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Is there a spinoff forum to transfer things to when these threads descend into endless bickering about the likes of Ed Sheeran, Beyonce, Dua etc? For the sanity of those of us who just want to see how the streaming charts are shaping up!

+5 End Of Beginning +4 Beautiful Things +3 We Can't Be Friends +2 Texas Hold Em +1 Training Season -1 Stick Season -2 Carnival -3 Cruel Summer -4 Yes And -5 Lose Control 770 +5 End Of Beginning +4 Beautiful Things +3 We Can't Be Friends +2 Texas Hold Em +1 Training Season -1 Stick Season -2 Scared To Start -3 Carnival -4 Yes And -5 Lose Control

On reflection, I should have scored Birdhouse In Your Soul a fair bit higher. Didn't know it too well before this rate but it's grown on me.

Nothing overly wrong with Save Tonight but I got sooo bored of hearing it in its first 6 months of release that even now I really have no desire to listen it! Which was enough to earn it my +1 in such a strong final.

767 +5 End Of Beginning +4 Beautiful Things +3 Texas Hold Em +2 Training Season +1 Stick Season -1 Praise Jah In The Moonlight -2 Cruel Summer -3 Carnival -4 Yes And -5 Lose Control 768 +5 End Of Beginning +4 Beautiful Things +3 Texas Hold Em +2 Training Season +1 Stick Season -1 Praise Jah In The Moonlight -2 Cruel Summer -3 Carnival -4 Lose Control -5 Alibi (I'd give this minus infinity if I could)

Noooo The Safety Dance is gone way too soon!

Some great stuff has fallen since I was last online (Grace, Felix, Gloria) but such is the strength of this final that I'll probably be saying that for every group revealed from now on!

One of my faves (You're The Voice - doubly so since the Partridge movie!) and one of my least faves out in succession there

Boo at the early demise of Cha Cha Cha. Though seeing as it must only just have scraped through the initial heat, I'm pleased to see it here at all.

765 +5 Beautiful Things +4 Stick Season +3 Texas Hold Em +2 Prada +1 Praise Yah In The Moonlight -1 Cruel Summer -2 Murder On The Dancefloor -3 yes and -4 Lose Control -5 Greedy 766 +5 Beautiful Things +4 Texas Hold Em +3 Stick Season +2 Training Season +1 Prada -1 Praise Yah In The Moonlight -2 Cruel Summer -3 yes and -4 Lose Control -5 Greedy

+50 Chicane featuring Máire Brennan - Saltwater +49 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence +48 Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha +47 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance +46 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For +45 Prince and The Revolution – Purple Rain +44 John Farnham - You're The Voice +43 Sia – Chandelier +42 Duran Duran – Ordinary World +41 The Cure – Friday I'm In Love +40 Madonna - The Power Of Goodbye / Little Star +39 Little Boots - Remedy +38 Laura Branigan - Gloria +37 Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor +36 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine +35 Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage - Stay High +34 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky +33 The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition +32 Grace - Not Over Yet +31 Prince and The Revolution - Kiss +30 Abba - SOS +29 Felix - Don't You Want Me +28 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song +27 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory +26 Robin S. – Show Me Love +25 Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten +24 Macy Gray - I Try +23 Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills +22 Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles +21 Metallica – Nothing Else Matters +20 Sugababes - Overload +19 Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time +18 Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God +17 They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul +16 Roxette – Listen to Your Heart / Dangerous +15 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars +14 Rihanna - Where Have You Been +13 Pink – Don't Let Me Get Me +12 Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories - Stay (I Missed You) +11 Alphabeat – Fascination +10 R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People +9 Madonna - Deeper And Deeper +8 Anastacia - I'm Outta Love +7 Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life +6 Emma Bunton - Maybe +5 Dua Lipa - Break My Heart +4 Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank +3 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road +2 Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dog - Still D.R.E. +1 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

763 +5 Homesick +4 Stick Season +3 Prada +2 Murder On The Dancefloor +1 Cruel Summer -1 yes and -2 Lovin On Me -3 Lose Control -4 Greedy -5 Popular 764 +5 Beautiful Things +4 Stick Season +3 Prada +2 Praise Yah In The Moonlight +1 Cruel Summer -1 Murder On The Dancefloor -2 yes and -3 Lovin On Me -4 Lose Control -5 Greedy

Carnage in the 38-34 section, several of my big pointers out. Would have especially loved to see The Boxer reach the final. By contrast not too sad to lose any of this most recent batch.

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Pleased Greedy has finally gone, but will only be really pleased once Cruel Summer joins it. Also slightly annoying that Lose Control is back to 0 DCL

I was underwhelmed with the songs in this year's rate from the start and am suitably underwhelmed with the result, but thanks for running it Dan, always fun!

Perhaps fewer in this semi that I absolutely love, but so so many that I like... hard to cut down to 25 +25.Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha +24 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance +23 Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer +22 Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere +21 Little Boots - Remedy +20 Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage - Stay High +19 Prince - Purple Rain +18 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor +17 Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend +16 Little Mix featuring Jason Derulo - Secret Love Song +15 Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall +14 Madonna - The Power Of Goodbye / Little Star +13 Laura Branigan - Gloria +12 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine +11 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky +10 R.E.M. - Daysleeper +9 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory +8 Abba - SOS +7 Taylor Swift - Cardigan +6 Duran Duran - Ordinary World +5.Sugababes - Overload +4 Safri Duo - Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song) +3 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song +2 Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills +1 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

My fave (Blink) and, excluding Mother, my least faves (Jungle, Doja Cat) all gone there. Black Friday is the only song of the top 10 that I particularly enjoy, so hope that wins.

33, 32 and 31 are all songs I'd like to have seen in the final

It's impressive but surely it is paralleled (and exceeded) by quite a few other artists?

How some of these were voted through the qualifier ahead of Never Felt So Alone is incomprehensible to me 😅 Mother definitely finishing in its deserved position. Peaches way too low though, robbed!

That's a real mixed bag between 43 and 39! Imitation Of Life the only major loss for me, though Jump is a lot of fun too.

I thought Oh Yeah might have been a fair bit higher up but looks like it didn't get many votes other than those of us who ranked it very highly. In my top 3 Ash songs, though A Life Less Ordinary is probably #1.

+25 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For +24 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence +23 Chicane featuring Máire Brennan - Saltwater +22 Ash - Oh Yeah +21 Sia - Chandelier +20 John Farnham - You're The Voice +19 Doves - Black And White Town +18 The Cure - Friday I'm In Love +17 REM - Imitation Of Life +16 Linkin Park - What I've Done +15 Grace - Not Over Yet +14 Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone +13 Prince and The Revolution - Kiss +12 Robin S. - Show Me Love +11 Ten Walls - Walking With Elephants +10 Armin van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like +9 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition +8 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters +7 Joan Osborne - One Of Us +6 N-Trance - Forever +5 The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) +4 Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms +3 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles +2 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This +1 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

It's so good, completely lives up to the hype. The segue into Sinner is my highlight, couldn't stop smiling when the intro to Sinner kicked in. I'd love to see them get up towards 30k, no idea if that's remotely possible