February 11Feb 11 Author 42. Ash - Shining Light 167ptsWriter - Tim WheelerTop points - marcinjaro 24. Grandwicky 20, Julian 20In common with the Bloc Party single, this was the fourth and final top 10 hit for the group from Northern Ireland. It has the same number of points and votes as 'Golden Years' and so wins the tie-break with one 24 point score.
February 11Feb 11 Author 41. Jessie J - Who You Are 171ptsWriters - Jessica Cornish, Toby Gad, Shelly PeikenTop points - Alex! 23, detonate 21, 777666jason 20This was the sixth single to be taken from Jessie J's debut album 'Who You Are'. All of them reached the top 20.
February 11Feb 11 'Shining Light' is quite the banger, I remember it was considered a bit of a return to form at the time, it certainly returned them to the top 10 after a less successful era. 'Who You Are' is pretty good I guess if a little screechy at times.Not fussed about the other three dropouts today, I don't get the love for 'Flux' one bit.
February 11Feb 11 Nooooo what is Flux doing out already? From skimming through everyone's scores I thought it had done better than that.Romeo and Juliet is also a great song (which I first got into via a cover by The Killers if anyone remembers their offcuts album?), would also have liked to see that in the final.
February 11Feb 11 3 back to back losses there from Bloc Party, Bowie and Dire Straits, all solid tracks but not the best I've heard from their catalogues. The latter hopefully making it through to the finals with another (superior) song!
February 12Feb 12 Ok as much as I don't like 'Flux' even I will say it's offensive that it's finished below 'Who You Are'. One of the most genuinely unlistenable songs to become a hit.
February 12Feb 12 I know “Shining Light” is pretty simple musically but I’ve always found it really moving.
February 12Feb 12 My first two songs out. Shining Light is a a great indie anthem and you can’t really go wrong with Bowie, thought not one of his best
February 12Feb 12 11 hours ago, Bror said:Ok as much as I don't like 'Flux' even I will say it's offensive that it's finished below 'Who You Are'. One of the most genuinely unlistenable songs to become a hit.Love them both!
February 12Feb 12 Author 40. Robyn - Show Me Love 172ptsWriters - Robyn, Max MartinTop points - vibe 25, ...ready for it 21, Mango 19From 1997, this was the Swedish singer's third top 40 hit. She still has one song ready to go in the second semi-final.
February 12Feb 12 Author 39. Lily Allen - Pussy Palace 176ptsWriters - Lily Allen, Blue May, Leroy Clampitt, Chloe AngelidesTop points - Jason 25, 777666jason 23, vibe 23This is the most recent single on the number 8 list, reaching its peak position in November 2025. It was Lily Allen's first top 10 hit since 2014.
February 12Feb 12 Author 38. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 180ptsWriter - John FogertyTop points - Scene 25, Scone1 21, Borza 16, chartjack2 16Going way back to 1969 now, we have the first top 40 hit for the group from California. They followed this up with the number 1 single, 'Bad Moon Rising'. Tina Turner's solo version of the song also continues to have high streaming figures.
February 12Feb 12 Author 37. Seal - Killer (EP) 183ptsWriters - Adamski, Seal (Killer)Top points - Gary Feld 24, marcinjaro 20, Jester 17Killer had been a number 1 for Adamski in 1990 with Seal on vocals. Just a year later, Seal recorded a new version with Trevor Horn producing. The other tracks on the EP were 'Hey Joe' and 'Come See What Love Has Done'.
February 12Feb 12 Author 36. Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver - Exile 189ptsWriters - Taylor Swift, Joe Alwyn, Justin VernonTop points - 777666jason 25, ...ready for it 25, dandy* 22Taken from Taylor Swift's eighth album 'Folklore', Exile entered the singles chart in 2020 in the same week as 'Cardigan' (number 6) and 'The 1' (number 10).
February 12Feb 12 No losses there for me. The CCR version of Proud Mary feels so limp compared to Tina Turner's! May have felt differently if the original was the first version of the song I heard. Much prefer the version of Killer produced by Adamski!
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