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Just shows what the bottom clubs are capable of when they aren't chasing survival. Leicester and Southamoton both holding their hopeful champions league opponents just shows that they could have shown such fight earlier in the season if they had dug deep.

EP to come in a couple of weeks time; https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/61zjWZqCF20H8wPA2JHU8F?si=0432413b328d4951

Why is Trent going to Real Madrid any different that when Michael Owen went at the prime of his life? Surely he was a local lad too and cherished by the Liverpool fans?

Waits for @Julian_ to present an interesting fact making it very unordinary! Edit: I guess it was the first solo single by a former Take That member, and it probably wasn't ordinary to see a band member go solo as it is these days, so it would have been one of the first (in a while perhaps) case of a member of a boy band going on to achieve success in their own right. Would that have counted as ordinary to you in 1996?

Why is this then? Not that I am necessarily disagreeing with you, but what about the song makes it seem ordinary?

SoundClash returns with cover songs from the 21st Century going head to head with each other. During the height of the 90s, Radiohead emerged as one of the most promising new British bands, producing indie music unlike anything before that gained fans globally. Their legacy very much lives on today. It's Jamie Cullum vs. Regina Spektor! You Decide! Here is what we have had so far in this series of SoundClash; Five vs. Robbie Williams in a battle of the Queen covers Alien Ant Farm vs. Fall Out Boy in a battle of the Michael Jackson covers Mad'House vs. Kelly Osbourne in a battle of the Madonna covers A1 vs Milk Inc. in a battle of the A-ha covers No Doubt vs. Weezer in a battle of the Talk Talk covers Scissor Sisters vs. Eric Prydz in a battle of the Pink Floyd covers Lolly vs. Céline Dion in a battle of the Cyndi Lauper covers Placebo vs. Maxwell in a battle of the Kate Bush covers Adele vs. Devlin feat. Ed Sheeran in a battle of the Bob Dylan covers Dario G vs. Bad Wolves in a battle of the Cranberries covers Smash Mouth vs. Joe McElderry in a battle of the Monkees covers Destiny's Child vs. Lizzo in a battle of the Bee Gees covers Atomic Kitten vs. One Direction in a battle of the Blondie covers Westlife vs. Fyfe Dangerfield in a battle of the Billy Joel covers Aurora feat. Naimee Coleman vs. allSTARS* in a battle of the Duran Duran covers Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks vs. Eva Cassidy in a battle of the Fleetwood Mac covers The Vamps feat. Shawn Mendes vs. Disturbed in a battle of the Simon & Garfunkel covers Girls Aloud vs. Ultra Naté in a battle of the Pointer Sisters covers t.A.T.u. vs. Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather in a battle of the Smiths covers Brandy & Ray J vs. Steve Brookstein in a battle of the Phil Collins covers Journey South vs. Mary J. Blige & U2 in a battle of the U2 covers Martine McCutcheon vs. Sam Smith in a battle of the Donna Summer covers Daphne & Celeste vs. Groove Coverage in a battle of the Alice Cooper covers Girls@Play vs. Pepsi & Shirlie in a battle of the Mel & Kim covers Stereophonics vs. Girls Of FHM in a battle of the Rod Stewart covers ATB vs. Alanis Morissette in a battle of the Seal covers Glee Cast vs. Rise Against in a battle of the Journey covers Stooshe vs. Weezer in a battle of the TLC covers Steps vs. Amerie in a battle of the Diana Ross covers Cascada vs. Discotronic & Tevin in a battle of the Savage Garden covers McFly vs. Young Soul Rebels in a battle of The Killers covers Dancing DJs vs. DHT in a battle of the Roxette covers Madonna vs. Passenger in a battle of the Don McLean covers Oasis vs. Limp Bizkit in a battle of The Who covers Pete Tong and The Heritage Orchestra vs. Rita Ora feat. Fatboy Slim in a battle of the Fatboy Slim covers Blue feat. Elton John vs. Ellie Goulding in a battle of the Elton John covers Primal Scream & Kate Moss vs. Jessica Simpson in a battle of the Nancy Sinatra covers Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules vs. Lorde in a battle of the Tears For Fears covers Ryan Adams vs. Leona Lewis in a battle of the Oasis covers MØ vs. Herve Pagez, Charli XCX & Diplo in a battle of the Spice Girls covers Lighthouse Family vs. Muse in a battle of the Nina Simone covers Sunblock feat. Sandy vs. Bastille in a battle of the Corona covers Sharleen Spiteri vs. Human Nature in a battle of the Tom Jones covers Beverley Knight vs. Calum Scott in a battle of the Robyn covers Madcon vs. Måneskin in a battle of The Four Seasons covers Richard X vs Liberty X vs. Tinashe in a battle of Chaka Khan covers

I was recently thinking that the most ordinary #1 would probably have to be a forgettable ballad with little significance, and this one fits the bill perfectly! It is more ordinary too in that it's a "rinse and repeat" of an original hit that was covered.

That was quite a toxic reception for Trent today.

Decided today to make a first draft for the Now 121 tracklisting; Disc One Ed Sheeran – Azizam WizTheMc feat. bees & honey – Show Me Love Chappell Roan – The Giver Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman Benson Boone – Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else Alex Warren – Burning Down Sam Fender – Arm's Length Sleep Token – Caramel Miley Cyrus – End Of The World Lady Gaga – Abracadabra JADE – FUFN (F**k You For Now) Jorja Smith – The Way I Love You PinkPantheress – Tonight Sonny Fodera feat. Clementine Douglas – Tell Me Morgan Seatree vs. Florence + The Machine – Say My Name [Remix] Rudimental feat. Khalid – All I Know Clean Bandit, Tiësto & Leony – Tell Me Where U Go Alesso & Becky Hill – Surrender David Guetta & Sia – Beautiful People MOILY & Silent Addy feat. Skillibeng & Shenseea – Shake It To The Max (FLY) Aitch & BOU – Raving In The Studio Lil Tecca – Dark Thoughts Lil Nas X – HOTBOX Lizzo – Still Bad Sugababes – Jungle Disc Two Calvin Harris feat. Clementine Douglas – Blessings Tate McRae – Sports car Addison Rae – Headphones On Charli XCX – party 4 u Benson Boone – Mystical Magical Tom Grennan – Attention Jonas Brothers – Love Me To Heaven Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened? Mae Muller – Breakaway sombr – undressed Doechii – Anxiety Selena Gomez & benny blanco feat. Gracie Abrams – Call Me When You Break Up Lorde – What Was That Tate McRae – Revolving Door Zara Larsson – Pretty Ugly Ely Oaks – Running Around Calvin Harris – SMOKE THE PAIN AWAY Morgan Wallen – I'm The Problem Myles Smith – My First Heartbreak Skye Newman – Hairdresser Garbage – There's No Future In Optimism Pulp – Spike Island Wet Leg – catch these fists Lana Del Rey – Bluebird

Right ok, but you did say previously that the reason you mark is as a GRAT was to differentiate between an album track and a single, so the point I'm simply making here is that not all album tracks are in fact "album tracks" so labelling them as a GRAT by default is not strictly accurate as they can be changed at any point to become an official single which happens quite often these days if something takes off and goes viral. Not only that, some album tracks have official music videos accompanying them which would suggest more than just an album track (potentially).

Even though you understand some album tracks get sent to radio and so are upgraded from a promotional single to an official single. Is that not what happened earlier in the year with IT Girl by JADE?

I thought @Tafty would be all over this round! 🤭

For me it would be around 1998/99 and I tuned into the Pepsi Chart hosted by Doctor Fox.

My personal rankings for Week 19; Orbital x Confidence Man – Re-lush Calvin Harris feat. Clementine Douglas – Blessings Shouse – Sunrise Duke Dumont – Your Loving Patrick Topping x Camden Cox – Walk On Air Tiësto x Odd Mobb x Goodboys – Won't Be Possible Armin van Buuren x BLR – Bach To The Future David Guetta x Hypaton x Europe – The Final Countdown 2025

My personal rankings for Week 19; Sleep Token – Even In Arcadia Elbow – Sober Royel Otis – moody Garbage – Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty Avril Lavigne feat. Simple Plan – Young & Dumb Halsey & Amy Lee – Hand That Feeds CMAT – Take A Sexy Picture Of Me Moses Sumney & Hayley Williams – I Like It I Like It

My personal rankings for Week 19; Tyla – Bliss Tom Grennan – Full Attention PinkPantheress – Illegal Mark Ambor – Who Knows Calum Hood – Call Me When You Know Better Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Taste ROSÉ – Messy [from F1® The Movie] Miley Cyrus – More To Lose Week 18 Tiebreaker; MØ – Lose Yourself Ed Sheeran – Old Phone

To me, and I guess only me, it screams "not an official single" whereas it in fact is a single, and it may go on to get its own "Single" release with artwork later on as part of an edit/remix. I guess whenever I see the word "GRAT" next to a new release in your list it somehow devalues it or makes it seem like it's a less significant release compared with the others? Admittedly I never stopped to consider how these tracks downloads do not count as pure sales, not that it makes much difference to chart performance anyway in 2025.

Thanks Whoody! Playlists added. Pity there wasn't room for Elbow this week.

How long was it after completing the first half of the 80s decade that we received a "Final Chapter" collection? Also, given that the "Final Chapter" was a collection of 5 years... would they milk yet another collection for the whole 10 years to rinse up any remaining unused tracks they have access to?

That's sort of how I am seeing it too, which is why I am very reluctant to put together a poll of all the songs so far as they are a little all over the place! Could you cite some examples once again of songs you consider to be rather ordinary to you @Mangø please.

Interesting nomination. So what about the song makes it ordinary to you then?

SoundClash returns with cover songs from the 21st Century going head to head with each other. American singer Chaka Khan is widely known for being the Queen of Funk due to her work both with Rufus and also as a soloist. She has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame multiple times over! It's Richard X vs. Liberty X vs. Tinashe! You Decide! Here is what we have had so far in this series of SoundClash; Five vs. Robbie Williams in a battle of the Queen covers Alien Ant Farm vs. Fall Out Boy in a battle of the Michael Jackson covers Mad'House vs. Kelly Osbourne in a battle of the Madonna covers A1 vs Milk Inc. in a battle of the A-ha covers No Doubt vs. Weezer in a battle of the Talk Talk covers Scissor Sisters vs. Eric Prydz in a battle of the Pink Floyd covers Lolly vs. Céline Dion in a battle of the Cyndi Lauper covers Placebo vs. Maxwell in a battle of the Kate Bush covers Adele vs. Devlin feat. Ed Sheeran in a battle of the Bob Dylan covers Dario G vs. Bad Wolves in a battle of the Cranberries covers Smash Mouth vs. Joe McElderry in a battle of the Monkees covers Destiny's Child vs. Lizzo in a battle of the Bee Gees covers Atomic Kitten vs. One Direction in a battle of the Blondie covers Westlife vs. Fyfe Dangerfield in a battle of the Billy Joel covers Aurora feat. Naimee Coleman vs. allSTARS* in a battle of the Duran Duran covers Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks vs. Eva Cassidy in a battle of the Fleetwood Mac covers The Vamps feat. Shawn Mendes vs. Disturbed in a battle of the Simon & Garfunkel covers Girls Aloud vs. Ultra Naté in a battle of the Pointer Sisters covers t.A.T.u. vs. Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather in a battle of the Smiths covers Brandy & Ray J vs. Steve Brookstein in a battle of the Phil Collins covers Journey South vs. Mary J. Blige & U2 in a battle of the U2 covers Martine McCutcheon vs. Sam Smith in a battle of the Donna Summer covers Daphne & Celeste vs. Groove Coverage in a battle of the Alice Cooper covers Girls@Play vs. Pepsi & Shirlie in a battle of the Mel & Kim covers Stereophonics vs. Girls Of FHM in a battle of the Rod Stewart covers ATB vs. Alanis Morissette in a battle of the Seal covers Glee Cast vs. Rise Against in a battle of the Journey covers Stooshe vs. Weezer in a battle of the TLC covers Steps vs. Amerie in a battle of the Diana Ross covers Cascada vs. Discotronic & Tevin in a battle of the Savage Garden covers McFly vs. Young Soul Rebels in a battle of The Killers covers Dancing DJs vs. DHT in a battle of the Roxette covers Madonna vs. Passenger in a battle of the Don McLean covers Oasis vs. Limp Bizkit in a battle of The Who covers Pete Tong and The Heritage Orchestra vs. Rita Ora feat. Fatboy Slim in a battle of the Fatboy Slim covers Blue feat. Elton John vs. Ellie Goulding in a battle of the Elton John covers Primal Scream & Kate Moss vs. Jessica Simpson in a battle of the Nancy Sinatra covers Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules vs. Lorde in a battle of the Tears For Fears covers Ryan Adams vs. Leona Lewis in a battle of the Oasis covers MØ vs. Herve Pagez, Charli XCX & Diplo in a battle of the Spice Girls covers Lighthouse Family vs. Muse in a battle of the Nina Simone covers Sunblock feat. Sandy vs. Bastille in a battle of the Corona covers Sharleen Spiteri vs. Human Nature in a battle of the Tom Jones covers Beverley Knight vs. Calum Scott in a battle of the Robyn covers Madcon vs. Måneskin in a battle of The Four Seasons covers