+25 Madonna - Live To Tell best #2 ever

In contrast to our current disagreement in the FCP thread, I completely agree with you about this :D

 

25 Madonna - Live To Tell (this for the win please!)

24 Oasis - Wonderwall

23 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know

22 Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me

21 N-Trance - Set You Free

20 Ace Of Base - The Sign

19 New Kids On The Block - Step By Step (guilty pleasure :wub:)

18 Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

17 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

16 Blur - Tender

15 Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

14 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night

13 Sash! featuring Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times

12 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

11 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

10 Girls Aloud - Love Machine

09 Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

08 Rihanna - Rude Boy

07 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

06 Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More

05 Squeeze - Up The Junction

04 Don McLean - American Pie

03 The Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

02 La Roux - In For The Kill

01 Mis-Teeq - Scandalous

 

+25 Avicii - Hey Brother

24 Calvin Harris featuring Kelis - Bounce

23 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

22 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

21 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

20 Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

19 The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy

18 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

17 N-Trance - Set You Free

16 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

15 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night

14 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

13 Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love

12 Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

11 Rihanna - Rude Boy

10 Emeli Sande - Heaven

9 Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

8 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

7 Ann Lee - 2 Times

6 Sash! featuring Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times

5 La Roux - In For The Kill

4 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

3 Don McLean - American Pie

2 Mis-Teeq - Scandalous

1 Phats & Small - Turn Around

+25 The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz

+24 Madonna - Live To Tell

+23 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie

+22 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

+21 The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy

+20 Oasis - Wonderwall

+19 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night

+18 Queen - Killer Queen

+17 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+16 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (AreMade Of This)

+15 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know

+14 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

+13 N-Trance - Set You Free

+12 Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me

+11 Avicii - Hey Brother

+10 Squeeze - Up The Junction

+09 Blur - Tender

+08 Mis-Teeq - Scandalous

+07 Calvin Harris featuring Kelis - Bounce

+06 DJ Jurgen featuring Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

+05 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

+04 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

+03 Phats & Small - Turn Around

+02 Emeli Sande - Heaven

+01 Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

+25 Avicii - Hey Brother

+24 N-Trance - Set You Free

+23 Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

+22 Oasis - Wonderwall

+21 Don McLean - American Pie

+20 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

+19 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

+18 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie

+17 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

+16 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

+15 Blur - Tender

+14 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+13 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night

+12 Ace Of Base - The Sign

+11 Ralph McTell - Streets Of London

+10 Phats & Small - Turn Around

+9 Squeeze - Up The Junction

+8 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

+7 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

+6 Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

+5 The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy

+4 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

+3 Queen - Killer Queen

+2 La Roux - In For The Kill

+1 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

 

A slight comedown from the previous semi, everything from Corona at 13 downwards wouldn't have made my top 25 there. Just like last year, I am going to have a lot of my first round nominations in the final semi (6 of that top 8 I believe).

 

[Edit: swapped Turn Around and Kernkraft 400 after hearing the latter for the first time in ages]

Edited February 23, 20205 yr by jimwatts

+25 The Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

+24 Queen - Killer Queen

+23 Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo

+22 Oasis - Wonderwall

+21 The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

+20 Blur - Tender

+19 Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More

+18 Don McLean - American Pie

+17 Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

+16 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

+15 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

+14 Squeeze - Up The Junction

+13 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie

+12 David Bowie - Modern Love

+11 Dire Straits - Private Investigations

+10 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

+09 Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me

+08 Ralph McTell - Streets Of London

+07 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know

+06 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

+05 Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

+04 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

+03 Girls Aloud - Love Machine

+02 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

+01 Ace Of Base - The Sign

 

+25 Don McLean - American Pie

+24 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

+23 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

+22 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

+21 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

+20 Ace Of Base - The Sign

+19 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

+18 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

+17 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night

+16 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+15 Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

+14 Ann Lee - 2 Times

+13 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know

+12 La Roux - In For The Kill

+11 Phats & Small - Turn Around

+10 Oasis - Wonderwall

+09 Calvin Harris featuring Kelis - Bounce

+08 Avicii - Hey Brother

+07 Madonna - Live To Tell

+06 Mis-Teeq - Scandalous

+05 Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

+04 New Kids On The Block - Step By Step

+03 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

+02 Blur - Tender

+01 Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love

+25 Avicii - Hey Brother

+24 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

+23 Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

+22 Calvin Harris featuring Kelis - Bounce

+21 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

+20 Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love

+19 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

+18 David Bowie - Modern Love

+17 La Roux - In For The Kill

+16 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie

+15 Queen - Killer Queen

+14 Phats & Small - Turn Around

+13 Sash! featuring Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times

+12 Ann Lee - 2 Times

+11 New Kids On The Block - Step By Step

+10 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

+9 Girls Aloud - Love Machine

+8 Madonna - Live To Tell

+7 Ace Of Base - The Sign

+6 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+5 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

+4 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

+3 Britney Spears featuring Madonna - Me Against The Music

+2 True Steppers and Dane Bowers featuring Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind

+1 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

 

If you haven't voted yet,this is the last day to vote.

Very very very strong group!

 

+25 The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy

+24 Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

+23 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

+22 Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

+21 Avicii - Hey Brother

+20 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

+19 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

+18 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

+17 Don McLean - American Pie

+16 Oasis - Wonderwall

+15 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+14 Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

+13 Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love

+12 N-Trance - Set You Free

+11 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

+10 Calvin Harris featuring Kelis - Bounce

+9 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

+8 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

+7 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

+6 Squeeze - Up The Junction

+5 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

+4 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night

+3 Dire Straits - Private Investigations

+2 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know

+1 Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More

25; Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

24; Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night

23; DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

22; Blur - Tender

21; Mis-Teeq - Scandalous

20; Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

19; Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me

18; Don McLean - American Pie

17; La Roux - In For The Kill

16; Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

15; Oasis - Wonderwall

14; Girls Aloud - Love Machine

13; Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

12; The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy

11; Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

10; The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

09; Ariana Grande - One Last Time

08; N-Trance - Set You Free

07; Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

06; Ace Of Base - The Sign

05; Phats & Small - Turn Around

04; Sash! featuring Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times

03; Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

02; The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

01; Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

25 pts Blur - Tender

24 David Bowie - Modern Love

23 Queen - Killer Queen

22 Oasis - Wonderwall

21 Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

20 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

19 Don McLean - American Pie

18 Avicii - Hey Brother

17 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

16 Squeeze - Up The Junction

15 Ralph McTell - Streets Of London

14 Dire Straits - Private Investigations

13 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

12 La Roux - In For The Kill

11 The Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

10 Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo

9 The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

8 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie

7 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

6 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

5 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

4 Emeli Sande - Heaven

3 Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love

2 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

1 pt Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

 

The deadline has passed but I'll still accept any overnight votes.

+25 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

+24 Blur - Tender

+23 David Bowie - Modern Love

+22 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

+21 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

+20 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

+19 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+18 The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy

+17 Girls Aloud - Love Machine

+16 Ace Of Base - The Sign

+15 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

+14 The Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

+13 Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

+12 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

+11 Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me

+10 La Roux - In For The Kill

+9 N-Trance - Set You Free

+8 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

+7 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie

+6 Phats & Small - Turn Around

+5 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know

+4 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

+3 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

+2 True Steppers and Dane Bowers featuring Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind

+1 Ann Lee - 2 Times

+25 Starboy

+24 Kernkraft 400

+23 Wonderwall

+22 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

+21 Better Off Alone

+20 Valerie

+19 The Rhythm Of The Night

+18 Set You Free

+17 Don't Start Now

+16 Feel So Close

+15 Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

+14 Heaven

+13 bad guy

+12 Scandalous

+11 Killer Queen

+10 In For The Kill

+9 Cheap Thrills

+8 Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

+7 Turn Around

+6 Girls Just Want To Have Fun

+5 Bounce

+4 Mysterious Times

+3 Tender

+2 Rude Boy

+1 One Last Time

Results

 

 

50. Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo 46 pts

 

Stopped by : Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love

Top points - Achabaan 23,Suedehead 10,AH Gold 8

 

Born as Bernard Jewry,Alvin already had six hit singles under his belt from 1961-62 under the name Shane Fenton and the Fentones with none of them charting any higher than number 19. 'My Coo Ca Choo' from 1973 was actually sung by its writer Peter Shelley under the name Alvin Stardust but when it became a hit he decided he didn't want to be known under that name so he got Shane Fenton to lip sync the song on television. Shane (the new Alvin Stardust) did sing the vocals on his subsequent records. Peter Shelley went on to have two top 5 hits under his own name with 'Gee Baby' and 'Love Me Love My Dog'. One of Alvin Stardust's sons is Adam F whose top 20 single from 1997,'Circles',was not so long ago entered by Jade into the BJSC.

 

49. The Osmonds - Crazy Horses 47 pts

 

Stopped by : Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling

Top points - Achabaan 21,King Rollo 12,Suedehead 9

 

And from the same era comes an early environmental protest song with the crazy horses of the title being cars and lorries. The Osmonds first single in March 1972 only got to number 40 but big solo hits for Donny Osmond in June and September helped this one all the way up to no.2 in November. It's the only Osmonds hit to feature Jay Osmond on lead vocals.

 

48. Dire Straits - Private Investigations 66 pts

 

Stopped by : Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Top points - King Rollo 25,Suedehead 14,Achabaan 11

 

One of the reasons that 1979-1983 was the golden era for chart music is that songs like this and 'O Superman' by Laurie Anderson which featured in the last semi could get as high as number 2. Although it's a minute shorter than the album version,it's still almost six minutes long. There is no chorus,the lyrics are spoken rather than sung,the last three minutes are instrumental only and the whole thing is very quiet and delicate. It gave Dire Straits their highest chart position which they repeated in 1986 with 'Walk Of Life'.

 

47. Ralph McTell - Streets Of London 83 pts

 

Stopped by : Mud - Lonely This Christmas / Status Quo - Down Down

Top points - Darrenj 22,DASHER77 17,Suedehead 15

 

Originally recorded in 1969,it was this 1974 re-recording of the song that gave Ralph McTell his biggest hit. A subsequent single reaching number 36 prevented him becoming a one hit wonder. Another recording of 'Streets Of London' with Annie Lennox and the Crisis Choir gave Ralph a no.1 on the Physical Singles Chart in December 2017.

 

46. True Steppers and Dane Bowers featuring Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind 85 pts

 

Stopped by : Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

Top points - girlsaloudjunkie 21,Alex! 20,Medelliam 14

 

Victoria Beckham is the only Spice Girl not to have a solo no.1 single,denied on this occasion after a fierce chart battle with Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

 

45. Dr Hook - A Little Bit More 87 pts

 

Stopped by : Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Top points - DASHER77 22,King Rollo 20,Darrenj 19,Achabaan 19

 

This is another song I didn't know was a cover. The original version from 1973 was by Bobby Gosh. The song was Dr Hook's first hit since their other no.2,'Sylvia's Mother',four years previously and spent five weeks in the 2nd position. They finally got a well deserved no.1 in 1979 with 'When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman'. 'A Little Bit More' eventually became a no.1 single in 1999 when the boyband 911 recorded their version.