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44 points Disturbed- Down With The Sickness (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 12/01/2024) "OH-WA-A-A-AH!" Serial ACR-dodgers Disturbed had a massive hit with their cover of "The Sound Of Silence" (the original is still to come in this rate) but their biggest original song is this track from their 2000 debut album The Sickness. The song's bridge with lyrics from the perspective of a boy threatening his abusive mother was cut from the music video and radio edit.

43 points Billie Eilish- Ocean Eyes (UK chart peak: 72, 3x platinum 01/11/2024) Sam Fender- Will We Talk (UK chart peak: 43, platinum 02/09/2022) Billie Eilish released "Ocean Eyes" on SoundCloud in 2015 when she was just 13 and released it commercially the following year, it would later feature on her 2017 EP Don't Smile At Me and be referenced on "You Should See Me In A Crown" from her 2019 debut album. "Will We Talk" from Sam's debut album Hypersonic Missiles is titled "Will We Talk In The Morning" on physical versions of the album: he now has 1 song left, can it make the semi-finals?

42 points Royal Blood- Figure It Out (UK chart peak: 43, platinum 04/12/2020) Kendrick Lamar- King Kunta (UK chart peak: 56, platinum 08/07/2022) Royal Blood's most successful single in both sales and chart position is "Figure It Out" from their 2014 self-titled debut album. "King Kunta" was one of two songs eligble from K-Dot's 2015 album To Pimp A Butterfly: the other was "Alright" which got no points. "King Kunta" makes reference to lyrics from Michael Jackson and James Brown, netting them writing credits.

41 points Chuck Berry- Johnny B. Goode (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 26/01/2024) Bon Iver- Skinny Love (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 30/07/2021) Arctic Monkeys- Snap Out Of It (UK chart peak: 82, 2x platinum 30/08/2024) Alessia Cara- Scars To Your Beautiful (UK chart peak: 55, 2x platinum 25/10/2024) Hugh Jackman/The Greatest Showman Cast- From Now On (UK chart peak: 71, 2x platinum 06/10/2023) "Johnny B. Goode" is a landmark rock n roll record and the 2nd of the two 50s songs eligible for the rate to get points. Michael J. Fox's famous performance of the song in 1985's Back To The Future surely helped the song cement itself as an iconic piece of music: the band McFly would name themselves after Fox's character. "Skinny Love" was first released in 2007 but became famous after it was covered by Birdy in 2011, her version reached number 17 and has gone triple platinum. The Arctics lose their 2nd of 3 AM songs to get points with "Snap Out Of It", while the final The Greatest Showman song to get points drops out. Alessia Cara's "Scars To Your Beautiful" was inspired by Christina Aguilera's number 1 hit "Beautiful" and a top 10 hit in Australia and the US, it was the only one of her two eligible songs to get points, the other was her version of Moana's "How Far I'll Go".

40 points Tracy Chapman- Baby Can I Hold You (UK chart peak: 94, platinum 18/10/2024) Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay Rock- Money Trees (UK chart peak: did not chart, 2x platinum 07/02/2025) Tame Impala- The Less I Know The Better (UK chart peak: did not chart, 3x platinum 13/06/2025) "Baby Can I Hold You" is from Tracy Chapman's huge-selling self-titled debut album, it did not get higher than number 94 despite the success of the album and its previous big hit "Fast Car". A cover by Boyzone reached number 2 in 1997. "Money Trees" from Kendrick's Good Kid M.A.A.D. City is often considered one of Kendrick's best tracks and Jay Rock's verse is considered one of the best hip-hop features ever. "The Less I Know The Better" is Tame Impala's biggest hit and is the first of his two tracks to get points, he had a third track that received no points.

39 points Billy Joel- Piano Man (UK chart peak: did not chart, 2x platinum 29/12/2023) No songs received exactly 38 points. Billy Joel's much-loved "Piano Man" from 1973 is considered his signature song, inspired by his time as a lounge singer in L.A. while trying to escape from his New York-based label who he was in conflict with. Billy's other eligible track "Vienna" received no points.

37 points Lana Del Rey- Doin' Time (UK chart peak: 42, platinum 25/04/2025) Originally recorded by trip-hop group Sublime in 1997, Lana recorded this cover for the 2019 Sublime documentary. It would later feature on her number 1 album that year Norman F**king Rockwell!

36 points The Beatles- Twist And Shout (UK chart peak: 48, platinum 01/04/2022) Sia- Breathe Me (UK chart peak: 71, platinum 16/05/2025) Luke Combs- When It Rains It Pours (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 26/07/2024) The Beatles' iconic cover of "Twist And Shout" was recorded in one take: John Lennon famously was not happy with his vocals. Included on their debut album Please Please Me, it would later be released on an EP of the same name which was not eligible for either the singles or albums chart. It is the Beatles' biggest song from 1962-1966 in the digital era, mostly thanks to its inclusion in 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It charted for the first time after the Beatles' catalogue was first released on iTunes in 2010, it was the 2nd highest charting Beatles song that week behind "Hey Jude" at 40. "Breathe Me" was a 2004 release from Sia, its use in the series finale of Six Feet Under the following year helped Sia break America. Luke Combs had 2 eligible tracks but this was his only one to get points: taken from his 2017 album This One's For You, it became a sleeper hit in Australia and Ireland in the 2020s.

28 points Eartha Kitt- Santa Baby (UK chart peak: 44, platinum 22/12/2023) Simon & Garfunkel- Cecilia (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 11/04/2025) Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- Somewhere Over The Rainbow Medley (UK chart peak: 44, platinum 18/10/2024) Miguel- Adorn (UK chart peak: 49, platinum 23/12/2022) Ludovico Einaudi- Experience (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 09/05/2025) The 1975- Robbers (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 19/04/2024) Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello- I Know What You Did Last Summer (UK chart peak: 42, platinum 29/12/2023) Banners- Someone To You (UK chart peak: 60, platinum 15/07/2022) Another big selection here- "Santa Baby" from 1953 is the oldest eligible song for this rate! I wouldn't rule this out for a top 40 peak in the future given the increased influence of Americanised Spotify playlists over the festive period. It is the first of 2 Christmas songs to get points, 2 others were eligible. Kylie Minogue's version from 2001 reached number 31 in 2020. "Cecilia" was a number 4 hit in 1996 for Madness' Suggs but the uncharted original from 1970's Bridge Over Troubled Water has overtaken it in digital sales. Iz's medley of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "What A Wonderful World" was first released in 1990 but did not chart in the UK until 2007- it became a constant sight in the lower end of the chart during the download era, eventually reaching its peak in 2011 and becoming one of the few non-top 40 songs to be certified silver in pure sales. Miguel had 3 eligible songs but "Adorn" from 2012 was his only track to get points. "Experience" is one of 2 eligible songs from classical musician Einaudi but was the only one to get points. The 1975 lose their second track, also taken from their debut album.

27 points Fleetwood Mac- Gypsy (UK chart peak: 46, platinum 05/01/2024) X Ambassadors- Unsteady (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 11/11/2022) Billie Eilish- I Love You (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 22/12/2023) Taylor Swift- My Tears Ricochet (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 14/02/2025) Fleetwood Mac now lose the most successful song from their 1982 album Mirage. A top 20 hit in the States, "Unsteady" is a track from X Ambassador's 2015 debut album VHS. Another Billie track drops out, taken from her 2019 debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? It would have charted without the 3-song rule, as would have Taylor Swift's "My Tears Ricochet" from 2020's Folklore.

26 points Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train (UK chart peak: 49, platinum 24/01/2025) Frank Ocean- Thinkin' Bout You (UK chart peak: 94, 2x platinum 07/02/2025) Billie Eilish- Bellyache (UK chart peak: 79, platinum 12/11/2021) "Crazy Train" inspired me to compile the list of non-top 40 platinum singles. It is Ozzy's debut solo single with great guitar work from the late Randy Rhoads. Frank Ocean has 8 eligible tracks but only 4 got points, we have seen 2 of them from Blonde drop out, this one is from his debut album Channel Orange, leaving him with one song left. 5 of Billie's 9 eligible tracks got points, here is the first to show up, taken from her 2017 EP Don't Smile At Me.

25 points Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes- Home (UK chart peak: 50, 2x platinum 19/04/2024) Paolo Nutini- Iron Sky (UK chart peak: 42, platinum 29/09/2023) Harry Styles- Sweet Creature (UK chart peak: 46, platinum 30/06/2023) Harry Styles- Kiwi (UK chart peak: 66, platinum 04/08/2023) Lewis Capaldi- Forever (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 31/03/2023) Taylor Swift- Paper Rings (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 11/04/2025) "Home" was released in 2009 but didn't chart until 2013 when it was used in a Peugeot advert. It enjoyed a wave of TikTok virality in 2020. "Iron Sky" is from Paolo's 3rd album Caustic Love and reached its peak before an official single release. Two tracks from Harry Styles' 2017 debut album bow out at the same time, meaning he has one more song left. Capaldi also loses his only track to get points.

24 points Fleetwood Mac- Rhiannon (UK chart peak: 46, platinum 16/09/2022) The 1975- Girls (UK chart peak: 45, platinum 19/03/2021) Taylor Swift- August (UK chart peak: 78, platinum 05/01/2024) "Rhiannon" is taken from Fleetwood Mac's self-titled 1975 album and was written by Stevie Nicks. She was unaware of the Welsh goddess Rhiannon when writing the song but after realising the lyrics could be applied to the goddess she began working on a Rhiannon-themed project which in 2020 was revealed to be a mini-series. The first of 4 eligble songs from the 1975 drops out here, it is included on their 2013 self-titled debut album. "August" from Taylor's 2020 album Folklore appears, the first of her 7 eligible tracks, all of which got points- it always gets a big boost from Swifties at the start of the month it's named after. It would have hit the top 40 on album release week without the 3-song rule.

23 points Carmen Twillie- Circle Of Life (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 10/05/2024) Dwayne Johnson- You're Welcome (UK chart peak: did not chart, 3x platinum 10/01/2025) Double Disney here! "Circle Of Life" was a number 11 hit when sung by its co-writer Elton John but the original as featured in the 1994 film The Lion King is the most successful version in the digital age. Pro-wrestler turned actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson features on Wyclef Jean's number 3 hit "It Doesn't Matter" but this track from Moana is by far his most successful. He is set to reprise his role as Maui in a live-action remake, believe it or not...

22 points Oasis- Slide Away (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 06/09/2024) Childish Gambino- Heartbeat (UK chart peak: 97, platinum 11/10/2024) George Ezra- Listen To The Man (UK chart peak: 41, platinum 13/05/2022) Becky Hill and Weiss- I Could Get Used To This (UK chart peak: 45, platinum 13/08/2021) Oasis' 1994-1995 output has done extremely well in the digital age, not surprising given their cultural significance during the time period. "Slide Away" is the penultimate track on their debut album Definitely Maybe, and was a B-side on their "Whatever" single. Childish Gambino loses his 3rd track, taken from his 2011 album Camp- it didn't chart until it went viral in 2023. George Ezra's other eligible song "Barcelona" got no points meaning George bows out here. Both are featured on his 2014 debut album Wanted On Voyage.

21 points Beastie Boys- Sabotage (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 14/03/2025) Limp Bizkit- Break Stuff (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 05/01/2024) Bring Me The Horizon- Can You Feel My Heart (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 30/08/2024) Auli'i Cravalho- How Far I'll Go (UK chart peak: 55, 2x platinum 15/10/2021) Sam Fender- Spit Of You (UK chart peak: 41, platinum 10/01/2025) "Break Stuff" is Limp Bizkit's most enduring song, taken from their 1999 album Significant Other. The music video features cameos from Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and fellow nu-metaler Jonathan Davis of Korn. Their performance of the track at Woodstock '99 has gone down in infamy. "Can You Feel My Heart" is the album opener for BMTH's 4th album Sempiternal, it would later find fame as the theme of the internet's "GigaChad". I will correct myself from an earlier statement: "How Far I'll Go" and "Songbird" are the only two songs to go platinum and not hit the top 40 for 2 different artists. Alessia Cara's pop version of the song didn't receive points but the film version did, it is of course from Disney's 2016 film Moana. Sam Fender has 4 eligible tracks: all got votes. This one is taken from his 2nd album Seventeen Going Under. (I messed up on "Sabotage": it is credited as a double A-side with "Get It Together" which reached number 19 and because of this it did not show up in the OCC's terrible search bar when I was checking for its chart position. Didn't realise until writing for this post, sorry to Jaz13music who was the song's sole voter. Great song anyway and based on Jaz's votes I can assure this mistake did not affect which songs made the final.)

Nice to see a close race at the top, hope Rayvn can get number one! Good positions for Sam and Fred.

20 points Jodi Benson- Part Of Your World (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 17/01/2025) Eminem ft. Nate Dogg- Shake That (UK chart peak: 90, platinum 24/12/2021) Two Door Cinema Club- Undercover Martyn (UK chart peak: 79, platinum 20/05/2022) Ruth B- Dandelions (UK chart peak: 42, platinum 07/04/2023) Daniel Caesar ft. H.E.R.- Best Part (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 03/11/2023) "Part Of Your World" from Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid is often considered one of the best songs from any of their films: it is the "I Want" song for protagonist Ariel (voiced by Benson). "Shake That" is one of two Eminem and Nate Dogg collaborations eligible for this rate: taken from Em's 2005 compilation Curtain Call, it did not chart until 2013 but if download-only singles had counted towards the chart in 2006 it may have charted higher. "Undercover Martyn" is the first of three TDCC songs to drop out, all of them are from their 2010 album Tourist History. Ruth B's 2017 track "Dandelions" enjoyed a 30 week run in the top 100, peaking at 42 after going viral in 2022. It is not quite the record for longest run in the chart without going top 40 but still very impressive!

19 points Rusted Root- Send Me On My Way (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 18/12/2020) Kendrick Lamar- Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 05/08/2022) Catfish & The Bottlemen- Kathleen (UK chart peak: did not chart, 2x platinum 04/04/2025) J. Cole- No Role Modelz (UK chart peak: did not chart, 3x platinum 05/04/2024) Dean Lewis- Waves (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 30/09/2022) Travis Scott ft. Kendrick Lamar- Goosebumps (UK chart peak: 65, 2x platinum 30/12/2022) "Send Me On My Way" was first recorded in 1992 but the best-known version is a 1994 re-recording which would be used in films such as 1996's Matilda and 2002's Ice Age. Kendrick loses 2 tracks here- "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" features on his 2012 album Good Kid M.A.A.D City and was originally going to feature Lady Gaga. Gaga would later release the version with her contributions herself. "Goosebumps" is from Travis Scott's 2016 album Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight and is Travis' most streamed song worldwide: it would have reached the top 40 in 2020 after Scott's virtual concert in Fortnite had it been reset, instead it reached 65 on ACR. A deep house version by Spanish producer HVME reached number 8 in 2021. "Kathleen" is Catfish & The Bottlemen's most successful single, included on their 2014 debut album The Balcony. "No Role Modelz" is the most successful single in UK history to never reach the top 100- it is also the only song from Cole to receive points out of his 5 eligible tracks. "Waves" is the debut single from Dean Lewis who would later have top 40 success with "Be Alright" and "How Do I Say Goodbye".

18 points Solomon Burke- Cry To Me (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 05/04/2024) Blue Swede- Hooked On A Feeling (UK chart peak: 90, platinum 04/06/2021) Fleetwood Mac- You Make Loving Fun (UK chart peak: 45, platinum 28/02/2025) James Bay- If You Ever Want To Be In Love (UK chart peak: 96, platinum 16/08/2024) "Cry To Me" was released in 1962 but would later become widely known after it was used in 1987's Dirty Dancing. "Hooked On A Feeling" was first recorded in 1968 by BJ Thomas but this 1973 cover by Swedish group Blue Swede is the best known version: it hit number 1 in America and would later be used in 2014's Guardians Of The Galaxy, helping it chart here for the first time. "You Make Loving Fun" becomes the second Rumours song to fall out, while James Bay loses his second and final eligible song, taken from his chart-topping 2015 debut album Chaos And The Calm.

17 points Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Bon Iver- Monster (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 07/03/2025) Grouplove- Tongue Tied (UK chart peak: 84, platinum 14/04/2023) Fall Out Boy- Immortals (UK chart peak: 84, platinum 24/06/2022) "Monster" is the only song eligible from Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, it is one of 2 songs from Yeezy to get points meaning none of his songs will advance to the semi-finals. Two 84 peaks here: "Tongue Tied" was a minor global hit for indie rock band Grouplove, while "Immortals" is Fall Out Boy's only eligible song. It was written for the 2014 Disney film Big Hero 6.

16 points Eva Cassidy- Songbird (UK chart peak: 56, platinum 12/04/2024) Ben Howard- Old Pine (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 19/05/2023) Beach House- Space Song (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 16/08/2024) Gerry Cinnamon- Belter (UK chart peak: 88, 2x platinum 20/09/2024) Julia Michaels and Niall Horan- What A Time (UK chart peak: 71, platinum 21/03/2025) "Songbird" is the only song to appear twice on the list of platinum non-top 40 songs: the original by Fleetwood Mac is yet to come. The late Cassidy's version charted unlike the original, reaching 56 in 2009 after an X Factor performance. It is featured on her 1998 album of the same name which reached number 1 in 2001. Ben Howard loses the first of his two eligible tracks. Gerry Cinnamon has 3 eligible songs but only 2 of them got points- "Belter" is taken from his 2017 debut album Erratic Cinematic. "Space Song" is another TikTok-fuelled sleeper hit from 2015- I'm a little embarrassed to admit my first exposure to the song was from a meme of Pedro Pascal laughing then crying. 😂

15 points Arctic Monkeys- Knee Socks (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 09/08/2024) Lauv- I Like Me Better (UK chart peak: 58, platinum 12/06/2020) "Knee Socks" is one of four tracks from the Arctics' 2013 album AM to go platinum without going top 40: all but one received points in this rate. "I Like Me Better" was released in 2017 and peaked that year in the UK, but in his native US the track spent 6 months on the chart before peaking at 27 in late 2018.

14 points The Offspring- You're Gonna Go Far Kid (UK chart peak: did not chart, platinum 01/03/2024) A$AP Rocky ft. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar- F**kin' Problems (UK chart peak: 50, platinum 17/04/2020) Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana- Love Is An Open Door (UK chart peak: 56, platinum 10/09/2021) Zach Bryan- Something In The Orange (UK chart peak: 70, platinum 10/05/2024) One of the Offspring's most successful singles here is surprisingly one that never charted- only their number 1 "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" and number 11 "The Kids Aren't Alright" have done better than this. "F**kin' Problems" was originally a Drake ft. 2 Chainz track before Drake handed the song to Kendrick, Kendrick would then hand it back to Drake and it would eventually end up with Rocky who kept the other rappers' verses- safe to say this collab would never happen now. "Love Is An Open Door" is the only eligible track from Disney's 2013 film Frozen, though if the 3-track-per-artist rule existed at the time it impacted the charts we may have had more. The song is apparently intended as the villain song for Hans (voiced by Fontana). "Something In The Orange" is the most recent release eligible for the rate, being released in April 2022. It would have made the top 40 in early 2024 but it had gone to ACR by then and didn't increase in streams enough for a reset. It ended 2024 as the 92nd biggest song of the year.