Absolutely loving this countdown so far! Enjoying the fact that it's near impossible to guess which songs will be in the top 10, which adds the element of surprise. It's also great having such a breadth of genres and eras represented in the one countdown. Can't wait for the rest of it. :)

 

I'm pleased you're enjoying it and I totally agree, there are a lot of young members on here so the focus is generally only on songs released within the last 5-10 years so its good to see older songs being recognised for how big they were back in their day.

 

And yes when I was compiling it I was amazed by how many songs I had never heard before were so high and songs which I assumed would do well actually appear quite low.

Number 471 - Glee - Don’t stop believin

 

 

Peak - 2

Points - 1901

Weeks in the top 10 - 6 weeks

Weeks in the top 100 - 37 weeks

 

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Well I think we all remember the days of glee taking up most of the positions in the charts, thankfully those days are over but this isn't a bad cover at all and it brought a classic to the attention of a new generation.

 

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Don't Stop Believin' is by far my favourite Glee cover, incredible :wub:

Quite a good song but then again it's a cover...

Number 470 - Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello

 

 

Peak - 13

Points - 1902

Weeks in the top 10 - 0 weeks

Weeks in the top 100 - 31 weeks

 

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And here we have it, the first of just a few songs to make it into the Top 500 but didn't even enter the UK Top 10, I have no idea how as I love this song and deserved to do so much better than just number 13.

 

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I JUST CAME TO SAY HELLO :music: :music: :music:

 

Great that this did so well after missing out on a Top 10 spot.

MARTIN :wub:

 

Glee :music:

 

Beatles :heart:

 

Three great songs.

I adore Hello, was by miles my favourite Martin song until Do It Right, not sure which one I prefer nowadays! :wub:

Number 469 - Gerry and the Pacemakers - You’ll never walk alone

 

 

Peak - 1

Points - 1907

Weeks in the top 10 - 9 weeks

Weeks in the top 100 - 22 weeks

 

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I find this song so emotional and for a lot of people this means more than just a song, this is a true classic and quite rightly so.

 

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Wow at Wannabe and I Want to Hold Your Hand being that low and below Martin Solveig's Hello amongst others (tune <3) :o Not entirely surprising cos of the generally shorter chart runs back then, but still you wouldn't think two iconic songs would be this low!

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I love Hello

I feel really bad for never taking the time to listen to this song in full

This is a great countdown so far - especially one of its size, kudos for that.

 

Wannabe in is pleasing to see, I guess several of the big hits of the turn of the century won't make an appearance or be that low because of the faster charts around then, I'll hope to see as many as possible in anyway.

I agree that sadly a lot of classic tracks wont make an appearance of if they do, it will be very low but that's the nature of the charts I suppose.

 

Songs in the 50s/60s are penalised due to the chart not being Top 100 but they also have the advantage due to the chart being smaller, long runs gets a lot more of the higher points.

 

Songs in the 70s/80s benefited due to a lot of songs climbing the charts back then

 

Songs in the late 90s saw high sales but a shorter chart run

 

Songs in the 2000 saw a huge downturn in chart runs and sales so they are probably the worse effected

 

Its only really the 2010s where a lot of songs had long chart runs.

so great to see Martin Solveig's 'Hello' get in this rundown, it was very unlucky to miss the top 10 but I guess that's what happens to chart growers

Number 468 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams

 

 

Peak - 6

Points - 1910

Weeks in the top 10 - 8 weeks

Weeks in the top 100 - 23 weeks

 

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I thought I knew his biggest hits but I've never heard this before. Not a bad song, I’ve always liked the tone of his vocals.

 

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Number 467 - D:Ream - Things can only get better

 

 

Peak - 1

Points - 1915

Weeks in the top 10 - 9 weeks

Weeks in the top 100 - 27 weeks

 

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This entered the chart on 3 different occasions and is a classic dance track of the 90s.

 

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Number 466 - Tom Jones - Green green grass of home

 

 

Peak - 1

Points - 1916

Weeks in the top 10 - 13 weeks

Weeks in the top 100 - 22 weeks

 

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Cant deny the power of his voice, and while I don't particularly love the song, I just love hearing Tom Jones sing in general.

 

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Number 465 - Route 64 featuring Jess Glynne - My Love

 

 

Peak - 1

Points - 1919

Weeks in the top 10 - 7 weeks

Weeks in the top 100 - 34 weeks

 

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I always preferred the video to the song. While I'm not a fan of Jess Glynne ( so over-rated) she has done better than this.

 

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Couple of good oldies!

 

YNWA is great for obvious reasons even though I don't support Celtic or Liverpool. Roy Orbison! I had a convo about him yesterday with my dad, apparently he loved Faggots which are a local food staple near me.

 

Some good oldies and R94 <3