King Rollo

44. Shocking Blue - Venus 899pts Writer - Robbie van Leeuwen Top scores - deepinside 47, Jaz13music 44, Scene 44 Low scores - Mango 2, Liamski689 2, ElectroBoy 3 Jester 3 Average score - 20.9 There was a poll within a poll as we were also deciding what our favourite version of Venus is and Bananarama have won as Shocking Blue appear first. The original was a hit for the Dutch group in 1970 and reached number 1 in several countries, including the US. The follow-up single, 'Mighty Joe', missed the top 40.

I managed to find that clip, John, and watched it. It was interesting to see them around the microphones together doing the different vocal parts. Round 1: 36 Crazy Round 2: 30 KC & The Sunshine Band, the year 3 in 10: 3 You Win Again, Tragedy, Night Fever

Rolloland would also like to thank the two people who put that unofficial video onto youtube. I don't think I've seen scenes from a film being used so effectively to illustrate a song that has nothing to do with the film. John Hurt, Richard Burton and Gregor Fisher were the actors I recognised in it. I did think of linking to the lyric video instead as I thought the 1984 video might distract from the music but it looks like I made the right decision. I think many of you just listen to the Spotify playlist so maybe a video doesn't make much difference.

Round 1: 39 💥 Round 2: 39 💥 I'm on a roll this evening after that song contest win! I actually considered the wonderful 'Stay With Me Till Dawn' for a song from a year ending in 9 but thought it wouldn't be right entering a top 20 hit. 3 in 10: 3 Venus, Cruel Summer, Robert De Niro's Waiting

Collapse/Collide is actually the first track in a five song suite that makes up Part 2 of the album Controlling Crowds Parts 1-3. The word "collide" continues on a loop for the first two and a half minutes of the next track, 'Clones', so I would recommend listening to the whole album to hear the song in its context. 'Bullets', which I entered to BJSC 99, is the second track on Part 1 of the same album which is also a five song suite.

Well, I never thought picking the number 17 would lead to me winning a BJSC spin-off! This is Rolloland's first ever win. 😀 Thanks to Leww for coming up with the idea for the theme and pushing me past the line with the final vote and thanks to everyone else who voted for Collapse/Collide. It's great to win with such a stunning song, I placed it at number 136 in my all-time top 1000. And thanks to NocheLuna for hosting the contest.

Thanks to the host for the 18 points!

Thanks to Nine And 3/4 for the 18 points! 😃

This is a rarity to see Rolloland at the top of a scoreboard, even when I was a regular participant. 😲

Thanks to Colm and Bror for those high scores.

Thanks to all who have given points to Rolloland so far. It's great to be as high as second place. I don't think that will last.

45. Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone 877pts Writers - Kyrre Gorvell-Dahll, Conrad Sewell, Martijn Konijnenburg Top scores - danG 49, Jason 48, jimwatts 47 Low scores - Scene 1, Leonardo 1, chartjack2 1 Average score - 20.4 Firestone was the first of ten top 40 hits for the Norwegian DJ/producer, each of them with a different featured singer. In this case, it was the Australian singer Conrad Sewell who reached number 1 in his own country with 'Start Again'.

46. XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love 874pts Writer - Jorgen Olsen Top scores - JackJones 48, CowTzy 46, Alex! 43 Low scores - DaTilt 1, DarrenJ77 2, dandy* 2 Average score - 20.3 Fly On The Wings Of Love by the Olsen Brothers won the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark. In the same year, came this cover version by Spanish dance act XTM which wasn't a hit in the UK until 2003. It peaked at number 8 three times in a chart run of 9-8-12-9-8-9-11-10-8-10.

47. Nero - Guilt 872pts Writers - Joseph Ray, Daniel Stephens, Alana Watson Top scores - danG 50, King Rollo 49, Bror 47 Low scores - Mango 1, Scone1 1, Uls2000 1 Average score - 20.3 Guilt was the third single to be taken from Nero's debut album 'Welcome Reality' although the album itself had not yet been released. The next single, 'Promises', went all the way to number 1.

Round 1: 36 Lighthouse Family Round 2: 36 Night To Remember 3 in 10: 0 I think I got 0 the last time he came up, I need to remember two of them start with 'How'.

Everything I Own I'm not keen on so it's in the right place. Jack Your Body was certainly an unusual number 1 for that time but not one I really liked that much so I wouldn't put it much higher up the list.

48. Evanescence - Going Under 851pts Writers - Amy Lee, Ben Moody, David Hodges Top scores - CowTzy 49, detonate 48, ...ready for it 46 Low scores - Jaz13music 1, Julian 2, AH Gold 2, marcinjaro 2, chartjack2 2 Average score - 19.8 This was the follow-up to the Arkansas band's number 1 single 'Bring Me To Life'. They went on to have two more top 10 singles, 'My Immortal' and 'Call Me When You're Sober'.

49. Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi 832pts Writers - Lou Deprijck, Yvan Lacomblez Top scores - Uls2000 45, Jason 45, Popchartfreak 44 Low scores - DarrenJ77 1, musicfan97 1, LKF 1, chrissmith276 1 Average score - 19.3 This was intended as a pastiche of punk rock and was a UK hit in 1978. Plastic Bertrand's real name is Roger Jouret. Both he and the song's writer, Lou Deprijck, have claimed to be the vocalist on its recording. Plastic Bertrand had one more top 40 hit and went on to represent Luxembourg in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 21st place out of 22.

50. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For 828pts Writers - Ian Brown, John Squire Top scores - Jaz13music 49, DaTilt 46, Jester 44 Low scores - rio309 2, deepinside 2, JackJones 2 Average score - 19.2 This was the single that won a tie-break over Bjork's 'Hyperballad' to qualify from the first semi-final so it's not a surprise to see it finish in last place. What The World Is Waiting For was originally intended to be the A side but the record label's A&R man really liked Fools Gold. The band were not convinced so the single ended up as a double A side. Fools Gold is now obviously the better known song.

Thanks, Scone. Number 50 is imminent.

Rolloland has voted.

@Scone1 Further to that, I've now noticed you gave two scores for Bat Out Of Hell (31 and 19) and no score for In The End. Can you also let me know what your scores should be for those two songs. Thanks.

A shame to see Erasure, Nik Kershaw and Blondie go out in that round. I agree that Blondie have many songs that are better than One Way Or Another. They might have a chance of winning the Platinum Paige round.

Hi Scone, I'm just checking each song has 43 votes and have 44 for Venus by Shocking Blue which I've traced back to your vote. You gave it 34 and 22 points. I didn't notice that at the time. One of these scores should be for Yesterday by the Beatles which doesn't appear in your vote. Can you let me know which one of these scores is for Shocking Blue and which one is for The Beatles. Thanks.

Well done John on Friday's double 39. Round 1: 36 The year Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 2 U Can't Touch This, Pray