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+50 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 49 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 48 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 47 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 46 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 45 Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dog - Still D.R.E. 44 The Cure - Friday I'm In Love 43 They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul 42 Duran Duran - Ordinary World 41 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 40 Little Boots - Remedy 39 Laura Branigan - Gloria 38 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 37 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 36 Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage - Stay High 35 Grace - Not Over Yet 34 Chicane featuring Máire Brennan - Saltwater 33 Robin S. - Show Me Love 32 Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God 31 Felix - Don't You Want Me 30 Sugababes - Overload 29 Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank 28 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 27 Prince - Purple Rain 26 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 25 Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life 24 John Farnham - You're The Voice 23 Prince and The Revolution - Kiss 22 Pink - Don't Let Me Get Me 21 Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha 20 R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People 19 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song 18 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 17 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance 16 Macy Gray - I Try 15 Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills 14 Abba - SOS 13 Dua Lipa - Break My Heart 12 Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time 11 Madonna - Deeper And Deeper 10 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 9 Emma Bunton - Maybe 8 Madonna - The Power Of Goodbye / Little Star 7 Roxette - Listen To Your Heart / Dangerous 6 Sia - Chandelier 5 Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) 4 Rihanna - Where Have You Been 3 Alphabeat - Fascination 2 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory 1 Anastacia - I'm Outta Love

For this neutral casual observer it definitely seems like a much sharper decline in numbers from a peak than massive hits usually get, just because some of the narrative is OTT doesn't stop it from being noticeable.

01 (01) The Holy - The Incredible Ibex (01) (06) (3 weeks) 02 (05) Jamie Webster feat. Brooke Combe - Better Day (02) (04) 03 (03) TR/ST feat. Jake Shears - Being Boring (03) (05) 04 (02) Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For (02) (08) 05 (06) Bob Vylan - Hunger Games (05) (08) 06 (19) Bicep - CHROMA 001 HELIUM (06) (03) 07 (09) Underworld - Denver Luna (02) (12) 08 (04) Sprints - Heavy (03) (08) 09 (08) MGMT - Mother Nature (01) (12) (4 weeks) 10 (15) Squid - Fugue (Bin Song) (10) (04) 11 (12) Real Estate - Haunted World (11) (05) 12 (07) Pendulum - Anti-Hero (Triple J Like-a-Version) (01) (10) (2 weeks) 13 (20) The Libertines - Shiver (13) (03) 14 (17) Holly Humberstone feat. MUNA - Into Your Room (14) (06) 15 (22) Burial - Boy Sent From Above (15) (03) 16 (14) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Bandung Hum (14) (05) 17 (10) The Blinders - Always (04) (11) 18 (11) ellis - Forever (02) (14) 19 (24) Jamie xx - It's So Good (19) (04) 20 (25) Little Simz - Mood Swings (20) (03) 21 (30) Orbital feat. David Holmes, Mike Garry & DJ Helen - Tonight In Belfast (21) (02) 22 (13) Vitesse X - Fortress (12) (06) 23 (28) Another Sky - The Pain (23) (04) 24 (35) The Holy - Any Given Day (24) (02) 25 (16) cell m8 - stay.x (11) (09) 26 (**) MGMT feat. Christine and the Queens - Dancing In Babylon (26) (01) 27 (37) Four Tet - Daydream Repeat (27) (02) 28 (27) The KVB - Labyrinths (27) (04) 29 (23) Karma Kid - The Gates Will Open (01) (17) (4 weeks) 30 (31) The Blinders - Swallowing Static (30) (02) 31 (18) NewDad - White Ribbons (15) (07) 32 (42) English Teacher - R&B (32) (01) 33 (21) Swim School - Give Me a Reason Why (19) (06) 34 (41) Everything Everything - The End of the Contender (34) (01) 35 (33) Nia Archives - Crowded Roomz (33) (03) 36 (26) HEALTH - Demigods (08) (08) 37 (43) Holly Humberstone - Dive (37) (01) 38 (29) Enola Gay feat. Mount Polamar - Terra Firma (07) (13) 39 (32) Sampha - Can't Go Back (19) (07) 40 (34) Vegyn feat. Lauren Auder - Halo Flip (02) (16)

The results of this are going terribly. I think most of my final points will be for Semi 1 songs!

Alpine being quite that bad aside, that basically felt like a continuation of last season. Sauber's + Sargent in Q1, Stroll failing to make Q3 as his teammate breezes through, Hulk being the best non-top 5 qualifier, Leclerc being Max's closest challenger, Perez being a way off hi and a few positions down the grid...

There's just no real satisfactory time to put in place a punishment for FFP. The only 'fair' time to put a punishment in place is for the season in which the rules were broken, but it isn't possible to retrospectively add punishments and change the outcomes of leagues, especially if it were to involve a relegation. Everton and Forest have been charged for their accounts to the end of last season, they finished 16th and 17th and the points deduction that could be applied may well be a higher number than the points gaps they had to 18th and 19th placed teams Leeds and Leicester. If anyone has a cause to complain it's those two who were relegated at the expense of teams who broke the rules, but accounts aren't due to be published until the end of December, by which time you can only make changes to either the current or the next season. If Forest were to be deducted 6 points, but it weren't put in place until next season so they started from -6, I'm sure there'd be a fuss kicked up when they're only 4 points above Luton. And unfortunately there are way too many arguments and mitigations that you'd never be able to apply a punishment as soon as accounts were submitted. Take the Forest one at the moment, had they sold Brennan Johnson to Brentford for £30m in June they'd never have been charged, yet waiting and selling him for £47.5m in August now fails the PL's 'profit and sustainability' measures despite being far better to the club's sustainability, so will be arguing mitigation for a lighter punishment than if there were a rule to say 'if you go X over, you'll receive Y deduction'

I'd assumed Daysleeper would be another of those R.E.M. songs where I was familiar with but didn't know from the title like The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, but can't say I've ever heard it before and wasn't overly enamoured from one listen. Unlike the other semi I did check out the ones I didn't immediately know, and put titles to songs for Reward and Gloria.

The punishments are all for FFP charges, so can't be made until accounts are submitted and evaluated! It'd be impossible to not have them awarded mid-season.

25 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 24 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 23 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts 22 Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 21 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 20 The Knack - My Sharona 19 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 18 Little Boots - Remedy 17 Duran Duran - Ordinary World 16 Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere 15 Laura Branigan - Gloria 14 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 13 Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage - Stay High 12 The Coral - In The Morning 11 Felix - Don't You Want Me 10 Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer 9 Basement Jaxx - Romeo 8 Sugababes - Overload 7 Taylor Swift - Cardigan 6 The Teardrop Explodes - Reward 5 Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank 4 Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend 3 Prince - Purple Rain 2 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 1 Alicia Keys - No One

Four genuinely exceptional songs left, the right top 4. Will move vote to Keane now

Good to see it nicely poised at the top, rooting for some but won't say which to spoil votes. Nice to see the worst song is where it belongs :kink:

I still haven't stopped wondering why people are talking about Match of the Day in chart discussions...

01 (06) The Holy - The Incredible Ibex (01) (04) 02 UP ENTRY 03 (04) Sprints - Heavy (03) (06) 04 (01) Pendulum - Anti-Hero (Triple J Like-a-Version) (01) (08) (2 weeks) 05 (03) MGMT - Mother Nature (01) (10) (4 weeks) 06 (05) The Blinders - Always (04) (09) 07 (09) Bob Vylan - Hunger Games (07) (06) 08 (18) TR/ST feat. Jake Shears - Being Boring (08) (03) 09 (07) ellis - Forever (02) (12) 10 (10) Underworld - Denver Luna (02) (10) 11 (11) cell m8 - stay.x (11) (07) 12 (16) Vitesse X - Fortress (12) (04) 13 (26) Jamie Webster feat. Brooke Combe - Better Day (13) (02) 14 (08) HEALTH - Demigods (08) (06) 15 (17) NewDad - White Ribbons (15) (05) 16 (22) Real Estate - Haunted World (16) (03) 17 (14) Karma Kid - The Gates Will Open (01) (15) (4 weeks) 18 (12) Enola Gay feat. Mount Polamar - Terra Firma (07) (11) 19 (20) Swim School - Give Me a Reason Why (19) (04) 20 (25) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Bandung Hum (20) (03) 21 (19) Sampha - Can't Go Back (19) (05) 22 (13) Vegyn feat. Lauren Auder - Halo Flip (02) (14) 23 (32) Squid - Fugue (Bin Song) (23) (02) 24 (21) Yerbby feat. STM - Sadclubbing (21) (05) 25 (30) Holly Humberstone feat. MUNA - Into Your Room (25) (03) 26 (15) TR/ST - Robrash (15) (05) 27 (35) Jamie xx - It's So Good (27) (02) 28 (42) Bicep - CHROMA 001 HELIUM (28) (01) 29 (29) The KVB - Labyrinths (29) (02) 30 (41) The Libertines - Shiver (30) (01) 31 (23) Ride - Peace Sign (23) (05) 32 (28) Another Sky - The Pain (32) (02) 33 (**) Little Simz - Mood Swings (33) (01) 34 (27) charlieeeeee feat. Piri - Easy (27) (04) 35 (**) Burial - Boy Sent From Above (35) (01) 36 (24) HEALTH - Ashamed (04) (13) 37 (28) IDLES - Grace (10) (10) 38 (46) Nia Archives - Crowded Roomz (38) (01) 39 (31) VLURE - Heaven Sent (14) (11) 40 (33) Love Fame Tragedy - Don't You Want To Sleep With Someone Normal? (12) (09)

Leave Right Now is the only one of those I'd never listen to now, but I suspect I'll be voting for it for a while

18 Fred again.. and Obongjayar - adore u 15 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana 13 Kenya Grace - Strangers 12 Miley Cyrus - Flowers 11 Freya Ridings - Weekends 10 P!nk - TRUSTFALL 9 Troye Sivan - One Of Your Girls 8 Fred again.. and Baby Keem - leavemealone 7 Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding - Miracle 6 Chase And Status and Bou - Baddadan (feat. IRAH, Flowdan, Trigga and Takura) 5 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam 4 Nothing But Thieves - Welcome To The DCC 3 Sub Focus and Dimension - Ready To Fly 2 Taylor Swift - Karma 1 Florence + The Machine - Mermaids -2 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

01 (01) Pendulum - Anti-Hero (Triple J Like-a-Version) (01) (07) (2 weeks) 02 *UNKNOWN PLEASURES ENTRY* 03 (02) MGMT - Mother Nature (01) (09) (4 weeks) 04 (06) Sprints - Heavy (04) (05) 05 (03) The Blinders - Always (04) (08) 06 (13) The Holy - The Incredible Ibex (06) (03) 07 (04) ellis - Forever (02) (11) 08 (09) HEALTH - Demigods (08) (05) 09 (11) Bob Vylan - Hunger Games (09) (05) 10 (07) Underworld - Denver Luna (02) (09) 11 (14) cell m8 - stay.x (11) (06) 12 (10) Enola Gay feat. Mount Polamar - Terra Firma (07) (10) 13 (08) Vegyn feat. Lauren Auder - Halo Flip (02) (13) 14 (12) Karma Kid - The Gates Will Open (01) (14) (4 weeks) 15 (19) TR/ST - Robrash (15) (04) 16 (22) Vitesse X - Fortress (16) (03) 17 (15) NewDad - White Ribbons (15) (04) 18 (28) TR/ST feat. Jake Shears - Being Boring (18) (02) 19 (21) Sampha - Can't Go Back (19) (04) 20 (25) Swim School - Give Me a Reason Why (20) (03) 21 (26) Yerbby feat. STM - Sadclubbing (21) (04) 22 (30) Real Estate - Haunted World (22) (02) 23 (29) Ride - Peace Sign (23) (04) 24 (16) HEALTH - Ashamed (04) (12) 25 (37) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Bandung Hum (25) (02) 26 (**) Jamie Webster feat. Brooke Coombe - Better Day (26) (01) 27 (32) charlieeeeee feat. Piri - Easy (27) (03) 28 (18) IDLES - Grace (10) (09) 29 (47) The KVB - Labyrinths (29) (01) 30 (33) Holly Humberstone feat. MUNA - Into Your Room (30) (02) 31 (20) VLURE - Heaven Sent (14) (10) 32 (44) Squid - Fugue (Bin Song) (32) (01) 33 (23) Love Fame Tragedy - Don't You Want To Sleep With Someone Normal? (12) (08) 34 (27) Everything Everything - Cold Reactor (07) (12) 35 (41) Jamie xx - It's So Good (35) (01) 36 (17) Gossip - Crazy Again (11) (08) 37 (24) Pale Blue Eyes - Green Eyes (17) (06) 38 (50) Another Sky - The Pain (38) (01) 39 (35) Antony Szmierek - How Did You Get Here? (01) (17) (4 weeks) 40 (40) Real Lies - Shirley Road (17) (11)

+25 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 24 Doves - Black And White Town 23 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 22 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 21 Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dog - Still D.R.E. 20 The Cure - Friday I'm In Love 19 Gorillaz - 19-2000 18 Ash - Oh Yeah 17 REM - Imitation Of Life 16 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 15 Grace - Not Over Yet 14 Chicane featuring Máire Brennan - Saltwater 13 Robin S. - Show Me Love 12 They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul 11 Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms 10 Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (1989 remix) 9 Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God 8 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 7 Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life 6 Prince and The Revolution - Kiss 5 Pink - Don't Let Me Get Me 4 Lewis Capaldi - Bruises 3 Joan Osborne - One Of Us 2 The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) 1 Linkin Park - What I've Done

I do think it's much better having the two separated. Qualifying for the race followed by qualifying for the sprint made very little sense.

01 (03) Pendulum - Anti-Hero (Triple J Like-a-Version) (01) (06) (1 week) 02 (01) MGMT - Mother Nature (01) (08) (4 weeks) 03 (04) The Blinders - Always (04) (07) 04 (02) ellis - Forever (02) (10) 05 *UP ENTRY* 06 (08) Sprints - Heavy (06) (04) 07 (05) Underworld - Denver Luna (02) (08) 08 (06) Vegyn feat. Lauren Auder - Halo Flip (02) (12) 09 (10) HEALTH - Demigods (09) (04) 10 (07) Enola Gay feat. Mount Polamar - Terra Firma (07) (09) 11 (20) Bob Vylan - Hunger Games (11) (04) 12 (09) Karma Kid - The Gates Will Open (01) (13) (4 weeks) 13 (27) The Holy - The Incredible Ibex (13) (02) 14 (19) cell m8 - stay.x (14) (05) 15 (23) NewDad - White Ribbons (15) (03) 16 (13) HEALTH - Ashamed (04) (11) 17 (11) Gossip - Crazy Again (11) (07) 18 (14) IDLES - Grace (10) (08) 19 (22) TR/ST - Robrash (19) (03) 20 (15) VLURE - Heaven Sent (14) (09) 21 (25) Sampha - Can't Go Back (21) (03) 22 (32) Vitesse X - Fortress (22) (02) 23 (16) Love Fame Tragedy - Don't You Want To Sleep With Someone Normal? (12) (07) 24 (17) Pale Blue Eyes - Green Eyes (17) (05) 25 (34) Swim School - Give Me a Reason Why (25) (02) 26 (28) Yerbby feat. STM - Sadclubbing (26) (03) 27 (21) Everything Everything - Cold Reactor (07) (11) 28 (**) TR/ST feat. Jake Shears - Being Boring (28) (01) 29 (31) Ride - Peace Sign (29) (03) 30 (43) Real Estate - Haunted World (30) (01) 31 (18) Bob Vylan - He's a Man (02) (13) 32 (37) charlieeeeee feat. Piri - Easy (32) (02) 33 (41) Holly Humberstone feat. MUNA - Into Your Room (33) (01) 34 (24) Arlo Parks - Jasmine (19) (05) 35 (29) Antony Szmierek - How Did You Get Here? (01) (16) (4 weeks) 36 (26) Kenya Grace - Paris (17) (06) 37 (**) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Bandung Hum (37) (01) 38 (30) Heartworms - May I Comply (04) (12) 39 (33) Slowdive - Andalucia Plays (02) (17) 40 (36) Real Lies - Shirley Road (17) (10)

Updated from the end of 2022: 01 - 0 02 - 4 - The Pipettes, Those Dancing Days, Karma Kid, The Postal Service 03 - 0 04 - 3 - Reverend and the Makers, Temples, Ibibio Sound Machine 05 - 1 - PNAU feat. Ladyhawke 06 - 1 - Riton & Kah-Lo 07 - 0 08 - 2 - Brenmar feat. UNiiQU3, Metric 09 - 0 10 - 2 - Grimes, Mr Fijiwiji 11 - 1 - Spinnerette 12 - 4 - Blackmill, Bibio, Kye Kye, Cousn 13 - 3 - Operator Please, Danny Brown feat. Purity Ring, Kevin de Vries 14 - 3 - TCTS, Paradis, Páula, Povoa & Jerge 15 - 2 - Animal Collective, DJ Koze 16 - 0 17 - 2 - Monkey Swallows The Universe, Ejecta 18 - 5 - Sally Shapiro, Best Coast, Nightwish, Ejeca, Piri & Tommy Villiers 19 - 0 20 - 1 - John Legend feat. Andre 3000 21 - 3 - Hayden Thorpe, Chew Lips, Desire Marea 22 - 2 - Los Campesinos!, Gregory & The Hawk 23 - 7 - Ida Maria, Alex Metric, Us the Duo, Cosmo's Midnight feat. Nicole Millar, Felix Jaehn, Salute, Turnstile 24 - 2 - The Shortwave Set, Groove Armada 25 - 0 26 - 2 - Foals, Hurtsfall 27 - 0 28 - 2 - Zuzu, Sprints 29 - 1 - Doss 30 - 0 31 - 0 32 - 4 - Les Loups, Right Hand Left Hand, W. H. Lung, Public Service Broadcasting 33 - 1 - Boards of Canada 34 - 0 35 - 1 - Be Charlotte 36 - 2 - Anna Prior, Caroline Loveglow 37 - 3 - Bulow, Circe, Dead Pony 38 - 1 - Slow Crush 39 - 0 40 - 1 - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins 41 - 0 42 - 0 DNQ - 43 - The Comet Is Coming, The Cost of Loving, Hak Baker

Delighted with another second, no chance of having any disappointment this time being so far off the lead. Two top 3 finishes in 107 contests followed by 2 in 2! :lol: Not sure how many of the biggest scores I'll have actually introduced The Postal Service to but still great to see them finish so high up, certainly in my top 5 albums of all time so amazing to see them appreciated. :wub: A great set of results, voted for the winner and 9 of the top 14 - was good to follow, fab hosting, Riser! I'm sure I'll be back sporadically, although tempted by an AQ chance :kink:

+5 cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe - Prada +4 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor +3 Billy Gillies feat. Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) +2 Tyla - Water +1 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -1 Dua Lipa - Houdini -2 Tate McRae - greedy -3 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me -4 Teddy Swims - Lose Control -5 Noah Kahan - Stick Season

01 (01) MGMT - Mother Nature (01) (06) (3 weeks) 02 (04) Underworld - Denver Luna (02) (06) 03 (05) ellis - Forever (03) (08) 04 (02) Vegyn feat. Lauren Auder - Halo Flip (02) (10) 05 (09) The Blinders - Always (05) (05) 06 (03) Karma Kid - The Gates Will Open (01) (11) (4 weeks) 07 (08) Enola Gay feat. Mount Polamar - Terra Firma (07) (07) 08 (15) Pendulum - Anti-Hero (Triple J Like-a-Version) (08) (04) 09 (06) HEALTH - Ashamed (04) (09) 10 (10) IDLES - Grace (10) (06) 11 (12) Gossip - Crazy Again (11) (05) 12 (13) Love Fame Tragedy - Don't You Want To Sleep With Someone Normal? (12) (05) 13 (07) Bob Vylan - He's a Man (02) (11) 14 (16) VLURE - Heaven Sent (14) (07) 15 (24) HEALTH - Demigods (15) (02) 16 (11) Everything Everything - Cold Reactor (07) (09) 17 (20) Kenya Grace - Paris (17) (04) 18 (29) Sprints - Heavy (18) (02) 19 (22) Arlo Parks - Jasmine (19) (03) 20 (14) Heartworms - May I Comply (04) (10) 21 (23) Pale Blue Eyes - Green Eyes (21) (03) 22 (18) Antony Szmierek - How Did You Get Here? (01) (14) (4 weeks) 23 (34) Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For (23) (02) 24 (31) cell m8 - stay.x (24) (03) 25 (19) Slowdive - Andalucia Plays (02) (15) 26 (17) Cleo Sol - Miss Romantic (03) (12) 27 (41) TR/ST - Robrash (27) (01) 28 (37) Bob Vylan - Hunger Games (28) (02) 29 (21) Real Lies - Shirley Road (17) (08) 30 (27) SWIM - Out There (27) (04) 31 (**) NewDad - White Ribbons (31) (01) 32 (25) The Vaccines - Lunar Eclipse (25) (05) 33 (45) Yerbby feat. STM - Sadclubbing (33) (01) 34 (26) Underworld feat. KETTAMA - g-town euphoria (luna) (24) (04) 35 (**) Sampha - Can't Go Back (35) (01) 36 (28) HAAi feat. Jon Hopkins & KAM-BU - Always Ascending (13) (09) 37 (30) NewDad - Nightmares (25) (06) 38 (**) Ride - Peace Sign (38) (01) 39 (35) Dead Leaf Echo - Call (02) (15) 40 (33) DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - Stronger Together (26) (06)

Voted in SF2. I had a clear top 7, then 5 more I'd have been happy to vote for.

The 20/20 Experience is such an excellent album, so consistent throughout. Not something I'd have imagined liking so much, but still something I listen to in full now.