17 points

Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Bon Iver- Monster (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 07/03/2025)

Grouplove- Tongue Tied (UK chart peak: 84, platinum 14/04/2023)

Fall Out Boy- Immortals (UK chart peak: 84, platinum 24/06/2022)

"Monster" is the only song eligible from Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, it is one of 2 songs from Yeezy to get points meaning none of his songs will advance to the semi-finals. Two 84 peaks here: "Tongue Tied" was a minor global hit for indie rock band Grouplove, while "Immortals" is Fall Out Boy's only eligible song. It was written for the 2014 Disney film Big Hero 6.

18 points

Solomon Burke- Cry To Me (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 05/04/2024)

Blue Swede- Hooked On A Feeling (UK chart peak: 90, platinum 04/06/2021)

Fleetwood Mac- You Make Loving Fun (UK chart peak: 45, platinum 28/02/2025)

James Bay- If You Ever Want To Be In Love (UK chart peak: 96, platinum 16/08/2024)

"Cry To Me" was released in 1962 but would later become widely known after it was used in 1987's Dirty Dancing. "Hooked On A Feeling" was first recorded in 1968 by BJ Thomas but this 1973 cover by Swedish group Blue Swede is the best known version: it hit number 1 in America and would later be used in 2014's Guardians Of The Galaxy, helping it chart here for the first time. "You Make Loving Fun" becomes the second Rumours song to fall out, while James Bay loses his second and final eligible song, taken from his chart-topping 2015 debut album Chaos And The Calm.

Edited yesterday at 15:421 day by gasman449

19 points

Rusted Root- Send Me On My Way (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 18/12/2020)

Kendrick Lamar- Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 05/08/2022)

Catfish & The Bottlemen- Kathleen (UK chart peak: did not chart, 2x platinum 04/04/2025)

J. Cole- No Role Modelz (UK chart peak: did not chart, 3x platinum 05/04/2024)

Dean Lewis- Waves (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 30/09/2022)

Travis Scott ft. Kendrick Lamar- Goosebumps (UK chart peak: 65, 2x platinum 30/12/2022)

"Send Me On My Way" was first recorded in 1992 but the best-known version is a 1994 re-recording which would be used in films such as 1996's Matilda and 2002's Ice Age. Kendrick loses 2 tracks here- "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" features on his 2012 album Good Kid M.A.A.D City and was originally going to feature Lady Gaga. Gaga would later release the version with her contributions herself. "Goosebumps" is from Travis Scott's 2016 album Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight and is Travis' most streamed song worldwide: it would have reached the top 40 in 2020 after Scott's virtual concert in Fortnite had it been reset, instead it reached 65 on ACR. A deep house version by Spanish producer HVME reached number 8 in 2021. "Kathleen" is Catfish & The Bottlemen's most successful single, included on their 2014 debut album The Balcony. "No Role Modelz" is the most successful single in UK history to never reach the top 100- it is also the only song from Cole to receive points out of his 5 eligible tracks. "Waves" is the debut single from Dean Lewis who would later have top 40 success with "Be Alright" and "How Do I Say Goodbye".

20 points

Jodi Benson- Part Of Your World (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 17/01/2025)

Eminem ft. Nate Dogg- Shake That (UK chart peak: 90, platinum 24/12/2021)

Two Door Cinema Club- Undercover Martyn (UK chart peak: 79, platinum 20/05/2022)

Ruth B- Dandelions (UK chart peak: 42, platinum 07/04/2023)

Daniel Caesar ft. H.E.R.- Best Part (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 03/11/2023)

"Part Of Your World" from Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid is often considered one of the best songs from any of their films: it is the "I Want" song for protagonist Ariel (voiced by Benson). "Shake That" is one of two Eminem and Nate Dogg collaborations eligible for this rate: taken from Em's 2005 compilation Curtain Call, it did not chart until 2013 but if download-only singles had counted towards the chart in 2006 it may have charted higher. "Undercover Martyn" is the first of three TDCC songs to drop out, all of them are from their 2010 album Tourist History. Ruth B's 2017 track "Dandelions" enjoyed a 30 week run in the top 100, peaking at 42 after going viral in 2022. It is not quite the record for longest run in the chart without going top 40 but still very impressive!

Ah 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe' is my first casualty and I see I gave it all its points

Interesting to imagine a timeline where it'd been released with a Gaga feature.

Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga

21 points

Beastie Boys- Sabotage (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 14/03/2025)

Limp Bizkit- Break Stuff (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 05/01/2024)

Bring Me The Horizon- Can You Feel My Heart (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 30/08/2024)

Auli'i Cravalho- How Far I'll Go (UK chart peak: 55, 2x platinum 15/10/2021)

Sam Fender- Spit Of You (UK chart peak: 41, platinum 10/01/2025)

"Break Stuff" is Limp Bizkit's most enduring song, taken from their 1999 album Significant Other. The music video features cameos from Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and fellow nu-metaler Jonathan Davis of Korn. Their performance of the track at Woodstock '99 has gone down in infamy. "Can You Feel My Heart" is the album opener for BMTH's 4th album Sempiternal, it would later find fame as the theme of the internet's "GigaChad". I will correct myself from an earlier statement: "How Far I'll Go" and "Songbird" are the only two songs to go platinum and not hit the top 40 for 2 different artists. Alessia Cara's pop version of the song didn't receive points but the film version did, it is of course from Disney's 2016 film Moana. Sam Fender has 4 eligible tracks: all got votes. This one is taken from his 2nd album Seventeen Going Under.

(I messed up on "Sabotage": it is credited as a double A-side with "Get It Together" which reached number 19 and because of this it did not show up in the OCC's terrible search bar when I was checking for its chart position. Didn't realise until writing for this post, sorry to Jaz13music who was the song's sole voter. Great song anyway and based on Jaz's votes I can assure this mistake did not affect which songs made the final.)

22 points

Oasis- Slide Away (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 06/09/2024)

Childish Gambino- Heartbeat (UK chart peak: 97, platinum 11/10/2024)

George Ezra- Listen To The Man (UK chart peak: 41, platinum 13/05/2022)

Becky Hill and Weiss- I Could Get Used To This (UK chart peak: 45, platinum 13/08/2021)

Oasis' 1994-1995 output has done extremely well in the digital age, not surprising given their cultural significance during the time period. "Slide Away" is the penultimate track on their debut album Definitely Maybe, and was a B-side on their "Whatever" single. Childish Gambino loses his 3rd track, taken from his 2011 album Camp- it didn't chart until it went viral in 2023. George Ezra's other eligible song "Barcelona" got no points meaning George bows out here. Both are featured on his 2014 debut album Wanted On Voyage.

23 points

Carmen Twillie- Circle Of Life (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 10/05/2024)

Dwayne Johnson- You're Welcome (UK chart peak: did not chart, 3x platinum 10/01/2025)

Double Disney here! "Circle Of Life" was a number 11 hit when sung by its co-writer Elton John but the original as featured in the 1994 film The Lion King is the most successful version in the digital age. Pro-wrestler turned actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson features on Wyclef Jean's number 3 hit "It Doesn't Matter" but this track from Moana is by far his most successful. He is set to reprise his role as Maui in a live-action remake, believe it or not...

24 points

Fleetwood Mac- Rhiannon (UK chart peak: 46, platinum 16/09/2022)

The 1975- Girls (UK chart peak: 45, platinum 19/03/2021)

Taylor Swift- August (UK chart peak: 78, platinum 05/01/2024)

"Rhiannon" is taken from Fleetwood Mac's self-titled 1975 album and was written by Stevie Nicks. She was unaware of the Welsh goddess Rhiannon when writing the song but after realising the lyrics could be applied to the goddess she began working on a Rhiannon-themed project which in 2020 was revealed to be a mini-series. The first of 4 eligble songs from the 1975 drops out here, it is included on their 2013 self-titled debut album. "August" from Taylor's 2020 album Folklore appears, the first of her 7 eligible tracks, all of which got points- it always gets a big boost from Swifties at the start of the month it's named after. It would have hit the top 40 on album release week without the 3-song rule.

25 points

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes- Home (UK chart peak: 50, 2x platinum 19/04/2024)

Paolo Nutini- Iron Sky (UK chart peak: 42, platinum 29/09/2023)

Harry Styles- Sweet Creature (UK chart peak: 46, platinum 30/06/2023)

Harry Styles- Kiwi (UK chart peak: 66, platinum 04/08/2023)

Lewis Capaldi- Forever (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 31/03/2023)

Taylor Swift- Paper Rings (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 11/04/2025)

"Home" was released in 2009 but didn't chart until 2013 when it was used in a Peugeot advert. It enjoyed a wave of TikTok virality in 2020. "Iron Sky" is from Paolo's 3rd album Caustic Love and reached its peak before an official single release. Two tracks from Harry Styles' 2017 debut album bow out at the same time, meaning he has one more song left. Capaldi also loses his only track to get points.

26 points

Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train (UK chart peak: 49, platinum 24/01/2025)

Frank Ocean- Thinkin' Bout You (UK chart peak: 94, 2x platinum 07/02/2025)

Billie Eilish- Bellyache (UK chart peak: 79, platinum 12/11/2021)

"Crazy Train" inspired me to compile the list of non-top 40 platinum singles. It is Ozzy's debut solo single with great guitar work from the late Randy Rhoads. Frank Ocean has 8 eligible tracks but only 4 got points, we have seen 2 of them from Blonde drop out, this one is from his debut album Channel Orange, leaving him with one song left. 5 of Billie's 9 eligible tracks got points, here is the first to show up, taken from her 2017 EP Don't Smile At Me.

I think I've only lost one song from my vote so far, Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield.

27 points

Fleetwood Mac- Gypsy (UK chart peak: 46, platinum 05/01/2024)

X Ambassadors- Unsteady (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 11/11/2022)

Billie Eilish- I Love You (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 22/12/2023)

Taylor Swift- My Tears Ricochet (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 14/02/2025)

Fleetwood Mac now lose the most successful song from their 1982 album Mirage. A top 20 hit in the States, "Unsteady" is a track from X Ambassador's 2015 debut album VHS. Another Billie track drops out, taken from her 2019 debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? It would have charted without the 3-song rule, as would have Taylor Swift's "My Tears Ricochet" from 2020's Folklore.

28 points

Eartha Kitt- Santa Baby (UK chart peak: 44, platinum 22/12/2023)

Simon & Garfunkel- Cecilia (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 11/04/2025)

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- Somewhere Over The Rainbow Medley (UK chart peak: 44, platinum 18/10/2024)

Miguel- Adorn (UK chart peak: 49, platinum 23/12/2022)

Ludovico Einaudi- Experience (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 09/05/2025)

The 1975- Robbers (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 19/04/2024)

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello- I Know What You Did Last Summer (UK chart peak: 42, platinum 29/12/2023)

Banners- Someone To You (UK chart peak: 60, platinum 15/07/2022)

Another big selection here- "Santa Baby" from 1953 is the oldest eligible song for this rate! I wouldn't rule this out for a top 40 peak in the future given the increased influence of Americanised Spotify playlists over the festive period. It is the first of 2 Christmas songs to get points, 2 others were eligible. Kylie Minogue's version from 2001 reached number 31 in 2020. "Cecilia" was a number 4 hit in 1996 for Madness' Suggs but the uncharted original from 1970's Bridge Over Troubled Water has overtaken it in digital sales. Iz's medley of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "What A Wonderful World" was first released in 1990 but did not chart in the UK until 2007- it became a constant sight in the lower end of the chart during the download era, eventually reaching its peak in 2011 and becoming one of the few non-top 40 songs to be certified silver in pure sales. Miguel had 3 eligible songs but "Adorn" from 2012 was his only track to get points. "Experience" is one of 2 eligible songs from classical musician Einaudi but was the only one to get points. The 1975 lose their second track, also taken from their debut album.

1 hour ago, gasman449 said:

(I messed up on "Sabotage": it is credited as a double A-side with "Get It Together" which reached number 19 and because of this it did not show up in the OCC's terrible search bar when I was checking for its chart position. Didn't realise until writing for this post, sorry to Jaz13music who was the song's sole voter. Great song anyway and based on Jaz's votes I can assure this mistake did not affect which songs made the final.)

No problem, I’m amazed you’re able to keep track of all these stats in the first place!

As you say it’s a great song and at least it’s meant I’ve been listening to it, and the Beastie Boys in general again, after not hearing it/them for a while.

Really enjoying the results so far though, thanks for your great work!

Sad to see Experience drop out, but I see I gave it all 28 of its points. I entered a mix of it to BJSC and it’s one of my most listened to entries. Weighed up against that is my delight to see that it has ‘sold’ so well, I would never have expected it to have gone platinum so it was a wonderful surprise seeing it eligible for this thread 😍

29 points

Frank Sinatra- That's Life (UK chart peak: 44, platinum 28/03/2025)

Kansas- Carry On Wayward Son (UK chart peak: 51, platinum 04/08/2023)

N.W.A.- Straight Outta Compton (UK chart peak: 66, platinum 09/06/2023)

Tom Petty- Free Fallin' (UK chart peak: 59, platinum 10/12/2021)

Oasis- Rock N Roll Star (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 11/10/2024)

Jack Johnson- Banana Pancakes (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 01/11/2024)

"That's Life" was covered by Sinatra in 1966 after he first heard OC Smith's version in his car the year prior and immediately sought out the publisher. It was memorably used in the 2019 film Joker, exposing the song to a wider audience. "Carry On Wayward Son" was a top 20 hit in America and has become a classic rock staple worldwide- it has also been used in almost every season finale of the series Supernatural which ran from 2005 to 2020. "Straight Outta Compton" is a landmark hip-hop record, it charted for the first time following the release of the N.W.A. documentary film Compton in 2015. "Free Fallin'" is Tom Petty's most successful song, peaking in 2012 after a performance on The Voice UK. "Rock N Roll Star" is the first track on Definitely Maybe, meaning for most people it is the first Oasis song they've heard. "I need some time in the sun-shee-ine..."

30 points

Foals- Mountain At My Gates (UK chart peak: 87, platinum 22/12/2023)

Master KG ft. Nomcebo- Jerusalema (UK chart peak: 55, platinum 28/03/2025)

Taken from their 2015 album What Went Down, "Mountain At My Gates" is the second most successful single for Foals after 2012's "My Number". "Jerusalema" was released in late 2019 and became the soundtrack to a TikTok dance challenge the following year. A remix featuring Burna Boy was released in June 2020, boosting the song further and helping it become a top 10 hit around Europe. Nomcebo would later claim she did not receive any money from the song.

31 points

Randy Newman- You've Got A Friend In Me (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 02/07/2021)

Catfish & The Bottlemen- Cocoon (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 09/04/2021)

"You've Got A Friend In Me" is of course the theme from Pixar's Toy Story franchise, it was nominated for an Oscar in 1996 but lost to "Colours Of The Wind" from Disney's Pocahontas: Disney went on to buy Pixar in 2005. "Cocoon" is the second and final Catfish track to get points, like "Kathleen" it features on their 2014 debut The Balcony.