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17/7: 1 2 Ordinary (1) 2 3 Dior (3) 3 4 Manchild (1) 4 5 Love me not (2) 5 1 Survive (1) 6 6 Pink pony club (2) 7 8 Blessings (7) 8 12 Back to friends (7) 9 7 Victory lap (5) 10 9 Undressed (4) 11 10 Sapphire (9) 12 13 Rein me in (7) 13 11 Family matters (5) 14 15 Beautiful things (1) 15 14 Messy (1) 16 17 Just keep watching (6) 17 18 Nice to each other (17) 18 16 Show me love (4) 19 20 Azizam (3) 20 19 Mystical magical (18) 21 21 APT. (2) 22 22 That’s so true (1) 23 - Acquiesce (23) 24 - Don’t look back in anger (1) 25 - Live forever (9) 26 - Golden (26) 27 27 Birds of a feather (2) 28 23 Shake it to the max (26) 29 26 Can’t decide (15) 30 - Wonderwall (2) 31 24 The days (5) 32 33 Espresso (1) 33 32 Illegal (32) 34 29 Lose control (2) 35 28 Stargazing (6) 36 25 One thing (23) 37 30 Good luck, babe! (2) 38 37 No broke boys (37) 39 - Your idol (39) 40 40 Stick season (1) 41 34 Die with a smile (3) 42 - Dreams (22) 43 - What did I miss? (43) 44 35 Iris (3) 45 46 Taste (1) 46 39 Bad dreams (13) 47 - High on me (47) 48 31 Nice to meet you (12) 49 35 Someone you loved (1) 50 36 Carry you home (16)

Week 28: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 369,000 740,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 232,000 340,000 3 3 Sam Fender People Watching 194,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 188,000 1,660,000 5 5 The Weeknd The Highlights 181,000 1,420,000 6 6 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 166,000 470,000 7 7 SZA SOS 163,000 650,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 161,000 1,820,000 9 9 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 160,000 2,190,000 10 10 Charli XCX Brat 155,000 440,000 11 11 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 148,000 490,000 12 12 Tate McRae So Close To What 148,000 13 13 Noah Kahan Stick Season 142,000 610,000 14 14 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 138,000 920,000 15 15 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 135,000 6,040,000 16 16 Lady Gaga Mayhem 134,000 17 17 Michael Jackson The Essential 131,000 1,970,000 18 18 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 130,000 19 19 Arctic Monkeys AM 127,000 2,230,000 20 20 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 124,000 3,440,000 21 21 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 121,000 260,000 22 22 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 121,000 2,660,000 23 23 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 116,000 5,420,000 24 24 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 114,000 610,000 25 25 Linkin Park Papercuts 113,000 280,000 26 26 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 112,000 1,160,000 27 27 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 103,000 120,000 28 28 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 97,000 29 29 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 97,000 280,000 30 30 Kendrick Lamar GNX 97,000 160,000 31 31 Calvin Harris 96 Months 96,000 170,000 32 32 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 96,000 220,000 33 33 Queen Greatest Hits 94,000 3,130,000 34 34 Pitbull Greatest Hits 93,000 560,000 35 35 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 91,000 36 36 Oasis Definitely Maybe 89,000 2,890,000 37 37 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 88,000 420,000 38 38 Ed Sheeran ÷ 87,000 4,420,000 39 39 Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel 84,000 1,630,000 40 40 Fontaines D.C. Romance 84,000 200,000 71 72 Sleep Token Even In Arcadia 62,000 100 - Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler Private Investigations - The Best Of 49,000 1,380,000 - 100 Bad Bunny Debí Tirar Más Fotos 49,000

2 days left! @Roba. @Addy! @CowTzy @jimwatts @Herbs @vibe @Cody Piastri @Calum @dandy* We’ve had a full house of votes in every Bop Idol up to now and I hope to continue that.

Looks like Nelly’s on for a second straight bronze medal, which is where I place her in this.

Beyoncé has been replaced at the survivor table by an empty seat. In the #29 survivor this reached the final so 4th here is something of a comedown. The single reached #4 in November 2004, and was the follow up to the chart topping “Déja Vu” but has proved to be much more enduring than that. 4th: Beyoncé - Irreplaceable 5th: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 14/30 votes (47%) 6th: All American Rejects - Gives You Hell 16/35 votes (46%) 7th: Goldtrix - It’s Love (Trippin’) 16/33 votes (48%) 8th: Hear’Say - Everybody 16/30 votes (53%) 9th: Wyclef Jean featuring The Rock and Melky Sedeck - It Doesn’t Matter 9/29 votes (31%) 10th: Jennifer Lopez featuring Fat Joe - Hold You Down 12/32 votes (38%)

“Cry Me Out” is the only Pixie song I really like, with its waltz rhythm. In fact I like all 6 and it’s going to have to be Cascada.

A skilled multitasker, Beyoncé is working her way out of 2 survivors at once. This was her very 1st solo hit, reaching #7 in July 2002. It doesn’t even appear in the Top 40 of her biggest selling hits now, demonstrating that it is relatively forgotten. 7th: Beyoncé - Work It Out 14/34 votes (41%) 8th: Scooter - Weekend! 10/33 votes (30%) 9th: Artful Dodger featuring Lifford - Please Don’t Turn Me On 11/33 votes (33%) 10th: Hermes House Band - Country Roads 11/31 votes (35%)

I went for Friday Hill - I think the Stuntmasterz mash up works quite well.

They definitely won’t be last on anyone’s mind in this survivor but they are last. This reached #5 in May 2004 which oddly makes it Leann‘s 2nd highest peaking hit, eclipsing the mammoth “How Do I Live”. For Ronan it was towards the end of his extraordinary run of 3” straight Top 10 hits including Boyzone and his solo work. 10th: Ronan Keating & LeAnn Rimes - Last Thing On My Mind 13/35 votes (37%)

Ah sorry I’d amended the deadline in the main body of the OP but forgotten about the title!

I gave 4 9s this week so also voting for my favourite of the 8s. 1 The Cure - A Forest 2 Blondie - Call Me 3 Lipps Inc - Funky Town 4 Kate Bush - Breathing 5 Jona Lewie - You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties Missing out also with 8: Sky - Toccata New Musik - World Of Water The Mash - Suicide Is Painless

Indeed, though it’s good going to have got this far into 1980 without a 1. Another brilliant timeless winner here. 9 Lipps Inc Funky Town A 1 hit wonder US group which was a US #1 but #2 here: a fantastic funky track with a timeless riff that still sounds just as good today 8 Jona Lewie You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties 1st hit for this UK singer songwriter: I love the slightly awkward storytelling with his striking baritone voice over a synth pop track 8 The Mash Theme From 'M*A*S*H' (Suicide Is Painless) 459th #1: for the 1970 film "M*A*S*H" and a 1 hit wonder, this track has a beautiful seductive aura to it and lovely blend of voices 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Messages 1st hit for this UK electronic band: a lovely track establishing their sound with slightly trippy and dark synths and melancholy lyrics 7 Junior Murvin Police And Thieves Another 1 hit wonder for a Jamaican performer: this is a really striking and different reggae track with lovely scatted falsetto vocals 7 Roxy Music Over You Part of a run of 4 straight Top 5 hits for them, and a rich synth pop track with layers of production and soulful reverb heavy vocals 6 Gary Numan We Are Glass His 3rd hit after hitting #1 with his debut "Cars": this feels like a typical Gary track and is still really good but doesn't quite stand out 6 Crown Heights Affair You Gave Me Love Last Top 40 and biggest hit for the US disco group: the catchy "ooh ooh" vocal riff is my favourite part of this; otherwise it's standard 6 The Specials Rat Race/Rude Boys Outa Jail Their 3rd double A Top 10 hit: I prefer "Rat Race" but both are enjoyable and bouncy ska tracks with good instrumental contributions 5 Mystic Merlin Just Can't Give You Up Originally a magical act who became a serious band, this is there only hit and it's a nice chilled out saxophone heavy dance soul track 5 Matchbox Midnite Dynamos Following their Freddy Cannon cover this is actually an original rockabilly style song: it's a jolly and vibrant old fashioned number 4 Jermaine Jackson Let's Get Serious MJ's brother's 1st and biggest solo hit written by Stevie Wodner, and indeed sounds like a fairly typical but unremarkable Stevie track 4 Don McLean Crying 460th #1: the Roy Orbison original is heartbreakingly beautiful and this cover is fine but doesn't really do anything that Roy's doesn't 3 Roberta Flack With Donny Hathaway Back Together Again Donny had died last year but Roberta recorded an album of duets with his vocals: this was big but is quite a forgettable soul song 2 UK Subs Teenage Again it's the raucous punk style which isn't entirely to my taste anyway, but I can't find much charm in this football chant style track 1 The Four Bucketeers The Bucket Of Water Song This group was from the ITV children's programme "Tiswas": maybe it's amusing in context but it's a not very listenable and grating song 1980 Group 10: #136 24/05/1980 The Lambrettas D-a-a-ance 12 48-20-21-{12}-15-22-25-49->8 #137 24/05/1980 Electric Light Orchestra I'm Alive 20 47-25-22-{20}-20-26-26-53-69->9 #138 17/05/1980 The Manhattan Transfer Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone 25 59-49-29-31-{25}-25-33-68->8 #139 24/05/1980 The Korgis Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 5 61-31-27-19-6-{5}-5-8-14-35-51-67->12 #140 10/05/1980 Peter Gabriel No Self Control 33 58-44-41-{33}-54-56->6 #141 17/05/1980 Cockney Rejects I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 35 52-45-{35}-55-69->5 #142 24/05/1980 Stiff Little Fingers Nobody's Hero/Tin Soldiers 36 57-{36}-36-46-70->5 #143 24/05/1980 Thin Lizzy Chinatown 21 63-37-30-30-23-23-22-{21}-29->9 #144 10/05/1980 The Detroit Spinners Body Language 40 69-46-43-{40}-45-50-74->7 #145 07/06/1980 Judas Priest Breaking The Law 12 23-18-{12}-18-28-67->6 #146 31/05/1980 Teena Marie Behind The Groove 6 62-29-17-7-{6}-10-15-30-44-69->10 #147 31/05/1980 Liquid Gold Substitute 8 52-32-21-16-{8}-13-19-37-62->9 #148 24/05/1980 Elton John Little Jeannie 33 62-44-{33}-37-38-43-65->7 #149 07/06/1980 Iron Maiden Sanctuary 29 34-{29}-36-49-67->5 #150 07/06/1980 Siouxsie And The Banshees Christine 22 35-{22}-27-24-24-26-24-56->8 #151 31/05/1980 Surface Noise The Scratch 26 59-38-28-{26}-35-40-62-73->8

Think there’s a chance of “Defying Gravity” crashing out already.

2 absolutely electrifying records at the top here: I love them both. 9 The Cure A Forest Their 1st minor hit and they'll have some misses: this is a beautifully eerie and spellbinding track that takes you through the dark woods 9 Kate Bush Breathing The lead single from her 3rd album: not the most commercial but a stunningly artistic track about the effects of the world on a foetus 8 New Musik This World Of Water Another really sparkling track from them: the underwater effect is almost comical but does work and it's a real pleasure listening to this 7 The Beat Mirror In The Bathroom This is their biggest hit and it's clicked with me much more than "Hands Off She's Mine": a really successful piece of pop ska crossover 7 Hot Chocolate No Doubt About It The biggest '80s single for these prolific hitmakers curiously themed around a UFO sighting, but a very clever and well produced track 6 Billy Joel All For Leyna A minor hit before he'd had any Top 10s: not his very best song but good storytelling and I really enjoy the synths and early '80s feel to it 6 Narada Michael Walden I Shoulda Loved Ya Much bigger than his other recent hit and I much prefer this: a smooth disco track with a heartfelt falsetto chorus that works very well 6 Pete Townshend Rough Boys Only solo Top 40 for this former member of The Who: this has enjoyable guitar work throughout to accompany the homoerotic theme 5 Whitesnake Fool For Your Loving 1st Top 40 for this band on their 3rd album: it's a good rock track with a strong melody and instrumental riff, albeit nothing mind blowing 5 The Average White Band Let's Go Round Again Last Top 40 for this Scottish funk group that has become something of a classic: it's a nice piece of disco funk but so can't say I love it 4 Motorhead Golden Years EP Their 1st big hit with an EP containing a quartet of live tracks: it's all very vigorously performed but I can't say it does all that much for me 4 Jimmy Ruffin Hold On To My Love Only post 1974 Top 40 hit for this US soul singer and it was a big one: it's pleasant enough but does feel a little out of place in 1980 3 Smokie Take Good Care Of My Baby I love the Bobby Vee original but it's not a song that needed resurrecting: this band give it a few interesting features but it isn't enough 3 Johnny Logan What's Another Year 458th #1 and Eurovision winner for Ireland: not sure if Europe’s taste was behind the UK’s at this point but this sounds older than it is 2 Michael Jackson She's Out Of My Life Astonishingly a bigger hit than "Rock Your Body", also from "Off The Wall"; to me it's a cloying and overwrought ballad but nicely sung 2 Cockney Rejects The Greatest Cockney Rip-Off 1st Top 40 for this punk rock group: this rather out of tune singing will be their trademark and the melody is a little grating; I'm not a fan 1980 Group 9: #120 26/04/1980 Mystic Merlin Just Can't Give You Up 20 66-41-30-24-24-23-{20}-24-33->9 #121 03/05/1980 Crown Heights Affair You Gave Me Love 10 61-35-25-19-17-12-{10}-10-12-27-36-66->12 #122 03/05/1980 The Four Bucketeers The Bucket Of Water Song 26 63-36-{26}-36-48-68->6 #123 03/05/1980 Junior Murvin Police And Thieves 23 67-39-38-35-27-28-{23}-30-37->9 #124 17/05/1980 Roxy Music Over You 5 18-7-6-6-{5}-9-17-31-50->9 #125 10/05/1980 The Mash Theme From 'M*A*S*H' (Suicide Is Painless) 1 42-23-6-{1}-1-1-2-4-15-32-55-71->12 #126 10/05/1980 Jona Lewie You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties 16 73-30-27-19-19-{16}-21-28-53->9 #127 10/05/1980 Matchbox Midnite Dynamos 14 67-33-26-18-16-15-{14}-21-17-27-41-61->12 #128 10/05/1980 Jermaine Jackson Let's Get Serious 8 61-37-23-21-9-{8}-8-9-18-38-65->11 #129 17/05/1980 UK Subs Teenage 32 39-{32}-32-46-73->5 #130 10/05/1980 Don McLean Crying 1 41-40-28-13-4-2-{1}-1-1-4-8-18-44-63->14 #131 24/05/1980 Gary Numan We Are Glass 5 10-{5}-7-9-19-38-59->7 #132 24/05/1980 The Specials Rat Race/Rude Boys Outa Jail 5 18-8-{5}-7-11-10-33-42-75->9 #133 17/05/1980 Lipps Inc Funky Town 2 70-25-9-3-3-3-{2}-2-6-12-24-40-58->13 #134 17/05/1980 Roberta Flack With Donny Hathaway Back Together Again 3 51-34-22-14-6-4-{3}-4-13-18-49->11 #135 10/05/1980 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Messages 13 53-41-39-26-26-14-{13}-13-20-39-51->11

I wonder if it’s happened before that a track has disappeared from streaming during a contest. I may even check with anyone who votes and doesn’t include it that they have listened to it, just to be totally fair to the person who sent it (it isn’t mine).

I’ve noticed that “Racing Cars” by Ruti is suddenly unavailable on Spotify. It’s the title track of an EP, and oddly the rest of the EP is all still there. Anyway please make sure you don’t miss it when you’re listening!

Not surviving to see the weekend are Scooter. This reached #12 in March 2003, becoming their 8th Top 40 hit. In fact it was their 3rd biggest after “The Logical Song” and “Nessaja”. 8th: Scooter - Weekend! 10/33 votes (30%) 9th: Artful Dodger featuring Lifford - Please Don’t Turn Me On 11/33 votes (33%) 10th: Hermes House Band - Country Roads 11/31 votes (35%)

Going for “Irreplacable” now

Mariah’s Christmases are not coming early. Nonetheless it’s a better result for this than in its previous outing in the #99 survivor when it only finished 8th. She may yet appear again. 5th: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 14/30 votes 6th: All American Rejects - Gives You Hell 16/35 votes (46%) 7th: Goldtrix - It’s Love (Trippin’) 16/33 votes (48%) 8th: Hear’Say - Everybody 16/30 votes (53%) 9th: Wyclef Jean featuring The Rock and Melky Sedeck - It Doesn’t Matter 9/29 votes (31%) 10th: Jennifer Lopez featuring Fat Joe - Hold You Down 12/32 votes (38%)

Ronan and Leann - even the Friday Hill track at least has a bit of charm to it

Thanks to those who joined tonight! As the listen through was a bit later than planned and I have quite a busy weekend, I’m going to extend the voting deadline by 3 days to the end of Wednesday.

Link for 20:00 https://sync-tube.de/room/vRLHtwki

25 The Beatles- In My Life 24 Alphaville- Forever Young 23 Bicep- Glue 22 The Who- Baba O'Riley 21 Arctic Monkeys- I Wanna Be Yours 20 Lord Huron- The Night We Met 19 Woodkid- Run Boy Run 18 The Beatles- Blackbird 17 Gorillaz- On Melancholy Hill 16 Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here 15 Adele- Turning Tables 14 Duke Dumont- Ocean Drive 13 Blossoms- Charlemagne 12 The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping 11 Mazzy Star- Fade Into You 10 Eminem ft. Nate Dogg- Till I Collapse 9 Fleetwood Mac- Landslide 8 Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll 7 Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd- Love Me Harder 6 Talking Heads- Psycho Killer 5 Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl 4 Vampire Weekend- A-Punk 3 Daryl Hall & John Oates- You Make My Dreams 2 Stevie Nicks- Edge Of Seventeen 1 Kiss- I Was Made For Lovin' You

I’m assuming not as she has 2 monthly listeners on Spotify! It does sound quite like her though.