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36. Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver - Exile 189pts Writers - Taylor Swift, Joe Alwyn, Justin Vernon Top points - 777666jason 25, ...ready for it 25, dandy* 22 Taken from Taylor Swift's eighth album 'Folklore', Exile entered the singles chart in 2020 in the same week as 'Cardigan' (number 6) and 'The 1' (number 10).

37. Seal - Killer (EP) 183pts Writers - Adamski, Seal (Killer) Top points - Gary Feld 24, marcinjaro 20, Jester 17 Killer had been a number 1 for Adamski in 1990 with Seal on vocals. Just a year later, Seal recorded a new version with Trevor Horn producing. The other tracks on the EP were 'Hey Joe' and 'Come See What Love Has Done'.

38. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 180pts Writer - John Fogerty Top points - Scene 25, Scone1 21, Borza 16, chartjack2 16 Going way back to 1969 now, we have the first top 40 hit for the group from California. They followed this up with the number 1 single, 'Bad Moon Rising'. Tina Turner's solo version of the song also continues to have high streaming figures.

39. Lily Allen - Pussy Palace 176pts Writers - Lily Allen, Blue May, Leroy Clampitt, Chloe Angelides Top points - Jason 25, 777666jason 23, vibe 23 This is the most recent single on the number 8 list, reaching its peak position in November 2025. It was Lily Allen's first top 10 hit since 2014.

40. Robyn - Show Me Love 172pts Writers - Robyn, Max Martin Top points - vibe 25, ...ready for it 21, Mango 19 From 1997, this was the Swedish singer's third top 40 hit. She still has one song ready to go in the second semi-final.

Thanks. Round 1: 39 💥 Round 2: 30 Road Runner, Being Lonely 3 in 10: 3 Change, Pale Shelter, Head Over Heels

1st Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone 2 Erasure - So The Story Goes 3 Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life 4 Florence + The Machine - Queen Of Peace 5 The Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice 6 Abba - Hole In Your Soul 7 Atomic Kitten - If You Come To Me 8 Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama 9 The Corrs - I Never Loved You Anyway 10 Haim - I Know Alone 11 The 1975 - Love Me 12 Girlicious - Over You

Italy doing well for me so far, not far behind the leaders.

10th - 16th February 1966 14. Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0HpuzIwYv4 The Stones' last five singles all topped the chart but this will only get to number 2. Their distinctive guitar work is still present but this lacks the killer chorus of their last few songs so it falls short of the record of the week. 19. Tomorrow - Sandie Shaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYHV2unfLvl A fairly basic pop song but she makes the best of it with a good vocal and it will return her to the top 10 after her last single only reached number 21. 34. Get Out Of My Life, Woman - Lee Dorsey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=canHi-ez8cs A rhythm and blues song which I liked a lot. We have piano, drums, guitar and brass instruments all involved but it's still nicely uncluttered. He has a few more hits to come so I look forward to them. 35. My Love - Petula Clark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFXZIXMB5r4 There's a constant rhythm running through this with no changes of pace and I can understand why Petula thought it was a bit flat and didn't want it to be released as a single but she was wrong and it will reach number 4 and top the US chart. 36. Girl - The Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgLPFNDky8 A second cover of the Beatles song for this year and I think I prefer it to the one by St. Louis Union, there was some inventive instrumentation. I know an 80s band called The Truth who had a couple of top 40 hits, I didn't know there was one in the 60s as well. 37. Think - Chris Farlowe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKeQg31tITg A Rolling Stones song but not a cover as their version hasn't come out yet. He has a very big voice but a little frenzied in places. His next single will do better. 40. You've Come Back - PJ Proby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3amM9NDFEZo A ballad this time from PJ Proby and he sings it really well, accompanied by some dramatic orchestration. Record of the week : 30. Sha-La-La-La-Lee - The Small Faces It wasn't an easy decision but I've chosen this one for being the catchiest song. I also like the mod style guitar sound and the organ towards the end. It will be the second top 40 hit for The Small Faces, going as high as number 3.

1st Nik Kershaw - Gone To Pieces 2 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man 3 Conan Gray - Killing Me 4 David Bowie - Young Americans 5 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes 6 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - Midsummer Pipe Dream 7 Ruel - Not What’s Going On 8 Fred Again.. - Berwyn (All That I Got Is You) 9 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix) 10 George Michael - Freeek! 11 Markus Riva - Forever 12 Eric Saade - Every Minute

Yesterday's wasn't put on the podcast until today so I'm just doing today's. Round 1: 36 Uptown Uptempo Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 My Heart Will Go On, Think Twice, The Power Of Love

41. Jessie J - Who You Are 171pts Writers - Jessica Cornish, Toby Gad, Shelly Peiken Top points - Alex! 23, detonate 21, 777666jason 20 This was the sixth single to be taken from Jessie J's debut album 'Who You Are'. All of them reached the top 20.

42. Ash - Shining Light 167pts Writer - Tim Wheeler Top points - marcinjaro 24. Grandwicky 20, Julian 20 In common with the Bloc Party single, this was the fourth and final top 10 hit for the group from Northern Ireland. It has the same number of points and votes as 'Golden Years' and so wins the tie-break with one 24 point score.

43. David Bowie - Golden Years 167pts Writer - David Bowie Top points - Gary Feld 23, Scone1 22, Uls2000 21 Another singer from the current Pop Factor appears here with a song from 1975, released shortly after David Bowie had reached number 1 with the re-issued 'Space Oddity'.

44. Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet 160pts Writer - Mark Knopfler Top points - Scone1 25, Scene 21, King Rollo 19 Another group from London now. Romeo And Juliet was the second out of five top 10 singles for Dire Straits. The first of them is still to come in the second semi-final.

45. Bloc Party - Flux 156pts Writers - Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke, Matt Tong Top points - Mack 25, rio309 20, dandy* 14, Grandwicky 14, detonate 14 From 2007, this was the fourth and final top 10 hit for the London band.

46. Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind 147pts Writers - Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman Top points - Julian 25, DarrenJ77 20, chartjack2 19 This song was part of the 1968 film 'The Thomas Crown Affair' and won an Oscar for best original song. With the Winter Olympics going on, it's worth mentioning that Noel Harrison represented Great Britain at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics in the giant slalom event. This single was his only top 40 hit, he was an actor more than a singer.

47. Savage Garden -Affirmation 142pts Writers - Daniel Jones, Darren Hayes Top points - Cymro87 25, GreyAsh 22, Mango 21 From 2000, this was the fourth and final top 10 hit for the Australian duo. It's not the end of the road for Darren Hayes who still has a solo single in the second semi-final.

48. Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion / Last Train To London 141pts Writer - Jeff Lynne Top points - King Rollo 25, TheSnake 21, AH Gold 20 The highest placed wild card was the fourth top 10 single from ELO's 'Discovery' album and their thirteenth overall. My top score is based mainly on Confusion which I prefer out of the two songs. Last Train To London was sampled on Atomic Kitten's number 2 hit 'Be With You' which was also part of a double A side single.

49. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 140pts Writer - Neil Diamond Top points - DarrenJ77 23, Borza 17, Mack 13, detonate 13, CowTzy 13 Sweet Caroline was released in 1969 but wasn't a hit in the UK until 1971, a few months after 'Cracklin' Rosie' had reached number 3. It returned to the top 20 in 2021 after being sung by England supporters at the Euros and has since become omnipresent at any England match, it seems, whether it's the men or the women.

50. Mariah Carey - Anytime You Need A Friend 116pts Writers - Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff Top points - Gary Feld 25, AaronTM 22, ...ready for it 22 From 1994, this was Mariah Carey's sixth top 10 hit. She has a second song in the other semi-final.

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

I've never seen or read Watership Down. Bright Eyes would be in my top five, a beautiful song. It was written by Mike Batt who also wrote A Winter's Tale for David Essex and all the hits by The Wombles.

I noticed that there were 36 places but 39 songs. I thought maybe you had sent invites to three of the people who posted that they had not been online on launch night and had missed the chance to enter.

51. Lauv and Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired... 102pts Writers - Lauv, Leland, Oscar Gorres, Michael Pollack, Troye Sivan Top points - Jason 23, CowTzy 19, detonate 16 This is the most recent single to feature today, being released in 2019, an American/Australian collaboration. Troye Sivan is currently taking part in the Pop Factor. Will this song be used in a later round?