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Please predict the UK singles top 15 for Sunday 16th October 2011! 01. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love 02. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 03. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 04. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine - Stereo Hearts 05. Matt Cardle - Run For Your Life 06. LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It 07. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful 08. Ed Sheeran - The A Team 09. Sak Noel - Loca People 10. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 11. Jason Derulo - It Girl 12. Dappy - No Regrets 13. James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go 14. David Guetta ft. Usher - Without You 15. Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out 2. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Nicki Minaj - Super Bass 3. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 8 4. (for 3 pts) How many climbers will be in the top 40 next week? (climbers from outside the top 40 don't count!) - 7 5. (for 3 pts) How many non movers will be in the top 40 next week? - 4 6. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Jason Derulo – Future History or Steps - The Ultimate Collection ? - Jason Derulo - Future History

SECTION A Lady GaGa - The Edge Of Glory - 28 The Saturdays - All Fired Up - 33 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris - 10 Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts - 4 Matt Cardle - Run For Your Life - 5 Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets - 35 Nicki Minaj - Super Bass - 26 The Wanted - Glad You Came - 41 Charlene Soraia - Wherever You Will Go - 16 Delilah - Go - 25 Leona Lewis - Collide - 42 Noel Gallagher - AKA… What A Life - 49 Calvin Harris - Bounce - 53 Bruno Mars - Marry You - 22 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the lowest non mover in the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any non-movers? - b) between 16 and 30 Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Ed Sheeran - You Need Me be in the top 40? - yes Bonus 3) - 12 points Will Marina and the Diamonds - Radioactive be higher than Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out? - yes

01. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 02. Sak Noel - Loca People 03. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 04. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful 05. Dappy - No Regrets 06. Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat 07. Jason Derulo - It Girl 08. James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go 09. Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars - Lighters 10. LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 41 and just miss the top 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Kasabian - Days Are Forgotten 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Ed Sheeran - + or Kasabian - Velociraptor!? - Ed Sheeran - +

SECTION A Lady GaGa - You And I - 47 Lady GaGa - The Edge Of Glory - 45 The Saturdays - All Fired Up - 25 Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark - 46 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris - 3 Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out - 31 Marina & The Diamonds - Radioactive - 19 Kasabian - Days Are Forgotten - 41 Cee Lo Green - Cry Baby - 49 Will Young - Jealousy - 21 Sean Kingston - Party All Night - 28 Emeli Sande - Heaven - 24 Beyonce - Best Thing I Never Had - 36 Wretch 32 - Don’t Go - 42 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the lowest non mover in the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any non-movers? - c) between 31 and 40 Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Jay-Z etc - Otis be in the top 40? - no Bonus 3) - 12 points Will Rihanna - Cheers (Drink To That) be higher than Nicki Minaj & Rihanna - Fly? - no

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 2nd October 2011! 01. Sak Noel - Loca People 02. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 03. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 04. Dappy - No Regrets 05. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful 06. James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go 07. Jason Derulo - It Girl 08. Pixie Lott - All About Tonight 09. Ed Sheeran - The A Team 10. Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars - Lighters Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Sean Kingston - Party All Night (Sleep All Day) 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 6 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Blink 182 – Neighborhoods or Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes? - Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes

SECTION A Lady GaGa - You And I - 35 Damien Rice - Cannonball - 31 Bad Meets Evil feat Bruno Mars - Lighters - 10 Adele - Someone Like You - 37 The Wanted - Glad You Came - 39 Wretch 32 - Don’t Go - 32 The Saturdays - All Fired Up - 19 Sak Noel - Loca People - 1 Delilah - Go - 21 Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets - 36 Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark - 33 Nicki Minaj - Super Bass - 47 Example - Stay Awake - 28 Noel Gallagher - AKA… What A Life - 40 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of three letter words in song titles in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will there be any Glee Cast songs in the top 75? - yes Bonus 3) - 12 points Will any song climb more than ten places within the top 40? - yes

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 25th September 2011! 01. Dappy - No Regrets 02. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful 03. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 04. Jason Derulo - It Girl 05. Damien Rice - Cannonball 06. James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go 07. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 08. Pixie Lott - All About Tonight 09. Ed Sheeran - The A Team 10. Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 30 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Adele - Set Fire To The Rain 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Christina Perri - Lovestrong or Tony Bennett – Duets II? - Tony Bennett - Duets II

SECTION A The Saturdays - All Fired Up - 11 Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse - Body & Soul - 49 Lady GaGa - You And I - 38 Jason Derulo - It Girl - 4 Damien Rice - Cannonball - 5 Dappy - No Regrets - 1 Bad Meets Evil feat Bruno Mars - Lighters - 23 James Morrison - I Won’t Let You Go - 6 Adele - Someone Like You - 34 Katy Perry - Last Friday Night - 50 Nicki Minaj & Rihanna - Fly - 22 Jessie J - Who’s Laughing Now - 26 Ed Sheeran - The A Team - 9 The Wanted - Glad You Came - 35 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of two letter words in song titles in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Nicole Scherzinger - Wet be in the top 40? - yes Bonus 3) - 12 points Will there be more than three non-movers in the top 40? - yes

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 18th September 2011! 01. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful 02. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 03. Pixie Lott - All About Tonight 04. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 05. Saturdays - All Fired Up 06. Calvin Harris - Feels So Close 07. Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat 08. Tony Bennett ft. Amy Winehouse - Body & Soul 09. Coldplay - Paradise 10. Example - Stay Awake Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Nicki Minaj - Super Bass 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Ed Sheeran - + or Example - Playing In The Shadows? - Ed Sheeran - +

SECTION A Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don’t Need You - 12 Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger - 2 Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark - 17 Will Young - Jealousy - 19 The Saturdays - All Fired Up - 5 Aloe Blacc - Green Lights - 75+ Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA... What A Life! - 15 Coldplay - Paradise - 9 Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse - Body & Soul - 8 Lady GaGa - You And I - 34 Rihanna - Cheers (Drink To That) - 23 Nicki Minaj & Rihanna - Fly - 28 Delilah - Go - 44 Nero - Promises - 43 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of occurrences of the word “The” in song titles in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Sean Kingston - Party All Night be in the top 10? - no Bonus 3) - 12 points Will any song fall more than ten places within the top 40? - yes

Please predict the UK singles top 15 for Sunday 11th September 2011! 01. 02. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 03. Saturdays - All Fired Up 04. Avicii & Leona Lewis - Collide 05. Example - Stay Awake 06. Sean Kingston - Party All Night (Sleep All Day) 07. Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat 08. Calvin Harris - Feel So Close 09. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 10. Ed Sheeran - You Need Me I Don't Need You 11. Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra - Don't Go 12. Bruno Mars - Marry You 13. JLS ft. Dev - She Makes Me Wanna 14. Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark 15. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Nicki Minaj ft. Rihanna - Fly 2. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Florence + The Machine - What The Water Gave Me 3. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 4. (for 3 pts) How many climbers will be in the top 40 next week? (climbers from outside the top 40 don't count!) - 6 5. (for 3 pts) How many non movers will be in the top 40 next week? - 5

SECTION A Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger - 40 Ed Sheeran - The A Team - 20 Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don’t Know You - 10 Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger - 2 Saturdays - All Fired Up - 3 Pixie Lott - All About Tonight - 1 Adele - Someone Like You - 19 Adele - Set Fire To The Rain - 18 Rihanna - Cheers (Drink To That) - 21 Bad Meets Evil feat Bruno Mars - Lighters - 25 Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - 50 Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark - 14 Wretch 32 - Don’t Go - 11 Will Young - Jealousy - 16 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of words in song titles in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) beginning with a vowel be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Brown & Bieber - Next To You be in the top 40? - no Bonus 3) - 12 points Will there be more than three non-movers in the top 40? - yes

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 4th September 2011! 01. Example - Stay Awake 02. Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat 03. Ed Sheeran - You Need Me I Don't Need You 04. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 05. Cover Drive - Lick Ya Down 06. Calvin Harris - Feels So Close 07. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 08. Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra - Don't Go 09. Will Young - Jealousy 10. Bruno Mars - Marry You Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 41 and just misses the top 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Calvin Harris ft. Kelis - Bounce 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat or Will Young - Echoes? - David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat

SECTION A Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger - 32 Jessie J - Who’s Laughing Now - 15 Will Young - Jealousy - 9 Jay-Z & Kanye West feat Otis Redding - Otis - 29 Florence + The Machine - What The Water Gave Me - 16 Ed Sheeran - The A Team - 13 Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don’t Need You - 3 Example - Stay Awake - 1 Cover Drive - Lick Ya Down - 5 Aleaxandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat - 44 Eminem - Space Bound - 43 Nero - Promises - 24 Modestep - Sunlight - 30 Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar - 27 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of occurrences of double letters in song titles in the title in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Calvin Harris - Bounce be in the top 40? - no Bonus 3) - 12 points Will any song climb more than ten places within the top 40? - yes

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 28th August 2011! 01. Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat 02. Calvin Harris - Feels So Close 03. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 04. Will Young - Jealousy 05. Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra - Don't Go 06. Emeli Sande - Heaven 07. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 08. Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets 09. Ed Sheeran - The A Team 10. David Guetta ft. Taio Cruz & Ludacris - Little Bad Girl Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Nicki Minaj - Superbass 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Joe McElderry – Classic or Will Young - Echoes? - Joe McElderry - Classic

SECTION A Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger - 18 Jessie J - Who’s Laughing Now - 15 Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets - 8 Nicole Scherzinger - Wet - 23 Selena Gomez & The Scene - Love You Like A Love Song - 75+ Calvin Harris - Feel So Close - 2 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - The Death Of You And Me - 13 Sean Kingston - Party All Night (Sleep All Day) - 30 Dev - In The Dark - 40 Will Young - Jealousy - 4 Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks - 28 DJ Fresh - Louder - 19 The Wanted - Glad You Came - 12 Adele - Someone Like You - 40 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of occurrences of the letter Y in song titles in the title in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will at least two of the following songs (59p on iTunes) be in the top 75? Semisonic - Secret Smile, Eminem - Stan, Florence + The Machine - You’ve Got The Love - no Bonus 3) - 12 points Will there be five or more non-movers within the top 40? - no

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 21st August 2011! 01. Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra - Don't Go 02. Emili Sande - Heaven 03. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 04. Nero - Promises 05. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 06. David Guetta ft. Tiao Cruz & Ludacris - Little Bad Girl 07. Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets 08. Ed Sheeran - The A Team 09. Modestep - Sunlight 10. Wanted - Glad You Came Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 30 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (TGIF) 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 8 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Amy Winehouse - Frank or Adele - 19? - Amy Winehouse - Frank

SECTION A Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets - 7 Jessie J - Who’s Laughing Now - 20 Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger - 16 Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger - 3 Emeli Sande - Heaven - 2 Drake - Headlines - 59 Wretch32 feat Josh Kumra - Don't Go - 1 David Guetta & Afrojack - Lunar - 21 Nicole Scherzinger - Wet - 17 Game feat Chris Brown - Pot Of Gold - 41 Jay-Z & Kanye West feat Beyonce - Lift Off - 55 Modestep - Sunlight - 9 Maverrick Sabre - Let Me Go - 39 The Wanted - Glad You Came - 10 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of occurrences of the word "the" in song titles in the title in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar be in the top 40? - yes Bonus 3) - 12 points Will any song climb more than ten places within the top 40? - yes

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 14th August 2011! 01. JLS ft. Dev - She Makes Me Wanna 02. David Guetta ft. Taio Cruz - Little Bad Girl 03. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 04. Nero - Guilt 05. Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger 06. Ed Sheeran - The A Team 07. Wanted - Glad You Came 08. Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets 09. Beyonce - Best Thing I Never Had 10. DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans - Louder Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - On The Floor 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Will Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer stay in the albums top 20 next week? - yes

SECTION A Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets - 8 Benny Benassi feat Gary Go - Cinema - 15 Jay Z & Kanye West - Otis - 33 Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts - 3 Adele - Set Fire To The Rain - 13 LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem - 39 DJ Fresh - Louder - 10 Pitbull feat Marc Anthony - Rain Over Me - 27 Jessie J - Who’s Laughing Now - 41 Calvin Harris feat Kelis - Bounce - 21 Eminem - Space Bound - 24 Scouting For Girls - Love How It Hurts - 36 Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - 59 Bruno Mars - Marry You - 30 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of occurrences of the letter Y in song titles in the title in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Chris Brown feat Justin Bieber - Next To You be in the top ten? - no Bonus 3) - 12 points Will any song fall more than ten places within the top 40? - yes

SECTION A Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets - 23 Katy Perry - Last Friday Night - 7 JLS feat Dev - She Makes Me Wanna - 1 Lady GaGa - The Edge Of Glory - 19 Adele - Someone Like You - 27 Adele - Set Fire To The Rain - 12 LMFAO - Champagne Showers - 39 Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar - 11 The Saturdays - Notorious - 35 Wynter Gordon - Dirty Talk - 46 Tinchy Stryder & Dappy - Spaceship - 43 Nicola Roberts - Beat Of My Drum - 57 Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts - 41 Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song - 25 SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of songs with featured artists in the top 40 (as published on the OCC website) be i) odd or ii) even? - i) odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Vato Gonzalez - Badman (Riddim) be in the top 40? - yes Bonus 3) - 12 points Will any song climb or fall more than ten places within the top 40? - yes ============================================================

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 31st July 2011! 01. JLS ft. Dev - She Makes Me Wanna 02. Wanted - Glad You Came 03. DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans - Louder 04. Ed Sheeran - The A Team 05. Beyonce - Best Thing I Never Had 06. Lock Essien ft. Tanya Lacey - How We Roll 07. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (TGIF) 08. Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Give Me Everything 09. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 10. Calvin Harris ft. Kelis - Bounce Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 41 and just miss out of a top 40 place next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 6 3. (for 2 pts) Will LMFAO's album drop out of the top 20 next week? - yes

To be honest I am sick of the whole "club"/"dancefloor" obsession - it's been 2 years now and shows no sign of waning. Could artists, writers, record companies, radio stations etc please exercise some imagination?

I was a little young to properly embrace the era, but I loved the tunes on their own merits. And my first crush was Clare Grogan after seeing Altered Images' "Happy Birthday" on Top Of The Pops in October 1981, after which the lovely Jay Aston became foxier and foxier with each Bucks Fizz video... :D

1981 - the best year for pop music IMO! Christmas 1980 - my parents bought a hi-fi and my dad wanted to tape John Lennon's hits off the Top 40 as he had recently died. And so it began... I was 6 years old and the Top 40 was fascinating: Adam & The Ants, Bucks Fizz, Shakin' Stevens, Kim Wilde, Toyah, Hazel O'Connor, Soft Cell, OMD, Toyah, Human League, Dollar... It seemed as if every track in the Top 40 was worth hearing in that year.