Gezza

I think as the track ("Tragedy") was already available on an album not much was expected of it despite the , then, recent examples to the contrary from take that and Boyzone not to mention 911.

So some facts about the top 5: There are 12 thirty pointers to be given out between four acts, meaning that 1 act left never got maximum points from any voter# All acts attracted at least 25 voters All will be revealed by the end of the week!

Well their artist forum was all over the rate from the off and they were third for a while (even led after the first set of votes thanks to Leonardo).

NO 6- STEPS ( 20)- 498 POINTS Voter: Leonardo- 30pts, Josh!- 20pts, Darrenjames- 21pts, Electroboy-18pts, JosephBoone- 14pts, Spiceboy- 28pts, AaronTM- 24pts, Lukuzz- 25 pts, Padamic Tension- 29pts, Bris29- 26pts, Lillanv273- 20pts, Jay- 28pts, GreyAsh- 27pts, Quartonworks- 22pts, jra9189- 26pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 30pts, Dark Horse- 20pts, Rogue- 26pts, One_For_Sorrow- 30pts, Gooddelta- 28pts, Stonedragon- 6pts 17 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: TRAGEDY/ HEARTBEAT (#1, 1998) STOMP (#1, 2000) eySafA2hn0w

Well....that's a surprise!

NO 7- QUEEN ( 2)- 494 POINTS Voters: Leonardo- 16pts, Vibe- 22pts, Darrenjames- 6pts, Spiceboy- 23pts, Rio309- 24pts, AaronTM- 19pts, xajnipi- 29pts, Lukuzz- 27pts, Padamic Tension- 2pts, Mack- 21pts, Lillanv273- 23 pts, AH Gold- 5pts, Jordanlee- 19pts, Dark Horse- 22pts, Jason- 30pts, One_For_Sorrow- 9pts, King Rollo- 26pts, Chez Wombat- 7pts, marcinjaro- 26pts, Chartjack2- 30pts, popchartfreak- 21pts, JulianT- 28pts, Roba- 30pts, Stonedragon- 29pts 48 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (#1, 1975) UNDER PRESSURE (#1, 1981) INNUENDO (#1, 1991) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/ THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES (#1, 1991) FIVE LIVE EP (#1, 1993) WE WILL ROCK YOU (#1, 2000 o-0ygW-B_gI

Ridiculous- Went through the entire playlist over the last few days marking those I liked, those I loved, and those I wouldn't be voting for. In the last category i had the grand total of 8 so I've narrowed it down to a top 50 after a whole week!

NO 8- THE BEATLES ( 15)- 455 POINTS Voters: Leonardo- 3pts, Scene- 11pts, Darrenjames- 23pts, Spiceboy- 19pts, Jade- 30pts, Rio309- 17pts, xajnipi- 27pts, …Ready For It- 30pts, Lillanv273- 11pts, Quartonworks-8pts, Jimwatts- 30 pts, Jordanlee- 15pts, Jester- 20pts, Mango- 26pts, Chez Wombat- 24pts, Dandy*- 12pts, marcinjaro- 25pts, Chartjack2- 16pts, Popchartfreak- 30pts, JulianT- 30pts, Roba- 18pts, Stonedragon- 30pts 30 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: FROM ME TO YOU (#1, 1963) SHE LOVES YOU (#1, 1963) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (#1, 1963) CAN’T BUY ME LOVE (#1, 1964) A HARD DAY’S NIGHT (#1, 1964) I FEEL FINE (#1, 1964) TICKET TO RIDE (#1, 1965) HELP! (#1, 1965) DAY TRIPPER/ WE CAN WORK IT OUT (#1, 1965) PAPERBACK WRITER (#1, 1966) YELLOW SUBMARINE (#1, 1966) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (#1, 1967) HELLO GOODBYE (#1, 1967) LADY MADONNA (#1, 1968) HEY JUDE (#1, 1968) GET BACK (#1, 1969) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO (#1, 1969) NOW AND THEN (#1, 2023) S302kF8MJ-I

NO 9- THE PET SHOP BOYS ( 11)- 448 POINTS Voters: Darrenjames- 26pts, Gezza- 26pts, Electroboy- 29pts, Spiceboy- 6pts, xajnipi- 5pts, Padamic Tension – 24pts, AH Gold- 30pts, GreyAsh- 13pts, Jimwatts- 22pts, Jester- 6pts, Mango- 28pts, Detonate- 6pts, Smint- 3pts, Dark Horse- 28pts, Rogue- 3pts, Jason- 29pts, Goodddelta- 23pts, King Rollo- 23pts, Dandy*-29pts, Marcinjaro- 14pts, Popchartfreak- 28pts, JulianT- 15pts, Roba- 17pts, Stonedragon- 15pts 43 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WEST END GIRLS (#1, 1986) IT’S A SIN (#1, 1987) ALWAYS ON MY MIND (#1, 1987) HEART (#1, 1988) EGp0WBl2rsk

NO 10- THE KILLERS ( 10)- 414 POINTS Voters: Scene- 8pts, Darrenjames- 28pts, Gezza- 11pts, WhoOdyssey- 8pts, AaronTM- 2pts, xajnipi- 26pts, Padamic Tension- 27pts, Mack- 30pts, Bris29- 21pts, Jay- 13pts, AH Gold- 16pts, Jimwatts- 27pts, Jordanlee- 27pts, DoBelieveTheHype- 23pts, Mango- 16pts, Detonate- 27pts, Rogue- 10pts, Jason- 4pts, Riser- 21pts, One_For_Sorrow- 24pts, Chez Wombat- 16pts, Chartjack2- 11pts, JulianT- 18pts 13 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG (#2, 2006) B3Xgd4bLgnk

I was trying find the intro to their brits performance on 20 February 95 as i was sure something was mentioned at that point about the song not being available until may. I know it was serviced to radio 6 weeks before release which was unpredicted at the time, so assuming that it's true that the brits performance was the first reveal of the track and the the song wasn't planned to be on the radio for a few weeks after the performance, that would have put the original planned release in at least late April. So I think it was pushed firstly to early April then to March, in other words twice, probably because of the reasons in that commentary. They were fearful of over hype and they were doing something not attempted before.

3 acts new to the top 10 as we move to 1 elimination per day! Every act in the top 10 got at least 21 voters and only 1 act failed to get 30 points from any voter.

Again from memory, BFG and NF weren't written at the time "Sure" was released. There were 7 months between "Sure" and "Back For Good" and BFG wasn't actually due for release until May but was brought forward by demand. I think it was felt that a year was too long in the boyband world to go without a single release (given that the average boyband lasted about 4 years) so they needed something out in the latter part of 94 as a placeholder almost until the album was written and recorded.

Acts in the top 10 Spiceboy 9(*) Lillanv273 8 Leonardo 8(*) AaronTM 8 (*) Stonedragon 8 (*) Rogue 8 (*) Jordanlee 8 (*) Padamic Tension 8 Lukuzz 7 (*) Jay 7(*) Mango 7 DarrenJames 7 One_For_Sorrow 7 (*) Quartonworks 6 (*) Jra1989 6 (*) Bris29 6 (*) Gooddelta 6 Roba 6 (*) Gezza 6 Dark Horse 6 Scene 6 Xajnipi 6 Jade 5 (*) JosephBoone 5 Vibe 5 (*) Jason 5 (*) …Ready for it 5 (*) Josh! 5 (*) AH Gold 5 (*) Lee_his_cheeks 5(*) Mack 5 (*) JulianT 5(*) Electroboy 4 (*) marcinjaro 4 Popchartfreak 4 *) GreyAsh 4 Chez Wombat 4 Chartjack2 4 (*) Jester 3 Rio309 3 Riser 3 Smint 3 Detonate 3 Jimwatts 3 (*) Dandy* 2 King Rollo 2 WhoOdyssey 1 Cow P 1 LewisGT 1 Seven 1 DoBelieveTheHype 1 PeteFromLeeds 0 Severin 0

Final voters chart! 1 (7) Jordanlee 193 2 (1) Spiceboy 189 3 (4) Lukuzz 187 4 (5) Leonardo 183 5 (5) AaronTM 179 6 (2) Lillanv273 172 7 (3) Jay 164 8 (12) Stonedragon 152 9 (13) Rogue 151 9 (9) Jra1989 151 11 (10) Bris29 149 12 (15) Padamic Tension 145 13 (8) One_For_Sorrow 139 14 (26) Xajnipi 138 15 (19) Gooddelta 135 16 (24) DarrenJames 133 17 (18) Dark Horse 130 18 (17) Quartonworks 124 18 (22) Roba 124 20 (15) JulianT 120 21 (27) Mango 113 22 (11) Vibe 109 22 (23) Jason 109 24 (31) Popchartfreak 108 24 (14) JosephBoone 108 26 (25) Lee_His_Cheeks 107 27 (30) AH Gold 104 28 (20) Electroboy 103 29 (33) …ready for it 96 30 (29) Josh! 95 31 (32) Gezza 91 32 (28) Marcinjaro 89 33 (35) Mack 88 34 (40) Chartjack2 80 35 (42) Jimwatts 79 35 (36) GreyAsh 79 37 (37) Scene 75 38 (21) Jade 74 39 (34) Chez Wombat 60 40 (46) Detonate 59 41 (39) Rio309 49 41 (47) King Rollo 49 43 (43) Dandy* 41 44 (38) Jester 38 44 (41) Riser 38 46 (45) LewisGT 29 47 (50) DoBelieveTheHype 23 48 (44) Smint 17 49 (48) WhoOdyssey 8 50 (49) Cow P 4 50 (51) Seven 4 52 (52) PeteFromLeeds 0 52 (52) Severin 0

NO 11- COLDPLAY ( 9)- 400 POINTS Voters: Leonardo- 11pts, Cow P- 30pts, Gezza- 14pts, WhoOdyssey- 28pts, Spiceboy- 21pts, Jade- 17pts, Rio309- 15pts, AaronTM- 10pts, Padamic Tension- 13pts, Mack- 24pts, Bris29- 22 pts, Jordanlee- 28pts, Jester- 24pts, jra1989- 7pts, Smint- 26pts, Riser- 27pts, Chez Wombat- 30pts, marcinjaro- 18pts, popchartfreak- 10pts, Roba- 8pts, Stonedragon- 17pts 28 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: VIVA LA VIDA (#1, 2008) PARADISE (#1, 2011) 9_Cp5yc1Vwo

NO 12- DESTINY’S CHILD ( 7)- 352 POINTS Voters: Leonardo- 15pts, Vibe- 27pts, Josh!- 16pts, DarrenJames- 10pts, JosephBoone- 16pts, AaronTM- 26pts, Lukuzz- 13pts, …Ready For It- 24pts, Lillanv273- 17pts, Jay- 24pts, GreyAsh- 18pts, Quartonworks- 29pts, jra1989- 29pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 27pts, Rogue- 11pts, Riser- 16pts, One_For_Sorrow- 22pts, LewisGT- 12pts 15 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: INDEPENDENT WOMEN PART ONE (#1, 2000) SURVIVOR (#1, 2001) U7VwykMtNrI

I'm only listening to the post 2000s ones for the rate to see what sticks in my mind and what doesn't. Surprisingly nothing is awful, a few nice but nothing great but more are actually decent and you find yourself humming.

Probably end of the month now. Real life intervened.

Tomorrow we find out who JUST missed the top 10 and I can tell you we have our first MULTI 30 pointer act.

NO 13- THE SATURDAYS ( 12)- 342 POINTS Voter: Leonardo- 14pts, Josh!- 14pts, Gezza- 8pts, Electroboy- 1pt, JosephBoone- 25pts, Spiceboy- 8pts, AaronTM- 13pts, Lukuzz- 19pts, Bris29- 13pts, …Ready For It- 15pts, Lillanv273- 30pts, Jay- 27pts, GreyAsh- 5pts, Quartonwotks- 18pts, Jordanlee- 11pts, jra1989- 18pts, Rogue- 22pts, Jason- 20pts, Riser- 7pts, One_For_Sorrow- 26pts, Gooddelta- 3pts, Lewis GT- 23pts, Roba- 2pts 18 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WHAT ABOUT US? (#1, 2013) iprz-fEsx38

NO 14- OASIS ( 16)- 329 POINTS Voter: Vibe- 24pts, Cow P- 14pts, Gezza- 5pts, Electroboy- 22pts, Jade- 20pts, Padamic Tension- 22pts, Mack-19pts, Bris29- 23pts, Lillanv273- 10pts, Jester- 28pts, Mango- 30pts, Jason- 27pts, Gooddelta- 1pt, Chez Wombat- 27pts, marcinjaro- 16pts, Popchartfreak- 3pts, JulianT- 13pts, Stonedragon- 25pts 26 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SOME MIGHT SAY (#1, 1995) DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER (#1, 1996) D’YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? (#1, 1997) ALL AROUND THE WORLD (#1, 1998) GO LET IT OUT (#1, 2000) HINDUTIMES (#1, 2002) LYLA (#1, 2005) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE (#1, 2005) pbIRQR6FkhU

Of course. But please put in spoilers in case others don't want to see

Tomorrow more 30 pointers AND an act that attracted 23 Voters!

if I recall correctly it was actually Ian Levine (producer) that wanted Robbie to sing lead on IFH as he thought Robbie had a better voice which (allegedly) annoyed Gary and started the riff that would grow over the years between the two.