March 22Mar 22 Author 42. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 891ptsWriters - Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr.Top scores - Leonardo 49, Liamski689 49, Dante77 46Low scores - ChrisJK 2, CowTzy 2, Chez Wombat 2Average score: 20.7From 1971, this was the second of two top 10 hits for the singer from Arkansas. It was also a US number 1 single. Tina Turner's 1983 cover version went one place higher, reaching number 6.
March 23Mar 23 Author 41. Madonna - Get Together 916ptsWriters - Madonna, Anders Bagge, Peer Astrom, Stuart PriceTop scores - marcinjaro 50, Dante77 50, detonate 50Low scores - jimwatts 1, gasman449 2, Mack 2, Cymro87 2, Uls2000 2Average score - 21.3Get Together was the third single to come from Madonna's 2005 album 'Confessions On A Dance Floor'. 'Jump' was originally scheduled to be the third release but the record company switched to this song as it was already being downloaded as an album track twice as much as 'Jump'.
March 23Mar 23 Author 40. The Cure - The Love Cats 947ptsWriter - Robert SmithTop scores - Maestro 45, Julian_ 44, dandy* 43, Jaz13music 43, marcinjaro 43Low scores - Mango 1, Lee_J11 2, Alex! 3, Liamski689 3Average score - 22This was the song that finished one point above 'Animal Nitrate' to qualify from the second semi-final in 25th place. It was the first of four top 10 hits for The Cure. I think I've mentioned before in these polls that they peaked at 5, 6, 7 and 8 (not in that order) but it's worth mentioning again.
March 23Mar 23 Author 39. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 949ptsWriter - Rob ParissiTop scores - Liamski689 48, Leonardo 43, Dante77 43Low scores - Jade 2, GreyAsh 2, Brer 3, danG 3Average score - 22.1This was the only UK hit single for the group from Ohio, also reaching the top of the Billboard chart in 1976. The lyrics were about their attempts to transition from hard rock to the funk/disco sound that was becoming more popular. They split up in 1979.
March 23Mar 23 I'm a huge fan of The Cure but 'Get Together' is actually my favourite to drop out today. Madonna was on fire during the Confessions era
March 23Mar 23 'Smokers...', 'White Lines...' and 'The Lovecats' are my biggest losses so far - surprised the latter only just made the final but I'm glad it did.Nothing I dislike in this final, I actually prefer 'Get Together' to some other singles from that era, though not really a Madonna classic for me.
March 23Mar 23 Al Green and Wild Cherry have been pretty big losses for me, both huge 70s classics that I love. There's 2 versions of Let's Stay Together on Spotify with one of them having the backing vocalists mixed quieter, it's much better. Out of the others today The Lovecats is one of the weaker Cure songs I've heard, and my first listen of Get Together was thanks to this rate and it sounded so dated to me (not in a good way) so it's only 1 of 2 songs I dislike out of the 50 here. Edited March 23Mar 23 by gasman449
March 23Mar 23 I still don't understand why 'Get Together' has finished higher than Madonna's other #7 singles when the others are FAR superior but there you go!
March 23Mar 23 Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors is another big loss, although I'm pleasantly surprised it made it all the way to the final given it's not really that remembered very much these days, at least from my perspective.
March 23Mar 23 The Cure and Editors are two bands that I've just never "got". Aside from a couple of songs each, neither band do absolutely anything for me at all.
March 24Mar 24 Author 38. Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell - One (Your Name) 973ptsWriters - Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, Pharrell WilliamsTop scores - danG 49, Jason 48, Mark223jy 46Low scores - Severin 1, marcinjaro 4, Mango 5, Leonardo 5, gasman449 5, Jester 5, Dante77 5, jimwatts 5Average score - 22.6One started as an instrumental with Pharrell's vocal added to this version which gave the Swedish House Mafia their first top 40 hit in 2010.
March 24Mar 24 Author 37. Sugababes - Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces 973ptsWriters (Stronger) - Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, Jony Rockstar, Marius de Vries, Felix HowardWriters (Angels With Dirty Faces) - Brian Higgins, Bob Bradley, Tim Powell, Matthew Del Gray, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi RangeTop scores - vibe 50, AaronTM 49, vancey 49Low scores - AH Gold 2, jimwatts 2, CowTzy 3, DarrenJ77 3Average score - 22.6This double A side single was the third release from the Sugababes' second album, following two successive number 1 hits. One 50 point score means it wins a tie-break over One (Your Name).
March 24Mar 24 Author New site doesn't seem to let me put two embeds in the same post. Here's the other A side:
March 24Mar 24 Author 36. Klaxons - Golden Skans 992ptsWriters - James Righton, Jamie Reynolds, Simon Taylor-DavisTop scores - Brer 48, Jade 44, Dante77 42Low scores - Maestro 3, Leonardo 4, rio309 4Average score - 23.1From 2007, Golden Skans was the only top 10 hit for Klaxons. The single came in at number 16 based on downloads only with the CD being available two weeks later so might have charted higher if they had been released at the same time. The video was an homage to the one for 'Can You Feel It' by The Jacksons.
March 24Mar 24 I struggled a bit with where to rank the Sugababes as I find “Angels With Dirty Faces” a bit meh but “Stronger” is right up there with my favourite 00s pop band tracks - so atmospheric.I used to listen to all 6 SHM singles as their own mini album - I loved them all and “One (Your Name)” has good nostalgia value.“Golden Skans” is my favourite of this batch though: a beautifully crafted track and I love the distant, dreamy sound to it.
March 24Mar 24 Catching up with these results - errr WTF at 'A New England' being a distant last place?! I guess it's maybe one of the less well known songs on the list (and I'm biased because my mum loves it so I heard it loads growing up lol, as well as the Billy Bragg original) but c'mon you guys xxAlso already lost Swedish House Mafia and Klaxons from my top 10, would have hoped the latter would do a bit better (landfill indie classic indeed) although about what I would probably have expected for the former. Editors should be higher too.Ought to look up the semi 2 results to see if anything narrowly missed out which I might have saved if I remembered to vote in that (sorry for missing it oop, at least remembered to come back for the final).
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