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1. (favourite) Gabriella Cilmi 'On A Mission' 2. Marina & The Diamonds 'Oh No' 3. B.o.B. ft. Rivers Cuomo 'Magic' 4. Katy B 'Katy on a Mission' 5. Biffy Clyro 'Many Of Horror' 6. Mumford & Sons 'The Cave' 7. Devlin feat. Yasmin 'Runaway' 8. Diana Vickers 'The Boy Who Murdered Love' 9. Train 'Hey, Soul Sister' 10. Jason DeRulo 'Ridin' Solo' 11. Kanye West ft. Dwele 'Power' 12. Plan B 'Prayin'' 13. Stromae 'Alors On Danse'

1. (favourite) Birdy 'Skinny Love' 2. Drake ft. Rihanna 'Take Care' 3. Katy Perry 'The One That Got Away' 4. Nicole Scherzinger 'Wet' 5. Nero 'Guilt' 6. Avicii 'Levels' 7. Snow Patrol 'Called Out In The Dark' 8. Lloyd ft. Andre 3000 'Dedication To My Ex' 9. Emeli Sande 'Heaven' 10. PJ Harvey 'The Words That Maketh Murder' 11. Sean Paul ft. Alexis Jordan 'Got 2 Luv U' 12. Ed Sheeran 'The A Team' 13, Pixie Lott 'All About Tonight' 14. Noah & The Whale 'L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.' 15. One Direction 'What Makes You Beautiful' 16. Nicki Minaj ft. Drake 'Moment 4 Life' 17. Kanye West 'All of the Lights' 18. Beyonce 'Countdown'

01 Gorillaz 'Feel Good Inc' 02 Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black' 03 Marina & The Diamonds 'Hollywood' 04 Nelly Furtado 'Say It Right' 05 Girls Aloud 'Biology' 06 Lady Gaga 'Bad Romance' 07 Coldplay 'Viva La Vida' 08 Alicia Keys 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart' 09 Pink 'Who Knew' 10 Girls Aloud 'Call the Shots' 11 Little Boots 'Remedy' 12 Killers 'Mr Brightside' 13 Lady Gaga 'Paparazzi' 14 Sugababes 'Freak Like Me' 15 Britney Spears 'Everytime' 16 Killers 'Somebody Told Me' 17 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & DOE 'The Way I Are' 18 Lady Gaga 'Poker Face' 19 Chemical Brothers 'Galvanize' 20 Beyonce ft. Jay-Z 'Crazy In Love' 21 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z 'Umbrella' 22 Outkast 'Hey Ya!' 23 Beyonce 'Irreplacable' 24 Tatu 'All The Things She Said' 25 Rihanna 'Only Girl (In The World)'

01 Pink 'Who Knew' 02 Alicia Keys 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart' 03 Marina & The Diamonds 'Hollywood' 04 Nelly Furtado 'Say It Right' 05 Girls Aloud 'The Show' 06 Rihanna 'Unfaithful' 07 Pink 'Don't Let Me Get Me' 08 Sugababes 'Push The Button' 09 Britney Spears 'Everytime' 10 Evanescence 'Bring Me To Life' 11 Killers 'Somebody Told Me' 12 Muse 'Supermassive Black Hole' 13 Chemical Brothers 'Galvanize' 14 Shakira 'Underneath Your Clothes' 15 Pink 'U & Ur Hand' 16 Eminem & Rihanna 'Love The Way You Lie' 17 Leona Lewis 'Run' 18 Misteeq 'Scandalous' 19 Snow Patrol 'Run 20 Christina Aguilera 'Fighter'

01 Little Boots 'Remedy' 02 Gorillaz 'Feel Good Inc' 03 Christina Aguilera 'Hurt' 04 Girls Aloud 'Call The Shots' 05 Lady GaGa 'Alejandro' 06 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & DOE 'The Way I Are' 07 White Stripes 'Seven Nation Army' 08 S Club 7 'Don't Stop Movin' 09 Sugababes 'About You Now' 10 Outkast 'Hey Ya!' 11 Lady Gaga 'Paparazzi' 12 Take That 'Rule The World' 13 Cee-Lo Green 'f*** You' 14 Girls Aloud 'No Good Advice' 15 Shakira 'Whenever Wherever' 16 M.I.A. 'Paper Planes'

01 Emma Bunton 'What Took You So Long?' 02 Destiny's Child 'Survivor' 03 Outkast 'Ms Jackson' 04 Dido 'Here With Me' 05 Wheatus 'Teenage Dirtbag' 06 Nelly Furtado 'I'm Like a Bird' 07 S Club 7 'Don't Stop Movin' 08 Daniel Bedingfield 'Gotta Get Thru This' 09 Mya 'Case of the Ex' 10 Dido 'Thank You' 11 Missy Elliott 'Get Ur Freak On' 12 Nelly Furtado 'Turn Off the Lights' 13 Jennifer Lopez 'Love Don't Cost A Thing'

01 Beverley Knight 'Shoulda Woulda Coulda' 02 Sugababes 'Freak Like Me' 03 Stereophonics 'Handbags and Gladrags' 04 Pink 'Don't Let Me Get Me' 05 Coldplay 'In My Place' 06 Britney Spears 'I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman' 07 Shakira 'Underneath Your Clothes' 08 Girls Aloud 'Sound of the Underground' 09 Avril Lavigne 'Sk8r Boi' 10 Vanessa Carlton 'A Thousand Miles' 11 Aaliyah 'More Than A Woman' 12 Shakira 'Whenever Wherever' 13 Holly Valance 'Kiss Kiss' 14 DJ Sammy 'Heaven' 15 Lasgo 'Something' 16 Pink 'Just Like a Pill'

01 Damien Rice 'Cannonball' 02 Natasha Bedingfield 'These Words' 03 Anastacia 'Sick and Tired' 04 The Killers 'Mr Brightside' 05 Girls Aloud 'The Show' 06 Keane 'Everybody's Changing' 07 Nelly Furtado 'Try' 08 Natasha Bedingfield 'Unwritten' 09 Anastacia 'Left Outside Alone' 10 Maroon 5 'This Love' 11 Basement Jaxx 'Good Luck' 12 O-Zone 'Dragostea Din Tei' 13 Christina Milian 'Dip It Low' 14 Britney Spears 'Everytime' 15 Maroon 5 'She Will Be Loved' 16 OutKast 'Hey Ya!' 17 Lemar 'If There's Any Justice' 18 Girls Aloud 'Love Machine' 19 Snow Patrol 'Run' 20 Will Young 'Your Game'

01 Tatu 'All The Things She Said' 02 Blur 'Out Of Time' 03 Beyonce ft. Jay-Z 'Crazy In Love' 04 Evanescence 'My Immortal' 05 Kelly Rowland 'Stole' 06 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul 'Breathe' 07 The White Stripes 'Seven Nation Army' 08 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul 'Breathe' 09 Misteeq 'Scandalous' 10 Evanescence 'Bring Me To Life' 11 No Doubt 'It's My Life' 12 Black Eyed Peas 'Where Is the Love?' 13 Tatu 'Not Gonna Get Us' 14 Sugababes 'Hole in the Head' 15 Girls Aloud 'No good Advice' 16 Christina Aguilera 'Beautiful' 17 Emma Bunton 'Maybe' 18 Christina Aguilera 'Fighter' 19 Electrix Six 'Danger! High Voltage' 20 Will Young 'Leave Right Now'

01 - Girls Aloud 'Biology' 02 - Gorillaz 'Feel Good Inc.' 03 - The Killers 'Somebody Told Me' 04 - Sugababes 'Push the Button' 05 - Kelly Clarkson 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' 06 - Coldplay 'Speed of Sound' 07 - 2Pac ft. Elton John 'Ghetto Gospel' 08 - Black Eyed Peas 'My Humps' 09 - Pussycat Dolls 'Stickwitu' 10 - Kaiser Chiefs 'I Predict a Riot' Not a great year....I really struggled to even make up a top 10...

01 - Pink 'Who Knew' 02 - Nelly Furtado 'All Good Things (Come To An End)' 03 - Rihanna 'Unfaithful' 04 -The Killers 'When You Were Young' 05 - Take That 'Patience' 06 - Editors 'Munich' 07 - Nerina Pallot 'Everybody's Gone To War' 08 - Christina Aguilera 'Hurt' 09 - Muse 'Starlight' 10 - Arctic Monkeys 'When The Sun Goes Down' 11 - Lily Allen 'LDN' 12 - Pink 'U & Ur Hand' 13 - Snow Patrol 'Chasing Cars' 14 - Beyonce 'Irreplacable' 15 - Amy Winehouse 'Rehab' 16 - Nelly Furtado 'Promiscuous' 17 - Snow Patrol ft. Martha Wainwright 'Set the Fire to the Third Bar' 18 - Madonna 'Sorry' 19 - Girls Aloud 'Whole Lotta History' 20 - My Chemical Romance 'Welcome To The Black Parade'

1 - Coldplay 'Viva La Vida' 2 - Duffy 'Warwick Avenue' 3 - Amy MacDonald 'This Is The Life' 4 - Adele 'Hometown Glory' 5 - Beyonce 'If I Were A Boy 6 - Girls Aloud 'The Promise' 7 - Lady GaGa 'Just Dance' 8 - Gabriella Cilmi 'Sweet About Me' 9 - Killers 'Human' 10 -Hot Chip 'Ready For The Floor' 11- Rihanna 'Take A Bow' And I struggled this year to find this many I like at all...

1 - Natasha Bedingfield 'Soulmate' 2 - Fergie 'Big Girls Don't Cry' 3 - Nelly Furtado 'Say It Right' 4 - Girls Aloud 'Call The Shots' 5 - Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black' 6 - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z 'Umbrella' 7 -Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse 'Valerie' 8 - Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & DOE 'The Way I Are' 9 - Amy Winehouse 'Tears Dry On Their Own' 10 - Alicia Keys 'No One' 11 - Kanye West 'Stronger' 12 - Calvin Harris 'Acceptable In The 80s' 13 - Girls Aloud 'Sexy! No No No' 14 - Gwen Stefani ft. Akon 'The Sweet Escape' 15 - Timbaland and OneRepublic 'Apologize' A really good year: I'd rate all of my top 7 (and especially the top 3) as among the best pop songs ...ever...

Liza Minelli - Results

Yep, I remember flexidiscs... 3" CD singles were pretty common in the early days of CD singles (the late 80s) - I've several, including "Stone Cold Sober" by Del Amitri (no 90 hit in 1990!), "I Can't Wait" by Danny Wilson (no 92 hit in 1989!) and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (slightly bigger but still minor hit in 1989), but really I suppose the decision to standardise on 5" CD singles had more or less been taken by most record companies by about 1990 (indeed, the much better known follow up to "Stone Cold Sober", "Nothing Ever Happens" was on a 5" CD single) - so it's kind of amazing that Garbage were using them years later. I wonder what the last record to chart with a 10" vinyl single was? They were were a kind of popular gimmick (not as good as a picture disc, for sure). I think the most recent one I have is "Only One Word" by Propaganda (1990, no 71 hit), but I think I had some from a couple of years later by the Fat Lady Sings that didn't chart at all. And then there were etched disks, with a picture carved into one side of the vinyl, and all the tracks on the other side. I think I had one of those (12") for Del Amitri's "Move Away Jimmy Blue"...

1st La Roux 'In For The Kill' 02 Lady GaGa 'Bad Romance' 03 Noisettes 'Never Forget You' 04 Black Eyed Peas 'I Gotta Feeling' 05 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys 'Empire State Of Mind' 06 La Roux 'Bulletproof' 07 Lady GaGa 'Paparazzi' 08 Little Boots 'Remedy' 09 Black Eyed Peas 'Meet Me Halfway' 10 Lady GaGa 'Poker Face' 11 Beyonce 'Sweet Dreams' 12 Cheryl Cole 'Fight For This Love' 13 Paloma Faith 'New York' 14 Lily Allen 'The Fear'

1st Marina & The Diamonds 'Hollywood' 02 Alicia Keys 'Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart' 03 Gabriella Cilmi 'On A Mission' 04 Alicia Keys 'Empire State of Mind (Part ii)' 05 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg 'California Gurls' 06 Lady Gaga 'Alejandro' 07 Rihanna 'Rude Boy' 08 Take That 'The Flood' 09 Plan B 'She Said' 10 Katy Perry 'Teenage Dream' 11 Eminem & Rihanna 'Love The Way You Lie' 12 Diana Vickers 'Once'

Such a great pop song - easily the best thing that anyone associated with Girls Aloud has done since "Tangled Up". And probably my favourite pop song for ages and ages... Such a pity that it looks like it's going to be "the great lost pop song of the year", unless something unexpected intervenes. The marketing (and delayed release/or rather the early on play on sale release) has been spectacularly incompetent, but...well it's also true that Girls Aloud's best (and more experimental) music also weren't their best selling releases (while the record company sometimes - above all from "Chemistry" - played rather too safe with their choice of singles) . I guess the problem is the whole reality TV show background has blinded a lot of trendier/trend-obsessed people to just how talented they can be, while their mainstream audience demands mainstream pap (which to be fair they didn't get that much of) But it's frustrating....Nicola Roberts is just fantastic, and this is a cracking single. Maybe it'll become an underground hit and resurface at some point in the future. It certainly doesn't deserve to be forgotten as it sadly looks like, commercially at least, it may be...

+15 Girls Aloud – The Show +12 Girls Aloud – Love Machine +10 Christina Millian feat Fabolous – Dip it Low +08 Manic Street Preachers – The Love Of Richard Nixon +06 Jamelia – Thank You +05 Ronan Keating – She Believes (In Me) +04 Kelis – Trick Me +03 Kelis – Milkshake +02 Ronan Keating feat Yusuf – Father and Son +01 Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath -02 Busted – Air Hostess

+7 Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song +5 Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me +3 Coldplay - Every Tear Is A Waterfall +2 Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette - Hello +1 Lady Gaga - Born This Way -1 Nicola Roberts - Beat of My Drum