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9. Mary J. Blige - Family Affair 1237pts Writers - Mary J. Blige, Bruce Miller, Andre Young, Camara Kambon, Michael Elizondo Top scores - vibe 50, detonate 49, Alex! 46, Julian 46 Low scores - AH Gold 1, King Rollo 2, Scone1 9 Average score - 28.8 Another song that started as an instrumental, written by Dr. Dre and offered to Rakim to add some rapping to but he turned it down. It was then given to Mary J. Blige with the finished song spending six weeks at number 1 in the US. It was her fifth UK top 10 hit.

10. Visage - Fade To Grey 1230pts Writers - Billie Currie, Chris Payne, Midge Ure Top scores - Yog1963 50, Jade 50, Scone1 50 Low scores - Jason 1, gasman449 5, vibe 7 Average score - 28.6 Fade To Grey started as an instrumental called 'Toot City' which was worked on by Billie Currie and Chris Payne while they were touring as part of Gary Numan's backing band. It then ended up as a Visage song with Midge Ure adding lyrics and some of the melody. Fade To Grey was in the top 10 at the same time as 'Vienna' by Ultravox, the other group that Midge Ure and Billie Currie were part of. It was Visage's only top 10 hit, other singles from them peaked at 11, 12 and 13. Three scores of 50 mean it wins a tie-break over 'Suburbia'.

11. Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia 1230pts Writers - Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe Top scores - King Rollo 50, DarrenJ77 49, Uls2000 48, deepinside 48 Low scores - danG 1, Cymro87 4, jszmiles 7, musicfan97 7 Average score - 28.6 Suburbia first appeared on Pet Shop Boys' debut album 'Please' and was then remixed by Julian Mendelsohn for its release as the fourth single from the album, giving the duo their second top 10 hit. The best version is the nine minute one which can be found on their 1986 'Disco' album.

Round 1: 36 U2, I knew one of them was Adam but couldn't think of his surname Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 What Is Love, Look Mama, New Song

12. Oasis - Live Forever 1227pts Writer - Noel Gallagher Top scores - Cymro87 50, Jester 50, jimwatts 49 Low scores - jszmiles 1, AaronTM 1, detonate 1 Average score - 28.5 Live Forever was Oasis' third single and the first to reach the top 10, peaking at number 10 in 1994 just before the release of their debut album 'Definitely Maybe'. It slipped out of the top 40 after four weeks but ended up spending 79 weeks in the top 100 and reaching a new peak of number 8 in September 2024 after the group announced that they were reuniting for a tour.

13. Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 1209pts Writers - Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards Top scores - Scene 48, Alex! 47, vibe 46, Mango 46, Mack 46, Leonardo 46 Low scores - Julian 1, marcinjaro 1, dandy* 5 Average score - 28.1 The Pet Shop Boys' nemesis from last year's final of the Pop Factor finishes just ahead of them here with the second of her seven top 10 hits. In 2003, Paramount acquired an option to make a film based on the lyrics. The option has expired and Avril has said she might now produce it herself.

14. Pet Shop Boys - Rent 1173pts Writers - Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe Top scores - ElectroBoy 50, Mango 49, deepinside 49 Low scores - gasman449 3, danG 4, jszmiles 5, CowTzy 5 Average score - 27.3 The Pet Shop Boys have managed to get both of their songs into the top 14 with Rent dropping out first. It was the third single to be taken from their second album 'Actually'. The first two, 'It's A Sin' and 'What Have I Done To Deserve This?', had peaked at number 1 and number 2 respectively.

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Abba also had Fernando, One Of Us and The Day Before You Came at their disposal for this round, so many riches. For David Bowie, Life On Mars maybe could have been saved up until now and another song used in round 1.

This would have been Nik Kershaw's ballad:

I'm not a big fan of La Bamba or Who's That Girl but would certainly put La Bamba above the latter.

I think gooddelta might be The Corrs and Paddington might be Delta.

15. P!nk - Try 1169pts Writers - Michael Busbee, Ben West Top scores - Alex! 50, rio309 48, CowTzy 47, Mango 47 Low scores - Grandwicky 1, danG 6, Uls2000 6 Average score - 27.2 From 2012, this was Pink's seventeenth top 10 single. The songwriters had Kelly Clarkson and then Daughtry in mind before eventually giving it to Adam Lambert but they weren't happy with his recording so it ended up with Pink. The single peaked in its fifth week in the top 40 and spent just one week in the top 10.

16. Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again 1168pts Writers - Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart Top scores - marcinjaro 50, LKF 47, Jade 46, Jester 46 Low scores - Mack 1, Grandwicky 2, Mango 3, detonate 3 Average score - 27.2 Here Comes The Rain Again was the third single to be taken from Eurythmics' third album 'Touch' and was their fifth consecutive top 10 hit. One 50 point score means it wins a tie-break over 'Just Can't Get Enough'.

17. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 1168pts Writer - Vince Clark Top scores - jimwatts 48, ElectroBoy 44, rio309 44 Low scores - Chez Wombat 6, Bror 6, Liamski689 7 Average score - 27.2 Just Can't Get Enough was Depeche Mode's third single and the last before Vince Clark left the group. It's now often played at football grounds, most notably Celtic FC, and is the first single so far not to appear in any voter's bottom five.

Jack, I think you need to put Abba somewhere as well instead of Florence.

Thanks, and well done John for the double 39. Round 1: 33 Luciano Pavarotti Round 2: 33 Reel 2 Real 3 in 10: 3 China In Your Hand, Valentine, Heart & Soul

18. The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On 1138pts Writers - Holland-Dozier-Holland Top scores - Popchartfreak 50, Scone1 48, AaronTM 47 Low scores - CowTzy 4, marcinjaro 7, jimwatts 12, AH Gold 12 Average score - 26.5 From 1966, this was the Supremes' eighth UK top 40 hit and eighth Billboard number 1 single. A cover version by Kim Wilde also reached number 1 in the US in 1986. Only two voters put the song in their bottom ten.

19. The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up 1132pts Writers - Liam Howlett, Cedric Miller, Trevor Randolph, Maurice Smith, Keith Thornton Top scores - gasman449 50, Bror 50, Grandwicky 48 Low scores - GreyAsh 1, Popchartfreak 2, AaronTM 2 Average score - 26.3 This was the eighth out of eleven top 10 hits for the Braintree band. The repeated two lines of lyrics are sampled from 'Give The Drummer Some' by Ultramagnetic MCs.

20. Eagles - Hotel California 1127pts Writers - Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey Top scores - Scene 49, gasman449 48, Cymro87 47, musicfan97 47 Low scores - ElectroBoy 1, Mango 4, Jade 5, Uls2000 5 Average score - 26.2 From 1977, this is the Eagles' highest charting single and a third number 1 for them in the US where it also won a Grammy award for Record Of The Year.

24th - 30th March 1966 29. Somebody Help Me - The Spencer Davis Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fBmgT30zvM A second number 1 single for this group but not as good as the first one. The hook of the chorus stands out but not much else remarkable about it. 35. Blue Turns To Grey - Cliff Richard and The Shadows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlHkzW-R48 A cover of a Rolling Stones song which had been recorded by two other artists before the Stones' own version came out. It goes along nicely at a good pace but, like the first song today, there's not a lot to it. 36. 634-5789 - Wilson Pickett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGuaVAufV0 I don't think there are too many chart hits with just numbers in the title. It's another soulful vocal display from Wilson with the backing vocalists singing the phone number. 38. Someday One Day - The Seekers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adAdRbmhYx8 While their first three singles all reached the top 3, this one will only get to number 11. A strong vocal once again from Judith Durham and it's interesting to see the Sydney Opera House still under construction. 39. You Won't Be Leaving - Herman's Hermits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpQ0b5Ye1KE So his girlfriend didn't just come round to his house to look at the pictures on his wall, she came to stay the night is the gist of this one. It was OK. Record of the week : 40. Tijuana Taxi - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass This is just a happy instrumental which should put a smile on the face of anyone who listens to it. It's mainly the trumpet and xylophone with that comical car horn sounded a few times. It's Herb Alpert's third top 40 hit and will only get to number 37.

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21. The Smiths - This Charming Man 1122pts Writers - Johnny Marr, Morrissey Top scores - jimwatts 50, Grandwicky 50, Jaz13music 48 Low scores - rio309 1, ...ready for it 2, jszmiles 3, JackJones 3 Average score - 26.1 This Charming Man was The Smiths' first top 40 single, reaching number 25 in 1983. It was reissued in 1992 to promote the 'Best... I' compilation album released by the new owners of their back catalogue, WEA, and gave the group their highest peak position on the singles chart. Two scores of 50 mean that it wins a tie-break over 'Time Is Running Out'.

22. Muse - Time Is Running Out 1122pts Writers - Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard, Chris Wolstenholme Top scores - gasman449 49, Julian 48, chrissmith276 48 Low scores - AH Gold 3, musicfan97 5, Liamski689 6 Average score - 26.1 Taken from their third album 'Absolution', Time Is Running Out was Muse's twelfth single and the first to reach the top 10. They went on to have three further top 10 hits.

23. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam 1120pts Writers - Peter Rycroft, Ina Wroldsen Top scores - Jason 50, GreyAsh 50, Mack 48 Low scores - Jade 1, gasman449 1, dandy* 1, CowTzy 1 Average score - 26 This was Kylie Minogue's 35th top 10 hit and her first since 2011. She joined Cher, Lulu and Diana Ross on the list of female singers with top 10 singles across five consecutive decades.