1 Girls Aloud 'Call The Shots'

2 Beyonce 'Listen'

3 Take That 'Rule the World'

4 Avril Lavigne 'When You're Gone'

5 Avril Lavigne 'Girlfriend'

6 Leona Lewis 'Bleeding Love'

7 Sugababes 'About You Now'

8 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & DOE 'The Way I Are'

9 Christina Aguilera 'Candyman'

10 Girls Aloud 'Sexy! No No No'

11 Alicia Keys 'No One'

12 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z 'Umbrella'

13 Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black'

14 Amy Winehouse 'Tears Dry On Their Own'

15 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse 'Valerie'

16 Fergie 'Big Girls Don't Cry'

17 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon 'The Sweet Escape'

18 Beyonce & Shakira 'Beautiful Liar'

19 Rihanna 'Shut Up and Drive'

20 Kate Nash 'Foundations'

 

1 - best - Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

2 Beyonce/Shakira - Beautiful Liar

3 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good

4 Take That - Rule the world

5 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent adolescent

6 Christina Aguilera - Candyman

7 Killers - Read my mind

8 Amy Winehouse - Tears dry on their own

9 Mark Ronson / Amy Winehouse - Valerie

10 Nelly Furtado - Say it rght

11 Britney - Gimme more

12 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm

13 Girls Aloud - Sexy no no no

14 Peter Bjorn and John - Young folks

15 Bloc Party - Flux

16 Kanye West - Stronger

17 Kelis - Lil Star

18 Mason / Princess Superstar - Perfect

19 Feist - 1234

20 Freemasons - Uninvited

 

1) Timbaland and OneRepublic/ Apologize

2) Rihanna ft Jay-Z/ Umbrella

3) Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & DOE/ The Way I Are

4) Mika/ Happy Ending

5) Justin Timberlake/ What Goes Around Comes Around

6) Take That/ Rule The World

7) Calvin Harris/ Acceptable In The 80s

8) Bloc Party/ Flux

9) Kaiser Chiefs/ Ruby

10) Robyn/ With Every Heartbeat

11) Gwen Stefani ft Akon/ Sweet Escape

12) Kelis ft Cee-Lo/ Lil Star

13) Rihanna/ Shut Up And Drive

14) Nelly Furtado/ Say It Right

15) Avril Lavigne/ Girlfriend

16) Kanye West/ Stronger

17) Beyonce & Shakira/ Beautiful Liar

18) Girls Aloud/ Call The Shots

19) Britney Spears/ Gimme More

20) Alicia Keys/ No One

1 - Natasha Bedingfield 'Soulmate'

2 - Fergie 'Big Girls Don't Cry'

3 - Nelly Furtado 'Say It Right'

4 - Girls Aloud 'Call The Shots'

5 - Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black'

6 - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z 'Umbrella'

7 -Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse 'Valerie'

8 - Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & DOE 'The Way I Are'

9 - Amy Winehouse 'Tears Dry On Their Own'

10 - Alicia Keys 'No One'

11 - Kanye West 'Stronger'

12 - Calvin Harris 'Acceptable In The 80s'

13 - Girls Aloud 'Sexy! No No No'

14 - Gwen Stefani ft. Akon 'The Sweet Escape'

15 - Timbaland and OneRepublic 'Apologize'

 

A really good year: I'd rate all of my top 7 (and especially the top 3) as among the best pop songs ...ever...

1 Arctic Monkeys 'Fluorescent Adolescent'

2 Killers 'Read My Mind'

3 Manic Street Preachers 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough'

4 Bloc Party 'Flux'

5 Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black'

6 Robyn 'With Every Heartbeat'

7 Peter, Bjorn & John 'Young Folks'

8 Arctic Monkeys 'Brianstorm'

9 Kaiser Chiefs 'Ruby'

10 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse 'Valerie'

11 Mika 'Happy Ending'

12 Calvin Harris 'Acceptable In The 80s'

13 Take That 'Rule the World'

14 Amy Winehouse 'Tears Dry On Their Own'

15 Alicia Keys 'No One'

16 Take That 'Shine'

17 Feist '1234'

18 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z 'Umbrella'

19 Amy Winehouse 'You Know I'm No Good'

20 Sugababes 'About You Now'

 

#01 - Britney Spears 'Gimme More'

#02 - Robyn 'With Every Heartbeat'

#03 - Nelly Furtado 'Say It Right'

#04 - Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & DOE 'The Way I Are'

#05 - Groove Armada ft Mutya Buena 'Song 4 Mutya'

#06 - Girls Aloud 'Sexy! No No No'

#07 - Girls Aloud 'Call The Shots'

#08 - Rihanna 'Shut Up and Drive'

#09 - Mason vs Princess Superstar 'Perfect (Exceeder)'

#10 - Bloc Party 'Flux'

#11 - Amy Winehouse 'You Know I'm No Good'

#12 - Justin Timberlake 'What Goes Around Comes Around'

#13 - Kelly Clarkson 'Never Again'

#14 - Freemasons 'Uninvited'

#15 - Kanye West 'Stronger'

Before the results tonight here's the order in which the qualifiers finished in the Missing Songs round:

 

18 Patrick Wolf 'The Magic Position' 120

17 Just Jack 'Starz In Their Eyes' 127

16 Hoosiers 'Worried About Ray' 127

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15 Freemasons 'Uninvited' 129

14 Feist '1234' 130

13 Plain White Ts 'Hey There Delilah' 142

12 Amy Winehouse 'Tears Dry On Their Own' 142

11 Mika 'Happy Ending' 147

10 Paramore 'Misery Business' 150

9 Justin Timberlake 'What Goes Around Comes Around' 150

8 Manic Street Preachers 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough' 152

7 Kanye West 'Stronger' 156

6 Beyonce 'Listen' 156

5 Peter, Bjorn & John 'Young Folks' 161

4 Bloc Party 'Flux' 163

3 Calvin Harris 'Acceptable In The 80s' 185

2 Kelis ft. Cee-Lo 'Lil Star' 187

1 Avril Lavigne 'When You're Gone' 202

 

One of those is currently sitting somewhere in the top 10 and another isn't too far off. The gap between 3rd & 4th is just 4 points!

What?! Hoosiers were this close?! If only I voted for them in that round! :(

RESULTS

 

50 - 37 Plain White Ts 'Hey There Delilah' 52

49 - 28 Fall Out Boy 'Thnks fr th Mmrs' 57

48 - 33 Fray 'How To Save a Life' 59

47 - NE Paramore 'Misery Business' 60

46 - 27 Aly & AJ 'Potential Break Up Song' 67

45 - NE Manic Street Preachers 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough' 68

44 - NE Justin Timberlake 'What Goes Around Comes Around' 83

43 - 24 Take That 'Shine' 93

42 - 16 Avril Lavigne 'Girlfriend' 93

41 - 31 Mason vs Princess Superstar 'Perfect (Exceeder)' 95

40 - 26 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon 'The Sweet Escape' 96

39 - NE Freemasons 'Uninvited' 96

38 - NE Mika 'Happy Ending' 98

37 - 29 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Catch You' 99

36 - 34 Natasha Bedingfield 'Soulmate' 101

 

6 of the 15 qualifiers drop out at the first hurdle leaving 9 going through to next year. The bottom 4 are unsurprising, with two AoR entries and two emo/rock entries, I'm not sure how Fall Out Boy ever finished so high?! Aly & AJ's run of good luck stops as they finally drop out and there are also big falls for Take That and Avril Lavigne. The increasingly irrelevant Natasha Bedingfield and Sophie Ellis-Bextor also drop out.

 

35 - 25 Beyonce & Shakira 'Beautiful Liar' 104

34 - 30 Christina Aguilera 'Candyman' 106

33 - NE Feist '1234' 110

32 - 20 Kaiser Chiefs 'Ruby' 112

31 - 21 Timbaland and OneRepublic 'Apologize' 117

30 - 39 Kelis ft. Cee-Lo 'Lil Star' 123

29 - 35 Kelly Clarkson 'Never Again' 128

28 - NE Kanye West 'Stronger' 128

27 - 32 Rihanna 'Shut Up and Drive' 133

26 - 13 Arctic Monkeys 'Brianstorm' 133

25 - 14 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse 'Valerie' 150

24 - 41 Amy Winehouse 'Tears Dry On Their Own' 150

23 - 15 Groove Armada ft Mutya Bunea 'Song 4 Mutya' 159

22 - NE Calvin Harris 'Acceptable In The 80s' 159

21 - 19 Amy Winehouse 'You Know I'm No Good' 159

20 - 44 Avril Lavigne 'When You're Gone' 162

19 - 17 Alicia Keys 'No One' 167

18 - 23 Killers 'Read My Mind' 176

17 - 46 Beyonce 'Listen' 180

16 - 18 Arctic Monkeys 'Fluorescent Adolescent' 189

15 - NE Peter, Bjorn & John 'Young Folks' 194

14 - 12 Fergie 'Big Girls Don't Cry' 194

13 - 22 Kate Nash 'Foundations' 199

12 - 03 Leona Lewis 'Bleeding Love' 210

11 - 10 Girls Aloud 'Sexy! No No No' 214

 

Well the biggest shock is that Bleeding Love falls out! :o In the previous three years its finished 21st, 1st and 4th, however this year will finish outside of the top 100, wow! :o Entries from Kelis, Amy Winehouse, Avril Lavigne and Beyonce all fair much better this year after finishing in the bottom 15 last year. Just two changes to last years top 10.

 

Play-off round:

 

10 - 06 Take That 'Rule the World' 223

09 - 11 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & DOE 'The Way I Are' 227

08 - 43 Bloc Party 'Flux' 233

07 - 08 Britney Spears 'Gimme More' 250

06 - 02 Sugababes 'About You Now' 269

05 - 04 Girls Aloud 'Call The Shots' 281

04 - 05 Nelly Furtado 'Say It Right' 298

 

Sugababes are another who usually qualify but also drop out as they can only manage 6th. Timbaland climbs into the top 10 from 11th last year but the biggest shock is Bloc Party reaching a high of 8th after finishing in a lowly 43rd last year. Nelly misses out by only four points

 

03 - 09 Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black' 302

02 - 01 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z 'Umbrella' 346

01 - 07 Robyn 'With Every Heartbeat' 405

 

So it's another victory for Robyn as With Every Heartbeat blitzes the competition finishing over 100 points of Amy Winehouse in third. Both of these qualify directly to the final for the first time. A possible explanation for Amy's climb would be her recent death but it doesn't seem likely when two of her other three entries fell this year and she's gone from three top 20 finishes to just the one. Umbrella predictably continues its excellent run with a comfortable 2nd.

Stunning Top 5 :wub:

 

Flux :o Quite shocking!

You have got to be f***ing kidding me. Bloc Party are always awful but Flux is terrible even by their abysmal standards. :mellow: (Cue hatred from Pavel)

 

Peh. Predictable huge lead for Robyn (why is BuzzJack so obsessed with her?) and predictable horrendous Britney song qualifying. Just glad to see Amy going straight through even if it was probably helped a lot by her death.

 

'Call The Shots' and 'About You Now' are two examples of BJ-friendly songs that deserve the massive loonery they get - but they both finish behind f***ing Say It Right?! Not pleased with these results at all.

Edited August 7, 201113 yr by Bré

KELLY MISSED OUT? :mellow:

 

F*** :( Over bloody Bloc Party as well? Sorry Pavel (and Cremey) :P

 

And don't even get me started on Peter, Bjorn and John... :puke:

 

Robyn is a fully brilliant winner though, and I'm please with the top 7! Bre is correct about Call The Shots and About You Now but also spot on with Say It Right, it's got NOTHING on Maneater and it's certainly light years away from the glorious Promiscuous, SIR is just SO overplayed and overrated!

 

Not happy with Listen, Bleeding Love, When You're Gone, You Know I'm Good, No One, Big Girls Don't Cry and Foundations missing out either, though I know they all couldn't be through. So so annoyed that Never Again failed more than anything!

Edited August 7, 201113 yr by Liаm

"Flux" is awesome, glad that and "Umbrella" made it through. Paramore would have been last without my vote :(

Nice result on the whole, I'm quite liking that as a forum we are now looning for Robyn. Fantastic top 3, and a fairly brilliant top 10. Disappointing to see Natasha and (poor brave) Sophie fail, and Aly & Aj aswell actually, but their continued success in this was always a bit baffling.

Yes Flux! Definitely not what I expected results-wise this time.

Robyn again?

 

Don't see the fascination tbh

Disappointed that "Catch You" and "Soulmate" have fallen out of the top 35, but would have been about as disappointed if "Beautiful Liar" and "Candyman" had too, so the point is kinda moot. Otherwise, a decent (if, Bloc Party aside, slightly predictable) set of results.

You have got to be f***ing kidding me. Bloc Party are always awful but Flux is terrible even by their abysmal standards. :mellow: (Cue hatred from Pavel)

And others. Silent Alarm is a terrific album.