March 25Mar 25 Author 35. Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing 994ptsWriters - Chris Lowe, Neil TennantTop scores - AH Gold 50, Mango 49, JackJones 49Low scores - CowTzy 1, chrissmith276 3, Viper* 3Average score - 23.1From 1988, Domino Dancing was the lead single from the Pet Shop Boys' third album 'Introspective', giving them their eighth top 10 single. It was recorded in Miami with the video filmed in Puerto Rico.
March 25Mar 25 Author 34. Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - Forgot About Dre 1009ptsWriters - Andre Young, Marshall Mathers, Melvin BradfordTop scores - Mack 46, gsaman449 43, ChrisJK 41, Uls2000 41Low scores - King Rollo 1, Campbell 1, Mark223jy 3Average score - 23.5This collaboration was a fifth top 10 hit for Dr. Dre and a third for Eminem. Sampling 'The Climb' by No Doubt, it won a Grammy award for best rap performance by a duo or group.
March 25Mar 25 Author 33. Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight 1023ptsWriter - Sherman KellyTop scores - Cymro87 49, Maestro 46, Jason 44Low scores - rio309 1, Grandwicky 1, Liamski689 2Average score - 23.8Dancing In The Moonlight was first recorded by its writer's band, Boffalongo, in 1970. The first version to be a hit was by King Harvest two years later, reaching number 13 in the US. The Eastbourne band Toploader's cover got to number 19 in March 2000 before peaking at number 7 as a re-issue in February 2001.
March 25Mar 25 “Domino Dancing” is good but I don’t think it’s absolutely top tier PSB.“Dancing In The Moonlight” is nothing extraordinary but a well done cover.“Forgot About Dré” is easily my favourite of this trio - still sounds fresh and absolutely up with the greatest hip hop records along with a few others by both artists.
March 25Mar 25 Dancing In The Moonlight is one of my least favourite songs ever, never mind in this rate, so I'm pleased to see it not troubling the upper reaches!
March 25Mar 25 Domino Dancing is just alright to me, prefer some other PSB tracks. Forgot About Dre and Dancing In The Moonlight are both iconic though, shame to lose them this early.
March 25Mar 25 'Forgot About Dré' is my favourite to drop out today as well. Love the earworm chorus, chaotic verses, bouncy synth production and epic guitar later on. 🙌
March 25Mar 25 Decent enough showing for 'Forgot About Dre' there, should be higher but we take what we can get with rap songs on BuzzJack. I only discovered 'Domino Dancing' relatively recently, not quite among PSB's very best songs for me but high second tier 'Dancing In The Moonlight' is heavily overplayed but still pretty good for me, although we do not speak of the more recent hit version of it. (aside, I was just reading the other day about the shockingly dark backstory behind the original version of the song, oop x)
March 25Mar 25 It's an absolute travesty 'Domino Dancing' finished this low, and I'm actually surprised at people saying it's not up there with the best of the PSB, for me it totally is. I think I quite liked 'Dancing In The Moonlight' when it first came out but it has been played to death since then and I'd be quite happy to never hear it again tbh.'Forgot About Dre' is a bit of a tune!
March 26Mar 26 Shame to see Forgot About Dre drop out.Don't care for Domino Dancing myself, it's not in the handful of PSB songs I like.Can't bear Toploader at the best of times and not really a fan of the song either so glad that's fallen.
March 26Mar 26 Author 32. The Beach Boys - I Get Around 1030ptsWriters - Brian Wilson, Mike LoveTop scores - gasman449 47, Liamski689 47, Jade 45Low scores - ...ready for it 1, ChrisJK 3, Alex! 4Average score - 23.9Released in the summer of 1964, this is the oldest song to reach the final. It was the Beach Boys' first UK release to reach the top 30 and their first Billboard number 1 single.
March 26Mar 26 Author 31. Daft Punk - Da Funk / Musique 1030ptsWriters - Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-ChristoTop scores - Chez Wombat 48, dandy* 47, gasman449 46Low scores - DarrenJ77 6, Alex! 6, vancey 6Average score - 23.9This double A side single was the first top 40 hit for the French duo. In the memorable video, Charles is played by Tony Maxwell who was the drummer in a group called That Dog while the actress playing the childhood neighbour he runs into survived a plane crash in 1970 that killed about a third of the passengers while in her mother's womb. This is the first single to avoid every voter's bottom five and wins a tie-break over I Get Around by having one 48 point score.
March 26Mar 26 Author 30. The Doors - Light My Fire 1032ptsWriters - Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, Ray ManzarekTop scores - Jade 47, Chez Wombat 47, Julian_ 46Low scores - Leonardo 3, chrissmith276 4, Campbell 5Average score - 24Light My Fire only got to number 49 when first released in 1967. It did much better in the US, reaching number 1. The 1991 revival of the song coincided with the film biopic 'The Doors'. A later 2002 cover version by Will Young took the song to number 1 and another cover by Amii Stewart in 1979 reached the top 5.
March 26Mar 26 Ooft not a good day for my 60s faves!The Doors' self-titled album is one of my non-Beatles favourites of the decade and 'Light My Fire' is one of the biggest highlights, so commanding.
March 27Mar 27 Author 29. The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind 1034ptsWriters - Peter Svensson, Nina PerssonTop scores - Jester 45, Nick F1 44, gasman449 42, vancey 42Low scores - Mark223jy 4, Jade 6, Jason 6Average score - 24From 1999, this was the Swedish group's second top 10 single. It featured in the films 'The Thirteenth Floor' and 'Never Been Kissed' which came out in the same year.
March 27Mar 27 Author 28. Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet 1049ptsWriters - Alanis Morissette, Glen BallardTop scores - dandy* 46, vancey 45, Campbell 43Low scores - Mark223jy 1, Chez Wombat 1, danG 6, Liamski689 6Average score - 24.4This was the first of two top 10 hits for the Canadian singer. In her own country, it spent eight weeks at number 1, the fourth chart topper from her 'Jagged Little Pill' album.
March 27Mar 27 Author 27. The Verve - Lucky Man 1052ptsWriter - Richard AshcroftTop scores - Jester 49, Dante77 49, DarrenJ77 46Low scores - Leonardo 2, Julian_ 3, AaronTM 5, Alex! 5Average score - 24.5It's a hat-trick of singles from the late 90s today with this one from 1997. It was the third track taken from the Verve's 'Urban Hymns' album. The previous two, 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' and 'The Drugs Don't Work', had both reached the top 2.
March 27Mar 27 Head Over Feet was my favourite Alanis song on Jagged Little Pill, the melody just shone from the first time I heard it and it felt really unique and poppy. Not sure it's quite my favourite any longer but it is still really great and I'm glad it finally gave her a top 10 single from the album.
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