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King Rollo

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  1. AC Milan 3-1 Feyenoord Atalanta 2-0 Club Brugge Bayern Munich 3-0 Celtic Benfica 2-1 Monaco Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Sporting Lisbon PSG 2-0 Brest PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Juventus Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City
  2. Round 1: 24 Round 2: 36 I knew it was the one with the long piano solo, I just couldn't think of the title in time 3 in 10: 3
  3. The top 25 singles from the first semi are safely through to the final. Now the remaining 54 songs are competing to join them. 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. Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You Elton John - Your Song Duran Duran - Notorious Garbage - Why Do You Love Me Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control Amy Winehouse - Rehab Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen – Breathe Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It Mariah Carey - Hero The Seahorses - Blinded By The Sun Madness - One Step Beyond The Bravery - An Honest Mistake Klaxons - Golden Skans Britney Spears - Stronger The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind Suede - Animal Nitrate Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) The Ones - Flawless Robert Miles - Fable Kygo and Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Uniting Nations – Out of Touch Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us Mika - Happy Ending Dolly Parton - Jolene Madonna - I'll Remember Pulp - Disco 2000 Yello - The Race Tori Amos - Pretty Good Year R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts The Cure - The Love Cats Chicane - Poppiholla U2 - One Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better Lady Gaga - Alejandro Evanescence - My Immortal Crowded House - Weather With You Ram Jam - Black Betty Alan Walker - Faded The Doors - Light My Fire Green Day - Basket Case Madonna - Rain Bloc Party - Two More Years Siouxsie and The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed Up World Closing date - Sunday 23rd February
  4. Thanks Mack for a fun quiz.
  5. I was thinking of World Matchplay Snooker until I worked out the W was Wimbledon.
  6. It's a good lead to have at this stage. :)
  7. I did think of West Bromwich Albion but as you added FC to Leicester City, I thought you would have done the same for this one so I went for something else that fits.
  8. That first one certainly confused me. Thanks for giving me 2 points for my answer. I still don't understand the correct answer, doesn't each team start with 0 points?
  9. So these are the 25 singles to qualify for the final, in chronological order: I Get Around Let's Stay Together Let Your Love Flow Play That Funky Music Le Freak Another One Bites The Dust Lay All Your Love On Me White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) A New England Domino Dancing We Didn't Start The Fire Creep Head Over Feet Da Funk / Musique Lucky Man Forgot About Dre Dancing In The Moonlight Strange And Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You) I'm With You Seven Nation Army She Moves In Her Own Way Get Together Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors One (Your Name) Angel Of My Dreams
  10. 26. Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 219pts Writers - Jeff Bhasker, Alicia Keys, Patrick 'Plain Pat' Reynolds Top points - AaronTM 25, vibe 24, West 23 In 2010, this had spent five weeks in the top 40 before climbing from number 13 to number 7 after being performed on Britain's Got Talent. It finishes ten points behind the song in 25th place. srMBZiqNMaM
  11. 27. Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop - Lose Control 216pts Writers - Melissa Elliott, Ciara Harris, Juan Atkins, Curtis Hudson, Isaac Freeman, Richard Davis Top points - AaronTM 24, CowTzy 22, vancey 22 From 2005, this was the lead single taken from Missy Elliott's sixth album 'The Cookbook'. It contained samples from 'Body Work' by Hot Streak and 'Clear' by Cybotron. na7lIb09898
  12. 28. Love Inc. – You're A Superstar 211pts Writers - Vincent De Giorgio, Chris Sheppard, Brad Daymond Top points - ElectroBoy 25, West 22, danae 20, rio309 20 First released in 1998, this wasn't a hit in the UK until 2002/3 when it spent four consecutive weeks at number 7. The Canadian group had one other top ten hit. The song was in a good position to qualify but none of the last ten voters gave it any points. WsidcB-24JU
  13. 29. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton – Islands In The Stream 199pts Writers - Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb Top points - AaronTM 21, Maestro 20, Jaz13music 19 The Bee Gees wrote this for Diana Ross, intending it to be in an R&B style, but later reworked it as a duet for these two. It received 22 votes, a lot more than the songs just above or below it, but many of these were single figure scores. xFNEqNYdAtA
  14. Leicester 0-2 Arsenal Aston Villa 3-0 Ipswich Fulham 1-1 Nottingham Forest Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth West Ham 2-2 Brentford Crystal Palace 1-0 Everton Liverpool 3-0 Wolves Tottenham 2-2 Manchester Utd
  15. 11th - 17th February 1965 20. It Hurts So Much (To See You Go) - Jim Reeves The next posthumous hit is another ballad in his usual style. 33. Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself - Adam Faith I liked the orchestration and piano on this one, the production is more expansive than you would usually get on one of his songs. 35. Mary Anne - The Shadows A song with vocals this time and they sing it well while using just their acoustic guitars. A nice discovery. 36. Goodnight - Roy Orbison Not one of his best songs but there's plenty still to like here with his vocals, the backing track and the build up towards the end. 37. Paper Tiger - Sue Thompson A throwaway pop song with a rather irritating child-like vocal from a singer who is 39 years old. This will be her only top 40 hit. 40. A Windmill In Old Amsterdam - Ronnie Hilton This will be the last of Ronnie's eighteen top 40 singles and 16 of them were before I started my reviews in 1961. It's a novelty song about mice which I mildly enjoyed but wouldn't want to hear again. Record of the week : 39. It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones You can tell we have reached the second half of the 1960s now with the emergence of Tom Jones. This is only two minutes long but doesn't need to be any longer. His big vocal really stands out here along with the contribution from the brass section. The song was intended for Sandie Shaw but she liked his demo version so much that she told him to release it himself. It will spend one week at number 1. ABrbHEf4mUs
  16. I'll have a look on youtube then, so I can see it as well as listen to it. Round 1: 27 Round 2: 24 3 in 10: 3
  17. 30. Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night 190pts Writers - Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly Top points - Mango 24, Liamski689 24, Leonardo 23 Roy Orbison's original is waiting to go in the second semi-final. Will it do better or worse than this version which was the first to be released so the song was new to everyone who heard it on the radio. It gave Cyndi Lauper her third top 10 hit, five years after the first two. 2y1TZXc5DiY
  18. 31. The Magician featuring Years & Years – Sunlight 189pts Writers - Stephen Fasano, Olly Alexander, Mark Ralph Top points - My...Tuppence!! 22, ElectroBoy 22, RabbitFurCoat 21 From 2014, this was the only top 40 hit for the Belgian producer Stephen Fasano. TFXlWfzW9Uo
  19. 32. Julee Cruise - Falling 187pts Writers - Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch Top points - marcinjaro 23, seven. 22, AH Gold 20 An instrumental version of this song was the theme to Twin Peaks in which Julee Cruise had a recurring role as a roadhouse singer. An attempted follow-up single only got as far as number 66. EIUeZ4OqLXU
  20. 33. Charli xcx featuring Ariana Grande - Sympathy Is A Knife (remix) 185pts Writers - Charlotte Aitchison, Ariana Grande, Finn Keane, Jonathan Christopher Shave Top points - Jason 25, Mark223 20, Jade 19 Released just four months ago, this remix of a track from the 'Brat' album is the most recent number 7 to reach either semi-final. jfL8Vu9PfW8
  21. 34. Bomb The Bass - Winter In July 182pts Writer - Tim Simenon Top points - Jade 23, Dante77 21, Popchartfreak 21 From 1991, this was the last of four top 10 hits for Bomb The Bass. It featured vocals from Loretta Heywood. bac8pAmJL08
  22. 35. Newton Faulkner - Dream Catch Me 177pts Writers - Crispin Hunt, Newton Faulkner, Gordon Mills Top points - DarrenJames 24, Viper* 22, jimwatts 22 This was the only top 40 hit for the singer from Reigate. It has spent a total of 48 weeks in the top 100 from 2007 to 2014. rE-Why8N2I0
  23. 36. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood 176pts Writers - Tina Weymouth, Lani Weymouth, Laura Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley Top points - Jaz13music 23, King Rollo 21, jimwatts 19, seven. 19 This was stuck on 0 points long after all the other songs in the semi-final had votes and it wasn't until the 21st vote that it got off the mark so finishing in 36th place is quite the comeback. It uses part of a traditional Moroccan children's song 'A Ram Sam Sam' and was one of two top 40 hits for the Talking Heads side project. apZ7likn3no
  24. 37. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up 175pts Writers - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Top points - Jaz13music 22, Mark223 21, Uls2000 18 Different versions of Start Me Up had been recorded as early as 1975 before the group were finally happy with this one from 1981. It turned out to be their final 10 ten hit. SGyOaCXr8Lw
  25. 38. Britney Spears - Work Bitch 172pts Writers - William Adams, Otto Jettman, Sebastian Ingrosso, Anthony Preston, Ruth-Anne Cunningham, Britney Spears Top points - detonate 24, vibe 20, vancey 19 From 2013, this is Britney Spears' most recent solo top 10 single. After debuting at number 7, it plummeted thirty places to 37 in its second week on the chart. pt8VYOfr8To