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    This week’s choices:

     

    #6s

     

    Pras Michel – Blue Angels

    Tatyana Ali – Daydreamin'

    The Corrs – So Young

    Madonna – The Power of Good-Bye / Little Star

     

    Busta Rhymes feat. Janet – What's It Gonna Be?!

    Bryan Adams – Cloud Number 9

    Precious – Say It Again

    Chicane feat. Maire Brennan – Saltwater

    Another Level – From The Heart

    A1 – Be The First To Believe

    Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills

    TLC – Unpretty

    Martine McCutcheon – I've Got You

    Macy Gray – I Try

    Buffalo Tom – Going Underground / Carnation

    Another Level – Bomb Diggy

    Martine McCutcheon – Talking In Your Sleep / Love Me

     

    Hi-Gate – Pitchin' (In Every Direction)

    Lyte Funkie Ones – Girl on TV

    The Tamperer feat. Maya – Hammer to the Heart

    A1 – Like a Rose

    Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg – Still D.R.E.

    Atomic Kitten – See Ya

    Lock 'n' Load – Blow Ya Mind

    True Steppers feat. Dane Bowers – Buggin

    Mandy Moore – Candy

     

    #7s

     

    All Saints – War of Nerves

    Blackstreet and Mýa feat. Mase and Blinky Blink – Take Me There

     

    Cassius – Cassius 1999

    The Cardigans – Erase / Rewind

    Madonna – Nothing Really Matters

    Catatonia – Dead From The Waist Down

    TQ – Bye Bye Baby

    Cartoons – Doodah!

    Lolly – Viva La Radio

    Phats & Small – Feel Good

    Another Level feat. TQ – Summertime

    Leftfield & Bambaataa – Afrika Shox

    Tom Jones & The Cardigans – Burning Down The House

    Honeyz – Never Let You Down

    Progress presents The Boy Wunda – Everybody

     

    Point Break – Stand Tough

    Aqua – Cartoon Heroes

    The Honeyz – Won't Take It Lying Down

    Jessica Simpson – I Wanna Love You Forever

    Paul van Dyk feat. Saint Etienne – Tell Me Why (The Riddle)

     

    #8s

     

    Eagle-Eye Cherry – Falling In Love Again

    Sash! feat. Shannon – Move Mania

     

    Ultra – Rescue Me

    The Divine Comedy – National Express

    Soulsearcher – Can't Get Enough

    Unkle feat. Ian Brown – Be There

    Kele Le Roc – My Love

    Hepburn – I Quit

    Yomanda – Synth & Strings

    Travis – Turn

    Len – Steal My Sunshine

     

    Pet Shop Boys – You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk

    Nu Generation – In Your Arms (Rescue Me)

    Daphne and Celeste – Ooh Stick You!

    Joey Negro feat.Taka Boom – Must Be The Music

    Puff Daddy feat. R. Kelly – Satisfy You

    Sash! – Just Around the Hill

    Toploader – Achilles Heel

     

    #9s

     

    Shania Twain – From This Moment On

     

    Garbage – When I Grow Up

    Shawn Mullins – Lullaby

    Andy Williams – Music To Watch The Girls Go By

    Honeyz – Love Of A Lifetime

    Cast – Beat Mama

    NSync – Tearin' Up My Heart

    Doolally – Straight From The Heart

    The Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be

    Supergrass – Moving

    Gabrielle – Sunshine

    Destiny's Child – Bug A Boo

    Diana Ross – Not Over You Yet

     

    DJ Luck and MC Neat – A Little Bit of Luck

    Death In Vegas – Aisha

    Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go

    Ricky Martin feat. Meja – Private Emotion

    Iron Maiden – The Wicker Man

    Southside Spinners – Luvstruck

     

    #10s

     

    Ruff Driverz presents Arrola – Dreaming

    Vonda Shepard – Searchin' My Soul

    Jane McDonald – Cruise Into Christmas

     

    Porn Kings vs. DJ Supreme – Up To The Wildstyle

    All Seeing I feat. Tony Christie – Walk Like A Panther

    Gay Dad – To Earth With Love

    Inner City – Good Life (Buena Vida)

    Elton John & LeAnn Rimes – Written In The Stars

    Ginuwine – What's So Different?

    Des'ree – You Gotta Be

    Glamma Kid feat. Shola Ama – Taboo

    Sugar Ray – Every Morning

    Madness – Lovestruck

    Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

    Apollo Four Forty – Stop The Rock

    Tina – When The Heartache Is Over

    Savage Garden – I Knew I Loved You

    Glamma Kid – Why

    Lolly – Big Boys Don't Cry / Rockin' Robin

    Atomic Kitten – Right Now

     

    Mariah Carey – Thank God I Found You

    Rank 1 – Airwave

    M.J. Cole – Crazy Love

    Sia – Taken for Granted

     

    Points left to give /1,275:

     

    1 (2) Chez Wombat 427

    2 (3) Roba. 411

    3 (7) gooddelta 402

    4 (1) danG 387

    5 (3) Jade 380

    6 (11) King Rollo 367

    7 (13) jimwatts 365

    8 (8) steve201 361

    9 (5) JulianT 359

    10 (12) Bjork 352

     

    11 (6) Brer 350

    12 = (9) dandy* 347

    12 = (15) popchartfreak 347

    14 (10) Notorious D.O.T. 315

    15 (15) ben08 308

    16 (14) Severin 306

    17 (17) WhoOdyssey 203

    18 (18) …ready for it 171

     

    And chartjack2 would have 241

    (1962-1966 Disc 1)

    1. Love Me Do

    2. Please Please Me

    3. I Saw Her Standing There

    4. Twist And Shout

    5. From Me To You

    6. She Loves You

    7. I Want To Hold Your Hand

    8. This Boy

    9. All My Loving

    10. Roll Over Beethoven

    11. You Really Got A Hold On Me

    12. Can’t Buy Me Love

    13. You Can’t Do That

    14. A Hard Day’s Night

    15. And I Love Her

    16. Eight Days A Week

    17. I Feel Fine

    18. Ticket To Ride

    19. Yesterday

     

    (1962-1966 Disc 2)

    20. Help!

    21. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

    22. We Can Work It Out

    23. Day Tripper

    24. Drive My Car

    25. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

    26. Nowhere Man

    27. Michelle

    28. In My Life

    29. If I Needed Someone

    30. Girl

    31. Paperback Writer

    32. Eleanor Rigby

    33. Yellow Submarine

    34. Taxman

    35. Got To Get You Into My Life

    36. I’m Only Sleeping

    37. Here, There And Everywhere

    38. Tomorrow Never Knows

     

    (1967-1970 Disc 1)

    39. Strawberry Fields Forever

    40. Penny Lane

    41. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    42. With A Little Help From My Friends

    43. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

    44. Within You Without You

    45. A Day In The Life

    46. All You Need Is Love

    47. I Am The Walrus

    48. Hello, Goodbye

    49. The Fool On The Hill

    50. Magical Mystery Tour

    51. Lady Madonna

    52. Hey Jude

    53. Revolution

     

    (1967-1970 Disc 2)

    54. Back In The U.S.S.R.

    55. Dear Prudence

    56. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

    57. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

    58. Glass Onion

    59. Blackbird

    60. Hey Bulldog

    61. Get Back

    62. Don’t Let Me Down

    63. The Ballad of John and Yoko

    64. Old Brown Shoe

    65. Here Comes The Sun

    66. Come Together

    67. Something

    68. Octopus’s Garden

    69. Oh! Darling

    70. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

    71. Let It Be

    72. Across The Universe

    73. I Me Mine

    74. The Long And Winding Road

    75. Now And Then

     

    90s Top 10 hits:

    76. Baby It’s You

    77. Free As A Bird

    78. Real Love

     

    11th: 515 points

    Ticket To Ride

     

     

    Chart run: 11-{1}-1-1-2-3-7-10-14-24-32-50->12

     

    Severin 47

    danG 43

    …ready for it 42

    Chez Wombat 40

    Roba. 40

    Jade 36

    steve201 33

    Bjork 30

    popchartfreak 28

    King Rollo 28

    JulianT 27

    gooddelta 25

    Notorious D.O.T. 23

    WhoOdyssey 21

    Ben08 20

    Brer 16

    jimwatts 9

    dandy* 7

     

    This was primarily a John song, and was released as a single in April 1965 and later included on the “Help!” album. It’s another track with a distinctive riff played by George on the Rickenbacker 12 stringed guitar, and an interesting coda section.

     

    Like “A Hard Day’s Night” from the previous year, it feels like a step forward from everything that went before, both lyrically with its more sophisticated theme and musically with more avant garde and complex instrumentation. It was also the first Beatles track to exceed 3 minutes.

     

    Here it’s the 3rd of 6 songs to receive points from every voter.

    Europapa probably not coming to do a Think About Things then - it’s done incredibly well to be in the Spotify Top 50 for a few days having not been performed in the final though.

     

    It would be great to get 4 Eurovision songs in the Top 40 - obviously the worst case scenario is only getting 1 as 3 of them are looking precarious.

    12th: 508 points

    Come Together

     

     

    Brer 48

    steve201 47

    Notorious D.O.T. 45

    danG 44

    Chez Wombat 38

    Bjork 38

    Jade 35

    Roba. 33

    gooddelta 30

    jimwatts 28

    Ben08 24

    dandy* 23

    Severin 22

    …ready for it 19

    JulianT 18

    King Rollo 16

    popchartfreak 0

    WhoOdyssey 0

     

    This John written song that opened “Abbey Road” and was the grittier double A side single twin of “Something”. It was inspired by counterculture figures speaking to him after he and Yoko had been joining anti Vietnam war protests, whose slogan was “Come together - join the party!”

     

    The song’s bluesy style was the subject of a lawsuit for its similarity to Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me”, which no doubt inspired it. Ringo placed tea towels on the drums to create the distinctive damp sound.

     

    This would also have reached the Top 10 including chartjack2’s votes.

     

     

    This group is much much weaker than the last, only redeemed by some great dance tunes.

     

    8 Underworld Cowgirl 6th Top 40 for this group with a live version of a 04' track: it's marvellous with their usual stream of consciousness style

    8 Madonna Music 872nd #1 and her 10th: an excellent electro-pop song with quite an unusual but striking and effective monotone chorus

    7 Agnelli And Nelson Hudson Street An enjoyable euphoric trance tune from the production duo that captures the bustling atmosphere of the New York street

    7 Element Four Big Brother UK TV Theme The work of a production duo including Paul Oakenfold: it's a great track and was the sound of the summer with the show

    7 Yomanda On The Level Another hot for this Northern Irish DJ: I prefer this to "Sunshine" and really enjoy the frantic nature of the instrumental

    6 Baby D Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Remix) I love the original, and this garage remix with MC Tails works surprisingly well, retaining much of the beauty of the record

    6 Glamma Kid Bills 2 Pay Last hit for this Jamaican performer based around a sample of Blondie's "Rapture": it's quite messy but a really strong tune

    6 Madasun Feel Good Last of their 3 hits before they were sadly dropped: nothing Earth-shattering but once again sweet and sincerely performed

    5 Robbie Rivera Presents Rhythm Bangers Bang Only Top 40 for this Puerto Rican house producer who's worked on other hits: it's nice and I like the scat style hook on it

    5 Tru Faith And Dub Conspiracy Freak Like Me A cover of a 1995 song that was a minor hit here: there'll be a much better version but this is quite a nice garage effort

    4 The Bloodhound Gang The Ballad Of Chasey Lain Their 2nd and last hit: this get points for being bery catchy but the vocals are incredibly scratchy and the lyrics very crude

    4 Lil' Kim No Matter What They Say The lead single from her second album and a perfectly decent Latin influenced RnB effort but it's not at all remarkable

    3 Bon Jovi Say It Isn't So I find the vocal effect on this where he sounds like he's underwater quite odd, and it's quite an unremarkable song otherwise

    3 Toploader Just Hold On The 3rd hit from "Onka's Big Moka" and a big step down from the enchanting "Achilles Heel": quite bland and throwaway

    3 En-Core Featuring Stephen Emmanuel And Eska Coochy Coo Only Top 40 for this UK garage artist and London singer: it's fine as a backing track but doesn't really go anywhere for me

    2 A1 Take On Me 873rd #1: covering an all time great clearly worked for them but it isn't very good and the distortion on "twooo" is ill advised

    2 Daphne And Celeste School's Out Their last hit and it's probably the most listenable, but actually quite a dull cover suggesting they were running out of ideas

    1 Lolly Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Last of her 5 hits: there's no attempt to be creative with this cover, and there's something about her vocal tone I don't enjoy

    1 Kid Rock American Bad Ass His last Top 40 until he strikes gold in 8 years, but it's very shouty and lyrically obnoxious with an air of unpleasant bravado

     

     

    2000 Week 37:

     

    #373 16/09/2000 Modjo Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 1 {1}-1-3-5-10-17-19-19-26-36-40-45-57-61-65-54-53-57-69-74->20

    #374 16/09/2000 Sonique Sky 2 {2}-4-8-10-18-24-29-36-44-55->10

    #375 16/09/2000 Wyclef Jean It Doesn't Matter 3 {3}-8-16-21-30-45-59-63->8

    #376 16/09/2000 Planet Perfecto Bullet In The Gun 2000 7 {7}-15-24-40-50-67->6

    #377 16/09/2000 *NSync It's Gonna Be Me 9 {9}-18-28-41-54-62-64-69->8

    #378 16/09/2000 Richard Blackwood 1-2-3-4 Get With The Wicked 10 {10}-17-23-30-44-63->6

    #379 16/09/2000 Lene Marlin Unforgivable Sinner 13 {13}-25-32-45-62-73->6

    #380 16/09/2000 A.T.F.C. Presents OnePhatDeeva Featuring Lisa Millett Bad Habit 17 {17}-40-58->3

    #381 16/09/2000 Next Wifey 19 {19}-28-34-47-71->5

    #382 16/09/2000 Rollergirl Dear Jessie 22 {22}-37-52->3

    #383 16/09/2000 Badly Drawn Boy Disillusion 26 {26}-55->2

    #384 16/09/2000 Slipknot Spit It Out 28 {28}-57->2

    #385 16/09/2000 Aaron Carter I Want Candy 31 {31}-49-61->3

    #386 16/09/2000 Cypress Hill Can't Get The Best Of Me/Highlife 35 {35}-60->2

     

    Much as I love The Code it isn’t hugely catchy, so in a way I’m surprised it’s done as well as it has on streaming. The two catchiest songs in the competition were Europapa which has been handicapped and Rim Tim Tagi Dim which hasn’t taken off post contest for whatever reason.

    13th: 506 points

    While My Guitar Gently Weeps

     

     

    Brer 47

    steve201 44

    Notorious D.O.T. 44

    JulianT 43

    dandy* 42

    Chez Wombat 39

    danG 39

    Roba. 38

    Jade 37

    Severin 23

    King Rollo 23

    popchartfreak 20

    jimwatts 18

    Bjork 18

    ben08 18

    gooddelta 13

    …ready for it 0

    WhoOdyssey 0

     

    It’s back to back George as this song from the “White Album” lands here. The plaintive ballad was written after the group’s return from India and might be thought to lament the disharmony within the group or the state of the world generally. George’s friend Eric Clapton contributed to the recording. Originally it was going to be a simple acoustic track but in the end it was given a much heavier rock style production.

     

    This received chartjack2’s belated 50 points, and the scores for the next few are so close that this would have come 8th with his votes counted. :o It’s certainly a beautiful and mesmerising track.

    Don't think he had anything in the 2016 EOY either - other than that it's been every year from 2011 onwards.

    It appears not - I’d assumed Thinking Out Loud would have been lingering enough in 2016 to make it but I guess that’s before streaming really took over.

    Actually I have Saturn right on the 155k required for #100 so must be just outside.

     

    Like That I have very close too, around 153k.

     

    Hell N Back can’t be far off either, though I haven’t worked out how much it must have done this year before it re-charted.

    Week 19:

     

    1 1 1,130,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (1.66m)

    2 2 769,000 Teddy Swims - Lose Control (870k)

    3 3 713,000 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

    4 4 608,000 Beyoncé - Texas Hold ‘Em

    5 5 568,000 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (1.57m)

    6 6 516,000 Cassö with Raye & D Block Europe - Prada (1.12m)

    7 8 486,000 Tate McRae - Greedy (940k)

    8 7 483,000 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (810k)

    9 9 455,000 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (1.64m)

    10 10 439,000 Ariana Grande - Yes, And?

     

    11 11 417,000 Djo - End Of Beginning

    12 14 388,000 Hozier - Too Sweet

    13 12 352,000 Dua Lipa - Houdini (510k)

    14 13 349,000 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (1.54m)

    15 15 337,000 Kenya Grace - Strangers (860k)

    16 17 335,000 Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental - Alibi

    17 18 330,000 Tyler - Water (690k)

    18 16 330,000 YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight

    19 20 327,000 Ariana Grande - We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)

    20 19 323,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (1.08m)

     

    21 21 311,000 Michael Marcagi - Scared To Start

    22 22 289,000 The Killers - Mr Brightside (5.58m)

    23 31 286,000 Artemas - I Like The Way You Kiss Me

    24 24 282,000 Zach Bryan featuring Kacy Musgraves - I Remember Everything (470k)

    25 23 281,000 Billy Gillies featuring Hannah Boleyn - DNA (530k)

    26 25 279,000 Dua Lipa - Training Season

    27 27 270,000 Sonny Fodera and MK featuring Clementine Douglas - Asking (630k)

    28 26 268,000 Fred Again… and Baby Keem - Leavemealone (310k)

    29 44 261,000 Dasha - Austin

    30 28 259,000 The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti & Madonna - Popular (650k)

     

    31 30 258,000 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? (800k)

    32 29 257,000 Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign - Carnival

    33 32 256,000 Miley Cyrus - Flowers (1.91m)

    34 68 254,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

    35 33 252,000 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (1.85m)

    36 34 249,000 Noah Kahan and Sam Fender - Homesick (350k)

    37 38 247,000 Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever

    38 37 246,000 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (5.52m)

    39 35 246,000 Drake featuring Sexy Redd & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy (410k)

    40 36 245,000 Flo Milli - Never Lose Me

     

    53 218,000 Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone - Fortnight

    61 201,000 NewEra - Birds In The Sky

    67 192,000 Jungle - Back on 74 (320k)

     

    71 186,000 Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants

    89 166,000 Mark Ambor - Belong Together

    93 163,000 The Blessed Madonna featuring Clementine Douglas - Happier

    16/5:

     

    1 1 Espresso (1)

    2 3 Too sweet (1)

    3 7 A bar song (3)

    4 4 Beautiful things (1)

    5 2 Fortnight (1)

    6 5 I like the way you kiss me (4)

    7 6 Stick season (1)

    8 48 Million dollar baby (8)

    9 8 Lose control (3)

    10 10 Austin (8)

    11 - Not like us (11)

    12 - Euphoria (12)

    13 9 I can do it with a broken heart (5)

    14 14 Belong together (14)

    15 12 Texas hold ‘em (1)

    16 16 We can’t be friends (3)

    17 11 Down bad (4)

    18 27 Illusion (11)

    19 - Family matters (19)

    20 23 Prada (2)

    21 17 End of beginning (5)

    22 22 Scared to start (10)

    23 46 Like that (7)

    24 26 Tell ur girlfriend (24)

    25 30 Good luck babe (25)

    26 43 Slow it down (26)

    27 28 Happier (21)

    28 32 Alibi (14)

    29 25 Greedy (3)

    30 31 Cruel summer (3)

    31 18 Who’s afraid of little old me (13)

    32 47 Training season (5)

    33 37 Birds in the sky (23)

    34 20 Florida (12)

    35 13 The tortured poets department (3)

    36 33 I don’t wanna wait (29)

    37 15 So long London (7)

    38 19 But daddy I love him (9)

    39 36 These words (30)

    40 21 My boy only breaks his favorite toys (8)

    41 - Meet the Grahams (41)

    42 35 Unwritten (6)

    43 24 Guilty as sin (15)

    44 - Mr Brightside (10)

    45 38 Push ups (33)

    46 51 Hell n back (25)

    47 40 Whatever she wants (23)

    48 - Green and gold (46)

    49 - Forget about us (12)

    50 49 Back on 74 (23)

    Week 19:

     

    1 1 352,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

    2 2 167,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.00m)

    3 3 163,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (290k)

    4 4 123,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (330k)

    5 5 107,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (410k)

    6 6 104,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.28m)

    7 7 102,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

    8 8 101,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.75m)

    9 9 99,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.14m)

    10 10 99,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.48m)

     

    11 11 91,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

    12 14 89,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (920k)

    13 12 88,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (850k)

    14 13 88,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (740k)

    15 15 84,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (710k)

    16 16 81,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (840k)

    17 17 79,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.97m)

    18 19 78,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.68m)

    19 18 78,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.18m)

    20 20 77,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (220k)

     

    21 21 75,000 Sza - SOS (360k)

    22 22 75,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.92m)

    23 23 73,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.41m)

    24 24 69,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.82m)

    25 25 63,000 The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy

    26 26 63,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (280k)

    27 27 61,000 Kanye West - Vultures 1

    28 28 59,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.24m)

    29 32 57,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (740k)

    30 31 57,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.68m)

     

    31 35 57,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.59m)

    32 30 56,000 Raye - My 21st Century Blues (110k)

    33 34 56,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2

    34 29 55,000 Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Liam Gallagher & John Squire

    35 36 55,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (530k)

    36 35 53,000 Rod Stewart With Jools Holland - Swing Fever

    37 38 52,000 Kanye West - Graduation (880k)

    38 39 52,000 The Beatles - 1967-1970 (1.15m)

    39 40 51,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (170k)

    40 42 51,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.16m)

     

    54 46,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

    It would be interesting to know in other countries how much them not being in the final affects the ratings.

     

    I’ve long thought auto-qualifying isn’t all it’s cracked up to be as it actually means you’re statistically likely to have a higher proportion of very low finishes in the final. Better that the song is put out of its misery in the semis if it isn’t good enough.