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I forgot about Man. I don't mind that one to be honest. There is just nothing to some of the songs, they sound like discarded attempts that they've just decided to dump on a CD.

My opinion (for what its worth lol). Progressed isn't as good as Progress by a long way. Love Love is a great song and I love When We Were Young I think its a brilliant song. Don't Say Goodbye and The Day The Work Is Done are Ok, Aliens is poor, so is Wonderful World and Beautiful is absolutely dreadful. Really disappointed to be honest.

That Blue song is flippin atrocious even by Eurovision standards.

Another fantastic year you can't whack the eighties. 15 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Absolute classic should get far more airplay than it does) 12 Foreigner - I want To Know What Love Is 10 Midge Ure - If I Was 8 Wham - I'm Your Man 6 Jagger / Bowie - Dancing In The Street 5 Shakey - Merry Christms Everyone 4 Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love 3 Page / Dickson - I Know Him So well 2 Whitney - Saving All My Love For You 1 Madonna - Into The Groove - 2 USA For Africa - We Are The World - The only bad song in the list. Awesome year for number ones.

I suppose I'm a bit biased because I love eighties stuff and it has a very eighties sound to it. On another note I do not know what they are playing at though why release a song in midweek, no airplay, no cd release, nothing. Everywhere you look you read comments like "I haven't heard it yet". How do they expect to sell copies if people aren't hearing it? Perhaps they just don't care?

Yeah it is. Deserves to be number 1.

I think its amazing just my kind of song!!

15 Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor 12 Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners 10 House Of Fun - Madness 8 The Land Of Make Believe - Bucks Fizz 6 Fame - Irene Cara 5 Happy Talk - Captain Sensible 4 I Don't Wanna Dance - Eddie Grant 3 Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney / Stevie Wonder 2 Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant 1 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club - 2 Save Your Love - Renee & Renato

15 Imagine - John Lennon 12 Tainted Love - Soft Cell 10 Woman - John Lennon 08 Jealous Guy - Roxy Music 06 Ghost Town - The Specials 05 Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz 04 Don't You Want Me - The Human League 03 Being With You - Smokey Robinson 02 Japanese Boy - Aneka 01 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police -2 Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce

I fail to see how it can sound like both they sound nothing alike. :huh:

Now we're talking : 15 Abba - The Winner Takes it All (Classic!!) 12 Blondie - The Tide is High 10 John lennon - Just like Starting over 8 Abba - Super Trouper 6 Detroit Spinners - Working My Way Back To You 5 Blondie - Call Me 4 Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me 3 barbara Streisand - Woman in Love 2 Olivia Newton John - Xanadu 1 Blondie - Atomic What a year for music.

Gotta be the eighties.

The thing with Adele though is yes she's going to have a massive selling album but then will she get another one, then another one then another one? Will she get four two million selling albums? I very much doubt it.

5000 last week. Its barely selling at all now to be honest.

Has Progress topped the two million mark yet? I've seen nothing to say so but it must have surely?

15 Back For Good - Take That 12 Dreamer - Livin Joy 10 I'd Do Anything For Love - Meat Loaf 8 If You Tolerate This - Manic Street Preachers 6 The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve 5 Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis 4 Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'Connor 3 Maria - Blondie 2 Stay Another Day - East 17 1 Let Me Be Your Fantasy - Baby D -2 Beetlebum - Blur

She's "the fashion" at the moment and her sales are being stretched out. In the future she will probably get bigger initial sales but over a lesser time frame. As someone pointed out there is nothing new around both the singles and album charts are fairly stale and thats also helping her. Personally, whilst I don't deny she has talent, I find her stuff boring.

Seems like the voting has pretty much been done now. Thanks everyone.

15 Manic Street preacher - If You Tolerate This 12 Boyzone - No Matter What 10 Robbie Williams - Millennium 8 Spice Girls - Goodbye 6 All Saints - Never Ever 5 Baddiel / Skinner / Lightning Seeds Three lions 98 4 Cher - Belive 3 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On 2 Spice Girls - Viva Forever 1 Madonna - Frozen - 2 Another Level - Freak Me

Thanks mate. Thats the point isn't it its not neccessarily about which is the best song its about what would best promote an album and what would appeal generally. Like the way you're thinking. Personally I'd have voted for Walk Away Renee as its got the sort of tune that is difficult not to singalong to and its very radio friendly. Just out of interest, which of those listed songs is your favourite?

Another awful year!! 15 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work 12 Olive - You're Not Alone 10 R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 8 Spice Girls - Mama / Who Do You Think You Are 6 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind 5 No Doubt - Don't Speak 4 Spice Girls - Too Much 3 Various Artists - Perfect Day 2 Eternal - I Wanna Be The Only One 1 Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait -2 Telletubbies

Thanks to those who have voted so far. The Chas N Dave one of course should be Aint No Pleasing You.

Ok. This I admit is a bit of a strange topic but hey humour me. I was in the car with a friend yesterday and she was playing a tape with the listed songs on. She said to me "If you were in a band and you had these songs at your disposal (for an album or something) which one would you release as the main single". As they have all been hits I suppose you could choose any of them really but just to play the game I was told to pick just one and I found it really, really difficult to choose. I did choose one in the end so did she but I thought for fun I'd post a poll on here and see what people voted for, so if you'd be so kind as to humour me as requested I'd be grateful.

God, what a poor year, nowhere near as strong as 2005. 15 Baddiel / Skinner / Lightning Seeds - Three Lions 12 Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger 10 Spice Girls - 2 become 1 8 Gina G - Ooh Ah Just A Little Bit 7 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffanys 6 Boyzone - Words 5 Babylon Zoo - Spaceman 4 Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack 3 Gary Barlow - Forever Love 2 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There 1 Take That - How Deep Is Your Love -2 George Michael - Jesus To A Child - Possibly the most boring song ever made.

Oh Ok then . -02 Robson And Jerome - I Believe / Up On The Roof.