FGTH’s The Power Of Love is a great song and I thought Gabrielle’s version was nice enough if a bit flat and lacking the emotion of the original.

As you’re approaching half way in your countdown, I took a sneaky peek at the remaining songs. There were some really great number ones in 2012, at least 10 I would rate highly are still to come, including one world beater that seems to get better year on year.

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It's a nice enough, if plain cover of a much superior original. She went on to do much better original material for sure.

Nice enough yeah. I really liked Gabrielle Aplin and bought the album this came from which was very pleasant too. Her voice sounds lovely in the middle eight.

I was never into Heatwave much or really much solo output from Wiley, despite liking most of what he did with Roll Deep. The chorus on this could be stronger for me really.

Nice enough cover. Acoustic covers were becoming popular in adverts there was also Templecloud from the KFC advert and Charlene Soraia's Twinings advert cover from the year before; both making the charts. I preferred the latter of the three at the time.

I don't like that cover version much. The vocal does sound a bit too artificial - I don't get any emotions from it. Decision: 29th place.

04. Jessie J - Domino (28)

14. will.i.am; Eva Simons - This Is Love (31)

17. Tulisa - Young (29)

20. Cover Drive - Twilight (24)

21. Maroon 5;Wiz Khalifa - Payphone (32)

22. Rita Ora;Tinie Tempah - R.I.P. (30)

24. The Justice Collective – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (23)

25. Rita Ora - How We Do (Party) (26)

27. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) (27)

29. Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love (21)

30. Wiley, Djo Feat. Ms. D - Heatwave (22)

31. One Direction - Little Things (25)

33. Chris Brown - Turn Up the Music (34)

34. James Arthur - Impossible (33)

35. Robbie Williams - Candy (36)

36. Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band - Sing (35)

Still waiting for my #32.

Gabrielle’s “The Power Of Love” isn’t exciting at all and it’s quite one note in colour - I’d have it lower.

“Heatwave” is nothing more than OK. I think the follow up “Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)” was better.

Is agree “He Ain’t Heavy…” is tasteful as these things go, though not something I’d seek out. It’s quite fun looking back at how of the moment some of the stars that were asked to participate are, like Andy Brown of Lawson.

“Twilight” does indeed feel incredibly random… it’s not bad.

Never paid much attention to 'Heatwave' either. The follow up was a bit preferable but don't think I ever listened to anything of Wiley's out of choice. 'Wearing My Rolex' was okay though and the Roll Deep #1's!

I do rather like Gabrielle Aplin's softer cover of 'The Power of Love' though.

Oh one I remember, that's worth noting! It's a very nice cover of a classic. I mean I'd still rather hear Frankie's but the song is strong enough to switch to very different treatments. If anything I'm surprised it hasn't been covered more, maybe it's the genius line about the Hooded Claw that doesn't mean anything to anyone not around in the early 70's watching Hannah-Barbera cartoons. (It's from Wacky Races spin-off The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop, the comical villain in that show played by the wonderful Paul Lynde aka Uncle Arthur in Bewitched, hamming it up to 10 on the scale)

One of my faves to go out so far.

I remember 'Heatwave' soundtracking that summer a fair bit but it does feel quite forgotten now. I was rooting for 'We'll Be Coming Back' at the time and do still prefer it long term, but have a soft spot for the aforementioned slush puppy lyric nevertheless *.*

Entering fever pitch for the John Lewis festive adverts over the next few years now! My cousin worked for them, so the success of the adverts was a hot topic at Christmas family gatherings for a while, as you can imagine. I vividly remember the hat trick of the snowman advert, Bear and the Hare, then Monty the penguin but my memory wanes after that latter Tom Odell year. Anyway, I adore the original 'The Power of Love', Frankie Goes to Hollywood had an unreal run in 1984 ❤️ I liked Gabrielle's version at the time and still don't mind it, although the John Lewis piano ballad cover formula would soon wear thin. Shame she blocked 'Locked Out of Heaven' though as that has really endured.

I also remember James Arthur covering 'The Power of Love' on the X Factor live shows that winter too. The winner of the final irrelevant series in 2018, Dalton Harris, recycled that cover for his coronation single with James as a feature, which was a pretty desperate note for the show to end on.