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Bold prediction for The Giver,> 1 million peak Spotify streams and number 1 with > 100,000 ‘sales’ this week . Will probably look stupid by the end of the week but better to have tried and failed…..

Great song, very Shania. Getting the job done Chappell!

Hoping for a big ‘event’ number 1

42 from me! One of my favourite PSB singles, though pretty much all of them from their imperial period are fantastic!

50 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

49 Everybody Hurts - REM

48 Creep - Radiohead

47 Cigarettes and Alcohol - Oasis

46 White Lines (Don’t Do It) - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel

45 Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds

44 Basket Case -Green Day

43 The Lovecats - The Cure

42 Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys

41 Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA

40 Disco 2000 - Pulp

39 Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

38 Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors - Editors

37 Da Funk - Daft Punk

36 Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader

35 Jolene - Dolly Parton

34 Let’s Stay Together - Al Green

33 Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers

32 Rehab - Amy Winehouse

31 Le Freak - Chic

30 Stop! In The Name of Love - The Supremes

29 Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette

28 One - U2

27 Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

26 Golden Skans - Klaxons

25 An Honest Mistake - The Bravery

24 A New England - Kirsty MacColl

23 Play That Funky Music  - Wild Cherry

22 I Get Around - The Beach Boys

21 Light My Fire - The Doors

20 Forget About Dre - Dr Dre and Eminem

19 Angel Of My Dreams - JADE

18 Lucky Man - The Verve

17 How Do I Live -LeAnn Rimes

16 Flawless - The Ones

15 Standing In The Way Of Control - Gossip

14 Alejandro - Lady Gaga

13 Erase/Rewind - The Cardigans

12 One (Your Name)  - Swedish House Mafia and Pharrell Williams

11 Not Gonna Get Us - tATu

10 Because Of You - Kelly Clarkson

9 Faded - Alan Walker

8 I’m With You -Avril Lavigne

7 We Didn’t Start The Fire - Billy Joel

6 Stronger - Sugababes

5 My Immortal - Evanescence

4 Stronger - Britney Spears

3 GetTogether - Madonna

2 Strange And Beautiful (I’ll Put A Spell On You) - Aqualung

1 She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks

I only had a very poor 12 of my original 30 from round 1 getting to the final, but at least some of my absolute favourites made it!

Overall, though, I feel it’s (mostly) a really great 50, good work guys!

I did expect Bloc Party to come last but disappointed at Glen Campbell being so low, such a beautiful song

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Loving Marina’s new single!

25 Two More Years - Bloc Party

24 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

23 Everybody Hurts - REM

22 Cigarettes & Alcohol- Oasis

21 Animal Nitrate - Suede

20 Wichita Lineman -Glen Campbell

19 Weather With You - Crowded House

18 Don’t You (Forget About Me) -Simple Minds

17 Basket Case - Green Day

16 Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon

15 The Lovecats - The Cure

14 Disco 2000 -Pulp

13 Jolene - Dolly Parton

12 Rehab - Amy Winehouse

11 Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes

10 One Step Beyond - Madness

9 The Race - Yello

8 Your Song - Elton John

7 Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange

6 One - U2

5 Golden Skans - Klaxons

4 An Honest Mistake - The Bravery

3 Black Betty - Ram Jam

2 Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie And The Banshees

1 Light My Fire - The Doors

Technically we have 7 songs currently on course to do that with “Stick Season” and “Stargazing” just short! Of course most of them will surely drop off and not achieve it. “Birds Of A Feather” and “Good Luck, Babe!” look in the best position to do it at the moment if anything does - as per your list I don’t think any #2 hits have done it before, though “Cruel Summer” came close!

Agreed. Do you think Good Luck, Babe! might be the most likely Julian, if it gets added to a possible new Chappell album this year?

Is it just me (it’s probably just me😆) or does anyone else hear echoes of the melody in the verses of Tears For Fears Mad World in the chorus of Abracadabra?!

It’s not a criticism btw, I love both songs!

25 Creep - Radiohead

24 White Lines (Don’t Do It) - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel

23 Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club

22 Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones

21 Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys

20 Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA

19 Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

18 The King Of Rock ‘N’ Roll - Prefab Sprout

17 Falling - Julie Cruise

16 Da Funk - Daft Punk

15 Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

14 Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors - Editors

13 Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader

12 Let’s Stay Together - Al Green

11 La Freak - CHIC

10 Let Your Love Flow -Bellamy Brothers

9 Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette

8 A New England - Kirsty MacColl

7 Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

6 Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

5 I Get Around - The Beach Boys

4 Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre And Eminem

3 Angel Of My Dreams -JADE

2 I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins

1 Sunlight - The Magician And Years And Years

Sure (and I’ll certainly be giving it a fair whack of points in the semis).

 

Thank you!!!

Yeah it’s brilliant isn’t it? Especially the fantastic drumming!

Wow, I was the only one giving any votes to Bloc Party’s wonderful Two More Years, I’m glad it’s got a wildcard!

I understand why many won’t have heard it before, it was their great ‘lost’ standalone single released after the Silent Alarm debut album in 2005 and was only added to streaming last year after going missing for 2 decades. Please give it a listen before the semi finals guys, see if you like it anything like as much as I do!

18 Surround Sound - JID/21Savage/Baby Tate

15 Von Dutch - Charli XCX

13 Rim Tim Tagi Dim - Baby Lasagna

12 Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan

11 Like Him - Tyler The Creator/Lola Young

10 Girl So Confusing - Charli XCX/Lorde

9 Genesis - Raye

8 Home - Good Neighbours

7 Places To Be - Fred Again/Anderson Paak/Chika

6 Meet The Grahams - Kendrick Lamar

5 Pink Skies - Zach Bryan

4 Darling I - Tyler The Creator/Teezo Touchdown

3 Free - Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding

2 Talk Talk - Charli XCX/Troye Sivan

1 Kool- Aid - Bring Me The Horizon

18 Nothing Matters - The Last Dinner Party

15 Back on 74 - Jungle

13 360 - Charli XCX

12 We Pray - Coldplay/Little Simz/Burna Boy/Elyanna/Tini

11 Saturn - SZA

10 Redrum - 21 Savage

9 Noid - Tyler The Creator

8 Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano

7 Euphoria - Kendrick Lamar

6 Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan

5 Leavemealone - Fred Again/Baby Keem

4 Snowman - Sia

3 Happier - The Blessed Madonna/Clementine Douglas

2 St. Chroma - Tyler The Creator/Daniel Caesar

1 Dancing In The Flames - The Weeknd

Misfit and Say I’m Your Number One were close to getting points from me. Don’t think I’ve ever heard Too Nice To Talk To before- I do like The Beat’s other big hits (Mirror In The Bathroom and the Can’t Get Used to Losing You and Tears of a Clown covers) anyone got any other recommendations of The Beat hidden gems?

Oooh that’s a great back catalog to get into, one of the best 2-Tone bands. I’d suggest ‘Save It For Later’, Ranking Full Stop’, ‘Stand Down Margaret’ and especially the wonderful ‘Hands Off….She’s Mine’. Enjoy!

30 Two More Years - Bloc Party

29 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

28 Everybody Hurts - REM

27 Creep - Radiohead

26 Cigarettes & Alcohol- Oasis

25 White Lines (Don’t Do It) - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel

24 Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones

23 Animal Nitrate - Suede

22 Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three

21 Wichita Lineman -Glen Campbell

20 Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club

19 Basket Case - Green Day

18 Babylon’s Burning - The Ruts

17 Weather With You - Crowded House

16 5 Years Time - Noah and the Whale

15 Don’t You (Forget About Me) -Simple Minds

14 The Lovecats - The Cure

13 Islands In the Stream - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

12 The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll - Prefab Sprout

11 One in Ten -UB40

10 No Regrets - The Walker Brothers

9 Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA

8 Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon

7 Hey DJ/I Can’t Dance (To That Music You’re Playing) - Beatmasters and Betty Boo

6 Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys

5 Disco 2000 -Pulp

4 Jet - Wings

3 Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader

2 Radar Love - Golden Earring

1 You’re My Best Friend - Queen

Really hard to choose. I had an initial shortlist (longlist!) of over 100!

Had to give a shout out to the wonderful ‘Two More Years’ the ‘lost’ Bloc Party single, only recently added to streaming so maybe not well known by a lot of people?!

If the (original) idea of the award was to give a boost to less successful/new artists (which I think was a very noble pursuit) then the BBC are now just hedging their bets. There’s already Brit awards for best international/newcomer isn’t there? The artists they chose, particularly the top 5 which they, and therefore the public, focus on with the countdown this week, include not only Chappell and all her success but 2 Mercury Prize winners plus an artist with a million ‘selling’ top 5 single. I can understand choosing Kneecap, Doechii and Mk.Gee in that context but they should probably have been in the top 5 instead. I feel one of the biggest sins an artist can make is playing safe, but that’s just what the BBC are now doing with this, and ironically the thing I admire about Chappell as an artist is her risk taking.

Anyway she just needs to get ‘The Giver’ released, watch it shoot straight to number one and the BBC can take all the credit for discovering her!😂.

And I still maintain that song could have been Christmas number one with an early December/late November release, having seen how close Gracie came to managing it🤷. Maybe/hopefully someone will be brave enough to go for it next year?!

I have to agree with the sentiments here, it’s not an an attack on Chappell I love her as much as anyone, RWS was in my top 20 songs of 2023, but if the BBC wanted to support her early career they should have had her on the 2024 list. Plenty of other publications had ‘The Rise and Fall.. ‘ on their best of lists for the end of ‘23 so they should have been aware of her. By using the excuse that streaming means careers develop differently now as an excuse to choose acts that are already very successful commercially and critically, it seems like they don’t trust their own judgment and so go for the safe option with no risk of them being proven wrong or looking stupid. ‘Better to have tried and failed than never tried at all’ and all that.

I also feel the BBC should at least have some leanings towards British artists, especially when they are struggling in so many ways at the moment. The Last Dinner Party winning last year was great but this whole list, to be truthful, seems a step back

I've got a list of Christmas number 3s, I'll get them into the chart vault in a little bit :)

Great, thank you!

Feel free - I’m thinking of doing Christmas #3s here next year, though I’ll need to see if the list is actually any good!

Great idea, I’d be up for that! It would be interesting which songs made #3 at Christmas, I have to be honest I can’t remember which they are!