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Kreen Akrore

African Night Flight Move On v Alabama Song

Ringo Starr, they used the guerrilla from the Cadbury's Milk Adds to drum instead. What was George Harrison's favourite sport?

(The) White Album

12 Aggro Santos ft Kimberley Wyatt – Candy 25 Alicia Keys – Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 43 Biffy Clyro – Bubbles 13 Fyfe Dangerfield – She’s Always A Woman 51 Glee Cast - Beautiful 35 Kevin Rudolf – I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) 26 Lady Antebellum – Need You Now 64 Mika vs Red One – Kick Ass (We Are Young) 08 Pendulum – Watercolour 43 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Bittersweet 05 Taio Cruz ft Ke$ha - Dirty Picture 54 Toni Braxton – Yesterday 26 Train – Hey Soul Sister 40 TV Rock ft Rudy - In The Air (Axwell Remix) Bonus #1: Will Roll Deep – Good Times be higher than Usher ft will.i.am - OMG in the chart? Yes Bonus #2: Will David Guetta ft Kid Cudi - Memories be higher than Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally in the chart? Yes Bonus #3: Will Jason Derulo – In My Head be higher than Jason Derulo – Ridin’ Solo in the chart? No

01. Roll Deep - Good Times 02. Usher ft. Will.I.Am - OMG 03. Plan B - She Said 04. Chipmunk ft. Esmee Denters - Until You Were Gone 05. Taio Cruz ft. Ke$ha - Dirty Picture 06. Diana Vickers - Once 07. Professor Green ft. Ed Drewett - I Need You Tonight 08. Pendulum - Watercolour 09. Scouting For Girls This Ain't A Love Song 10. Timbaland Feat. Justin Timberlake Carry Out Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris - Baby 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: Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment or Lady Antebellum – Need You Now? - Lady Antebellum – Need You Now

I've listened today to 20 songs of which 4 are 9.5 or higher. But unless you are going on holiday/are too busy, etc. I think I'm going to leave it to near the end to vote to decide my order with the pointage.

Because in retrospect I thought a lot of posters would not have the patience to listen to a 6 minute long track when there are 40 other songs to listen to in this no semi finals format. Plus, I hope my entry will have a similar impact to when I sent Cyndi Lauper (i.e. a positive prejudice shock factor = beforehand: this should be $h!t; listens: OMG this is rather good; etc).

It is incredible you get two classic #1's followed by a relative dud: How about some of these (not already mentioned): Gerry & The Pacemakers "You'll Never Walk Alone" 31 October 1963 4 The Beatles "She Loves You" 28 November 1963 2 The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 12 December 1963 5 Dave Clark Five "Glad All Over" 16 January 1964 2 The Searchers "Needles and Pins" 30 January 1964 3 Dusty Springfield "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" 28 April 1966 1 Manfred Mann "Pretty Flamingo" 5 May 1966 3 Rolling Stones "Paint It, Black" 26 May 1966 1 Frank Sinatra "Strangers in the Night" 2 June 1966 3 The Beatles "Paperback Writer" 23 June 1966 2 The Kinks "Sunny Afternoon" 7 July 1966 2 The Tremeloes "Silence Is Golden" 18 May 1967 3 Procol Harum "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 8 June 1967 6 The Beatles "All You Need Is Love" 19 July 1967 3 Elvis Presley "The Wonder of You (Live)" 1 August 1970 6 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "The Tears of a Clown" 12 September 1970 1 Freda Payne "Band of Gold" 19 September 1970 6 Matthews' Southern Comfort "Woodstock" 31 October 1970 3 The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 21 November 1970 1 Dave Edmunds "I Hear You Knocking" 28 November 1970 6 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John "You're the One That I Want" 17 June 1978 9 Commodores "Three Times a Lady" 19 August 1978 5 10cc "Dreadlock Holiday" 23 September 1978 1 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John "Summer Nights" 30 September 1978 7 The Boomtown Rats "Rat Trap" 18 November 1978 2 Ian Dury & The Blockheads "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" 27 January 1979 1 Blondie "Heart of Glass 3 February 1979 4 The Bee Gees "Tragedy 3 March 1979 2 The Police "Don't Stand So Close to Me" 27 September 1980 4 Barbra Streisand "Woman in Love" 25 October 1980 3 Blondie "The Tide Is High" 15 November 1980 2 ABBA "Super Trouper" 29 November 1980 3 Duran Duran "The Reflex" 5 May 1984 4 Wham! "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" 2 June 1984 2 Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Two Tribes" 16 June 1984 9 George Michael "Careless Whisper" 18 August 1984 3 Michael Jackson "Black or White" 17 November 1991 2 George Michael & Elton John "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" 1 December 1991 2 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are the Days of Our Lives" 15 December 1991 5 Take That "Back for Good" 2 April 1995 4 Oasis "Some Might Say" 30 April 1995 1 Livin' Joy "Dreamer" 7 May 1995 1 George Michael "Jesus to a Child" 14 January 1996 1 Babylon Zoo "Spaceman" 21 January 1996 5 Oasis "Don't Look Back in Anger" 25 February 1996 1

... Just remembers the ultimate example of this scenario: Chuck Berry - My Ding A Ling. To think he wrote: Johnny B. Goode; Roll Over Beethoven; Rock and Roll Music; Sweet Little Sixteen; Memphis, Tennessee; No Particular Place To Go; Carol; Promised Land & You Never Can Tell.

Awful #1s (as opposed to mediocre) :thinking: apart from the obvious Stevie Wonder and Billy Joel entries already mentioned ...... Paul McCartney post Beatles: Wings' Mull of Kintyre compared to the likes of Band On The Run; Live & Let Die; My Love; Listen To What The Man Said; Jet; and the far superior B-side of MOK (Girls School) ... Paul's first solo #1 (with Stevie Wonder) Ebony & Ivory is an utter embarrassment (I will however defend Pipes Of Peace to high heaven as it was the right song, with the right sentiment at the right time) compared to No More Lonely Nights; Coming Up; Another Day; Take It Away & Waterfalls. Or should I mention that the seminal children's song We All Stand Together is Paul's 2nd best selling post Beatles single behind MOK, as it sold over 750K, but was stuck behind Band Aid & Wham!'s epic 1984 Xmas singles.

I'm going to stop it here tonight at this point. I'll look to post the Final Top 20 tomorrow evening from around 19:30 Hours. Anyway these are the Top 20 songs in alphabetical order: Anastacia - Left Outside Alone Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor Beyonce ft Jay-Z – Crazy In Love Britney Spears - Toxic Christina Aguilera – Beautiful Girls Aloud – Call The Shots Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone Killers - Mr Brightside Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head Lady GaGa – Bad Romance Lady GaGa – Poker Face Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love Leona Lewis - Run MGMT - Kids P!nk – Just Like A Pill Rihanna - Disturbia Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella Robyn ft. Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat Snow Patrol - Run Sugababes – About You Now Please feel free to predict the Top 5/10 finishers....

23 60 54 93 89 t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said 185 Pm3ULRyiQ58 22 19 26 14 30 Killers - Somebody Told Me 186 21 20 15 49 X Amy Winehouse - Rehab 190 Up to a new peak is the second highest song that was not in last year's Top 50, nor is a new (2009) song - that is produced by the legend that is Trevor Horn; up next to minor fallers from the Killers; and the Award winning record that started a retro-soul bandwagon by an artist before she turned into the female Pete Doherty.

26 82 17 27 21 Madonna - Hung Up 180 QIJP6i4eBFk 25 25 84 74 71 Spiller ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 180 24 22 111 22 X Pink - Who Knew 182 Up next are three more Buzzjack favourites: Her Madgesty, the Queen of Pop graces the Top 50 with the Abba ((Gimme Gimme Gimme) A Man After Midnight) sampling dance floor anthem produced by Stuart Price (see Kylie's next single); the track that (hilariously - or was it a curse sent by Sir Alex Ferguson (re: Star Stories :lol:)) stopped Victoria Beckham having a solo #1 hit single is a non mover at #25; and Pink's second most popular single on this countdown falls just 2 places.

29 X X X X Lily Allen – The Fear 170 28 X X X X Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You 173 o9WKkrB1u2U 27 11 4 12 3 Shakira – Whenever Wherever 176 Next up comes two 2009 UK chart topping singles by artists who have benefited from having songs covered on Glee - from last year's Best Female at the BRITs & the original American Idol winner respectively; and Columbia's second most famous export falls out of the Top 20 for the very first time.

32 151 47 91 33 Sugababes – Freak Like Me 166 a5o4GPnV0t0 31 55 176 105 X Beyoncé - Irreplaceable 167 30 48 35 35 81 Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground 170 Another three songs spending their maximum number of years on the countdown (all with their highest finish to date). The Sugababes 2.0 first single rebounds 119 places from last year's blip (a great Glastonbury Festival live clip IMHO); Beyonce continues to climb for the 3rd straight year to hit a chart peak; as does Girls Aloud's excellent debut single (hopefully the most talented member of One True Voice can finally enjoy a UK#1 hit single on the next Dizzee Rascal single).

35 6 46 130 62 Girls Aloud - Biology 160 34 21 37 21 31 Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 161 33 153 11 38 29 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? 163 9VEXv0lh4x4 Three songs spending their 5th straight year on the countdown ....... A biggish drop from the Top 10 for Girls Aloud Chemistry hit single; a fall of 13 places for the seminal American Idiot single; and a massive climb of 120 places (perhaps as it was "ripping off" the early 1980s before it as the vogue thing to do, and the video's a bit proto GaGa-ish) for the No Doubt singer.

38 18 100 X X Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes 153 37 33 31 59 39 Sugababes – Hole In The Head 153 36 59 42 48 42 All Saints - Pure Shores 153 C9yfLq_IFfw Kelly Clarkson epic Breakaway track falls 20 places from last year; the Sugababes drift just 4 places downwards from last year; and All Saints classic #1 from 2000 climbs 23 places to bow out with a peak position.

41 7 X X X Lady GaGa - Just Dance 129 40 X X X X Lady GaGa – Paparazzi 134 l3R3KqrJAI4 39 8 2 X X Nelly Furtado – Say It Right 150 Now could this be significant with regards to the top end of the countdown?????? Two songs by the biggest artist in pop right now ..... her breakthrough single falls a monster 34 places from last year's debut; and the wonderful Paparazzi debuts at #40; whilst Woah (at) Nelly's fall in two years for this Timbaland produced track.

44 14 39 129 X Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Oooh 110 43 177 114 137 45 Aaliyah - Try Again 121 Soi4gMF181k 42 88 X X X Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 124 A 30 place falls sees the first of four Girls Aloud songs in the Top 50; a 144 place climb to a new peak for the late great Aaliyah on an early Timbaland classic; and Katy Perry's much better follow up (IMHO) to I Kissed A Girl climbs an impressive 46 places.

47 53 121 67 149 Riva ft Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now? 103 46 41 28 23 14 Sugababes - Push The Button 109 45 X X X X Little Boots – Remedy 110 2RByodt2ORk (Obviously) Simon Cowell least favourite judge on X-Factor climbs 6 places in reaching the Top 50 for the first time; the second of five appearances in the Final 50 for the first three versions of the Sugababes sees a 5 place fall; and a debut for Blackpool's Victoria Hesketh whom I really wish the very best of luck in the future, as the backlash she suffered due to her Record Company/PR completely mucking up her debut album release(s) is amongst the worst I've witnessed in nearly 30 years of following music.

Now I'm into the songs that made the 2010 Record Of The Decade Final. Any points ties were split by their respective averages in their Record Of The Year Games. 50 50 50 117 70 Sugababes - Overload 86 49 167 57 44 X Linkin Park - In The End 98 bbMZY3NkZok 48 27 14 8 X Nelly Furtado - Maneater 98 The Sugababes (1.0) debut single finishes at #50 for the third year running; the epic rock track from Hybrid Theory climbs a massive 118 places; and Nelly's comeback single from her last English speaking album (Loose) falls for the 3rd year running.

53 31 X X X Take That - Rule The World 52 62 X 120 X Take That - Patience lyvUVDONuR4 51 15 X X X Coldplay - Viva La Vida ..... And finishing things off with three songs I really think should have made the Top 50 ..... the song that is (spookily) being played on Radio 2 right now that never made #1 (thanks to Bleeding Love); the comeback single from the Robbie-free man-band; and Coldplay's first ever #1 hit single.

56 X X X X Green Day - American Idiot QAlh60nBun4 55 17 16 165 55 Britney Spears - Everytime 54 43 172 185 188 Fragma - Toca's Miracle Green Day's tribute to the George W. Bush administration makes its first appearance in the Top 200; Britney's follow up ballad single to Toxic falls from inside the Top 20; and Fragma's dance anthem falls a respectable 11 places.

59 X 89 136 40 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. mksk4J1l4ck 58 66 81 X X Christina Aguilera - Fighter 57 36 67 128 107 Sugababes – Round Round Damon Albarn's animated band re-enter the chart with help from De La Soul; Xtina's rock anthem climbs 9 places from last year to hit a new peak; and the Sugababes 2.0's second single makes it 5 years out of 5 in the Top 200.