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45. Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) 139pts Writers - Sara Allen, Daryl Hall, John Oates Top points - Liamski689 22, Uls2000 21, Yog1963 20, ...ready for it 20 From 1981 and hitting the chart in 1982, this was the first of just two top 10 hits for the duo from Philadelphia. It was also their fourth US number 1 single. At the recording of 'We Are The World' a few years later, Michael Jackson admitted to Daryl Hall that he had copied the bassline for his own song 'Billie Jean'.

46. Depeche Mode - In Your Room 131pts Writer - Martin Gore Top points - King Rollo 22, Julian 20, dandy* 20 Like the Stone Roses, Depeche Mode will just have one song in the final as In Your Room drops out. It was the fourth single to be taken from 'Songs Of Faith And Devotion'. My own score of 22 is based on the album version. The song was remixed for the single release and I think this version lacks the punch and scale of the original recording.

47. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass 125pts Writers - Onika Maraj, Daniel Johnson, Esther Dean, Roahn Hylton, Jeremy Coleman Top points - Alex! 21, Mack 20, AaronTM 19 Super Bass had a steady climb up the chart, taking 13 weeks to ascend to its peak position and giving Nicki Minaj her first top 10 single as the lead artist.

48. Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 102pts Writers - Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff Top points - ...ready for it 25, 777666jason 25, Alex! 13 Taken from Taylor Swift's 2024 album, 'The Tortured Poets Department', this is the highest placed of the five wild cards.

49. The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone 96pts Writers - Ian Brown, John Squire Top points - Jason 24, jimwatts 20, DaTilt 17 The Stone Roses fail to get two songs into the final as Elephant Stone falls here. First released in 1988, it wasn't a hit until it was re-issued in 1990. The recording was produced by New Order's Peter Hook in his own studio.

That was a great century from Harry Brook to steer England to the semi-finals. They seem to be playing better now after struggling through the first round group.

Round 1: 33 The year, Jamiroquai Round 2: 33 Hurricane Smith 3 in 10: 3 Lucky Man, Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Drugs Don't Work

I think for many of us it will be which album track we think others will like even if it isn't our own favourite from them. That's the way I'm thinking, anyway.

Round 1: 33 Kinky Afro Round 2: 24 War, Cruel To Be Kind, Heaven 3 in 10: 3 Get Down, Along Again (Naturally), Clair

50. Everything But The Girl - Wrong 92pts Writers - Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt Top points - AH Gold 19, Jester 17, Liamski689 16 'Wrong' was jszmiles' wild card but he didn't vote in this semi-final so it can't avoid a Monday exit. It was the third in a run of three consecutive top 10 hits for the duo from Hull in the mid 90s to add to their first one, 'I Don't Want To Talk About It' which had reached number 3 in 1988.

51. Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting 85pts Writer - Carl Douglas Top points - CowTzy 25, Paddington James 17, Jason 14 Kung Fu Fighting was a number 1 single in 1974 for Carl Douglas. His vocals were sampled in this version by Bus Stop with added raps from Daz Sampson who has already appeared in the first round with 'Teenage Life'. Bus Stop had two more top 40 hits with versions of 'You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet' and Van Halen's 'Jump'.

52. Mariah Carey - Through The Rain 74pts Writers - Mariah Carey, Lionel Cole Top points - AaronTM 25, ...ready for it 18, Scone1 17 From 2002, this was Mariah Carey's first release on her own MonarC record label. It was her nineteenth top 10 hit.

53. Chris Brown - With You 64pts Writers - Johnta Austin, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjorklund Top points - Mack 22, Alex! 17, vibe 15 From 2007, this was Chris Brown's second top 10 single, spending a total of 36 weeks in the top 100.

54. Moby - James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version) 47pts Writer - Monty Norman Top points - gasman449 25, CowTzy 17, dandy* 3 The James Bond Theme was written for the first Bond film, 'Dr. No', in 1962. Moby's 1997 remix appeared on the soundtrack to 'Tomorrow Never Dies'. It was his highest peaking single up to that point and was subsequently beaten just once to that title, by 'Porcelain' in 2000, which reached number 5. Moby released his 23rd studio album last Friday.

I'm happy with 3rd place as I was the eighth person to pick a country. The hosts always do better than they usually would so I thought Italy would be a good choice. Thanks Mack for running this. I think it just needs the medals from the last day to be added on which could affect some of the other final positions.

Cars was the first single I ever bought. The same applies to Don't Bring Me Down by ELO as I bought them both at the same time in WH Smith. They were at number 1 and number 3 in the chart that week. I Don't Like Mondays was quite ambitious in its arrangement for what was essentially a punk band. I think I would put it around 6th place as well. Sunday Girl is quite good but not one of my favourite Blondie singles.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED Thanks to the 39 people who voted. The results will start this evening.

Congratulations dhwe on winning Bop Idol. Crystal Castles were third in my vote so I'm pleased to see them win this. Thanks to all who gave points to Faithless, I'm happy with 11th place after a bad start. And thanks to gooddelta for an excellent hosting job.

Thanks Jester for the 12 point score! 🙂

Oh dear, my song is struggling at the wrong end of the scoreboard. ☹️

Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United Brentford 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea 3-0 Burnley West Ham United 2-2 AFC Bournemouth Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United Crystal Palace 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest 1-2 Liverpool Sunderland 1-1 Fulham Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Arsenal Everton 1-2 Manchester United

27 votes so far. If you haven't voted yet, you have the rest of the weekend to do so.

1st Nadia Oh - Jump Out The Window (why so many low scores? I was bopping around to this one) 2 FKA Twigs - Perfectly 3 Lisa - Another Great Day!! 4 Lily Allen - Everyone’s At It 5 Delta Goodrem - Wings 6 Kesha - Take It Off 7 Rosalia - Aute Cuture 8 Toni Braxton featuring Loon - Hit The Freeway

Well done on another 39, Jade. Round 1: 36 The year (one year out) Round 2: 36 The year (one year out) 3 in 10: 3 All Cried Out, Love Letters, Is This Love?

1st Erasure - Sometimes 2 Abba - SOS 3 Blondie - Denis 4 The Chicks - Gaslighter 5 The Corrs - So Young (K-Klass Remix) 6 Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love 7 Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix) 8 Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous 9 The 1975 - The Sound 10 Calvin Harris featuring Haim - Pray to God 11 Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]