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Looks like I won’t make it at all today - nominating for fun but feel free to ignore.

 

She Said

Kickstarts

ET

Stereo Love

Jealousy

Will be a bit late with bonus nominations again but will hopefully be on time for the actual session :jump:

Pendulum - Watercolour

The Saturdays - All Fired Up

Katy B - Katy On A Mission

Katy Perry - E.T. (feat. Kanye West)

Shakira - She Wolf

I was gonna do late nominations but actually everything I want either has 0 nominations or is already safe x

 

I'll just do one nomination for The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird and insist that 2 nominations be enough for such an iconic moment xx

Played this week:

 

893 01/08/2009 Mr. Hudson ft. Kanye West - Supernova 1 wk {2}-3-3-6-8-9-14-18-23-29-34-38-44-32-46 -> 15 wks stopped by: Beat Again JLS

894 12/09/2009 Sugababes - Get Sexy 1 wk {2}-8-10-15-20-33-49-60 -> 8 wks stopped by: Run This Town - Jay-Z ft. Rihanna and Kanye West

895 10/10/2009 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind 1 wk 15-3-{2}-3-5-8-13-11-12-17-22-11-16-24-21-20-18-20-21-18-22-25-16-17-28-36-31-30-35-38-52-64-67-71-59R(4)-67 -> 36 wks stopped by: Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz

896 17/10/2009 Saturdays - Forever Is Over 1 wk {2}-8-14-23-37-39-49-65 -> 8 wks stopped by: Oopsy Daisy - Chipmunk

897 24/10/2009 Robbie Williams - Bodies 1 wk {2}-4-9-23-22-37-57-55R(5) -> 8 wks stopped by: Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida

898 07/11/2009 Westlife - What About Now 1 wk {2}-8-16-19-21-17-21-33-38-41-59-69 -> 12 wks stopped by: Fight For This Love - Cheryl Cole

899 21/11/2009 Leona Lewis - Happy 1 wk {2}-4-10-15-28-38-37-28-43 -> 9 wks stopped by: Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas

900 12/12/2009 Rihanna - Russian Roulette 1 wk 6-{2}-3-8-8-8-13-19-25-24-31-37-46-50-54-61-62-65-58-72 -> 20 wks stopped by: The Official BBC Children In Need Medley - Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band

 

901 16/01/2010 Sidney Samson ft. Wizard Sleeve - Riverside (Let's Go) 1 wk {2}-3-5-5-13-17-23-30-40-44-39-42-46-49-67-66R(3)-67 -> 17 wks stopped by: Replay - Iyaz

902 06/02/2010 Glee Cast - Don't Stop Believin' 1 wk 75-5R(4)-3-{2}-4-5-7-18-20-28-25-24-27-29-40-38-44-48-53-70-72-72-71-33-44-67-64R(3)-72 -> 28 wks stopped by: Fireflies - Owl City

903 13/02/2010 Jedward ft. Vanilla Ice - Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) 1 wk {2}-12-11-28-50-65-74 -> 7 wks stopped by: Fireflies - Owl City

904 27/02/2010 Florence + The Machine and Dizzee Rascal - You Got The Dirtee Love 2 wks {2}-2-5-7-10-11-18-20-32-45-54-56-73-68R(4) -> 14 wks stopped by: Everybody Hurts - Helping Haiti (1 wk), In My Head - Jason Derulo (1 wk)

905 13/03/2010 Rihanna - Rude Boy 2 wks 52-28-20-10-6-3-{2}-2-3-4-6-8-13-17-19-24-30-37-43-42-46-58-59-59-69-73-73-73-69-72R(13) -> 30 wks stopped by: Pass Out - Tinie Tempah

906 22/05/2010 Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo 2 wks 44-63-70R(3)-59-56-56-38-12-{2}-2-4-3-7-9-14-16-18-20-23-28-32-38-37-45-57-64-70-68R(134) -> 28 wks stopped by: Good Times - Roll Deep (1 wk), Nothin' On You - Bob ft. Bruno Mars (1 wk)

907 19/06/2010 Tinie Tempah ft. Labrinth - Frisky 1 wk {2}-5-9-11-15-19-17-26-28-30-34-41-44-54-58-64-61-50-64-69-70 -> 21 wks stopped by: Shout - Shout For England ft. Dizzee Rascal and James Corden

908 26/06/2010 K'Naan - Wavin' Flag 2 wks 16-16-3-{2}-2-5-13-16-26-39-43-55-69 -> 13 wks stopped by: Shout - Shout For England ft. Dizzee Rascal and James Corden (1 wk), California Gurls - Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg (1 wk)

909 31/07/2010 Eminem ft. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 4 wks 7-6-4-3-{2}-4-4-2-2-2-4-7-6-6-11-14-21-28-29-30-30-29-36-40-30-39-37-27-30-37-43-53-57-55-56-55-58-72-73-75R(3)-58R(7)-52-66-65R(18)-48R(39)-51-56R(28)-45 -> 48 wks stopped by: We Speak No Americano - Yolanda Be Cool vs. D Cup (1 wk), Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida ft. David Guetta (1 wk), Green Light - Roll Deep (1 wk), Dynamite - Taio Cruz (1 wk)

910 11/09/2010 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 2 wks {2}-2-3-3-6-9-16-19-25-33-34-34-50-67-71-72-59-43-61-73 -> 20 wks stopped by: Please Don't Let Me Go - Olly Murs (1 wk), Start Without You - Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan (1 wk)

911 16/10/2010 Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow - Shame 1 wk {2}-7-20-32-40-43-31-53 -> 8 wks stopped by: Forget You - Cee Lo Green

912 30/10/2010 Wanted - Heart Vacancy 1 wk {2}-9-14-23-27-31-50-72-74R(2)-49-74 -> 11 wks stopped by: Just The Way You Are (Amazing) - Bruno Mars

913 20/11/2010 Take That - The Flood 2 wks {2}-2-6-12-15-6-7-7-14-26-36-46-54-54-54-63-70 -> 17 wks stopped by: Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna (1 wk), Love You More - JLS (1 wk)

914 04/12/2010 Ellie Goulding - Your Song 2 wks 39-3-{2}-2-3-5-5-4-6-13-13-18-29-34-44-53-59-70-72-75R(6)-56-54R(3)-54-47R(12)-48-52 -> 26 wks stopped by: Heroes - X-Factor Finalists 2010

915 18/12/2010 Willow - Whip My Hair 1 wk {2}-9-9-9-13-19-28-41-47-59 -> 10 wks stopped by: The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas

 

916 22/01/2011 Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude 1 wk 25-30-29-34-21-18-5-{2}-3-6-7-12-12-13-10-13-19-24-29-30-35-48-48-51-67-75R(3) -> 26 wks stopped by: Grenade - Bruno Mars

917 29/01/2011 Adele - Rolling In The Deep 1 wk {2}-3-4-5-4-4-5-9-8-9-15-16-16-22-26-27-33-34-26-31-37-41-44-45-43-47-36-51-44-45-50-52-49-40-50-54-55-56-51-55-69-62-68-70R(3)-75R(2)-69-45-39-55-70-39R(4)-28-45-58-71-73 -> 56 wks stopped by: Grenade - Bruno Mars

918 19/02/2011 Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown - Champion 1 wk {2}-5-5-6-8-14-20-24-26-31-34-39-41-50-60-50-42-55-56-72 -> 20 wks stopped by: Price Tag - Jessie J

919 30/04/2011 Wretch 32 ft. Example - Unorthodox 1 wk {2}-7-8-16-24-33-43-50-59-62 -> 10 wks stopped by: Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO, Lauren Bennett & Goonrock

920 11/06/2011 Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar 1 wk 54-49-29-15-10-9-4-3-{2}-5-8-10-13-20-21-13-18-20-26-33-31-35-49-57-46-49-59-74R(13)-70-57-72R(5)-74-66R(56)-53R(2) -> 34 wks stopped by: Give Me Everything - Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer

921 25/06/2011 Calvin Harris ft. Kelis - Bounce 1 wk {2}-3-4-7-8-8-11-14-19-27-32-39-45-54-59-50-47-64-68-66R(12)-63 -> 21 wks stopped by: Changed The Way You Kiss Me - Example

922 16/07/2011 Loick Essien ft. Tanya Lacey - How We Roll 1 wk {2}-5-5-6-10-17-35-51 -> 8 wks stopped by: Louder - DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans

923 27/08/2011 Emeli Sande - Heaven 1 wk {2}-7-11-19-23-28-22-28-41-52-46-54-69R(9)-72R(3)-64-49-35-27-41-50-60 -> 21 wks stopped by: Don't Go - Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra

924 03/09/2011 Calvin Harris - Feel So Close 1 wk {2}-5-7-7-12-13-18-17-19-27-43-63-73R(7)-63 -> 14 wks stopped by: Heart Skips A Beat - Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks

925 10/09/2011 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 7 wks 3-3-{2}-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-9-7-8-10-16-14-15-11-12-12-16-23-27-30-30-31-35-29-35-38-39-40-42-43-40-45-55-54-58-57-54-65-54-49-46-47-49-58-66-65 -> 52 wks stopped by: Stay Awake - Example (1 wk), All About Tonight - Pixie Lott (1 wk), What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction (1 wk), No Regrets - Dappy (1 wk), Loca People - Sak Noel (1 wk), We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris (2 wks)

926 29/10/2011 Wanted - Lightning 1 wk {2}-9-11-19-27-36-42-60-59-66-37-55-67R(5)-73R(2) -> 14 wks stopped by: We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris

927 05/11/2011 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah - Earthquake 1 wk {2}-3-3-4-5-6-11-12-16-8-7-10-14-11-14-19-27-39-40-36-45-46-31-21-31-53-69-70-50-60-64-66-74R(3)-63-58-66-75R(11)-56R(4)-60 -> 39 wks stopped by: Read All About It - Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande

928 19/11/2011 JLS - Take A Chance On Me 1 wk {2}-8-22-37-53-69-62R(2) -> 7 wks stopped by: We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris

 

929 28/01/2012 Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump 1 wk 44-18-12-10-5-3-{2}-4-7-8-12-15-14-16-18-21-22-19-20-30-31-35-37-47-48-54-61-60-60-56-56-33-33-60-56R(4)-55-65-52R(43)-53-71 -> 40 wks stopped by: Domino - Jessie J

930 11/02/2012 Alyssa Reid ft. Jump Smokers - Alone Again 1 wk {2}-5-7-12-17-19-23-30-38-38-51-65 -> 12 wks stopped by: Titanium - David Guetta ft. Sia

931 25/02/2012 Emeli Sande - Next To Me 3 wks {2}-2-3-2-4-9-10-9-14-23-26-30-32-38-43-49-60-53-56-55-54-54-56-42-39-43-59-41-58-45R(25)-56-64R(2) -> 32 wks stopped by: Hot Right Now - DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora (1 wk), Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra (2 wks)

932 10/03/2012 Dappy ft. Brian May - Rockstar 1 wk {2}-13-25-36-56-69 -> 6 wks stopped by: Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra

933 24/03/2012 Nicki Minaj - Starships 1 wk 16-7-5-3-{2}-5-3-4-5-8-9-9-11-13-12-15-20-19-21-19-20-19-21-19-23-27-39-36-39-45-47-53-56-50-37-53-57-64-72-73R(7)-69 -> 41 wks stopped by: Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra

934 31/03/2012 Sean Paul - She Doesn't Mind 3 wks {2}-2-2-6-9-11-17-24-28-33-41-57-59-53-51-50-61 -> 17 wks stopped by: Part Of Me - Katy Perry (1 wk), Turn Up the Music - Chris Brown (1 wk), Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen (1 wk)

 

Bonus 3-5 peaking songs chosen:

 

Pendulum - Watercolour (#4, 2010)

Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love (#4, 2010)

Katy B - Katy On A Mission (#5, 2010)

Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey - Blind Faith (#5, 2011)

Katy Perry feat. Kanye West - E.T. (#3, 2011)

Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts (#4, 2011)

Avicii - Levels (#4, 2011)

 

Also played:

 

Take That - Rule The World [joint poll winner as best #2 played last week]

Sam Sparro - Black & Gold [joint poll winner as best #2 played last week]

Oasis - Half The World Away [last week's returning #2 album track]

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps [this week's returning #2 album track]

Jay Dabhi and Moises Modesto - Cry For Freedom [bré's birthday choice & former BJSC winner]

The Trashmen - Surfin Bird [Jamelia slot / honorary 8th bonus]

Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me [current #1 single]

Actor Joss Ackland has died at the age of 95. He appeared in the video for the Pet Shop Boys' version of Always On My Mind. If there are no other claims on the RIP slot next week, can we have this?

What a set of songs. :o

 

Sorry for not joining as I was completely focused on today's MotoGP. ;)

We enter the streaming era tomorrow, as we go from early 2012 to early 2015 with 45 new #2s, the penultimate of those being a current Top 100 hit :thinking: Here are 109 to choose from in the 3-5s - I expect the first of these might be popular:

 

#3s

 

2012

Loreen - Euphoria

StooShe - Black Heart

Lawson - Taking Over Me

Emeli Sandé - Read All About It (Pt. III)

P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss)

Flo Rida - I Cry

One Direction - Live While We’re Young

Wiley feat. Skepta, JME & Ms D - Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya)

The Wanted - I Found Love

Little Mix - DNA

 

2013

Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z - Suit & Tie

Baauer - Harlem Shake

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton - Can’t Hold Us

Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

will.i.am - Bang Bang

Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin - Reload

Tinie Tempah feat. 2 Chainz - Trampoline

Klangkarussell feat. Will Heard - Sonnantanz (Sun Don’t Shine)

Jessie J - It’s My Party

Lawson - Juliet

Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr feat Beardyman - Eat Sleep Rave Repeat

Little Mix - Move

Ellie Goulding - How Long Will You Love Me

Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

 

2014

The Vamps - Wild Heart

DJ Fresh vs. Fay Jay feat. Ms Dynamite - Dibby Dibby Sound

Faul & Wad Ad vs. Pnau - Changes

Shift K3Y - Touch

Fuse ODG feat. Sean Paul - Dangerous Love

Klingande - Jubel

Tiesto feat. Matthew Koma - Wasted

George Ezra - Budapest

ZHU - Faded

OneRepublic - Love Runs Out

The Script - Superheroes

Sam Smith - I’m Not The Only One

Nicki Minaj - Ananconda

One Direction - Steal My Girl

Waze & Odyssey vs. R. Kelly - Bump & Grind 2014

Olly Murs feat. Travie McCoy - Wrapped Up

 

2015

Fergie - L.A.LOVE (la la)

Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds

Flo Rida feat. Sage The Gemini & Lookas - G.D.F.R.

 

#4s

 

2012

Usher - Climax

John Legend - Ordinary People

Alex Clare - Too Close

Cover Drive - Sparks

Lawson - When She Was Mine

Coldplay feat. Rihanna - Princess Of China

Conor Maynard - Vegas Girl

Elbow - One Day Like This

Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think

Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko - Stay

 

2013

Emeli Sandé - Clown

Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love

The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna

Lana Del Rey feat. Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness

DJ Fresh and Diplo feat. Dominique Young Unique - Earthquake

Drake feat. Majid Jordan - Hold On, We're Going Home

Conor Maynard - R U Crazy

James Blunt - Bonfire Heart

Jason Derulo - Trumpets

AC/DC - Highway To Hell

 

2014

Neon Jungle - Braveheart

Gorgon City feat. MNEK - Ready For Your Love

David Guetta feat. Skylar Grey - Shot Me Down

Katy Perry feat. Juicy J - Dark Horse

A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera - Say Something

Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull - I'm A Freak

Example - One More Day (Stay With Me)

The Vamps feat. Demi Lovato - Somebody To You

Kiesza - Giant In My Heart

Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora - Black Widow

Professor Green feat. Tori Kelly - Lullaby

Taylor Swift - Blank Space

Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up

 

2015

DJ Fresh feat. Ella Eyre - Gravity

The Weeknd - Earned It

 

#5s

 

2012

Jessie J feat. David Guetta - Laserlight

Usher - Scream

Redlight - Lost In Your Love

Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time

Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen

Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire

 

2013

Calvin Harris feat. Tinie Tempah - Drinking From The Bottle

Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)

Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment

Olly Murs - Dear Darlin'

Jessie J feat. Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal - Wild

Dizzee Rascal feat. Robbie Williams - Goin' Crazy

Lady Gaga - Applause

Avicii - You Make Me

Chase & Status feat. Moko - Count On Me

The Saturdays - Disco Love

Eminem - Rap God

Showtek feat. We Are Loud! and Sonny Wilson - Booyah

 

2014

Fuse ODG - Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad)

Elyar Fox - Do It All Over Again

Katy B - Crying for No Reason

Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy

Cash Cash feat. Bebe Rexha - Take Me Home

Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass - Extraordinary

Bars and Melody - Hopeful

Wankelmut & Emma Louise - My Head Is A Jungle

Jeremih feat. YG - Don't Tell 'Em

David Guetta feat. Sam Martin - Dangerous

Oliver Heldens feat. Kstewart - Last All Night (Koala)

The Wealdstone Raider - Got No Fans

 

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My choices (passing up 'Budapest' as we had it in the albums, we also had the original 'Summertime Sadness' but I'll opt for the version which made it a Top 5 hit anyway):

 

ZHU - Faded

Elbow - One Day Like This

Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think

Lana Del Rey feat. Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness

AC/DC - Highway To Hell

 

Just a heads up that I'm planning to skip the week of 3 December, so after tomorrow the following session (and the penultimate one in this series) will be on 10 December.

Edited by jimwatts

oops I completely overlooked that Elbow were in there! Hope they get the votes anyway... Edit: updated mine

Edited by jimwatts

Booyah

Harlem Shake

Rap God

You Make Me

Take Me Home

 

Will change my votes to the majority tomorrow, when I'm already at home.

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I’ll assume that One Day Like This will get the votes and Faded already has the votes

 

Sonnantanz

Can’t Hold Us

Too Close

Stay

Crying For No Reason

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