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Rent is one of my most listened to Pet Shop Boys tracks. The lyrics are wonderful and I enjoy the comparatively understated production as it really complements the vocal delivery

Thanks for the reminder, I should be able to listen today/tomorrow and send some votes ☺️

I have to agree. But I'm loving that people are even talking about it being a contender as I just really wanted a few people to love it as much as I do. (Neliönoirism, your mum does the washing. She doesn't need the colour care tablets)

By 'hooked', do you mean played it once then returned to Ö?

Voted! I really enjoyed SF2, the variety kept it interesting and I've got no idea what to expect to DNQ from it

But you’re sitting comfortably within the top 10 of both odds! #Cody

Definitely not! Edit: I was saying I thought I’d read they were Swedish but turns out he is from London ooops - but even so, I think the idea is fairly universal even if the humour is possibly a bit British. I genuinely think he nails most of the analogies

Did it go well? I entered it knowing it was likely to be love/hate/wtf Hope you still like it next time, I’ve yet to tire of it - partly because I do love the production as well. But also because bits like the male feminism bit just haven’t got old at all for me

GUTTED that Nelly has gone, she was my second favourite act left in the contest </3 And given nearly all my other favourites got knocked out last round that's not great.

It’s settled with me now and I really like everything, It Don’t Mean a Thing isn’t quite as good as the rest but I do still like it. Into the Sun is my favourite at the moment.

Could you just post a screenshot to make it easier to see what you mean?

I missed this final completely, thank goodness the correct song won. It was my #1 song of the entire year <3

Can't go wrong with that Supremes track, it's a classic for good reason. Great to see it finish so high in the contest as older songs (well before 1980 anyway) do tend to perform worse

Great top 2 in the most recent chart. Amazing sales for ATB, I know it had been building up momentum for some time by the point this release came out but I was so surprised that the sales were just so much higher than any other trance track had even vaguely managed. Plus Whitney with the second of three brilliant singles that year, her best run of singles of her career for me.

The production on that Prodigy track is superb. I can still remember hearing it for the first time as I excitedly put the album on and it was such an awesome assault. The breakdown is probably my favourite part of the whole album.

I’ve only flicked through it so far but it sounded intriguing, I felt like I was hearing quite a lot of potentially upbeat moments which is great. Looking forward to listening properly tomorrow

I’m enjoying it more than I was expecting to. Phew! My only criticism is that it does feel more like one of the Body Talk individual drops rather than the final album. A couple more tracks would have been welcome but I do enjoy what’s here.

Just predict everyone through, we only look for ourselves anyway so we wouldn’t realise you’d done it

Generally speaking my view of Who’s That Girl is that when I listen to it I find it isn’t as bad as I remember it being. But it’s still not brilliant so no grumbles about it dropping out

01 David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes - this is the clear favourite for me, one of my most listened to songs of all time <3 02 Florence + the Machine - Hurricane Drunk - have such great memories of the Lungs album and always loved this 03 HAIM - If I Could Change Your Mind 04 ROSALÍA - PIENSO EN TU MIRÁ - Cap.3: Celos 05 Scissor Sisters - She’s My Man 06 Nelly Furtado - Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) - I was expecting to like this less as I remembered being disappointed at the time, but it's actually not bad! 07 Conan Gray - Maniac 08 ABBA - Super Trouper 09 Lily Allen - Madeline 10 Atomic Kitten - Be With You 11 Troye Sivan - Bloom 12 Delta Goodrem - Believe Again 13 Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 14 Kelly Clarkson - Never Again - this isn't my taste at all, that kind of 00s pop rock wasn't a trend I've ever been fond of 15 The Corrs - Irresistible - sorry to whoever is behind the band, I'm afraid I've just never been a huge fan of their sound and this isn't one of their better ones

Padam Padam was a clear last place for me I'm afraid, I'd say it more over performed to get to the final if anything. Like Jade said, it was nice to see her get another top 10 hit and seeing the Kylie fans on here enjoy it all, but sadly it isn't one of her better singles for me - It doesn't stand up to her best material, in fact I much preferred Tension and Hold On To Now as the other singles from the same album.

The Cure for me. It just doesn’t have her personality in the way the majority of her other tracks do

OMG I am so jealous you already have this available. Did you arrange to be in New Zealand specifically for the release? Understandable if so.

a rare moment of someone managing Fljótavík perfectly but failing instead with dandy 😂 But 😂😭😂 at 750-1! Brutal!!

Finally got round to listening to this and it is really interesting... not at all what I was expecting and I love it all the more for that, we're three tracks in and I have no idea where the album is going to go but it's shaping up like it should be a really intriguing project and I'm definitely pretty hyped for it. Plus tbh, within the context of a world of 2 minute songs for max streaming potential, I love that we still have people who are wanting to do something more artsy like this and Genesis.