April 2, 20223 yr Author 22. Tears For Fears - Shout 1221pts Writers - Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley Top scores - SevenSeize 49, King Rollo 47, StoneDragon 46 Low scores - London 2, Mango 3, detonate 3 Average score - 26 Shout was the fourth top 5 hit for Tears For Fears and the first of two US number 1 singles from the 'Songs From The Big Chair' album. 25 years later, an England football version of the song by Dizzee Rascal, James Corden and others reached number 1. Ye7FKc1JQe4
April 2, 20223 yr Author 21. The Beatles - Something / Come Together 1227pts Writers - George Harrison / John Lennon, Paul McCartney Top scores - Jade 49, Uls2000 48, StoneDragon 47 Low scores - Nick F1 1, Leonardo 3, Mack 5 Average score - 26.1 Taken from the 'Abbey Road' album, this was the first time the Beatles had released a single containing songs already available to listen to on an album. Something was also the first song written by George Harrison to appear on the A side of a Beatles single. A cover version by Shirley Bassey also got to number 4, scoring 29 points in the first round. UelDrZ1aFeY45cYwDMibGo
April 3, 20223 yr 'Stereo Love' is definitely one of the best dance songs of its era, has aged wonderfully as well :heart: My vote for The Beatles was based on 'Come Together' but I do like 'Something' a lot as well, just not as familiar with it.
April 3, 20223 yr Two of my Top 6 out at once. :nocheer: Stereo Love is pure timeless magic. The accordions and the thick accents in the vocals are so atmospheric and make it a unique crossover hit with a proper Eastern European feel. Come Together is great but it’s Something that really got my points - George packed so much explosive emotion into that ballad. How did that stunning double A Side only make #4 when the nice but much more lightweight Ballad of John and Yoko was #1 a few months before?
April 3, 20223 yr Two of my Top 6 out at once. :nocheer: Stereo Love is pure timeless magic. The accordions and the thick accents in the vocals are so atmospheric and make it a unique crossover hit with a proper Eastern European feel. Come Together is great but it’s Something that really got my points - George packed so much explosive emotion into that ballad. How did that stunning double A Side only make #4 when the nice but much more lightweight Ballad of John and Yoko was #1 a few months before? I think it must have been the fact that Something/Come Together were already available on their parent album as King Rollo said but yeah both are stunning and deserved to get to #1.
April 3, 20223 yr Those last few are all brilliant :wub: like Julian my preference of the two Beatles songs is 'Something' - George really shines on 'Abbey Road' with both that and 'Here Comes The Sun'.
April 3, 20223 yr Author 20. Garbage - Stupid Girl 1227pts Writers - Garbage, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones Top scores - West 50, blacksquare 49, Grandwicky 49 Low scores - Boymetworld91 3, Roba 4, Leonardo 5, Ansel 5 Average score - 26.1 This was Garbage's highest charting single and the first of their six top 10 hits. The bassline was sampled from 'Train In Vain' by The Clash. It gets into the top 20 by winning a tie-break over Something/Come Together with one 50 point score. 2GhPUAVgHZc
April 3, 20223 yr Author 19. Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? 1234pts Writers - Gwen Stefani, Linda Perry Top scores - Daan 49, Nick F1 48, ready for it 48, West 48 Low scores - MandaliCow 1, rio309 3, Dante77 3 Average score - 26.3 From 2004, this was the first single taken from Gwen Stefani's debut solo album, 'Love. Angel. Music. Baby.' f5qICl3Fr3w
April 3, 20223 yr Author 18. The Ronettes - Be My Baby 1234pts Writers - Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector Top scores - xajnipi 50, Uls2000 50, chartjack2 50 Low scores - chrissmith276 1, marcinjaro 2, coi 5, MandaliCow 5 Average score - 26.3 Backed by Phil Spector's 'wall of sound' this was one of just three top 40 hits for the Ronettes. Ronnie Spector was the only Ronette to sing on the recording. Brian Wilson declared it to be "the greatest pop record ever made", often playing it over and over again for hours. Released in 1963, it's the oldest song in the final and wins a tie-break over 'What You Waiting For?' with three 50 point scores. AhzZIXvspI4
April 3, 20223 yr love the Garbage song, they were such a great band and the debut album is phenomenal Gwen is 90% of the times incredible, but not with that single Surprised Be My baby is top 20, wouldn't put it top 100 tbf
April 3, 20223 yr Shame on anyone who put Be My Baby in their bottom ten - this is in all time classic!! :) xxx
April 3, 20223 yr Great to see Garbage get in the Top 20! Less so Gwen, definitely not one of my favourites by her
April 3, 20223 yr Be my baby is a great song. It was great to be reminded of Stereo Love too. Listened to it a lot back then and felt the same vibes now. I think I’ve lost most of my top 10 now. But.. I’ve made a playlist and been listening to all these songs again, some after years of not having listened to them.
April 4, 20223 yr 'Shout' is a great singalong song. About right for it though result wise. Wow at The Ronettes top 20 :o
April 4, 20223 yr Don't think I'd have predicted either The Ronettes or Garbage making the top 20 over some of the songs that have gone out already!
April 4, 20223 yr Author 17. Elbow - One Day Like This 1242pts Writers - Elbow Top scores - King Rollo 50, JulianT 50, Chez Wombat 49 Low scores - garyfeld 2, West 4, London 4, JackJones 4 Average score - 26.4 Released in 2008 as the second single from Elbow's fourth album, 'The Seldom Seen Kid', this only got to number 35. Its peak of number 4 came four years later after they performed the song at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics. Elbow's next best chart position of number 19 has been achieved three times with other singles. 0NFV8dHrZYM
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