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18 hours ago, Julian_ said:

Results on page 19 of this: there was also a 2nd version with a late set of votes.

Thanks Julian that was a really interesting read. Glad to see my personal favourite, Across The Universe, made it in!

I’m useless because I’ve been a Buzzjack member for almost a year now and still haven’t ventured far from this little corner (UK Chart Forum) into all the other areas, so I’ve been missing out on stuff like this. I’ve seen mentions, in threads, of personal charts (is anyone allowed to start a thread, could I put my own lists in there?), and a Buzzjack Song Contest which also sound interesting.

I need to get out more obviously😆.

9 hours ago, gasman449 said:

Usually I'd take this on board but I'll be way too busy to post on Saturday (and may have a hard time doing so on Monday/Tuesday) so the aim is to get the first half of the top 10 out tomorrow and the latter half out on Sunday. Thanks for the suggestion anyway 😁

Maybe pause the countdown for a bit, until you’re able to do it when you can enjoy it yourself, without the stress of trying to squeeze it in around other things?🤔. Might increase the anticipation?😆

Whatever you decide, it’s been brilliant so far, thanks for all your hard work

I have a soft spot for Mardy Bum because it was the first Arctic Monkeys song I ever heard. It was during the MySpace era and before they had had any formal releases. MP3 Demos were also passed from hand to hand and then given out at their concerts so that everyone already knew all the songs. It eventually led to their debut singles and especially album releases having massive opening sales.

That’s all my favourite 4 gone, sadly none made the top 10 but the remaining songs are all really good so not too disappointed.

2 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

12. Tame Impala- Let It Happen (915 points)

Writer: Kevin Parker

Producer: Kevin Parker

UK chart peak: did not chart

Achieved platinum status on 12/07/2024

Top scorers: Jaz13music 50, RabbitFurCoat 50, Maestro 49

Lowest scorers: Jason 1, Slick 1, Viper* 3

And the last of my top 3 goes out.

Let It Happen was my song of the year in 2015, in fact one of my favourites of the whole 2010s. An epic disco pop prog psychedelic masterpiece.

I love that it starts simply but, especially in the second half, so many new melodies are added leading to the fantastic ending.

Surprised but very happy it did so well.

4 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Rubber Soul is also my favourite Beatles album believe it or not (though I don't think it's their best). Something about the earlier Beatles material is so endearing to me.

Thanks! Yes you articulated it much better than me. Later albums may be groundbreaking and innovative, but Rubber Soul is just more enjoyable I suppose?

4 hours ago, Julian_ said:

Wow just realised that “Blackbird” was 33rd and “In My Life” 15th in last year’s Beatles rate - spooky! I wonder how close their remaining entry will come to its rate position.

Ooh I would love to see what you guys voted for in a Beatles rate! So sad I missed that. Where would I find the results on the forum?

Love Talking Heads, they never seemed to follow trends, doing their own thing. Sometimes a bit odd but always interesting, and groundbreaking in their use of African rhythms. I like Psycho Killer but they would go on to greater things

Rubber Soul is my favourite Beatles album (probably controversial), I remember my mum was especially fond of it. I think it’s their most consistently great album, In My Life is one of the more thoughtful moments on there but is still fantastic.

I can only be happy at a Bowie song appearing so high, even if it’s not one of my favourites

Surprised at Bryan Adams going out so early, when I guessed at what I thought might be the #1 on the rate before you started the countdown, Summer Of 69 was one of 3 songs I thought might do it. The other 2 are still to come.

Klaxons, Razorlight, Stranglers, Bowie and Tremeloes for me……….Only just found out that Chesney Hawkes dad, Len, was in the Tremeloes!😆

15 hours ago, gasman449 said:

Thoughts on 25-21

I Wanna Be Yours- I like the Arctics but think they're pretty overrated, AM is still a good album though. This isn't one of my favourites on it, much prefer "R U Mine" and "Do I Wanna Know".

What You Know- one of my favourite British indie rock songs!

I agree but would add Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?, with it’s fantastic Dr Dre inspired beat, as another favourite from AM.

23 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

20. Lykke Li- I Follow Rivers (847 points)

Writers: Lykke Li, Björn Yttling, Rick Nowels

Producer: Björn Yttling (remix produced by The Magician)

UK chart peak: did not chart

Achieved platinum status on 30/08/2024

Top scorers: Jaz13music 49, dandy* 47, Julian_ 47, Nick F1 47

Lowest scorers: chartjack2 2, Brer 4, Uls2000 4

"I Follow Rivers" is taken from Lykke Li's second album Wounded Rhymes, released in 2011. The most popular version of the track is a 90s-inspired dance remix by The Magician which helped the single become a European smash hit, peaking at number 2 in Ireland and number 1 in countries such as Italy and Germany. Despite the European success the song has never charted in the UK.

Another of my top 3 goes out, I love ‘I Follow Rivers’. I’d never heard this remix before and I’m sorry I don’t think it brings anything useful, instead removing all of the distinctiveness and frankly oddness that makes it such a fantastic song and replacing it with a standard disco beat and house piano making it sound like a million other songs😔

24 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

21. Vampire Weekend- A-Punk (843 points)

Writers: Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, Chris Tomson, Rostam Batmanglij

Producer: Rostam Batmanglij

UK chart peak: 55 (21 weeks in the top 100)

Achieved platinum status on 08/02/2019, 2x platinum 05/01/2024

Top scorers: jimwatts 50, dandy* 49, RabbitFurCoat 49

Lowest scorers: rio309 1, gasman449 4, Severin 5, Slick 5

I find it really sad that Vampire Weekend are only known to most of the UK public for A-Punk (or The Inbetweeners). It has always been one of my least favourites by them. They’re a fantastic band, I think one of the very best of the 21st Century and brilliant live too!

3 hours ago, gasman449 said:

28. Pixies- Where Is My Mind (812 points)

Writer: Black Francis

Producer: Steve Albini

UK chart peak: did not chart

Achieved platinum status on 24/06/2022

Top scorers: Brer 48, gasman449 48, Jaz13music 48

Lowest scorers: CowTzy 2, GreyAsh 2, Viper* 4

The biggest seller from Pixies is this track from their 1988 album Surfer Rosa. Written by Black Francis after he was chased by a fish while swimming in the Caribbean, the song gained wider popularity after it was memorably used in the closing scene from the classic 1999 David Fincher film Fight Club. It enjoyed a long run in the indie chart across 2022 thanks to TikTok virality.

Sadly the first of my really high scorers to go. The Pixies are one of my all time favourite bands, Where Is My Mind? wouldn’t be amongst my absolute favourites of theirs but that’s no slight as the standard of their back catalogue is set so high. I once feared they would remembered only as critical darlings and a major influence on Nirvana, so I’m glad at least one of their songs is successful in the UK.

20 hours ago, gasman449 said:

Thoughts on 35-31

She's Electric- my least favourite of the 3 Oasis finalists but still one of the songs I'm most fond of by them. Liam is at his most listenable here! We did well on the 3 Oasis finalists we chose, good job everyone 😁

I’d be interested to know how Acquiesce voting had been going before it became ineligible, it was my favourite of the Oasis songs that were initially available. Would you be able to give your opinion on how you thought it might have done in the end? But after the final results countdown of course 😊.

1 hour ago, gasman449 said:

33. The Beatles- Blackbird (765 points)

Writer: Paul McCartney, John Lennon

Producer: George Martin

UK chart peak: did not chart

Achieved platinum status on 11/04/2024

Top scorers: Uls2000 46, chartjack2 44, …ready for it 43

Lowest scorers: Nick F1 1, Cymro87 4, Mack 4

Taken from the Beatles' 1968 album, Paul wrote "Blackbird" after hearing a blackbird's chirps while the band were in India. The lyrics were inspired directly by the civil rights movement in America. Only Paul performs on the track and he was its sole writer despite the Lennon-McCartney credit.

Apparently one of Beyoncé’s favourite songs (she covered it on her Cowboy Carter album) due to it’s connection to the American civil rights movement. A very simple but powerful song!

21 hours ago, gasman449 said:

With a riff that sounds suspiciously similar to "The One I Love" by R.E.M.

Ah, now that is a great song!

31 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

48. Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank) (628 points)

Writers: Kendrick Duckworth, Tyler Williams

Producer: T-Minus

UK chart peak: 57 (6 weeks in the top 100)

Achieved platinum status on 17/01/2020, 2x platinum 03/05/2024

Top scorers: Brer 50, detonate 45, CianS 42, Jaz13music 42

Lowest scorers: GreyAsh 1, King Rollo 1, Severin 1

The first track I heard by Kendrick, excellent song and a sign of great things to come.

Really looking forward to this countdown!

I have a feeling the scores could be quite close as it seems a lot of the votes were polarised one way then the other.

Just hoping some of my favourites make it into the top 10!

Thanks! That’s an excellent playlist, looking forward to listening to the whole thing later!

I noticed you made it a collaborative list, are you happy for additions if we can think of other appropriate ones (I promise I won’t ruin it 😆)?

Would you like to stick to one song per artist?

Just thought of another, one of the best songs on the Thriller album, Human

Nature!

47 minutes ago, Julian_ said:

Agree Group 3 is quite meh all round - interesting to see such an even 4 way split.

I’ve always really liked The Last Time……and I’m giving bonus points for the sample of the Andrew Oldham Orchestra version used in Bittersweet Symphony!

Wow, The Subway is fantastic! Gorgeous song especially the fade out coda! I’m not going to predict any more future number ones though, because I’m always wrong.

3 hours ago, jimwatts said:

Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) second, and Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road at the top.

Oh wow I forgot about those two, they’re going on my playlist, thanks!

Is your full list recorded on the forum somewhere, would love to have a look at your other suggestions?

Apart from some already mentioned, these are some of my non top 40 favourites, most of them are my favourite songs by these artists (I’m not sure if any would be considered as iconic by others though)

Night Of The Living Baseheads - Public Enemy

NYC - Interpol

Goodbye Girl - Squeeze

Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J

WFL - Happy Mondays

Can’t Be Sure - Sundays

Soon -My Bloody Valentine

Sally MacLennane - Pogues

Hit The North - Fall

Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys

Gigantic - Pixies (could be most of their singles really)

Star Sign - Teenage Fanclub

Nothing Can Stop Us -Saint Etienne

Fall On Me - REM (or pretty much all of their early singles)

Last Of The Melting Snow  - Leisure Society (perhaps the most gorgeous song ever written IMO)

I Hang Suspended - Boo Radleys

Lazy Line Painter Jane - Belle & Sebastian

Birthday - Sugarcubes

Almost Prayed - Weather Prophets

Flag Day - Housemartins

Never Understand - Jesus & Mary Chain

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

1 What Do You Mean?

2 Cold Water

3 Daisies

4 Despacito

5 Sorry

6 Love Yourself

7 I’m The One

8 I Don’t Care

Though Where Are U Now? would be number 1 if it had got to number 1 (if that makes any sense)!

Oasis first 2, then the Stones for all the others