February 9Feb 9 Author 54. M-Beat featuring General Levy - Incredible (remix) 83ptsWriter - General LevyTop points - Brer 23, AH Gold 19, DaTilt 17We are in the same year for the first jungle track to reach the top 10. The original release stalled at number 39 but a remix helped it to number 8. M-Beat is London musician Marlon Hart who managed two more top 20 hits.
February 9Feb 9 Another good dance hit from 1994 although perhaps a bit minimalist for my tastes, shout out to Brer though for giving it maximum points in the first round!
February 9Feb 9 Author 53. Belinda Carlisle - Always Breaking My Heart 84ptsWriter - Per GessleTop points - Mango 25, GreyAsh 20, AH Gold 16From two years later, this was Belinda Carlisle's seventh and final top 10 single. It was written by Per Gessle who was one half of Roxette. Already, three of the four wild cards have fallen.
February 9Feb 9 'Incredible' doesn't quite live up to its name but it is a great example of early drum and bass and still sounds good now. In fact I played it just a few days ago!My poor brave Belinda. At least she didn't finish bottom I guess
February 9Feb 9 Author 52. Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love 100ptsWriters - Seth Swirsky, Arnie RomanTop points - GreyAsh 25, TheSnake 23, Liamski689 12In 1988, Taylor Dayne reached number 3 with 'Tell It To My Heart'. This was the follow-up and was her final top 10 hit. Her real name is Leslie Wunderman.
February 9Feb 9 What a bop this is. I like 80s freestyle music, also I prefer this song to 'Tell It To My Heart'.
February 9Feb 9 Author 51. Lauv and Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired... 102ptsWriters - Lauv, Leland, Oscar Gorres, Michael Pollack, Troye SivanTop points - Jason 23, CowTzy 19, detonate 16This is the most recent single to feature today, being released in 2019, an American/Australian collaboration. Troye Sivan is currently taking part in the Pop Factor. Will this song be used in a later round?
February 9Feb 9 I remember that song now from the radio of the time after listening to it now. Its not bad.
February 10Feb 10 11 hours ago, King Rollo said:52. Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love 100ptsWriters - Seth Swirsky, Arnie RomanTop points - GreyAsh 25, TheSnake 23, Liamski689 12What a bop this is. I like 80s freestyle music, also I prefer this song to 'Tell It To My Heart'.Already 3 of my votes gone - and 2 of my big ones. A massive fan of both Belinda Carlisle and Roxette - so I loved ‘Always Breaking My Heart’ - but it was never viewed as a classic. As it was a wildcard it’s no surprise that it didn’t make it through.However ‘Prove Your Love’ is one of my favourite songs from the 80s. Like @TheSnake , I loved ‘Tell It To My Heart’ - but loved this even more. Seriously underrated! But glad that in this vote, it managed to get 100 points. I was surprised it had qualified on points alone - but sad that it still didn’t make the top 50.At the time I think Taylor Dayne was one of my top 3 solo artists: Kylie, Sam Fox and Taylor (with Belinda probably taking 4th place).
February 10Feb 10 3 hours ago, GreyAsh said:A massive fan of both Belinda Carlisle and Roxette - so I loved ‘Always Breaking My Heart’ - but it was never viewed as a classic. As it was a wildcard it’s no surprise that it didn’t make it through.However ‘Prove Your Love’ is one of my favourite songs from the 80s. Like @TheSnake , I loved ‘Tell It To My Heart’ - but loved this even more. Seriously underrated!Yeah sadly even Belinda herself doesn't care much for 'Always Breaking My Heart' (or that album in general). I've seen her live 3 times in the last 20 years and she's never once performed that track I'd never heard 'Prove Your Love' before this rate, I'm not sure how it managed to pass me by, but it is a great song - if I was more familiar with it I would have definitely voted for it!
February 10Feb 10 13 minutes ago, Mangø said:Yeah sadly even Belinda herself doesn't care much for 'Always Breaking My Heart' (or that album in general). I've seen her live 3 times in the last 20 years and she's never once performed that track True. I’ve seen her probably 10 times in the past 30 years - I don’t recall her ever having played it. Most of her sets are drawn from ‘Heaven On Earth’ and ‘Runaway Horses’ (actually also from ‘Live Your Life Be Free’). Even ‘Belinda’ gets more attention than ‘Real’ and ‘A Woman And A Man’. But then again, that was at a time when she was only successful in the UK (and to a lesser extent Australia).22 minutes ago, Mangø said:I'd never heard 'Prove Your Love' before this rate, I'm not sure how it managed to pass me by, but it is a great song - if I was more familiar with it I would have definitely voted for it!It’s such a shame. It was just as good as ‘Tell It To Your Heart’ - but I’ve never heard it played anywhere since. Certain songs from the 80s are viewed as classics - and played time and time again. But others are just forgotten.
February 10Feb 10 Just now, GreyAsh said:True. I’ve seen her probably 10 times in the past 30 years - I don’t recall her ever having played it. Most of her sets are drawn from ‘Heaven On Earth’ and ‘Runaway Horses’ (actually also from ‘Live Your Life Be Free’). Even ‘Belinda’ gets more attention than ‘Real’ and ‘A Woman And A Man’. But then again, that was at a time when she was only successful in the UK (and to a lesser extent Australia).Oh wow, we could even have been at the same gigs. But yeah it does kinda make sense that most of her sets are drawn from Heaven, Runaway Horses and Live Your Life, with them being her three most successful albums. Real is sublime though, its sound is almost ahead of its time, I would love to hear her do more songs from it as it's between that and Runaway Horses as my favourite album of hers. 1 minute ago, GreyAsh said:It’s such a shame. It was just as good as ‘Tell It To Your Heart’ - but I’ve never heard it played anywhere since. Certain songs from the 80s are viewed as classics - and played time and time again. But others are just forgotten.I know what you mean. It just seems almost arbitrary which ones go on to become classics and which ones are forgotten, regardless of quality!
February 10Feb 10 2 minutes ago, Mangø said:Real is sublime though, its sound is almost ahead of its time, I would love to hear her do more songs from it as it's between that and Runaway Horses as my favourite album of hers.I agree - ‘Real’ was a great album - but it was so different to her previous albums that it just didn’t become an international success. ‘Runaway Horses’ is one of those albums where no song is a filler. It was also a grower.
February 10Feb 10 Author 50. Mariah Carey - Anytime You Need A Friend 116ptsWriters - Mariah Carey, Walter AfanasieffTop points - Gary Feld 25, AaronTM 22, ...ready for it 22From 1994, this was Mariah Carey's sixth top 10 hit. She has a second song in the other semi-final.
February 10Feb 10 Author 49. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 140ptsWriter - Neil DiamondTop points - DarrenJ77 23, Borza 17, Mack 13, detonate 13, CowTzy 13Sweet Caroline was released in 1969 but wasn't a hit in the UK until 1971, a few months after 'Cracklin' Rosie' had reached number 3. It returned to the top 20 in 2021 after being sung by England supporters at the Euros and has since become omnipresent at any England match, it seems, whether it's the men or the women.
February 10Feb 10 Author 48. Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion / Last Train To London 141ptsWriter - Jeff LynneTop points - King Rollo 25, TheSnake 21, AH Gold 20The highest placed wild card was the fourth top 10 single from ELO's 'Discovery' album and their thirteenth overall. My top score is based mainly on Confusion which I prefer out of the two songs. Last Train To London was sampled on Atomic Kitten's number 2 hit 'Be With You' which was also part of a double A side single.
February 10Feb 10 Author 47. Savage Garden -Affirmation 142ptsWriters - Daniel Jones, Darren HayesTop points - Cymro87 25, GreyAsh 22, Mango 21From 2000, this was the fourth and final top 10 hit for the Australian duo. It's not the end of the road for Darren Hayes who still has a solo single in the second semi-final.
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