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'Miss You Bow Wow' is probably my favourite Girls Aloud song ever. Just heard Sarah's version and I'm not that keen on it, just sounds too disjointed. Maybe I'm just too used to the original but yeah I don't think I'll be going back to Sarah's version sadly!

09.0 Bananarama - Last Thing On My Mind 08.5 Bee Gees - Tragedy 08.0 Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well 11 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know - by a country mile 10.0 Diana Ross - Chain Reaction 08.0 Benny Andersson Band - Story Of A Heart 07.0 Delta Goodrem - Dancing With A Broken Heart 07.5 Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 10.0 Five Star - The Slightest Touch 08.0 VINCINT - Hard 2 Forget BONUS: 06.5 Worlds Apart - Here and Now 07.5 Mollie King - In The Dark (To The Beat Of My Heart)

It's mad that Keo are on course for a #1 album and yet they don't have a Wikipedia page!

Yes that's already been mentioned in this thread (more than once I believe). It would have been wrong for it to chart at any other position!

Madonna getting two top 10 singles in the space of a few weeks in 2026 would be iconic, but I can't see it happening now!

Well I've got this on my wall... I'm not being serious, I know that doesn't count But I've just seen this thread and what a great idea! Nerdy but excellent! I might start doing it, though I think I'll restrict myself to songs that were UK top 40 hits (and that I know obvs).

Wow, and I thought I was pedantic

Well, all the cool kids plus Bananarama (I'm actually surprised they're at the lower end of votes, Wow is a great 80s pop album!)

Anyone else thinking @Lee_J11 is HRVY's mentor?

I presume all votes with HRVY bottom are still being disregarded, right?

Hey James! I'm happy with 'Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor' being #1 cos it's the best song of the era but 'Run Away With Me' back at #2 is sending me I did listen to 'Club To Your Arms' the other day but I don't rate it as much as 'Just Be Bodies' I'm afraid. 'Marianne' is a welcome addition to the top 10, I'm predicting top 3 for this next week! Great to see Sombr stable in the top 10, deffo one of my songs of the year. Shame DNH has taken such a tumble

Ah OK yeah that definitely makes sense!

I don't understand how a random album track from HRVY is outperforming certified banger 1 Day 2 Nights but I'm here for it!

I'm not sure I quite understand the scoring system. This part makes sense: 5 points | chosen by less than 35% of players 3 points | chosen by 35% to less than 50% of players 2 points | chosen by 50% to less than 75% of players 1 point | chosen by 75% or more of players So the more players that choose the same cover as you, the less points you get. But then this seems to contradict that logic: 0 points | chosen by no other player Surely if no other player chooses it, then continuing that some logic, that should give you maximum points? Or am I misunderstanding how it works?

I think at this point there's never been a more obvious future #1 than Babydoll!

Regardless of how it's scoring though, it's still a definite advantage on an otherwise level playing field - guess it's not too much of a big deal though, unless it eliminates one of the other entries by 1 point or something lol

Personally I think any kind of single (official, promo, grat, focus track) should have been avoided in this round as per the requirement. Spending 9 weeks on Radio 1's playlist certainly gives 'The Treadmill' an advantage over other tracks here!

► 1 (1) Adéla - Ain't In LA (6 wks / HCP 1) [25-6-1-1-1-1] ► 2 (2) Ravyn Lenae - Saturday Night (6 wks / HCP 2) [28-14-7-4-2-2] ▲ 3 (7) Rose Gray - Just Be Bodies (5 wks / HCP 3) [31-18-11-7-3] *** 1st TOP 3 HIT *** ▲ 4 (11) Fontaines D.C. - Marianne (4 wks / HCP 4) [30-17-11-4] *** 3rd TOP 10 HIT *** ▲ 5 (6) Peggy Gou feat. Ayra Starr - Wo, Man (7 wks / HCP 5) [29-15-7-6-5-6-5] ▲ 6 (13) Ashe - Stop The Wedding! (3 wks / HCP 6) [26-13-6] *** 1st TOP 10 HIT *** ▼ 7 (3) Sombr - My Body Isn't Ready (10 wks / HCP 1) [26-12-2-1-1-1-2-2-3-7] ▼ 8 (5) Tove Lo - DNH (5 wks / HCP 5) [28-14-8-5-8] ▼ 9 (4) Katy Perry - Watch It Burn (8 wks / HCP 3) [33-22-14-8-4-3-4-9] ▼ 10 (8) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor (5 wks / HCP 8) [29-17-12-8-10] ▲ 11 (18) Blossoms - Additional Driver (3 wks / HCP 11) [29-18-11] ► 12 (12) James Blunt - Tastes Like Summer (5 wks / HCP 12) [32-21-15-12-12] ▼ 13 (9) Jungle - Someday, Somewhere (8 wks / HCP 3) [27-13-6-3-5-7-9-13] ▲ 14 (27) Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades (2 wks / HCP 14) [27-14] *** HIGHEST CLIMBER *** ▲ 15 (20) Olivia Rodrigo - Serena Joy (3 wks / HCP 15) [30-20-15] ▲ 16 (28) Kasabian - Nothing Better Than This (2 wks / HCP 16) [28-16] ▼ 17 (14) Alex Warren - Rescuer (5 wks / HCP 14) [33-22-16-14-17] ▲ 18 (24) Madonna & Kylie Minogue - Love Sensation (3 wks / HCP 18) [33-24-18] ▲ 19 (21) Ellie Goulding - Ravers (4 wks / HCP 19) [34-27-21-19] ▼ 20 (17) JENNIE - Less Than A Lover (5 wks / HCP 17) [34-24-19-17-20] ▼ 21 (10) Kasabian - Superpowers (9 wks / HCP 2) [30-15-7-4-2-3-6-10-21] ▲ 22 (31) RAYE, Amma & Absolutely - Joy (2 wks / HCP 22) [31-22] ▲ 23 (26) Nothing But Thieves - Baby Kool (Evelyn) (3 wks / HCP 23) [34-26-23] ▲ 24 (34) Chase & Status feat. Debbie - Gone Too Far (2 wks / HCP 24) [34-24] ▼ 25 (15) Katseye - Animal (6 wks / HCP 10) [31-20-13-10-15-25] ▼ 26 (22) Josh Baker & Poppy Baskcomb - My Place (4 wks / HCP 22) [32-25-22-26] ● 27 (-) Natasha Bedingfield - Dot Dot Dot (1 wk / HCP 27) [27] ▼ 28 (16) Tove Lo feat. Stromae - Des Fleurs (9 wks / HCP 8) [32-22-17-13-9-8-9-16-28] ● 29 (-) Rosé - New Trick (1 wk / HCP 29) [29] ● 30 (-) Sam Smith - Constant Companion (1 wk / HCP 30) [30] ● 31 (-) OneRepublic - Pay That Toll (1 wk / HCP 31) [31] ▼ 32 (25) Slayyyter - Brand New Chanel$ (4 wks / HCP 25) [35-28-25-32] ● 33 (-) Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation (1 wk / HCP 33) [33] ● 34 (-) Alex Warren - Emerald Eyes (1 wk / HCP 34) [34] ▲ 35 (37) Beabadoobee - Memories (2 wks / HCP 35) [37-35] ▼ 36 (19) Becky Hill - What Do I Have To Do? (8 wks / HCP 12) [31-20-18-13-12-14-19-36] ● 37 (-) Jake Bugg - Never Can Tell (1 wk / HCP 37) [37] ▼ 38 (23) Blossoms - Meet Me In Love (9 wks / HCP 10) [34-25-18-12-10-10-13-23-38] ▼ 39 (30) Troye Sivan - She's The Best (4 wks / HCP 30) [36-32-30-39] ▼ 40 (29) Olivia Rodrigo - Stupid Song (11 wks / HCP 2) [30-18-11-7-4-2-4-9-18-29-40] *** LONGEST RUNNER ***

Look at HRVY with all those top half votes!

1 Darin - Om du var min · Another week, another Darin banger! Definitely need to dive into his discography as I'm really enjoying what I've heard so far. 2 HRVY - Never Be Us · I know the selection was limited given the theme but I think this is the best possible pick for HRVY, not quite as bangery as the last two picks but definitely the best song from the EP! 3 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind · I prefer this one out of Lewis's two albums and this is a good pick from it. 4 Tom Grennan - If Only · Evering Road is probably my favourite of his albums and this is a decent opener to it. 5 Sam Smith - Lose You · Are we sure this wasn't a single? It was on Now 115! I'd rank it about average in his discography. 6 Gary Numan - M.E. · So this is what Basement Jaxx sampled in Where's Your Head At! So yeah it already had that going for it, and the rest of the song wasn't too bad. 7 Calvin Harris feat. Tinashe - Dollar Signs · I quite liked the drop but the rest of it was a bit meh. 8 Sam Fender - The Treadmill · Are we also sure this wasn't a single? Radio 1 usually only ever playlist official singles. Either way I'm not a huge fan of this one. 9 Roosevelt - Forget · Not too bad, but it just sounded a bit samey all the way through. 10 Damien Rice - Amie · Apologies to whoever sent him but Damien really isn't doing it for me.

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It's legit my favourite thing she's put out since the Midnights era, I don't get the hate for it!

Before I saw you posted these I was gonna suggest Cotton Eye Joe, but you beat me to it!

HOW is Taylor not storming this?!

Oh I really like that Fontaines song for a change but I don't think I recognise many of the others. I'm surprised I've never heard that Texas song before, looking forward to hearing it!