Had we been talking about the #2 version of Set You Free it would have been in my top five. But the #4 remix isn't a patch on it.

Edited January 26, 20223 yr by rio309

'Something Deep Inside' was a great little pop song but it was always lost in the shadow of 'Day & Night' for me!

I didn't vote for it but I liked 'Something Deep Inside' too. Got it on CD as well. Was obsessed when I was young. Other good songs from N Trance and Evanescence plus Madness, Bob and Chris Brown's last good track BP there too.

Edited January 27, 20223 yr by Roba.

Had we been talking about the #2 version of Set You Free it would have been in my top five. But the #4 remix isn't a patch on it.

Oh yeah I forgot we're talking about the remix. That explains why I didn't give it any points!

41 points

 

The Assembly - Never Never

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part IV

Kesha - TiK ToK

The Saturdays - Issues

 

 

Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre had been recording music as early as 1967 but this is the track that kickstarted his success. On one of his more recent albums, he collaborated with Vince Clarke who appears here as part of The Assembly whose plan was to release a run of singles with different guest vocalists but Never Never featuring Feargal Sharkey was the only single recorded with Vince instead going on to form Erasure with Andy Bell.

42 points

 

Lighthouse Family - High

Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On

Powfu featuring Beabadoobee - Death Bed

Steps - Deeper Shade Of Blue

Sinitta - Right Back Where We Started From

Usher featuring Young Jeezy - Love In This Club

 

 

The Lighthouse Family make their second appearance. This was one of eleven top 40 hits for them from 1995 to 2002. The last of Steps' three songs drops out as well as the second of Usher's two.

Two of mine crashing out in one fell swoop :(

 

'High' is absolutely glorious, especially those repeated choruses at the end :wub:

'Right Back Where We Started From' is cheesy perfection!

43 points

 

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

Elton John - Daniel

Robbie Williams - No Regrets

 

 

Sledgehammer's brilliant video won nine awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards which is still a record. From 1973, Daniel is the second of Elton John's number 4s to appear, he's still standing with one left. Robbie Williams loses the fourth of his six. No Regrets featured backing vocals by Neil Tennant and Neil Hannon.

44 points

 

Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do

Honeyz - Finally Found

The Shamen - Move Any Mountain

Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You

 

 

From 1963, this was Dusty Springfield's debut solo single. Two other versions have peaked at number 4, the Bay City Rollers in 1976 and The Tourists in 1979. You might remember the first of those scored 18 points. All I Wanna Do is Sheryl Crow's highest charting single while we also see the Shamen leave with the second of their two number 4s.

High is one of my favourites of the overplayed Heart/Magic FM songs, the strings, choir and vocals are really impressive.

 

Sledgehammer an iconic song and video too x

 

 

Sad to see 2 of my big votes out - Daniel and Move Any Mountain. :nocheer:

High and Finally Found are class.

45 points

 

Randy Crawford - Almaz

 

 

From 1986, Randy Crawford wrote this song about a couple of Eritrean refugees who were her neighbours. It was her second top 5 single. Surprisingly, she has never had a top 100 solo hit in her own country.

46 points

 

Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

 

 

This was the fourth of nine top 40 singles for the Scottish band from from 2004-2009.

48 points

 

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed

One Republic - Stop And Stare

OutKast - Roses

Pink - Stupid Girls

 

 

From 2008, this was the second single from One Republic's debut album, Dreaming Out Loud. Stupid Girls by Pink drops out but Garbage's Stupid Girl is still to come.

 

49 points

 

Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train

 

 

From 1996, this was one of six consecutive top 10 hits for the Birmingham band. Their other number 4 single scored 24 points.

I’ve lost 3 of mine there:

High

Issues (think this is my highest score lost so far at 20)

The day we caught the train.

 

Ocean colour scene were the first band I ever saw in concert!

50 points

 

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Dido - Here With Me

Lauren Hill - Ex-Factor

The Stone Roses - One Love

Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (remix)

 

 

This was released as a single in the US in 1999 but in the UK, not until 2001 after a sample from her song 'Thank You' was used on Eminem's number 1 'Stan'. From 1970, Paranoid is Black Sabbath's only top 20 single. Lost In Music by Sister Sledge only got to number 17 in 1979, a remix took the song to number 4 five years later.

51 points

 

Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before

 

 

From 1980, this was the only top 20 single for the Brooklyn singer. It won Grammy awards for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

52 points

 

Mariah Carey - It's Like That

En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)

Michelle Gayle - Sweetness

London Boys - Requiem

Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good!

 

 

After several singles failed to chart, this was the first hit for the Germany based British duo who were tragically killed in a motor accident along with one of their wives eight years later. Mariah Carey loses another song but she still has two left.