January 30, 20241 yr Author 55 points Level 42 - Something About You Plan B - Ill Manors zpdQQoc-gkk Level 42 also lose their second song with this one from 1985. Ill Manors from 2012 was the fourth and final top 10 hit for Plan B.
January 31, 20241 yr 52 points Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day One Sweet Day spent 16 weeks at number 1 in the US from December 1995 to March 1996 setting a new record Mariah was incredibly popular in the US in the mid 90s :o
January 31, 20241 yr Author 57 points Janet Jackson - Again qUHtwV8wkOU This was Janet Jackson's seventh number 1 single in her home country. All four of her number 6 singles have now been eliminated so a semi-final place eludes her this year.
January 31, 20241 yr Author 58 points Paula Abdul - Rush Rush Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding - Outside yqyIaNWP0T0 This was a fifth US number 1 for Paula Abdul so not quite as many as Janet Jackson but still an impressive total. Calvin Harris loses the second of his two songs.
January 31, 20241 yr Author 59 points Nina Sky - Move Ya Body u2_E62NY3hg From 2004, this was a one hit wonder for the identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino. It featured a contribution from a rapper called Jabba.
January 31, 20241 yr Author 60 points Billy Idol - White Wedding Little Mix - Salute StoneBridge featuring Therese - Put 'Em High AAZQaYKZMTI White Wedding goes back to 1982 but it wasn't a hit until 1985. Billy Idol and Little Mix both lose a second song but the latter have one more left. Put 'Em High from 2004 is one of two top 10 singles for the Swedish DJ Sten Hallström with both of them featuring the Swedish singer Therese Grankvist.
February 1, 20241 yr Author 61 points Gorillaz - Dirty Harry Missy Elliott - Work It Kim Wilde and Junior - Another Step (Closer To You) FrsKjxGJtoA From 1987, this was a fourth top 10 single for Kim Wilde and a second for Junior whose real name is Norman Giscombe. Work It by Missy Elliott spent ten weeks at number 2 in the US with all of those weeks being behind 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem. It still shares the record of most weeks at number 2 with 'Waiting For A Girl Like You' by Foreigner. Gorillaz lose the first of their two songs.
February 1, 20241 yr Author 62 points The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You -XYBj0J99i8 Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, (They Long To Be) Close To You was first recorded by Richard Chamberlain in 1963. Seven years later, it was the Carpenters' breakthrough hit, reaching number 1 in America.
February 1, 20241 yr Author The cut off point has been reached! 100 singles had a points total greater than 62 points. We also have six wild cards, these are the songs that were given 30 points by one voter but didn't receive enough points from others to go through. So there will be 53 songs in each semi-final with the top 25 going through to the final. These are the wild cards, with the person who gave them 30 points in brackets: 30pts Lewis Capaldi - Bruises (chrissmith276) 41pts Tinie Tempah featuring John Martin - Children Of The Sun (Cow P) 45pts N-Trance - Forever (Sempachorra) 51pts Avicii - Waiting For Love (Danuary) 52pts Laura Branigan - Gloria (Leonardo) 53pts Joel Corry and Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX and Saweetie - Out Out (Jason) The first semi-final will start on Monday.
February 1, 20241 yr Aww, shame some of those last few just missed out. Close to You is a classic, my favourite Carpenters song, so soothing <3 Dirty Harry is an underrated moment from Gorillaz, love the choir and dramatic vibe to it all.
February 1, 20241 yr Aww shame for The Carpenters - I think I narrowly decided against voting for that in the end and a low score would have got it through. Relieved for some of my other faves though.
February 1, 20241 yr Too bad for Paula Abdul. Would have been my top five but the list was way too long to vote. Edited February 1, 20241 yr by JackJones
February 1, 20241 yr Just noticed 3 songs I missed voting for in others' votes, and from some quick maths they appear to be on 70, 70 and 73 points - hope that'll be enough!and it is - yay! I was sure my 30 pointer would need to be a wildcard, but it looks like it had 63 points (with my +30) so just squeezed through regardless. Happy to see N-Trance through as a wildcard though!
February 1, 20241 yr I thought my wildcard pick was needed, but looks like it's just sneaked enough points through normal means. In which case I'm sad I didn't give it to Bon Jovi or Bowie (not that they'd have done much in the semi)
February 1, 20241 yr The Nights' going through?! :cheeseblock: Glad my gamble worked out well in the end! :dance:
February 2, 20241 yr I'd missed/forgotten that Gloria was wild-carded through, happy about that, it will likely be getting good points from me in the next round Looking forward to the next stage, thanks again Rollo!
February 2, 20241 yr Dirty Harry so close to qualifying :( Probably my favourite Gorillaz song these days
February 6, 20241 yr Glad I opted for Bruises over a couple of others but may well finish last in the semis based on me having been the only voter for it hahaha!
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