February 22, 20232 yr Author 41. The Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 186pts Writer - James Warren Top points - King Rollo 25, perrobueno 23, Jade 22 I now lose my own 30 point single from the first round. The much covered song, which features an eighteen string Chinese zither, was one of just two top 40 hits for the Bristol group. They have split up and reformed a few times and released a new album as recently as 2021. bk6YMy3JUnY
February 22, 20232 yr 24k Magic is great, deserves much higher than that, probably his best song. Only a few of my small points going so far, though Booyah wasn't far off, I admittedly forgot that existed but it's a real banger. I Like to Move It will forever remind me of the lemurs in Madagascar (a good thing) and Heathens is Twenty One Pilots' best song by far.
February 22, 20232 yr Oh '24K Magic' flopping a bit as well - now I'm mad! What do you all have against Bruno's jams <_< The Korgis were very close to my votes, Fine Young Cannibals' song is pretty good too.
February 22, 20232 yr Not a fan of 24k Magic, probably because it’s been so heavily played by stations like Magic. Those last 3 are unfortunate losses though. Not a Whitney fan but I’m Your Baby Tonight is one of her very best for me - much prefer that to the one that’s qualified in the other semi. Really like Ash generally and Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime is gorgeous.
February 22, 20232 yr 54. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc 112pts Writer - Andy McCluskey Top points - King Rollo 24, Liamski689 22, rio309 22 There's no official video on youtube, maybe they didn't film one, so here we have an interpretation of the song by Legs & Co that I don't remember seeing before. They're not in the TOTP studio, it seems to have been filmed in a separate studio, a lot of effort has been put in here. This was the first of two hit singles for OMD about Joan Of Arc. The second one reached number 4. DL7HpfVuZwc OK so I gave this 22 points thinking it was Maid Of Orleans 🤦♂️🤣 I'd never heard this song until now! Luckily I quite like it...!
February 22, 20232 yr Ah blast I had this copied and pasted to sort votes for the next round and forgot in the end oops. 'Joan of Arc', 'It Started With A Kiss', 'Heathens', 'I Wish', 'She Drives Me Crazy' are all great songs that have dropped out here and '24K Magic' is decent as well.
February 22, 20232 yr Love 'Goldfinger' although 'Oh Yeah' was better (and remains one of my all-time favourite songs!) 'I'm Your Baby Tonight' is one of my faves by Whitney :wub: her tally of #1s in the US is pretty incredible!
February 23, 20232 yr So I lost my 23-pointer, and I fully expect to lose a lot from my top-10, including #1 (Neneh) and #2 (The Cure). But we shall see how it goes!
February 23, 20232 yr Author 40. Madonna - Dear Jessie 192pts Writers - Madonna, Patrick Leonard Top points - marcinjaro 24, DarrenJames 22, garyfeld 21 Four Madonna songs across the two semi-finals have now gone out. She has one more chance to make the final. Jessie was the daughter of the song's writer, Patrick Leonard. The single was not released in the US. EGYmN-1UQzI
February 23, 20232 yr Author 39. Madness - Our House 196pts Writers - Chris Foreman, Cathal Smyth Top points - Uls2000 25, Liamski689 21, marcinjaro 19 From 1982, Our House was a twelfth top 10 single for Madness. It reached number 7 in the US, none of their other singles managed to break into the top 30 there. KwIe_sjKeAY
February 23, 20232 yr Awww no, shame Our House hasn't made it through. I prefer the Rollergirl version of Dear Jessie.
February 23, 20232 yr Author 38. Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo - Knock You Down 203pts Writers - Nate Hills, Keri Hilson, Kevin Cossom, Shaffer Smith, Marcella Araica, Kanye West Top points - Alex! 25, AaronTM 25, detonate 21 This is Keri Hilson's only top 10 hit as the lead artist, she had two more as the featured singer, including the number 1 single, The Way I Are. p_RqWocthcc
February 23, 20232 yr Author 37. Whitney Houston - So Emotional 203pts Writers - Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly Top points - AaronTM 22, vibe 21, Lee_J11 21 Whitney Houston loses another song so she will have to settle for just one in the final. This was the fifth Billboard number 1 for the writers, who had also written Like A Virgin, True Colors, Alone and Eternal Flame. It was the last song they wrote together. It wins a tie-break over Knock You Down by 15 votes to 14. 0YjSHbA6HQQ
February 23, 20232 yr Author 36. Neneh Cherry - Manchild 212pts Writers - Neneh Cherry, 3D-Del Naja, Cameron "Booga Bear" McVey Top points - Mango 25, perrobueno 25, King Rollo 20 From 1989, this was the second of five top 10 singles for the Swedish singer. A reworked version, featuring Sia, was included on her 2022 album, 'The Versions'. OJ9VBMBS3qE
February 23, 20232 yr Not too sad over that group overall though really like Dear Jessie and Manchild
February 23, 20232 yr Manchild is so good! Way better than Buffalo Stance. Never realised it was co-written by part of Massive Attack.
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