February 27Feb 27 I did not know 'Something Good '08' was a Van She [Tech] remix! I personally like it a lot more than the original version as well.'Violet Hill' missing out </3
February 27Feb 27 10 hours ago, TheSnake said:My dad was at the time a fan of Savage Garden so the release of 'Insatiable' was a big event - very good track.That makes me feel old 🤣
February 27Feb 27 5 hours ago, Bror said:'Violet Hill' missing out </3Tbf I could have given both Violet Hill and No Woman No Cry a few points. I didn’t shortlist them, but they’re on a par with my lowest six points. It wouldn’t have made a difference to whether or not they qualified though.
February 27Feb 27 No Woman No Cry is great, though I’m a big Bob Marley fan anyway. Got me thinking, are there many other top 10 songs where the probably definitive version is a live one?
February 27Feb 27 20 hours ago, King Rollo said:38. The Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit) 166ptsWriters - Anne Dudley, Gary Langan, J. J. Jeczalik, Paul Morley, Trevor HornTop points - King Rollo 25, Jaz13music 23, Julian 22With it's title inspired by the 1972 Yes song 'Close To The Edge', this single samples two further Yes tracks, 'Leave It' and 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart', from the 90125 album that three members of The Art Of Noise had contributed to. The "hey!" part went on to be sampled in other songs, most notably 'Firestarter' by The Prodigy. Close (To The Edit) wins a tie-break over Something Good '08 by 13 votes to 11.Sad to see The Art Of Noise miss the final, a great song way ahead of its time back in the 80s. A measure of the genius production by Trevor Horn and innovation of the ZTT record label.
February 27Feb 27 Author 34. Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love 177ptsWriters - Ben Watt, Tracey ThornTop points - AH Gold 23, DaTilt 18, Jester 16This is a cover of a song by Everything But The Girl from 1993 which had the title 'I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love'. It was one of two top 40 hits for the singer from London. I'm more familiar with the remix that was track 1 on the 'Euphoria' double CD of trance tunes from the late 90s.
February 27Feb 27 Great atmospheric vibes, one of the best dance songs of '98. It wears its EBTG, Todd Terry and Robert Miles influences (piano before the last chorus) well .
February 27Feb 27 Author 33. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar 178ptsWriters - Tom Rowlands, Ed SimonsTop points - rio309 24, King Rollo 23, Jade 22, dandy* 22From 2002, this was the sixth out of seven top 10 hits by the Chemical Brothers. It's called Star Guitar as it samples the acoustic guitar at the start of 'Starman' by David Bowie.
February 27Feb 27 Author 32. Groove Armada featuring Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) 182ptsWriters - Andy Cato, Tim Hutton, Mutya Buena, Karen Poole, Tom FindlayTop points - Jade 18, chartjack2 18, vibe 17, Chez Wombat 17Song 4 Mutya was originally called Song 4 Estelle as it was first intended for Estelle. It ended up with Mutya Buena who had recently left the Sugababes who failed to get any of their three number 8 singles into the semi-finals.
February 27Feb 27 Its unusual as its by Groove Armada but its not very dancey. Good summery song anyway!
February 27Feb 27 Author 31. Sigala and Becky Hill - Wish You Well 188ptsWriters - Bruce Fielder, Joakim Jarl, Jenson Vaughan, Andreas Kruger, Rebecca Claire Hill, Ryan Campbell, Maegan CottoneTop points - ElectroBoy 25, danG 25, Jason 23So Becky Hill's second song in this semi-final also fails to progress. It was the seventh out of eight top 10 hits for the English DJ/producer Sigala.
February 27Feb 27 Still only lost 1 of my top 17 (and 3 overall) - so with 5 songs left to go, this is looking really promising. But I shouldn’t speak too soon.
February 27Feb 27 Author 30. Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) 203ptsWriters - James Wirrick, Sylvester JamesTop points - chartjack2 22, DaTilt 21, Liamski689 19This disco classic from 1978 was the only top 20 hit for Sylvester. Five of his other singles reached the top 75.
February 27Feb 27 How on earth did You Make Me Feel not get to the final?!!!! Also sad to lose Star Guitar but had a feeling it would miss Edited February 27Feb 27 by gasman449
February 27Feb 27 Damn! Sylvester is the 2nd of my high scorers to fall out but I’m pleased he got this far.
February 27Feb 27 'You Make Me Feel' is fab as is Sylvester and Patrick Cowley's (pity they both died young :( ) later track 'Do You Wanna Funk' which recently appeared in the chart top 40 hits of the 80s thread on here. 'Wish You Well' is probably the best song for both Sigala and Becky Hill. Most of Sigala's other songs are too weak and poppy for me.
February 27Feb 27 It is really strange - all my top 10 is nearly gone - how can Sylvester, Cerrone, Karen Ramirez, Art Of Noise cannot go to the final.
February 27Feb 27 Oh for goodness sake Buzzjack, Star Guitar not making it either? Probably my most watched music video ever, that or Bad Cover Version
February 27Feb 27 Well this isn't going too well, Violet Hill, Star Guitar and Song 4 Mutya all deserved to be in </3
February 27Feb 27 Things I learnt today: 'Looking For Love' by Karen Ramirez was a cover of an Everything But The Girl song (also I'm not overly fussed about any of today's losses though it would have been cool for Sylvester to have finished a bit higher) Edited February 27Feb 27 by Mangø
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