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I think the commentary about Creep v Paranoid Android tells me all I need to know about this contributor 😂

4 The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 9 David Bowie - Life On Mars? 7 Tears For Fears - Mad World 4.5 Toto - Africa 3 Michael Jackson - Beat It 4 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 3 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 3 Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 4.5 Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams 2 Madonna - Like A Virgin 3.5 Madonna - Material Girl 6 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 5.5 Heart - Alone 7 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart 6.5 New Order - Blue Monday 1988 3 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance 4.5 Roxette- It Must Have Been Love 5 Enigma - Return To Innocence 4 Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 5 Oasis - Whatever 6 Everything But The Girl - Missing 0 Jamiroquai- Virtual Insanity 5 Faithless - Insomnia 9 Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler - One & One 11 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 5.5 Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C - When You're Gone 1 TLC - No Scrubs 1 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much 10 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 1 Darude - Sandstorm 9 Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan - Silence 1 Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky 2 Riva featuring Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now? 0 Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes -1 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet 1 Outkast - Hey Ya! 4 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out 5 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know 3 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 4 Green Day - American Idiot 4 The Killers - Somebody Told Me 6 The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize 2 Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure 1 Rihanna - S&M 3 The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 6.5 Loreen - Euphoria 3 George Ezra - Budapest 3.5 The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face 4 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted 7 Dua Lipa - Physical

Bloody hell. Not much left to vote for in the final from this half of the semis!

Carnage - Doves and Celine both gone! Pretty disappointed, that's at least half of my 20+ pointers gone

I remember being shocked by both Rixton and SFG reaching #1. The less said about X Factor's use / interpretation of one of my favourite songs, the better!

Sad to lose the Charlatans, but thank you to this thread for reconnecting me with it - one of the songs of my childhood but hadn't listened to it back in ages!

+10 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve +9 Bring Me The Horizon - Teardrops +8 Daði Freyr - Think About Things +7 Liam Gallagher - All You're Dreaming Of +6 Miley Cyrus - Heart Of Glass +5 Doja Cat - Boss Bitch +4 Harry Styles - Golden +3 Jonas Brothers - What A Man Gotta Do +2 HOSH & 1979 feat. Jalja - Midnight (The Hanging Tree) +1 Katy Perry - Daisies

1975 - If You're Too Shy is my vote when we get to unlucky #14s! Sold 27k which would almost get you top 5 now, ten months later

The few weeks in early 2001 when sales suddenly went crazy - Atomic Kitten, Shaggy, Uptown Girl, Hear'say - that must have had some big #3 sales as they all overlapped?

I will graciously accept the +37 for David Gilmour. To be honest I found that question very tough, and I don't do any sort of Googling to come up with, or check, my answers, so just had to take a punt on something that seemed vaguely feasible!

CJK sneaking Everything But The Girl in for +47 points there!

Some utter drivel in there, especially The Club Is Alive! Also some real non-events of Number 1s. I thought the likes of Twighlight and Roll Deep might have been typos on the original list, had no memory of them existing :o , though it seems Roll Deep are quite popular on here

Thank you for hosting. Feels like this might be my best finish yet but then the bar to beat is pretty low! Some great answers in the food question, liking the creative thinking of you all. Sgt Peppers arguably a double pointless, for both pepper and hearts?

Another strong 25! +25 PPK - ResuRection +24 The Charlatans - One To Another +23 Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan - Silence +22 Doves - There Goes The Fear +21 David Bowie - Life On Mars? +20 Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now +19 Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA +18 Everything But The Girl - Missing +17 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart +16 Loreen - Euphoria +15 The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize +14 Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief +13 Britney Spears - Womanizer +12 Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams +11 Toto - Africa +10 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know +9 Faithless - Insomnia +8 Little Mix - Move +7 Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C - When You're Gone +6 Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds +5 The Killers - Somebody Told Me +4 Abba - One Of Us +3 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris +2 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love +1 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted

Ah wait to answer my own question... was it only available on Amazon until now?

Do we know why the orchestral version of Space is suddenly back? The best version of my favourite song from 2020 😁

Starting to lose some of the ones I really like now, Soft Cell following on from BBE

Sad to see BBE go. Didn't make much of an impression on me when it first came out when I was a kid. But has grown on me a lot in the intervening years.

Interesting... I didn't realise it was a later remix that had reached #3. So I did indeed cast my vote on the assumption we were voting for the original

+25 Radiohead - Paranoid Android +24 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl +23 BBE - Seven Days And One Week +22 Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler - One & One +21 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye +20 Wah! - The Story Of The Blues +19 New Order - Blue Monday 1988 +18 Suede - Trash +17 Tears For Fears - Mad World +16 Dua Lipa - Physical +15 Heart - Alone +14 Oasis - Whatever +13 Fragma featuring Maria Rubia - Everytime You Need Me +12 Enigma - Return To Innocence +11 Busted - Sleeping With The Light On +10 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill +9 Klingande - Jubel +8 U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) +7 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out +6 The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love +5 Green Day - American Idiot +4 Riva featuring Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now? +3 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time +2 TLC - No Scrubs +1 George Ezra - Budapest

Sent my vote in, look forward to the results

Losing Charly at the last gasp is a shame. 22 of my 30 have made the cut though, including most of the top 10. Will settle for that!

My two favourites of the year both in this group - +10 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve +9 Daði Freyr - Think About Things +8 Beth Porch - You Taught Me What Love Is +7 Harry Styles - Golden +6 Machine Gun Kelly & Blackbear - my ex's best friend +5 Surf Mesa feat. Emilee - ILY (I Love You Baby) -1 Nines feat. NSG - Airplane Mode -2 KSI feat. Offset - Cap -3 Saweetie - Tap In

Not many songs in this group that I remember fondly, or in many cases, remember at all! +10 Paul Harvey & BBC Philharmonic - Four Notes - Paul's Tune +9 Miley Cyrus - Heart Of Glass +8 Doja Cat - Boss Bitch +7 Machine Gun Kelly & Halsey - forget me too -1 KSI feat. Aiyana-Lee - Killa Killa -2 M1llionz - B1llionz -3 Jack Harlow - Whats Poppin

+10 Bring Me The Horizon & YUNGBLUD - Obey +9 Bring Me The Horizon - Teardrops +8 Liam Gallagher - All You're Dreaming Of +7 Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Ode To Joy +6 HOSH & 1979 feat. Jalja - Midnight (The Hanging Tree) +5 Gerry Cinnamon - Where We're Going +4 The 1975 - Me & You Together Song +3 Jonas Brothers - What A Man Gotta Do +2 Keith Urban & P!nk - One Too Many +1 Katy Perry - Daisies -1 D-Block Europe - Free 22 -2 Dutchavelli feat. M1llionz - Cool With Me -3 Digga D - Woi