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9 points Aitch featuring ZieZie - Buss Down P. Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera - Tell Me Ariana Grande - Imagine Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini Shaznay Lewis - Never Felt Like This Before Quartz introducing Dina Carroll - It's Too Late Viola Wills - Gonna Get Along Without You Now This disco song was the only top 30 hit for Viola Wills. The original version by Teresa Brewer came out way back in April 1952, before the UK chart had started, so we will never know if it would have been a hit. There's an even bigger gap between the two versions of Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini with the second one going all the way to number 1. Brian Hyland later reached the top 10 in two different decades with 'Sealed With A Kiss'.

I'm glad Stan won as it was the only song in the top 5 I voted for. Thanks Julian and gasman for running this.

Thanks, and well done both for the 39s. Round 1: 30 Die Another Day, Really Loved A Woman Round 2: 33 Tender 3 in 10: 0 I had Rainy Night In Georgia and thought The Way We Were was called Memories

8 points Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good Pia Mia featuring Chris Brown and Tyga - Do It Again The Prodigy - One Love The Ventures - Walk Don't Run From 1993, One Love was the fourth top 10 hit for The Prodigy. Walk Don't Run was an instrumental by the American group The Ventures, one of two top 10 singles for them in 1960. Michael Jackson makes his second appearance with a posthumous hit from 2014.

7 points ATB x Topic x A7S - Your Love (9PM) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love The Chordettes - Born To Be With You Dan Hartman - Instant Replay King - Alone Without You Mike Mago and Dragonette - Outlines Daniel Merriweather featuring Wale - Change (Barcelona by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe scored 7 points but has been disqualified as the re-issue reached number 2) This disco floor filler from 1978 was one of three top 20 hits for Dan Hartman. 'I Can Dream About You' from 1985 has a very different sound and is also worth a listen. Born To Be With You by The Chordettes from 1956 could possibly be the earliest song to receive a vote. Step Inside Love was written by Paul McCartney to be the theme for Cilla Black's TV series. Alone Without You was the third of five top 40 hits for King with all of them in the space of about one year.

6 points Big Fun - Can't Shake The Feeling Daphne & Celeste - Ooh Stick You! Des'ree - Life LL Cool J - I Need Love N-Joi - Anthem Yomanda - Synth & Strings From 1999, Synth & Strings was one of four top 40 hits for Paul Masterson under his Yomanda name. From the 90s, there are N-Joi and Des'ree and from the 80s, Big Fun and LL Cool J with his first top 40 single, I Need Love. The 21st Century is represented by Daphne & Celeste.

5 points Kele Le Roc - Little Bit Of Lovin' The Pretenders - Hymn To Her The Stranglers - Peaches / Go Buddy Go Sway - Level Up Dusty Springfield - Some Of Your Lovin' Wham! - Wham Rap! With its distinctive bassline, Peaches was the first top 40 hit for The Stranglers. They have another song to come and there is also another 'Peaches' left. From 1983, we have Wham!'s second hit single and from four years later, comes Hymn To Her by The Pretenders who also have a second song to come. There's a correction here as I got Kele Le Roc and Lonyo mixed up yesterday. Summer Of Love by Lonyo has been added to the 2 point list and Little Bit Of Lovin' scored 5 points.

Just going back to the video for 'Let's Dance', it's occurred to me since I posted about it that the nuclear bomb exploding is most likely a reference to the nuclear tests that took place in Australia in the 1950s. The Aboriginal people were forcibly removed from their own territory.

13th - 19th January 1966 28. You Were On My Mind - Crispian St. Peters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKOKZleJejw After a ponderous start, this builds up well with the tambourine, organ and saxophone. He's double tracked his vocal in two different keys. The cover of a song from 1961 will go all the way to number 2. 29. Take Me To Your Heart Again - Vince Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj7pT2LwDM4 The first top 40 hit for the easy listening singer who I remember from 70s TV programmes. It's a ballad that really belongs in the early 50s. 30. You Make It Move - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRfVvgoElhM A promising chart debut for this group. A good rhythm is maintained throughout and the vocals are shared around. 36. Michelle - The Overlanders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-i7YW6JMrc A one hit wonder for this group covering the Beatles' song. They make a decent job of it but not half as good as the original. It will spend three weeks at number 1. 38. Hello, Dolly! - The Bachelors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4wqlCQZCYI The fourth version of the song to reach the top 40. It's done in the traditional music hall style starting with one of them imitating the ringing of a telephone. 39. Michelle - David and Jonathan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIJX2semYI A rival version of the song which will only get to number 11. This has a simpler arrangement, not much to choose between them but I think I prefer the Overlanders. Record of the week : 34. A Groovy Kind Of Love - The Mindbenders The Mindbenders' first single without Wayne Fontana will be a huge success, reaching number 2 in March and repeating that peak position in the US. Eric Stewart sings the lead vocal so it's a pleasure to see him in this clip when I'm more used to seeing him in 10cc videos. The production is straightforward so I'm picking this as record of the week just because it's a great tune which has endured, with a future version by Phil Collins topping the chart. Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine based the melody on a classical piece by the composer Muzio Clementi.

I can host a synctube listenthrough on Thursday evening. I think the one for the Pop Forum contest is on Wednesday. With BJSC starting soon, I think it would be best to do it this week.

Well done on the double 39, John. Round 1: 30 The year, Starland Vocal Band Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 Grease, Sherry, The Night

When you said your favourite was still to come when two were left I thought it was going to be Let's Dance so I'm pleased to see it's Total Eclipse Of The Heart.

Someone else is doing 1984. I wanted my years to be spread further apart.

It says you edited your list 20 hours ago so I would have missed it. I've added Pump It Up to the one point section now.

Don't forget, everyone, that we are still looking for guest hosts to cover some years. Full details can be found on page 17 of gooddelta's 1999 thread.

I'll leave it to the entrants of those songs to PM you if they know where to find them.

We played the Bucks Fizz song on the 1982 Synctube session yesterday and someone mentioned it sounded like The Carpenters so you are not the only one who thinks that.

Thanks for putting the Spotify playlist together, Wardy. Are the songs by Out Of Order and Juniper not on Spotify? There seem to be 15 acts called Out Of Order on there so I can see how it would be difficult to find the right one.

4 points George Ezra - Hold My Girl The Four Tops - Bernadette Michael Jackson - In The Closet Ian Van Dahl - Reason Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted Just What I Always Wanted is one of the catchiest pop songs from 1982. Mari Wilson is not to be confused with Meri Wilson who reached number 6 in 1977 with Telephone Man. The Jackson family have ten number 8 singles between them even though Janet has none. Nine received votes with Ain't No Sunshine by Michael from 1972 the only one that was overlooked. In The Closet is the first one to leave. From 1967, Bernadette was the third top 10 hit for The Four Tops.

3 points Bucks Fizz - Now Those Days Are Gone Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous Mimi Webb - Good Without After two number 1 singles, Bucks Fizz released this delicate ballad with more than a minute of a cappella before any music comes in. Mike Nolan sings the lead vocal. From much later on, Good Without was the first of two top 10 hits so far for Mimi Webb. There are two Goods on three points as Good Charlotte appear with their single from 2002.

2 points Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Last Night In Soho Depeche Mode - I Feel You Lonyo - Summer Of Love Mansun - I Can Only Disappoint U Toyah - I Want To Be Free U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (Paul Oakenfold Remix) Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone Starting with that screeching noise, this was the lead single from Songs Of Faith And Devotion. A later single from the album is still to come as well as one of Depeche Mode's earlier songs. Last Night In Soho was the last of eight top 10 hits for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. Toyah is here with I Want To Be Free which was sandwiched in 1981 by two number 4 hits, It's A Mystery (from an EP) and Thunder In The Mountains. 90s singer Kele Le Roc still has another song left in.

1 point Chas and Dave - Rabbit Diplo & Sleepy Tom - Be Right There The Rattles - The Witch The Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack Nini Rosso - Il Silenzio Endor - Pump It Up The Reynolds Girls would rather jack than Fleetwood Mac. They also mention they don't want to listen to Dire Straits who have outscored them in this poll. I know Il Silenzio now as it came up on my 'record of the week 60 years ago' thread a few months ago. I gave the trumpet led instrumental a good review. The Witch from 1970 was the only hit for German group The Rattles and from ten years later, we have Chas & Dave's iconic Rabbit.

VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED Thanks to the 40 people who voted. The results will start this evening.

This is a recap of my rankings for 1983: 1. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler 2. Let's Dance - David Bowie 3. Every Breath You Take - The Police 4. Down Under - Men At Work 5. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) - Paul Young 6. You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins 7. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 8. Is There Something I Should Know? - Duran Duran 9. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo 10. Red Red Wine - UB40 11. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel 12. True - Spandau Ballet 13. Only You - The Flying Pickets 14. Give It Up - KC and the Sunshine Band 15. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club 16. Baby Jane - Rod Stewart 17. Candy Girl - New Edition Thanks to everyone who has commented on or followed my countdown.

1. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler first hit the charts in 1976 with 'Lost In France', a number 9 hit, which was followed a year later by 'It's A Heartache' (number 4). After a few lean years, she changed record labels and chose Jim Steinman to be her producer after liking his work with Meatloaf. Having met up with her, Steinman wrote Total Eclipse Of The Heart to suit her unique vocal style. The single spent two weeks at number 1 in March and also topped the US chart for four weeks. It's certainly become her signature song with 1 billion streams on Spotify and 1.2 billion views of the video on youtube. For a long time, I believed the myth that Gianfranco Zola was the boy at the end of the video. It was claimed that he was on a school exchange trip from Italy at a school that was near the location where the video was filmed. He has confirmed in an interview that it wasn't him, just a lookalike. Bonnie went on to have two more top 10 hits in the 80s and then much later on, in 2013, surprised many by representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 19th place. So I've chosen the only number 1 to have female vocals as my favourite from 1983. I like dramatic songs and had no hesitation in picking this epic power ballad. It has an unusual structure with the "turn around" section at the start going on for one and a half minutes. The song then drives forward from the line "and I need you now tonight" before calming down from "once upon a time, I was falling in love". Have we got to the chorus yet? Who knows?, that's why I like it so much, it's unpredictability. Next comes the instrumental break with keyboards, drums and sleigh bells. How inspired to put sleigh bells in a non Christmas song. Bonnie then belts out the next section with her husky voice before the song quietens down once more with just the piano and bass guitar accompanying her. It then closes with more "turn around bright eyes" from the uncredited vocalist, Rory Dodd. The lyrics are not easy to make sense of but I'll settle for Jim Steinman's explanation that this is a vampire story.