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Make it 292k updated to this week.

5 Pink Pony Club 4 Anxiety 3 Abracadabra 2 Sports Car 1 Rather Lie -1 Busy Woman -2 Ordinary -3 Beautiful Things -4 The Giver -5 Evil Jordan

This would be in my Top 5 I think… I just adore it. Perfect from the heart pop with little nods to where it’s from in the production and the chanted parts of the chorus.

Once again we venture to the lower end of the week’s new entries to find the highlights, and topping the list is this very sensual track from Bjork. In fact the YouTube video can’t be pasted here as it is deemed to contain nudity! 8 Bjork Cocoon This is so intimate it feels like she's there in the room with you, and I love the percussion and the track's homemade feel 8 Tillmann Uhrmacher On The Run Only hit for this German DJ: a beautiful trance track that conveys the sense of being on the run and I like the robotic vocals 7 Natalie Imbruglia Wrong Impression After "That Day" only reached #11 she did well to get into the Top 10 with this, which is a lovely track with rich production 7 Celine Dion A New Day Has Come Her 1st hit in a while from her 18th album: this has a lovely fresh and positive feel to it and is up there with her best songs 6 System Of A Down Toxicity The follow up to the brilliant "Chop Suey": this is also an enjoyable nu metal song but doesn't quite recreate the epic power 6 Jennifer Lopez Ain't It Funny {2002} Reviewing this again as it's clearly a different song to the more poppy version: that is better but I do enjoy this RnB duet 5 Felon Get Out Only hit for this girl group and I can't find out much about them, but this is quite an enjoyable and dynamic pop RnB track 5 Peran Good Time Only hit for this Amsterdam DJ: it uses the same sample as Primal Scream's "Loaded" and it's a decent rousing floor filler 4 Lostprophets The Fake Sound Of Progress Their 1st Top 40 after reaching #41 with their last single: a good heavy rock song but the vocals are somewhat obnoxious 3 Ali G And Shaggy Me Julie Only hit for the comedian and last really big one for Shaggy: it's very much a novelty song but quite a fun piece of RnB pop 3 Warren Stacey My Girl My Girl Only hit for this "Popstars" contestant who was eliminated for being too gospel orientated, but this is run of the mill RnB 2002 Week 13: #1210 30/03/2002 Gareth Gates Unchained Melody 1 {1}-1-1-1-4-8-12-19-28-32-36-35-40-53-46-46-55-59-57-63-64-68-61-66-61-68-73R(2)-69R(13)-58-73->30 #1211 30/03/2002 Marilyn Manson Tainted Love 5 {5}-8-9-20-23-26-35-39-44-53-74->11 #1212 30/03/2002 Blue Fly By II 6 {6}-9-10-15-18-21-24-34-38-50-57-56->12 #1213 30/03/2002 George Michael Freeek! 7 {7}-17-28-42-47-57-65-54-61-74->10 #1214 30/03/2002 Darren Hayes Insatiable 8 {8}-12-12-13-12-12-16-20-25-37-39-44-50-65->14 #1215 30/03/2002 Pet Shop Boys Home And Dry 14 {14}-31-54-65-68-72->6 #1216 30/03/2002 Alicia Keys A Woman's Worth 18 {18}-24-35-52-58-68-68-74->8 #1217 30/03/2002 Starsailor Poor Misguided Fool 23 {23}-46-74->3 #1218 30/03/2002 Cassius Henry Broke 31 {31}-52->2 #1219 30/03/2002 Way Out West Featuring Tricia Lee Mindcircus 39 {39}-75->2

“White Lines” is so ahead of its time - the best thing out so far. “Flawless” is a great dance track that’s been widely used and sampled over the years. “How Do I Live” is still a 6/10 for me but the worst thing in this very good final - it’s very Heart FM, but I do like “Can’t Fight The Moonlight” a lot.

I quite like the mashup element of the Atomic Kitten record so have gone for that

If failure makes a man Westlife are definitely men now with their number of 1st round exits- including 2 for this song alone. It reached #2 in December 2000, losing out to Bob The Builder, and was their first #1 miss. 10th: Westlife - What Makes A Man 21/33 votes (64%)

It’s The Manics Against The Buzzjacks as the former are elminated. This was the 1st new #1 of the millennium in January 2000, but with a rather unflattering 1-4-20-39 run. 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%)

DJ Ötzi referred to “Hey Baby from the 70s” even though it was from the 60s. I thought of that as I voted for “Hey Baby” for the 7th time…

The sun finally sets on the juniors, known as S Club 8 by this point. “Sundown” reached #4 in October 2003; after this they only had 1 more hit which was the only non Top 10 of the whole S Club venture. 4th: S Club 8 - Sundown 14/30 votes (47%) 5th: 3LW - No More (Baby Ima Do Right) 11/34 votes (32%) 6th: The Pirates featuring Enya, Shola Ama & Naila Boss - You Should Really Know 9/29 votes (31%) 7th: Stephen Gately - New Beginning 10/27 votes (37%) 8th: U2 & Green Day - The Saints Are Coming 8/30 votes (27%) 9th: Chipmunk featuring Emeli Sandé - Diamond Rings 7/30 votes (23%) 10th: Son Of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville 15/31 votes (48%)

I do like “A New England” but it’s quite understated and I was surprised it made it through. “Strange And Beautiful” is gorgeous - such a gentle and atmospheric track. “Let Your Love Flow” is my favourite though - I know it’s not groundbreaking musically but it’s just so joyous and puts a smile on my face every time.

A tie! Who will break it? @Mack maybe.

“Emotion” is a 3/10 and “Stayin’ Alive” a 2/10 so went for the former.

I’ve been pretty much moving towards a physical free existence lately, apart from things like food and clothes. Yes I love a shiny product, but I love it for 5 seconds and then put it down and it starts gathering dust. There’s no real need for that for me. It’s also a really important ADHD management - the best way to not be constantly losing and breaking things is to not have physical things, though I still manage to damage stuff like work computer equipment quite often. So I stream. If Spotify said you can instead pay double for your subscription and the difference will entirely go to artists you’ve listened to I’d do that in a heartbeat. But I’m lucky that I could afford that, and I don’t judge anyone who listens for free at all. It is important to be reminded of these issues though so this is a good thread.

@jimwatts @dandy* @Scene @ChrisJK @Riser

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The next couple of batch winners I didn’t even know / remember before I did this. The 9 minutes album version of “Silent To The Dark” is the one on Spotify, although the single version was shorter. The full version is well worth it - an enchanting piece of psychadelic rock. 9 The Electric Soft Parade Silent To The Dark II The biggest hit for this English psychedelic group whose previous release only made #52: this is a stunning immersive track 8 Gomez Shot Shot 1st hit in a few years for this Merseyside experimental rock group and a fabulous gritty track with great use of instruments 8 Platinum 45 Featuring More Fire Crew Oi! The only Top 40 for any of these artists and a classic of the grime genre: it's a great, relentless, striking and punchy track 7 Creed My Sacrifice A 2nd Top 20 for the Christian rock band: I think this is a very good song and vocally less divisive than their other Top 40 7 Hundred Reasons If I Could The lead single from their 1st full length album: it's great thanks to the soaring chorus and emotional vocal performance 6 Mauro Picotto Pulsar 2002 His last Top 40 and this is a remix of a 1999 song: it's a good trance track and I like the part where it spells out his name 6 Busta Rhymes Break Ya Neck Interpolating "Give It Away" and featuring singer Truth Hurts, the lyrics make me wince but I really like the frantic track 5 Minimalistix Close Cover Biggest hit for this Belgian trance act that's a remake of a 1987 track by Wim Mertens of the same name: a pleasant track 4 Cornershop Lessons Learnt From Rocky I To Rocky III Their last Top 40 and "Brimful Of Asha" was their only Top 20: this is in a similar style to that but all in all lacks its charm 4 Smoke 2 Seven Been There Done That Only hit for this UK girl group: an *Nsync style punchy pop RnB number that's fine enough but won't help them stand out 3 Steve Balsamo Sugar For The Soul Only hit for this Welsh singer songwriter who performed in the West End: it's very inoffensive but largely unremarkable 3 City High Featuring Eve Caramel Their 2nd and final hit: "What Would You Do" is interesting and unusual whereas this is a bland typical '00s RnB number 2 Brancaccio And Aisher It's Gonna Be (A Lovely Day) A cover of a cover: The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. reworked the Bill Withers song and this samples that; it doesn't give me much 2 Alcazar Sexual Guarantee "Crying At The Discotheque" is a fab camp '80s throwback: this on the other hand is lyrically naff and not at all engaging 1 Rik Waller I Will Always Love You A "Pop Idol" finalist notable for his voice and size: I struggle enough with the Whitney version and this is an inferior copy 2002 Week 12: #1199 23/03/2002 Ali G And Shaggy Me Julie 2 {2}-3-2-4-8-10-16-20-30-41-57-59-53-68->14 #1200 23/03/2002 Jennifer Lopez Ain't It Funny {2002} 4 {4}-11-13-14-17-16-18-23-29-39-55-62-75->13 #1201 23/03/2002 Celine Dion A New Day Has Come 7 {7}-13-15-20-24-29-27-39-46-64->10 23/03/2002 Iron Maiden Run To The Hills {2002} 9 {9}-20-40-65->4 #1202 23/03/2002 Natalie Imbruglia Wrong Impression 10 {10}-19-27-43-55-62-62->7 #1203 23/03/2002 Tillmann Uhrmacher On The Run 16 {16}-29-42->3 #1204 23/03/2002 Lostprophets The Fake Sound Of Progress 21 {21}-40-59->3 #1205 23/03/2002 System Of A Down Toxicity 25 {25}-43-67->3 #1206 23/03/2002 Warren Stacey My Girl My Girl 26 {26}-44-69->3 #1207 23/03/2002 Felon Get Out 31 {31}-56->2 #1208 23/03/2002 Bjork Cocoon 35 {35}-65->2 #1209 23/03/2002 Peran Good Time 37 {37}-59->2

Both rubbish, but Smash Mouth I guess

Bad Wolves - and I said to Wardy he should have entered it into The Best Song Contest In The World… Ever as a great cover of a 20th Century Top 40 hit!

Totals should be OK now

It reached 500k in September and then disappeared without a trace, but yes you’d think it must be close. Already seems very forgotten for a #1 hit it must be said. It reached #61 before and I only show new peaks, but yes it climbed 70-62. Tears For Fears are struggling the most of those: 92-96 this week.

Oops - I’ll look tomorrow

“Popular” moved 73-78 with about 5k

Week 11: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 161,000 530,000 2 2 Sam Fender People Watching 130,000 3 4 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 90,000 190,000 4 3 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 88,000 5 5 SZA SOS 86,000 570,000 6 6 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 82,000 380,000 7 7 The Weeknd The Highlights 78,000 1,310,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 76,000 1,730,000 9 9 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 68,000 410,000 10 11 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 67,000 1,530,000 11 12 Charli XCX Brat 66,000 350,000 12 11 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 63,000 13 13 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 63,000 200,000 14 14 Kendrick Lamar GNX 60,000 120,000 15 15 Noah Kahan Stick Season 59,000 530,000 16 - Lady Gaga Mayhem 56,000 17 17 Arctic Monkeys AM 54,000 2,150,000 18 18 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 53,000 840,000 19 25 Tate McRae So Close To What 53,000 20 20 Michael Jackson The Essential 53,000 1,890,000 21 19 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 52,000 3,370,000 22 21 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 52,000 5,950,000 23 16 Robbie Williams Better Man (OST) 52,000 24 23 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 49,000 2,080,000 25 24 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 47,000 2,590,000 26 22 Taylor Swift Lover (Live From Paris) 47,000 50,000 27 26 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 45,000 540,000 28 27 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 45,000 29 29 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 44,000 30 28 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 43,000 31 30 Linkin Park Papercuts 43,000 210,000 32 31 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 40,000 5,350,000 33 33 Queen Greatest Hits 37,000 3,080,000 34 36 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 37,000 190,000 35 34 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 37,000 160,000 36 32 Fontaines D.C. Romance 37,000 150,000 37 35 Calvin Harris 96 Months 36,000 110,000 38 37 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 35,000 370,000 39 38 Taylor Swift Folklore 34,000 880,000 40 39 CoCoMelon Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon 34,000 260,000 “Mayhem” knocking out “Alligator Bites Never Heal” from the Top 100

Fixed both those things ^