PM

And ANOTHER 30 pointer tomorrow!

Posted by: Bjork 15th November 2020, 02:45 PM

love Eurythmics, so many classics. Aerosmith also have a few great songs, but for me that Armageddon song was a career low

Posted by: Lukuzz 15th November 2020, 02:48 PM

The Cranberries are great, from the songs I've heard. I need to have a listen to more of their stuff.
NSync had some good ones. Don't know much about Foals.

Eurythmics are fantastic, another one I forgot to vote for.
I loved MCRs first album but not much after that.

Aerosmith one of the all time greats. And one of my highest rated ones. Definitely one of my best ever rock bands. Would have liked to see them top 50.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 15th November 2020, 02:48 PM

A while since the votes now so unsure if I left Foals out due to 1) forgetting 2) not considering them on the basis I didn't think they'd been in the top 40 3) deciding to rank below 30 because I find them a bit more meh with every release

Posted by: dandy* 15th November 2020, 02:53 PM

Very happy that my 30 pointer has made the top 75

Posted by: vibe 15th November 2020, 02:56 PM

Eurythmics were close to getting points from me .

Posted by: Slick 15th November 2020, 02:57 PM

I can't remember who I voted for! I think there's quite a few of mine to come. There's a lot more rock/indie bands in this countdown than I expected.

Posted by: King Rollo 15th November 2020, 03:04 PM

I only had 11 left when the top 100 started but I've only lost one since then.

Eurythmics did some great singles but I never liked them enough to buy one of their albums.

Posted by: M4NGO 15th November 2020, 04:43 PM

Aerosmith have some classics in their discography! 'Crazy' and 'Cryin' are probably my two favourites

I was never huge on Eurythmics although they've done some good songs I guess.

Haven't had any of mine go out for a while, I'm happy I've still got so many left to come!

Posted by: Jason 15th November 2020, 10:37 PM

Surprised only 3 people voted for My Chemical Romance

Posted by: Gezza 16th November 2020, 06:41 PM

NO 73- TLC- 58 POINTS (Voter: jra1989- 8 points, Aaron TM- 23 points, Vibe- 27 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: NO SCRUBS (#3, 1999)



NO 72- GARBAGE- 59 POINTS (Voter: Shoat- 29 points, Dark Horse- 30 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: STUPID GIRL (#4, 1996)



NO 71- DURAN DURAN- 59 POINTS (Voter: Marcinjaro- 22 points, Dark Horse- 16 points, M4NGO- 2 points. Gezza- 19 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 30
BIGGEST UK HIT: IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW? (#1, 1983) THE REFLEX (#1, 1984)

Posted by: Bjork 16th November 2020, 07:43 PM

oh I used to be a big Garbage fan, oops forgot to vote for them but got most of their albums and even seen them live
their first couple albums were incredible

Posted by: vibe 16th November 2020, 07:52 PM

Not too many voters but some high scores rightly awarded

Love all of the last 3 bands

Posted by: M4NGO 16th November 2020, 11:04 PM

Garbage were anything but! First two albums were fantastic and the third one had some great songs on it too.

Thought Duran Duran would have got a slightly better showing than that, being possibly THE defining band of the 80s.

Going into the Top 70 I've still got 19 of my 30 left by my reckoning, I'm excited to see where they end up!

Posted by: marcinjaro 17th November 2020, 08:47 AM

I am disappointed to lose my 30-pointer (Eurythmics) at this stage of the game.

Posted by: StoneDragon 17th November 2020, 09:13 AM

They would've got 13 points from me if I'd remembered to submit on time!

Posted by: Dark Horse 17th November 2020, 12:21 PM

i thought Garbage(my 30 pointer) and Duran Duran would end up higher... so gutted...

Posted by: Gezza 17th November 2020, 04:37 PM

NO 70- PARAMORE- 60 POINTS (Voter: Riser- 17 points, Jade- 22 points, Elgornio- 17 points, Josh!- 4 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 7
BIGGEST UK HIT: IGNORANCE (#14, 2009)



NO 69- BASTILLE- 62 POINTS (Voter: Jason- 12 points, WhoOdyssey- 24 points, Josh!- 26 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9
BIGGEST UK HIT: POMPEII (#2, 2013) OF THE NIGHT (#2, 2013) HAPPIER (#2, 2018)



NO 68- SUEDE- 63 POINTS (Voter: *Dandy- 24 points, Gezza- 22 points, Bjork- 17 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 19
BIGGEST UK HIT: STAY TOGETHER (#3, 1994) TRASH (#3, 1996)

Posted by: Bré 17th November 2020, 04:56 PM

Yess for Paramore (and their best song actually surprisingly being their highest charting song!)

Posted by: M4NGO 17th November 2020, 05:37 PM

Bastille one of my favourite bands of the last 10 years, they very narrowly missed out on points from me. Their debut album is amazing and I still listen to it regularly.

Suede are one of best indie bands out there but they're more of a singles band for me rather than album band (having said that 'Coming Up' is a brilliant album, not a bad song on it).

Posted by: Bjork 17th November 2020, 05:38 PM

Suede were one of the best bands of the 90s, one of the best debut albums ever

Bastille have sadly been a major let down after such an incredible start with Flaws and Pompeii. After that they were incapable of writing a great song again, kinda lost hope

Posted by: M4NGO 17th November 2020, 05:42 PM

I disagree. They lost it a little with the second album but have you listened to their latest album? It's second only to their debut!

Posted by: dandy* 17th November 2020, 07:45 PM

There isn't a bad track on any of the first three Suede albums

Posted by: marcinjaro 17th November 2020, 08:32 PM

I was devastated not to manage to squeeze Bastille and Suede into my TOP 30.

Posted by: Jade 17th November 2020, 08:43 PM

Oh wow I gave Paramore the most points! The 'Riot!' and 'Brand New Eyes' eras in particular were incredible.

I agree with others that Bastille peaked with their first era. It says a lot that 'Happier', the Marshmello collab, is my favourite thing they've been involved with by far since.

Posted by: Bré 17th November 2020, 08:45 PM

Yeah I haven't really been enthused by much from Bastille beyond their first album either unfortunately D:

Posted by: Gezza 18th November 2020, 02:42 PM

Another 30 pointer this evening

Posted by: Gezza 18th November 2020, 05:56 PM

NO 67- BON IVER- 63 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 25 points, *Dandy- 8 points, Bjork- 30 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: EXILE (#8, 2020)



NO 66- CHVRCHES- 63 POINTS (Voter: Dircadirca- 9 points, Elgornio- 18 points, WhoOdyssey- 7 points, Josh!- 28 points, King Rollo- 1 point)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2
BIGGEST UK HIT: HERE WITH ME (#9, 2019)

Dircadirca said "The bands I like sure did stop breaking into the charts in the 2010s. I do not endorse the song Miracle"



NO 65- PIXIES- 64 POINTS (Voter: Jimwatts- 20 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 24 points, Bjork- 20 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3
BIGGEST UK HIT: DEBASER (#23, 1997)

Posted by: Bré 18th November 2020, 06:00 PM

2 acts in a row there who had one low top 40 hit as lead artist and then a top 10 hit as a feature! (Also would have voted for both of them and both deserve to have done far better - CHVRCHES had my favourite song of 2019 with 'Death Stranding', I wasn't expecting them to ever top 'The Mother We Share' for me but they only went and did it ~)

Not particularly familiar with Pixies but I do love 'Where Is My Mind?' by them (thanks Chez in BJSC x).

Posted by: Jason 18th November 2020, 06:38 PM

CHVRCHES are ok, but the other 2 I don't know.

Posted by: StoneDragon 18th November 2020, 07:00 PM

Great to see Chvrches here, I was worried they had missed out - they would've scored another 15 points from me ��

Posted by: Lukuzz 18th November 2020, 07:08 PM

Last 5/6 don't really do anything for me, but I guess nice to see a nice mix and not just one genre of band

Posted by: jimwatts 18th November 2020, 07:10 PM

Three whole weeks, 39 points and 85 places since my last nomination to be eliminated, I lose the next one and I have 22 of them in the top 65 *.*

I'm so glad Pixies got some other high votes - they're the only of my nominations never to have had a Top 20 single and none have charted since the 90s. Where Is My Mind is their best known song, but my favourites are Debaser, Velouria, and especially Monkey Gone To Heaven - whose lyrics sadly seem increasingly apt in 2020. They were truly one of a kind - oh and Kurt Cobain liked them too, apparently.

Posted by: Colm 18th November 2020, 07:18 PM

Both are among my favourite songs of the 00s. ATTSS is all time great.

Posted by: Colm 18th November 2020, 07:22 PM

Lazy?

Posted by: Colm 18th November 2020, 07:23 PM

If I'd got around to voting, Suede would have an extra ~25 points.

Posted by: M4NGO 18th November 2020, 07:30 PM

Bon Iver are another one of those bands that I've never got the fuss for (I'm too uncultured to get them, or whatever).

I'm not that familiar with the Pixies outside of their most well known couple of songs.

CHVRCHES are great, can't believe they've had so few actual hits. 'Get Out' should have been a big Top 10 single!

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 18th November 2020, 07:50 PM

Bon Iver's first two albums are superb but the move away from the sound just alienated me completely - have only been able to get into the occasional song since and even then it's nowhere near as much. The recent features on Exile and the Japanese House's 'Dionne' make me long for that sound so much

Love Pixies - they're a band I feel I should investigate more of tbf as don't know lots of their catalogue, Doolittle up there with my favourite albums of all time.

Posted by: dandy* 18th November 2020, 10:11 PM

It's not their best admittedly but I never feel the need to skip it, it kinda works on Coming Up

Posted by: Gezza 19th November 2020, 04:53 PM

NO 64- PLACEBO- 64 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 23 points, *Dandy- 10 points, Gezza- 15 points, Bjork- 16 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 15
BIGGEST UK HIT: NANCY BOY (#4, 1997) PURE MORNING (#4, 1998)



NO 63- YEARS AND YEARS- 64 POINTS (Voter: Elgornio- 24 points, Jason- 11 points, WhoOdyssey- 13 points, Aaron TM- 10 points, Vibe- 6 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8
BIGGEST UK HIT: KING (#1, 2015)



NO 62- FIFTH HARMONY- 64 POINTS (Voter: Elgornio- 2 points, Josh!- 9 points, Aaron TM- 9 points, …ready for it- 25 points, Miichaelking21- 19 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5
BIGGEST UK HIT: WORK FROM HOME (#2, 2016)

Posted by: Bré 19th November 2020, 05:00 PM

I quite like Years & Years in general but their biggest hits are all of their worst songs imo. Yes, I'm alone in this opinion xx

Placebo are another band I largely only know for one great song - 'Pure Morning' (I like their cover of 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' as well).

Posted by: Lukuzz 19th November 2020, 05:11 PM

Placebo are fantastic, they probably would have been in mine if we had a larger number to vote for.
Years and Years are OK but they don't have many songs I'd regularly listen to.
Fifth Harmony one of the most overrsted girlbands, prefer stuff they have done solo since tbh

Posted by: vibe 19th November 2020, 05:17 PM

I though years and years would be much higher !

Posted by: Bjork 19th November 2020, 05:19 PM

oh my 30 gone, poor Bon Iver. Foe Emma Forever Ago might be in the top 3 best albums in the history of music with incredubike
songs like Flume, re:Stacks, the Wolves and of course Skinny Love, which is not a Birdy cover
Exile is also the best song of the last 5 years by a million miles!

also used to be the biggest Pixies fan as a kid. Doolittle is also a classic of classics album with songs like Debaser, Monkey gone to Heaven,
Gouge away, Here comes your man,... if it weren't for Pixies, Nirvana would have never existed.

Placebo I also loved. The first 5 albums were all incredible, especially 1, 2 & 4, later albums are a bit of a let down, but that happens to most bands.
But they got incredible singles like Pure Morning, Nancy Boy, The Bitter End, This Picture, Every you every me...

Sad to see those 3 gone, but actually amazed Bon Iver got so far. Was expecting no one else voting for them.

Posted by: M4NGO 19th November 2020, 05:59 PM

I'll have to check out that cover as I haven't heard it before, but 'Pure Morning' and 'Nancy Boy' are great, and 'Every You Every Me' is an 11/10

Posted by: Riser 20th November 2020, 02:01 AM

Nope, I agree with you actually!

Posted by: Jason 20th November 2020, 02:03 AM

^Oh Well, I totally disagree!

Posted by: Bré 20th November 2020, 03:08 AM

shock

Posted by: Gezza 20th November 2020, 05:34 PM

NO 61- ROXETTE 68 POINTS (Voter: Dark Horse- 29 points, M4NGO- 27 points, xajnipi- 12 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 18
BIGGEST UK HIT: IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE (#3, 1990)



NO 60- FIVE 69 POINTS (Voter: Jason- 10 points, Slick- 16 points, Dark Horse- 5 points, Vibe- 20 points, Gezza- 18 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 11
BIGGEST HIT: KEEP ON MOVIN (#1, 1999) WE WILL ROCK YOU (#1, 2000) LET’S DANCE (#1, 2001)



NO 59- SAINT ETIENNE 71 POINTS (Voter: Marcinjaro- 2 points, M4NGO- 21 points, *Dandy- 12 points, Gezza- 17 points, AH Gold- 19 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: TELL ME WHY (THE RIDDLE) (#7, 2000)

Posted by: dandy* 20th November 2020, 05:36 PM

Saint Etienne!!!!! They’ve done really well

Also for Roxette.

Posted by: Jason 20th November 2020, 05:38 PM

Oh! I wasn't expecting to see Five top 60 here but I'm really pleased!
They released some amazing singles like: Everybody Get Up, If Ya Gettin' Down and my absolutely fave Keep on Movin'

EDIT: 5 is the only group with that 34+35 total points.

Posted by: M4NGO 20th November 2020, 05:45 PM

Awww two of my top 10 there

Roxette were the soundtrack to my 90s and I fully expected them to be this high. But Saint Etienne, I didn't even think they'd make the top 100 let alone number 59!!! I'm so happy to see they have a few other fans on Buzzjack 'You're In A Bad Way', 'Who Do You Think You Are', 'Join Our Club', 'Pale Movie', 'He's On The Phone', all of those are 11/10s for me! Seriously if you're not familiar with Saint Etienne and you love cute, kitsch pop music, check out Too Young To Die (their greatest hits).

Posted by: Dark Horse 20th November 2020, 06:06 PM

i thought Roxette would be higher... one of the greatest bands in history...

Posted by: Bjork 20th November 2020, 06:31 PM

looks like I forgot to vote for S Etienne love them since day 1 when they released their first single, such a great under-rated band
I especially love their early singles like You're in a Bad Way, Join Our Club, Who do you think you are.

Roxette were also amazing, it's almost 1 year since Marie passed away :/

Posted by: vibe 20th November 2020, 06:46 PM

Roxette had 18 hits !!

I only know two !

Posted by: dandy* 20th November 2020, 06:48 PM

Only two?!!!! Surely not!

Posted by: Bjork 20th November 2020, 06:56 PM

sure you know The Look, It must have been love, Joyride, Fading like a flower,
Dressed for success, Listen to your heart, Sleeping in my car,
all those were huge

Posted by: vibe 20th November 2020, 08:00 PM

The look and IMOBL

That’s all

Thought they were a flash in the pan act.

Posted by: M4NGO 20th November 2020, 10:48 PM

Such taste

Posted by: jimwatts 20th November 2020, 11:52 PM

Wonderful to see Saint Etienne so high - they have so many great songs!

Posted by: Dark Horse 21st November 2020, 08:33 AM

flash in the pan act???? they’re one of the biggest acts in history, they have 4 US number 1s and several top 10, which is a huge achievement for a non american band... not to mention they were huge all around the world scoring top 10 hits in the 80s , 90s ,2000s and 2010s not to mention world successful tours in more than 60 countries...

Posted by: Gezza 21st November 2020, 01:02 PM

NO 58- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS- 72 POINTS (Voter: Jimwatts- 28 points, Riser- 22 points, Mack- 14 points, xajnipi- 8 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 21
BIGGEST UK HIT: BY THE WAY (#2, 2002) DANI CALIFORNIA (#2, 2006)



NO 57- DAFT PUNK- 72 POINTS (Voter: Dircadirca- 13 points, Mack- 7 points, Jason- 16 points, *Dandy- 23 points, Bjork- 13 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 11
BIGGEST UK HIT: GET LUCKY (#1, 2013)

Dircadirca said "Check out their new single Get Lucky if you get the chance, sound of the summer"



NO 56- LINKIN PARK- 73 POINTS (Voter: Riser- 30 points, Mack- 28 points, xajnipi- 15 points)



TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 16
BIGGEST UK HIT: WHAT I’VE DONE (#6, 2007)

Posted by: Gezza 21st November 2020, 01:03 PM

Sorry I dropped a 30 pointer without warning!

Posted by: M4NGO 21st November 2020, 01:42 PM

Three great groups there. RHCP and Linkin Park are two classic rock bands that I listen to a lot. Daft Punk have got some tunes, even if 'Get Lucky' is a tad over-rated.

Posted by: Bjork 21st November 2020, 01:46 PM

love Daft Punk, they have never disappointed, unlike many other acts, and always delivered in all their 4 albums
so many great tracks from the early days with Da Funk and Around the World to Get Lucky... crazy how long it's been since that! they need to come back!

RHCP and Linkin Park I do like them and both have classic songs but they're nowhere near my favourites