February 23, 20214 yr 'Blue Savannah' <3 that really clicked with me recently thanks to watching TOTP re-runs.
February 23, 20214 yr 'Blue Savannah' is absolutely glorious, it's out way too soon. As if losing that wasn't enough, I then lost Candy Flip's 'Strawberry Fields Forever' :wub: the original is obviously a classic but I genuinely have trouble deciding which version I prefer, even if John Lennon would probably have been turning in his grave when Candy Flip covered it. I love how lush his vocals are on it and the trippy drum beat is so mesmerising!
February 23, 20214 yr Sad to lose the Charlatans, but thank you to this thread for reconnecting me with it - one of the songs of my childhood but hadn't listened to it back in ages!
February 24, 20214 yr Aw that Erasure song would have ranked very highly for me - one of my mum's favourite songs so I heard it around the house a lot when I was a young kid.
February 24, 20214 yr Sad to lose the Charlatans, but thank you to this thread for reconnecting me with it - one of the songs of my childhood but hadn't listened to it back in ages! I never rated that Charlatans song that highly compared to a lot of their others. Loved its follow up 'North Country Boy'.
February 24, 20214 yr Author 44. Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief 172pts Writer - Kelly Jones Top points - Dot Branning 24, gavindeejay 23, RabbitFurCoat 23, Boymetworld91 23 From 1998, this was the first of eleven top 5 singles for the Welsh group. 7rzD52hOChs
February 24, 20214 yr Author 43. Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground 178pts Writers - Madonna, Shep Pettibone Top points - JackJones 21, marcinjaro 19, jszmiles 19 This was written for the baseball themed film 'A League Of Their Own' which Madonna also starred in. It gave her a tenth number 1 single in the US which at that time was a record for a female singer. RhXDO2a3-sE
February 24, 20214 yr Author 42. Destiny's Child - Say My Name 186pts Writers - LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, Kelly Rowland Top points - AaronTM 22, Alex! 20, chrissmith276 20 A seventh top 40 hit for Destiny's Child and up to that point, their highest charting single. The song won them two Grammy awards in 2001. sQgd6MccwZc
February 24, 20214 yr Author 41. Roy Orbison - You Got It 205pts Writers - Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty Top points - Mark223 24, West 23, Leonardo 23 You Got It was Roy Orbison's first top 40 single for 20 years but he died shortly before it was released. It was recorded with his fellow Traveling Wilburys Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty who sang backing vocals and played most of the instruments. QNAVrQ96mpA
February 24, 20214 yr Author 40. Paula Abdul - Straight Up 205pts Writer - Elliot Wolff Top points - JackJones 25, ready for it 23, Campbell 21 This hit the number 3 spot just eight weeks after the Roy Orbison single. It was Paula Abdul's first top 40 hit and wins a tie-break over You Got It by 16 votes to 15. El1kgCqD7Xk
February 24, 20214 yr Shame to lose 'The Bartender And The Thief' one of my favourites by the Stereophonics!
February 24, 20214 yr Shame to lose 'The Bartender And The Thief' one of my favourites by the Stereophonics! One of their best for sure. Odd (but impressive) their first 10 Top 10 singles all peaked between 3-5, then Dakota reached #1, and they had none after that.
February 24, 20214 yr 'You Got It' and 'Straight Up' are both 9/10s! 'This Used To Be My Playground' is nice enough but distinctively average compared to the rest of Madonna's discography. Edited February 24, 20214 yr by Mangø
February 25, 20214 yr Author 39. Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now 205pts Writer - Jim Steinman Top points - Campbell 24, Simon 21, rio309 20, ready for it 20 This song goes back to the 80s. Meatloaf wanted to record it but Jim Steinman saw it as a woman's song and gave it to the group Pandora's Box whose version only got to number 51 in 1989. Celine Dion's cover was released in 1996 while Meatloaf finally recorded his version in 2006 as a duet with Marion Raven for his Bat Out Of Hell III album, taking the song back into the singles chart at number 6. This is the third song on 205 points, it wins the tie-break with 17 votes. pDxoj-tDDIU
February 25, 20214 yr Author 38. Little Mix - Move 209pts Writers - Maegan Cottone, Nathan Duvall, Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall Top points - vibe 21, AaronTM 21, StoneDragon 19 Little Mix's fourth top 5 single. It's the highest placed of the four songs that qualified from the first round by one point. RwD4eJGxPc4
February 25, 20214 yr Author 37. Ike and Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High 224pts Writers - Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich Top points - Chapman 25, Achabaan 23, AaronTM 23 This is Tina Turner on her own but Ike insisted on being credited. The recording required 21 session musicians and Phil Spector forced Tina to sing the song over and over for several hours until he was satisfied with the result. pWK7v0gIHLo
February 25, 20214 yr Results going well at this stage, only lost three songs so far (Move being the latest) and none of them were in my top ten.
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