Jester

Matt Cardle was the last X Factor winner that I actually liked. When We Collide is a decent cover.

I hope the great Abs track lasts at least a little while.

Fool No More is fab! Shame on you all :(

Glad you enjoyed the thread 🥳

Even if you did miss the end of 1987 😉🧐

The Wretch 32 song isn’t half bad actually.

An awful JLS song. No change there then.

No! Glad You Came is superb and a contender for my top 5 of the year! 😮😮

Jester’s Top Tunes 1058 1 (4) Kylie Minogue - Light Up // 12-8-4-1 (4 wks) 1 week at number 1 2 (1) Michael Jackson – Human Nature // 6-1-1-2 (4 wks) 3 (2) The Chemical Brothers – Go // 7-1-2-2-3 (5 wks) 4 (5) Olivia Rodrigo – The Cure // 9-5-4 (3 wks) 5 (3) Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran – Repeat It // 11-10-4-3-5 (5 wks) 6 (10) Mystery Jets – A Hole To See The Sky Through I // 10-6 (2 wks) 7 (7) Tame Impala feat. JENNIE – Dracula (JENNIE Remix) // 2-1-1-3-5-6-7-7 (8 wks) 8 (11) Slayyyter – DANCE… // 11-8 (2 wks) 9 (8) Sombr – Potential // 10-7-4-3-1-4-7-8-9 (9 wks) 10 (6) Noah Kahan – Doors // 9-5-2-5-6-10 (6 wks) 11 (12) Taylor Swift – I Knew It, I Knew You // 12-11 (2 wks) 12 (9) Temper City – Self Aware // 12-10-8-3-9-12 (6 wks) 13 (15) Boards Of Canada – You Retreat In Time And Space // 20-15-13 (3 wks) 14 (-) Silva Bumpa – On 2Nite // 14 (1 wk) 15 (21) Alex Warren – PASSENGER // 21-15 (2 wks) 16 (22) Madonna – Love Sensation // 22-16 (2 wks) 17 (13) Alex Warren – Fever Dream // 19-15-12-11-9-6-5-3-1-3-5-7-9-10-13-17 (16 wks) 18 (16) ANOTR & 54 Ultra – Talk To You // 9-6-4-2-2-6-14-15-16-18 (10 wks) 19 (17) Harry Styles – American Girls // 9-1-1-1-3-5-6-7-8-9-13-14-17-19 (14 wks) 20 (-) ANOTR & 3DDY – It’s So Nice // 20 (1 wk) 21 (-) Chrystal – The One // 21 (1 wk) 22 (14) Prospa & Cloonee – Free Your Mind // 21-7-4-3-12-14-22 (7 wks) 23 (18) Sombr – Homewrecker // 10-8-4-4-2-2-5-4-2-1-1-3-6-10-14-16-16-18-23 (19 wks) 24 (19) Madonna – I Feel So Free // 10-5-4-2-7-13-19-24 (8 wks) 25 (23) Olivia Rodrigo – Drop Dead // 11-11-9-6-13-17-17-23-25 (9 wks) 26 (24) Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – Rein Me In // 13-11-10-6-4-3-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-4-5-4-7-8-9-11-13-17-20-22-24-26 (26 wks) 27 (25) Tame Impala – My Old Ways // 13-5-4-2-5-8-14-18-22-24-25-27 (12 wks) 28 (26) Harry Styles – Aperture // 10-5-2-1-3-3-5-5-8-8-12-13-14-14-15-18-21-23-25-26-28 (21 wks) 29 (27) Pulp – Background Noise // 7-5-1-1-3-4-6-7-7-9-13-14-14-14-14-15-16-17-19-22-24-26-27-29 (23 wks) 30 (28) Djo – The Crux // 4-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-8-10-14-15-15-15-15-16-17-18-20-23-26-27-28-30 (24 wks) 31 (20) Mystery Jets – Black Sage // 12-11-11-20-31 (5 wks) 32 (29) Becky Hill - >>>hands on me<<< // 20-15-15-18-19-29-32 (7 wks) 33 (30) Mantaraybryn – Buzz and Tommy // 20-19-23-30-33 (5 wks) 34 (34) Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night // 9-4-1-5-6-6-6-10-10-10-13-16-19-21-22-25-31-32-34-34-34 (21 wks) 35 (33) Taylor Swift – Elizabeth Taylor // 21-16-14-20-23-35-27-21-12-8-7-6-3-3-2-4-8-12-17-24-27-29-33-35 (24 wks) 36 (31) The Strokes – Falling Out Of Love // 16-15-18-31-36 (5 wks) 37 (32) Sonny Fodera & Libianca – Let Me Be In Your Arms // 21-21-32-37 (4 wks) 38 (35) PinkPantheress feat. Zara Larsson – Stateside // 11-9-5-3-3-7-2-7-8-9-13-16-21-26-29-30-35-38 (18 wks) 39 (36) Romy – Love Who You Love // 10-6-3-1-1-1-3-5-6-6-8-11-12-13-14-16-16-16-17-20-22-22-23-24-25-27-30-31-32-36-39 (31 wks) 40 (37) Taylor Swift – Opalite // 18-15-11-9-4-7-6-3-2-5-6-11-18-4-1-2-4-6-9-16-17-20-22-23-23-26-29-33-35-37-40 (31 wks)

Good choice for last. That is the only good thing about it.

I thought Len was around in the summer! Nonetheless, great track (and I love the movie Go).

After all these years (I’ve been watching each week it’s been on since they were on 1986) of TOTP repeats they say goodbye to the 20th century. I’ll miss the 90s (again).

My Facebook tripped out but has let me log back in at last. Weirdness.

Ahh the number 1 I thought you would have and this would be mine as well. Fantastic song.

Only Girl is indeed a right banger. It’s a shame The Flood couldn’t have been number 1 as well, but there was no stopping Rihanna in 2010.

I’d probably have Bad Romance at 2, which is pretty similar where it would be in 2009 (2 or even 1 for that year), so having it lower down is fair given it topped the 2009 rate. By far her best song of course and rightfully a classic.

Personally I would go with Pulp (one of the big 4 Britpop bands, 2 number 2 singles and 3 number 1 albums). Subjectively, REM is a good shout too.

Jester’s Top Tunes 1057 1 (1) Michael Jackson – Human Nature // 6-1-1 (3 wks) 2 weeks at number 1 2 (2) The Chemical Brothers – Go // 7-1-2-2 (4 wks) 3 (4) Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran – Repeat It // 11-10-4-3 (4 wks) 4 (8) Kylie Minogue - Light Up // 12-8-4 (3 wks) 5 (9) Olivia Rodrigo – The Cure // 9-5 (2 wks) 6 (5) Noah Kahan – Doors // 9-5-2-5-6 (5 wks) 7 (6) Tame Impala feat. JENNIE – Dracula (JENNIE Remix) // 2-1-1-3-5-6-7 (7 wks) 8 (7) Sombr – Potential // 10-7-4-3-1-4-7-8 (8 wks) 9 (3) Temper City – Self Aware // 12-10-8-3-9 (5 wks) 10 (-) Mystery Jets – A Hole To See The Sky Through I // 10 (1 wk) 11 (-) Slayyyter – DANCE… // 11 (1 wk) 12 (-) Taylor Swift – I Knew It, I Knew You // 12 (1 wk) 13 (10) Alex Warren – Fever Dream // 19-15-12-11-9-6-5-3-1-3-5-7-9-10-13 (15 wks) 14 (12) Prospa & Cloonee – Free Your Mind // 21-7-4-3-12-14 (6 wks) 15 (20) Boards Of Canada – You Retreat In Time And Space // 20-15 (2 wks) 16 (15) ANOTR & 54 Ultra – Talk To You // 9-6-4-2-2-6-14-15-16 (9 wks) 17 (14) Harry Styles – American Girls // 9-1-1-1-3-5-6-7-8-9-13-14-17 (13 wks) 18 (16) Sombr – Homewrecker // 10-8-4-4-2-2-5-4-2-1-1-3-6-10-14-16-16-18 (18 wks) 19 (13) Madonna – I Feel So Free // 10-5-4-2-7-13-19 (7 wks) 20 (11) Mystery Jets – Black Sage // 12-11-11-20 (4 wks) 21 (-) Alex Warren – PASSENGER // 21 (1 wk) 22 (-) Madonna – Love Sensation // 22 (1 wk) 23 (17) Olivia Rodrigo – Drop Dead // 11-11-9-6-13-17-17-23 (8 wks) 24 (22) Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – Rein Me In // 13-11-10-6-4-3-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-4-5-4-7-8-9-11-13-17-20-22-24 (25 wks) 25 (24) Tame Impala – My Old Ways // 13-5-4-2-5-8-14-18-22-24-25 (11 wks) 26 (25) Harry Styles – Aperture // 10-5-2-1-3-3-5-5-8-8-12-13-14-14-15-18-21-23-25-26 (20 wks) 27 (26) Pulp – Background Noise // 7-5-1-1-3-4-6-7-7-9-13-14-14-14-14-15-16-17-19-22-24-26-27 (22 wks) 28 (27) Djo – The Crux // 4-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-8-10-14-15-15-15-15-16-17-18-20-23-26-27-28 (23 wks) 29 (19) Becky Hill - >>>hands on me<<< // 20-15-15-18-19-29 (6 wks) 30 (23) Mantaraybryn – Buzz and Tommy // 20-19-23-30 (4 wks) 31 (18) The Strokes – Falling Out Of Love // 16-15-18-31 (4 wks) 32 (21) Sonny Fodera & Libianca – Let Me Be In Your Arms // 21-21-32 (3 wks) 33 (29) Taylor Swift – Elizabeth Taylor // 21-16-14-20-23-35-27-21-12-8-7-6-3-3-2-4-8-12-17-24-27-29-33 (23 wks) 34 (34) Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night // 9-4-1-5-6-6-6-10-10-10-13-16-19-21-22-25-31-32-34-34 (20 wks) 35 (30) PinkPantheress feat. Zara Larsson – Stateside // 11-9-5-3-3-7-2-7-8-9-13-16-21-26-29-30-35 (17 wks) 36 (32) Romy – Love Who You Love // 10-6-3-1-1-1-3-5-6-6-8-11-12-13-14-16-16-16-17-20-22-22-23-24-25-27-30-31-32-36 (30 wks) 37 (35) Taylor Swift – Opalite // 18-15-11-9-4-7-6-3-2-5-6-11-18-4-1-2-4-6-9-16-17-20-22-23-23-26-29-33-35-37 (30 wks) 38 (28) Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter – Bring Your Love // 13-11-19-25-28-38 (6 wks) 39 (37) Gorillaz, Asha Puthii, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought – The Moon Cave // 14-11-8-2-6-8-11-13-18-19-23-27-28-36-37-39 (16 wks) 40 (39) Radiohead – Let Down // 9-5-1-1-4-6-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-10-14-14-16-15-15-17-18-20-24-26-28-28-28-28-30-31-32-32-34-34-36-37-37-38-39-40 (40 wks)

If SFG is rock, it’s of the very softest pop kind. They did much better, but they were way too schmaltzy for me.

Skyfall by miles.

Charles and Di’s wedding in 1981. I was 5 but can remember the hype (my sister had a scrapbook). I also recall the Falklands war in 1982 and the miners strike in 1984.

Also, the Atomic Kitten debut was a banger! Totally forgot about that one.

Also loved Alice Deejay’s Back In My Life. Great follow up.

Ooh the first (and only) forum switch for my TOTP fix!

Yeah, I agree love Northern Star. Mel C really was the most talented Spice Girl.