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I do when I give the extra information every 7 weeks or so, such a in Week 26.

I went for Sunblock, but Dane would be 2nd.

“Wherever You Will Go” is #9 from 2001 FYI.

Week 31: 1 1 Olivia Dean Man I Need 1,543,000 2,640,000 2 2 Sam Fender and Olivia Dean Rein Me In 1,444,000 2,130,000 3 3 Raye Where Is My Husband! 966,000 1,570,000 4 4 Alex Warren Ordinary 965,000 3,140,000 5 5 Dave featuring Tems Raindance 946,000 1,180,000 6 6 Olivia Dean So Easy (To Fall In Love) 876,000 1,250,000 7 7 Bella Kay Iloveitiloveitiloveit 858,000 8 8 Zara Larsson Lush Life 827,000 3,870,000 9 9 Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Golden 824,000 2,150,000 10 10 Taylor Swift The Fate Of Ophelia 810,000 1,560,000 11 11 PinkPantheress Stateside 737,000 870,000 12 12 Djo End Of Beginning 710,000 1,890,000 13 13 Olivia Dean Nice To Each Other 699,000 1,470,000 14 14 Tame Impala Dracula 679,000 810,000 15 16 Sombr Homewrecker 655,000 16 15 Bruno Mars I Just Might 653,000 17 17 Sombr 12 To 12 634,000 1,160,000 18 18 Zara Larsson Midnight Sun 609,000 710,000 19 19 Sienna Spiro Die On This Hill 594,000 760,000 20 20 Alex Warren Fever Dream 575,000 21 21 Harry Styles American Girls 573,000 22 23 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 545,000 4,060,000 23 22 Taylor Swift Opalite 544,000 950,000 24 24 Dominic Fike Babydoll 529,000 1,270,000 25 26 The Killers Mr Brightside 527,000 7,330,000 26 25 Harry Styles Aperture 523,000 27 29 Ella Langley Choosin' Texas 522,000 560,000 28 27 Sombr Back To Friends 517,000 1,430,000 29 28 Disco Lines and Tinashe No Broke Boys 513,000 1,240,000 30 30 Milky Just The Way You Are 496,000 610,000 31 32 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 463,000 4,400,000 32 31 Sabrina Carpenter Manchild 463,000 1,270,000 33 33 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 460,000 5,020,000 34 34 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 454,000 1,590,000 35 35 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 451,000 3,380,000 36 36 Dominic Fike White Keys 446,000 460,000 37 37 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 442,000 2,250,000 38 40 Olivia Rodrigo Drop Dead 439,000 39 38 Olivia Dean The Hardest Part 436,000 1,160,000 40 39 Justin Bieber Daisies 433,000 940,000 43 45 Michael Jackson Beat It 401,000 2,640,000 67 79 ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra Talk To You 322,000 68 73 Oasis Wonderwall 321,000 5,640,000 69 83 Prospa & Cloonee Free Your Mind 319,000 78 80 Harry Styles Sign Of The Times 309,000 2,500,000 81 86 Malcolm Todd Earrings 305,000 330,000 90 96 Olivia Rodrigo The Cure 295,000

6/8: 1 1 Rein me in (1) 2 3 Dai dai (2) 3 2 Man I need (1) 4 7 Choosin’ Texas (4) 5 5 Stupid song (2) 6 6 Ordinary (1) 7 4 Talk to you (5) 8 8 Free your mind (8) 9 16 Movin’ to the sun (9) 10 12 Billie Jean (1) 11 11 Midnight sun (8) 12 13 Homewrecker (10) 13 14 The cure (3) 14 9 Hate that I made you love me (1) 15 18 Where is my husband! (3) 16 15 I knew it, I knew you (1) 17 19 Mr Brightside (10) 18 10 Wonderwall (2) 19 20 Drop dead (1) 20 21 American girls (1) 21 17 Lush life (3) 22 26 Material lover (22) 23 24 Golden (1) 24 23 IloveitIloveitIloveit (2) 25 29 Boston (25) 26 41 Great expectation (26) 27 22 So easy (5) 28 30 I just might (7) 29 25 Dracula (4) 30 - Animal (30) 31 27 Raindance (2) 32 32 On 2nite (28) 33 34 The fate of Ophelia (1) 34 35 Beauty and a beat (5) 35 37 Die on this hill (12) 36 31 Earrings (26) 37 28 Beat it (3) 38 33 Fever dream (4) 39 36 Nice to each other (5) 40 40 Dreams (22) 41 39 Janice STFU (3) 42 43 12 to 12 (8) 43 38 Iris (3) 44 42 Beautiful things (1) 45 - Bloodstream (45) 46 44 Babydoll (12) 47 - Everywhere (4) 48 46 Stateside (5) 49 - Riptide (10) 50 47 Daisies (2)

Week 31: 1 1 Olivia Dean The Art Of Loving 429,000 710,000 2 2 Michael Jackson The Essential 417,000 2,520,000 3 3 Harry Styles Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. 367,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 251,000 2,080,000 5 5 Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love 218,000 6 6 The Weeknd Highlights 210,000 1,790,000 7 7 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 199,000 710,000 8 8 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 182,000 490,000 9 9 Sabrina Carpenter Man's Best Friend 178,000 480,000 10 10 Noah Kahan The Great Divide 172,000 11 11 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 165,000 2,580,000 12 12 Linkin Park Papercuts 159,000 550,000 13 13 Noah Kahan Stick Season 153,000 870,000 14 15 ABBA Gold 147,000 6,290,000 15 14 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 147,000 1,040,000 16 16 Elton John Diamonds 145,000 2,070,000 17 17 Michael Jackson Thriller 143,000 4,890,000 18 18 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 142,000 3,700,000 19 19 BTS Arirang 134,000 20 20 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 133,000 5,750,000 21 23 Drake Iceman 128,000 22 21 Taylor Swift The Life Of A Showgirl 128,000 770,000 23 24 Michael Jackson Bad 127,000 4,580,000 24 22 Raye This Music May Contain Hope 127,000 25 25 Tate McRae So Close To What 121,000 380,000 26 26 Arctic Monkeys AM 120,000 2,450,000 27 27 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 117,000 3,650,000 28 28 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 114,000 1,360,000 29 29 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 113,000 810,000 30 30 Pitbull Greatest Hits 112,000 740,000 31 31 Sombr I Barely Know Her 110,000 200,000 32 33 Maroon 5 Singles 106,000 1,100,000 33 32 50 Cent Best Of 50 Cent 105,000 870,000 34 34 Queen Greatest Hits 98,000 3,300,000 35 35 Calvin Harris 96 Months 97,000 330,000 36 36 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 95,000 2,130,000 37 37 Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits 94,000 2,410,000 38 40 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans 91,000 2,520,000 39 39 Oasis Definitely Maybe 90,000 3,110,000 40 38 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 90,000 690,000 54 65 Katy Perry The Ones That Got The Plays 78,000 85 87 Madonna Confessions II 65,000 100 - Ella Langley Dandelion 58,000 - 100 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 58,000 4,640,000

I do get the simple practical concern that if a couple of songs are going to turn a 2 hour semi into 3 hours that’s a 50% larger investment of time than you might have set aside. At the same time I think it’s nicer if there doesn’t have to be a limit to what is sent. Separately I very much doubt anyone votes for the long songs just because they’re long, any more than someone would vote for a song just because it’s short.

5 Vukašin Brajíc - Thunder And Lightning (2010, 17th) A strong and gritty rock track that didn’t deserve to give them their lowest finish since 1997. He has a distinctive voice that I really like. 4 Hari Mata Hari - Lejla (2006, 3rd) Their best result ever and a powerful ballad. Its strength really lies in the rich accompaniment of traditional instruments. 3 Regina - Bistra Voda (2009, 9th) Quite an intense and very well sung number. I really enjoy the drum roll and the march-like feel to the slow chorus that builds to an exciting climax.

“I Got You Babe” jumped out at me as being missing, maybe due to a lack of 60s sales data.

Shania for me now. Actually surprised at The Klaxons cover doing that well: think it’s already outperformed the far superior “Golden Skans”.

A couple of big pop classics competing with “When Doves Cry” here. “Time After Time” makes me feel all gooey inside so I’ve let that pip the Prince masterpiece. 9 Cyndi Lauper Time After Time This is such a beautiful and special ballad: the way the lyrics and melody weave together is just fabulous 9 Prince When Doves Cry His 1st big hit here and a US #1, this is one of his very best songs with great lyrics and instrumental elements 8 Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It Her 1st original hit of the decade and joint highest peaker, it's a fabulous and lyrically profound pop song 8 Billy Joel Goodnight Saigon/Leave A Tender Moment Alone "Goodnight Saigon" is an absolutely epic Vietnam war commentary: the other side is nice but more ordinary 7 Ultravox Lament A much smaller hit than "Dancing" but another great song with all their usual dramatic elements and power 7 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions Perfect Skin 1st hit for this Scottish group: it's a really interesting song with a stream of consciousness narrative style 6 The Bluebells Young At Heart The 1993 re-release will make this the 687th #1: it's a jolly country flavoured cover of a Bananarama song 6 Alison Moyet Love Resurrection Her 1st solo hit after the disbanding of Yazoo: it's more soulful rather than synth heavy but a nice record 5 Ollie And Jerry Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us 1st of a couple of hits for this US dance pop duo: it's a strong chorus but otherwise only mildly enjoyable 5 Thompson Twins Sister Of Mercy The #11 peak for this brings their run of huge success to an end, and it's a decent but unremarkable song 4 The Human League Life On Your Own This has some nice synth elements, but the chorus is a little repetitive and overall I don't get much from it 3 Shannon Sweet Somebody Her last Top 40: this one goes into the boring post disco lane and has none of the sparkle of her other hits 2 The Jacksons With Mick Jagger State Of Shock I can see why this collaboration was rejected from the "Thriller" album: a lyrically rather basic rock number 1 Gary Glitter Dance Me Up His 1st hit for a while, still very much in the glam rock style but with terrible lyrics and a raucous vocal style 1984 Group 13: #1439 14/07/1984 neil Hole In My Shoe 2 5-{2}-2-2-7-13-25-35-49-66->10 #1440 14/07/1984 Echo And The Bunnymen Seven Seas 16 26-17-{16}-26-31-43-63->7 #1441 14/07/1984 Phil Fearon And Galaxy Everybody's Laughing 10 28-15-12-{10}-11-16-26-31-40-54->10 #1442 07/07/1984 Shakatak Down On The Street 9 45-33-21-15-{9}-14-17-24-36-45-65->11 #1443 14/07/1984 Divine You Think You're A Man 16 38-26-17-{16}-18-22-31-38-50-67->10 #1444 30/06/1984 Mighty Wah! Come Back 20 53-42-40-28-{20}-24-29-36-53->9 #1445 07/07/1984 The Kane Gang Closest Thing To Heaven 12 56-42-30-18-15-{12}-14-20-30-36-52->11 #1446 30/06/1984 Billy Idol Eyes Without A Face 18 71-48-46-33-21-{18}-19-25-34-57-67->11 #1447 30/06/1984 Windjammer Tossing And Turning 18 62-52-43-34-33-21-20-{18}-21-33-44-57->12 #1448 23/06/1984 Jeffrey Osborne On The Wings Of Love 11 69-47-43-41-38-31-20-15-{11}-13-16-23-35-49->14 #1449 21/07/1984 Blancmange The Day Before You Came 22 39-{22}-22-22-26-33-55-74->8 #1450 28/07/1984 Queen It's A Hard Life 6 23-{6}-9-12-17-28-34-44-60->9 #1451 07/07/1984 Laura Branigan Self Control 5 75-62-45-34-25-13-6-6-{5}-8-10-14-24-33-37-48-64->17 #1452 28/07/1984 Hazell Dean Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) 4 35-13-8-{4}-7-8-10-16-32-35-62->11 #1453 30/06/1984 Black Lace Agadoo 2 66-55-49-47-38-19-4-{2}-2-3-3-4-5-8-16-25-24-31-35-33-43-47-56-53-52-46-42-32-29-52->30

If it was “Better Off Alone” I’d vote for it, but I can’t really go against “Dog Days…” here.

“Hall Of Fame” is just average. I’m not a big Little Mix fan in general: I think that era of pop has aged quite quickly, but I do like “Wings” a fair bit. A really credible first single proper, and they had a few others I still think are good. “Diamonds” is probably my favourite out so far. I really enjoy Sia’s emotive writing and it’s a very strong performance.

Great final 3 but it’s “Chase The Sun” for me.

Sales and streaming charts seem to be down on the OCC website. 🫤

I sense quite a lot of people didn’t vote before the deadline so AllStar probably felt in quite a difficult position as well. Nobody wants a massive bloodbath of non voting deductions. Not having a go at those who didn’t vote on time as it’s easily done, but he might have had a window of opportunity to do the results which then closed.

10 Fazia - Sva Bol Svijeta (1993, 16th) Their 1st entry and a pretty good effort with some nice folky elements, and I really enjoy the backing singers’ parts. 9 Laka - Pokušaj (2008, 10th) A rather confusing song and performance but it somehow works and has an enjoyable chaotic energy. 8 Dalal and Deen featuring Ana Rucner and Jala - Ljubav Je (2016, DNQ) The 11th place in the semi for this comeback entry was so unfortunate: they really threw everything at this duet with the cello melody, the impassioned singing and the frenetic rapped section. 7 Maya Sar - Korake Ti Znam (2012, 18th) A beautiful ballad that doesn’t have the interesting instrumental features of many of their other later entries but has a real understated quality. 6th Marija Šestić - Rijeka Bez Imena (Ријека без имена) (2007, 11th) This has a rather mystical feel to it with the dance-like accompaniment, as well as a brilliant lead vocal.

“Relax” has the wow factor but I enjoy “Two Tribes” more with its war-cry spirit. However “White Lines” has to top the group for being such a defining track within its genre. 9 Grandmaster And Melle Mel White Lines (Don't Do It) 1st hit for this US rap group who had already broken up: a brilliant and absorbing piece of old school hip hop 9 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two Tribes 536th #1: a wonderful whirlwind of a track about the Cold War, and the longest running #1 of the decade 8 Nik Kershaw I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me {1984} A re-release of an earlier flop giving him his biggest hit: an excellent song also protesting about the Cold War 8 The Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love) An exciting and punchy electropop song that I think surpasses "Automatic", for which a cover will peak higher 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Talking Loud And Clear Not their most intense but a very dreamy and pretty song from them: I enjoy the jangly synths and oboe 7 Elvis Costello I Wanna Be Loved/Turning The Town Red A contrasting double A: both very good but I particularly enjoy the melancholy charm of "I Wanna Be Loved" 6 The Art Company Susanna Only hit for this Dutch group: it's an earworm and an enjoyable song, with nice vocals and a reggae beat 6 Scritti Politti Absolute An interesting and unusual track: I prefer "Wood Beez" but this has good moments and distinctive vocals 5 Michael Jackson Farewell My Summer Love The title track from an archived songs compilation: it's nice but it makes sense that it's from an earlier time 5 Nick Heyward Love All Day This is quite a pleasant and summery little song, though nothing too deep and something I would seek out 4 Bananarama Rough Justice A comedown in chart performance after 5 Top 10s, and I don't think the social commentary works so well 3 Change Change Of Heart Another post disco style hit 4 years after their last one: it seems a little out of date and is not very exciting 3 Lionel Richie Stuck On You After a run of surprisingly strong singles we're back to a boring and rather saccharine ballad from Lionel here 2 Rod Stewart Infatuation About a man obsessed with a new tenant in his building: I don't enjoy the shouty clunky style on this at all 1984 Group 12: #1425 23/06/1984 Ollie And Jerry Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us 5 35-8-{5}-6-13-14-28-32-41-50-68->11 #1426 24/03/1984 Cyndi Lauper Time After Time 3 69-59-54-57-62R(9)-36-10-4-{3}-4-6-8-16-21-30-44-59->17 #1427 26/05/1984 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions Perfect Skin 26 71-54R(2)-45-40-30-{26}-32-44-57->9 #1428 23/06/1984 Gary Glitter Dance Me Up 25 48-27-{25}-36-51->5 #1429 23/06/1984 Alison Moyet Love Resurrection 10 55-28-14-13-12-{10}-14-21-31-42-72->11 #1430 30/06/1984 The Human League Life On Your Own 16 29-{16}-21-29-37-62->6 #1431 23/06/1984 Billy Joel Goodnight Saigon/Leave A Tender Moment Alone 29 49-31-{29}-31-36-48-64->7 23/06/1984 Bob Marley And The Wailers Waiting In Vain {1984} 31 41-33-{31}-34-40-54-67->7 #1432 23/06/1984 The Bluebells Young At Heart 8 54-36-20-14-10-{8}-11-17-23-32-43-65->12 #1433 16/06/1984 Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It 3 66-50-40-18-10-6-5-5-{3}-5-8-12-19-27-40-48->16 #1434 30/06/1984 Prince When Doves Cry 4 44-21-8-5-{4}-4-5-8-14-19-24-32-47-56-69->15 #1435 07/07/1984 Thompson Twins Sister Of Mercy 11 28-{11}-11-13-27-28-42-55-66R(2)->9 #1436 07/07/1984 Ultravox Lament 22 32-{22}-23-32-40-61-73R(2)->7 #1437 30/06/1984 Shannon Sweet Somebody 25 46-36-29-{25}-25-35-49-65->8 #1438 07/07/1984 The Jacksons With Mick Jagger State Of Shock 14 37-20-{14}-19-29-39-57-74->8

Yeah I actually preferred the bizarre disaster bops from Katseye to that boring thing.

Liked “Camera” on first listen more than most of the other recent Charli material.

Hooray for tuning in late and being able to skip “Unwritten”, “On The Floor” and “Mr Brightside”! Dancing On My Own” can stay though. ❤️

Lovely news - congratulations 9 3/4!

Boo I really like “Long Way 2 Go”

I have found this tough to vote in because I agree it’s generally quite an even standard throughout, but have got there.

Oh I don’t tend to think of Bo Rhap as counting because its main run was only 9 weeks and the second was a special double A side much later, though from the songs chart point of view it does count.