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Said as a non-fan... It's pretty good isn't it 😁

Having only participated in this for the last two years, I'm surprised to see We Are Young used to be so low. Thought it was the type of song that would have a few big fans but also quite a wide appeal with loads of voters putting it in the mid-ranking section of their votes.

Loving the climbs for Tove Lo and P!nk (and Grimes, though with the wrong song of her two in my opinion!) Also pleased to see Levitating come bottom of the Dua Lipa entries, for me it doesn't lay a finger on Physical or Be The One.

Could have got the Stan one. But also amazed I got the Morocco one! Think I might have answered "Rachel something" for the Stacey's Mom question - not worth half a point?!

As usual with these rates, most of my absolute faves have fallen before we reach the top section. Plenty still to root for though. My prediction for the top half is I think and hope Faded might have a good year (though no idea how well it did last year!) And surely Physical is going straight into the top 10 as a minimum?

Thanks for writing this - intense but fun! I know I'm going to be kicking myself at so many of these once the answers come out

Forgot Arcade Fire did so well last year - two songs in the top 80 of the decade is still pretty great!

Done. I'll settle for a score of 5!

+5 That's what I want +4 Love Nwantiti +3 Heat Waves +2 Shivers +1 Cold Heart -1 Obsessed With You -2 Bad Habits -3 Industry Baby -4 Out Out -5 Girls Want Girls

I must commend the forum on its excellent taste. Really strong final 100 on the whole. +40 Arcade Fire - Everything Now +39 Alan Walker - Faded +38 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +37 P!nk - Try +36 Arcade Fire - Reflektor +35 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times +34 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors +33 Dua Lipa - Physical +32 Christine And The Queens - Tilted / Christine +31 London Grammar - Strong +30 Tove Lo (feat. Hippie Sabotage) - Stay High (Habits Remix) +29 Taylor Swift (feat. Bon Iver) - Exile +28 Fun. (feat. Janelle Monae) - We Are Young +27 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy +26 Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know +25 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share +24 Bastille - Pompeii +23 Lorde - Green Light +22 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? +21 Lilly Wood and The Prick - Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix) +20 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky +19 Taylor Swift - Blank Space +18 Loreen - Euphoria +17 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow +16 Katy B - Crying For No Reason +15 Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out +14 Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks +13 Sia - Chandelier +12 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +11 Mark Ronson (feat. Miley Cyrus) - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart +10 Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face +9 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die +8 Rita Ora - Anywhere +7 Dua Lipa - Be The One +6 Martin Garrix - Animals +5 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted +4 Adele - Someone Like You +3 Avicii (feat. Aloe Blacc) - Wake Me Up +2 Ariana Grande - One Last Time +1 Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory

Do I read correctly that Shaggy has released a Christmas song in September?😂

Pretty much all my faves from this semi made it through, bring on the final!

Of the 900+ songs that featured in this rate, to see my favourite one beat another of my top five in the grand final is as awesome as it is unexpected! Thanks for hosting the rate, been great fun

New Biffy as well as BMTH and Alt-J this week?! Am I in a dream?

Good to see, had been a slightly underwhelming start compared to Parasite Eve (though it's not as memorable a song imo)

First Draw Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Winner/Playoff Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Bastille - Pompeii Bastille - Pompeii With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup

+5 Don't Shut Me Down +4 Heat Waves +3 Stay +2 Bad Habits +1 Champagne Poetry -1 Remember -2 Industry Baby -3 Fair Trade -4 Girls Want Girls -5 Out Out

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance The Killers – Mr Brightside With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Bastille - Pompeii High-quality quarter final!

+25 Arcade Fire - Everything Now +24 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +23 London Grammar – Strong +22 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes +21 Taylor Swift & Bon Iver - Exile +20 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share +19 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +18 Loreen - Euphoria +17 Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out +16 P!nk (feat. Nate Ruess) - Just Give Me A Reason +15 Avicii (feat. Aloe Blacc) - Wake Me Up +14 Taylor Swift - Cardigan +13 Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face +12 Martin Garrix – Animals +11 Azealia Banks (feat. Lazy Jay) - 212 +10 Calvin Harris (feat. Rihanna) - This Is What You Came For +9 Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me +8 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away +7 Hozier - Take Me To Church +6 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar +5 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +4 Mr. Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) +3 Topic & A7S - Breaking Me +2 Zhu - Faded +1 Emeli Sande - Heaven

Woah new BMTH and Alt-J this week? What a week!

+25 Arcade Fire - Reflektor +24 P!nk - Try +23 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +22 Fun. (feat. Janelle Monae) - We Are Young +21 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times +20 Lorde - Perfect Places +19 Adele - Hello +18 Lorde - Royals +17 Lorde - Team +16 Lady Gaga - Born This Way +15 Taylor Swift - Blank Space +14 Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts +13 George Ezra - Paradise +12 Paul Woolford & Diplo (feat. Kareen Lomax) - Looking For Me +11 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This +10 Avicii vs. Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One +9 Adele - Someone Like You +8 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +7 SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) +6 Kiesza - Hideaway +5 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) +4 Kygo (feat. Conrad Sewell) - Firestone +3 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. Grimes) - Nihilist Blues +2 Swedish House Mafia (feat. John Martin) - Don't You Worry Child +1 Woodkid - Run Boy Run

Pleased that Space made the top 50 too, Biffy don't seem to get that much love in these rates usually

Absolutely buzzing that Violent Sun and Parasite Eve have made it into the auto-qualifiers (both were my noms, thanks to all the voters!)

Lots of close results, most of which went against my votes :( Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Maneater - Nelly Furtado Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone Bastille - Pompeii Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay Z With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup The Killers – Mr Brightside Coldplay - Viva La Vida

I nominated 7 songs from this year and you've put 6 of them in your top 20! Only missing Exile for 7 out of 7