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Murillo is destined for the very top. He's absolutely excellent and can do anything. Lots of comparisons recently to Forest and Leicester's win, well Murillo is our Kante in that respect, on the way up and so far above the level.

Always going to be difficult to produce a list of this kind given the amount of releases there are each week, I think this does a good job of it. I voted for Ethel. Squid, Doves and Franz (+ Heartworms) are all decent but none anywhere near as good as songs previously released from those campaigns. The rest of the list I didnt care for.

01 (02) Squid - Crispy Skin (01) (07) (1 week) 02 (05) The Horrors - Lotus Eater (02) (05) 03 (01) Fat Dog - Peace Song (01) (06) (3 weeks) 04 (04) Los Campesinos! - Wait (04) (07) 05 (10) Tom Misch feat. Loyle Carner - Colourblind (05) (04) 06 (03) clipping. - Keep Pushing (02) (08) 07 (06) Blankenberge - New Rules (02) (14) 08 (07) HVOB - What They Gave Me (04) (08) 09 (13) Ela Minus - Upwards (09) (04) 10 (09) Michael Kiwanuka - One And Only (09) (07) 11 (11) Kassie Krut - Reckless (11) (05) 12 (08) 86TVs - Out of the Blue (08) (07) 13 (25) Jadu Heart - U (13) (02) 14 (17) The Lathums - Long Shadows (14) (03) 15 (12) Michael Kiwanuka - The Rest of Me (01) (12) (3 weeks) 16 (20) James Blake - Like The End (16) (05) 17 (14) Public Service Broadcasting - Towards the Dawn (04) (14) 18 (15) Two Shell - Mirror (15) (06) 19 (27) DJ Planet Express - With You (19) (03) 20 (16) Jake Bugg - Never Said Goodbye (01) (13) (3 weeks) 21 (29) Ams - Bold B (21) (02) 22 (re) Romy & Sampha - I'm On Your Team (17) (08) 23 (19) Safe Mind feat. Boy Harsher - 6' Pole (19) (05) 24 (33) The Libertines - The Windmills Of Your Mind (24) (02) 25 (44) Say Lou Lou - Defenseless (25) (01) 26 (31) Fontaines DC - Bug (26) (03) 27 (18) Blossoms - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings (16) (06) 28 (24) The Horrors - The Silence That Remains (05) (14) 29 (42) Bloc Party - Cain Said To Abel (29) (01) 30 (35) Luke Sital-Singh - In Your Eyes (30) (02) 31 (23) FKA Twigs - Perfect Stranger (05) (10) 32 (**) Relay Tapes - Violets (32) (01) 33 (28) Say Lou Lou - Blue Ruin (28) (04) 34 (**) Crazy P - Not Too Late (34) (01) 35 (21) Kaktus Einarsson feat. Damon Albarn - Gumbri (05) (10) 36 (30) Man/Woman/Chainsaw - The Boss (21) (08) 37 (22) The Wombats - Blood On The Hospital Floor (21) (06) 38 (41) Ethel Cain - Punish (38) (01) 39 (32) Doves - Renegade (11) (08) 40 (34) Japandroids - All Bets Are Off (06) (14)

For Mexico or Imola it's a no brainer, Mexico goes every time. On Spa I'm quite conflicted. On the one had I'm all for rotations to come into place, ideally with the view of reducing the calendar down to 20, and the races it produces are far from top tier - it's easily a track I could see less of, but it's always a shame to see less of the sports historical base whilst we go to more places with no passion but tonnes of cash.

Nuno is a fantastic coach. I don't feel like this run is unsustainable in anyway, that we're being particularly lucky or anything (although Wolves had 3 great chances at 1-0, from 2-0 the game was superbly managed). Playing football in a way which suits the squad we've got, not keeping the ball for the sake of it, but winning it and getting it forwards where a trio behind the striker with huge amounts of skill and pace can thrive in space. A centre half pairing which is absolutely immense and has all the qualities that top class pairings in the past (e.g. Vidic and Ferdinand, Terry and Carvalho) have had, both of them surely set for great things above what we might be able to offer, and all done without our best midfielder from last season (stretchered off 10 mins into the season) and our record signing (injured during the first international break). A tough run coming up with 7 of the next 8 against teams in the top half, but I don't see us finishing lower than 5th now.

01 (01) Fat Dog - Peace Song (01) (05) (3 weeks) 02 (04) Squid - Crispy Skin (02) (06) 03 (02) clipping. - Keep Pushing (02) (07) 04 (05) Los Campesinos! - Wait (04) (06) 05 (10) The Horrors - Lotus Eater (05) (04) 06 (06) Blankenberge - New Rules (02) (13) 07 (07) HVOB - What They Gave Me (04) (07) 08 (08) 86TVs - Out of the Blue (08) (06) 09 (12) Michael Kiwanuka - One And Only (09) (06) 10 (18) Tom Misch feat. Loyle Carner - Colourblind (10) (03) 11 (15) Kassie Krut - Reckless (11) (04) 12 (09) Michael Kiwanuka - The Rest of Me (01) (11) (3 weeks) 13 (25) Ela Minus - Upwards (13) (03) 14 (13) Public Service Broadcasting - Towards the Dawn (04) (13) 15 (19) Two Shell - Mirror (15) (05) 16 (11) Jake Bugg - Never Said Goodbye (01) (12) (3 weeks) 17 (28) The Lathums - Long Shadows (17) (02) 18 (16) Blossoms - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings (16) (05) 19 (24) Safe Mind feat. Boy Harsher - 6' Pole (19) (04) 20 (27) James Blake - Like The End (20) (04) 21 (14) Kaktus Einarsson feat. Damon Albarn - Gumbri (05) (09) 22 (21) The Wombats - Blood On The Hospital Floor (21) (05) 23 (17) FKA Twigs - Perfect Stranger (05) (09) 24 (20) The Horrors - The Silence That Remains (05) (13) 25 (**) Jadu Heart - U (25) (01) 26 (03) Lucy Rose - Those Red Lights (03) (03) 27 (32) DJ Planet Express - With You (27) (02) 28 (29) Say Lou Lou - Blue Ruin (28) (03) 29 (41) Ams - Bold B (29) (01) 30 (23) Man/Woman/Chainsaw - The Boss (21) (07) 31 (37) Fontaines DC - Bug (31) (02) 32 (22) Doves - Renegade (11) (07) 33 (46) The Libertines - The Windmills Of Your Mind (33) (01) 34 (26) Japandroids - All Bets Are Off (06) (13) 35 (47) Luke Sital-Singh - In Your Eyes (35) (01) 36 (31) FKA twigs - Eusexua (01) (16) (2 weeks) 37 (30) Caribou - Got To Change (08) (11) 38 (33) Thus Love - All Pleasure (18) (08) 39 (35) Cleo Sol - Fear When You Fly (27) (07) 40 (34) Courteeners feat. DMA's - The Beginning of the End (14) (10)

A Clean Bandit and Rag'N'Bone Man Christmas top 2 so recently seems absolutely bonkers now. JCB was quite funny at the time but when I listened to it more recently... no thanks.

Nearly forgot this... turned a 3 way tie to a 5 way one with my three oops.

+20 Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl (1987) 19 I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake (1975) 18 Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins (1986) 17 Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (2008) 16 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants - Wham! (1984 / 2022*) 15 You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974) 14 Human - Rag’n’Bone Man (2016) 13 Jeepster - T. Rex (1971) 12 Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - The Darkness (2003) 11 Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (1968) 10 Patience - Take That (2006) 9 Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (1955) 8 Chocolate Salty Balls - P.S. I Love You - Chef (1998) 7 Happy - Pharrell Williams (2013) 6 Uptown Funk - Mark Robson Featuring Bruno Mars (2014) 5 River - Eminem Featuring Ed Sheeran (2017) 4 Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (1990) 3 Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran And Elton John (2021) 2 What’s My Name - Rihanna Featuring Drake (2010) 1 Babe - Take That (1993)

01 (13) Fat Dog - Peace Song (01) (03) (1 week) 02 (02) clipping. - Keep Pushing (02) (05) 03 (07) Squid - Crispy Skin (03) (04) 04 (03) Blankenberge - New Rules (02) (11) 05 (01) Michael Kiwanuka - The Rest of Me (01) (09) (3 weeks) 06 (04) HVOB - What They Gave Me (04) (05) 07 (10) Los Campesinos! - Wait (07) (04) 08 (05) Kaktus Einarsson feat. Damon Albarn - Gumbri (05) (07) 09 (06) Jake Bugg - Never Said Goodbye (01) (10) (3 weeks) 10 (16) 86TVs - Out of the Blue (10) (04) 11 (09) Public Service Broadcasting - Towards the Dawn (04) (11) 12 (08) FKA Twigs - Perfect Stranger (05) (07) 13 (**) Lucy Rose - Those Red Lights (13) (01) 14 (17) Michael Kiwanuka - One And Only (14) (04) 15 (28) The Horrors - Lotus Eater (15) (02) 16 (11) Doves - Renegade (11) (05) 17 (23) Blossoms - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings (17) (03) 18 (15) The Horrors - The Silence That Remains (05) (11) 19 (12) Japandroids - All Bets Are Off (06) (11) 20 (14) Caribou - Got To Change (08) (09) 21 (21) Man/Woman/Chainsaw - The Boss (21) (05) 22 (25) The Wombats - Blood On The Hospital Floor (22) (03) 23 (30) Two Shell - Mirror (23) (03) 24 (19) FKA twigs - Eusexua (01) (14) (2 weeks) 25 (31) Kassie Krut - Reckless (25) (02) 26 (18) Courteeners feat. DMA's - The Beginning of the End (14) (08) 27 (37) Safe Mind feat. Boy Harsher - 6' Pole (27) (02) 28 (42) Tom Misch feat. Loyle Carner - Colourblind (28) (01) 29 (22) Thus Love - All Pleasure (18) (06) 30 (35) James Blake - Like The End (30) (02) 31 (20) Franz Ferdinand - Audacious (02) (13) 32 (27) Cleo Sol - Fear When You Fly (27) (05) 33 (41) Say Lou Lou - Blue Ruin (33) (01) 34 (26) Vitesse X - Careless (11) (10) 35 (24) Romy & Sampha - I'm On Your Team (17) (07) 36 (33) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears (27) (06) 37 (43) Ela Minus - Upwards (37) (01) 38 (29) Honeyglaze - Pretty Girls (01) (18) (4 weeks) 39 (34) Egoism - Melbourne (29) (06) 40 (38) DEADLETTER - Credit To Treason (12) (12)

Red Bull and Perez have in effect both screwed themselves over by leaving them with no other good options. Hard to imagine Lawson doing much there, but I don't see any of their other options doing much either.

10 Max Verstappen - potentially his best championship, delivered when his car was the best and kept pace when it wasn't 1 Sergio Perez - probably in the worst 5 seasons since i started watching f1 7 Lewis Hamilton - still a top driver in races but continually let down by is qualifying, will need to up his game vs Leclerc 7 George Russell - a solid season, 8 Charles Leclerc - regularly got the better of his team mate and delivered the maximum from the car 7 Carlos Sainz Jr - this season pretty much summed up Sainz, consistently good and capable of delivering over and above in the odd race 7 Lando Norris - a really difficult one to grade, in some ways he's had as impressive season as anyone on the grid, but often let down by his own starts and he should really have delivered a closer title fight in the second half of the season 7 Oscar Piastri - an improvement this season, worryingly tailed off in the last few races. the potential is there to be McLaren's challenger. 6 Fernando Alonso - possibly the hardest driver on the grid to accurately judge given his teammate and the dog of a car 3 Lance Stroll - getting worse 8 Pierre Gasly - wasn't ever underperforming his car and then had the best last few races of anyone 4 Esteban Ocon - just average generally, marked down for the way he lost his seat 2 Logan Sargeant - was let down by Williams in some ways (giving Albon his car) which would have dented confidence, but did nothing close to warranting any more time 5 Alexander Albon - think this was his least impressive season in Williams, some costly crashes 3 Daniel Ricciardo - just utterly disappointing, painful to watch his most recent years given I was once such a fan. please let this be the end. 5 Yuki Tsunoda - as mid as mid gets 4 Zhou Guanyu - bumped up by a cracking drive in Qatar 4 Valtteri Bottas - knocked down by that showing in Abu Dhabi. a shame to watch him at times 9 Nico Hulkenberg - brilliantly consistent, a shame Haas couldn't quite get 6th in the constructors. Proved his status as a brilliant midfield driver 5 Kevin Magnussen - did ok at times, but probably right that this is his time in F1 up 6 Oliver Bearman - has looked impressive on his outings, looking forward to seeing more of him 5 Liam Lawson - was expecting more after last season 5 Franco Colapinto - excitement followed by poor x Jack Doohan

01 (01) Michael Kiwanuka - The Rest of Me (01) (08) (3 weeks) 02 (03) clipping. - Keep Pushing (02) (04) 03 (02) Blankenberge - New Rules (02) (10) 04 (08) HVOB - What They Gave Me (04) (04) 05 (05) Kaktus Einarsson feat. Damon Albarn - Gumbri (05) (06) 06 (04) Jake Bugg - Never Said Goodbye (01) (09) (3 weeks) 07 (13) Squid - Crispy Skin (07) (03) 08 (06) FKA Twigs - Perfect Stranger (05) (06) 09 (07) Public Service Broadcasting - Towards the Dawn (04) (10) 10 (18) Los Campesinos! - Wait (10) (03) 11 (11) Doves - Renegade (11) (04) 12 (10) Japandroids - All Bets Are Off (06) (10) 13 (28) Fat Dog - Peace Song (13) (02) 14 (09) Caribou - Got To Change (08) (08) 15 (12) The Horrors - The Silence That Remains (05) (10) 16 (21) 86TVs - Out of the Blue (16) (03) 17 (23) Michael Kiwanuka - One And Only (17) (03) 18 (15) Courteeners feat. DMA's - The Beginning of the End (14) (07) 19 (16) FKA twigs - Eusexua (01) (13) (2 weeks) 20 (14) Franz Ferdinand - Audacious (02) (12) 21 (24) Man/Woman/Chainsaw - The Boss (21) (04) 22 (19) Thus Love - All Pleasure (18) (05) 23 (30) Blossoms - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings (23) (02) 24 (17) Romy & Sampha - I'm On Your Team (17) (06) 25 (35) The Wombats - Blood On The Hospital Floor (25) (02) 26 (20) Vitesse X - Careless (11) (09) 27 (33) Cleo Sol - Fear When You Fly (27) (04) 28 (**) The Horrors - Lotus Eater (28) (01) 29 (26) Honeyglaze - Pretty Girls (01) (17) (4 weeks) 30 (38) Two Shell - Mirror (30) (02) 31 (50) Kassie Krut - Reckless (31) (01) 32 (22) Heartworms - Warplane (10) (07) 33 (27) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears (27) (05) 34 (32) Egoism - Melbourne (29) (05) 35 (41) James Blake - Like The End (35) (01) 36 (25) High Vis - Guided Tour (18) (06) 37 (44) Safe Mind feat. Boy Harsher - 6' Pole (37) (01) 38 (36) DEADLETTER - Credit To Treason (12) (11) 39 (29) Pale Blue Eyes - How Long Is Now (15) (08) 40 (31) DJ Seinfeld - Hopecore (21) (07)

I had a definitive 8 from that: 1. Pogues 2. Waitresses 3. Bruce 4. Pretenders 5. Wham! 6. Jona Lewie 7. East 17 8. Darkness Then added Coldplay and Ronettes (Sliegh Ride)

Sorry I just went by Spotify, the albums they were on my Christmas playlist entries came out in 2003 and 2005 so assumed that was when they were released. Move everything up and add: 2 The Wombats - Is This Christmas? 1 Bo Selecta - Proper Chrimbo Whilst the Fleet Foxes and Mumfords songs people have voted for are better than songs I've included, I can't seriously include anything which I'd listen to all year round!

01 (01) Michael Kiwanuka - The Rest of Me (01) (07) (2 weeks) 02 (03) Blankenberge - New Rules (02) (09) 03 (11) clipping. - Keep Pushing (03) (03) 04 (02) Jake Bugg - Never Said Goodbye (01) (08) (3 weeks) 05 (06) Kaktus Einarsson feat. Damon Albarn - Gumbri (05) (05) 06 (05) FKA Twigs - Perfect Stranger (05) (05) 07 (04) Public Service Broadcasting - Towards the Dawn (04) (09) 08 (20) HVOB - What They Gave Me (08) (03) 09 (08) Caribou - Got To Change (08) (07) 10 (07) Japandroids - All Bets Are Off (06) (09) 11 (16) Doves - Renegade (11) (03) 12 (10) The Horrors - The Silence That Remains (05) (09) 13 (25) Squid - Crispy Skin (13) (02) 14 (09) Franz Ferdinand - Audacious (02) (11) 15 (14) Courteeners feat. DMA's - The Beginning of the End (14) (06) 16 (12) FKA twigs - Eusexua (01) (12) (2 weeks) 17 (16) Romy & Sampha - I'm On Your Team (17) (05) 18 (30) Los Campesinos! - Wait (18) (02) 19 (18) Thus Love - All Pleasure (18) (04) 20 (15) Vitesse X - Careless (11) (08) 21 (35) 86TVs - Out of the Blue (21) (02) 22 (13) Heartworms - Warplane (10) (06) 23 (39) Michael Kiwanuka - One And Only (23) (02) 24 (33) Man/Woman/Chainsaw - The Boss (24) (03) 25 (19) High Vis - Guided Tour (18) (05) 26 (22) Honeyglaze - Pretty Girls (01) (16) (4 weeks) 27 (27) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears (27) (04) 28 (43) Fat Dog - Peace Song (28) (01) 29 (21) Pale Blue Eyes - How Long Is Now (15) (07) 30 (42) Blossoms - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings (30) (01) 31 (23) DJ Seinfeld - Hopecore (21) (06) 32 (29) Egoism - Melbourne (29) (04) 33 (36) Cleo Sol - Fear When You Fly (33) (03) 34 (24) Divorce - All My Freaks (17) (07) 35 (45) The Wombats - Blood On The Hospital Floor (35) (01) 36 (31) DEADLETTER - Credit To Treason (12) (10) 37 (26) The Horrors - Trial By Fire (24) (04) 38 (46) Two Shell - Mirror (38) (01) 39 (37) Laura Marling - Caroline (31) (05) 40 (28) Jamie xx feat. Kelsey Lu, John Glacier & Panda Bear - Dafodil (04) (13)

5 Smith & Burrows - When The Thames Froze 4 Courteeners - Winter Wonderland 3 Los Campesinos! - When Christmas Comes 2 The Pipettes - Santa's On His Way 1

5 Mew - She Came Home For Christmas 4 Badly Drawn Boy - Donna and Blitzen 3 Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) 2 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) 1 Fountains of Wayne - I Want an Alien For Christmas

Too many of their recent singings have had minimal impact (Doku, Nunes, Savinho), and too many of their players are no where near what they were (KdB, Walker, Gundogan). When you add in Rodri's injury and the bizarre sale and non-replacement of Alvarez I definitely think it's a season too far and T4 contenders is their current limit. 4 games against City since promotion and each previous time you've got to be absolutely on it to stand any chance, hope they're not and they're a bit wasteful and maybe grab a point like 22/23. It feels so weird seeing Man City A as the next fixutre and thinking we've every chance of taking something.

I do wonder how good a move to Red Bull would be for any of them individually, it's hard to imagine anyone putting in quite the performance level of Perez in the last 6 months, but also don't see any of their realistic replacements getting anywhere near to being competitive with Max. I think they probably were hoping Lawson would come in and beat Tsunoda. Tsunoda probably is their best option, but that's not saying much. There's a reason why he's never been seen as being in realistic contention for the main team, as mid as mid-tier drivers get.

Delighted my top 2 were the top 2, although shame they weren't the other way around - Sao Paolo is truly magnificent and B&H always been one my favourites by Muse, significantly underrated. I knew 5 of these really well previously, so always difficult to be able to place new vs. classic, but Built To Spill was great, deserved being ranked higher.

Oh my, what a dreadful bunch! Gone for Nigel and Marvin, didn't want to be reminded of its existence. The 3 still on 0 HAVE to be the final three, surely?!

I can't say I recall It's Not That Easy, but difficult to image a Lemar song would be offensive enough to get 50% of the vote from this list. Not much I care for, but Dangerous out of those

01 (03) Michael Kiwanuka - The Rest of Me (01) (06) (1 week) 02 (01) Jake Bugg - Never Said Goodbye (01) (07) (3 weeks) 03 (02) Blankenberge - New Rules (02) (08) 04 (04) Public Service Broadcasting - Towards the Dawn (04) (08) 05 (08) FKA Twigs - Perfect Stranger (05) (04) 06 (12) Kaktus Einarsson feat. Damon Albarn - Gumbri (06) (04) 07 (06) Japandroids - All Bets Are Off (06) (08) 08 (11) Caribou - Got To Change (08) (06) 09 (05) Franz Ferdinand - Audacious (02) (10) 10 (07) The Horrors - The Silence That Remains (05) (08) 11 (26) clipping. - Keep Pushing (11) (02) 12 (09) FKA twigs - Eusexua (01) (11) (2 weeks) 13 (10) Heartworms - Warplane (10) (05) 14 (19) Courteeners feat. DMA's - The Beginning of the End (14) (05) 15 (13) Vitesse X - Careless (11) (07) 16 (29) Doves - Renegade (16) (02) 17 (20) Romy & Sampha - I'm On Your Team (17) (04) 18 (23) Thus Love - All Pleasure (18) (03) 19 (18) High Vis - Guided Tour (18) (04) 20 (33) HVOB - What They Gave Me (20) (02) 21 (15) Pale Blue Eyes - How Long Is Now (15) (06) 22 (14) Honeyglaze - Pretty Girls (01) (15) (4 weeks) 23 (21) DJ Seinfeld - Hopecore (21) (05) 24 (17) Divorce - All My Freaks (17) (06) 25 (41) Squid - Crispy Skin (25) (01) 26 (24) The Horrors - Trial By Fire (24) (03) 27 (30) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears (27) (03) 28 (16) Jamie xx feat. Kelsey Lu, John Glacier & Panda Bear - Dafodil (04) (12) 29 (32) Egoism - Melbourne (29) (03) 30 (42) Los Campesinos! - Wait (30) (01) 31 (25) DEADLETTER - Credit To Treason (12) (09) 32 (22) Sea Lemon feat. Benjamin Gibbard - Crystals (11) (08) 33 (39) Man/Woman/Chainsaw - The Boss (33) (02) 34 (27) Obongjayar - Just My Luck (27) (05) 35 (44) 86TVs - Out of the Blue (35) (01) 36 (36) Cleo Sol - Fear When You Fly (36) (02) 37 (35) Laura Marling - Caroline (31) (04) 38 (34) James Blake feat. Lil Yachty - Midnight (03) (14) 39 (**) Michael Kiwanuka - One And Only (39) (01) 40 (28) Yune Pinku - Half Alive (02) (11)

Just a Day... a B-Side so good and popular it got its own release and charted higher than the original song, whilst doubling Feeder's career tally of weeks inside the top 20. That and In Too Deep are comfortably my favourites here, but Daniel, Kylie and Sophie are classic pop songs still worthy of being listened to. And the 'Phonics cover is ok... massively overplayed though I felt. The number one? Meh... passable.