January 23Jan 23 I probably should have voted for Mr. President But I prefer faster, synthier 90s dance than that!Blancmange - Don't Tell Me is a good synth track but the chorus is a bit too Talking Heads influenced for me.Cast should have a bigger pointer in the #9s rate.The Mabel track is quite nice but I prefer her other hits including fellow #8 hit 'Mad Love' (how did it not get any points here?!) Edited January 23Jan 23 by TheSnake
January 23Jan 23 Cast had some bangers and Sandstorm is up there. Though my favourite came and went in last year's #7 rate (Live The Dream)
January 24Jan 24 I was a MASSIVE Pulp fan 1993 onwards, seen them live so many times. Met up with my Pulp pen pal at the V96 festival to watch them together. We were dancing and chatting then they said they were playing a new song and ‘Help the aged’ started. We both pissed ourselves laughing thinking it was an improvised joke song and then the longer it went on it became less funny when we realised it was genuine. I still thought ‘oh it might just be an album track or b-side’ but no! glad there were much better songs on This is hardcore.
January 24Jan 24 Oh My God I lost Oh My God! Also didn't understand why Aerosmith weren't credited in Walk This Way #8 singles list? When I was choosing my top 30, I saw Walk This Way without Aerosmith and I thought it was any Run DMC alone version I've never heard it. That's the reason I didn't vote for it! Aerosmith are credited on this song on Polyhex. Edited January 24Jan 24 by Jason
January 24Jan 24 Heavyweight Champion of the World got big points from me as I knew it wouldn't get many more, it's a great throwback to the late 2000s landfill indie era and the lyrics actually have held up pretty well.Walk This Way and Summertime feel quite big songs to be that low down (I guess wrong time of year for the latter x)
January 24Jan 24 On 23/01/2026 at 20:36, rio309 said:Cast had some bangers and Sandstorm is up there. Though my favourite came and went in last year's #7 rate (Live The Dream)'Live The Dream' is also my favourite Cast song, it's sublime ❤️ in fact I had the pleasure of watching them perform it live last weekend!
Monday at 18:575 days Author 42 pointsEminem - The Way I AmCharli XCX featuring Rita Ora - Doing ItPet Shop Boys - Se a vida é (That's The Way Life Is)The Pet Shop Boys have five number 8 singles of which three received votes and this is the first one to drop out. It was the second single taken from their 1996 album 'Bilingual'. In 2000, 'The Way I Am' was sandwiched by two number 1 singles for Eminem, 'The Real Slim Shady' and 'Stan'. Charli XCX has one song still to come.
Monday at 19:075 days Author 43 pointsDionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San JoseWritten by Bacharach and David, this was the second of four top 10 hits for Dionne Warwick. It won her a Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Monday at 19:135 days Really like Rita Ora and Charli's 'Doing It' great pop duet!Great 60s jazzy song 'Do you know the way to San Jose'.
Monday at 19:285 days Author 44 pointsA-ha - I've Been Losing YouBellini - Samba De JaneiroBirdy - WingsDr. Dre featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey - I Need A DoctorFine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come HomeA-Ha and Fine Young Cannibals both lose the second of their two number 8 singles with all four of them charting from 1985 to 1986. It's a bad day for Eminem who makes a second appearance.
Monday at 19:335 days 'I Need A Doctor' is quite good even if Eminem is a bit shouty in it!'Johnny Come Home' is a good song to dance to! Some house vibes with the piano.
Monday at 19:565 days Author 45 pointsThe Beach Boys - Heroes And VillainsBackstreet Boys - The CallEternal - Just A Step From HeavenSum 41 - Fat LipBrian Wilson spent about 30 days in the studio trying to record this song for the 'Smiley Smile' album but eventually discarded everything and started again with this simpler arrangement which was put out as a single. The album was never completed. I'm more familiar with Brian's 2004 version with a new band when he recorded the whole album as closely as he could to what it would have sounded like in 1967. Eternal have three number 8 singles but 'Just A Step From Heaven' was the only one to receive votes. The Backstreet Boys depart after the third of their songs goes out.
Monday at 20:015 days I only know the Sum 41 song from that bunch, quite a hard-hitting song listening to it now! Assuming All*bySmashMouth gave it a lot of its points!? Edited Monday at 20:025 days by TheSnake
Monday at 20:045 days "Heroes And Villains" got my 1 point, not one of my favourite Beach Boys songs but appreciate how much work went into it. "The Way I Am" is one of my favourite Eminem songs, very underrated. Glad I wasn't its only voter! Like some other 00s rock classics "Fat Lip" almost got points from me but just missed, "Samba De Janeiro" also just missed out. Lots of good memories from its use in the games Samba De Amigo/Sonic And SEGA Racing!
Monday at 20:155 days “Heroes And Villians” took me a while to really get into with its unusual structure but I think it’s fabulous. Another oldie pick of mine falling.
Monday at 20:225 days 51 minutes ago, King Rollo said:44 pointsA-ha - I've Been Losing YouBellini - Samba De JaneiroBirdy - WingsDr. Dre featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey - I Need A DoctorFine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come HomeA-Ha and Fine Young Cannibals both lose the second of their two number 8 singles with all four of them charting from 1985 to 1986. It's a bad day for Eminem who makes a second appearance.I’ve Been Loosing You is a great song Also the Album Scoundrel Days and Manhattan Skyline is my favorite song
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