King Rollo

Leeds United 2-1 Nottingham Forest Manchester United 3-1 Tottenham Bournemouth 2-2 Aston Villa Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland Burnley 1-2 West Ham United Fulham 1-0 Everton Wolves 0-2 Chelsea Newcastle United 2-1 Brentford Brighton 2-1 Crystal Palace Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City

Erasure - Drama! Blondie - Maria Ace of Base - All That She Wants Abba - As Good As New The Corrs - Breathless Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ Haim - Forever Florence + the Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) The 1975 - It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) Atomic Kitten - The Tide is High The Chicks - Goodbye Earl A1 - Same Old Brand New You Girlicious - Like Me

I think this is the best year for number 1 singles so I'll be interested to see what order you've put them in.

Round 1: 30 Celine Dion, See It, The Hollies Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 I'm Every Woman, I Feel For You, Ain't Nobody

+25 Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion / Last Train To London 24 Nero - Guilt 23 Black - Wonderful Life 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay 21 Pet Shop Boys - Rent 20 Radiohead - Karma Police 19 Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet 18 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 17 The Beatles - Yesterday 16 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message 15 The Stranglers - No More Heroes 14 Orange Juice - Rip It Up 13 Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi 12 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 11 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 10 McAlmont & Butler - Yes 9 The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up 8 Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind 7 David Bowie - Golden Years 6 Bananarama - Cruel Summer 5 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 4 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 3 The Stone Roses - Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For 2 Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody 1 Shocking Blue - Venus

Well done John on the double 39 and managing to get the podcast halfway around the world. Round 1: 36 Thinking About My Baby Round 2: 27 The year, Shed Seven, Shania Twain 3 in 10: 2 Rain Or Shine, System Addict (The Sweetest Touch was my other answer)

1 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 2 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 3 Conan Gray - Actor (the best discovery from the songs I didn't know) 4 Markus Riva - You Make Me So Crazy 5 George Michael - Faith 6 Guitarricadelafuente - Babeica! 7 Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna - Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing) 8 Eric Saade - Made of Pop 9 Ruel & DMA’S - What a Life 10 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 11 Shawn Mendes - Teach Me How to Love 12 Troye Sivan - Got Me Started 13 Luke Black - Vomit

Thanks. Round 1: 30 The Year, Sybil Round 2: 36 Gypsy 3 in 10: 2 Mirror In The Bathroom, Too Nice To Talk To

3rd - 9th February 1966 31. Little By Little - Dusty Springfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJMBiXzotoo An OK up-tempo song from Dusty with the backing vocalists playing their part along with the piano and brass instruments. 37. Have Pity On The Boy - Paul and Barry Ryan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1KcfMGotGg I don't have pity on the boy if he's been unfaithful. The trumpets were the highlight, otherwise this is only average. Record of the week : 40. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder The drums and horns really pack a punch before the vocals come in. The verse sections don't hold up well and Stevie's vocal is a bit ragged in places but the chorus and main hook is full of energy and this is overall a good UK debut for the 15 year old singer who already has a US number 1 single to his name, 'Fingertips', in 1963. Uptight will reach a peak position of number 14.

Thanks, and well done for your 39 today. Round 1: 33 One For Sorrow (I often seem to get the Steps question wrong) Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 Silent Running, All I Need Is A Miracle, The Living Years

Italy please

There are 55 singles in the first of the two semi-finals. 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 8th February Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up Orange Juice - Rip It Up Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough Bjork - Hyperballad Beyonce - Listen Mariah Carey - Anytime You Need A Friend Seal - Killer (EP) Black - Wonderful Life Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Len - Steal My Sunshine Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver - Exile Mary J Blige - Family Affair Pet Shop Boys - Rent Lily Allen - Pussy Palace George Michael - One More Try Bloc Party - Flux Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words The Stone Roses - Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Savage Garden - Affirmation Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town The Beatles - Yesterday McAlmont & Butler - Yes Nero - Guilt Shocking Blue - Venus Suede - Beautiful Ones Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline Lauv and Troye - I'm So Tired... Ash - Shining Light Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi Robyn - Show Me Love Dido - Life For Rent David Bowie - Golden Years Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody Lady Gaga - Judas Radiohead - Karma Police Pink - Try Bananarama - Cruel Summer David Guetta featuring Sia - She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) The Stranglers - No More Heroes Blink 182 - I Miss You Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary Jessie J - Who You Are Maxx - No More (I Can't Stand It) Belinda Carlisle - Always Breaking My Heart Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion / Last Train To London M-Beat featuring General Levy - Incredible (remix)

Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) Ultravox - Hymn Malcolm McLaren And The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals The Human League - Mirror Man Tie-break : The Day Before You Came

Sparks - Do Things My Own Way

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

Happy 75th birthday to Phil Collins.

The cut off point has been reached! It's the same points score as last year. 101 singles had a points total greater than 61 points. There were two on 62 points so I've allowed them both through rather than applying a tie-break. We also have nine wild cards, these are the songs that were given 30 points by one voter but didn't receive enough points from others to go through. So there will be 55 songs in each semi-final with the top 25 going through to the final. These are the wild cards, with the person who gave them 30 points in brackets: 30pts Moby - James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version) (gasman449) 30pts Maxx - No More (I Can't Stand It) (TheSnake) 33pts Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (CowTzy) 44pts Belinda Carlisle - Always Breaking My Heart (Mango) 44pts Everything But The Girl - Wrong (jszmiles) 46pts Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion / Last Train To London (King Rollo) 47pts Mariah Carey - Through The Rain (AaronTM) 52pts M-Beat featuring General Levy - Incredible (remix) (Brer) 59pts Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart (777666jason) The first semi-final will start on Monday.

61 points Foo Fighters - The Pretender From 2007, this was the eighteenth top 40 hit for the Foo Fighters out of a total of 21.

Have a good holiday, John. Round 1: 39 💥 Round 2: 30 Liverpool, The year Tie-break: 3 out of 4 3 in 10: 3 Relax, Watching The Wildlife, Rage Hard

XII - One Word, One Noun Confirmations | Voting | Results | League Table January 2026 Host - awardinary Winner - Chez Wombat Space Art - Onyx (1977) 1. (113 Points) Space Art – Onyx [Chez Wombat] 2. (93 Points) Ministry – Revenge [jimwatts] 3. (87 Points) U.S.U.R.A. & Datura – Infinity [Astrological Mix] [CowTzy] 4. (83 Points) Out Of Order – Tears [Dobbo] 5. (82 Points) Saint Etienne – Avenue [Mangø] 6. (73 Points) The Beloved – Satellite [Addy!] 7. (70 Points) Tori Amos – Hotel [dandy*] 8. (68 Points) Hubert Kah – Limousine [gooddelta] (more votes) 9. (68 Points) Portishead – Biscuit [AllStarBySmashMouth] (less votes) 10. (64 Points) Saints & Sinners – Peace [AH Gold] 11. (61 Points) Happy Rhodes – Winter [matto] 12. (60 Points) Wonky Alice – Caterpillars [Suedehead2] 13. (57 Points) Queen – Liar [King Rollo] (more votes) 14. (57 Points) Peter Gabriel – Intruder [Julian_] (less votes) 15. (56 Points) Christoph De Babalon – Water [Brer] (more votes) 16. (56 Points) Earth & Fire – Weekend [WoW73] (less votes) 17. (50 Points) Deep Forest – Gathering [awardinary] 18. (47 Points) Pulp – Stacks [Jester] 19. (41 Points) Bows – Rockets [Jade] 20. (35 Points) The Doobie Brothers – Spirit [Scene] (more votes) 21. (35 Points) Ted Nugent – Stranglehold [Nine And ¾] (less votes) 22. (20 Points) Talking Heads – Heaven [Severin] 23. (16 Points) Juniper – Weatherman [Herbs]

Thanks! Round 1: 39 💥 Round 2: 33 Near Wild Heaven 3 in 10: 3 All Around The World, The Five Live EP, People Hold On

60 points House Of Pain - Jump Around / Top O' The Morning To Ya Jump Around only got to number 32 in 1992. In common with the Heart song we had earlier, it was re-issued as part of a double A side single the following year, the other side being 'Top O' The Morning To Ya'. Its legacy lives on with regular plays at sporting events.

59 points Charli XCX - Apple The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie This is the seventh of the nine songs from the Jackson clan that received votes to drop out. Only two solo singles by Michael remain, can they make it through to the semi-finals? There is a gap of 46 years from Blame It On The Boogie to Apple.

56 points Travis - Turn From 1999, Turn was the ninth top 40 hit for the Scottish band and ended up as the second out of six top 10 singles.

55 points The Beautiful South - Don't Marry Her Heart - Never / These Dreams Mis-Teeq - Why Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots These Dreams only reached number 62 when first released in 1986. After 'Alone' was a top 3 hit the following year, it was re-issued as part of a double A side single with 'Never'. Heart and the Beautiful South have now both lost the second of their two songs. From 1982, Forget Me Nots has been sampled in two number 1 singles from the 90s, 'Fastlove' and 'Men In Black'.