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Miserablism missed its chance, shame.

Blue...ok then. I heard they've been out signing a lot but still can't imagine sales are anything special so Olivia will presumably regain her spot.

Shine was my No.1 of 2007! I loved it from the moment I got Beautiful World at the end of 2006, love Mark taking the lead and thought this was such a wonderful ELO style single. I think that, Rule The World and The Flood are my Take That top three, all 10/10 songs. Grace Kelly also got the year off to a similarly theatrical and flamboyant start, absolutely brilliant track and I've followed his career closely since too, he's great. The parent album was brilliant but I didn't like all of the single choices - how did My Interpretation not get a shot!? Also Relax, Take It Easy deserved an earlier full push than it got, as the follow up to Grace Kelly would have been good. The little girl at the start of the video to Grace Kelly is a young Mae Muller.

Yes, A Message To Your Heart was added a few months ago at the same time as Emma's entry for 1990, so I was holding out hope that Now would use Samantha, but alas no, A-listers with flops were more important than top 40 hits.

Beautiful...

The drab Liberty X cover, such a poor follow up to Song 4 Lovers, which I loved. It's quite a bland round but I bought three of them on single - Summer Sunshine, Flux and Up All Night.

Most Girls again.

Loving the TikTok trends for Midnight Sun basically being 'this is a summer song but it's snowing and freezing, but we still love it'. The song came out in JUNE and was primed and ready to smash exactly when it should have done but at least it's finally getting the attention it deserves.

Another excellent effort. What was going on with licensing at this point. Neither Now or Hits managing to get so many big songs. Actually, When You're Gone, Changes and When You Believe I'm pretty sure have all still never appeared on any UK compilation. My Name Is was on a Q album in 2001 and that's it.

What has struck me about the album is how many songs I've never heard that I'm coming across. Usually I have this with the Vault albums but not an Extra, especially not from the 90s, so they really have used some very low peakers. The A-ha, Sting, Rain Tree Crow, ABC and Julee Cruise songs and maybe more all missed the top 40, and these songs feel more like Vault territory so I very much doubt they will continue the Vault into the 90s, what would they even include on it to make it sell if they are using up big names with low charting songs on the Extra? I expect they already know that the Vault series is going to remain 80s only which is why we have these non top 40 songs on here. Still, I'm enjoying the likes of Belinda Carlisle, Chris Rea, Voice of the Beehive, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie, Roxette, Simply Red and even the early Take That single. Can You Dig It?, There's Nothing Like This, Something Got Me Started and Things That Make You Go Hmmm should have been on the main album. Samantha Janus also should have been on the Extra imo, they often do find a space for the UK Eurovision entry somewhere.

Fab No.1, I only gave it one point in BJSC but really liked all of my points that month and more. Wow at a dance song not being at the top too!

Beautiful for me, a great ballad from Christina.

That's an understatement. Got to love a superstar mega misfire. Nice to see so much of your good 2025 BJSC stuff doing so well, what a banner year!

Agreed, weirdly addicted to it, in a way I never get with British rap. The intro is so arresting but the rap kept me coming back.

That's fair, and appreicated! I was like 'argh, no' when I heard his other stuff, but Korku is the one song of his that sounds professional and with a proper song structure that goes off in different directions and with a passionate vocal in a way AI music doesn't usually contain, so the jury is out. His other stuff really sounds like it comes from a different artist and place so I don't get it really. But as Copperplate showed me, some songs I just can't detect it with.