Casually beating 2nd place by more than 50%, wow, that has to be one of the most dominant winners in any contest on here!

 

The predictable Depeche Mode & Pet Shop Boys lining up just behind in the end then, I'm glad Depeche Mode did better out of the two at least! And lots more of my faves in the top 10 - John Foxx, Charlie, a-ha and Hashim :heart:

 

I did bump Book Of Love up to my 1 point partly as I felt it might be underrated and indeed seems to be the case, I really liked the use of the tubular bells in it, made it stand out a fair bit for me! Disappointing and a bit more surprising to see Psyche also so low though :(

 

3rd from last is 2 places higher than I expected so no complaints from me, I'm glad it stood out from the pack a bit for at least a small handful of people, especially Dan!

 

Thanks for running this Rollo (+ the retro mods), definitely down for these contests to continue as a new regular series if the quality of this one is anything to go by! ^_^ Maybe next time I'll try harder to find something that might actually do well haha.

 

(also that suggested jukebox widget looks perfect!)

For anyone who liked Strangelove, this is the much better remixed album version which has a longer intro:

 

 

 

Wow 6th place!!! I’m surprised and delighted by this. More than makes up for the rather awful day I’ve had at work, and my recent BJSC DNQ of course :P

 

I didn’t think it was Jade behind my 12pointer and the rightful winner. What a discovery that was! I was instantly hooked. Thank you Jade for bringing that into my life! 😂

 

Thanks Rollo for the fab hosting and instigating this contest. I’m already looking forward to the next one ❤️

Congrats Jade, I liked your entry and it was one of the two songs I had to cut it off for the points but glad to see that they were not needed in the end lol.

 

Happy with that Top 10 position for C C Catch.

 

Great hosting Rollo and looking forward to second edition (hopefully this will be done 4 contests a year like Club Bizarre).

oh missed the reveal show, but glad to finish 2nd with DM! My original choice was New Order-bizarre love triangle but that was vetoed, then Never Let me Down again, which was vetoed too, so finally settled with Strangelove, which I think it's a bit of a lot jewel in DM's discography.

 

congrats Jade, your song was an instant fav and in my top 2 by miles together with Camouflage.

 

funnily Scoundrel Days was one of the first (or maybe even the first) albums I bought was a kid, but I didn't recall the title track for the heck of it :D

Well done, Jade.

 

I'm glad one of the more famous artists didn't run away with this.

 

 

 

Congrats Jade! Fab song.

 

Chuffed at A-ha coming 7th :wub:

Very happy with that win for Vicious Pink… maybe the radio edit would have done worse after all! Or possibly just blitzed everything even more easily :lol:

 

I just had a listen to the radio edit (assuming you mean the English version too, not sure if there is a French edit), and I think it would have definitely not done as well!

 

The French lyrics add something really quite special to the track for me, as does the build of the first couple of minutes. Maybe it's because it's the first version I became familiar with but I'm not sure the edit strikes me as something as special.

The devil works hard but Joseph works harder... *.*

1. Jade

 

Jade started off by sending the wonderful Waves by Blancmange but then changed her mind and entered this song from 1984. I'm glad she did as I don't think I've heard it before. Vicious Pink were a duo from Leeds (Josephine Warden and Brian Moss) who started out as backing singers for Soft Cell. Cccan't You See was their third single and biggest hit, reaching number 67.

 

 

oooh waves is a goodie, love Blancmange :)

7. dandy*

 

John Foxx started out as the lead singer of Ultravox, who released three albums from 1977 to 1978, before he was replaced by Midge Ure. Underpass was his debut solo single, reaching number 31 in 1980. It's now considered to be one of the milestone synthpop singles. John has continued to release music sporadically, leaving him time to be an artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer.

 

 

 

Oops I assumed dandy had sent a-ha! :D John Foxx, I have the double single No-One Driving on vinyl, but I always thought it sounded like he was singing Underpants! Edged out of my votes by the unknown stuff sadly, as I do like this one

Many congrats Jade, another song contest chalked off!

 

So actually when I was searching for an entry for this I did come across both Underpass & Cccan't You See. I really liked the former but saw it was a top 40 hit and wanted to send something more obscure and as for the latter... I found it pretty boring tbh so to see this kind of landslide is somewhat bewildering!

 

Not me not only giving Nasz Disneyland it's first points but also the full amount. I swear this literally happened in another contest earlier this year too. This song was a clear favourite for me!

 

Can't be too unhappy with my song's performance as this is far far away from a genre I know much about! I did have another song I was considering which I may reserve for a future contest, I imagine it might have actually performed better than Misery in the end.

 

A big thanks to King Rollo for hosting this inaugural contest.

I think John would enter Pet Shop Boys in every contest going if he could :lol:

 

I am quite keen that everyone experience all of the album tracks :lol:

Thank you for the bronze medal, Rob :heart: I'm a huge fan of 'Enola Gay' and 'Souvenir', plus pointed your OMD entry, I really need to check out more from them.

 

Still great in concert and tracks like Messages, Maid Of Orleans, Joan Of Arc, So In Love, Pandora's Box, Walking On The Milky Way are all fab. I tried entering a fab track they wrote for Britney Spears (rejected it sadly) but it DNQ'd in BJSC sadly. I thought Simon might have entered this one, so you caught me out Rob!

 

 

Sorry I missed the live results, I was at a pub quiz coming 3rd. Well that was an omen! :lol: What questions got us the bottle of wine? Name the 5 Original cast Star trek films after Motion Picture. Star Trek geek me...

 

Thanks Rollo for the fab hosting and organising, much appreciated, and Jade, wow! You really do have the knack for these contests! Amazing an unknown song did so well, well done and also everyone else who took a risk. When I saw the list of songs entered I almost vetoed my own as the cheapest entry so it was nice an unknown won.

 

 

This was such a fun round, thanks for hosting this, Rollo, and of course lots of congratulations to Jade for winning - what an iconic song! Let's do this again SOON!

I had hoped Toni would do a little better, but well, better luck next time... I have loads of 80's songs in my list of potentials from the Retro Song Contest at the PopJustice forum

Been a busy week so only just properly caught up with this. Incredible and fully deserving winner. Not often in song contests where a discovery is something I find better than my own entry, but this was definitely one of them.

 

Pleased Boy managed to rack up a decent number of votes, even if it didn't quite manage any big scores. Of Book of Love's four singles which are their most popular on Spotify, that is my favourite so wanted to enter that even if it might not have been the one to do best here

Any chance of doing Vol. 2 for this? Maybe early next year?

Any chance of doing Vol. 2 for this? Maybe early next year?

We’ve got plans for other themes - quite a wide range!

Im curious to know if this contest will be returning in the near future? Maybe after the current Club Bizarre contest finishes? Hopefully we can step into the 90’s era with the next theme. ;)