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OMG I can’t believe Brer would ignore a brave little toaster. The trauma may mean he never toasts again. (This post may or may not be influenced by me thinking there’s a chance FLJ are top for the first time ever)

Wow I don’t recall Betty Who being submitted at all!!

I guess it depends on what version you’re actually listening to?

The picture disc can get in the bin. Not sure on the others as yet but they are at least better than imagining madge has a 90s speaker down there

The size of Fljótavík these days! 😮 🧀 (the nearest I can get to cheese block on my phone whilst drinking cocktails)

I’m excited too! I wonder what year it will be revealed in? 😂

I am quite convinced that the count of people who committed domestic abuse because they heard a Prodigy track stands at about zero!

I absolutely LOVE Too Young To Die, it’s such a good record from Jamiroquai <3

Have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by the ABBA choice - I much prefer it to most of their main hits. cue ABBA exit

Popfactorism: your mum enters an all time classic by David Bowie, she’s knocked out by an Atomic Kitten b-side 🤭

I’m on holiday now so don’t rule out a repeat of the 11th hour reconfirmation to something I’ve never heard… I have no faith in my current entry this month eeeek

Awwww no with those two eliminations my interest in who wins has evaporated to zero! I get it’s a pop contest though so it was always going to end up with pop voters as the majority, I was spoiled last year with PSBs holding my affections until the very end ☺️

Totally agree Gezza, they really felt like beginning of a new era at the time

Animal Nitrate <3 The song that persuaded me to love guitar music

My year seemed okay at first but I’ve been trying to find something and it’s actually pretty awful

I absolutely love it too, perhaps unsurprisingly! There's nothing I want to skip at all but I think Really Real, Sucker For Love, Light Up and Into The Sun are easily as good as the singles.

Like both China in Your Hand and Got My Mind Set On You, they made a great top two. BTW George did make #1 first time around in 1971 as well, it was the biggest selling single of the year as well 🤩

DanGster’s Paradise Wardy Bum

I know which of the two parts I’d join!! 😂

Both sides of that Annie Lennox AA are great and showcase very different sides of her music. Ordinary World is also wonderful. The album is really quite weak but this and the follow up Come Undone are among their very best work

An alt-y entry? I'll give it 750-1

Definitely Jaz13 - anyone is welcome to join in! I'll brave #13 please Chez 😲

Oh so Joshua actually received the highest number of votes in the end as well - I am quite surprised by that

You say that like it’s a list you’ve already created

Interesting. This is definitely far harder for physical era acts than those who’ve had singles in the streaming era - but also get that if there’s going to be themes then that’s going to happen at points no matter how hard anyone tries to avoid it