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danG, PeteFromLeeds and awardinary presents...

We're back! The return of the 'Ultimate' series is here, and this time we will be pitting most of the songs unlucky enough to miss the top ten by one place together in a race to find which song deserved a top ten peak the most. Every #11 peaking single from 1980-2016 will be included in the group stages. There are eight groups altogether and two groups will be open each week for the next four weeks.

Simply vote for your top ten songs from the list below. The top five from each group will qualify to the final, and the rest of the top 10 will qualify to the wildcard round.

If you wish to remind yourselves of the following songs, most of them are on the following Spotify playlist (thanks to The Hit Parade for compiling).

1980 Queen – Save Me
1980 Air Supply – All Out Of Love
1981 Depeche Mode – New Life
1982 Blondie – Island Of Lost Souls
1983 Joan Armatrading – Drop The Pilot
1983 Rolling Stones – Undercover Of The Night
1984 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Talking Loud And Clear
1985 Dead Or Alive – Lover Come Back To Me
1986 Public Image Ltd – Rise
1986 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – (Forever) Live And Die
1987 Cameo – Back And Forth
1988 Bangles – Hazy Shade Of Winter
1988 Four Tops – Reach Out I'll Be There (Remix)
1989 Karyn White – Superwoman
1990 Rita Macneil – Working Man
1991 Rozalla – Faith (In The Power Of Love)
1992 Prodigy – Fire/Jericho
1993 Pm Dawn – Looking Through Patient Eyes
1993 INXS – The Gift
1994 Let Loose – Seventeen
1995 Reef – Naked
1995 Saint Etienne (feat. Etienne Daho) – He's On The Phone
1996 PJ & Duncan – Stepping Stone
1996 Jeremy Healy & Amos – Stamp!
1997 Brand New Heavies – Sometimes
1997 Massive Attack – Risingson
1998 Ott – The Story Of Love
1998 Queen Pen (feat. Eric Williams) – All My Love
1999 3 Colours Red – Beautiful Day
1999 Supergrass – Pumping On Your Stereo
1999 York – The Awakening
2000 Flickman – The Sound Of Bamboo
2000 Ruff Endz – No More
2001 Kaci – Paradise
2001 Janet Jackson – Someone To Call My Lover
2002 Busta Rhymes – Break Ya Neck
2002 Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Zephyr Song
2003 Shania Twain – Thank You Baby (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)
2004 Motorcycle – As The Rush Comes
2004 Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started
2005 Lethal Bizzle – Pow! (Forward)
2005 The Killers – Smile Like You Mean It
2005 Stereophonics – Devil
2005 Herd & Fitz (feat. Abigail Bailey) – I Just Can't Get Enough
2006 Christina Aguilera – Hurt
2008 Black Kids – I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
2009 Just Jack – The Day I Died
2010 Pixie Lott – Turn It Up
2011 Beyoncé – Run The World (Girls)
2012 Lucy Spraggan – Last Night
2014 Shakira (feat. Rihanna) – Can't Remember To Forget You
2015 Tough Love – So Freakin' Tight
2016 Viola Beach – Swings & Waterslides

Please vote using the following format:

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You have until Thursday 8th June, 23:59 BST to vote. Results will be revealed the following day.

Don't forget to vote in Group 4 as well.