7 minutes ago, Cody Piastri said:

Try That In A Small Town, a.k.a that conservative MAGA anthem made by washed up country star Jason Aldean

it got blocked from getting a #1 debut bc Jungkook decided to bless us with his solo work on the same week and EVERYONE CHEERED bc it’s hella prophetic that a MAGA anthem would get blocked from a milestone by a major pop artist of color

Right, thanks. I'll have to note this down for myself for the future 😉

25 minutes ago, matto said:

I just love how someone potentially got a book recommendation from this thread

I bring good pop songs and a love for lesbian literature. If I was single that’d be the tag line for my dating profile….

To the surprise of absolutely NOBODY Paris was going to be my choice and it was the one I contemplated on switching to after I’d confirmed! Lol. It’s pop perfection imo! Not surprised to see it was RobBot that sent it. King of taste etc..

This results show inspired me to listen to Lamb's Fear of Fours album (odd title but it was inspired by their avoidance of 4/4 time signatures on this album) and my god, this track never fails to bring me into some sort of strange musical bliss. I'd love to maybe enter it to BJSC someday.

Chuckling at my whinging about not getting my first picks of entries followed by my entry receiving 3 sets of 12 in a row.

I was like …ahh I’ll shut up being an ungrateful cow xx

Lol I missed the entire first half of the results because I slept through them, apologies, I really become more and more like Math every day x

Will hopefully be around for the remainder - these are some interesting looking results so far, I'm not quite sure who I'd have predicted to be leading but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been either of the songs currently in the joint lead! OceanLab and Yanou were both some pretty good retro trance entries which I see is proving popular so far as well. Most of my main favourites are bunched up around midtable, quite disappointing to see Fiona Apple so low at the moment so I hope there are just lots of late votes for her, I did pretty much assume that was Jade's entry as I already discovered the song off her before but yay for it being brought to more people via this x Good picks from Herbs, Josh, Chez (I was thoroughly fooled into assuming that was Dandy x), Mattias, Jim, Scene, Cody and Rollo as well! Imogen Heap in the bottom 2 at the moment is very much not on, where are you alt bloc :'( (I did laugh a bit catching up with the thread and seeing Paris Hilton getting 3 12s in a row off the bat lol - that being a 5th choice entry is lowkey iconic)

Remaining in mystery and intrigue for my own entry which may or may not be performing exactly as I expected it would.

Aside: mind blown discovering the guy from Cherry Ghost is Simon Aldred (the singer on Avicii's 'Waiting For Love', which I coincidentally just heard on Radio 1 this morning, must have been years since the last time I heard it before that...!)

Ok doing my proper thanks so far

Thanks to Chez and Jim for the max points :)

Thanks to Jade, Matto & Addy for the batch of 7’S

Thanks to Viper and Lee for the 5’s

& thanks to Cody for the point :)

My guesses:

OceanLab - On A Good Day - Cow

Foster The People - Call It What You Want - Mango

Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool - dandy

Feist - My Moon My Man - Brer

Petite Meller - Barbaric - Roba

Zhu - Good Life - danG

Little Trees - Turn Around - Dobbo

Sara Bareilles - Satellite Call - Tafty

Imogen Heap - Glittering Cloud (Locusts) - ?

Malcolm Middleton - Red Travellin’ Socks - WhoOdyssey

I forgot one name. (Sorry)

Edited 20 hours ago20 hr by AllStarBySmashMouth

Imogen Heap - John Smith.

Based on the songs left to reveal, I can’t see a pure pop song winning

Alright, shall we get going with this?

Yes!

19 WhoOdyssey - Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool

Friendly Fires are an English indie rock band from England. 'Jump In The Pool' was re-released and peaked #57, 2 years prior to their biggest UK hit 'Kiss Of Life' which peaked #30 in 2009.

On 16/11/2025 at 15:34, WhoOdyssey said:

Sorry! I'd sent to the wrong person.

Here are my votes:

+12: Foster The People - Call It What You Want

+10: American Authors - Go Big Or Go Home

+8: The Bravery - Believe

+7: Awolnation - Run

+6: Black Box Recorder - These Are The Things

+5: Zhu - Good Life

+4: Lamb - One

+3: Petite Miller - Barbaric

+2: It Bites - Wallflower

+1: Malcolm Middleton - Red Travellin' Socks

Ah!

JITP is very 2008/2009, but it's still a fun track.

20 Tafty - Sara Bareilles - Satellite Call

Now into a singer/songwriter who despite being a known-ish name, Sara Bareilles, she only managed to have one hit in UK, and that is 'Love Song' peaking at #4. Love Song was also a winner of BJSC in very early days of a contest!!!

On 16/11/2025 at 15:44, Tafty said:

12 Points | Paris Hilton - Nothing In This World

10 Points | Sanna Nielsen - I’m In Love

08 Points | Mini Viva - One Touch

07 Points | Petite Miller - Barbaric

06 Points | Letoya Luckett - I'm Good

05 Points | Yanou presents Do - On And On

04 Points | FKA Twigs - Glass & Patron

03 Points | Malcolm Middleton - Red Travellin' Socks

02 Points | VV Brown featuring Kele - Faith

01 Point | Imogen Heap - Glittering Cloud (Locusts)

I can’t format coz I’m at work on my phone and everytime I try and disable the URL link it keeps deleting my message lol. I’ve been so busy last few days (unexpectedly) so apologies it’s last minute but I have heard everything! (This bit doesn’t need putting in the results - just the 12-1 pointer will suffice!)

And we have a new leader once again. Mini Viva!!!

1	Mini Viva - One Touch	- AllStarBySmashMouth	74
2	Black Box Recorder - These Are The Things	- gooddelta	72
3	Yanou presents Do - On And On	- Addy!	68
4	Foster The People - Call It What You Want		67
5	Paris Hilton - Nothing In This World	- RobBot	66
6	OceanLab - On A Good Day		64
7	VV Brown featuring Kele - Faith	- Herbs	58
8	FKA Twigs - Glass & Patron	- Josh!	57
9	Sanna Nielsen - I’m In Love	- Lee_J11	55
10	Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool	- WhoOdyssey	53
11	Hercules & Love Affair - Painted Eyes	- Chez Wombat	52
12	Lamb - One	- matto	45
13	Feist - My Moon My Man		42
14	American Authors - Go Big Or Go Home	- awardinary	38
15	Cherry Ghost - Mathematics	- jimwatts	37
16	Petite Meller - Barbaric		35
17	Sam Sparro - 21st Century Life	- Scene	34
18	Awolnation - Run	- Cody Pastry	32
19	The Bravery - Believe	- Jester	31
20	Fionna Apple - Hot Knife	- Jade	30
21	Zhu - Good Life		30
22	Letoya Luckett - I’m Good	- vibe	24
23	It Bites - Wallflower	- King Rollo	20
24	Little Trees - Turn Around		20
25	Malcolm Middleton - Red Travellin’ Socks		19
26	Sara Bareilles - Satellite Call	- Tafty	19
27	Imogen Heap - Glittering Cloud (Locusts)		18

I had a feeling Jonjo might be behind Sara Bareilles as I remember him loving the album, but thought he'd send Chasing The Sun from the same album (which I considered for this!).

A very close board, not surprised to be overtaken so soon.

Paris 12'ing her way to the top?

21 danG - OceanLab - On A Good Day

OceanLab is a vocal trance group formed in 2000 in London. The group consists of vocalist Justine Suissa and the three members of Above & Beyond: Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness. Satellite was their only hit that managed to chart inside Top 40 in the UK, and peaked at #19.

On 16/11/2025 at 16:21, danG said:

+12 - Hercules & Love Affair - Painted Eyes

+10 - Cherry Ghost - Mathematics

+08 - Feist - My Moon My Man

+07 - Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool

+06 - Lamb - One

+05 - Yanou presents Do - On And On

+04 - Black Box Recorder - These Are The Things

+03 - Zhu - Good Life

+02 - It Bites - Wallflower

+01 - Foster The People - Call It What You Want

No big surprise of an entry from Dan, being the guys behind Above & Beyond, but a lovely discovery indeed, beautiful track.

22 dandy* - Feist - My Moon My Man

Leslie Feist known mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist. She's mostly known for her hit '1234' which peaked at #8 in 2008.

On 16/11/2025 at 17:19, dandy* said:

Hi Addy! Sorry that these are so late... I wanted to listen a few times to these to give the new ones a chance, but in the end I think that I've just decided the ones I already knew were actually the stronger songs ooops so here is my final vote order:

12 Hercules & Love Affair - Painted Eyes

10 Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool

08 Malcolm Middleton - Red Travellin' Socks

07 Fiona Apple - Hot Knife

06 FKA Twigs - Glass & Patron

05 Imogen Heap - Glittering Cloud (Locusts)

04 Cherry Ghost - Mathematics

03 VV Brown featuring Kele - Faith

02 Black Box Recorder - These Are The Things

01 Lamb - One

Thanks!

D*