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Not being raised up in the slightest are Brian Kennedy and Peter Corry. Westlife’s cover of “You Raise Me Up” had just hit #1 when George Best died in November 2005, and this was performed at his funeral. It was then released as a single with proceeds going to the George Best Foundation, and peaked at #4 in January 2006. 10th: Brian Kennedy & Peter Corry - George Best - A Tribute 13/29 votes (45%)

Being let go next are Five. This came in the midst of 3 #1 singles, 1 before and 2 after, but only reached #9 itself. The obsessive lyrics remind me of “Every Breath You Take”. The single had a slightly odd chart run, re-entering the Top 40 twice, presumably thanks to the bargain bucket. 7th: Five - Don’t Wanna Let You Go (12/27 votes (44%) 8th: The Script - We Cry 8/28 votes (29%) 9th: Nickelback - Rockstar 11/31 votes (35%) 10th: Orson - Bright Idea 8/27 votes (30%)

I’d like to see a fresh winner so I’m going for “Mr Brightside” now.

The BEPs have been stopped before they started. The single reached #11 in July 2004 and spent 8 weeks in the Top 40. The title was understandably changed from “Let’s Get Retarded” which had appeared on the “Elephunk” album. 4th: Black Eyed Peas - Let’s Get It Started 12/29 votes (41%) 5th: Aqua - Cartoon Heroes 14/36 votes (39%) 6th: Snow Patrol - Take Back The City 9/30 votes (30%) 7th: Tweet - Oops (Oh My!) 14/29 votes (48%) 8th: Tweenies - I Believe In Christmas 21/30 votes (70%) 9th: Blazin’ Squad - We Just Be Dreamin’ 14/31 votes (45%) 10th: Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds 11/25 votes (44%)

How can a Eurovision song have been never performed at Eurovision? It never appeared in the final, a semifinal, a dress rehearsal or an afternoon preview. Wikipedia says “Iceland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since its debut” and 2020 isn’t one of them. And surely if it’s open to interpretation, as the phrase “Eurovision song” without any clarification is, you’d give the benefit of the doubt in Pointless.

Well I can’t complain at 6th place for 10 minutes of white noise! I thought this was one of the most horrifying things I’d ever heard when the distorted noise came in at 1:39 (hope it didn’t give anyone a hernia), but found it utterly mesmerising and beautiful at the same time! I’m glad quite a few people enjoyed it. Congrats Doctor B and thanks very much to you and seven for the 12s, and also Leww for the 10 plus hosting such a wonderful theme!

4Girls Aloud - Sound Of The UndergroundScore: 9/10 28/12/2002 Girls Aloud Sound Of The Underground Peak: 1 Chart run: {1}-1-1-1-3-5-9-15-19-19-22-27-38-42-57-56-71-67-56-71-73->21 “Popstars: The Rivals” chose 5 members for the winning boyband and girlband respectively, and in cruel early ‘00s reality TV fashion pitted them against each other for the 2002 Christmas #1. Xenomania were very wisely picked to write the girls’ single, having already written the #1 “Round Round”. The result was a 4 week #1 for the girls. However it was only the first of 20 consecutive Top 10 hits for them over nearly a decade, a record for a female group. This of course is a wonderful record with drum and bass and electropop influences. David Sneddon knocked this off #1, reminding us that reality TV producing good music would remain an exception rather than a rule.

I have done hundreds of these reviews now across three threads and I’ve been very sparing with the 10s, giving no more than 3 per year. I certainly didn’t expect to ever have to give 2 10s within 1 group, and I’ve never given 4 songs 9 or above either. But “In The Air Tonight” is a big all time favourite and “Vienna” a huge highlight of the decade. “Fade To Grey” and “Rapture” aren’t far off either - there may never be another top section quite as strong as this. 10 Phil Collins In The Air Tonight His 1st solo hit and a stunning, horrifyingly stark, minimalistic and bitterly anguished track with an electrifying drum break 10 Ultravox Vienna 4 weeks at #2 for this smash: an incredible piece of piano assisted electropop which runs away from itself towards the end 9 Visage Fade To Grey 1st hit for this UK new wave band and another unapologetic synth pop masterpiece, which started off as an instrumental 9 Blondie Rapture A #5 following 3 chart toppers but no less marvellous; an incredibly sensual and dreamy track with a quirky rapped section 8 Dire Straits Romeo And Juliet A 2nd #8 for them: it twists the plot of the play but it's a great lyrical story about young love and a warm, well performed song 8 David Bowie Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) About a woman's descent into madness, this is a typically theatrical Bowie song with Cockney vocals and a menacing guitar 7 The Look I Am The Beat Only Top 40 for this UK band: this is catchy has a great raw uncomplicated energy to it and I enjoy the organ accompaniment 7 Barbra Streisand And Barry Gibb Guilty Another Bee Gees composed song from Barbra, this time done as a duet: a strong song that feels much bigger than its peak 6 Adam And The Ants Young Parisians Rather different from the energy of their big Burundi Beat hits, but an amusing track with fun lyrics and a mock French accent 6 Stevie Wonder I Ain't Gonna Stand For It Stevie impersonates a country and western singer with his accent here: an enjoyable song that crosses the soul-country divide 5 Yarbrough And Peoples Don't Stop The Music A US #1 and their only Top 40 sampled in Eve and Gwen Stefani's "Gangsta Lovin'"; I like that part but can take or leave the rest 5 Sad Cafe I'm In Love Again Their last hit: a nice track with a jazzy feel but doesn't have anything to make it stand out and I can see why it didn't do so well 4 John Lennon Woman 474th #1 and the 3rd and last of his immediate posthumous trio: this has some nice elements but feels a little languid to me 4 James Brown Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?) A track sampled in hundreds of songs including his "wooo!": as a stand alone track it's fine but more of a groove than a song 3 The Gap Band Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) Their 3rd hit and another of these funk tracks that isn't very distinctive and passes by without really leaving much impression 3 Rod Stewart My Girl This was a relatively barren period for big hits for him, and this one is nicely performed but a little saccharine and plodding 1981 Group 2: #341 17/01/1981 Diana Ross It's My Turn 16 44-27-25-{16}-22-30-49-71->8 #342 17/01/1981 Heatwave Gangsters Of The Groove 19 59-29-{19}-20-23-27-35-59->8 #343 24/01/1981 Cliff Richard A Little In Love 15 33-17-{15}-16-20-28-39-66->8 #344 17/01/1981 Susan Fassbender Twilight Cafe 21 63-36-29-{21}-21-25-34-66->8 #345 24/01/1981 Madness The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven 7 38-18-14-10-{7}-7-10-18-27-41-71->11 #346 17/01/1981 Light Of The World I Shot The Sheriff 40 68-{40}-41-50-63->5 #347 24/01/1981 Spandau Ballet The Freeze 17 45-24-{17}-18-24-30-33-65->8 #348 31/01/1981 Rainbow I Surrender 3 28-12-5-4-{3}-4-12-22-38-63->10 #349 24/01/1981 XTC Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me) 16 54-34-28-19-{16}-18-23-36-61->9 24/01/1981 The Plastic Ono Band Give Peace A Chance {1981} 33 50-35-{33}-43-68->5 #350 24/01/1981 Honey Bane Turn Me On, Turn Me Off 37 64-{37}-37-47-61->5 #351 17/01/1981 Odyssey Hang Together 36 53-42-39-{36}-37-52-75->7 #352 31/01/1981 The Boomtown Rats The Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty) 26 40-{26}-27-32-42-46->6 #353 31/01/1981 Fred Wedlock The Oldest Swinger In Town 6 52-19-7-{6}-10-13-24-38-46-70->10 #354 07/02/1981 Joe Dolce Music Theatre Shaddap You Face 1 30-3-{1}-1-1-3-10-25-34-59->10 #355 31/01/1981 Slade We'll Bring The House Down 10 58-31-17-{10}-13-20-30-60-71->9 #356 31/01/1981 The Passions I'm In Love With A German Film Star 25 49-34-26-28-{25}-30-34-68->8

Week 39: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 444,000 820,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 316,000 420,000 3 3 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 298,000 2,330,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 276,000 1,740,000 5 5 The Weeknd The Highlights 251,000 1,490,000 6 6 Sam Fender People Watching 221,000 7 8 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 218,000 5,520,000 8 7 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 217,000 520,000 9 9 Elton John Diamonds 211,000 1,870,000 10 11 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 204,000 220,000 11 10 SZA SOS 201,000 680,000 12 12 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 199,000 550,000 13 13 Charli XCX Brat 195,000 480,000 14 14 Noah Kahan Stick Season 190,000 660,000 15 15 Tate McRae So Close To What 186,000 16 16 Michael Jackson The Essential 184,000 2,020,000 17 17 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 182,000 6,080,000 18 19 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 172,000 3,490,000 19 18 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 171,000 950,000 20 20 Arctic Monkeys AM 169,000 2,270,000 21 22 Oasis Definitely Maybe 167,000 2,960,000 22 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 167,000 3,480,000 23 29 Sabrina Carpenter Man's Best Friend 163,000 24 23 Linkin Park Papercuts 162,000 330,000 25 24 Lady Gaga Mayhem 158,000 26 25 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 157,000 650,000 27 27 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 153,000 1,200,000 28 26 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 152,000 290,000 29 28 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 145,000 30 29 Calvin Harris 96 Months 130,000 200,000 31 31 Queen Greatest Hits 127,000 3,170,000 32 32 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 126,000 250,000 33 33 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 126,000 310,000 34 34 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 125,000 460,000 35 35 Pitbull Greatest Hits 121,000 590,000 36 36 Ed Sheeran ÷ 120,000 4,450,000 37 37 Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel 120,000 1,660,000 38 38 Fontaines D.C. Romance 118,000 230,000 39 39 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 115,000 40 40 Kendrick Lamar GNX 113,000 170,000 41 42 Maroon 5 Singles 113,000 950,000 42 41 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 112,000 43 43 50 Cent Best Of 50 Cent 108,000 720,000 44 45 Taylor Swift Folklore 108,000 950,000 45 44 Bob Marley Legend 107,000 3,380,000 46 46 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 107,000 2,000,000 47 47 George Michael Twenty Five 106,000 1,850,000 48 49 Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits 103,000 2,280,000 49 48 Lana Del Rey Born To Die 103,000 1,790,000 50 51 Lady Gaga The Fame 103,000 3,560,000 56 56 CoCoMelon Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon 98,000 320,000 59 58 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 96,000 60 60 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 95,000 250,000 62 62 The Beatles 1967-1970 94,000 1,290,000 68 68 Taylor Swift Midnights 88,000 1,050,000 70 70 Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor's Version) 87,000 620,000 71 71 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever 86,000 490,000 73 73 Little Mix Between Us 85,000 640,000 75 75 Sleep Token Even In Arcadia 82,000 78 76 Sabrina Carpenter Emails I Can't Send 80,000 230,000 82 92 Ed Sheeran Play 77,000 83 83 The Beatles 1962-1966 76,000 1,080,000 88 87 Morgan Wallen I'm The Problem 73,000 91 89 Playboi Carti I Am Music 71,000 92 91 The Killers Rebel Diamonds 71,000 220,000 96 96 Myles Smith A Minute… 68,000 97 97 Linkin Park From Zero 68,000 140,000

5Tomcraft - LonelinessScore: 9/10 10/05/2003 Tomcraft Loneliness Peak: 1 Chart run: {1}-4-5-9-13-18-24-31-39-48-71-75-74->13 This was based on a track called “Share The Love” by American soul singer Andrea Martin. German DJ Thomas Brückner, who died last year, turned it into a techno track. The track became an unlikely UK #1. The follow up “Brainwashed (Call You) is also very good but only reached #43. If you listen to the Andrea Martin original song it’s a pleasant piece of soul but doesn’t exactly scream hit potential, and what he did with it is really quite remarkable. It’s quite a stark and bleak soundscape that really conveys the sense of being lonely and trapped. It still sounds just as good now, and it’s amazing that such a hard hitting dance track reached #1 in the midst of the 2003 soundscape.

6Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad WorldScore: 8/10 27/12/2003 Michael Andrews Featuring Gary Jules Mad World 1 Chart run: {1}-1-1-2-4-5-12-12-23-28-31-43-57-66-70-58R(145)-67-26R(196)-53->19 Originally a 1982 hit for Tears For Fears, it only reached #3 but was the 12st biggest seller of the year. Film composer Michael Andrews composed this version for the soundtrack to the film “Donnie Darko”, and his friend Gary Jules provided the vocals. It emerged victorious in one of the most publicised Christmas #1 battles of the century (2002 and 2009 being other notable ones and also 2 of the only other years to actually have produced great Christmas chart toppers this century). From just 2 weeks on sale it became the 4th biggest seller of 2003, and also made the 2004 year end Top 40. A few years ago this would have been in my Top 3 here. Having known this version first I found the faster paced Tears For Fears version hard to get into at first. However after having delved more deeply into ‘80s music I now definitely prefer the original and this has slid just a little in my affections. It is nonetheless still a beautiful and haunting cover.

About 60k off so not soon, but if the songs don’t tail off it should make it eventually.

“Another Love” will surely be back soon if it keeps doing this well. I have “Daisies” closer to entering than “Victory Lap” - 326k vs 323k.

Week 39: 1 1 Alex Warren Ordinary 1,709,000 2 2 Lola Young Messy 1,263,000 1,440,000 3 3 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 1,181,000 1,530,000 4 4 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 1,162,000 1,610,000 5 5 Gracie Abrams That's So True 1,025,000 1,460,000 6 6 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 954,000 1,590,000 7 7 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 933,000 2,720,000 8 8 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 904,000 910,000 9 9 Chrystal The Days 870,000 1,030,000 10 10 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 853,000 2,070,000 11 11 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 836,000 2,040,000 12 12 Teddy Swims Lose Control 780,000 2,610,000 13 13 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 742,000 2,490,000 14 14 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 732,000 1,330,000 15 15 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 723,000 1,520,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 717,000 960,000 17 17 Teddy Swims The Door 688,000 1,360,000 18 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 682,000 790,000 19 19 Tate McRae Sports Car 679,000 20 20 Myles Smith Stargazing 665,000 1,680,000 21 23 Sombr Undressed 650,000 22 21 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 647,000 1,980,000 23 22 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 644,000 24 24 Sombr Back To Friends 635,000 25 28 Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Golden 635,000 26 25 Hozier Too Sweet 618,000 2,070,000 27 26 Alex Warren Carry You Home 610,000 910,000 28 27 Noah Kahan Stick Season 592,000 3,110,000 29 29 Ed Sheeran Azizam 575,000 30 31 Sabrina Carpenter Manchild 574,000 31 30 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 560,000 1,030,000 32 32 The Killers Mr Brightside 555,000 6,620,000 33 33 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 552,000 4,360,000 34 35 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 543,000 3,760,000 35 34 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 540,000 1,160,000 36 36 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 537,000 1,680,000 37 37 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 523,000 38 38 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 507,000 39 40 MK featuring Chrystal Dior 504,000 40 41 Calvin Harris And Clementine Douglas Blessings 502,000 41 39 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 499,000 1,160,000 42 42 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 491,000 880,000 43 44 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 490,000 1,400,000 44 43 Doechii Anxiety 488,000 45 45 Sam Fender People Watching 478,000 580,000 46 46 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 468,000 950,000 47 49 Fleetwood Mac Everywhere 467,000 4,050,000 48 47 Dasha Austin 466,000 1,610,000 49 50 Billie Eilish Wildflower 464,000 980,000 50 48 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose Kisses 463,000 1,120,000 53 53 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 445,000 540,000 55 54 Drake Nokia 441,000 56 56 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 438,000 670,000 57 57 Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea Shake It To The Max (FLY) - Remix 432,000 58 58 Tate McRae Revolving Door 410,000 59 69 Olivia Dean Nice To Each Other 408,000 60 59 Skye Newman Family Matters 408,000 61 61 Benson Boone Mystical Magical 407,000 62 71 Disco Lines & Tinashe No Broke Boys 407,000 63 60 Morgan Seatree featuring Florence + The Machine Say My Name (Remix) 405,000 70 81 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean Rein Me In 388,000 71 82 Ed Sheeran Sapphire 387,000 77 73 Alex Warren Burning Down 378,000 510,000 78 78 Leon Thomas Mutt 375,000 410,000 84 83 Chappell Roan The Giver 372,000 85 79 Doechii Denial Is A River 371,000 86 85 Benson Boone Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 370,000 87 97 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Soda Pop 367,000 91 90 Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas Tell Me 356,000 94 - Saja Boys, Andrew Choi Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Your Idol 348,000 97 93 Pawsa and The Adventures Of Stevie V Dirty Cash (Money Talks) 344,000 410,000 98 96 Sabrina Carpenter Juno 337,000 580,000 - 100 Tom Odell Another Love 335,000

2/10: 1 1 Golden (1) 2 2 Man I need (2) 3 - Something in the heavens (3) 4 - Where is my husband! (4) 5 3 Ordinary (1) 6 4 Soda Pop (4) 7 6 No broke boys (3) 8 7 Your idol (7) 9 9 12 to 12 (9) 10 8 Nice to each other (8) 11 5 Tears (3) 12 10 Manchild (1) 13 12 Back to friends (7) 14 11 When did you get hot? (9) 15 14 Love me not (2) 16 13 How it’s done (13) 17 19 Undressed (4) 18 17 Rein me in (7) 19 20 What it sounds like (18) 20 22 Pink pony club (2) 21 18 Sapphire (8) 22 15 Daisies (2) 23 16 House tour (11) 24 23 The subway (1) 25 34 Eternity (5) 26 21 Nobody’s son (14) 27 25 Takedown (22) 28 28 Beautiful things (1) 29 26 Dior (2) 30 24 The dead dance (24) 31 43 Survive (1) 32 29 Free (28) 33 31 Messy (1) 34 32 Victory lap (5) 35 37 Lose control (2) 36 38 Iris (3) 37 35 Blessings (5) 38 27 My man on willpower (8) 39 42 Just keep watching (6) 40 44 Dive (40) 41 41 Mystical magical (18) 42 - Good luck, babe! (2) 43 50 Birds of a feather (2) 44 47 APT. (2) 45 - Breakin’ dishes (45) 46 32 Go go juice (15) 47 - Mr Brightside (10) 48 45 Die with a smile (3) 49 40 Camera (40) 50 - Feel good inc (2)

I preferred the Brian Kennedy version to Westlife’s so spared that for one round and voted for Geraldine.

Went for Esmée - quite bland

Left crying are The Script. This was their debut single, and it peaked at #15 in May 2008 and spent 15 weeks in the Top 75. They would go on to have an even slower burning hit with “Breakeven” the following year, which spent 31 weeks in the Top 75 with a #21 peak.

I do like “Let’s Get It Started” but the other 3 are stronger.

Not lasting forever are Aqua. “Cartoon Heroes” was their 5th and final Top 10 hit, reaching #7 in February 2000. The follow up “Around The World” could only manage #26, and they didn’t chart again after that. 5th: Aqua - Cartoon Heroes 14/36 votes (39%) 6th: Snow Patrol - Take Back The City 9/30 votes (30%) 7th: Tweet - Oops (Oh My!) 14/29 votes (48%) 8th: Tweenies - I Believe In Christmas 21/30 votes (70%) 9th: Blazin’ Squad - We Just Be Dreamin’ 14/31 votes (45%) 10th: Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds 11/25 votes (44%)

11/17 survived Rollo’s: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Blondie - Atomic The Jam - Going Underground ABBA - The Winner Takes It All The Cure - A Forest Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes Blondie - Call Me Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach Motörhead - Ace of Spades Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties The Korgis - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short New Musik - Living By Numbers John Foxx - Underpass Lipps Inc. - Funkytown Ultravox - Sleepwalk

7Will Young - Leave Right NowScore: 8/10 06/12/2003 Will Young Leave Right Now Peak: 1 Chart run: {1}-1-2-6-5-6-10-12-14-22-17-22-24-34-44-60-64-61->18 This was the lead single from Will’s 2nd album “Friday’s Child”. On its release week this was actually being run close by the dreadful “I’m Your Man” cover by Shane Richie which was the “Children In Need” single. There were in fact distribution issues as the label had assumed Will’s popularity had waned enough for there not to be very much demand. In the end it managed a 6 figure sale and became the 5th biggest seller of the year despite only having been released in November. It felt like this was the moment where Will really became his own artist, and a number of really great singles followed this. This heartbreak ballad suits his voice very well and he sells it brilliantly.

1981 Spoti playlist: 1981 Group 1: #325 20/12/1980 The Look I Am The Beat 6 59-43-43-30-14-{6}-8-10-20-31-47-73->12 #326 27/12/1980 Stevie Wonder I Ain't Gonna Stand For It 10 55-55-31-17-12-{10}-13-25-47-67->10 #327 27/12/1980 Yarbrough And Peoples Don't Stop The Music 7 50-50-35-19-8-{7}-7-11-19-33-42-58->12 #328 20/12/1980 Rod Stewart My Girl 32 57-41-41-37-{32}-43-68->7 #329 27/12/1980 Adam And The Ants Young Parisians 9 75-75-39-23-11-{9}-9-15-22-32-40-56-62->13 #330 10/01/1981 David Bowie Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 20 49-25-{20}-20-29-44->6 #331 27/12/1980 The Gap Band Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) 22 51-51-42-31-30-26-{22}-24-29-36-54->11 #332 20/12/1980 Visage Fade To Grey 8 68-53-53-47-33-23-12-{8}-13-12-16-26-40-55-72->15 #333 06/12/1980 Barbra Streisand And Barry Gibb Guilty 34 70-54-47-49-49-41-{34}-46-62-75->10 #334 17/01/1981 Phil Collins In The Air Tonight 2 36-4-3-{2}-4-5-12-21-46-67->10 #335 10/01/1981 James Brown Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?) 39 75-{39}-39-47-66->5 #336 20/12/1980 Sad Cafe I'm In Love Again 40 69-66-66-59-{40}-56->6 #337 24/01/1981 John Lennon Woman 1 3-2-{1}-1-3-4-11-23-32-48-68->11 #338 24/01/1981 Blondie Rapture 5 14-{5}-5-8-13-27-36-61->8 #339 17/01/1981 Ultravox Vienna 2 52-16-6-3-{2}-2-2-2-4-7-16-22-43-57->14 #340 17/01/1981 Dire Straits Romeo And Juliet 8 49-25-16-11-12-{8}-14-17-33-48-69->11

I get 17 in all 3 of @Jade , @jimwatts and my Top 40s: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Blondie - Atomic The Jam - Going Underground ABBA - The Winner Takes It All The Cure - A Forest Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes Blondie - Call Me Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach Motörhead - Ace of Spades Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties The Korgis - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short New Musik - Living By Numbers John Foxx - Underpass Lipps Inc. - Funkytown Ultravox - Sleepwalk I wonder how many would survive if you added say @King Rollo and @Brer to the mix.