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A poll could be worth doing. There was a 2021 ABBA rate so maybe too soon to do another. I’d be really interested in the Stones myself but I’m guessing Blondie would get more participants, as most Buzzjackers are millennials who tend to be not that interested in stuff from before they were born.
As for selection criteria, it’s good to make it objective but at the same time you want to make sure the artist’s work is very well represented. One possibility which I considered for The Beatles is singles plus the X most streamed non singles on Spotify.
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Thanks for doing this Julian. Really enjoyed the countdown and a worthy winner regardless of my preferences.
Anyone for the Rolling Stones next?
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks to you and others for adding interesting commentaries.
I need a break from running these things but I would certainly participate in a Stones one with interest.
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Here is Version 2 with chartjack2’s votes and the original positions in brackets. Happy to call these the final results as they’re slightly more to my taste overall :lol: . Particularly happy to have “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in the Top 10, “Across The Universe” in the Top 20 and “I’m Only Sleeping” in the Top 40. :)
1 (1) Eleanor Rigby 785
2 (2) Hey Jude 729
3 (4) Here Comes The Sun 699
4 (3) Yesterday 692
5 (5) Strawberry Fields Forever 671
6 (6) Let It Be 616
7 (7) Tomorrow Never Knows 606
8 (13) While My Guitar Gently Weeps 556
9 (12) Come Together 554
10 (10) A Day In The Life 553
11 (11) Ticket To Ride 543
12 (14) Something 541
13 (15) In My Life 535
14 (8) Help! 525
15 (16) Penny Lane 523 (19 voters)
16 (9) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 523 (16 voters)
17 (18) We Can Work It Out 465
18 (21) I Am The Walrus 456
19 (22) Across The Universe 453
20 (17) A Hard Day’s Night 440
21 (19) Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 436
22 (20) Paperback Writer 431
23 (25) Day Tripper 393
24 (23) I Want To Hold Your Hand 390
25 (24) Twist And Shout 381
26 (26) All You Need Is Love 372
27 (28) Hello, Goodbye 368
28 (27) She Loves You 361
29 (30) I Saw Her Standing There 359 (18 voters)
30 (29) Back In The U.S.S.R. 359 (16 voters)
31 (32) Now And Then 342 (16 voters)
32 (31) The Long And Winding Road 342 (13 voters)
33 (37) Revolution 336
34 (36) All My Loving 329
35 (33) Blackbird 328
36 (35) Can’t Buy Me Love 304
37 (38) I Feel Fine 303
38 (34) I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 300
39 (39) You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 295
40 (41) I’m Only Sleeping 294
41 (43) Lady Madonna 281
42 (40) With A Little Help From My Friends 265
43 (47) Love Me Do 254
44 (45) Real Love 249 (14 voters)
45 (42) The Fool On The Hill 249 (10 voters)
46 (44) Yellow Submarine 240
47 (46) Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 237
48 (55) Here, There And Everywhere 228
49 (48) Please Please Me 227
50 (49) Nowhere Man 223
51 (53) Get Back 215
52 (50) Magical Mystery Tour 214
53 (51) And I Love Her 209
54 (52) Taxman 204
55 (54) Eight Days A Week 196
56 (56) The Ballad Of John And Yoko 181
57 (57) From Me To You 175
58 (61) Don’t Let Me Down 174
59 (59) Free As A Bird 162 (11 voters)
60 (58) Within You Without You 162 (7 voters)
61 (60) Octopus’s Garden 153
62 (64) Got To Get You Into My Life 149
63 (62) Drive My Car 141
64 (63) Michelle 136
65 (70) I Me Mine 120
66 (65) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 107
67 (66) Oh! Darling 104
68 (68) Dear Prudence 103
69 (67) Girl 102
70 (69) Hey Bulldog 95
71 (71) You Can’t Do That 53
72 (72) If I Needed Someone 44
73 (73) Glass Onion 31
74 (74) Roll Over Beethoven 28
75 (75) This Boy 11
76 (76) Baby It’s You 8
77 (77) Old Brown Shoe 4
78 (78) You Really Got A Hold On Me 0
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Full results as revealed in the thread:
1 Eleanor Rigby 752
2 Hey Jude 699
3 Yesterday 675
4 Here Comes The Sun 659
5 Strawberry Fields Forever 637
6 Let It Be 601
7 Tomorrow Never Knows 567
8 Help! 525
9 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 522
10 A Day In The Life 521
11 Ticket To Ride 515
12 Come Together 508
13 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 506
14 Something 492
15 In My Life 491
16 Penny Lane 480
17 A Hard Day’s Night 440
18 We Can Work It Out 430
19 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 422
20 Paperback Writer 418
21 I Am The Walrus 415
22 Across The Universe 405
23 I Want To Hold Your Hand 382
24 Twist And Shout 381
25 Day Tripper 377
26 All You Need Is Love 350
27 She Loves You 343
28 Hello, Goodbye 339
29 Back In The U.S.S.R. 333
30 I Saw Her Standing There 332 (17 voters)
31 The Long And Winding Road 332 (12 voters)
32 Now And Then 330
33 Blackbird 305
34 I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 300
35 Can’t Buy Me Love 293
36 All My Loving 291
37 Revolution 289
38 I Feel Fine 278
39 You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 275
40 With A Little Help From My Friends 265
41 I’m Only Sleeping 258
42 The Fool On The Hill 249
43 Lady Madonna 244
44 Yellow Submarine 240 (14 voters)
45 Real Love 240 (13 voters)
46 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 237
47 Love Me Do 233
48 Please Please Me 224
49 Nowhere Man 223
50 Magical Mystery Tour 214
51 And I Love Her 209
52 Taxman 204
53 Get Back 196
54 Eight Days A Week 191
55 Here, There And Everywhere 183
56 The Ballad Of John And Yoko 181
57 From Me To You 175
58 Within You Without You 158
59 Free As A Bird 156
60 Octopus’s Garden 153
61 Don’t Let Me Down 143
62 Drive My Car 141
63 Michelle 136
64 Got To Get You Into My Life 125
65 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 107
66 Oh! Darling 104
67 Girl 102
68 Dear Prudence 96
69 Hey Bulldog 95
70 I Me Mine 78
71 You Can’t Do That 53
72 If I Needed Someone 44
73 Glass Onion 31
74 Roll Over Beethoven 28
75 This Boy 9
76 Baby It’s You 8
77 Old Brown Shoe 4
78 You Really Got A Hold On Me 0
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Week 21:
1 1 406,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
2 2 183,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.01m)
3 3 173,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (300k)
4 4 139,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (350k)
5 6 117,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.29m)
6 5 115,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (410k)
7 7 112,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.77m)
8 8 110,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine
9 9 109,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.49m)
10 10 109,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.15m)
11 12 99,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (930k)
12 11 98,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter
13 14 96,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (750k)
14 13 95,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (850k)
15 15 91,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (710k)
16 17 88,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.69m)
17 16 87,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (840k)
18 18 86,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.97m)
19 19 86,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.19m)
20 20 86,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (230k)
21 21 84,000 Sza - SOS (370k)
22 22 83,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.92m)
23 23 80,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.42m)
24 24 78,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.84m)
25 - 67,000 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft
26 25 66,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (280k)
27 26 65,000 The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy
28 28 65,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.25m)
29 27 63,000 Kanye West - Vultures 1
30 29 63,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (750k)
31 30 63,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.60m)
32 36 62,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism
33 31 62,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.69m)
34 32 61,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (280k)
35 34 60,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (530k)
36 33 60,000 Raye - My 21st Century Blues (120k)
37 42 57,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1
38 38 57,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (180k)
39 40 57,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.16m)
40 35 56,000 Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Liam Gallagher & John Squire
77 43,000 CoCoMelon - Nursery Rhymes (120k)
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Week 21:
1 1 1,210,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (1.74m)
2 2 849,000 Teddy Swims - Lose Control (950k)
3 3 803,000 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
4 4 656,000 Beyoncé - Texas Hold ‘Em
5 5 593,000 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (1.60m)
6 6 562,000 Cassö with Raye & D Block Europe - Prada (1.17m)
7 7 519,000 Tate McRae - Greedy (980k)
8 8 508,000 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (830k)
9 11 503,000 Hozier - Too Sweet
10 9 491,000 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (1.67m)
11 12 458,000 Djo - End Of Beginning
12 10 457,000 Ariana Grande - Yes, And?
13 22 403,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
14 13 381,000 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (1.57m)
15 14 374,000 Dua Lipa - Houdini (530k)
16 16 373,000 Ariana Grande - We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)
17 15 369,000 Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental - Alibi
18 23 362,000 Artemas - I Like The Way You Kiss Me
19 20 360,000 Michael Marcagi - Scared To Start
20 17 358,000 Kenya Grace - Strangers (880k)
21 18 354,000 Tyler - Water (710k)
22 19 351,000 YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight
23 21 349,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (1.11m)
24 25 339,000 Dasha - Austin
25 24 321,000 The Killers - Mr Brightside (5.61m)
26 26 307,000 Zach Bryan featuring Kacy Musgraves - I Remember Everything (500k)
27 27 304,000 Dua Lipa - Training Season
28 28 302,000 Billy Gillies featuring Hannah Boleyn - DNA (540k)
29 29 299,000 Sonny Fodera and MK featuring Clementine Douglas - Asking (660k)
30 36 296,000 Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone - Fortnight
31 30 286,000 Fred Again… and Baby Keem - Leavemealone (330k)
32 31 281,000 Miley Cyrus - Flowers (1.93m)
33 33 277,000 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? (820k)
34 35 275,000 Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever
35 32 274,000 The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti & Madonna - Popular (670k)
36 34 273,000 Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign - Carnival
37 37 272,000 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (1.87m)
38 38 270,000 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (5.54m)
39 40 266,000 Vance Joy - Riptide (3.86m)
40 44 263,000 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (3.26m) :manson:
52 245,000 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
57 230,000 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
76 202,000 The Blessed Madonna featuring Clementine Douglas - Happier
89 184,000 Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar - Like That
91 183,000 Sza - Saturn
92 182,000 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
96 181,000 Bakar - Hell N Back (950k)
99 177,000 Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby
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30/5:
1 1 Espresso (1)
2 - Lunch (2)
3 4 A bar song (3)
4 5 Too sweet (1)
5 3 Million dollar baby (3)
6 2 I had some help (2)
7 - Chihiro (7)
8 7 Beautiful things (1)
9 - Birds of a feather (9)
10 10 Lose control (3)
11 12 Austin (8)
12 9 Stick season (1)
13 6 Not like us (6)
14 11 I like the way you kiss me (4)
15 8 Fortnight (1)
16 14 Stargazing (14)
17 - Wildflower (17)
18 - Skinny (18)
19 13 Belong together (13)
20 - L’amour de ma vie (20)
21 - The greatest (21)
22 - Blue (22)
23 15 I can do it with a broken heart (5)
24 17 Scared to start (10)
25 16 Texas hold ‘em (1)
26 - The diner (26)
27 19 Prada (2)
28 18 We can’t be friends (3)
29 - Bittersuite (29)
30 24 Good luck babe (24)
31 21 Slow it down (21)
32 28 I don’t wanna wait (28)
33 25 Happier (21)
34 23 End of beginning (5)
35 30 Cruel summer (3)
36 20 Down bad (4)
37 34 Birds in the sky (23)
38 35 Greedy (3)
39 27 Who’s afraid of little old me (13)
40 32 Alibi (14)
41 38 Mr Brightside (10)
42 39 Unwritten (6)
43 37 These words (30)
44 47 Everywhere (4)
45 29 Illusion (11)
46 40 Green and gold (40)
47 31 Like that (7)
48 36 Tell ur girlfriend (36)
49 46 Asking (11)
50 33 But daddy I love him (9)
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1st: 752 points
Eleanor Rigby
popchartfreak 50
Chez Wombat 50
jimwatts 50
Notorious D.O.T. 49
Brer 49
danG 48
dandy* 48
Jade 47
King Rollo 46
steve201 46
Roba. 46
JulianT 46
gooddelta 43
Bjork 42
ben08 42
Severin 34
…ready for it 16
WhoOdyssey 0
We finish with one of only a few Beatles songs whose primary authorship between John and Paul is disputed, though various witness sources seem to support Paul’s claim. It was included on “Revolver” and of course released as a double A side single with “Yellow Submarine” reaching #1 in the UK.
Musically it perhaps seems less experimental now than it was at the time, when George Martin’s string quartet arrangement was very much breaking with convention. The lyrical theme of loneliness was also very unconventional. “Eleanor Rigby” may be the Beatles song whose lyrics have been most discussed by sociologists and philosophers over the years.
This gained 3 sets of maximum points, fewer and “A Day In The Life”, and unlike 2nd and 3rd did not receive a full house of voters. Nonetheless it wins convincingly thanks to consistently very high scores - 12 top 5s and 15 top 10s.
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2nd: 699 points
Hey Jude
Chart run: 21-{1}-1-2-2-4-3-2-7-10-11-24-25-30-45-50->16
ben08 50
Brer 50
popchartfreak 49
Roba. 49
WhoOdyssey 49
jimwatts 48
Severin 46
Bjork 45
Jade 42
Notorious D.O.T. 42
King Rollo 39
steve201 36
Chez Wombat 33
dandy* 28
JulianT 28
gooddelta 26
…ready for it 24
danG 15
This was written by Paul and evolved from “Hey Jules”, written to comfort Julian Lennon after his dad had left his wife Cynthia for Yoko Ono. It was recorded during the “White Album” sessions and was the first time they used eight track recording equipment. At over 7 minutes in length thanks to the 4 minute coda (about which much has been written by critics in an effort to make sense of it) it was the longest UK #1 single up to that point.
It was #1 in the US for 9 weeks, a joint record at the time, and in the UK is their only post 1964 pure million seller. Here it received 2 50s, 10 top 10 placings and a lowest score of 15, the highest lowest score achieved in the rate.
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I gave Muse’s first two hits an 8 and a 9 but this is the best yet - a proper whirlwind of a song. “Something In Your Eyes” is a really good discovery.
9 Muse Muscle Museum {2000} A re-release of an earlier miss: this feels like more archetypal Muse than their first couple and it's a fabulous throbbing track
8 Ed Case Something In Your Eyes 1st hit for this London DJ featuring Tin Tin Out vocalist Shelley Nelson, with an excellent and beautifully delivered garage track
7 U2 Beautiful Day 877th #1 and the lead from their 10th studio album: this has never quite excited me but it's a lovely, warm and joyous song
7 Warrior Warrior I can't find anything about this act and odd that the 1st hit is eponymous but it's a great club track with a strong tune and vocals
6 Azzido Da Bass Dooms Night {2000 Re-Release} Only Top 40 for this German DJ: I admire how different it is and enjoy it overall but the engine revving noise is an acquired taste
6 Erasure Freedom The lead from their 9th studio album: a sweet and uplifting number in their usual pop dance style but not new or remarkable
5 Robbie Williams And Kylie Minogue Kids A decent effort from this high profile duet: for some reason it's always left me a little cold; I think it just feels a bit lightweight
5 Atomic Kitten Follow Me Their last hit with Kerry: the low peak led to them temporarily being dropped but it's a good tune and their most grown up yet
4 Alice Deejay The Lonely One I prefer this to "Will I Ever" because it doesn't have the sugary sweetness but like that I don't feel this goes anywhere interesting
3 Madison Avenue Who The Hell Are You? One of those follow ups to a huge hit that's incredibly similar but somehow has none of the sparkle and seems a waste of time
2 R. Kelly I Wish He often went for this gospel singalong style at this point - it works better in some others but this is too long and rather a dirge
2 Lionel Richie Angel The lead single from his 6th album, and typical Lionel fare: a cheerful, safe, radio friendly and deeply uninteresting ballad
2000 Weeks 43 and 44:
#444 28/10/2000 Steps Stomp 1 {1}-5-10-16-24-30-39-47-58-62-75->11
#445 28/10/2000 Samantha Mumba Body II Body 5 {5}-8-14-22-36-46-51-63-63-74-63-69->12
#446 28/10/2000 Fatboy Slim Sunset (Bird Of Prey) 9 {9}-24-37-49-67-56-53-70R(3)-54-54-60-64-75->13
#447 28/10/2000 Blur Music Is My Radar 10 {10}-38-55-66-69-75-70-66R(5)-75->9
28/10/2000 Moby Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? {2000} 17 {17}-34-45-54-72->5#448 28/10/2000 David Gray Please Forgive Me {2000} 18 {18}-27-30-42-56-65->6
#449 28/10/2000 Damage Rumours 22 {22}-39-54-64->4
#450 28/10/2000 Honeyz Not Even Gonna Trip 24 {24}-41-61-68R(2)-71R(7)->5
#451 28/10/2000 Afro Medusa Pasilda 31 {31}-58->2
#452 28/10/2000 Idlewild Roseability 38 {38}-67->2
#453 04/11/2000 Spice Girls Holler/Let Love Lead The Way 1 {1}-3-10-22-31-38-39-43-46-42-46-62-54-54-64-66-69->17
#454 04/11/2000 Martine McCutcheon I'm Over You 2 {2}-4-8-15-27-35-44-56-57-74->10
#455 04/11/2000 Ricky Martin She Bangs 3 {3}-5-7-12-18-22-25-26-28-31-28-42-53-64-74->15
#456 04/11/2000 Coldplay Trouble 10 {10}-18-19-26-39-48-66-71-72->9
#457 04/11/2000 Gabrielle Should I Stay 13 {13}-19-20-31-41-52-67->7
#458 04/11/2000 Iron Maiden Out Of The Silent Planet 20 {20}-51-69->3
#459 04/11/2000 K-Gee I Don't Really Care 22 {22}-35-50->3
#460 04/11/2000 JJ72 October Swimmer 29 {29}-47-65->3
#461 04/11/2000 Jill Scott Gettin' In The Way 30 {30}-46-68->3
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I'm tempted to do this but looking at the previous list it's clear that if I did it honestly, almost none of the bands I vote for will make the top list anyway.
Do it! I think the retro voice is a bit stronger than 4 years ago but even if you’re the only voter for some it’s worth getting them featured in the countdown.
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3rd: 675 points
Yesterday
1976 chart run: 41-17-10-{8}-9-13-18->7
Bjork 50
steve201 50
Chez Wombat 47
gooddelta 46
King Rollo 45
dandy* 45
ben08 44
Roba. 43
Brer 43
jimwatts 41
WhoOdyssey 39
Jade 33
danG 31
JulianT 31
popchartfreak 30
Notorious D.O.T. 26
…ready for it 22
Severin 9
This was included on the “Help!” album in 1965, but in the US it was released as a single and reached #1. In the UK there was later a “Yesterday” EP released in the UK with 3 other tracks which topped the EP chart. A later single release in 1976 reached #8.
Paul is the only band member on this track. He has said that the tune to “Yesterday” came to him in a dream, and he rushed to the piano upon waking to avoid forgetting it. Initially the words were “Scrambled eggs: oh my baby how I love your legs” until more suitable words were written. It is one of the most covered songs of all time, with over 2,200 known versions.
Here it gained points from all voters, including 10 top 10s and 2 maximums.
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2024 Albums Year To Date Estimates
in UK Charts
Yeah must have done 3-6k before the start of the year.
It actually entered at #177 on the week of its release back in September before dropping out so that makes sense.