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Just tagging some previous participants @Brer @Jade @lewistgreen @Cody Piastri @danG @Jester

Note I have a 6k gap between #86 and #88 and I’ve dumped it in the middle of that for now, so it could be adjusted later.

I still think “Another Love” might be in pole position to replace “Who” next week. “Indigo” and “Red Wine Supernova” are on their way out but may scrape another week.

Looks like Ed had 11 in 2017 😆

Week 25: 1 1 Alex Warren Ordinary 1,039,000 2 2 Lola Young Messy 970,000 1,150,000 3 3 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 914,000 1,270,000 4 4 Gracie Abrams That's So True 804,000 1,240,000 5 5 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 781,000 1,230,000 6 6 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 742,000 1,380,000 7 7 Chrystal The Days 658,000 820,000 8 8 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 627,000 1,850,000 9 9 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 626,000 2,410,000 10 10 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 602,000 1,800,000 11 11 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 561,000 1,160,000 12 13 Teddy Swims Lose Control 546,000 2,380,000 13 12 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 546,000 2,300,000 14 14 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 542,000 1,330,000 15 15 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 513,000 750,000 16 16 Tate McRae Sports Car 499,000 17 17 Teddy Swims The Door 497,000 1,160,000 18 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 487,000 600,000 19 21 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 479,000 20 20 Myles Smith Stargazing 458,000 1,470,000 21 19 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 458,000 1,790,000 22 22 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 438,000 1,060,000 23 23 Hozier Too Sweet 437,000 1,910,000 24 25 Alex Warren Carry You Home 424,000 720,000 25 24 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 420,000 26 26 Noah Kahan Stick Season 415,000 2,930,000 27 27 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 405,000 1,550,000 28 30 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 399,000 29 28 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 397,000 870,000 30 29 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 386,000 780,000 31 31 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 383,000 32 32 Doechii Anxiety 375,000 33 33 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 365,000 1,020,000 34 35 The Killers Mr Brightside 361,000 6,430,000 35 34 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 356,000 450,000 36 36 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 353,000 840,000 37 38 Sam Fender People Watching 343,000 450,000 38 37 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 339,000 560,000 39 40 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 337,000 1,250,000 40 39 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 337,000 2,250,000 44 47 Ed Sheeran Azizam 334,000 49 52 Sombr Undressed 306,000 55 62 Sombr Back To Friends 276,000 77 78 Benson Boone Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 232,000 79 82 Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas Tell Me 230,000 87 - Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea Shake It To The Max (FLY) - Remix 218,000 “Wonderwall” is back and we’ve lost “Shut Up + Dance” and “Prada”

Week 25: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 340,000 710,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 208,000 310,000 3 3 Sam Fender People Watching 185,000 4 5 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 166,000 1,630,000 5 4 The Weeknd The Highlights 164,000 1,400,000 6 6 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 155,000 450,000 7 7 SZA SOS 152,000 630,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 147,000 1,800,000 9 9 Charli XCX Brat 138,000 430,000 10 10 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 135,000 480,000 11 11 Tate McRae So Close To What 134,000 12 12 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 130,000 910,000 13 13 Lady Gaga Mayhem 128,000 14 17 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 125,000 2,160,000 15 14 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 125,000 16 15 Noah Kahan Stick Season 125,000 600,000 17 16 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 122,000 6,020,000 18 18 Michael Jackson The Essential 118,000 1,960,000 19 20 Arctic Monkeys AM 115,000 2,210,000 20 19 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 112,000 250,000 21 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 112,000 3,430,000 22 22 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 108,000 2,650,000 23 24 Linkin Park Papercuts 99,000 270,000 24 23 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 99,000 590,000 25 26 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 97,000 1,150,000 26 25 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 93,000 27 27 Kendrick Lamar GNX 92,000 150,000 28 28 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 91,000 5,400,000 29 29 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 90,000 110,000 30 30 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 90,000 270,000 31 32 Calvin Harris 96 Months 86,000 160,000 32 31 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 86,000 210,000 33 33 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 85,000 34 34 Queen Greatest Hits 84,000 3,120,000 35 36 Pitbull Greatest Hits 82,000 550,000 36 35 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 78,000 410,000 37 37 Ed Sheeran ÷ 77,000 4,410,000 38 38 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 77,000 39 39 Fontaines D.C. Romance 76,000 190,000 40 40 Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel 75,000 1,620,000 76 78 Sleep Token Even In Arcadia 53,000 “Seventeen Going Under” back, replacing “Rebel Diamonds”

26/6: 1 2 Ordinary (1) 2 1 Manchild (1) 3 3 Love me not (2) 4 4 Pink pony club (2) 5 21 Dior (5) 6 6 Family matters (5) 7 5 Undressed (4) 8 8 Blessings (7) 9 9 Sapphire (9) 10 7 Back to friends (7) 11 10 Azizam (3) 12 11 Show me love (4) 13 14 Beautiful things (1) 14 13 Messy (1) 15 15 Can’t decide (15) 16 16 Shake it to the max (16) 17 17 APT. (2) 18 12 Just keep watching (6) 19 25 Nice to each other (19) 20 22 The days (5) 21 20 Mystical magical (20) 22 18 Birds of a feather (2) 23 29 One thing (23) 24 23 That’s so true (1) 25 19 Bloodline (11) 26 26 Lose control (2) 27 24 Good luck, babe! (2) 28 35 Stargazing (6) 29 32 Espresso (1) 30 35 Nice to meet you (12) 31 27 Die with a smile (3) 32 31 Carry you home (16) 33 28 Sports car (7) 34 33 Bad dreams (13) 35 34 Taste (1) 36 37 The door (13) 37 42 Party 4 u (35) 38 30 Hairdresser (22) 39 41 A bar song (2) 40 49 The glen (41) 41 40 Sailor song (2) 42 50 People watching (11) 43 44 Iris (3) 44 47 Mr Brightside (10) 45 - Somedays (10) 46 39 Fame is a gun (39) 47 46 Too sweet (1) 48 38 Dreams (22) 49 43 Nokia (18) 50 - Stick season (1)

Oh I love 2 of those wildcards (though I tactically left them out in this round). Shame I didn’t give quite enough to “You Should See Me In A Crown” and “505” though!

Up to 18 entries, though 4 still need to re-confirm!

And here we go with 1980 Group 1: #1 05/01/1980 Madness My Girl 3 54-14-4-{3}-3-4-10-29-41-69->10 #2 05/01/1980 Dr Hook Better Love Next Time 8 58-31-14-{8}-13-17-24-56->8 #3 22/12/1979 Positive Force We Got The Funk 18 71-71-65-34-32-{18}-25-32-57->9 #4 08/12/1979 The Inmates The Walk 36 66-60-50-50-44-{36}-40-56-68->9 #5 05/01/1980 Styx Babe 6 69-37-17-{6}-7-6-9-17-37-54->10 #6 05/01/1980 Bee Gees Spirits (Having Flown) 16 61-38-26-{16}-21-31-36->7 #7 05/01/1980 Jon And Vangelis I Hear You Now 8 72-45-25-17-15-12-{8}-13-18-36-61->11 #8 12/01/1980 Joe Jackson It's Different For Girls 5 50-27-12-{5}-5-7-19-42-61->9 #9 12/01/1980 Azymuth Jazz Carnival 19 65-30-21-{19}-22-29-49-62->8 #10 22/12/1979 The Regents 7 Teen 11 72-72-62-48-31-22-12-{11}-15-15-33-53->12 #11 12/01/1980 UFO Young Blood 36 63-{36}-36-49-61->5 #12 22/12/1979 Fleetwood Mac Sara 37 67-67-50-41-{37}-37-42-51->8 #13 12/01/1980 Rupert Holmes Escape (The Pina Colada Song) 23 72-38-27-27-{23}-28-35->7 #14 26/01/1980 The Specials Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP) 1 15-{1}-1-2-4-13-21-48-64-71->10 #15 19/01/1980 New Musik Living By Numbers 13 52-26-20-{13}-14-22-26-48->8

Not the Nessaja but very naughty boys are Scooter. After their massive success with “The Logical Song”, this follow up hit reached #4 in September 2002. The track is a cover of a number from 1983 German musical about a green character called “Tabaluga”. 7th: Scooter - Nessaja 9/35 votes (26%) 8th: Jamelia - Something About You 8/27 votes (30%) 9th: Shaznay Lewis - Never Felt Like This Before 7/28 votes (25%) 10th: True Steppers featuring Dane Bowers - Buggin’ 14/34 votes (41%)

Year moving from Britney to Britney, though this one is miles better.

I went for Mariah this time as it’s midsummer and she doesn’t need to be here again haha.

We’re finally doing something about the double Britney in this round. This was the second of two singles from her 2004 greatest hits collection after “My Prerogative”. It was her 5th Top 10 hit within 18 months so a successful period for her, though after this there would be a 2.5 year hiatus. 4th: Britney Spears - Do Somethin’ 22/31 votes (70%) 5th: Tom Jones & Stereophonics - Mama Told Me Not To Come 12/30 votes (40%) 6th: Usher - U Got It Bad 9/30 votes (30%) 7th: Jay Sean - Ride It 11/31 votes (35%) 8th: McFly - The Heart Never Lies 10/31 votes (32%) 9th: Emma Bunton - Downtown 12/31 votes (39%) 10th: JoJo featuring Bow Wow - Baby It’s You 9/33 votes (27%)

A tie! 😮

No stranger to the 10th spot, Fat Joe has managed to hold J-Lo down with him this time. This was the follow up to the chart topping “Get Right” and gave J-Lo her 15th Top 20 hit, reaching #6 in May 2005. However in the USA it only reached #64 and was considered a commercial failure. 10th: Jennifer Lopez featuring Fat Joe - Hold You Down 12/32 votes (38%)

13 participants so far but only 6 actually have valid entries at the moment LMAO. Four artist clashes so far, including one chosen 3 times… Edit make that 4 times.

Maybe I should have said it’s highly likely something with more than 100 million streams will be vetoed!

The 1980 playlist:

I voted for Bob Dylan, Chvrches and Lemon Demon!

Left Eye really makes “Never Be The Same Again”, what a talent. “Black Coffee” is such a wonderful piece of writing and production. I think there is certainly a case to be made for it being at least as good as “Pure Shores”, but I have too much nostalgia surrounding the latter. I generally liked The Corrs a lot more at the time but “Breathless” is still a strong piece of pop.

“Oops…” is one of only a handful of Britney songs that I still really love. The structure is nothing inventive but it manages to be dramatic and playful. Surprised at the Mel C order but that’s a fair position.

“The Real Slim Shady” I bought and still love: the flow of it is fantastic. Poor Sonique: I reckon she deserves Top 5. That’s a truly magical dance pop record. It’s a stellar Top 10 though - “Breathless” is the weakest but I am fond of even that.

“7 Days” is still Craig’s best and I bought the single. The chorus is slightly gimmicky yet works, but it’s the verses I really love. “Can’t Fight The Moonlight” is great and has grown on me over time: that dramatic intro is really special.

A reminder that it’s a retro contest so the track must be pre 2020 - I’ve had 2 2025 songs put forward already. 😊