Monday at 17:323 days +50 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer+49 Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill+48 Tame Impala - Let It Happen+47 Lou Reed - Perfect Day+46 The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping+45 Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know+44 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll+43 Frank Ocean - Lost+42 The Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice+41 Pixies - Where Is My Mind+40 The 1975 - Somebody Else+39 Oasis - Champagne Supernova+38 The Who - Baba O’Riley+37 Vampire Weekend - A-Punk+36 Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers+35 Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)+34 The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun+33 John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads+32 David Bowie - Changes+31 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb(Aerosmith - Dream On)+30 Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream+29 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain+28 Woodkid - Run Boy Run+27 Elton John - Tiny Dancer+26 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence+25 The Beatles - Blackbird+24 Dolly Parton - 9 To 5+23 Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams+22 Lily Allen - f*** You+21 The Beatles - In My Life+20 Alphaville - Forever Young+19 Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen+18 Bryan Adams - Summer of ‘69+17 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl+16 Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive+15 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here+14 Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum+13 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough+12 Blondie - One Way or Another+11 Oasis - Morning Glory(Oasis - Half The World Away)+10 Tina Turner - Proud Mary+9 Rihanna - Love On The Brain+8 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter+7 Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin’ You+6 Oasis - She’s Electric+5 Blossoms - Charlemagne+4 Adele - Rumour Has It+3 Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours+2 Queen - We Will Rock You+1 Imagine Dragons - Believer
Monday at 17:433 days +50 John Denver- Take Me Home, Country Roads+49 Alphaville- Forever Young+48 Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know+47 Woodkid- Run Boy Run+46 Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound Of Silence(Aerosmith- Dream On)+45 Imagine Dragons- Believer+44 Arctic Monkeys- I Wanna Be Yours+43 Queen- We Will Rock You+42 Oasis- She's Electric+41 Gorillaz- On Melancholy Hill+40 Kiss- I Was Made For Lovin' You+39 Lykke Li- I Follow Rivers+38 Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll+37 Stevie Nicks- Edge Of Seventeen+36 Oasis- Morning Glory+35 Duke Dumont- Ocean Drive+34 Vampire Weekend- A-Punk+33 Tame Impala- Let It Happen+32 Blossoms- Charlemagne+31 Rihanna- Love On The Brain+30 Oasis- Champagne Supernova+29 Tina Turner- Proud Mary+28 Fleetwood Mac- The Chain+27 Elton John- Tiny Dancer+26 The Beatles- Here Comes The Sun+25 The Who- Baba O'Riley+24 Dolly Parton- 9 To 5+23 Blondie- One Way Or Another+22 The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter+21 Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream+20 Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here+19 The Beatles- In My Life+18 The Beach Boys- Wouldn't It Be Nice+17 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell- Ain't No Mountain High Enough+16 Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank)+15 Bryan Adams- Summer Of '69+14 Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb(Oasis- Half The World Away)+13 Talking Heads- Psycho Killer+12 The Beatles- Blackbird+11 The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping+10 Daryl Hall & John Oates- You Make My Dreams+09 Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl+08 Lily Allen- F**k You+07 Arctic Monkeys- Mardy Bum+06 Lou Reed- Perfect Day+05 Adele- Rumour Has It+04 David Bowie- Changes+03 The 1975- Somebody Else+02 Pixies- Where Is My Mind+01 Frank Ocean- Lost
Monday at 18:063 days Author VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!Though I will still be accepting late votes- got a lot on this week so not sure when I will be able to tally them up. Keep voting if you so wish, me posting number 50 in the results will count as the official closing. @Cymro87 you still have time to edit "Heads Will Roll" into your votes. If you don't get round to it I'll sub it in for your lower vote for "In My Life"- sorry if that's not the score you would give but I feel that's fairer than excluding your vote from the rate. Thanks everyone!
Tuesday at 18:472 days Author Starting to count up votes tonight, albeit very slowly- plan to start results tomorrow evening so if you still want to vote you have an extra day! (@Brer don't let me down 🤭)
Wednesday at 01:132 days roughly+50 Swimming Pools (Drank)+49 Psycho Killer+48 Where Is My Mind?+47 Champagne Supernova+46 Ocean Drive+45 Here Comes The Sun+44 The Sound Of Silence+43 The Chain+42 Heads Will Roll+41 A-Punk+40 Run Boy Run+39 Let It Happen+38 Blackbird+37 Christmas Wrapping+36 Lost+35 Somebody Else+34 What You Know+33 9 To 5+32 Ain't No Mountain High Enough+31 Wouldn't It Be Nice(Half The World Away)+30 One Way Or Another+29 We Will Rock You+28 Walking On A Dream+27 Charlemagne+26 On Melancholy Hill+25 Comfortably Numb+24 Morning Glory+23 Summer Of '69+22 Mardy Bum+21 Brown Eyed Girl+20 Changes+19 Perfect Day+18 In My Life+17 Edge Of Seventeen (oh my)+16 Wish You Were Here+15 Tiny Dancer+14 Rumour Has It+13 She's Electric+12 Take Me Home, Country Roads+11 Gimme Shelter+10 Fuck You+9 Forever Young+8 You Make My Dreams (Come True)+7 Proud Mary(Dream On)+6 Baba O'Riley+5 I Wanna Be Yours+4 I Follow Rivers+3 I Was Made For Lovin' You+2 Love On The Brain+1 Believer
Wednesday at 18:341 day Author 50. Rihanna- Love On The Brain (592 points)Writers: Fred Ball, Joseph Angel, Robyn FentyProducer: Fred BallUK chart peak: did not chartAchieved platinum status on 28/01/2022, 2x platinum 04/04/2025Top scorers: detonate 50, Nick F1 50, …ready for it 47Lowest scorers: Uls2000 1, Brer 2, dandy* 3, Jade 3Coming in dead last place is the doo-wop inspired final single from Rihanna's 2016 album Anti. Fred Ball and Joseph Angel did not intend to give the song to Rihanna but Ball's Roc Nation manager Jay Brown loved the song and suggested they gave it to her. It reached number 5 in the US but failed to chart in the UK. Edited Wednesday at 20:041 day by gasman449
Wednesday at 20:041 day Author 49. Imagine Dragons- Believer (621 points)Writers: Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson, Justin TranterProducers: Mattman & RobinUK chart peak: 42 (34 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 01/06/2018, 2x platinum 13/03/2020, 3x platinum 17/12/2021, 4x platinum 29/09/2023, 5x platinum 11/07/2025Top scorers: Mack 46, CowTzy 45, detonate 44Lowest scorers: Brer 1, Chez Wombat 1, Jade 1, Maestro 1, seven. 1The biggest song released in the 21st century to miss the top 40 is this track from the Dragons which has been used in many adverts. Love or hate the Dragons they clearly have their fans as this is the 11th biggest song on worldwide Spotify. It is their biggest UK seller and has spent more time in the top 100 than any other non-top 40 single.
Wednesday at 23:061 day Can’t believe that Believer made the final - would’ve given it negative points if I could
Yesterday at 00:131 day Imagine Dragons had a few pretty good songs from their earlier albums so I'm not 100% on the hate train for them but 'Believer' is borderline unlistenable, had absolutely no business being in the final here so yay for the early exit. (and the bottom 2 being the same as my own bottom 2 albeit the other way around, 'Love On The Brain' is a snoozer for me)
Yesterday at 00:271 day 12 minutes ago, Brer said:Imagine Dragons had a few pretty good songs from their earlier albums so I'm not 100% on the hate train for them but 'Believer' is borderline unlistenable, had absolutely no business being in the final here so yay for the early exit. (and the bottom 2 being the same as my own bottom 2 albeit the other way around, 'Love On The Brain' is a snoozer for me)Yep it has that marmite Benson Boone Beautiful Things style loud chorus!
21 hours ago21 hr Really looking forward to this countdown!I have a feeling the scores could be quite close as it seems a lot of the votes were polarised one way then the other.Just hoping some of my favourites make it into the top 10!
19 hours ago19 hr Author 48. Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank) (628 points)Writers: Kendrick Duckworth, Tyler WilliamsProducer: T-MinusUK chart peak: 57 (6 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 17/01/2020, 2x platinum 03/05/2024Top scorers: Brer 50, detonate 45, CianS 42, Jaz13music 42Lowest scorers: GreyAsh 1, King Rollo 1, Severin 1"Swimming Pools" is the first song from K-Dot to reach the UK top 100. Taken from his 2012 album Good Kid M.A.A.D. City, the track is credited with helping Kendrick break into the mainstream. The song details Kendrick's experiences with alcoholism and was a top 20 hit in the US.
19 hours ago19 hr 31 minutes ago, gasman449 said:48. Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank) (628 points)Writers: Kendrick Duckworth, Tyler WilliamsProducer: T-MinusUK chart peak: 57 (6 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 17/01/2020, 2x platinum 03/05/2024Top scorers: Brer 50, detonate 45, CianS 42, Jaz13music 42Lowest scorers: GreyAsh 1, King Rollo 1, Severin 1The first track I heard by Kendrick, excellent song and a sign of great things to come.
14 hours ago14 hr Author 47. John Denver- Take Me Home, Country Roads (630 points)Writers: Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, John DenverProducers: Milt Okun, Susan RuskinUK chart peak: did not chartAchieved platinum status on 14/02/2020, 2x platinum 05/05/2023Top scorers: CowTzy 50, jimwatts 47, rio309 44Lowest scorers: dandy* 1, RabbitFurCoat 1, …ready for it 1This country anthem was written by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert while travelling in Maryland: Danoff chose to write about West Virginia after being inspired by his friend, actor Chris Sarandon, and members of a West Virginia commune. The two were going to give the track to Johnny Cash but John Denver stepped in last second and decided he had to have the song, helping to write the song's missing bridge. It became a number 2 hit in the US and one of the most beloved country songs ever, doing wonders for tourism in West Virginia. In the UK a version by Olivia Newton-John reached number 15 in 1972 and a cover by Hermes House Band reached number 7 in 2001. John's only top 40 hit was the number one "Annie's Song" but this track is now his biggest seller in the digital age.
14 hours ago14 hr A little bit surprised with John Denver going out this fast. It's one of my first English pop songs I heard of from my dad's CD collections.
12 hours ago12 hr Author 46. Frank Ocean- Lost (655 points)Writers: Christopher Breaux, James Ryan Ho, Micah Otano, Paul SheltonProducers: Malay, Frank Ocean, Om'Mas KeithUK chart peak: 44 (14 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 25/03/2022, 2x platinum 02/02/2024Top scorers: CianS 48, Cymro87 47, Julian_ 43, seven. 43Lowest scorers: CowTzy 1, King Rollo 2, Severin 2, Slick 2Taken from Frank's 2012 debut album Channel Orange, "Lost" is written from the perspective of a man using a woman as a drug mule. The track uses voice samples from the movie Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. "Lost" is Frank's highest-charting solo single and most successful single in terms of sales, peaking in 2022 after TikTok virality and making 2022's year-end list. It would've easily made the top 40 had it been reset, too bad the "Kate Bush effect" hadn't taken place 4 months sooner... Edited 12 hours ago12 hr by gasman449
11 hours ago11 hr I saw John Denver had low scores from a lot of voters so I'm not surprised he's out - the song's become one of my favourites after a few road trips over the years, though I'm not too familiar with his discography on the whole.
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