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Moving to Alphabeat - I do really like them but think their style ther singles were stronger.

3rd: Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God 13/31 votes (42%) 4th: Robyn - Be Mine 10/33 votes (30%) 5th: The Killers - Read My Mind 10/32 votes (31%) 6th: Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 9/32 votes (28%) 7th: Andreas Johnson - Glorious 7/30 votes (23%) 8th: Bob Sinclar featuring Gary ‘Nesta’ Pine - Love Generation 10/29 votes (34%) 9th: Jamelia - See It In A Boy’s Eyes 11/33 votes (33%) 10th: Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 8/32 votes (25%)

Herbs will be sorry that leaving here and now are Steps. This was one of their lower selling singles, but nonetheless became the 12th of their run of 14 straight Top 5 hits. It reached #4 in June 2001. 9th: Steps - Here And Now / You’ll Be Sorry 14/30 votes (47%) 10th: Basshunter - Angel In The Night 14/33 votes (42%)

The naughty girl has been sent down. After the chart topping “Kiss Kiss” this was her 1st fully original hit, reaching #2 in October 2002. She would have some more hits but wouldn’t reach the Top 5 again. 6th: Holly Valance - Down Boy 19/31 votes (61%) 7th: U2 - City Of Blinding Lights 16/30 votes (53%) 8th: Jaimeson - Complete 10/31 votes (32%) 9th: ATB - Killer 9/30 votes (30%) 10th: P Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera - Tell Me 19/28 votes (68%)

Amended

1/5: 1 1 Ordinary (1) 2 2 Pink pony club (2) 3 3 Messy (1) 4 4 APT (2) 5 5 Azizam (3) 6 9 Show me love (6) 7 6 Anxiety (4) 8 8 Sports car (7) 9 10 Beautiful things (1) 10 7 That’s so true (1) 11 14 Birds of a feather (3) 12 12 Die with a smile (3) 13 11 Busy woman (11) 14 17 Love me not (14) 15 13 The days (5) 16 16 Bad dreams (13) 17 42 Steve’s lava chicken (17) 18 18 Good luck, babe! (2) 19 20 Abracadabra (4) 20 15 Taste (1) 21 22 The door (13) 22 19 Espresso (1) 23 25 Lose control (2) 24 24 Carry you home (17) 25 32 Undressed (25) 26 23 Nice to meet you (12) 27 26 Sailor song (2) 28 21 The giver (2) 29 30 Mutt (29) 30 27 Nokia (18) 31 28 A bar song (2) 32 44 Back to friends (32) 33 29 Stargazing (6) 34 43 Sorry I’m here for someone else (34) 35 33 Too sweet (1) 36 37 Revolving door (17) 37 40 Stick season (1) 38 31 Twilight zone (9) 39 34 Please please please (1) 40 - Headphones on (40) 41 36 Bed chem (13) 42 41 Mr Brightside (10) 43 38 Somedays (10) 44 49 Hot to go! (10) 45 - Dreams (22) 46 48 I had some help (2) 47 - Iris (3) 48 45 Not like us (1) 49 - Shake it to the max (49) 50 - Tell me (49)

Week 17: 1 1 Lola Young Messy 737,000 920,000 2 2 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 699,000 1,050,000 3 3 Gracie Abrams That's So True 625,000 1,060,000 4 4 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 577,000 1,210,000 5 5 Alex Warren Ordinary 534,000 6 6 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 493,000 940,000 7 7 Chrystal The Days 473,000 640,000 8 8 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 446,000 1,670,000 9 9 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 436,000 1,640,000 10 11 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 431,000 2,220,000 11 10 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 426,000 1,020,000 12 12 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 398,000 2,150,000 13 13 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 394,000 1,190,000 14 14 Teddy Swims Lose Control 390,000 2,220,000 15 15 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 355,000 980,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 354,000 590,000 17 17 Teddy Swims The Door 348,000 1,020,000 18 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 330,000 440,000 19 20 Tate McRae Sports Car 325,000 20 19 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 324,000 1,660,000 21 21 Hozier Too Sweet 312,000 1,780,000 22 22 Myles Smith Stargazing 312,000 1,320,000 23 23 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 311,000 1,450,000 24 24 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 305,000 25 25 Noah Kahan Stick Season 299,000 2,820,000 26 26 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 293,000 680,000 27 28 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 280,000 750,000 28 27 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 278,000 370,000 29 29 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 271,000 750,000 30 30 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 266,000 930,000 31 32 Alex Warren Carry You Home 265,000 570,000 32 31 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 258,000 480,000 33 33 Sam Fender People Watching 250,000 360,000 34 34 Doechii Denial Is A River 249,000 250,000 35 35 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 247,000 2,160,000 36 39 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 244,000 37 36 Billie Eilish Wildflower 244,000 760,000 38 37 The Killers Mr Brightside 242,000 6,310,000 39 38 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose Kisses 234,000 890,000 40 40 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 234,000 1,140,000 41 46 Doechii Anxiety 222,000 56 59 Drake Nokia 185,000 57 62 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 185,000 69 71 Tate McRae Revolving Door 165,000 72 - WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 157,000 75 88 Chappell Roan The Giver 155,000 88 - Leon Thomas Mutt 148,000 “CRG” and “BMF” have left.

Went for Leona - she sounds really good in the chorus especially

1 Halestorm 2 Sleep Token 3 Lorde

Ah sorry - I think he was Norman’s protégé though and Norman was actively involved in the record. I remember him being asked about why it didn’t chart and saying basically because we screwed up.

Space Cowboy (another alias for Norman Cooke / Fatboy Slim) released a cover of Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U” in 2002. It had loads of radio play and was on course for the Top 10 but disqualified due to having 3 remixes on top of a B side.

I don’t love any of them but “She Bangs” is probably Ricky’s best tune.

My top pick here is an obscure gem - a gorgeous reinvention of a 1976 track “Misty Blue” by Dorothy Moore. Having heard the original I really think this version is better. 8 Amillionsons Misti Blu Only hit for them with a soul cover: this has the most beautiful soundscape and the vocals are full of amazement and joy 8 Sugababes Round Round 932nd #1: so different from their early hits but a unique song with tempo changes and production like a motor whirring 7 Daniel Bedingfield James Dean (I Wanna Know) Doesn't quite have the magic of his debut but has a similarly homemade feel and I really enjoy the punchy starkness of it 6 Nukleuz DJ's DJ Nation Nukleuz was a group of DJs and "DJ Nation" a whole project of which this is one track: it's a strong piece of hard trance 5 Lasgo Alone Their 2nd hit which doesn't have the striking power of "Something" but it a nice dance track with soaring emotive vocals 5 Hear'Say Lovin' Is Easy Their last hit which obviously didn't really connect, but I quite like the production and overall prefer this to their #1s 4 Snap! Vs Plaything Do You See The Light They haven't had any original hits this century: this remix of a 1993 #10 hit is not bad but I prefer the original production 3 H And Claire Half A Heart A mid tempo duet very different from "DJ": you can see why H didn't get many solos in Steps as his parts aren't great 3 Mary J. Blige Featuring Ja Rule Rainy Dayz Two superstars collaboarating on a surprisingly boring track: Mary J's final vocals are the only enjoyable aspect of this 2 B2K Uh Huh 1st hit for this US RnB boyband who will be back with stronger material but this feels like all production and no song 1 Romeo Romeo Dunn 1st solo hit for So Solid Crew member Marvin Dawkins: as well as not enjoying it musically I find the lyrics terribly silly 2002 Week 35: #1448 31/08/2002 Blazin' Squad Crossroads 1 {1}-2-4-12-24-34-39-38-51-60-57-51-48->13 #1449 31/08/2002 Truth Hurts Featuring Rakim Addictive 3 {3}-4-5-9-17-19-27-30-35-50-69-73->12 #1450 31/08/2002 Abs What You Got 4 {4}-7-9-20-32-42-58-74->8 #1451 31/08/2002 Oakenfold Starry Eyed Surprise 6 {6}-10-14-16-28-36-45-55->8 #1452 31/08/2002 Milky Just The Way You Are 8 {8}-14-19-31-50-66->6 #1453 31/08/2002 The Music Take The Long Road And Walk It 14 {14}-32-54->3 #1454 31/08/2002 3rd Edge In And Out 15 {15}-30-37-51-75R(3)->5 #1455 31/08/2002 Celine Dion I'm Alive 17 {17}-26-28-40-55-69->6 #1456 31/08/2002 Boniface Cheeky 25 {25}-42-67->3 #1457 31/08/2002 The Flaming Lips Do You Realize? 32 {32}-68->2 #1458 31/08/2002 Moby Extreme Ways 39 {39}->1

This is tough - Florence is my favourite left and the other 2 are on a par. Went for Avril in the end as Florence-Kaisers would be a fun final.

I’m moving to Holly now, though it’s not bad, especially the production.

I’m afraid I will have to move to Steps now - neither of these are particularly strong.

U2 have been blinded by the competition. In a period of extraordinary success for them this followed up 2 consecutive #1s in June 2005, but had a slightly ignominious 2-13 run. The track had originally been developed in sessions for the 1997 “Pop” album. 7th: U2 - City Of Blinding Lights 16/30 votes (53%) 8th: Jaimeson - Complete 10/31 votes (32%) 9th: ATB - Killer 9/30 votes (30%) 10th: P Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera - Tell Me 19/28 votes (68%)

Finding the bass of the bass results table is Swedish DJ Jonas Altberg. This was his 3rd hit and after a #1 and a #2 this was more of a slow burner, eventually peaking at #14 in October 2008. He had a few more hits afterwards but none made the Top 10. 10th: Basshunter - Angel In The Night 14/33 votes (42%)

4th: Robyn - Be Mine 10/33 votes (30%) 5th: The Killers - Read My Mind 10/32 votes (31%) 6th: Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 9/32 votes (28%) 7th: Andreas Johnson - Glorious 7/30 votes (23%) 8th: Bob Sinclar featuring Gary ‘Nesta’ Pine - Love Generation 10/29 votes (34%) 9th: Jamelia - See It In A Boy’s Eyes 11/33 votes (33%) 10th: Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 8/32 votes (25%)

I was surprised that Roykssop hadn’t had a Top 40 until this point: what a double treat this one is though. 9 Royksopp Remind Me/So Easy 1st Top 40 for the Norwegian duo: Easy" is based on "Blue On Blue" and is utterly mesmerising; "Remind Me" is fab too 8 ATC Around The World (La La La La La) Only hit for Eurodance group "A Touch Of Class" based on the Russian song "Pessenka": this is surprisingly compelling 7 Coldplay In My Place Sheer demand for new material giving them a #2: it's lovely but doesn't have the magic of some of their other early hits 6 Bowling For Soup Girl All The Bad Guys Want Biggest hit by far for this US band active since 1994: it's a light hearted fun and catchy "Teenage Dirtbag" style song 6 Raven Maize Fascinated Last hit for the production group using a Cassius sample with Katherine Ellis singing: it's a good diva style house track 5 Def Leppard Now Their 1st Top 40 since 1996: their hits are never ground breaking but this is quite an enjoyable track with a big chorus 4 Intenso Project Luv Da Sunshine 1st hit for this UK group sampling 10cc: a summery Carribean style dance track that's well done but not really my thing 4 Cam'ron Featuring Juelz Santana Oh Boy 1st hit for this pair of US rappers: it's a well produced track but the high pitched "oh boy" is slightly grating after a while 3 Mad'house Like A Prayer 1st of a couple of cover hits for this Eurodance group: this has that tinny Black Legend style beat and could be far worse 3 Status Quo Jam Side Down Their 1st Top 20 since 1990, but that doesn't mean the sound has evolved and it sounds similar to most of their others 2 Toploader Time Of My Life Last hit for them: I find this incredibly bland, '90s style soft rock and they just sound like they're having quite a nice time 2002 Week 34: #1437 24/08/2002 Sugababes Round Round 1 {1}-2-3-3-7-15-18-25-29-36-47-56-72->13 #1438 24/08/2002 Romeo Romeo Dunn 3 {3}-9-11-15-21-33-47-54-58->9 #1439 24/08/2002 Daniel Bedingfield James Dean (I Wanna Know) 4 {4}-10-15-22-34-48-53-63->8 #1440 24/08/2002 Hear'Say Lovin' Is Easy 6 {6}-26-37-56-62R(3)-48-75->7 #1441 24/08/2002 Lasgo Alone 7 {7}-19-25-31-43-60-64-73->8 #1442 24/08/2002 H And Claire Half A Heart 8 {8}-29-45-65-59R(3)-50->6 #1443 24/08/2002 Snap! Vs Plaything Do You See The Light 14 {14}-27-34-49-70->5 #1444 24/08/2002 Mary J. Blige Featuring Ja Rule Rainy Dayz 17 {17}-28-36-48-69->5 #1445 24/08/2002 B2K Uh Huh 35 {35}-57->2 #1446 24/08/2002 Amillionsons Misti Blu 39 {39}-66->2 #1447 24/08/2002 Nukleuz DJ's DJ Nation 40 {40}-59->2

Last week: Chasing Cars 92-91 505 95-97 Creep 98-99

“Prada” actually OK for a while: 80-81 last week. “Like Him” 81-85 so indeed will be in trouble soon.

Both I guess. 😊 Last week: Pink Skies 93-94 CRG 89-96 BMF 90-98

That could be spot on.

Went for Sophie - was surprised how much I enjoyed this. 2nd Tom Odell 3rd PinkPantheress