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Probably Ne-Yo as it's a bit forgettable by his standards. I don't mind One Night.

Not a great track for me but I still listen to Baby, Baby quite a lot. My memories of 1991 extend only to two of the No.1s here in real time. I was only four, but nevertheless two of them made a huge impact on me even then, which I'll mention when they pop up. Looking forward to the thread!

Interesting quiz, a few of these I remember from reading facts in Now booklets over the years. I've got about 18 or so so far, a few head scratchers so I'll keep mulling it over.

Yes I meant top 75 although I know top 100 is official these days.

Bonnie Taylor That Chris Rainbow song is a very nice retro one, shame that hasn't charted considering all the revivals of past hits that are recently.

I would stick with what you have, as it will stand out more if everyone is indeed sending pop. Also, I can't speak for others but on the months I send pop it doesn't mean I am only going to vote for pop. So it's not like the pool of voters for other genres reduces, so if anything you will have more chance of doing well not with pop.

A few classics on here which is good to see. They've covered 1971 very comprehensively, hats off.

For sure, and I expect a lot of people overlook it due to being by 'the guy from Nickelback'. Although I note they included How You Remind Me on the list.

Voted: KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See Kate Nash - Foundations Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) Missing: Evanescence - My Immortal Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott - Hero

Unexpected. Could be the required boost to No.1 here if it comes out quickly enough!

Yes! 15 is a good number I think. Not an overwhelming amount to get to know well, but not too few.

For a hit: Siren My favourite and vote: poza Tobą nic

I love the Kate Ryan sample of it in LoveLife too. Also YouNotUs had a smash cover of it a few years ago. It's one of those classic riffs that has now been used as a rock anthem, an early 2010s club banger and late 2010s tropical house.

Narcotic is one of the biggest songs of the 90s in Europe with over 300m streams, a true nugget

Oh yes of course. Very unusual that these two happened in succession and one hasn't really happened since (not very soon after their death anyway, I know Elvis had a few in 2002 and 2005, Notorious B.I.G. had a No.1 in 2006 and obviously Last Christmas).

Last Christmas at least became a posthumous No.1 for George many times over, but granted not immediately after he died. I suppose the last to happen quite soon after an artist's death in relative terms (still about six months) was Aaliyah's More Than A Woman.

I finished last in that spin-off so I expect as a defense mechanism my mind wiped my entire memory of that contest 😂 This is the compilation I heard The Lion on more recently (forgetting it wasn't for the first time...) If anybody wants a deep dive into the slightly more commercial side of world music, you can pick it up for cheap.

We're in it together in that case as I've gone exactly the same route! I think if there are many more pop countries this time then the alt bloc might have a slightly harder time qualifying depending on the semi balance, however the ones that get through to the final should be fine as the pop vote will just spread and dilute if there is loads of pop in the final and the alt songs left in the mix for the final will grab the concentrated alt bloc votes on offer. So alt bloc's main job this month is to find a qualifier and go from there! Pop bloc's main task is to make sure their entry is essential and not one that will get passed over in a sea of sameness.

Looks like a potentially spectacular month for pop, get your way to OBSESSED and reserve your hit now!

Gone for Oscar, as Wolf Cutt have only just been in for Cor Lupus and Holy Molly has had better before. See You In The Summer is catchy in the vein of 5 Seconds of Summer, very Bellamia.

Huge congrats to Jim, a deserved and dominating winner. I must check out the Jennifer Warnes version now. Obviously it's very poignant to see Dolly in second too, congrats Spiceboy. I hope to see you in other site contests, loved your enthusiasm 🤩 Melanie was wonderful, I didn't expect it to do this well, amazing to see my two favourites in the top three, well done on another hit Dandy. 17th is decent for honestly a song I wouldn't have sent if I'd remembered or somebody else had spotted and reminded me that it was in a BJSC 80s spin-off; that certainly wasn't intentional, love the song as I do. I was just trying to send something that wasn't an obvious option for this contest and it's good to miss the bottom ten at least after how far it dropped at one point.

Ooh an unexpected late 12, thank you Cow! ❤️ Obviously congrats to Jim but have made my feelings clear on that. I also had it pegged as a 'shock winner' as of last Monday, looking at something I mentioned to someone off site.

Gosh no votes in forever and collapsed from top ten to bottom four! Good to see Leonard Cohen pulling away, presumably in a good position to hold on, such a striking entry.

And Nadine’s “you’re not a hag Fiona” 😂 It’s a complete gem in a world where Walk This Way and other ropey covers exist.

Thanks to the voters so far and apologies to those who had heard it before, I completely forgot that The Lion was sent to the BJSC 80s spin-off until Jade mentioned it! I did a site search too and couldn’t find mention of it. I know that sub forum is rather hidden away. Shamefully I even voted high for it at the time so feel a bit silly now as I was really happy with this as a kind of leftfield entry for this theme, but now it just looks a bit uninspired! Memory issues… Also just wanted to say huge props to Dandy and Jim, absolutely fantastic discoveries and it’s great to give my top points to songs doing so well. I only knew two songs by Melanie too and this was such a revelation. While I’ve never really been into Leonard Cohen at all, yet this is great and so is the song of his Tom Jones covered and is at No.1 on iTunes with which I only heard yesterday for the first time.