Gezza

Position on the previous voters chart (at the top 30)

No worries- Re: remixes People can give a score for whatever mix they personally prefer- i.e "Who Needs Love Like That" was issued in 85 plus a "Hamburg Mix" in 92- I'm not classing them as separate releases so just "mark" whichever you prefer. I've allowed all 4 of the "Abba-esque" EP in the rate as all 4 had promo's and were promoted at the time to various extents..

Wiki says RMG wasn't a UK single though it got a release in some countries? SIAT added though

So you heard the rumour that an Erasure rate was long overdue on here?- All true! I was prepping the post on their recent exit from the "Buzzjack's Best Group" thread and I spent a whole night listening to them and remembered how great they were and how (according to the ever temperamental search machine on here) we haven't rated them on the site before- that can't be right. So they may not have the pomp and bombast of the Pet Shop Boys (whom I also love) but they cracked out many a banger (as the kids say) in their day and even the most recent stuff is surprisingly good. So presented for your pleasure are all 58 of their official UK single releases (I thought that was about right in terms of size of songs)- which, if you have a passing knowledge of late 80s/ early 90s pop then you'll already know at least 50% of them. Give me the songs! The 80s The 90s The 00s The 2010s Click on the song to go the video! How Do You Vote: PM your votes by Midday GMT on Sunday 29th September 2024 What about scoring? Select your 30 favourites from the list of 57 and pop them into the template here 30 (your fave) 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (30th fave) That song will then be awarded the number of points you have allocated to them, the one with the most points is the winner! So time to go WILD! and join in with the CHORUS from Moscow to Mars!

I agree you should only obsess over it ONE TIME (sorry couldn't resist :D )

In other news only 2 new acts make the top 20 this time around and tomorrow we see the first act to attract 16 voters.

Nothing from you for them. Have sent your votes to you FYI :)

The latter show (I think) marked the move of TOTP to a Friday slot from Thursdays for the summer- though it wasn't at this point a permanent move.

15TH JUNE Stasis takes over the top 3 with all three stuck in a rut, most impressive of all are the Fugees who see a 24% increase in sales in their second week at No 1, the first time an existing chart topper has recorded a second week increase in sales since last December. The 195,000 it sold last week evidence just how popular the cover is at present and would indicate that it may be in for the long haul. oKOtzIo-uYw With Euro 96 finally underway on Saturday the promo helped the unofficial theme “Three Lions” come from behind to hold the runner up spot (68,000) leaving poor Peter Andre stranded for a third week in third place on 62,000. One of the groups of the moment are undoubtedly Ocean Colour Scene whose star remains in the ascendency with new single “The Day We Caught The Train” entering at No 4 (55,000). The group are down to support Oasis at Knebworth in August and have seen their second album “Moseley Shoals” remain top 20 since its release 9 weeks ago, rising 7-6 this week. 7Gb8I3Mo4-M They’ve had a change in vocalist and taken a year out to follow up their chart topping “Dreamer” but Livin Joy are back with “Don’t Stop Movin’” The band are recording their debut album which is due by Christmas but they have at least avoided the tag of one hit wonder, the single is new at No 5 (47,000). Z0RP-sTrdI0 DJ James Sammon got the name Pianoman after becoming renown for playing piano led dance music on his shows on pirate radio stations in Yorkshire and some white label dance remixes he released. With the knowledge and approval of a certain Damon Albarn he’s now sampled the chorus of Blur’s “Girls & Boys” retitled it “Blurred” and finds himself at No 6 (40,000). Incidentally the “Move to the groove, dance” line is lifted from “Love Me” from Marcus Patric formerly of World’s Apart. 5YX1v3tSCkY Out next month here “Mission: Impossible” is expected to be one of the summer’s big releases and naturally, much like the TV show, it needs a theme. Last year U2 got in on the film tie-in franchise when they made “Batman Forever”’s theme “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me”, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jnr must have liked it as they’ve taken the theme and remixed it for the mission film. It’s new at No 7 (35,000) and means that only The Edge is uncredited individually on any hit single in his own right. jLDkncpG4V0 Celine Dion holds at No 8 (33,000) whilst Tony Rich Project falls 6-9 (31,000) and Louise falls back 5-10 (29,000). 1- KILLING ME SOFTLY- The Fugees (195,000) 2- THREE LIONS- Baddiel/ Skinner/ Lightning Seeds (68,000) 3- MYSTERIOUS GIRL- Peter Andre Ft Bubbler Ranx (62,000) 4- THE DAY WE CAUGHT THE TRAIN- Ocean Colour Scene (55,000) 5- DON’T STOP MOVIN- Livin Joy (47,000) 6- BLURRED- Pianoman (40,000) 7- THEME FROM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen (37,000) 8- BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME- Celine Dion (33,000) 9- NOBODY KNOWS- Tony Rich Project (31,000) 10- NAKED- Louise (29,000)

8TH JUNE One of the most anticipated records of the last few months was finally released last week and surprising no-one it enters at No 1 this week. The Fugees cover of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly” sold 157,000 copies to erase the competition and storm to the top, Flack wasn’t the first act to record the track (that was Lori Lieberman in 1971) but it was Flack that made it into a hit when it topped the US charts and made No 6 here two years later. For the Fugees it marks their second hit after “Fu-Gee-La” made No 21 in April and their current song helps their second album “The Score” to reach a best yet position of No 3. rIdFoeYq3_4 Gearing up to the release of her first solo album Louise Nurding releases the title track to “Naked” as her third single and sees it arrive at No 5 (46,000)- her biggest solo hit. It’s co-written by Trevor Steel, lead singer and former member of Escape Club who scored a US No 1 in 1988 with “Wild Wild West”. It comes with a promo that shows Louise in a rather more risqué setting than usual in an attempt to sex up her image. hSiWCYmYfWg Robert Miles follows up the 700,000+ selling “Children” with more of the same in the form of “Fable”. You only have to wait for a fortnight for his album “Dreamland” but it will contain two smashes as it debuts at No 7 (38,000). OpyJuG0DsNw Skinner/ Baddiel/ Lightning Seeds are down 1-2 (79,000) but may yet gain traction with Euro 96 starting next week, Peter Andre is left stranded at No 3 despite a sales increase to 72,000. Gina G’s moment in the sunshine fades 2-4 (56,000) and Tony Rich Project also retreat 4-6 (44,000). Celine Dion finds it tough going only lifting 9-8 (37,000) whilst JX relaxes 7-9 (31,000) and George Michael moves 8-10 (26,000) but gets a third week at No 1 on the album charts. 1- KILLING ME SOFTLY- The Fugees (157,000) 2- THREE LIONS – Skinner/ Baddiel/ Lightning Seeds (79,000) 3- MYSTERIOUS GIRL- Peter Andre Ft Bubbler Ranx (72,000) 4- OOH AAH JUST A LITTLE BIT- Gina G (56,000) 5- NAKED- Louise (46,000) 6- NOBODY KNOWS- Tony Rich Project (44,000) 7- FABLE- Robert Miles (38,000) 8- BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME- Celine Dion (37,000) 9- THERE’S NOTHING I WON’T DO- JX (31,000) 10- FASTLOVE- George Michael (26,000)

Acts left in the top 20 per voter: Spiceboy 16(*) Lillanv273 15(*) Leonardo 14(*) AaronTM 14(*) Lukuzz 13(*) Stonedragon 13(*) Rogue 13(*) Jay 12(*) Jordanlee 12(*) One_For_Sorrow 12(*) Padamic Tension 11(*) Quartonworks 11 (*) DarrenJames 11 Jra1989 11(*) Bris29 11(*) Gooddelta 11 Roba 10(*) Mango 10(*) Jade 10 (*) Gezza 10 JosephBoone 10 (*) Vibe 10 (*) JulianT 9(*) Dark Horse 9 Electroboy 9 (*) Scene 9 Jason 8 (*) …Ready for it 8 (*) Xajnipi 8 marcinjaro 8 Josh! 8 (*) AH Gold 8 (*) Lee_his_cheeks 8(*) Popchartfreak 8(*) GreyAsh 7 Chez Wombat 7(*) Mack 7 (*) Jester 6 Rio309 6 (*) Chartjack2 6(*) Riser 6 Smint 5 Dandy* 4 Detonate 3 Jimwatts 3 (*) WhoOdyssey 3 Cow P 3 (*) King Rollo 3 LewisGT 3 Seven 2 DoBelieveTheHype 2 PeteFromLeeds 0 Severin 0

Voters chart update 1 (1) Spiceboy 325 2 (4) Lillanv273 285 3 (5) Jay 279 4 (2) Lukuzz 276 5 (2) Leonardo 268 5 (6) AaronTM 268 7 (10) Jordanlee 259 8 (11) One_For_Sorrow 256 9 (8) Jra1989 253 10 (13) Bris29 251 11 (18) Vibe 230 12 (9) Stonedragon 226 13 (14) Rogue 219 14 (20) JosephBoone 212 15 (7) JulianT 210 15 (12) Padamic Tension 210 17 (16) Quartonworks 203 18 (15) Dark Horse 195 19 (29) Gooddelta 192 20 (19) Electroboy 180 21 (27) Jade 179 22 (17) Roba 177 23 (28) Jason 171 24 (25) DarrenJames 170 25 (33) Lee_His_Cheeks 169 26 (21) Xajnipi 161 27 (23) Mango 159 28 (22) Marcinjaro 153 29 (31) Josh! 151 30 (24) AH Gold 150 31 (40) Popchartfreak 148 32 (34) Gezza 139 33 (26) …ready for it 138 34 (30) Chez Wombat 134 35 (38) Mack 131 36 (34) GreyAsh 130 37 (43) Scene 123 38 (37) Jester 117 39 (41) Rio309 97 40 (45) Chartjack2 92 41 (38) Riser 88 42 (36) Jimwatts 79 43 (42) Dandy* 74 44 (43) Smint 72 45 (49) LewisGT 64 46 (32) Detonate 59 47 (46) King Rollo 58 48 (48) WhoOdyssey 49 49 (46) Cow P 48 50 (50) DoBelieveTheHype 30 51 (51) Seven 25 52 (52) PeteFromLeeds 0 52 (52) Severin 0

Recap 21-50 No 21- Muse- 229pts No 22- Blur- 222 pts No 23- Arctic Monkeys- 206 pts No 24- Erasure- 196pts No 25- Depeche Mode- 193 pts No 26- Bananarama- 190pts No 27- Linkin Park- 188pts No 28- Pussycat Dolls- 186 pts No 29- Green Day- 183 pts No 30- Paramore- 183 pts No 31- One Direction- 182 pts No 32- Manic Street Preachers- 181 pts No 33- Maroon 5- 177pts No 34- Bon Jovi- 169 pts No 35- Atomic Kitten- 164 pts No 36- No Doubt- 161 pts No 37- Daft Punk- 157 pts No 38- Imagine Dragons- 156 pts No 39- Cure – 155 pts No 40- Snow Patrol- 150 pts No 41- Black Eyed Peas- 149pts No 42- Florence + The Machine- 149 pts No 43- Fifth Harmony- 148 pts No 44- HAIM- 147pts No 45- REM- 146 pts No 46- Chemical Brothers- 143 pts No 47- St Etienne- 143 pts No 48- Supremes- 133 pts No 49- U2- 132 pts No 50- Beach Boys- 122 pts

NO 21- MUSE ( 21)- 229 POINTS Voter: Rio309- 22pts, xajnipi- 30pts, Lukuzz- 20pts, Mack- 1pt, Detonate- 11pts, smint- 24pts, Jason- 16pts, Riser- 9pts, King Rollo- 3pts, Chez Wombat- 29pts, Dandy*- 13pts, JulianT- 23pts, Stonedragon- 28pts 22 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE (#4, 2006) XzSRcWiA324

NO 22- BLUR ( 35)- 222 POINTS Voter: Electroboy- 28pts, Rio309- 27pts, Padamic Tension- 14pts, Jimwatts- 9pts, Jester- 29pts, Mango- 9pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 10pts, smint- 25pts, Dark Horse- 19pts, Dandy*- 8pts, marcinjaro- 29pts, JulianT- 5pts, Stonedragon-10pts 26 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: COUNTRY HOUSE (#1, 1995) BEETLEBUM (#1, 1997) vMaxjoKKSwo

NO 23- ARCTIC MONKEYS ( 24)- 206 POINTS Voter: Josh!- 12pts, WhoOdyssey- 23pts, Jade- 3pts, AaronTM- 4pts, Bris29- 14pts, Lillanv273- 16pts, Quartonworks- 7pts, DoBelieveTheHype- 30pts, Jester- 3pts, Detonate- 25pts, Rogue- 25pts, Jason- 6pts, Chez Wombat- 5pts, Chartjack2- 8pts, JulianT- 25pts 18 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR (#1, 2005) WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN (#1, 2006) ikNsOFE8AP4

Recap tomorrow along with updated voters chart as we reach the top 20. Who will fall at the final hurdle? Well certainly more than one 30 pointer won't make it.....

I think Dave Gahan is still alive! :D

NO 24- ERASURE ( 34)- 196 POINTS Voter: Leonardo- 20pts, Darrenjames- 25pts, Gezza- 23pts, Padamic Tension-10pts, AH Gold- 9pts, GreyAsh- 9pts, Jester- 7pts, Mango- 20pts, smint- 12pts, Dark Horse- 13pts, Dandy*-20pts, JulianT- 14pts, Stonedragon- 14pts 34 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ABBA-ESQUE EP (#1, 1992) Ew5ZaYrssVQ

NO 25- DEPECHE MODE ( 22)- 193 POINTS Voter: Gezza- 2pts, Electroboy- 9pts, Jade- 8pts, xajnipi- 7pts, AH Gold- 23 pts, Jimwatts- 28pts, Detonate- 3pts, Dark Horse- 4pts, King Rollo- 24pts, Dandy*- 23pts, Marcinjaro- 19pts, Roba- 20pts, Seven- 23pts 41 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE (#4, 1984) BARREL OF A GUN (#4, 1997) PRECIOUS (#4, 2005) OxIEH02YjGU

NO 26- BANANARAMA ( 25)- 190 POINTS Voter: Leonardo- 23pts, Gezza- 7pts, Spiceboy- 18pts, Padamic Tension- 20pts, …Ready For It- 9pts, AH Gold- 28pts, GreyAsh- 20pts, Mango- 23pts, Dark Horse- 27pts, Marcinjaro- 15pts 24 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ROBERT DE NIRO’S WAITING (#3, 1984) LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE (#3, 1987, HELP (#3, 1989) OKHe22QGDwo

Sorry- altered- that's what I get for doing the posts so late last night! :D

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NO 27- LINKIN PARK ( 56)- 188 POINTS Voter: Cow P- 25pts, xajnipi- 16pts, Lukuzz- 7pts, …Ready For It- 18pts, GreyAsh- 8pts, Jimwatts- 12pts, Detonte- 17pts, Riser- 30pts, JulianT- 7pts, Roba- 25pts , Chez Wombat- 23pts 18 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WHAT I’VE DONE (#6, 2007) FQlGQovq484

NO 28- THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS ( 18)- 186 POINTS Voter: Leonardo- 9pts, JosephBoone- 15pts, AaronTM- 18pts, Lukuzz- 9pts, …Ready For It- 10pts, Jay- 16pts, GreyAsh- 4pts, Quartonworks- 14pts, Jordanlee- 18pts, jra1989- 27pts, Detonate- 23pts, Rogue- 1pt, Riser- 5pts, One_For_Sorrow- 11pts, LewisGT- 6pts 11 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: DON’T CHA (#1, 2005) STICKWITU (#1, 2005) JV0hVZYKeJ4