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Nice to jump back into the top 10 on the last vote, nice result there for Phoenix! Didn't think I really had anything for this one until I twigged that fitted the bill, I've enjoyed the Clairo version a lot more than last years original so felt right to enter it. Can't say I thought much of any of the top 3 but oh well, that happens sometimes! Callum harshly adrift at the bottom. I did find it slightly difficult for where to place Caroline, it's a song I've listened to so much this year but I'd heard literally nothing else, really liked the ABC song so went with 10 but could've been the maximum :wub: Good hosting, Wardy!

01 (01) DEADLETTER - The Snitching Hour (01) (06) (2 weeks) 02 (05) Yunè Pinku - Blush Cut (02) (05) 03 (02) The Cost of Loving - Strings (Attached) (01) (06) (1 week) 04 (03) DMA's - Forever (01) (09) (3 weeks) 05 (05) George Clanton - I Been Young (05) (06) 06 (12) The Hives - Bogus Operandi (06) (04) 07 (04) VLURE - This Fantasy (01) (10) (1 week) 08 (09) The Big Moon - 2 Lines (08) (04) 09 (07) The Orielles - Tableau 002 (03) (08) 10 (16) Another Sky - Psychopath (10) (06) 11 (19) Blur - The Narcissist (11) (03) 12 (08) Confidence Man feat. Daniel Avery - On & On (Again) (08) (06) 13 (18) Graywave - Blur Into One (13) (05) 14 (23) Art School Girlfriend - Close To The Clouds (14) (04) 15 (11) U.S. Girls - Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo) (01) (13) (2 weeks) 16 (25) Ben Howard - Walking Backwards (16) (03) 17 (10) The Drums - I Want It All (06) (08) 18 (14) All Tvvins - What's Happening (14) (07) 19 (26) Temples - Meet Your Maker (19) (02) 20 (30) The Goa Express - Good Luck Charm (20) (02) 21 (13) The Hold Steady - Understudies (06) (09) 22 (27) Foo Fighters - Rescued (22) (03) 23 (32) Art School Girlfriend - Heaven Hanging Low (23) (02) 24 (15) Ekkah - Partyline (15) (04) 25 (31) NewDad - In My Head (25) (03) 26 (36) Jelani Blackman feat. Biig Piig - Rise (26) (02) 27 (41) Pale Blue Eyes - Takes Me Over (27) (01) 28 (21) Italia 90 - Leisure Activities (01) (17) (4 weeks) 29 (44) Lovejoy - Portrait of a Blank State (29) (01) 30 (35) Heartworms - 24 Hours (22) (09) 31 (17) Jinks. - Poison Lover (13) (07) 32 (**) Khruangbin - Blind Man Can See It / (It's Not The Express) It's The Monaurail (32) (01) 33 (29) Glimji feat. Elphi - Blush (11) (07) 34 (20) Black Honey - Cut The Cord (07) (09) 35 (22) Snow Strippers - Under Your Spell (20) (05) 36 (45) KennyHoopla - You Needed A Hit (36) (01) 37 (28) Nabinah Iqbal - This World Couldn't See Us (02) (13) 38 (24) Nabinah Iqbal - Sunflower (09) (08) 39 (42) Jorja Smith - Little Things (39) (01) 40 (33) Silk - Quiver (32) (04)

Votes are in. Highest quality contest for some time, lots of songs missing out that I'd often point.

Kiara > Clara > Panteros > Meh Trudge again

Lucky... got to be down there with her very worst songs.

01 (04) DEADLETTER - The Snitching Hour (01) (05) (1 week) 02 (01) The Cost of Loving - Strings (Attached) (01) (05) (1 week) 03 (02) DMA's - Forever (01) (08) (3 weeks) 04 (03) VLURE - This Fantasy (01) (09) (1 week) 05 (08) George Clanton - I Been Young (05) (05) 06 (13) Yunè Pinku - Blush Cut (06) (04) 07 (05) The Orielles - Tableau 002 (03) (07) 08 (10) Confidence Man feat. Daniel Avery - On & On (Again) (08) (05) 09 (18) The Big Moon - 2 Lines (09) (03) 10 (06) The Drums - I Want It All (06) (07) 11 (07) U.S. Girls - Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo) (01) (12) (2 weeks) 12 (23) The Hives - Bogus Operandi (12) (03) 13 (09) The Hold Steady - Understudies (06) (08) 14 (15) All Tvvins - What's Happening (14) (06) 15 (16) Ekkah - Partyline (15) (03) 16 (22) Another Sky - Psychopath (16) (05) 17 (14) Jinks. - Poison Lover (13) (06) 18 (19) Graywave - Blur Into One (18) (04) 19 (28) Blur - The Narcissist (19) (02) 20 (11) Black Honey - Cut The Cord (07) (08) 21 (17) Italia 90 - Leisure Activities (01) (16) (4 weeks) 22 (20) Snow Strippers - Under Your Spell (20) (04) 23 (27) Art School Girlfriend - Close To The Clouds (23) (03) 24 (12) Nabinah Iqbal - Sunflower (09) (07) 25 (37) Ben Howard - Walking Backwards (25) (02) 26 (43) Temples - Meet Your Maker (26) (01) 27 (32) Foo Fighters - Rescued (27) (02) 28 (21) Nabinah Iqbal - This World Couldn't See Us (02) (12) 29 (24) Glimji feat. Elphi - Blush (11) (06) 30 (**) The Goa Express - Good Luck Charm (30) (01) 31 (35) NewDad - In My Head (31) (02) 32 (45) Art School Girlfriend - Heaven Hanging Low (32) (01) 33 (34) Silk - Quiver (32) (03) 34 (25) Overmono - Good Lies (18) (06) 35 (31) Heartworms - 24 Hours (22) (08) 36 (44) Jelani Blackman feat. Biig Piig - Rise (36) (01) 37 (26) Fred Again.. feat. The Streets & Dermot Kennedy - Mike (Desert Island Duvet) (11) (09) 38 (29) Daughter - Swim Back (04) (12) 39 (30) The National feat. Taylor Swift - The Alcott (30) (04) 40 (33) Squid - Swing (In a Dream) (02) (13)

Nothing left I particularly dislike, they all have a time and a place but only really a couple I'd ever choose to listen to. Happy to add to the list of Shania voters.

10 voters, not too bad. Wasn't hoping or expecting to qualify too much with this one, but loving it far too much at the moment to not try and introduce a band with such a small following to more people. Given the combined YouTube views and Spotify listeners was a total of about 150 pre-contest, that's a decent increase! Have to be happy that all of my votes qualified. Of the 15 songs I considered for points only Harmonica (ranked 12th) didn't qualify.

Jungle ahead of Jam City and Seb this week for me, not fussed on the others. Thought this was as weak as SWIM track I've heard and the no_4mat is ok but no need to be that long. Trudge in the tiebreak.

Human is easily my favourite song that made the top 5, and the other two are both ok but much of a muchness so Kylie this time for me.

Plenty of bands have won over crowds at festivals who weren't there to see them and waiting for the next act, and if you don't just take the money and get out of there, don't look like such morons.

The full length Kolsch remix of Hell To The Liars is absolutely incredible. I do think their music has always been well remixed, and tends to work very well. Not so fussed on this new Baby It's You one though, doesn't really do enough to it to either add to or replace my listening of the original.

My three favourites out in the first half :( Still Call The Shots for me, never thought it was one of their strongest

I really dislike the style of vocals she's gone with on this album, I find it all very irritating. I've played the song with Phoebe a few times but it's not really as good as most of her previous songs.

The first is nice enough but Walking Backwards is much better. I liked his last album a lot tbh. Nothing on the first two but still very good.

01 (04) The Cost of Loving - Strings (Attached) (01) (04) (1 week) 02 (01) DMA's - Forever (01) (07) (3 weeks) 03 (02) VLURE - This Fantasy (01) (08) (1 week) 04 (10) DEADLETTER - The Snitching Hour (04) (04) 05 (03) The Orielles - Tableau 002 (03) (06) 06 (08) The Drums - I Want It All (06) (06) 07 (05) U.S. Girls - Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo) (01) (11) (2 weeks) 08 (15) George Clanton - I Been Young (08) (04) 09 (06) The Hold Steady - Understudies (06) (07) 10 (16) Confidence Man feat. Daniel Avery - On & On (Again) (10) (04) 11 (07) Black Honey - Cut The Cord (07) (07) 12 (09) Nabinah Iqbal - Sunflower (09) (06) 13 (22) Yunè Pinku - Blush Cut (13) (03) 14 (13) Jinks. - Poison Lover (13) (05) 15 (20) All Tvvins - What's Happening (15) (05) 16 (28) Ekkah - Partyline (16) (02) 17 (11) Italia 90 - Leisure Activities (01) (15) (4 weeks) 18 (25) The Big Moon - 2 Lines (18) (02) 19 (27) Graywave - Blur Into One (19) (03) 20 (21) Snow Strippers - Under Your Spell (20) (03) 21 (12) Nabinah Iqbal - This World Couldn't See Us (02) (11) 22 (26) Another Sky - Psychopath (22) (04) 23 (37) The Hives - Bogus Operandi (23) (02) 24 (14) Glimji feat. Elphi - Blush (11) (05) 25 (18) Overmono - Good Lies (18) (05) 26 (17) Fred Again.. feat. The Streets & Dermot Kennedy - Mike (Desert Island Duvet) (11) (08) 27 (34) Art School Girlfriend - Close To The Clouds (27) (02) 28 (**) Blur - The Narcissist (28) (01) 29 (19) Daughter - Swim Back (04) (11) 30 (31) The National feat. Taylor Swift - The Alcott (30) (03) 31 (24) Heartworms - 24 Hours (22) (07) 32 (43) Foo Fighters - Rescued (32) (01) 33 (23) Squid - Swing (In a Dream) (02) (12) 34 (32) Silk - Quiver (32) (02) 35 (49) NewDad - In My Head (35) (01) 36 (33) O'Flynn - Vesta (29) (06) 37 (**) Ben Howard - Walking Backwards (37) (01) 38 (29) Fontaines DC - Cello Song (07) (10) 39 (30) Phoenix feat. Clairo - After Midnight (09) (09) 40 (35) Desire Marea - Be Free (17) (08)

Daniel Avery and Conducta the only ones I've liked enough to add to playlists this week, gone with the former.

It's nice to be able to say that I really don't care! :D Possible that a win for any of them will keep them up, they've all been so bad. All have "winnable" games at home but I don't see that as an advantage necessarily. I'm convinced the reason we (Forest) have pulled ourselves out from it is because our fans are still united behind the team, manager and owner and helped drive the team on at home with a brilliant atmosphere. Each of the teams below hates at least one of those.

Have been really busy lately so am relieved the mods have been the same too, delayed start is excellent news for me! :lol: Did think about a late change of entry to something I think will do really well, but there's a chance it'll have been sent anyway, so intrigued to see if it has.

01 (01) DMA's - Forever (01) (06) (3 weeks) 02 (02) VLURE - This Fantasy (01) (07) (1 week) 03 (03) The Orielles - Tableau 002 (03) (05) 04 (12) The Cost of Loving - Strings (Attached) (04) (03) 05 (04) U.S. Girls - Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo) (01) (10) (2 weeks) 06 (06) The Hold Steady - Understudies (06) (06) 07 (07) Black Honey - Cut The Cord (07) (06) 08 (10) The Drums - I Want It All (08) (05) 09 (15) Nabinah Iqbal - Sunflower (09) (05) 10 (25) DEADLETTER - The Snitching Hour (10) (03) 11 (08) Italia 90 - Leisure Activities (01) (14) (4 weeks) 12 (09) Nabinah Iqbal - This World Couldn't See Us (02) (10) 13 (16) Jinks. - Poison Lover (13) (04) 14 (11) Glimji feat. Elphi - Blush (11) (04) 15 (21) George Clanton - I Been Young (15) (03) 16 (24) Confidence Man feat. Daniel Avery - On & On (Again) (16) (03) 17 (14) Fred Again.. feat. The Streets & Dermot Kennedy - Mike (Desert Island Duvet) (11) (07) 18 (18) Overmono - Good Lies (18) (04) 19 (13) Daughter - Swim Back (04) (10) 20 (26) All Tvvins - What's Happening (20) (04) 21 (27) Snow Strippers - Under Your Spell (21) (02) 22 (31) Yunè Pinku - Blush Cut (22) (02) 23 (17) Squid - Swing (In a Dream) (02) (11) 24 (22) Heartworms - 24 Hours (22) (06) 25 (**) The Big Moon - 2 Lines (25) (01) 26 (30) Another Sky - Psychopath (26) (03) 27 (34) Graywave - Blur Into One (27) (02) 28 (44) Ekkah - Partyline (28) (01) 29 (20) Fontaines DC - Cello Song (07) (09) 30 (19) Phoenix feat. Clairo - After Midnight (09) (08) 31 (37) The National feat. Taylor Swift - The Alcott (31) (02) 32 (41) Silk - Quiver (32) (01) 33 (32) O'Flynn - Vesta (29) (05) 34 (43) Art School Girlfriend - Close To The Clouds (34) (01) 35 (23) Desire Marea - Be Free (17) (07) 36 (29) Yunè Pinku - Night Light (04) (13) 37 (**) The Hives - Bogus Operandi (37) (01) 38 (28) Anunaku - Andromeda (19) (06) 39 (40) Heartworms - Retributions of An Awful Life (03) (16) 40 (36) Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Ultimate Hammer (24) (09)

Avril Lavigne by a considerable margin

Blue. Here for a Fatman Scoop top half finish!

How disadvantaged will a song be if it's not on YouTube? It's on all streaming platforms and Bandcamp but no YT video. Not sure how it'd work on listenthroughs etc. without it?

01 (01) DMA's - Forever (01) (05) (2 weeks) 02 (02) VLURE - This Fantasy (01) (06) (1 week) 03 (07) The Orielles - Tableau 002 (03) (04) 04 (03) U.S. Girls - Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo) (01) (09) (2 weeks) 05 (04) Slowthai - Sooner (04) (07) 06 (10) The Hold Steady - Understudies (06) (05) 07 (08) Black Honey - Cut The Cord (07) (05) 08 (05) Italia 90 - Leisure Activities (01) (13) (4 weeks) 09 (06) Nabinah Iqbal - This World Couldn't See Us (02) (09) 10 (15) The Drums - I Want It All (10) (04) 11 (16) Glimji feat. Elphi - Blush (11) (03) 12 (24) The Cost of Loving - Strings (Attached) (12) (02) 13 (09) Daughter - Swim Back (04) (09) 14 (12) Fred Again.. feat. The Streets & Dermot Kennedy - Mike (Desert Island Duvet) (11) (06) 15 (18) Nabinah Iqbal - Sunflower (15) (04) 16 (26) Jinks. - Poison Lover (16) (03) 17 (13) Squid - Swing (In a Dream) (02) (10) 18 (21) Overmono - Good Lies (18) (03) 19 (11) Phoenix feat. Clairo - After Midnight (09) (07) 20 (14) Fontaines DC - Cello Song (07) (08) 21 (32) George Clanton - I Been Young (21) (02) 22 (23) Heartworms - 24 Hours (22) (05) 23 (17) Desire Marea - Be Free (17) (06) 24 (27) Confidence Man feat. Daniel Avery - On & On (Again) (24) (02) 25 (38) DEADLETTER - The Snitching Hour (25) (02) 26 (30) All Tvvins - What's Happening (26) (03) 27 (42) Snow Strippers - Under Your Spell (42) (01) 28 (19) Anunaku - Andromeda (19) (05) 29 (20) Yunè Pinku - Night Light (04) (12) 30 (35) Another Sky - Psychopath (30) (02) 31 (44) Yunè Pinku - Blush Cut (31) (01) 32 (29) O'Flynn - Vesta (29) (04) 33 (22) Wunderhorse - Purple (09) (10) 34 (41) Graywave - Blur Into One (34) (01) 35 (25) The Go! Team - Gemini (08) (12) 36 (28) Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Ultimate Hammer (24) (08) 37 (**) The National feat. Taylor Swift - The Alcott (37) (01) 38 (34) Thus Love - In Tandem (02) (13) 39 (33) Temples - Cicada (17) (07) 40 (40) Heartworms - Retributions of An Awful Life (03) (15)

I refuse to watch anything other than the race and qualifying at these types of race, just no interest at all in any of the additional enforced celebrity focussed show.