highlander69

How can people rank a song in a poll when they admit they've never heard it? It wouldn't be so bad if they said they didn't know the song but at least made an effort to give it a listen (Youtube, Spotify etc..) as opposed to- I'll vote it on the basis of how much I like the title or on the basis of that particular acts previous releases! We might as well be putting them in a hat and drawing them out at random! Come on guys, make the effort. If you've never heard the song, give it a listen then at least, if you think it's s**t, you've given an informed view of it. Rant over.

+15 Blur "Beetlebum"<<<If my memory serves me correctly this was the first No.1 to spend only 3 weeks in the Top 40! It's one of my fave Blur tracks though...Trippy! +12 Oasis "D'You Know What I Mean" +10 The Verve "The Drugs Don't Work" +08 The Chemical Brothers "Block Rockin' Beats" +06 No Doubt "Don't Speak" +05 Olive "You're Not Alone" +04 The Spice Girls "Too Much"<<<Guilty pleasure! +03 Puff Daddy "I'll Be Missing You" +02 Various "Perfect Day" +01 Eternal feat Bebe Winans "I Wanna Be The Only One" -02 Teletubbies "Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!<<<<Words fail me!!!!

+15 Oasis "Don't Look Back In Anger" +12 The Prodigy "Firestarter" +10 The Chemical Brothers "Setting Sun" +08 George Michael "Fastlove" +06 The Prodigy "Breathe" +05 Baddiel & Skinner & The Lightning Seeds "Three Lions" +04 The Spice Girls "2 Become 1" +03 George Michael "Jesus To A Child" +02 The Fugees "Ready Or Not" +01 Robson And Jerome "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" <<Sorry in advance for this! I thought this was one of the "Gruesome Twosome's better efforts! -02 The Spice Girls "Wannabe"<<This almost went to Mark Morrison's "Return Of The Mack" for preventing the Manic Street Preachers entering at No.1 with "A Design For Life"!! Grrrr!

I gave it a point..Think we're in the minority on this one though!

You forgot your -02.

+15 Oasis "Some Might Say" +12 Take That "Back For Good" +10 Michael Jackson "Earth Song" +08 Simply Red "Fairground" +06 Blur "Country House" +05 Take That "Never Forget" +04 Coolio feat. LV "Gangsta's Paradise" +03 Michael Jackson "You Are Not Alone" +02 Livin' Joy "Dreamer" +01 Cher, Neneh Cherry & Chrissie Hynde with Eric Clapton "Love Can Build a Bridge" -02 The Outhere Brothers "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)"

+15 Baby D "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" +12 Wet Wet Wet "Love Is All Around" +10 D-Ream "Things Can Only Get Better" +08 Pato Banton "Baby Come Back" +06 Mariah Carey "Without You" +05 East 17 "Stay Another Day" +04 Tony De Bart "The Real Thing" +03 Stiltskin "Inside" +02 Prince "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" +01 Manchester United Football Club "Come On You Reds" -02 Whigfield "Saturday Night"

Kill me......Quickly!!!!! :wacko:

You missed your 5 point placing. :unsure:

You're so lucky that you aint heard "No Limit"!! I imagine a world where "No Limit" never happened!! Bliss!! Let's face it, it was never gonna win an Ivor Novella award for it's diverse lyrics!!

Really pleased for Tasmin and Jimmy in the last round! +15 UB40 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You <<(2nd biggest seller of the year!) +12 Freddie Mercury "Living On My Own" +10 The Bluebells " Young At Heart" +08 George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield " Five Live EP" +06 Culture Beat "Mr Vain" +05 Take That "Babe" +04 Ace Of Base "All That She Wants" +03 Shaggy "Oh Carolina" +02 Meatloaf "I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)" +01 Take That "Pray" -02 Mr Blobby "Mr Blobby"

Not sure I'm keen that the rules get changed because the results aren't going the way peeps want them too! OK, so "Bohemian Rhapsody" gets another chance but so now does the vomit inducing "Show Me Heaven"!!! :puke:

+15 Tasmin Archer "Sleeping Satellite" :wub: +12 Boyz II Men "End Of The Road" +10 Shakespear's Sister "Stay" +08 Wet Wet Wet "Goodnight Girl" +06 Jimmy Nail "Aint no Doubt" :dance: +05 Erasure "Abba-Esque EP" +04 The Shamen "Ebeneezer Goode" +03 Snap "Rhythm Is A Dancer" +02 Right Said Fred "Deeply Dippy" +01 Charles And Eddie "Would I Lie To You?" -02 Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" <<<<and I will always detest this song with a passion!!!!! :puke: She kept Michael Jackson's "Heal The World" from getting to No.1 at Christmas. He was No.2 for 5 weeks!! :angry: Must be showing my age. Surprised some folks don't actually know the songs. There's always Youtube and Spotify etc it you need a wee catch up!! :)

xajnipi....At last, someone else gave "Innuendo" top marks. I thought it was just me!!! ^_^

+15 Queen "Innuendo" +12 Iron Maiden " Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter" +10 U2 "The Fly" +08 Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" +06 KLF feat Children Of The Revolution "3AM Eternal" +05 The Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" +04 Michael Jackson "Black Or White" +03 Chesney Hawkes "The One And Only" +02 Cher "The Shoop Shoop Song" +01 George Michael, Elton John "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" -02 Colour Me Badd "I Wanna Sex You Up"

+ 15 Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U + 12 Elton John " Sacrifice/ Healing Hands + 10 The Steve Miller Band "The Joker" + 08 The Beautiful South " A Little Time" + 06 Adamski "Killer" + 05 England New Order "World In Motion" + 04 The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody" + 03 Kylie Minogue "Tears On My Pillow" + 02 Bombalurina "Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini + 01 New Kids On The Block "Hangin' Tough" -02 Mariah McKee "Show Me Heaven"

Thanks for that. Interesting figures. :)

Hi, I got into the charts in late 1980 when the charts were dominated by the likes of Blondie (The Tide Is High), Abba (Super Trouper), Adam And The Ants (Antmusic) as well as Madness and the beginning of Spandau Ballet (To Cut A Long Story Short). I became fascinated in December 1980 (I was 11 years old) when John Lennon was murdered and he ended the year with 3 singles in the Top 10. I started writing the chart down until I discovered Record Mirror. It was so exciting being able to study the whole Top 75 (as well as the bubbling unders: positions 76-100 I think) as opposed to just the Top 40. Still have recordings of all the new entries from 1985 to 1995 from Radio 1's Sunday rundowns! Tony Blackburn was still doing the countdown in 1980. He was followed by the late Tommy Vance (Who I thought was brilliant) He used to play the full 10 minutes of Gary Byrd and the GB Experience "The Crown" when it was 3 weeks at number 6 in the summer of 1983! I remember Richard Skinner doing a short stint when they changed the format and attempted to play all of the Top 40 in the 2 hour slot. This meant playing snippets of all 40 songs so even climbers were cut short. A nightmare for us chart tapers!!! Lol Simon Bates did some countdowns too and he was pretty good. I think Bruno Brookes then Mark Goodier came next and I thought they both did an excellent job! In recent years the countdown's been a bit of a travesty in my opinion. I can appreciate they're trying to make it entertaining but I'm of the old school and I really just want to hear the countdown with maybe some talk of the song but not into all this chat and trivia and sometimes having to wait up to 5-8 minutes to hear the next song while Reggie does a 1 man show! I only discovered Buzzjack in recent years and even though I've not posted so much recently I'm here every day checking midweeks and enjoying reading all the comments from other like-minded chart enthusiasts. Have fun peeps, Ian :D

Moody Blue :dance:

Well said Carole.... :wub:

Summer Kisses Winter Tears :wub:

I love "Suspicion" Carole :D Today I'm going for "Way Down"...although I was only 8 years old in 1977, I remember my Mum and Dad playing the Moody Blue album endlessly and even at that age I loved Way down...also loved "Little Darlin'" :dance:

Today (Can I be cheeky?) I go for the "Follow That Dream" EP. (4 for the price of one!!). :dance: I love ""Follow That Dream" as it's such an uplifting track (And January needs fab songs like this!). "What A Wonderful Life"...Similar in it's uplifting feel as Follow That Dream. "Angel"...What can you say about this song? Another shiver down the spine moment!! I sing this all the time but somehow I never quite sound like Elvis!!! :rolleyes: (I have a soft spot for Elvis 1962!!!!). :wub: "I'm Not The Marrying Kind"..Maybe not the stongest of tracks but lots of fun. :D

Great choice Ethan ....I love Elvis' vocals on this, his last Top 10 hit of his lifetime in the UK (March 1977). :(

"Elvis 75" CD..Enters at No.8 on the album chart!! :cheer: I'm so pleased about this. I was following the daily updates since last Tuesday... From Tuesday - Friday the provisional positions were: Top 30 Top 30 Top 20 Top 15 I really wasn't sure if it would squeeze into the Top 10 but really happy. According to Chart info on Buzz Jack it's Elvis' 108th chart album and the sales were 15 832 copies sold!! :dance: