POINTLESS FORTUNE

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A song that spent over 100 weeks in the top 100.

 

 

Mr. Brightside of course being the longest runner of all time by a huge margin, got the most answers here with a few hoping that the song would be avoided, well it wasn't for the most part. There's actually quite a few of these massively long chart runners so no big points are scored except for Cameron - unfortunately despite it feeling like the song spent a thousand years in the chart, it didn't quite get to 100 weeks.

 

26 - A Thousand Years (Christina Perri) - Cameron [WRONG: song has only spent 92 weeks in the chart]

3 - Mr. Brightside (Killers) - Jade, RabbitFurCoat, awardinary, Dan17F1

2 - Rule the World (Take That) - chrissmith276, CJK, Ansel

2 - My Way (Frank Sinatra) - Mangø, PeteFromLeeds, Chez Wombat

2 - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon) - Riser, n4yr, jimwatts

1 - Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin Stevens) - paulgilb, JulianT

1 - Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol) - Dobbo, West

1 - Shotgun (George Ezra) - coi, LewisGT

0 - Someone You Loved (Lewis Capaldi) - dan::G

0 - Chandelier (Sia) - vibe

0 - Shallow (Gaga/Cooper) - xajnipi

0 - Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran) - Bjork

0 - Whatever (Oasis) - King Rollo

0 - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey) - Bré

0 - Fairytale of New York (Pogues) - Mack

 

Oops a double bluff not quite paying off :kink: at least it's correct and a pretty low scoring most popular answer anyway.

A German performer with a top 40 hit.

 

 

Clearly there were a lot more Germans with chart hits than I expected and indeed most of us were able to get a pointless answer. I didn't though having gone for Wankelmut but it was Robin Schulz who got the most answers having been one of the more prominent dance producers of the mid-10s. Nicole of Eurovision winning fame also had 2 voters.

 

26 - Peter Schilling - Ansel [WRONG: his highest chart peak was #42]

2 - Robin Schulz - Dobbo, RabbitFurCoat, LewisGT

1 - Wankelmut - dan::G, chrissmith276

1 - Nicole - CJK, Chez Wombat

0 - Tillmann Uhrmacher - paulgilb

0 - Snap - vibe

0 - Scorpions - xajnipi

0 - Trio - Mangø

0 - Goombay Dance Band - Bjork

0 - Horst Jankowski - King Rollo

0 - Tujamo - Riser

0 - Harold Faltermeyer - JulianT

0 - U96 - n4yr

0 - Mark’Oh - jimwatts

0 - Tomcraft - Jade

0 - Boney M - Bré

0 - Sarah Connor - West

0 - Timo Maas - Mack

0 - Rammstein - coi

0 - Hosh - PeteFromLeeds

0 - Sash! - awardinary

0 - Cascada - Cameron

0 - Kraftwerk - Dan17F1

A good start with Whatever. :)

A cover version that reached #1 in the 21st century.

 

 

A wide range of cover versions to choose from here. Unfortunately for Dobbo and Ansel I did ask for cover versions and not interpolations. Meanwhile it was Gareth Gates for whatever reason that got the most votes with a cover version that is best left in the past (alongside many of these).

 

26 - F U Right Back (Frankee) - Dobbo [WRONG - it isn’t a cover version, it uses the same melody and backing track as f*** It, but has different lyrics]

26 - Mambo No. 5 (Bob The Builder) - Ansel [WRONG - it isn’t a cover version, it uses the same melody and backing track as the Lou Bega original, but has different lyrics]

2 - Spirit in the Sky (Gareth Gates) - vibe, jimwatts, West

1 - The Tide Is High (Atomic Kitten) - xajnipi, Jade

1 - The Rose (Westlife) - King Rollo, coi

1 - Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke) - Chez Wombat, Dan17F1

0 - Wake Me Up (Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir) - dan::G

0 - (Barry) Islands In The Stream (Bryn West et al) - paulgilb

0 - Evergreen (Will Young) - chrissmith276

0 - You Are Not Alone (X Factor Finalists) - Mangø

0 - Cannonball (Little Mix) - Bjork

0 - A Moment Like This (Leona Lewis) - Riser

0 - Freak Like Me (Sugababes) - JulianT

0 - Against All Odds (Steve Brookstein) - n4yr

0 - Uptown Girl (Westlife) - CJK

0 - River (Ellie Goulding) - Bré

0 - Somethin Stupid (Williams/Kidman) - Mack

0 - Somewhere Only We Know (Lily Allen) - RabbitFurCoat

0 - Hero (X Factor Finalists) - PeteFromLeeds

0 - When You Believe (Leon Jackson) - LewisGT

0 - You Raise Me Up (Westlife) - awardinary

0 - The Power of Love (Gabrielle Aplin) - Cameron

From top answer to Pointless *.* much better!

 

Edit: oh, you're kidding me with that one though :arrr:

Not going particularly well for me so far! Obviously reverse psychology didn’t work with Mr Brightside! 😂

A rapper with 10 or more top 40 hits.

 

 

Most of you got lucky again with a wide variety of hit making rappers to choose from here. Unlucky for those who went for LL Cool J or Skepta as they get 2 points each meanwhile a few more popular rappers are pointless answers.

 

2 - LL Cool J - paulgilb, King Rollo, Jade

2 - Skepta - Dobbo, Riser, coi

1 - Nas - vibe, Ansel

1 - T.I. - chrissmith276, jimwatts

0 - J Hus - dan::G

0 - Will Smith - xajnipi

0 - Tinchy Stryder - Mangø

0 - MoStack - Bjork

0 - Alesha Dixon - JulianT [counting solo and Mis-Teeq chart appearances]

0 - Eve - n4yr

0 - Busta Rhymes - CJK

0 - Stormzy - Bré

0 - Chip - West

0 - Ludacris - Mack

0 - Dizzee Rascal - RabbitFurCoat

0 - Fredo - PeteFromLeeds

0 - 50 Cent - Chez Wombat

0 - Nelly - LewisGT

0 - Post Malone - awardinary

0 - Flo Rida - Cameron

0 - Lil Wayne - Dan17F1

I almost said Mad World for the covers question but thought it would be too popular, would've got me a pointless :')

A top 40 hit by Daft Punk.

 

 

Well I decided to throw this in as a tougher question, but I see it backfired on myself having went for the most popular one in Digital Love. Meanwhile their The Weeknd collab I Feel It Coming got no answers at all and Starboy is pointless. Their biggest hit in Get Lucky got only 2 voters as well.

 

5 - Digital Love - dan::G, paulgilb, chrissmith276, King Rollo, JulianT, Jade

3 - One More Time - vibe, Bjork, Bré, LewisGT

3 - Harder Better Faster Stronger - Dobbo, Riser, n4yr, Mack

3 - Around the World - jimwatts, West, coi, PeteFromLeeds

3 - Da Funk - CJK, RabbitFurCoat, Chez Wombat, Ansel

1 - Get Lucky - xajnipi, Cameron

0 - Burnin - Mangø

0 - Starboy - awardinary

0 - Robot Rock - Dan17F1

0,0,1,2,5. This is getting worse with each question.

Edited April 5, 20214 yr by King Rollo

Noooo I did NOT expect LL Cool J to be right up there :lol: well, drats.

 

Edit: ...okay, bring on Family Fortunes.

Onto the Family Fortunes portion now...

 

A novelty song that reached #1, prior to 2020.

 

 

Can We Fix It may be over 20 years old now but it still is what most think of as being a big novelty hit clearly. Axel F from the annoying frog also managed a fair amount of voters. Mack however must've misread the question, I did ask for a novelty song. :P

 

7 - Can We Fix It (Bob the Builder) - King Rollo, JulianT, n4yr, jimwatts, RabbitFurCoat, coi, Chez Wombat, Dan17F1

5 - Axel F (Crazy Frog) - dan::G, paulgilb, Riser, Jade, Cameron, Ansel

2 - Teletubbies Say “Eh Oh” (Teletubbies) - vibe, xajnipi, awardinary

2 - Mr Blobby (Mr Blobby) - Mangø, CJK, PeteFromLeeds

2 - Gangnam Style (Psy) - Bjork, Dobbo, LewisGT

1 - We Built This City (LadBaby) - Bré, West

0 - I Love Sausage Rolls (LadBaby) - chrissmith276

0 - Dance Monkey (Tones and I) - Mack

 

Dance Monkey was a novelty song.

A better start to FF after that Pointless section didn't go well for me, especially after changing my mind from Perfect, Too Close and Technologic on Q's 1, 3 & 5.

That's a bit better.

Glad I've avoided doing anything stupid in the Pointless round! Here's hoping I get some decent answers in the FF section.

A song that had a long climb to its chart peak.

 

 

Well... this wasn't what I had in mind when I asked for long climbs as Mariah only climbed for 4 weeks to get to #1 since her lastest re-entry, but this is Family Fortunes and her Christmas effort (which did peak incredibly late in its chart run) is the most popular answer here. Thinking Out Loud, which I very nearly went for but thought Perfect would get more points for being more recent and still in the chart (urgh) is the joint winner, with Feel It Still being the sole non-#1 to get points here having had a very long climb to the top 3.

 

5 - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey) - vibe, chrissmith276, Riser, JulianT, n4yr, Bré

5 - Thinking Out Loud - xajnipi, Mangø, King Rollo, CJK, coi, Chez Wombat

3 - Feel It Still (Portugal the Man) - Dobbo, jimwatts, PeteFromLeeds, Dan17F1

2 - Think Twice (Celine Dion) - paulgilb, West, Mack

1 - Last Christmas (Wham) - LewisGT, Ansel

0 - Perfect (Ed Sheeran) - dan::G

0 - Wellerman (Nathan Evans) - Bjork

0 - Hey Ya! (OutKast) - Jade

0 - Blinding Lights (The Weeknd) - RabbitFurCoat

0 - Kings & Queens (Ava Max) - awardinary

0 - Let It Go (Idina Menzel) - Cameron