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Interesting to see your order! 👍

Tears For Fears loved em then love em now still great. Rule The World may be my top track of the decade and saw roland TFF in the 90s and reformed TFF recently. Pity they fall short of the 40. Elton 40 sounds about right given sacrifice sold in 90 not 89 but that and healing hands snd im still standing all topped my charts in the 80s. Saw Elt at Wembley when his albums were "going cardboard" in sales as he quipped circa 1988. And just before his voice went. Prince should be higher in terms of influence but he was never a mass sales icon bar the Purple Rain soundtrack which is classic. Saw him twice at Wembley Arena and when Doves Cry Sign O The Times i wish U Heaven all top motch classics among many many greats.

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The only one of these i knew at the time was gene pitneys and thats the best track here though i knew the partridge family hit better. the supremes is a drop in standard but i still like it and first heard it in 1970 on a hits album. The other 4 are all new and not that fussed about any of them. Connie Francis can claim Pretty Little Baby as a sales hit in 2025 happily with her around to appreciate it. Stingray the TV theme is ten times more exciting than The Shads song. In fact one of the most exciting tv themes of all time up there with Doctor Who Thunderbirds Hawaii 5-0 in the 60s.

Yes 21st century really and so far i agree with the reviews and scores. I might be a bit more generous with a couple of 4s but thats about it!

Thanks for mondays congrats both. Catching up on tues wed and me not quite so consistent 😯 the frank Sinatra 3 coins in the fountain answer was inspirational. 36 alsonearly there again! Tues round 1 27 missed will young title year and cardigans title oops Round 2 39 3 in 10 same 3 as Jade. Wed Round 1 36 Beautiful liar not lies! Round 2 39 3 in 10: mystify need u tonight suicide blonde

Will catch up soon with tues wed as im in London again for Sparks concert. They were great but i caught today's on catchup di im jot peaking st them just yet A very quick double 39 and a 3 in 10 repeating my Odyssey faves from the 1980 100 biggest acts thread 👍

Abba justifiably top 50, and on a par with Whitney is pretty impressive considering they had just 8 singles and that was that - including one 70's track. They are clearly a timeless all-time great and exactly how I rated them at the time. I was at ABBA Voyage for the 3rd time a week ago, with added 3 hits nowadays. 3 years and still running with packed houses. As I never caught them at the time (they rarely toured) it's about as good as one can make it for a "live" experience. Speaking of Whitney, she had the vocal range but rarely used it any significant emotional effect until the late 90's. Saving All My Love was her best 80's record by a long shot. Simple Minds did well here, and were consistently good, I loved all the phases, including stadium rock, and they are still good and great in concert. Jason Donovan's slot is predictable but flattering. When You Come Back is his best track, but he had a couple of other decent singles. I saw him in Priscilla, clearly flagging after a long West End run. We had taken a bargain-priced royal box, cheap as chips on the day. As it turned out because you get the piss taken out of you... I reviewed Bad manners for Record Mirror in 1981 - they were great fun in concert, as long as you avoid the pints of beer flinging about. Just A Feeling is their best track but how can anyone not love Ne Ne Na Na Nu Nu!! A-ha were fab, Sun Always Shines is a total classic, and they deserve to be in the top half, caught them twice in concert, fab. Rod Stewart Ive never seen live, but I saw the godawful Tonight's The Night musical. Rod is great when he writes his own songs, and very dull when he doesn't. Baby Jane is easily his best track of the 80's. Saw Billy Joel last year at cardiff, his classically-influenced back catalogue is impressive and varied, but he'd be much lower without Uptown Girl. We Didnt Start The Fire is my top 80's Billy tune.

ooh just one question away both rounds there Jade, so close, both of us missed out on Thin Lizzy, but Roxette 3 in 10 beats mine 😎 round 1: 39 - though the clue from Ken got me Fine Young Cannibals round 2: 39 3 in 10: My Way, Strangers In The Night, I Will Drink The Wine

round 1: 39 round 2: 36 (thin Lizzy, opted for Rosalie oops) 3 in 10: It Must Have Been Love, Joyride, Queen Of (The) Rain so technically just 2 as the "the" was superfluous, doh! 😄

U2 outside the top 50 is a surprise, even given their fan base appeal and a low-selling Desire chart-topper. At least 4 of those singles sales were due to me starting with Fire. The Specials were great, but the fans swapped to Fun Boy Three by and large (as I did), and another 5 sales from me. Shalamar were big for a while in the UK, not so much in the USA, along with anything remotely sounding like disco - even though it wasnt really disco, but I still wouldnt have put them ahead of U2! Erasure is also lower than I'd have guessed, Sometimes was my first chart-topper from Vince n andy. Rick Astley was always going to do well with a big-seller debut, but Howard Jones is also a bit higher than I'd expected, and I also bought a handful of his singles - best one is Hide & Seek, though What Is Love is up there too.

catching up again, out in the thunderstorms yesterday. round 1: 39 nearly didnt get Spandau too, but Tony was on yesterday's so it had to be Hadley! round 2: 30 (freddie mercury, 1 year out and i knew it was 1 year out after id plumped for 2005 😄) 3 in 10: if you let me stay, wishing well, delicate

Odyssey were always bigger than they seemed to be, but only in the UK, not so much in the USA - their best tracks def Native New Yorker and Going Back To My Roots. Billy Ocean's heyday is the 70's for me, big fan of his obscure On The Run from 1974 under the name Scorched Earth (note later version under his own name not nearly as classic), and his 2 still-popular Red Light and Love Really Hurts, but Caribbean Queen and Loverboy are very good too. Sheena Easton should really be over 2 million with her uncredited Prince hit, and her 101 song gifted by the man was criminally ignored. That's her best record bar none, but U Got The Look is up there, and I also rate Machinery and Sugar Walls, which was not really broadcast-able on the BBC. Thompson Twins had a run of good hits, so not surprising they feature around about here, but they mostly have been forgotten these days, even their best record You Take Me Up. Five Star ditto, and Rain Or Shine. Imagination were hot for 2 or 3 years, and of course I always mention I got a hug from Leee in a club when I gushed about my fave Imagination records, Just An Illusion, Body talk, Flashback. My mate who didnt feel like going out that night remains a huge Imagination fan, so I like to remind him of it as often as possible, as Leee turned up randomly as a holiday punter, not as an advertised PR thing. He was also in Doctor Who, true fact, though they had to tone down the sci fi costumes from his stage show 😄

1 17 1 3 RUN WITH U - Mamagama 210000 2 4 2 3 BROKENHEARTED - Gabry Ponte & Train 199750 3 3 3 5 VOICES - Damiano David 286400 4 5 4 7 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 202200 5 2 2 6 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 365500 6 1 1 7 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 560700 7 7 1 12 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 818900 8 6 2 9 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 438550 9 12 9 4 TIME WAITED - My Morning Jacket 106500 10 9 1 10 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 969100 11 13 11 6 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 153150 12 18 12 3 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 68500 13 19 13 8 FEEL IT - d4vd 130350 14 10 1 12 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 627500 15 8 8 8 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 247000 16 24 16 7 MARRIAGE - Nelly Furtado 102200 17 11 11 8 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 172700 18 16 16 6 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 107750 19 48 19 2 BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES - Agnes 33300 20 49 20 3 DON’T SPEAK - Loaded Honey 38900 21 14 3 10 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 313050 22 22 1 17 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 1230400 23 47 23 2 OH OK - Sam Ryder 31750 24 26 24 5 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 68800 25 25 25 5 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 61100 26 29 26 5 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 84000 27 15 9 8 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 212200 28 23 6 12 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 339100 29 20 11 9 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 187200 30 21 14 12 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 212500 31 39 31 6 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 70000 32 27 24 11 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 164350 33 38 33 8 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 104700 34 44 34 6 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 66250 35 30 1 12 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 811100 36 50 36 4 MAN ON THE MOON - Fitz & The Tantrums 45300 37 46 37 3 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 34050 38 31 5 13 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 332600 39 36 1 29 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 1623850 40 34 26 10 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 149900

1st June 2025 (and probably 8th June 2025 too due to lack of time) It's a big climb to the top spot for the Azerbaijan Eurovision entry that was robbed of a final place due to the vocal performance in the semi, but as a recording it's fabulous and should have won, Run With U adding to the very long list of Eurovision tracks to top my charts which kicked off in 1970 with Dana. That means Gabry Ponte, who did make the final, is up to 2 with his Train collab, way better than the Eurovision entry and dare I say it (yes I will) better than Eiffel 65's Blue. Train have only ever peaked higher than 2 once. My Morning Jacket have been knocking around for 30 years, and finally get a top 10 - better late than never! Big climbs for Agnes and Loaded Honey, Sam Ryder, Saint Etienne and Richard Ashcroft, with just a few new entries until I get time to plough through releases of the last 2 weeks: The late Avicii is back with an Elle King vocal; Damiano David is on his 4th solo entry; Sparks new album is out and another track enters, with more potentially when I get a chance to play the album; Nemo gets a second entry a year on from winning Eurovision; Connie Francis' career was over chart-wise even before I started charting in 1968, so it's nice that she gets a second oldie entry with a reactivated Pretty Little Baby joining Warm This Winter, her christmas oldie gem. 1 17 1 3 RUN WITH U - Mamagama 210000 2 4 2 3 BROKENHEARTED - Gabry Ponte & Train 199750 3 3 3 5 VOICES - Damiano David 286400 4 5 4 7 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 202200 5 2 2 6 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 365500 6 1 1 7 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 560700 7 7 1 12 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 818900 8 6 2 9 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 438550 9 12 9 4 TIME WAITED - My Morning Jacket 106500 10 9 1 10 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 969100 11 13 11 6 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 153150 12 18 12 3 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 68500 13 19 13 8 FEEL IT - d4vd 130350 14 10 1 12 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 627500 15 8 8 8 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 247000 16 24 16 7 MARRIAGE - Nelly Furtado 102200 17 11 11 8 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 172700 18 16 16 6 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 107750 19 48 19 2 BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES - Agnes 33300 20 49 20 3 DON’T SPEAK - Loaded Honey 38900 21 14 3 10 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 313050 22 22 1 17 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 1230400 23 47 23 2 OH OK - Sam Ryder 31750 24 26 24 5 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 68800 25 25 25 5 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 61100 26 29 26 5 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 84000 27 15 9 8 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 212200 28 23 6 12 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 339100 29 20 11 9 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 187200 30 21 14 12 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 212500 31 39 31 6 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 70000 32 27 24 11 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 164350 33 38 33 8 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 104700 34 44 34 6 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 66250 35 30 1 12 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 811100 36 50 36 4 MAN ON THE MOON - Fitz & The Tantrums 45300 37 46 37 3 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 34050 38 31 5 13 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 332600 39 36 1 29 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 1623850 40 34 26 10 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 149900 41 40 7 13 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 278250 42 35 1 22 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 1235900 43 33 33 9 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 117900 44 28 7 13 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 264050 45 41 2 18 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 752100 46 42 3 14 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 549700 47 74 47 2 GLAD - Saint Etienne 17600 48 67 48 2 LOVER - Richard Ashcroft featuring Joan Armatrading 18800 49 37 5 15 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 425450 50 52 50 7 GUNSLINGER - Natalie Bergman 61000 51 58 51 3 ABSURDA - Javiera Mena 28550 52 57 52 4 TASTE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 34100 53 55 53 5 TEARS DRY TONIGHT - CYRIL & James Blunt 44250 54 63 54 2 CHEMICAL REACTION - Debbii Dawson 18100 55 51 51 8 THE MESSAGE - Turin Brakes 76850 56 66 56 6 RAIN IN THE RIVER - Bruce Springsteen 37500 57 64 57 5 BARBARIAN - AWOLNATION 36900 58 62 58 3 I SAW THE MOUNTAINS - Noah Cyrus 23000 59 56 7 17 ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) - The Waterboys 381000 60 45 20 14 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 205750 61 43 26 10 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 137800 62 60 36 8 LOVE ME TO HEAVEN - Jonas Brothers 91850 63 69 60 7 DREAM MACHINE - Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp 50600 64 65 64 6 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Cascada 36900 65 71 65 2 ROCKET - Robbie Williams featuring Tony Iommi 12800 66 76 66 2 PINBALL - Paul Weller 11600 67 68 67 5 I DON’T WANNA TALK - Dadi Freyr 26800 68 54 38 13 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 155650 69 79 69 2 GOT TO HAVE LOVE - Pulp 10400 70 78 70 3 SPORTS CAR - Tate McRae 14600 71 72 71 5 DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS - Sparks 25200 72 75 72 4 BORDERLINE - Louise 19200 73 53 53 7 BLINK TWICE - Shaboozey & Myles Smith 63850 74 77 74 2 IN DAYLIGHT - Sparks 9800 75 80 75 2 CATCHING FEELINGS - Cerrone x Christine And The Queens 9000 76 NEW 76 1 LET’S RIDE AWAY - Avicii featuring Elle King 4800 77 NEW 77 1 ZOMBIE LADY - Damiano David 4600 78 NEW 78 1 LORD HAVE MERCY - Sparks 4400 79 NEW 79 1 CASANOVA - Nemo 4200 80 NEW 80 1 PRETTY LITTLE BABY - Connie Francis 4000 DROP OUTS 32 32 6 COME BACK AND SHAKE ME - Clodagh Rodgers 87000 59 45 7 ETERNAL LIFE - Robin Schulz & Oswald 72350 61 5 15 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 410600 70 4 57 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 1227400 73 7 28 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 507400

Hi SSP! 🙂 Sorry I missed a chart, busy away from home and having to rollover a chart myself! Benson threatening Stereophonics there! Anxiety top 10 and The Giver threatening, Barbarian and Undressed creeping up, Cyril/James climbing and great to see Richard Ashcroft new in! Mystical Magical, Mutt climbing down the lower end, Cyril/La's, Gabry Ponte & Train, Feel It, Vanish Into You I just heard and it's good, Bryan Adams, Damiano David, Ella, Sophie, and Miley for a packed lower end, with loads more I need to listen to when I get a free day - hopefully next week! In 2009 I liked the Ciara/Justin collab best! great charts!😎

Hi SSP! 🙂 Thanks for the picks! 😎

Hi AH! 🙂 Hope all is tickety boo! Sorry I missed a chart, no time to even do my own chart last week so will be rolling one over I think. 😮 I need to catch up on new releases last 2 weeks and also top end of your chart! Not happening for a while though..... fab chart! 😎

looks like Ken is train-bound so it's a Hadley repeat! Not sure if Ive heard it before, so will have a go anyway! I've seen Spandau at least 3 times, I think, might be 4, and Tony solo once, so maybe it'll be an 80's fest... (it was an 80's fest) 36 (Jack Nicholson) 3 in 10: just did Ultravox!

Hi AH! 🙂 Yes, still hectically visiting people, this time down Dorset, and London again twice next week for Sparks concert and comics fanzine friends, so well behind on charts 😮 Condolences on Excruciating Things! 😄Played Debbii in the car on way to Abba, so sort of appropriate. The four big hits they added to the show are welcome, Money Money Money, Take A Chance, name Of The game & Supertrouper give it a boost I think. Glad you like new Saint Etienne, it does have a 90s vibe to it that has more legs than their previous pleasant track. Thanks for the huge list of likes and comments as always!!😎

Hey Sven! 🙂 Sorry I've been away, will try and catch up on the oldies chart I missed! Still a great top 5 and the new top 10 from Ravyn is likeable. Mystical almost there, and Tommy Cash too, that was really the public's top track in the contest I think. Undressed holding, JJ up, Baller and Bloodline new in the 40 are all my fave picks climbing. Not heard new stuff for a while, but bubblers I know and like are the Eurovision tracks, and Loaded Honey ❤️ Back in '82, ABC and Men At Work were my top faves, but Imagination, Hot Chocolate, Blondie, Joan Jett, Bananarama, Rocky, Patrice, Simple Minds, Shakatak, Kim Wilde all great too. In last week' 1981 chart, Jacksons, Kim's Carnes and Wilde, and Vienna are my classic faves, with Champaign, Split Enz, Nolans, Madness also good'uns! great charts! 😎

Hey Sven! 🙂 Thanks for the picks! Glad you love lots of 'em! Sorry I've missed commenting, frantic 2 weeks away! 😎

Hey Sergej! 🙂 Sorry I've been AWOL visiting relatives and friends last 2 weeks, so some catching up to do here! I like the new number one, I could swear Inglese gets a mention and some other countries, but that's about all I could work out. 😎 Baller top 10, big climb for Show Me Love which I like, though I havent charted it yet, Euro songs on the decline, but not Tommy Cash, still fun. Good to see Miley's Easy Lover enter, thats a goodie, Undressed new in and a Hurts remix, that sounds good in the link youtube, great charts! 😎

hey Sergej! 🙂Thanks for the picks, sorry I've not been able to post anything last 2 weeks, been away and manic! 😎

Hi Seltin!🙂 I tried voting while I was away but didnt realise I had to click on the comment to see the list, doh! Sorted and voted now! 😄 Great top 2! Tate at 3 is pretty good too. Good to see Jonas Brothers get a good run here, and Sunset Blvd still in the voting, really needs to be a single that one. Birds Of A Feather is an amazing run for a classic record, so I'm trying to keep it in this week 😇 great chart!