Jade

I thought it was Ryan / Ramrynia behind mum-gate (!) but I could be completely wrong as it was before my time

Spotify has updated and... the top 40 dream is very much still alive, people: 94. ROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor - Berghain (+62) !!!

+05 Michael Jackson - Thriller +04 Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia +03 Lily Allen - Pussy Palace +02 Dave & Tems - Raindance +01 Olivia Dean - Man I Need -01 RAYE - Where Is My Husband -02 Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor -03 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) -04 Demon Hunters Cast - Golden -05 Taylor Swift - Opalite

I've fallen behind with many threads while hosting BJSC but slowly catching up now and I've thoroughly enjoyed the write-ups! A lot of these memories are coming back to me, especially 'Axel F', which really was everywhere. I was graduating out of kids TV a bit more by this point and piggy-backing on some shows my parents were watching, like X Factor U.K. and the ringtone adverts were always on. That and magazines being covered in ringtone / wallpaper pages... what a time capsule! They went to town with the merch indeed, my brother had the Crazy Frog Racer game on the PS2 and bought a key ring that played the song while we were in Spain, so even on holiday it couldn't be escaped! Quite impressive that it (frog)spawned several other hits for the character as well and has an eye-watering amount of YouTube views even now. Annoying on paper but as a 7/8 year old at the time time I get you on the nostalgia front. That riff is a classic in any form. Just realised that the time gap between Harold Faltermeyer and Crazy Frog is the same as the Crazy Frog release to now :x My favourite to drop out since I last commented is 'All About You'. The orchestration is wonderful.

I've never really got into that Eternal song unfortunately but absolutely love 'Block Rockin' Beats', what a rush and standout chart topper.

SEMI FINAL 1 +25 Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth +24 The xx - On Hold +23 Hozier - Take Me To Church +22 Lana Del Rey - A&W +21 The 1975 - Somebody Else +20 Chemical Brothers - Go (feat. Q-Tip) +19 Billie Eilish - bury a friend +18 My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay +17 Ghost - Mary On A Cross +16 Caroline Polachek - Welcome to My Island +15 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +14 Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love +13 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana +12 Little Mix - Touch +11 Dua Lipa - Training Season +10 Troye Sivan - One Of Your Girls +09 Taylor Swift - cardigan +08 Doja Cat - Say So +07 Charli xcx - Girl, so confusing (feat. Lorde) +06 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five +05 Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me +04 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate +03 Wet Leg - Chaise Longue +02 Charli xcx - Guess (feat. Billie Eilish) +01 Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out SEMI FINAL 2 +25 Metric - Doomscroller +24 Taylor Swift & Bon Iver - exile +23 Fontaines D.C. - Starburster +22 Ariana Grande - God is a woman +21 Blossoms - Charlemagne +20 Måneskin - ZITTI E BUONI +19 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) +18 Fat Dog - King of the Slugs +17 Charli xcx - Vroom Vroom +16 MGMT - Little Dark Age +15 Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. +14 Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams +13 Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything +12 Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better +11 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? +10 Charli xcx - Von dutch +09 The Anxiety - Meet Me At Our Spot +08 Calvin Harris - Pray To God (feat. HAIM) +07 Au/Ra & CamelPhat - Panic Room +06 Billie Eilish - bad guy +05 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar +04 Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine +03 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) +02 Camila Cabello - Havana (feat. Young Thug) +01 Charli xcx - 360

Yes well done John for the full house yesterday! today's game: Round 1: 36 (didn't get: 1972) Round 2: 27 (didn't get: Andy Gibb, The Belle Stars, The Icicle Works) 3-in-10: 3 (I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, Crazy, Dude (Looks Like a Lady))

Yeah I think prior to 'Blush-gate' people would PM each other potentials but after that it had to be more transparent and public, with a national final instead I remember being on holiday and having to catch up on both that and 'Polite Message', where the Lounge was temporarily locked down by Rooney - 2016 was wild

The oddly specific circumstances of Hendinia winning a spin-off, failing to vote, then Jadakissnia winning by default happening about three times

Glad the session could go ahead in the end! Sent my votes in now :)

Thank GOD I didn't get vetoed oops I got vetoed

Thanks for the first half of the results so far, Liam! Pleased that I have a top answer streak going now. I’ll chalk ‘APT.’ down to recency bias as it would’ve been mentioned on the forum a lot over the past year.

Yay, my love for Dave aside, there was a lot of recent chat on the forum about British artists smashing it that week with both Dave and Lily doing so well in the albums.

Glad I wasn't the only one to put Darius! Former BuzzJack Artist Forum icon ❤️

Oh wow I can’t believe I didn’t think of ‘Blue Monday’ as it’s one of my favourite songs I think The Cure popped into my head first because it was mentioned in the streaming thread recently. Still a respectable answer there at least.

Yay a good start, recency bias paying off there.

Hype! Fingers crossed I can redeem myself from my previous performance in Family Fortunes.

Ooh ‘Berghain’ up a place compared to yesterday’s mids! Prayer circle for that to stay top 40. Nice to see ‘Reliquia’ and ‘La Perla’ at #52 and #53 for ROSALÍA too ❤️

This album is #2 in the U.K. midweeks!! A surreal moment 🥰

@Brer pop emergency!! I feel like a proud parent not only seeing ROSALÍA in the top 40 with this album but as high as #2 in the mids *.* so deserved

Spotify has updated, 'Berghain' has lasted another day - #156 today.

I have a soft spot for 'Too Much' as it's so interlinked with Spiceworld: The Movie... a 'so bad it's good' film that was a staple of my childhood. The classy strings are a warm listen at Christmas time too. However, I'd definitely say it was the weakest of the four Spiceworld singles. 'Barbie Girl' is an earworm and I enjoy the satirical lyrics. Not something I particularly seek out but I appreciate its place in pop culture.

'Lay All Your Love On Me' is my favourite ABBA song but it had stiff competition from that Kraftwerk double A-side in its respective group for sure. I'm so glad that 'The Model' eventually got to be a chart-topper as it's my favourite #1 of the 1980s, even if it dates back to the '70s, making it feel even more futuristic. Hearing those synths for the first time was such a magical moment for me and helped to shape that large facet of my music taste. 'Computer Love' is special too, with a timeless riff and equally standout lyrics. The Computer World album is so strong in general. Duran Duran are on a good run right now, so can't fault that top pick, although I think 'Love Action (I Believe In Love)' would just pip it for me - another group who are on top form and we haven't even got to their signature song yet *.* I would be happy to never hear a medley again after the overload of them on SyncTube but do agree that 'Hooked On Classics' is a better example of them! Back to snapping on that latest group as 'Tainted Love' is a synth classic - that's how you do a cover version! I was unaware of the lengthier 'Where Did Our Love Go?' mash-up version until yesterday's session, but happy to report that it worked well in that form too. Ultravox a mighty fine runner-up.

Yay well done both for all those 39s today's game: Round 1: 36 (didn't get: 1967 - one year out) Round 2: 36 (didn't get: 1991 - one year out) 3-in-10: 3 (Viva La Vida, Paradise, Charlie Brown)

Oops missed a couple of rounds... going for McFly at the moment as well.