March 27, 20214 yr Ah my and Jade’s 11 pointer out. Hey ya! is an example of an artist doing something completely different and wacky and somehow creating magic. It’s funny and naughty and so happy at the same time, and with the most incredible rhythms running through it.
March 27, 20214 yr Author 15. Tears For Fears - Mad World Average score - 7.075 Writer - Roland Orzabal Top scores : 10 - Grandwicky, jimwatts, StoneDragon, King Rollo, brokenrecords Low scores : 0 - Jason, 1 - detonate, 2 - Shaky1981 Tears For Fears' third single and the first to make it to the top 40. As with 'You Can't Hurry Love', the song eventually became a number 1 with Gary Jules and Michael Andrews' cover version in 2003. The long wait for a new album by Tears For Fears continues but they are working on it and it should be released later this year. u1ZvPSpLxCg
March 27, 20214 yr I'd been waiting for Left Outside Alone to appear as my -1! The other songs I gave lowest scores to went out quite early so was hoping to make it 100% but not to be, never liked her voice and that song was so much worse than anything else. Hey Ya! is a masterpiece, certain songs from around that time I loved and have totally bored of over the years due to overplay but that still sounds as tremendous as ever. Pleased Together In Electric Dreams made the top 20 too, definitely one of my favourite songs made before I was born!
March 28, 20214 yr ^Wow I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they don't like Anastacia's voice :unsure: Personally I think her voice is amazing, and 'Left Outside Alone' is arguably the best thing she ever released! 'Hey Ya' deserves to be this high up just for its cultural impact, and 'Mad World' is surprisingly high up for me (though I guess its revival in 2003 obviously helps).
March 28, 20214 yr Hey Ya was the world wide hit of 2003 and still sounds fresh today I prefer the Gary Jules version of Mad World- a slowed down version of a song that works brilliantly Edited March 28, 20214 yr by DarrenJ77
March 28, 20214 yr ^Wow I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they don't like Anastacia's voice :unsure: Personally I think her voice is amazing, and 'Left Outside Alone' is arguably the best thing she ever released! 'Hey Ya' deserves to be this high up just for its cultural impact, and 'Mad World' is surprisingly high up for me (though I guess its revival in 2003 obviously helps). You can add me to the dislike of Anastasia’s voice list.
March 28, 20214 yr 'Hey Ya!' is in my all-time top 10, still brilliant :heart: I saw some low scores for it throughout so I think top 20 was about the best I could've expected for it here.
March 28, 20214 yr You can add me to the dislike of Anastasia’s voice list. and I'm the third one. 3 of my least faves out yesterday. Hopefully the top 10 will be better. :P
March 28, 20214 yr Author 14. New Order - Blue Monday 1988 Average score - 7.141 Writers - Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner Top scores : 11 - Grandwicky, chartjack2, Chez Wombat, Tawdry Hepburn, Scene, 10 - Jester, Jade, dandy*, jimwatts, West, AH Gold, Uls2000, danG, Bré Low scores : 1 - Adelita, 1.5 - JulianT, 2 - Alex Despite being a big seller, the original version of Blue Monday only reached number 9 in 1983. It was this remix by Quincy Jones and John Potoker that took the song into the top 3 five years later. I think some of you based your score on the original while others based theirs on the remix so it's ended up finishing higher or lower than it should do depending on how you look at it. 9GMjH1nR0ds
March 28, 20214 yr Three of my 10s out in a row, had to happen sometime. Blue Monday would have been a 10 for me either way - the original reigns supreme although I had The Supremes ahead by a hair's breadth as my 11, but the remix doesn't dilute the magic as much as, say, that remix of The Cure's Close To Me which was on TOTP from 1990 the other day. I guess we have to wait until Ultimate #9s in a few years time to see it get a fair crack from all sides.
March 28, 20214 yr Author 13. The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize Average score - 7.17 Writers - Ed Simons, Kamaal Fareed, Tom Rowlands, Najat Aatabou Top scores : 10 - Nick F1, Bjork, George.keh, detonate, King Rollo, West, Uls2000, danG, Bré Low scores : 2 - Jason, xajnipi, 3 - Adelita, Scene With vocals by Q-Tip and a sample from 'Hadi Kedba Bayna' by Najat Aatabou, this was the Chemical Brothers' seventh top 10 hit. They still have another song to come. Xu3FTEmN-eg
March 28, 20214 yr 'Galvanize' and 'Hey Ya!' both higher than I'd have predicted them to be, we love to see it!
March 28, 20214 yr Galvanize is fabulous and my favourite Chemical Brothers song by far. It’s another one with really clever rhythms and I love the Eastern flavour to it. Unfortunately it came out in early 2005, the darkest ever days for the singles chart.
March 28, 20214 yr Author 12. The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl Average score - 7.255 Writers - Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons, Jerry Bloodrock, Celite Evans, Richard Lee Fowler, Charles Pettiford, Gregory Carlton Wigfall Top scores : 10 - Chez Wombat, Jade, Nick F1, dandy*, Bjork, rio309, George.keh, King Rollo, RabbitFurCoat, Mack, Bré Low scores : -1 - JulianT, 1 - Achabaan, Adelita It's a Chemical Brothers double bill as this one finishes just ahead of Galvanize. The song contains samples from 'Peewee's Dance' by Joeski Love and 'The Roof Is on Fire' by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three. tpKCqp9CALQ
March 28, 20214 yr The two Chemical Brothers songs land next to each other then, perhaps that shouldn't be too surprising but it's a great result for both really to be so close to the top ten! Pleased with how well Left Outside Alone and Mad World did too, and would have been disappointed at that position for Blue Monday if it was the original, but the remix that took it to #3 was certainly not as good so it might be about the right place for it.
March 28, 20214 yr Great result for 'Hey Boy Hey Girl' too (although a little bit of a shame they had 2 songs both narrowly missing the top 10).
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