February 7, 20196 yr Author 36. M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume/Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance) 133 pts Writers - Martyn Young,Steve Young Top points - AH Gold 24,PeteFromLeeds 22,ImTheLime 14 This scores the same amount of points as 'Are Friends Electric?' but wins a tie-break by 13 votes to 12,not that it really matters. MARRS was a collaboration between the group Colourbox and the duo A.R.Kane. The various versions of 'Pump Up The Volume' contain samples from 29 records including 'Roadblock' by Stock Aitken Waterman who obtained an injunction which held up distribrution for a few days. I don't remember the other A side 'Anitina' being played on the radio much but I have just listened to it. It's quite different and doesn't appear to contain any samples. w9gOQgfPW4Y
February 7, 20196 yr I wonder if any good song will go through. :angel: Our shared top vote (Animals by Martin Garrix) is still in... fingers crossed!
February 7, 20196 yr Our shared top vote (Animals by Martin Garrix) is still in... fingers crossed! I don't think it will qualify. :cry: So, just give the crown for the thousands of Abba's and Madonna's songs voted. I'm sorry, but I'm not a fan of both.
February 7, 20196 yr Author 35. LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem 134 pts Writers - Listenbee,Stefan Gordy,Skyler Gordy Top points - danG 25,PeteFromLeeds 24,Jason 22,M477h3w 22 From 2011,this spent four weeks at no.1 and is the best selling single of all time in Australia. Its video is one of the 50 most watched music videos on youtube. KQ6zr6kCPj8
February 7, 20196 yr Author 34. Men At Work - Down Under 141 pts Writers - Colin Hay,Ron Strykert Top points - Scene 25,ready for it 24,ImTheLime 24 And talking of Australia,this is probably their best known song. It was no.1 there in 1981 but wasn't an international hit until 1983. Men At Work were the first Australian act to be no.1 on the singles and albums charts both in the UK and the US at the same time. They had three other top hits here,the best of which is 'Overkill' which I prefer to 'Down Under'. XfR9iY5y94s
February 7, 20196 yr Very disappointing that 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' has finished below 'Freak Like Me' but I guess we should have seen it coming. I absolutely love both tracks but I must admit that I prefer to listen to Freak Like Me, it's the perfect mash up song in my eyes. Soooooo good.
February 8, 20196 yr Author 33. Britney Spears - Everytime 141 pts Writers - Britney Spears,Annette Stamatalatos Top points - Alex! 25,Nick F1 24,ready for it 22,Liam 22 From 2004,Britney's fifth no.1. It has the same number of points as 'Down Under' but wins the tie-break by 12 votes to 10. 8YzabSdk7ZA
February 8, 20196 yr Author 32. Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You 145 pts Writers - Benny Andersson,Bjorn Ulvaeus,Stig Anderson Top points - Good Old Days 22,miichaelking21 22,ThePensmith 20,AH Gold 20 This is a big shock as 'Knowing Me Knowing You' finished in 8th place in the first round and yet with the qualifiers split across four semis it can only finish 32nd in its semi-final. The five people who voted for it in the first round all gave it big scores and I don't think they all voted this time and it doesn't seem to be liked enough by everyone else. Abba's fifth number 1,it spent five weeks there in 1977. iUrzicaiRLU
February 8, 20196 yr Author 31. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction 147 pts Writers - Barry,Robin and Maurice Gibb Top points - miichaelking21 23,Dircadirca 22,dandy 16 Written by the Bee Gees,who also sang backing vocals,this was Diana's second solo number 1,15 years after her first one,'I'm Still Waiting' (1971). UaYHRx9-v2M
February 8, 20196 yr Author 30. Fun featuring Janelle Monae - We Are Young 149 pts Writers - Jack Antonoff,Jeffrey Bhasker Top points - jimwatts 24,Jason 23,dobbo 23 A song that increased in popularity after being sung in the TV series 'Glee' and then featuring in a commercial aired during the Super Bowl. Over here,it was no.1 for just one week. Fun's next three singles charted at 7,126 and 169. For me,it's one of the best no.1s from the current decade. Sv6dMFF_yts
February 8, 20196 yr ^ nooooo! :( At least many others of my original nominations are still in contention...
February 9, 20196 yr Author 29. Enya - Orinoco Flow 151 pts Writers - Enya,Roma Ryan Top points - ready for it 25,Campbell 22,marcinjaro 22 An unlikely number 1 from 1988,this spent three weeks at the top of the chart. Enya returned to no.1 sixteen years later as a featured singer on 'I Don't Wanna Know' by Mario Winans. Lg1t56JucE4
February 9, 20196 yr Author 28. Martin Garrix - Animals 159 pts Writer - Martijn Garritsen Top points - Jason 25,coi 25,danG 23 Martin was only 17 when this reached number 1,making him the second youngest person to enter at no.1 with their debut single (second to Billie Piper). 'Animals' is one of four chart toppers with a title which is also the name of a group who have also got to no.1. The others are 'The Real Thing' by Tony Di Bart,'Survivor' by Destiny's Child and 'Wings' by Little Mix. gCYcHz2k5x0
February 9, 20196 yr Thankfully "Havana", "Party Rock Anthem" and "Animals" didn't qualified in the final. Shocked by painful result of ABBA classic. Surprisingly high position for "Orinoco Flow". Please give us "I Feel Love" and "Dreamer" on the next two places. :) Edited February 9, 20196 yr by Good Old Days
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