April 4Apr 4 Pleasantly surprised to see 'Jolene' finishing so high!I'm not the biggest country fan in general but that is a classic.
April 4Apr 4 Everybody Hurts is one of the few songs that can bring me to tears, beautiful track. Not a huge country fan but I think Jolene is a great track from the genre
April 4Apr 4 I hoped to get through the top 10 without appearing in any song's bottom 3, well oops - 'Jolene' is OK, just not one that's been on my radar much.'Everybody Hurts' ❤️ simply one of my favourite songs ever. I haven't been through anything as traumatic as Jaz13music related on the previous page. The song has however been a source of comfort to me through many difficult times and has good memories as well as bad. I first heard the parent album Automatic For The People in early 1997 and it spoke to me like nothing else had - it quickly became my all-time favourite album and R.E.M. my favourite band, things I doubt will ever change now.
April 4Apr 4 “Jolene” has to be one of the most iconic country hits ever.“Everybody Hurts” ❤️ : in a way it’s amazing it wasn’t a multi week #1 and just spent a couple of weeks in the Top 10 with unremarkable sales. But I guess the album was huge and that worked against singles at the time.
April 5Apr 5 Thanks for the ‘hugs’, I wasn’t expecting that. To be honest I was a bit taken aback/emotional, in a good way.You have a lovely community and as a relative newbie I am glad to be a small part of it!❤️
April 5Apr 5 +50 = Dolly Parton - JoleneBritney Spears - StrongerSugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty FacesAbba - Lay All Your Love On MeLady Gaga - AlejandroKelly Clarkson - Because Of YouQueen - Another One Bites The DustMadonna – Get TogetherThe Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of LoveAmy Winehouse - RehabLeAnn Rimes - How Do I LiveU2 - OnePulp - Disco 2000The White Stripes – Seven Nation ArmyRadiohead - CreepChic - Le FreakEvanescence – My ImmortalAvril Lavigne – I'm With YouAlanis Morissette - Head Over FeetR.E.M. - Everybody HurtsGreen Day - Basket CaseNirvana - Smells Like Teen SpiritThe Beach Boys - I Get AroundThe Doors - Light My FireJade - Angel Of My DreamsThe Kooks – She Moves in Her Own WayDaft Punk - Da Funk / MusiqueToploader - Dancing In The MoonlightThe Cure - The Love CatsOasis - Cigarettes And AlcoholWild Cherry - Play That Funky MusicPet Shop Boys - Domino DancingBilly Joel - We Didn't Start The FireThe Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love FlowSwedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell – One (Your Name)Klaxons – Golden SkansThe Cardigans - Erase/RewindThe Verve - Lucky ManEditors – Smokers Outside The Hospital DoorsAl Green - Let's Stay TogetherDr. Dre featuring Eminem - Forgot About DreSimple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)Grandmaster and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)Gossip – Standing In The Way of ControlKirsty MacColl - A New EnglandThe Bravery - An Honest MistakeThe Ones - FlawlessAqualung – Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You)t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us+1 = Alan Walker - FadedAm I ok to post like this or do you want me to put a point to each one?
April 5Apr 5 Author The closing date was three weeks ago so you're a bit too late. The results are almost finished.
April 5Apr 5 Author 4. Pulp - Disco 2000 1431ptsWriters - Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle, Mark WebberTop scores - DarrenJ77 50, dandy* 50, ChrisJK 50, rio309 50, Jester 50, Uls2000 50Low scores - Alex! 7, gasman449 11, detonate 12Average score - 33.3Disco 2000 overtakes 'Faded' as the single with the most 50 point scores. Six voters put this one down as their favourite. It was the third single to be taken from Pulp's fifth album, 'Different Class', the previous two had both gone as high as number 2. Sadly, the real Deborah, who the song was about, died in 2014 at the age of 51, the day before her MBE was announced.
April 5Apr 5 Author 3. Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me 1456ptsWriters - Benny Andersson, Bjorn UlvaeusTop scores - Campbell 50, Jade 49, Brer 49Low scores - detonate 2, vibe 3, ElectroBoy 5Average score - 33.9This is the highest placed song from the 1980s. Lay All Your Love On Me was never intended to be a single and there was no promotional video made for it. It was released as a 12 inch single after a remixed version became popular in nightclubs. At the time, it was the best selling 12 inch single in the UK.
April 5Apr 5 Disco 2000 💜Absolutely love it. I remember the first time I heard the album and I was amazed there was another song on it to rival Common People, and after a few plays I decided I actually preferred it and was thrilled when it became the third single... albeit slightly gutted when it "only" made #7, although I'm sure that was primarily because it was just before christmas and so many had already bought the album.I didn't know the sad story there about the real Deborah though Rollo 😕
April 5Apr 5 Ohhhhh and my favourite ABBA song, it's wonderful (even though I do still prefer the Erasure version sorry not sorry)
April 5Apr 5 4 minutes ago, dandy* said:Ohhhhh and my favourite ABBA song, it's wonderful (even though I do still prefer the Erasure version sorry not sorry)I prefer the version from Mamma Mia!
April 5Apr 5 Out of the Britpop big 4 Pulp are the band I enjoy the least so gave Disco 2000 a relatively low score. Also not a huge ABBA fan but Lay All Your Love On Me is probably my favourite out of their songs I know, definitely my best friend's favourite though!
April 5Apr 5 “Disco 2000” is a great Britpop classic - Pulp did incredible storytelling.I’ve always loved ABBA but I appreciate “Lay All Your Love On Me” more the older I get: it really combines that early 80s synth magic with the best of their sound.ABBA were my 48 and REM my 49, but my 50 is still in!
April 5Apr 5 Nooooo. The thing I wanted most in this rate was for the brilliant Disco 2000 to finish as the top indie / 90s track ahead of Creep, which imo is the one grossly overrated single by an otherwise incredible band. I was actually low key hoping Disco 2000 might win. Still, 4th is pretty good.
April 6Apr 6 All my top 3 favourites are in the last 5 with 1st and 3rd to come. Wasn’t expecting that so I’m pleasantly surprised!I love both ABBA and Pulp and those two songs are among my favourites of theirs. Edited April 6Apr 6 by Jaz13music Added
April 6Apr 6 On 03/04/2025 at 21:59, Julian_ said:I only just found out that “(Don’t You) Forget About Me” wasn’t written by Simple Minds. It’s wonderful though - such a warm emotive track.Funnily enough Simple Minds performed this on Jonathan Ross last night to promote their upcoming live album!
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