March 1, 20241 yr Author 33. Basement Jaxx - Romeo 193pts Writers - Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe Top points - Jester 25, danG 22, Jade 17 From 2001, this was the third top 10 single for the London duo. It features a lead vocal from Kele Le Roc and contains a sample from 'Don't Let The Rainbow Pass Me' by Cloud One from 1981. x2wUbgAAydY
March 1, 20241 yr Author 32. TLC - Unpretty 195pts Writers - Dallas Austin, Tionne Watkins Top points - AaronTM 24, vibe 22, Alex! 22 This was the fourth and final top 10 hit for TLC. It was also their fourth Billboard number 1. g2gy1Evb1Kg
March 1, 20241 yr Author 31. The Knack - My Sharona 196pts Writers - Doug Fieger, Berton Averre Top points - RabbitFurCoat 20, Leonardo 19, Jason 19 From 1979, this was the only top 40 hit for the Los Angeles based band. Written about the lead singer's girlfriend, Sharona Alperin, it spent six weeks at number 1 on the Billboard chart and sold 10 million copies worldwide. bbr60I0u2Ng
March 1, 20241 yr Author 30. Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 201pts Writers - Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Harry Castioni, Will Champion, Alex Christensen, Brian Eno, B Lagonda, Chris Martin, Wycombe Top points - coi 25, Brer 23, RabbitFurCoat 22 This was the lead single from Coldplay's fifth album, Mylo Xyloto. The long list of songwriters here is down to the song containing elements of 'I Go To Rio' by Peter Allen and 'Ritmo De La Noche' by Chocolate. fyMhvkC3A84
March 1, 20241 yr The results of this are going terribly. I think most of my final points will be for Semi 1 songs!
March 1, 20241 yr Carnage in the 38-34 section, several of my big pointers out. Would have especially loved to see The Boxer reach the final. By contrast not too sad to lose any of this most recent batch.
March 1, 20241 yr Or you could say... Romeo done :lol: I'm sad to lose 'Unpretty', that really is an incredible pop song, TLC at their best.
March 2, 20241 yr Author 29. Wilson Phillips - Hold On 208pts Writers - Carnie Wilson, Chynna Phillips, Glen Ballard Top points - Campbell 25, marcinjaro 24, DarrenJames 18, StoneDragon 18 Wilson Phillips consisted of two of Brian Wilson's daughters plus the daughter of Michelle Phillips from The Mamas & The Papas. Hold On was their only UK top 10 hit. They were more successful in their own country with this being the first of three number 1 singles. uIbXvaE39wM
March 2, 20241 yr Author 28. Safri Duo - Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song) 210pts Writers - Morten Friis, Uffe Savery, Michael Parsberg Top points - Cow P 23, coi 23, Grandwicky 21 This drum based trance instrumental was the only top 40 hit for the Danish duo who were named after the first few letters of their surnames (Savery and Friis). IksRDCMYnn8
March 2, 20241 yr Author 27. Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes 211pts Writer - Kate Bush Top points - dandy* 24, AaronTM 22, AH Gold 21 Although this was the follow-up to 'Wuthering Heights' in 1978, a demo had been recorded three years earlier with the help of David Gilmour. Kate had written the song when she was only 13 years old. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding British Lyric in 1979. NAj8suae3WY
March 2, 20241 yr Author 26. Meredith Brooks - Bitch 216pts Writers - Meredith Brooks, Shelly Peiken Top points - West 23, JackJones 23, ...ready for it 21 From 1997, this was the only top 10 hit for the singer from Oregon. The follow-up single, 'I Need', stalled at number 28. The song in 25th place had a score of 217 points and more votes so Meredith would have needed two more points to get past it. _ivt_N2Zcts
March 2, 20241 yr Author So these are the 25 singles to qualify for the final, in chronological order. It seems the more popular older songs were in the this semi with the first six all being older than the oldest qualifier from the first semi (Kiss from 1986). That figure rises to seven if you count Purple Rain. You might also have noticed that a wild card has made its way through to the final. Killing Me Softly With His Song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road SOS Mr Blue Sky Gloria The Safety Dance Sweet Child O' Mine Listen To Your Heart / Dangerous Shiny Happy People Don't You Want Me Ordinary World Stay (I Missed You) The Rockafeller Skank The Power Of Goodbye / Little Star Bills, Bills, Bills I Try Overload Unwritten Chasing Cars Ready For The Floor Remedy The Edge Of Glory Stay High Purple Rain Cha Cha Cha
March 2, 20241 yr Aww sad to lose Kate Bush and Meredith Brooks at the last gasp. I love Bitch and it just captures that nineties spirit so beautifully somehow.
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