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Oh wow thank you @CowTzy for the 12 points, pushing me up into the top half of the table at the final second!

Our brains are definitely wired the same way when it comes to music!

OMG you're absolutely right, I'm losing the plot! The song I meant to put for them was 'Mother', not 'Closer'! I'll edit my OP. Thanks for noticing my ineptitude

What quiz? And how on EARTH do you remember stuff like that when I can't remember what happened last week, much less what I mentioned in a quiz a few years ago

I already knew of most of the examples posted but one that hasn't been posted yet is 'Mother' by Travis, one is a B-Side from 1997, the other is an album track from 2013.

I'm not around until later this evening but will catch up with the results when I can. No doubt I'll perform poorly with my amazing song!

Yeah 'The Door' and 'Bad Dreams' were both great but I can't say I'm particularly invested in him as an artist. I wouldn't be surprised if his next album doesn't do too well and he's largely forgotten about in 5 years' time.

That's a shame, I'd say 'Bed' is probably my favourite of all her dance collabs, that chorus is so infectious! My favourite of any song by RAYE has to be 'Natalie Don't', but I wasn't expecting to see that anywhere near the top 20.

► 1 (1) Alex Warren - Fever Dream (5 wks / HCP 1) [1-1-1-1-1] ▲ 2 (3) Michael Schulte - 5am (6 wks / HCP 2) [27-14-4-3-3-2] ▼ 3 (2) Danny L Harle feat. Dua Lipa - Two Hearts (6 wks / HCP 2) [25-9-2-2-2-3] ► 4 (4) Sombr - Homewrecker (6 wks / HCP 4) [31-18-11-6-4-4] ▲ 5 (14) Olivia Rodrigo - The Book Of Love (3 wks / HCP 5) [28-14-5] *** 6th TOP 10 HIT *** ▲ 6 (7) Lana Del Rey - White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter (5 wks / HCP 6) [32-20-11-7-6] ▲ 7 (11) Maisie Peters - My Regards (5 wks / HCP 7) [35-24-16-11-7] *** 6th TOP 10 HIT *** ▲ 8 (12) U2 - Song Of The Future (4 wks / HCP 8) [30-18-12-8] ▼ 9 (6) A*Teens - Iconic (7 wks / HCP 2) [29-11-2-3-4-6-9] ▼ 10 (5) Melanie C - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (7 wks / HCP 5) [31-18-11-8-5-5-10] ▲ 11 (25) Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor (2 wks / HCP 11) [25-11] *** HIGHEST CLIMBER *** ▲ 12 (15) 3Quency - Telephone (4 wks / HCP 12) [33-22-15-12] ▼ 13 (8) Leigh-Anne feat. Valiant & Rvssian - Most Wanted (8 wks / HCP 8) [35-30-24-20-14-9-8-13] ▼ 14 (9) Fred again.. & Jamie T - LightsBurnDimmer (5 wks / HCP 9) [29-16-10-9-14] ▲ 15 (18) Charli XCX - Always Everywhere (4 wks / HCP 15) [36-25-18-15] ▲ 16 (21) Harry Styles - American Girls (3 wks / HCP 16) [32-21-16] ▲ 17 (29) Kygo, Khalid & Gryffin - Save My Love (2 wks / HCP 17) [29-17] ▼ 18 (10) Louis Tomlinson - Imposter (9 wks / HCP 4) [28-15-6-4-5-5-7-10-18] ▲ 19 (31) Bebe Rexha - New Religion (2 wks / HCP 19) [31-19] ▼ 20 (17) Holly Humberstone - To Love Somebody (6 wks / HCP 20) [36-34-29-23-17-20] ▲ 21 (24) Twenty One Pilots - Drag Path (4 wks / HCP 21) [27-24-21] ▲ 22 (28) Jessie Ware - Ride (3 wks / HCP 22) [35-28-22] ▲ 23 (32) Ava Max - Kill It Queen (2 wks / HCP 23) [32-23] ▼ 24 (19) Zayn - Die For Me (5 wks / HCP 19) [36-31-24-19-24] ▲ 25 (27) Freya Ridings - Wild Horse (4 wks / HCP 25) [34-29-27-25] ▼ 26 (13) Dermot Kennedy - Funeral (9 wks / HCP 5) [30-19-11-5-6-6-8-13-26] ▲ 27 (33) Jennifer Lopez feat. David Guetta - Save Me Tonight (2 wks / HCP 27) [33-27] ▼ 28 (16) Zak Abel - Hallelujah (7 wks / HCP 13) [33-28-24-18-13-16-28] ▲ 29 (30) RAYE - Nightingale Lane (3 wks / HCP 29) [34-30-29] ● 30 (-) FLO - Leak It (1 wk / HCP 30) [30] ● 31 (-) Pussycat Dolls - Club Song (1 wk / HCP 31) [31] ▲ 32 (36) YUNGBLUD - Suburban Requiem (2 wks / HCP 32) [36-32] ● 33 (-) Niall Horan - Dinner Party (1 wk / HCP 33) [33] ● 34 (-) Delta Goodrem - Eclipse (1 wk / HCP 34) [34] ● 35 (-) Perrie - Woman In Love (1 wk / HCP 35) [35] ▼ 36 (20) Myles Smith & Niall Horan - Drive Safe (6 wks / HCP 14) [33-26-17-14-20-36] ● 37 (-) Charlie Puth feat. Hikaru Utada - Home (1 wk / HCP 37) [37] ▼ 38 (22) Stephen Sanchez - Sweet Love (11 wks / HCP 1) [26-9-1-1-1-1-3-7-12-22-38] *** LONGEST RUNNER *** ▼ 39 (26) Noah Kahan - The Great Divide (7 wks / HCP 17) [35-30-25-21-17-26-39] ▼ 40 (23) Danny L Harle feat. Julia Michaels - Raft In The Sea (8 wks / HCP 10) [33-23-17-12-10-15-23-40]

Wow I had no idea that Gregg had started writing MOTD as early as 1994 or that it was nearly recorded by The New Radicals! Excellent winner, very well deserved, what an absolute classic it is! Thanks for running this @Nina West.

Once again the voting is varying wildly and I can't call who's going to be in trouble! Maybe Bowie?

Final day to vote, any last minute votes?

Some articles are suggesting "serious sexual offences" against a teenager when Mills was 23/24, I really hope that's not true

Yes, absolutely this. I do wish 'Rent' had finished higher than 'Suburbia' but both being so close to the top 10 was totally deserved. 'Fade To Grey' is certainly a synth classic and it still sounds great today! 'Family Affair' is a bit of its time I think, and I do find it a little overplayed these days, but it's still fairly iconic and was part of a great run of singles from her. Can we get a list of the top 8 in alphabetical order before we carry on? I can't remember what's left!

I'd argue she got her flowers when 'Escapism' hit #1! Charlie Puth is actually #43 today, I guess he'll just about stay top 100?

It's just that the top is supposed to be ranked 1 rather than 13 like everyone else has, so I wasn't sure! I must have missed the "GET THE OLD MAN OUT" comment in the other thread

This post is a bit confusing, is Chappell or Bowie your favourite?

A bit of a mixed bag for me this round, but picking my clear faves was easy. Sadly none of the discoveries did very much for me, so it's very much a ranking of two halves! 1 Scissor Sisters - Mary (such a strong debut album, I love every song on it!) 2 Conan Gray - Forever With Me (again, can't go wrong with pretty much anything from Found Heaven but I'm still waiting for my favourite from it to be sent!) 3 Delta Goodrem - Not Me, Not I (there's some brilliant songs on her debut and this one is particularly beautiful - hoping from more from this album in future rounds) 4 Lily Allen - Pussy Palace (OK I've come round to the idea of accepting this as a ballad tbh, another great selection from a great album) 5 Atomic Kitten - The Last Goodbye (always thought this was rather lovely, though as someone else mentioned I would've loved Cradle to have been sent) 6 ABBA - Chiquitita (it's hard to find a bad Abba single, this one isn't among my very favourites but it's nice enough) The best of my new discoveries: 7 Troye Sivan feat. Betty Who - HEAVEN 8 Chappell Roan - Casual 9 HAIM - Gasoline Didn't really care for any of these tbh, my apologies to whoever is behind them! 10 David Bowie - Five Years 11 Florence + the Machine - Cosmic Love 12 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece (Idol Version) 13 ROSALÍA - Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti

I'm sure it will. I'm keeping an open mind until then.

Yes this is absolutely shocking! I wonder what the allegations are. I find it hard to believe he would commit a sackable offence tbh.

Well someone's got to

I think it's a valid discussion to suggest what you might have sent for an artist instead of the song sent, as long as it's done respectfully of course. When I was still in the competition I was very interested to hear what people thought of the songs I picked and their suggestions for what they think I should have picked instead! But I agree that each song should be judged on its own merit.

I liked 'The Best' the best

What's up Jordan! 1 - You never know, he might surprise you by climbing to #0 next week (believe me, if there was a position higher than #1, this would be there!) 14 - Well, according to my daughter who is a massive Olivia fan and follows her closely on social media, I'm reliably informed that album #3 is ready and the first single is imminent she's coming to take back her rightful crown as the #1 Olivia on the scene! 21 - Oh yes, it absolutely will, I already like it more than 'Aperture'! 30 - I feel the same, I can hear what a good song it is and how incredible she sounds on it, yet I don't really have much of a desire to listen to it. Weird, huh?! And yes I have checked out her album and... let's just say that singles aside, it's not for me! 31 - No, I don't think you missed one. I am a bit tired of people jumping on the trend to rework classics but this is a pretty good one so I'll overlook it this time! Thanks

Wow, quite a few songs in this round I'm not familiar with, looking forward to a listenthrough tomorrow! Definitely agree that 'Pussy Palace' is NOT a ballad, I'm absolutely baffled why Lily's mentor didn't send 'Somewhere Only We Know' :/ unless they're saving that for another round? (personally I love 'Lost My Mind' but that probably wouldn't have done too well here). If the voting public considers this as not strictly adhering to the rules, Lily might be in danger for this round! Not really sure I'd consider 'Chiquitita' strictly a ballad either - I think I'd have gone for 'Fernando' or possibly 'One Of Us'. This is probably what I'd have sent for The Weeknd for ballads week: