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Popcorn is fun, have never listened to it in full. Pleased that Blur have done well in this rate, Out Of Time is good but would have said either it or Charmless Man should be the first of theirs to fall.

I was another voter for I Breathe Again 🙈. Echo the comment about Crazy What Love Can Do. Amidst a lot of competition, it might have been my least favourite song of last year.

That new Ed Sheeran thing 🤯 Not my cup of tea, would be a polite way to express it... Also, first time hearing the Metro Boomin song - just a carbon copy of the old version. Are Metro Boomin the new Boyzone?

🤣 completely agree

Walk On is my favourite song from post-1995 U2. That and Kite made for a strong middle of the album. Some other good ones out here that didn't make my votes - Shine, Rebel Rebel, Room On The 3rd Floor, Shackles

Disappointed if The 1975 are stalling, hoped that would go a bit higher

Agree re Mountains... a band I love, but with a biggest hit that's far from their best work imo. See also - Muse (Supermassive Black Hole), Bloc Party (The Prayer)

I like the BeeGees and Manics tracks, but fewer big losses in this batch than in the previous one from my perspective. Though the Tight Fit song was quite enjoyable hearing for the first time!

First time hearing that Toccata song - pretty barmy, and in the middle sounds like the grave scene from Alan Partridge. All of which might have brought it close to my votes if I'd known it! Two of my biggish scorers went out in that section. Country Girl, which is ace and was a pleasantly surprisingly big hit. And I Will Come To You, which is a massive guilty pleasure of mine and I'd have been pretty surprised if anyone else had voted for it!

Just listened to the Brian May version - it's gorgeous, would have probably made the +10 to +15 section of my votes if I'd known it

Strong set going out at the 24 point mark. Maybe a little surprised I was the only voter for Johnny Nash. It's my mum's favourite song so I had to include it! I'm only familiar with the Freddie version of Too Much Love... that would probably have made my top 30. Eminem and The Darkness also weren't a million miles away.

+5 Tom Odell - Another Love +4 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +3 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +2 RAYE feat. 070 Shake - Escapism +1 Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz - Miss You -1 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -2 Bugzy Malone & TeeDee - Out Of Nowhere -3 SZA - Kill Bill -4 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look -5 Central Cee - LET GO

Sad to lose my 8 and 9 pointers (Terrorvision and Darius) - but I hadn't been expecting either to have many other fans. Also surprised only one vote for One Love - it came close to my final list.

Think this vote is missing LadBaby? Too bad to even include haha?

Pretty strong year by 2010+ standards +14 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) +13 LF SYSTEM - Afraid To Feel +12 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +11 Adele - Easy On Me +10 Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy +9 Encanto Cast - We Don’t Talk About Bruno +8 Harry Styles - As It Was +7 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me +6 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) +5 Dave - Starlight +4 GAYLE - abcdefu +3 LadBaby - Food Aid +2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You +1 Wham! - Last Christmas 0 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I’m Good (Blue)

I'd have enjoyed this more if there was just a +2 and then we could pick ten to give negative points to. Absolutely dire list of songs. +12 Liam Gallagher - Everything's Electric +10 Joji - Glimpse of Us +8 Cian Ducrot - All For You +7 George Ezra - Anyone for You +6 Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be -2 Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto

+5 Pogues +4 Ed & Elton +3 Firebabe +2 Mariah +1 Wham -1 Lizzo -2 Brenda Lee -3 Bobby Helms -4 Andy Williams -5 Buble

My shortlist, after much agonising, was still about 65! Eventually got it down to just 30 +30 Blur – On Your Own +29 Blur – The Universal +28 Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out) +27 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc +26 Hanson – I Will Come to You +25 Madonna – You'll See +24 Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now +23 Bloc Party – So Here We Are / Positive Tension +22 Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go +21 Kelis – Acapella +20 U2 – Walk On +19 Taylor Swift – You Need to Calm Down +18 The Prodigy – Out of Space / Ruff in the Jungle Bizness +17 Primal Scream – Country Girl +16 Blur – Girls & Boys +15 The Saturdays – Up +14 Adam Rickitt – I Breathe Again +13 Ocean Colour Scene – Traveller's Tune +12 Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever +11 En Vogue – Don't Let Go (Love) +10 Beastie Boys – Intergalactic +9 Darius – Rushes +8 Terrorvision – Perseverance +7 Feeder – Buck Rogers +6 Alanis Morissette – Thank U +5 Electric Six – Gay Bar +4 Frank Sinatra - My Way +3 Celine Dion with The Bee Gees – Immortality +2 Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf +1 Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

+5 Anti Hero +4 Merry Christmas +3 Firebabe +2 Messy In Heaven +1 All I Want For... -1 Last Christmas -2 Escapism -3 Made You Look -4 Rocking Around... -5 It's Beginning...

Thank you for running the rate! Loved it as ever, and Wolf Alice finishing 17th(!!) is my highlight of any rate I've taken part in so far

Great to see We Are Young finish so high too - another of my very favourite "big hit" songs if the decade. Loving 20-11 so far, probably more than I'll love 10-1!

Last Man On Earth is arguably my favourite song of the decade full stop, and most certainly my favourite to appear in this final, so I'm absolutely ecstatic and amazed to see it voted into the top 20! Happier Than Ever is also my absolute favourite "big hit" from last year and probably of the decade. Possibly hoped it might sneak into the top 10 but can't argue with top 20. What a pairing!

If those sales are correct, great news (though I'd have preferred them the other way round). Can't say I'm overly surprised though. In the prediction poll, I put both over 90k, the thinking being that if a completely bland turd of an album by Coldplay last year (their worst by a mile imo) could pass 100k with little hype and sh*t reviews then both of these two must stand a good chance

Suspect we might see a Taylor song or two make the top 20 next year... The rate seems a bit more stable this year? If memory serves by this point last year, songs from the previous year's Top 5 had been falling out. Wolf Alice top 20 🤯. Safe to say I'll never have a more successful nomination ever again!

Firstly, mind blown at some of these songs that BJ has ranked Wolf Alice higher than! Secondly, sad to see Exile out a little lower than I thought it might be, seemed to be having a very strong year. Pleased with a new peak for Habits. Less so with a new peak for Levitating, which I think is Dua's worst hit by a distance.