January 15, 20223 yr Author 49 people have now voted. If you still want to vote, you have the rest of the weekend before voting closes.
January 15, 20223 yr I’m tactically leaving it as late as possible so I can scrub anything anyone else has given 30 off my list!
January 15, 20223 yr 30 points - Madonna - Open Your Heart 29 - Madonna – Gambler 28 - Madonna – Don't Tell Me 27 - The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 26 - Limahl - Never Ending Story 25 - T'Pau - Heart And Soul 24 - Genesis – Mama 23 - The Cars – Drive 22 - Madonna – Bedtime Story 21 - Tracy Chapman – Fast Car 20 - Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride 19 - Wham! - Club Tropicana 18 - Oleta Adams – Get Here 17 - Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well 16 - George Michael – Too Funky 15 - Swing out Sister – Breakout 14 - Breathe - Hands To Heaven 13 - Prince - When Doves Cry 12 - Randy Crawford – Almaz 11 - Lady Gaga – Paparazzi 10 - Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl 9 - The Source feat. Candi Staton – You Got the Love 8 - Tears For Fears – Shout 7 - George Michael – Amazing 6 - ABC - The Look Of Love 5 - Utah Saints – Something Good 4 - Smoke City – Underwater Love 3 - Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 2 - U2 - All I Want Is You 1 point - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)
January 16, 20223 yr +30 Gabrielle - Out of reach +29 Alex Clare - Too close +28 Robbie Williams - Angels +27 Bloodhound Gang - Bad touch +26 Shamen - Move any mountain +25 Elton John - Daniel +24 ABBA - Does your mother know +23 Beatles - Something / Come together +22 Chris Brown - Beautiful people +21 Edward Maya - Stereo love +20 Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind +19 Galantis - Runaway +18 Paul Woolford - Looking for me +17 Blue Pearl - Naked in the rain +16 Michelle Gayle - Sweetness +15 Alex Gaudino - Destination calabria +14 Placebo - Nancy boy +13 Sara Bareilles - Love song +12 Coldplay - Princess of China +11 Simon Webbe - No worries +10 China Black - Searching +9 Robbie Williams - Feel +8 Shakira - She wolf +7 UB40 - Kingston town +6 Elton John - I’m still standing +5 D Ream - U r the best thing +4 Olly Murs - Up +3 Dido - Here with me +2 Rita Ora - Let you love me +1 Little Mix - Touch
January 17, 20223 yr Author VOTING IS CLOSED Thanks to the 51 people who voted, a great turnout. I'll start a rundown of the non qualifiers tomorrow.
January 17, 20223 yr Oops missed the deadline, I'll post my votes regardless tho +30 Tears For Fears - Shout +29 Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood +28 Hellogoodbye - Here (In Your Arms) +27 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere +26 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? +25 Depeche Mode - Precious +24 Tracy Chapman - Fast Car +23 Erasure - Love To Hate You +22 Elbow - One Day Like This +21 Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me +20 Keane – Everybody's Changing +19 Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson +18 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer +17 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride +16 The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A +15 Walk The Moon - Shut Up and Dance +14 The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance) +13 The Streets – Fit But You Know It +12 The Cars - Drive +11 Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor +10 Erasure - A Little Respect +9 Coldplay - Yellow +8 New Order - True Faith +7 Girls Aloud - Biology +6 Jamiroquai - Canned Heat +5 Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl +4 Jennifer Paige - Crush +3 The KLF - America: What Time is Love? +2 Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing +1 Earth Wind and Fire with The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland
January 17, 20223 yr Author 1 point The Bandwagon - Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache Eminem - Ass Like That Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Holly Johnson - Americanos Jesy Nelson featuring Nicki Minaj - Boyz Cliff Richard - Carrie The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello & Cardi B - South Of The Border Kiri Te Kanawa - World In Union IcTP7YWPayU We start with Eurythmics' sound effects laden song intended for the 1984 movie but eventually only used in the trailer. The singles on 1 point range from 1968 to 2021. Holly Johnson's first two solo singles both got to number 4. I prefer Love Train but it's Americanos that appears here. Carrie from 1980 is one of Cliff Richard's best songs. This is the only Buzzjack poll where you are likely to see Jesy Nelson and The Smurfs in the same place.
January 17, 20223 yr Author 2 points Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives Backstreet Boys - Drowning Katy B featuring Ms Dynamite - Lights On Cast - Flying Deorro X Chris Brown - Five More Hours 50 Cent featuring Olivia - Candy Shop Madness - Driving In My Car rV1_7R_3cXA Madness had four number 4s from 1980 to 1982. Grey Day received no votes while Driving In My Car is the first of the other three to go out. The Bizarre Inc song from 1991 featured on the TOTP repeats recently.
January 17, 20223 yr Nothing of interest lost so far although I don't mind 'Candy Shop'. Edited January 17, 20223 yr by Roba.
January 17, 20223 yr Author 3 points Marc Almond - The Days Of Pearly Spencer Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne - Soldier The Game featuring 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It Olly Murs - Thinking Of Me The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away New Kids On The Block - Cover Girl Roxy Music - Virginia Plain Scooter - Nessaja The Who - Pinball Wizard 4NlGAVdkqKA This was Marc Almond's cover of the David McWilliams song from 1967 with some excellent production from Trevor Horn. Elsewhere, there are two late 60s/early 70s classics by Roxy Music and The Who. Roxy Music still have one song left.
January 17, 20223 yr Playing With Knives is a great discovery from the early 90s recaps - certainly doesn’t sound 30 years old!
January 17, 20223 yr Happy to have given a few songs a consolation point (or two or three). Virginia Plain is the only other song I may have given some points if I hadn't overlooked that it was a #4 - it's the definitive song of Eno era Roxy Music, although my favourite is Do The Strand which didn't chart.
January 17, 20223 yr Author 4 points Blonde featuring Alex Newell - All Cried Out Cleopatra - Life Ain't Easy Eternal - Oh Baby I... Hi_Tack - Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U) Hear'Say - Everybody Lazy Town - Bing Bang (Time To Dance) Sean Paul - Get Busy Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day tPOXhIlAy4g This only reached number 53 in 1990 but thanks to a remix and a TV advert it got to number 4 the following year. It was her only top 30 single.
January 17, 20223 yr Glad I gave Carrie the one point then, for all Cliff's naff records this is one of his best! Playing With Knives is a massive tune! A bit surprised Get Busy has bowed out so soon, I thought that was a generally well remembered and appreciated track.
January 17, 20223 yr Author Were there any songs scoring 0 points then? There are still hundreds left that scored 0 points.
January 17, 20223 yr Get Busy is such a whirlwind of energy - it was on my shortlist until the last minute.
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