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Just had the same experience - Espresso autoplay after Billie. It'd make more sense to be Chapelle Roan if anything (or Alanis No Pressure Over Cappuccino if they had to play a coffee related post album track :coffee:

Fake Plastic Trees was one of my favourite songs ever (although Pyramid Song came very close to topping it). That and Street Spirit were best tracks on The Bends but pretty much s great album start ro finish. I actually agree with Thom Yorke though that High and Dry is weak by their standards. Fine but a bit too ordinary.

Depends on definition of one hit wonder. Joan had a no. 33 hit in.the UK a few months after with 'St Teresa' which had similar religious lyrics..didn't chart in her native US and no.further chart hits.

Hmmm I wonder if you're thinking what I'm thinking and with the Power of Pinkfong we can ge the deserved Baby Shark Supremacy at no.1 :magic:

Can't wait for this either! Wasn't around for this last time but my 30 pointer wasn't even top 100. Hope I can help them in.... :thinking:

Apart from As It Was nothing really outstaying its welcome for a change - Artemas and Hozier if anything are fading a bit too fast for my liking :angry:

'One of Us' was very unusual for a top 10 hit, then and now as lyrically it's a theology discussion/contemplation set to music. Can't think of many others - there have of course been worship tracks but nothing that jumps to mind that is more meaning of life. Kate Bush 'Sat in Your Lap', Sam Sparro 'Black and Gold' possibly. Great tune though - and even that style wasn't very typical of the charts. Just a surprise hit all round. So many other great tracks already in year 'Street Spirit' is hauntingly beautiful of course and 'Lifted' is of course radio friendly but very lovely, sunny soul without cynicism.

Slight Return :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: A surprise that this made no.2 as The Bluetones were fairly unknown but OMG this is just perfect, heartfelt indie pop. One of the best - though I also rated 'If' just as highly from them.

Expected better in the UK tbh. At least it beat Eden Golan though!

This is nice - and good to see more Brits do well as it's been an extremely US dominated chart this year, more than usual (even though with some excellent stuff)

'Birds in the Sky' deserves a play as often skipped but OMG have seen the video with the 2 guys posing influencer style? Cringe as shit!

I don't mind AIW re-entering but don't think it should have got a play over Joost, for example.

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I've never heard the Joost track so need to check it out. All these doing better than Olly - yikes! Reminds me a bit of Seven Nation Army, this Baby Lasagna one

Are they not playing Joost due to the controversy over his expulsion? Mind you they play artists who are a zillion times more controversial all the time!

Nemo on the chartshow is a bit of a scoop!

Forgot this was out - listening to now. Will be ages till I know if this is her best, especially as her last two are absolutely 10/10 for me but starting the listen after listen party now to find out. :banana:

Yes the world is getting really, really dangerous. So irrespective of his politics, if someone does get shot then that isn't a way of winning the argument and just furthermore inflames revenge attacks from people who share his politics, often scapegoating the innocent.

So what do people buy a CD and can wait weeks to actually get it? (as the despatch date can match when record company see maximum chart impact) And are the fanshappy with that? Or have I misunderstood?

Wow thanks Gezza for such an amazing rundown - was going to say trip down Memory lane but was barely alive during this year. But so so much quality! Looking forward to 1981 as well!

Satisfying? Not to millions of Eurovision fans who have enjoyed the contest for decades. :( Unless enough countries did that so they expelled Israel but EBU would never go for that, would they?

Article about it. Yes it's that horrible Julia Hartley Brewer but it's illustrative of what I think is common, garden homophobia dressed up as "too offensive". She says she would feel the same about heterosexual nudity but funnily, enough it's the male gay one that she singles out. https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/14/pear...lm-on-steroids/ Yes you could argue she's a reactionary bigot but for me, it subtly shows that homophobia is on the rise and many people are now saying the "quiet bit loud". Don't want to be negative but guess it shows what we are dealing with in society.

Training Season peaked at 4, spent 5 weeks in the top 10 and a further 4 in the top 20. If that's not a "proper" hit, the bar has to be pretty damn high!

Thanks for clarification but that feels a bit "all countries are equal but some are more equal than others" But we live in a world where money talks. Although the fact that UK phoned in its entrants with no.hope of winning for several years but people still watch means that maybe there would still be healthy ratings for a UKless show f they didn't qualify on merit.

Well not in all the interim elections especially with the hot topic of abortion getting the Dem vote out, but Biden not taken a braver stance of Israel has cost him a lot of the votes. But Trump, WTF are people smoking? I feel really sorry for trans people as he's just declared he's going to end all rights for them on day 1 - the evil fascist.