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That Grace Davies song is an absolute whirlwind! Had to go for that. Ariana 2nd - I think that style does really suit her. Limahl probably 3rd - not a bad cover.

Wow - my 1st ever song contest win. Thanks very much for all the votes - especially Wardy, Jade and Lewis for the 12s. Apologies if it was an obvious entry for some - I know it is from one of the most owned albums of the ‘00s decade. As a 16 year old I actually became hyper-obsessed with this album. I probably listened to it more times than Joseph’s listened to “As It Was”. My taste has thankfully become much more varied since but this particular track still has a big place in my heart. “White Flag” comes close but it’s my favourite Dido song bar none and I think the production is really special. So I felt I had to send it to this. Thanks all for indulging me and for the great other song picks, and Mangø for a brilliant hosting job!

Well this is nail biting - I know Lewis said he enjoyed “Take My Hand” in the listenthrough so hopefully that’s a positive sign!

I should have included “Labour” in the update as a recent-ish song: non mover at #99 this week. “Close To You” was indeed heading out: #97 was its low point.

Oh I didn’t have Jack down for M83 at all - thought Jim was a good shout. Great pick anyway.

The competition is hotting up but not for Sean Paul. “Temperature” was his 3rd US #1, but here peaked at #11 in March 2006. It has more than 1 billion Spotify streams and might now be considered his signature song. 6th: Sean Paul - Temperature 14/31 votes (45%) 7th: Feist - 1234 10/32 votes (31%) 8th: Cascada - What Hurts The Most 12/34 votes (35%) 9th: Nickelback - Someday 10/30 votes (33%) 10th: Westlife - What Makes A Man 21/33 votes (64%)

Marching out are Destiny’s Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne, who reached #4 with their 2nd single from their final album “Destiny Fulfilled” in February 2005. Despite peaking higher it was actually outsold by the follow up “Girl” which made the year end Top 100. 9th: Destiny’s Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne - Soldier 12/30 votes (40%) 10th: Sergio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada 12/32 votes (32%)

Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it now! 🥰

Despite all their digging for gold Kanye and Jamie only found a bronze medal. It samples the 1954 Ray Charles track “I Got A Woman” and was a US #1, but peaked at #2 here in October 2005. It was the #35 of 2005 but also the #110 of 2006 thanks to its strong downloads. 3rd: Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger 16/33 votes (48%) 4th: Max Graham VS Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart 14/32 votes (44%) 5th: Pink - Trouble 12/32 votes (38%) 6th: Ms Dynamite - It Takes More 16/33 votes (48%) 7th: The Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes 9/33 votes (27%) 8th: BBMak - Back Here 20/30 votes (67%) 9th: Blue - Curtain Falls 15/32 votes (47%) 10th: Natasha Bedingfield - I Wanna Have Your Babies 15/31 votes (48%)

Edited that one - think they’re mostly fine

Week 13 with end of quarter bonus info: 1 1 Lola Young Messy 596,000 780,000 2 2 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 562,000 920,000 3 3 Gracie Abrams That's So True 515,000 950,000 4 4 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 472,000 1,100,000 5 5 Chrystal The Days 373,000 540,000 6 6 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 350,000 1,570,000 7 7 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 348,000 1,550,000 8 8 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 344,000 940,000 9 9 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 343,000 790,000 10 10 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 323,000 2,110,000 11 11 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 313,000 2,060,000 12 12 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 307,000 1,100,000 13 13 Teddy Swims Lose Control 307,000 2,140,000 14 14 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 291,000 910,000 15 15 Teddy Swims The Door 267,000 940,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 266,000 510,000 17 32 Alex Warren Ordinary 252,000 250,000 18 17 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 251,000 1,590,000 19 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 251,000 360,000 20 19 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 246,000 1,390,000 21 20 Hozier Too Sweet 245,000 1,710,000 22 21 Myles Smith Stargazing 242,000 1,250,000 23 22 Noah Kahan Stick Season 235,000 2,750,000 24 23 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 231,000 620,000 25 24 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 225,000 320,000 26 25 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 223,000 710,000 27 26 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 222,000 220,000 28 30 Tate McRae Sports Car 218,000 220,000 29 28 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 216,000 690,000 30 27 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 214,000 440,000 31 29 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 211,000 870,000 32 31 Doechii Denial Is A River 203,000 200,000 33 34 Sam Fender People Watching 199,000 310,000 34 33 Billie Eilish Wildflower 197,000 710,000 35 35 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 196,000 2,110,000 36 36 Jimin Who 186,000 460,000 37 37 The Killers Mr Brightside 183,000 6,250,000 38 38 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose Kisses 180,000 830,000 39 42 Alex Warren Carry You Home 180,000 480,000 40 39 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 179,000 1,090,000 41 40 Pawsa and The Adventures Of Stevie V Dirty Cash (Money Talks) 175,000 240,000 42 41 Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Defying Gravity 171,000 300,000 43 44 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 168,000 3,980,000 44 43 Kendrick Lamar TV Off 168,000 260,000 45 45 Dasha Austin 166,000 1,310,000 46 46 Charli XCX & Billie Eilish Guess 161,000 660,000 47 47 Benson Boone Slow It Down 159,000 830,000 48 48 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 158,000 3,380,000 49 49 Coldplay Viva La Vida 151,000 3,740,000 50 50 Coldplay Yellow 147,000 3,350,000 53 51 Imogen Heap Headlock 144,000 230,000 54 61 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 144,000 56 60 Alex Warren Burning Down 138,000 57 55 Tyla Push 2 Start 138,000 58 59 Sabrina Carpenter Juno 137,000 380,000 61 57 Central Cee & 21 Savage GBP 130,000 65 65 Lord Huron The Night We Met 127,000 1,950,000 66 64 Sam Barber featuring Avery Anna Indigo 126,000 68 67 Tate McRae It's OK I'm OK 124,000 310,000 69 66 Tyler, The Creator featuring Lola Young Like Him 123,000 210,000 70 71 Sam Fender Arm's Length 122,000 71 70 Chappell Roan Red Wine Supernova 122,000 550,000 78 74 SZA BMF 118,000 79 75 Central Cee & Dave CRG 118,000 81 80 Disturbed The Sound Of Silence 115,000 1,730,000 88 88 Zach Bryan Pink Skies 110,000 450,000 91 84 Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith La La La 109,000 2,100,000 93 91 Charli XCX Apple 108,000 520,000 94 94 Gracie Abrams Close To You 108,000 350,000 95 83 Ariana Grande Popular 108,000 “Feel Good Inc” has finally entered, replacing “360”

Week 13 with end of quarter bonus info: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 196,000 570,000 2 2 Sam Fender People Watching 142,000 3 3 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 105,000 210,000 4 4 SZA SOS 98,000 580,000 5 6 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 96,000 390,000 6 5 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 94,000 7 7 The Weeknd The Highlights 90,000 1,320,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 87,000 1,740,000 9 9 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 81,000 1,550,000 10 10 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 78,000 420,000 11 12 Lady Gaga Mayhem 77,000 12 11 Charli XCX Brat 76,000 360,000 13 13 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 72,000 210,000 14 15 Noah Kahan Stick Season 70,000 540,000 15 14 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 69,000 16 17 Tate McRae So Close To What 68,000 17 16 Kendrick Lamar GNX 67,000 130,000 18 18 Arctic Monkeys AM 63,000 2,160,000 19 19 Michael Jackson The Essential 62,000 1,900,000 20 20 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 62,000 5,970,000 21 22 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 61,000 3,380,000 22 21 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 61,000 840,000 23 23 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 58,000 2,090,000 24 25 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 56,000 2,600,000 25 26 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 53,000 550,000 26 24 Robbie Williams Better Man (OST) 53,000 27 27 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 52,000 28 28 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 52,000 29 29 Linkin Park Papercuts 51,000 220,000 30 30 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 51,000 31 31 Taylor Swift Lover (Live From Paris) 48,000 50,000 32 32 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 47,000 5,350,000 33 33 Queen Greatest Hits 44,000 3,080,000 34 34 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 44,000 200,000 35 35 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 44,000 170,000 36 36 Calvin Harris 96 Months 43,000 110,000 37 37 Fontaines D.C. Romance 42,000 160,000 38 38 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 41,000 370,000 39 39 CoCoMelon Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon 40,000 270,000 40 40 Eminem Curtain Call 2 39,000 420,000 41 41 Taylor Swift Folklore 39,000 880,000 42 44 Pitbull Greatest Hits 39,000 510,000 43 43 Maroon 5 Singles 39,000 880,000 44 42 George Michael Twenty Five 39,000 1,780,000 45 45 Elvis Presley E1vis: 30 Number 1 Hits 37,000 2,390,000 46 49 Ed Sheeran ÷ 37,000 4,370,000 47 48 Oasis Definitely Maybe 37,000 2,840,000 48 47 Hozier Hozier 37,000 940,000 49 46 Taylor Swift Lover 36,000 910,000 50 50 Lana Del Rey Born To Die 36,000 1,720,000 53 51 Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor's Version) 35,000 570,000 58 57 Taylor Swift Midnights 34,000 1,000,000 67 68 Sabrina Carpenter Emails I Can't Send 30,000 180,000 68 80 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 30,000 71 67 Bad Bunny Debí Tirar Más Fotos 30,000 72 73 Little Mix Between Us 29,000 580,000 73 75 The Beatles 1967-1970 29,000 1,230,000 74 - Playboi Carti I Am Music 29,000 75 69 Tyler, The Creater Chromakopia 29,000 100,000 80 79 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever 28,000 430,000 82 72 Manic Street Preachers Critical Thinking 28,000 85 85 The Beatles 1962-1966 27,000 1,040,000 86 82 Linkin Park From Zero 27,000 100,000 89 86 Inhaler Open Wide 25,000 95 93 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 25,000 210,000 98 97 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under 24,000 410,000 99 99 Doechii Alligator Bites Never Heal 24,000 Playboi Carti has replaced Billie’s “Don’t Smile At Me”

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

Think you’ve given away who’s you then! (Well there are only 2 not mentioned in your post and I don’t think you’ve sent Goldfrapp.) 😝

Definitely Brandy and Ray J - a pretty decent effort at reinventing the song

A bumper group here and lots of great stuff, but “There Goes The Fear” has to take the win as it’s such a special track that feels like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket. The Chemicals push it close though and The Sugababes with their stunning mash-up cover. 9 Doves There Goes The Fear Their biggest hit only available briefly: beautifully atmospheric and tender; a song that makes the whole world seem better 9 The Chemical Brothers Come With Us/The Test An epic contrasting duo: "Come With Us" has brilliant building intensity and "The Test" showcases Richard Ashcroft's vocals 8 Sugababes Freak Like Me 923rd #1: covering Adina Howard and sampling "Are Friends Electric?": a marriage made in heaven and very striking track 8 New Order Here To Stay Chrmical Brothers appearing again as producers and it's an excellent track combined with New Order's usual vocal energy 8 Drowning Pool Bodies Only Top 40 for this US nu metal band: it's quite heavy but I love the passion of the explosive chorus and the spoken parts 7 Pulp Bad Cover Version Their last hit before they go on hiatus: it's a fun track and I really enjoy the lyrics which are delightfully miserable and bitter 7 Push Tranzy State Of Mind The last Top 40 for the trance DJ and it's a compelling floor filling theme like all of his hits, plus I enjoy the robotic vocals 7 Idlewild You Held The World In Your Arms Their only Top 10 hit: this has an anthemic and feel good quality to it with orchestral production and a memorable chorus 6 *NSync Featuring Nelly Girlfriend Last hit for the group before Justin goes solo: I really like the combination of Nelly's style with theirs and it's a good song 6 Kosheen Hungry An enjoyable electronic pop track with a strong melody quite similar to their previous hit "Catch", but nothing exceptional 6 Oasis The Hindu Times 922nd #1: it's a big energetic twangy number to announce their return which somehow falls a little short of being great 5 S Club Juniors One Step Closer 1st of a trio of runner up hits for the spin off group: good song but I do find children singing about romantic love jarring 5 Haven Til The End Their 2nd and last Top 40: this is a decent track and they're like a proto-Keane but without the poetry and big melodies 4 The Streets Let's Push Things Forward Their 2nd hit: there's some good lyrical writing here but it's also slightly full of itself and the melody isn't up to very much 4 Kristine Blond You Make Me Go Ooh Her last hit with a perfectly serviceable slice of garage pop with a jangly riff, it's very of the time and nothing remarkable 3 Pay As U Go Champagne Dance Only hit for this UK garage band which included Wiley: it's quite an in your face track but it doesn't do a whole lot for me 3 Mad Donna The Wheels On The Bus Sampling "Ray Of Light" with a voice that does sound very like Madonna singing the nursery rhyme: quite fun for 1 listen 2 Lyte Funkie Ones Every Other Time Their last hit and unfortunately it lacks the cheesy charm of earlier hits and is quite a grating listen as well as being naff 2002 Week 19: #1274 11/05/2002 Holly Valance Kiss Kiss 1 {1}-2-5-10-9-10-15-20-21-26-34-38-41-37-50-66->16 #1275 11/05/2002 Tweet Oops (Oh My) 5 {5}-9-17-23-32-42-45-61->8 #1276 11/05/2002 Shakedown At Night 6 {6}-13-20-34-40-52-57-68->8 #1277 11/05/2002 Mary J. Blige No More Drama 9 {9}-16-24-38-47-62-59->7 #1278 11/05/2002 Moby We Are All Made Of Stars 11 {11}-27-45-65->4 #1279 11/05/2002 4 Strings (Take Me Away) Into The Night 15 {15}-21-27-41-69-74-67R(2)->7 #1280 11/05/2002 Lisbon Lions Featuring Martin O'Neill And The Celt The Best Day Of Our Lives 17 {17}-25-50-72->4 #1281 11/05/2002 allSTARS* Back When/Going All The Way 19 {19}-43-75->3 #1282 11/05/2002 Tiga And Zyntherius Sunglasses At Night 25 {25}-44-70->3 #1283 11/05/2002 Cosmic Gate Exploration Of Space 29 {29}-47-71->3 11/05/2002 The Jam In The City {2002} 36 {36}->1 #1284 11/05/2002 Timo Maas Featuring MC Chickaboo Shifter 38 {38}-52->2

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“Bodies” by a mile! Love the drama of it.

Great again for 21st Century Throwback. Is 2,910 a really low total number of posts though?

Not a hugely well remembered but a very good group of hits here. The collaboration of Rollo and Dido Armstrong worked so well that it felt like there was more potential there. 8 Faithless Featuring Dido One Step Too Far The 4th single from "Outrospective" but 2nd highest peaking: Dido's vocals work so well on this and it sounds ethereal 8 X-Press 2 Featuring David Byrne Lazy This house duo had many minor hits but this is the only Top 30: wonderfully quirky lyrically with a great driving rhythm 8 Galleon So I Begin Only hit for this Daft Punk-esque French group: a strong tune here and the production has that great familiar house sound 7 1 Giant Leap Featuring Maxi Jazz And Robbie Williams My Culture Maxi Jazz entering the Top 10 twice this week: a very enjoyable collaboration with this electronic duo and Robbie here 7 Barthezz Infected 2nd and final hit for DJ Bart Claesson: they've both been really strong trance tracks and this has a very infectious melody 7 Agent Sumo Why Another house act with their sole Top 40: can't find much info about this but I find it a really rousing and enjoyable track 6 Garbage Breaking Up The Girl 3rd hit from "Beautiful Garbage": this is more in their rocky style than "Cherry Lips" and enjoyable but doesn't stand out 6 The Vines Highly Evolved 1st hit for this Australian rock band active since 1994: I love the energetic grungy style; think the chorus could be stronger 5 So Solid Crew Ride Wid Us Their 4th Top 20 hit: it's not quite as strong as the others but still the production gives it their usual urgency and intensity 5 Usher U Turn One of those tracks like "Cha Cha Slide" that teaches a dance: it's nothing remarkable but quite a fun and catchy chorus 4 Ryan Adams Answering Bell 1st Top 40 for this US singer songwriter: it's quite an ordinary folky number that's pleasant but certainly not at all thrilling 3 3SL Take It Easy Stood for "3 Single Lads": 1st hit for this UK pop group and it doesn't have a huge amount to it but it's pleasant and jolly 2002 Weeks 17 and 18: #1256 27/04/2002 Oasis The Hindu Times 1 {1}-4-13-23-37-51-66-63-65-62-74->11 #1257 27/04/2002 *NSync Featuring Nelly Girlfriend 2 {2}-3-4-7-15-21-28-31-41-52-63-63->12 #1258 27/04/2002 Doves There Goes The Fear 3 {3}-34-70->3 #1259 27/04/2002 Pay As U Go Champagne Dance 13 {13}-30-42-64->4 #1260 27/04/2002 New Order Here To Stay 15 {15}-43-67->3 #1261 27/04/2002 Lyte Funkie Ones Every Other Time 24 {24}-32-45->3 #1262 27/04/2002 Pulp Bad Cover Version 27 {27}-52->2 #1263 27/04/2002 The Streets Let's Push Things Forward 30 {30}-39-57->3 #1264 27/04/2002 Drowning Pool Bodies 34 {34}-50->2 #1265 04/05/2002 Sugababes Freak Like Me 1 {1}-3-6-10-16-24-25-35-44-53-57-64R(2)-62-72->14 #1266 04/05/2002 S Club Juniors One Step Closer 2 {2}-2-4-7-13-17-15-22-28-33-35-44-47-58-71-75->16 #1267 04/05/2002 Idlewild You Held The World In Your Arms 9 {9}-27-45-67->4 #1268 04/05/2002 Kosheen Hungry 13 {13}-28-40-58->4 #1269 04/05/2002 The Chemical Brothers Come With Us/The Test 14 {14}-40-55->3 #1270 04/05/2002 Mad Donna The Wheels On The Bus 17 {17}-26-35-52->4 #1271 04/05/2002 Haven Til The End 28 {28}-55->2 #1272 04/05/2002 Push Tranzy State Of Mind 31 {31}-58->2 #1273 04/05/2002 Kristine Blond You Make Me Go Ooh 35 {35}-56->2

Note that I’ve opened up the voter names on this one - thought it might be fun to be able to see what everyone has chosen. However if that might put you off voting please let me know.

I went for “Tattoo” this time - just a bit wet.

Despite translating as “More Than Nothing”, “Mas Que Nada” survives a grand total of 0 rounds. It was the 8th of 13 Top 10 hits for the Black Eyed Peas, reaching #6 in June 2006. The Sérigio Mendes version it’s based on dates back to 1966 and wasn’t a hit here. 10th: Sergio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada 12/32 votes (32%)

“1234” has been shown the door. It was the only UK hit for the Canadian singer songwriter, from her 3rd album “The Reminder”. It reached #8 in October 2007. 7th: Feist - 1234 10/32 votes (31%) 8th: Cascada - What Hurts The Most 12/34 votes (35%) 9th: Nickelback - Someday 10/30 votes (33%) 10th: Westlife - What Makes A Man 21/33 votes (64%)

Gaga now for me - probably the weakest single from “The Fame” though still good and I like the production.