March 25, 20232 yr Oh I think I just listened to the album version of 'Regulate' too oops, should check out the other version too. Radiohead's was, unsurprisingly, my favourite of the 5 songs that were new to me from this :heart: although I do see why it's not done quite as well as 'No Surprises', don't think it has quite the same universal appeal. Decent result there for 'Girls & Boys', ofc a major Britpop classic. Can we please get rid of En Vogue soon x
March 25, 20232 yr and guess Radiohead got a lot of high votes from the indie kids but a lot of low scores too from the pure pop fans :/ very disappointed Street Spirit is out so soon :/ bad bad bad Buzzjack Girls and Boys is also great, quintessential britpop
March 25, 20232 yr Girls & Boys is one of a few Blur songs I'd never really choose to listen to, just quite annoying and of all their big pop hits I prefer all the others. Street Spirit is fine... for Radiohead. Looking back at my votes they were the two songs I ranked just below The Saturdays :kink:
March 25, 20232 yr I enjoy Girls & Boys, don't think it's in the same league as their very best stuff (eg The Universal).but can understand why it's done well in a poll like this. Strong trio all in all, Street Spirit is incredible, Try Again pretty iconic. That Regulate revelation is interesting. I listened to the album version and thought the chorus I "remembered" from when I was a kid must have actually been a different song. But no, it was Regulate all along!
March 25, 20232 yr I admire Girls & Boys but don’t love listening to it like The Universal. I agree indie is always likely to be dragged down by some low scores in a BJ poll. Last year’s final was full of surprises (contrary to the winning title). In fact we’ve had indie winners two years in a row; looks like this time pop is levitating its way back to the top.
March 25, 20232 yr It will be interesting to see what does win out here. I think I'm expecting it to be one of Levitating (I see what you did there Julian), Who Knew, Around the World, Babylon or Porcelain because it feels like they should all have pretty cross over appeal.
March 25, 20232 yr I'd have thought the highest placed indie/rock song will be Green Day, can see that being top 3/5.
March 25, 20232 yr Author 17. Chase & Status featuring Liam Bailey - Blind Faith 1337pts Writers - Saul Milton, William Kennard, Liam Bailey Top scores - Daan 50, Cow Cow 50, perrobueno 49, Brer 49 Low scores - !!! 3, AH Gold 3, Achabaan 3, JackJones 3 Average score - 27.3 Teaming up with the Nottingham singer, this was the second of four top 10 hits for the duo from London. It's the only "featuring" single to make the final. zYpDJw7fThU
March 25, 20232 yr Author 16. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird 1338pts Writer - Nelly Furtado Top scores - Leonardo 48, Dante77 46, Bjork 45, perrobueno 45 Low scores - Torple 3, Campbell 6, Cow Cow 6 Average score - 27.3 From 2000, this was Nelly Furtado's debut single. It won a Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It's the second single so far not to be in anyone's top 2 or bottom 2. The first was 'Cry For You'. roPQ_M3yJTA
March 25, 20232 yr Author 15. Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent 1350pts Writers - Johanna Bennett, Alex Turner Top scores - DarrenJames 50, !!! 50, seven. 49 Low scores - Alex! 1, JackJones 2, Campbell 3 Average score - 27.6 From 2007, this was the fifth consecutive top 5 single for the Sheffield band. They have not had any more since then. ma9I9VBKPiw
March 25, 20232 yr 'Blind Faith' :wub: I think that's three of my top 10 left, then. -clings on tight to The Prodigy, Green Day & Moby-
March 25, 20232 yr That's two of my big pointers our, Arctic Monkeys were on 39 points too! At this point non of my top-3 is in the contention, but #4 and #5 still are!
March 25, 20232 yr Before she started flopping? She had a #4 hit later the same year! And then 5 more top 5 hits within a year from 2006-2007!!
March 25, 20232 yr Before she started flopping? She had a #4 hit later the same year! And then 5 more top 5 hits within a year from 2006-2007!! That's simply not true though :lol: That second single scraped a week top 10 and then flopped. And you're talking about Loose!! She flopped before and after Loose!
March 25, 20232 yr All 3 good ones today, but then everything here is good. I guess Midnight Sky ought to be the strongest contender from the last decade given how well it does in ROTD. I love that but I’d quite like something a bit older to win like Little Lies or Babylon.
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