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Bamboleo was heavily sampled on the 1996 no14 hit Sunshine by Umboza- it added English lyrics so I think the final version is about 50:50 English/Spanish if that is enough for inclusion on the list Also, not mentioned yet is the 2001 no3 trance/dance hit Resurection by PPK was almost entirely instrumental but had some sampled spoken word Russian

Band Aid 40 still the favourite but not odds-on any more (5/4 Bet365 this morning). There will be big curiosity interest in it, it will be heavily featured on news programmes and across plenty of radio, and I reckon there’s a very good chance it will go to number 1 on initial release but I can’t see it holding momentum right through December. Wham 12/5 and Mariah 5/1 right now. I think you might still get some better odds on Wham/Mariah if Band Aid 40 does hit number 1 at the start of December. If you fancy a long odds small flutter how about Brenda Lee currently 100/1 on Bet 365. She did get a US Billboard Number 1 last year and with Spotify playlists being more and more US-dominated this year she will very likely be high in the UK chart again this year. Still very unlikely to be Xmas number one, but there could be cash out profits to be made by taking 100/1 now (subject to the bookmakers offering cash out on this market, pretty sure Bet 365 and Skybet did last year)

Ride On Time by Black Box the biggest selling single of 1989, was that created just for one of the Black Box guys to play in his DJ sets? Then when it suddenly became massive they really got caught out by not having the Loleatta Holloway sample cleared

1 Stan 2 Lose Yourself 3 The Real Slim Shady 4 Without Me 5 The Monster 6 Like Toy Soldiers 7 Houdini 8 River 9 Just Lose It 10 Smack That 11 Godzilla Stan and Lose Yourself would always come very high up in my list of all time favourite #1s

This is a really interesting question, maybe one that deserves its own thread? Something seems to have changed quite recently in the streaming volumes, and I’d be interested to see if there’s any correlation with the very sudden and dramatic drop in UK acts and especially new UK acts getting anywhere high in the charts- are the autoplay algorithms favouring international acts over local acts, are some international streaming subscribers being miscounted as UK users?

Yes I’m happy with that winner Another great Ultimate No. X series thanks!

+50 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence +49 Destiny’s Child - Bills Bills Bills +48 Prince and the Revolution - Kiss +47 The Cure - Friday I’m In Love +46 ABBA - SOS +45 Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E. +44 ELO - Mr Blue Sky +43 Laura Branigan - Gloria +42 Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God +41 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song +40 They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul +39 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor +38 Felix - Don’t You Want Me +37 Prince - Purple Rain +36 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road +35 Eagle Eye Cherry- Save Tonight +34 Sugababes - Overload +33 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars +32 Madonna - The Power Of Goodbye/ Little Star +31 REM - Shiny Happy People +30 Emma Bunton - Maybe +29 Anastacia - I’m Outta Love +28 Guns n Roses - Sweet Child O’ Mine +27 Alphabeat - Fascination +26 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance +25 Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories - Stay (I Missed You) +24 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters +23 Chicane - Saltwater +22 Dua Lipa - Break My Heart +21 Madonna- Deeper And Deeper +20 Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank +19 Tove Lo - Stay High +18 Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time +17 Duran Duran - Ordinary World +16 Grace - Not Over Yet +15 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition +14 U2 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For +13 Little Boots - Remedy +12 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles +11 Rihanna - Where Have You Been +10 Kaarija - Cha Cha Cha +09 Roxette - Listen To Your Heart/ Dangerous +08 Macy Gray - I Try +07 Pink - Don’t Let Me Get Me +06 Sia - Chandelier +05 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten +04 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory +03 John Farnham - You’re The Voice +02 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life +01 Robin S - Show Me Love

+25 Destiny's Child - Bills Bills Bills +24 ELO - Mr Blue Sky +23 The Teardrop Explodes - Reward +22 The RAH Band - Clouds Across The Moon +21 Laura Branigan - Gloria +20 Abba - SOS +19 Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes +18 Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere +17 The Knack - My Sharona +16 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road +15 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song +14 Sade - Your Love Is King +13 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance +12 Kaarija - Cha Cha Cha +11 Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank +10 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor +09 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts +08 REM - Shiny Happy People +07 Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) +06 Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer +05 Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall +04 Felix - Don't You Want Me +03 Sugababes - Overload +02 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars +01 Tove Lo - Stay High

+25 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence +24 Prince - Kiss +23 The Cure - Friday I'm In love +22 Carole King - It's Too Late/ I Feel The Earth Move +21 Doves - Black and White Town +20 Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E. +19 George Michael - Praying For Time +18 Becky Hill and Chase & Status - Disconnect +17 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough +16 Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God +15 Gorillaz - 19-2000 +14 Anastacia - I'm Outta Love +13 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters +12 Pointer Sisters - Jump +11 They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul +10 Emma Bunton - Maybe +09 Grace - Not Over Yet +08 Madonna - Deeper and Deeper +07 Armin van Buuren ft Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like +06 Alphabeat - Fascination +05 David Guetta ft Rihanna - Who's That Chick? +04 Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone +03 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition +02 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight +01 Bille Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms

I'd missed/forgotten that Gloria was wild-carded through, happy about that, it will likely be getting good points from me in the next round Looking forward to the next stage, thanks again Rollo!

+30 Prince and the Revolution - Kiss +29 Teardrop Explodes - Reward +28 ABBA- SOS +27 The Jacksons - Can You Feel It +26 ABC - Poison Arrow +25 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me +24 Pharrell ft Jay-Z - Frontin' +23 The RAH Band - Clouds Across The Moon +22 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces +21 Doves - Black and White Town +20 The Look - I Am The Beat +19 Carole King - It's Too Late/ I Feel The Earth Move +18 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant +17 George Michael - Praying For Time +16 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts +15 Pointer Sisters - Jump +14 Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect +13 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road +12 Coldcut ft Yazz and the Plastic Population - Doctorin' The House +11 Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn +10 Stormzy - Big For Your Boots +09 Boney M - Daddy Cool +08 The Knack - My Sharona +07 Missy Elliot - Work It +06 Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded +05 Mann ft 50 Cent - Buzzin +04 Hue and Cry - Labour of Love +03 Dean Martin - Sway +02 Gorillaz - Dirty Harry +01 Depeche Mode - See You

If anyone's a little surprised by seeing Corinne Bailey Rae high up on the NMF playlist, then actually play the song for (for me at least) an even bigger surprise

+50 Blondie - Rapture +49 The Monkees- Daydream Believer +48 Chase & Status ft Liam Bailey - Blind Faith +47 Kate Bush - Babooshka +46 Aaliyah - Try Again +45 Blur - Girls & Boys +44 Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf +43 The Prodigy - Out Of Space +42 Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate +41 Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love +40 Moby - Porcelain +39 Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) +38 Blur - The Universal +37 Katy B - Crying For No Reason +36 Daft Punk - Around The World +35 The Bucketheads - The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) +34 Laura Branigan - Self Control +33 Kelis - Acapella +32 Arctic Monkeys - Flourescent Adolescent +31 Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams +30 En Vogue - Don’t Let Go (Love) +29 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know +28 Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You +27 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky +26 Lily Allen - Not Fair +25 Dua Lipa - Levitating +24 David Gray - Babylon +23 Cher - Strong Enough +22 Snow Patrol - Run +21 Katy B - Katy On A Mission +20 Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy +19 Punjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke +18 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone +17 Metallica - Enter Sandman +16 New Radicals - You Get What You Give +15 Texas - Summer Sun +14 Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box +13 Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies +12 Tina Turner - The Best +11 Kylie Minogue - Wow +10 Madonna - You’ll See +09 Nelly Furtado - I’m Like A Bird +08 The Kooks - Naive +07 September - Cry For You +06 Will Young - Jealousy +05 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending +04 Pink - Who Knew +03 Girls Aloud - Sexy! No No No… +02 Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight +01 The Saturdays - Up

+25 Madness - Our House +24 The KLF - What Time Is Love? +23 Blur - Girls & Boys +22 The Cure - Lullaby +21 The Prodigy - Out Of Space +20 Stevie Wonder - I Wish +19 Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone +18 Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate +17 The Primitives - Crash +16 Blur - The Universal +15 Moby - Porcelain +14 Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) +13 Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon +12 En Vogue - Don’t Let Go (Love) +11 Dua Lipa - Levitating +10 The Bucketheads - The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) +09 Neneh Cherry - Manchild +08 Reel 2 Real ft The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It +07 Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams +06 Glass Animals - Heat Waves +05 Whitney Houston - I’m Your Baby Tonight +04 Katy B - Crying For No Reason +03 OMD - Joan Of Arc +02 The Korgis - Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime +01 David Gray - Babylon

+25 Blondie - Rapture +24 Chase & Status ft Liam Bailey - Blind Faith +23 Aaliyah - Try Again +22 Monkees - Daydream Believer +21 Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf +20 Kate Bush - Babooshka +19 Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go +18 Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You +17 Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday +16 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know +15 Morrissey - Suedehead +14 Arctic Monkeys - Flourescent Adolescent +13 Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love +12 Patti Smith Group - Because The Night +11 Daft Punk - Around The World +10 Madonna - Dress You Up +09 Dario G - Carnaval de Paris +08 Basement Jaxx - Red Alert +07 Desireless - Voyage Voyage +06 Kelis - Acapella +05 Laura Branigan - Self Control +04 Feeder - Buck Rogers +03 Ms Dynamite - Dy-na-mi-tee +02 Blur - On Your Own +01 Opus III - It’s A Fine Day

+30 Blondie - Rapture +29 Chase & Status ft Liam Bailey - Blind Faith +28 Duran Duran - Girls On Film +27 KLF - What Time Is Love? +26 Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone +25 Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf +24 Aaliyah - Try Again +23 Tom Jones - Help Yourself +22 The Monkees - Daydream Believer +21 Kate Bush - Babooshka +20 Madness - Our House +19 The Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing +18 Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go +17 Andy Williams - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You +16 The Who - Substitute +15 Hot Butter - Popcorn +14 Chic - Good Times +13 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel +12 The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron +11 The Blow Monkeys - It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way +10 OMC - How Bizarre +09 99 Souls ft Destiny’s Child & Brandy - The Girl Is Mine +08 The Supremes - Nathan Jones +07 Peggy Lee - Fever +06 Laura Branigan - Self Control +05 The Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile +04 Jordan Knight - Give It To You +03 M People - Renaissance +02 The Champs - Tequila +01 Dickie Valentine - Mr Sandman

looking forward to following this great idea for a thread!

My 40-pointer ends up winning so I fully agree with the results! Have enjoyed following this, thanks!

I think I might have remembered this as a quite quirky, fun, novelty but for also remembering how the ringtone TV advert took over literally every primetime commercial break for several weeks, and didn’t the ringtone scam people by charging them a £2.99 monthly subscription when they thought they were paying for a one-off? If I’ve misremembered that then I apologise for that influencing my 38 points score…

Of course the Teletubbies theme doesn’t stand up as a serious track, and the edit between the main theme and the nursery rhyme bits is a bit clunky, but I was generous with my scoring for it as overall the whole thing is wholesome, and brought joy to a very large number of children, and it wasn’t designed just to fleece money out of everyone (looking at you, Crazy Frog…)

voted will be interested to see how the final results come out, is a professional but lazy cover worse than a dull original song?

+25 Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) +24 Shout For England featuring Dizzie Rascal & James Corden - Shout +23 Ladbaby featuring Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Sausage Rolls for Everyone +22 X Factor Finalists - Wishing On A Star +21 Will.I.Am featuring Cody Wise - It’s My Birthday +20 Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore and the NHS Voices of Care Choir - You’ll Never Walk Alone +19 JLS - The Club Is Alive +18 Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown - Freaky Friday +17 Leon Jackson - When You Believe +16 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You +15 Jason Derulo - Don’t Wanna Go Home +14 Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir - Wake Me Up +13 Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan Start Without You +12 Sak Noel - Loca People +11 Sean Kingston- Beautiful Girls +10 Cheryl featuring Tinie Tempah - Crazy Stupid Love +09 Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music +08 Charlie Puth Featuring Meghan Trainor - Marvin Gaye +07 Drake - Toosie Slide +06 Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger +05 Sugababes vs Girls Aloud - Walk This Way +04 The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) +03 Kid Rock - All Summer Long +02 Dizzie Rascal - Dirtee Disco +01 One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)

+25 Clive Dunn - Grandad +24 Stargazers - I See The Moon +23 Chuck Berry - My Ding a Ling +22 Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella +21 Windsor Davies & Don Estelle - Whispering Grass +20 Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool +19 Donny Osmond - Puppy Love +18 Vera Lynn - My Son, My Son +17 Pat Boone - I'll Be Home +16 Ken Dodd - Tears +15 Telly Savalas - If +14 Dana - All Kinds of Everything +13 Mike Serne & Wendy Richard - Come Outside +12 JJ Barrie - No Charge +11 Petula Clark - This Is My Song +10 Billy Connolly - D.I.V.O.R.C.E. +09 Lena Martel - One Day At A Time +08 Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep +07 Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz +06 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough +05 Ray Stevens - The Streak +04 Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's a Dustman +03 Brian & Michael - Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs +02 Lee Marvin - Wand'rin' Star +01 Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

+25 Hale & Pace & The Stonkers - The Stonk +24 Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby +23 St Winifred’s School Choir - There’s No One Quite Like Grandma +22 Spitting Image - The Chicken Song +21 Manchester United FC - Come On You Reds +20 Outhere Brothers - Don’t Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) +19 Joe Dolce - Shaddup You Face +18 Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins +17 USA for Africa - We Are The World +16 Chris de Burgh - Lady In Red +15 Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears +14 Glen Medeiros - Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You +13 Bombalurina - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini +12 Band Aid II - Do They Know It’s Christmas +11 Renee and Renato - Save Your Love +10 Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy +09 The Firm - Star Trekkin +08 Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers - Let’s Party +07 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory +06 Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody +05 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You +04 Partners In Kryme - Turtle Power +03 Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up +02 The Simpsons - Do The Bartman +01 Lionel Richie - Hello

+25 Peter Andre - I Feel You +24 Crazy Frog - Axel F +23 Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer +22 Frankee - FURB +21 Fatman Scoop ft Crooklyn Clan - Be Faithful +20 Gary Barlow - Forever Love +19 Chico - It's Chico Time +18 Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne - Changes +17 Westlife - Queen of my Heart +16 Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say "Eh Oh!" +15 Sam and Mark - With a Little Help From My Friends +14 911 - A Little Bit More +13 Boyzone - You Needed Me +12 Eamon - F**k it (I Don’t Want You Back) +11 A1 - Take On Me +10 Will Young and Gareth Gates - The Long and Winding Road +09 Eminem - Just Lose It +08 Five and Queen - We Will Rock You +07 Blazin' Squad - Crossroads +06 Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame +05 Mariah Carey featuring Westlife - Against All Odds +04 Akon - Lonely +03 3 Of A Kind - Babycakes +02 Spacedust - Gym and Tonic +01 Oxide and Neutrino - Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)