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  1. Thanks, and well done for your 39 today. Round 1: 36 Barry White Round 2: 39 đź’Ą 3 in 10: 3 Endless Love, Hero, All I Want For Christmas Is You
  2. 1st Nik Kershaw - Dancing Girls 2 David Bowie - Modern Love 3 George Michael - Too Funky 4 Conan Gray - Never Ending Song 5 The Weeknd - Take My Breath 6 Fred again.. - Jungle (Rico Nasty Remix) 7 Ruel - You Against Yourself 8 Troye Sivan - My My My! 9 Eric Saade feat. Dev - Hotter Than Fire 10 Guitarricadelafuente - Agua y Mezcal 11 Shawn Mendes - There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back
  3. U2 - Days Of Ash EP released today
  4. Round 1: 21 Truly Madly Deeply, the year, Lynn Anderson, Bad Manners Round 2: 39 💥 I should have known Truly Madly Deeply and Lynn Anderson but just couldn't think of them so I'm happy I pulled things back on Round 2. 3 in 10: 3 This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us, Amateur Hour, When Do I Get to Sing “My Way” We picked the same three songs!
  5. I'm not a big fan of the Bee Gees either but Tragedy is one of their songs I like. Message In A Bottle is better than Walking On The Moon certainly. I would put them both in mid-table positions so I think they are in the right place here.
  6. I said on the listenthrough that I thought your song was Stenchman - Puking Over
  7. 17th - 23rd February 1966 35. Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wvx14Qv9cg I like many songs by the Beach Boys but not this one. It's from an album of cover versions recorded live at their studio while a party was going on so it's no more than an impromptu singalong. It will, however, give them their biggest hit so far, reaching number 3. 36. Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq0Ri9e6SY0 A dull country style ballad which is out of place this late into the 1960s. His next two singles will just miss the top 40. He sold 85 million records but I haven't heard of him so maybe he's only known to country music fans. 39. This Golden Ring - The Fortunes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ7NbXwWkzc This is OK but nothing that I'm going to remember for too long. It's their third hit but there will now be a gap of five years before we get to the next one. Record of the week : 38. Inside-Looking Out - The Animals The Animals first single since a switch of labels from Columbia to Decca is this heavy rock song, have they actually invented heavy metal without even knowing it? There's some great guitar work along with the drums and organ and Eric Burdon has the right sort of powerful vocal style to carry a song like this along with some wailing from the other members. The single will peak at number 12.
  8. Round 1: 36 The year Round 2: 33 The Music, Fordham 3 in 10: 1 Endless Love
  9. It's so the vote for the females wasn't a waste of everybody's time.
  10. Thanks, and well done for your 39 today. Round 1: 39 đź’Ą Round 2: 30 Loneliness, Monday, the year 3 in 10: 2 Happy Hour, Caravan Of Love
  11. It only had a score of 46 points in the first round.
  12. There are 54 singles in the second of the two semi-finals. There would have been 55 but '(I've Had) The Time Of My Life' by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes has been disqualified as it peaked at number 6 in 1987. It was the 1990 re-issue that reached number 8. I always check chart peaks at the same time as I present the first round results for the non-qualifiers. I don't check them for the singles that make it through until I type out the semi-final list. As there were 101 qualifiers, a replacement will not be brought in, we still have 100 singles plus the wild cards. Please vote for your favourite 25 songs from the list and put them in order from 25 points for your favourite down to 1 point for your least favourite. Please put your favourite at the top of your list. You can vote for less than 25 if you want to but there must be a minimum of 10. You have 7 days to vote. Closing date - Sunday 22nd February Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam Blur - There's No Other Way Blue Boy - Remember Me Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends Utah Saints - Something Good '08 Daryl Hall and John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) Depeche Mode - In Your Room Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver Darren Hayes - Insatiable Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again Muse - Time Is Running Out Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love Wilkinson featuring Becky Hill - Afterglow The Beloved - Sweet Harmony Sister Sledge - We Are Family Coldplay - Violet Hill Eagles - Hotel California Amy Winehouse - Back To Black The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone Visage - Fade To Grey The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing The Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit) Madonna - Human Nature Oasis - Live Forever Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Linkin Park - In The End The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar Robyn - Dancing On My Own The Veronicas - Untouched Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia Rihanna - California King Bed Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You Echo and the Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever Groove Armada featuring Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) Sigala and Becky Hill - Wish You Well Bananarama - Venus Cerrone - Supernature XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love Chris Brown - With You The Smiths - This Charming Man Nicki Minaj - Super Bass Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? Evanescence - Going Under Bob Marley and the Wailers - No Woman, No Cry (Live) Moby - James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version) Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting Everything But The Girl - Wrong Mariah Carey - Through The Rain Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
  13. I didn't really know about Pink Floyd when Another Brick In The Wall came out. It was a few years later that I first got into prog rock. I liked the song straightaway, I would put it somewhere in my top 10 from the year. YMCA is a catchy fun song that I don't mind listening to.
  14. Fantastic to see a second gold medal of the day for GB. 🥇🥇
  15. A gold medal for Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes in the mixed team snowboard cross! That's an exciting sport to watch, well done both of them. It's Great Britain's first ever gold medal on snow!
  16. So these are the 25 singles to qualify for the final, in chronological order: Venus (Shocking Blue) Yesterday The Boys Are Back In Town Ca Plane Pour Moi Enola Gay Just Can't Get Enough The Message Cruel Summer Ain't Nobody Wonderful Life Rent Smooth Criminal Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For Bat Out Of Hell Yes Karma Police Smack My Bitch Up Steal My Sunshine Family Affair Sk8er Boi I Miss You Judas Guilt Try Firestone The second semi-final will start on Monday.
  17. 26. Bjork - Hyperballad 227pts Writer - Bjork Top points - dandy* 25, Borza 25, DaTilt 24 This was Bjork's third and final top 10 hit with all three of them coming from her second solo album 'Post'. The song in 25th place also has a score of 227 points so Hyperballad misses out on a place in the final on a tie-break.
  18. 27. Dido - Life For Rent 222pts Writers - Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong Top points - Cymro87 23, 777666jason 22, Jester 21 From 2003, Life For Rent was Dido's sixth and final top 10 single with all of them coming in the first four years of the 2000s.
  19. 28. Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror 219pts Writer - Simon Neil Top points - chrissmith276 23, jimwatts 23, rio309 22 Another Scottish band now, Many Of Horror peaked at number 20 in January 2010. It returned to the chart at the end of the year after being covered by X Factor winner Matt Cardle whose version, renamed 'When We Collide', was the Christmas number 1.
  20. 29. Orange Juice - Rip It Up 217pts Writer - Edwyn Collins Top points - Jaz13music 25, AH Gold 24, chartjack2 24 Scottish band Orange Juice had nine top 75 singles but this was the only one to reach the top 40. After the group split up in 1985, Edwyn Collins had a top 5 hit with 'A Girl Like You' ten years later.
  21. 30. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words 215pts Writers - Bob Bryar, Frank Iero, Ray Toro, Gerard Way, Mikey Way Top points - rio309 25, chrissmith276 24, Scone1 24 This was the second single to be released from the New Jersey band's third album 'The Black Parade'. It was the follow-up to their number 1 hit 'Welcome To The Black Parade'.
  22. 1st Lily Allen - Who’d Have Known 2 Michelle Branch - You Set Me Free 3 Nadia Oh - Taking Over the Dancefloor 4 Delta Goodrem - Sitting On Top of the World 5 Nelly Furtado & Tiësto - Who Wants to Be Alone 6 FKA twigs - Glass & Patron 7 Kelly Clarkson - Gone 8 Toni Braxton - You’re Makin’ Me High 9 Lisa - Gurenge (紅蓮華) 10 Rosalia - Diablo 11 Kesha - Blow 12 Chappell Roan - Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl
  23. Great to see a gold medal for GB, it never seemed to be in doubt.
  24. 31. David Guetta featuring Sia - She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) 215pts Writers - David Guetta, Chris Braide, Sia Furler, Giorgio Tuinfort Top points - CowTzy 25, chrissmith276 19, Alex! 18, DaTilt 18, TheSnake 18 And talking about Iceland, the video for this single was shot there. It's one of several collaborations between David Guetta and Sia, this one being released in 2012.