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

We have said no to Max Graham VS Yes, as the cover of “Only Of A Lonely Heart” bows out. The original 1983 song was a US #1 but only reached #28 here. This cover was DJ Max Graham’s only hit and reached #9 in May 2005. 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%)

I have “Nokia” on 106k though so could be borderline.

Like both but went for “Give It To Me”

Nothing absolutely standing out here but this is one of Tiesto’s strongest tracks. I find most of his offerings quite sanitised and uninspiring these days so it’s good to be reminded that it wasn’t always this. 8 DJ Tiesto Lethal Industry There was a time when Tiesto made properly hard hitting club bangers like this: it's so rousing and I love the twangy tune 7 X-Ecutioners Featuring Mike Shinoda and Mr Hahn It's Goin' Down Their only hit: a strong track that involves members of Linkin Park and sounds very like them but more hip hop orientated 7 Roger Goode Featuring Tasha Baxter In The Beginning Only hit for this South African DJ: it's a really strong trance track and the production is like Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" 7 Del Amitri Just Before You Leave Their only Top 40 this century and it's an interesting track with a slightly jazzy, more reflective sound than their '90s hits 6 Michelle Branch Everywhere 1st hit for this US singer songwriter: it's nothing new but a very enjoyable piece of guitar pop with a compelling melody 6 Elton John Original Sin I like this one: another very reflective and melancholic single from "Songs From The West Coast" with endearing lyrics 6 Sheryl Crow Soak Up The Sun She wanted to write something very happy to cheer everyone up after 9/11: it certainly does that but I don't quite love it 5 Future Breeze Temple Of Dreams This German duo had a few Top 75 hits but this was the only Top 40: an enjoyable trance track but not sure it stands out 5 Aurora Dreaming The singer Elizabeth Pattinson will appear on X Factor 2014: it's nothing remarkable but a pleasant tune nicely performed 4 Aaron Carter Leave It Up To Me Quite a fun and energetic number from 14 year old Aaron though sounds quite New Kids On The Block: it's his final hit 3 Cliff Richard Let Me Be The One It's a sweet little tune as '00s Cliff goes and I'd rather hear it than the 3 below, but obviously it is lacking some oomph 3 Britney Spears I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman Mystifying that this outpeaked the last 2 stronger singles: it's a little limp and the chorus doesn't have all that much to it 2 Stereophonics Vegas Two Times The 5th single from "Just Enough Education…" and it shows: I find this quite a laboured rocky dirge and not a good listen 2 Ladies First I Can't Wait A garage cover of the Nu Shooz classic: I can't see that this brings anything to the song and they won't have another hit 2002 Week 16: #1244 20/04/2002 X-Press 2 Featuring David Byrne Lazy 2 {2}-5-7-10-14-19-28-35-40-42-59-70-72->13 #1245 20/04/2002 Faithless Featuring Dido One Step Too Far 6 {6}-21-51->3 #1246 20/04/2002 1 Giant Leap Featuring Maxi Jazz And Robbie Willia My Culture 9 {9}-11-15-30-41-65->6 20/04/2002 Matt Darey Featuring Marcella Woods Beautiful {2002} 10 {10}-17-23-37-48-72->6 #1247 20/04/2002 3SL Take It Easy 11 {11}-26-33-46-69-64R(4)->6 #1248 20/04/2002 Usher U Turn 16 {16}-22-25-34-42-68->6 #1249 20/04/2002 So Solid Crew Ride Wid Us 19 {19}-33-42-47-61-73->6 #1250 20/04/2002 Barthezz Infected 25 {25}-37-46-73->4 #1251 20/04/2002 Garbage Breaking Up The Girl 27 {27}-60->2 #1252 20/04/2002 The Vines Highly Evolved 32 {32}-59->2 #1253 20/04/2002 Galleon So I Begin 36 {36}-51->2 #1254 20/04/2002 Ryan Adams Answering Bell 39 {39}-75->2 #1255 20/04/2002 Agent Sumo Why 40 {40}-66->2

Charlotte de Witte HAAi NTO DJ Heartstring

OK it’s come to my attention that this poll was tied after I initially closed it. Not sure how that happened. 🫠 As it was the final and it’s quite unsatisfactory to have the poll sitting in the archive with a tie, we’ve decided instead to re-open it for a casting vote!

Disturbed - fantastic

Definitely Eva here - what a gorgeous version

Going for Flip & Fill this time. I do think “True Love Never Dies” went out too early in its round, but this one I find a little bland and cheesy. Seems Feist will be going though, which I don’t understand at all. 😑

Hopefully they won’t feel too hurt at going out 3rd. The song had had a few different versions, including one by Jo O’Meara of S Club fame. This was the most successful one though, and reached #10 here in December 2007 before notching up a long enough chart run to reach the 2008 year end list. 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%)

Happy to go for “Mas Que Nada” as well - ironically it’s not a lot more than nothing that it adds to the original.

She warned us 40 times in the lyrics that she was in trouble, and Pink leaves us here. It was initially written for the punk rock group Rancid, but instead became the lead single from her album “Try This”, peaking at #7 in November 2003. 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%)

I’d be totally up for them playing the whole chart every week but I realise I’m not exactly the typical listener. The number of songs that are genuinely unplayable is pretty small. And actually I’d be less triggered by hearing “Lose Control” if it was just being played alongside every other song in the chart rather then being played as an editorial choice while new entries are skipped. Ultimately though I think we have to accept that we’re lucky to be getting a chart show at all in 2025.

In 2002 with my poppy taste, “Silent Sigh” was the first time I really took notice of Badly Drawn Boy and he wasn’t just a beardy guy with a guitar to me. 9 Badly Drawn Boy Silent Sigh From the "About A Boy" album, the sound world of this is just gorgeous and the rippling piano creates a beautiful flow 8 Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott 4 My People The Basement Jaxx remix made this do so well: not her usual style and more a straight dance track, but an excellent one 8 The Bluetones After Hours This is one of my favourite of theirs that I've heard: good storytelling, lovely warm vocals and delightful retro production 7 Shy FX And T Power Featuring Di Shake Ur Body The biggest hit for these 2 London drum and bass DJs collaborating: this has a slightly Latin feel and is a classic of its genre 7 Outkast Featuring Killer Mike The Whole World Their 3rd Top 20 hit and this was a greatest hits single: it's a very enjoyable track with a rather anthemic, bouncy chorus 6 Marc Et Claude Tremble A typical trance track from the German duo with ethereal female vocals, a nice melody and high emotions: does the job 5 Anastacia One Day In Your Life She was unlucky to have several quite long running #11 hits: this power ballad isn't special but showcases her voice well 4 Travis Flowers In The Window The 3rd single from "The Invisible Band": it's quite nice but a little comfortable, and lacks the raw emotion of earlier singles 3 Sum 41 Motivation Their 3rd hit: the first 2 were decent in different ways but this one sounds a bit immature and lacking in light and shade 2 Adam F Featuring Lil' Mo Where's My..? DJ Adam Fenton has had a few hits but this is Lil Mo's only UK hit: I find this number a little shouty and not to my taste 2002 Week 15: #1230 13/04/2002 Britney Spears I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman 2 {2}-5-9-11-18-26-34-52-60-71->10 #1231 13/04/2002 X-Ecutioners Featuring Mike Shinoda and Mr Hahn It's Goin' Down 7 {7}-22-31-37-50-56-63-70-73->9 #1232 13/04/2002 Sheryl Crow Soak Up The Sun 16 {16}-30-35-45-51-53-56-69->8 #1233 13/04/2002 Michelle Branch Everywhere 18 {18}-26-32-36-49-72->6 #1234 13/04/2002 Ladies First I Can't Wait 19 {19}-31-40-53-64-73->6 #1235 13/04/2002 Future Breeze Temple Of Dreams 21 {21}-28-36-44-60-68->6 #1236 13/04/2002 Aaron Carter Leave It Up To Me 22 {22}-34-50-66->4 #1237 13/04/2002 Stereophonics Vegas Two Times 23 {23}-51->2 #1238 13/04/2002 Aurora Dreaming 24 {24}-35-45-73->4 #1239 13/04/2002 DJ Tiesto Lethal Industry 25 {25}-43-63->3 #1240 13/04/2002 Cliff Richard Let Me Be The One 29 {29}-37-67->3 #1241 13/04/2002 Roger Goode Featuring Tasha Baxter In The Beginning 33 {33}-56->2 #1242 13/04/2002 Del Amitri Just Before You Leave 37 {37}-66->2 #1243 13/04/2002 Elton John Original Sin 39 {39}-57->2

Yeah in 2022 Ed’s tour album would have absolutely been doing 10k per week plus if it had existed instead of the 7-8k it’s doing now. You can see that the individual studio albums have dropped quite a lot in the weekly charts too. His back catalogue has waned in streams but it still does more than almost every other artist’s.

“Domino Dancing” is good but I don’t think it’s absolutely top tier PSB. “Dancing In The Moonlight” is nothing extraordinary but a well done cover. “Forgot About Dré” is easily my favourite of this trio - still sounds fresh and absolutely up with the greatest hip hop records along with a few others by both artists.

Let’s get some more votes coming in this final!

Wasn’t too fussed about anything but: 1 mgk 2 Soft Play 3 Good Neighbours Lottery Winners would have done well but I found Chad Kroeger’s parts horrid.

Week 12: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 180,000 550,000 2 2 Sam Fender People Watching 136,000 3 3 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 98,000 200,000 4 5 SZA SOS 92,000 570,000 5 4 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 91,000 6 6 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 89,000 390,000 7 7 The Weeknd The Highlights 84,000 1,320,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 81,000 1,740,000 9 10 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 74,000 1,540,000 10 9 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 73,000 420,000 11 11 Charli XCX Brat 71,000 360,000 12 16 Lady Gaga Mayhem 68,000 13 13 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 68,000 210,000 14 12 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 66,000 15 15 Noah Kahan Stick Season 65,000 540,000 16 14 Kendrick Lamar GNX 64,000 120,000 17 19 Tate McRae So Close To What 61,000 18 17 Arctic Monkeys AM 59,000 2,160,000 19 20 Michael Jackson The Essential 57,000 1,890,000 20 22 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 57,000 5,960,000 21 18 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 57,000 840,000 22 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 57,000 3,370,000 23 24 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 53,000 2,090,000 24 23 Robbie Williams Better Man (OST) 52,000 25 25 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 51,000 2,590,000 26 27 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 49,000 540,000 27 28 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 48,000 28 31 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 48,000 29 29 Linkin Park Papercuts 47,000 220,000 30 30 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 47,000 31 26 Taylor Swift Lover (Live From Paris) 47,000 50,000 32 32 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 44,000 5,350,000 33 33 Queen Greatest Hits 41,000 3,080,000 34 34 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 40,000 200,000 35 35 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 40,000 160,000 36 27 Calvin Harris 96 Months 40,000 110,000 37 36 Fontaines D.C. Romance 39,000 160,000 38 38 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 38,000 370,000 39 40 CoCoMelon Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon 37,000 260,000 40 41 Eminem Curtain Call 2 37,000 0 68 74 Sabrina Carpenter Emails I Can't Send 28,000 180,000 80 86 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 26,000 99 - Doechii Alligator Bites Never Heal 22,000 “Alligator Bites Never Heal” replacing Lil Baby’s “Wham”.

Week 12: 1 1 Lola Young Messy 561,000 740,000 2 2 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 528,000 880,000 3 3 Gracie Abrams That's So True 485,000 920,000 4 4 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 443,000 1,080,000 5 5 Chrystal The Days 349,000 510,000 6 6 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 327,000 1,550,000 7 8 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 326,000 1,530,000 8 7 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 323,000 920,000 9 9 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 309,000 750,000 10 10 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 296,000 2,080,000 11 11 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 291,000 2,040,000 12 12 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 285,000 1,080,000 13 13 Teddy Swims Lose Control 285,000 2,120,000 14 14 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 271,000 890,000 15 15 Teddy Swims The Door 248,000 920,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 247,000 490,000 17 17 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 233,000 1,570,000 18 19 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 232,000 340,000 19 20 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 229,000 1,370,000 20 18 Hozier Too Sweet 228,000 1,700,000 21 21 Myles Smith Stargazing 224,000 1,240,000 22 22 Noah Kahan Stick Season 219,000 2,740,000 23 24 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 213,000 600,000 24 25 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 210,000 310,000 25 23 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 209,000 690,000 26 29 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 202,000 200,000 27 26 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 201,000 430,000 28 27 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 201,000 670,000 29 28 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 198,000 860,000 30 33 Tate McRae Sports Car 194,000 31 31 Doechii Denial Is A River 190,000 32 43 Alex Warren Ordinary 190,000 33 32 Billie Eilish Wildflower 184,000 700,000 34 34 Sam Fender People Watching 184,000 290,000 35 35 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 181,000 2,100,000 36 30 Jimin Who 181,000 450,000 37 38 The Killers Mr Brightside 169,000 6,230,000 38 37 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose Kisses 167,000 820,000 39 40 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 166,000 1,080,000 40 39 Pawsa and The Adventures Of Stevie V Dirty Cash (Money Talks) 164,000 51 53 Imogen Heap Headlock 133,000 220,000 59 62 Sabrina Carpenter Juno 124,000 360,000 61 83 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 122,000 71 74 Sam Fender Arm's Length 113,000 80 82 Disturbed The Sound Of Silence 106,000 1,720,000 99 - Paris Paloma Labour 98,000 450,000 “Creep” and “Labour” entering, replacing “30 For 30” and “Another Love”.

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

“Love Story” marginally - not a big fan of either

I struggled a bit with where to rank the Sugababes as I find “Angels With Dirty Faces” a bit meh but “Stronger” is right up there with my favourite 00s pop band tracks - so atmospheric. I used to listen to all 6 SHM singles as their own mini album - I loved them all and “One (Your Name)” has good nostalgia value. “Golden Skans” is my favourite of this batch though: a beautifully crafted track and I love the distant, dreamy sound to it.