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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 ^

Week 11: 1 1 Lola Young Messy 522,000 700,000 2 2 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 490,000 850,000 3 3 Gracie Abrams That's So True 453,000 890,000 4 4 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 413,000 1,050,000 5 5 Chrystal The Days 324,000 490,000 6 6 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 304,000 1,520,000 7 7 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 302,000 900,000 8 8 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 301,000 1,500,000 9 13 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 271,000 720,000 10 9 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 269,000 2,060,000 11 10 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 266,000 2,020,000 12 11 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 261,000 1,050,000 13 12 Teddy Swims Lose Control 261,000 2,090,000 14 14 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 248,000 870,000 15 15 Teddy Swims The Door 229,000 900,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 225,000 470,000 17 17 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 214,000 1,550,000 18 18 Hozier Too Sweet 211,000 1,680,000 19 19 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 211,000 320,000 20 20 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 209,000 1,350,000 21 21 Myles Smith Stargazing 206,000 1,220,000 22 22 Noah Kahan Stick Season 203,000 2,720,000 23 23 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 194,000 680,000 24 26 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 193,000 580,000 25 25 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 193,000 290,000 26 24 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 189,000 410,000 27 27 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 186,000 660,000 28 29 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 182,000 840,000 29 33 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 178,000 30 28 Jimin Who 176,000 450,000 31 31 Doechii Denial Is A River 173,000 32 30 Billie Eilish Wildflower 172,000 690,000 33 37 Tate McRae Sports Car 169,000 34 32 Sam Fender People Watching 169,000 35 35 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 165,000 2,080,000 36 34 Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Defying Gravity 155,000 280,000 37 36 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose Kisses 155,000 810,000 38 38 The Killers Mr Brightside 155,000 6,220,000 39 39 Pawsa and The Adventures Of Stevie V Dirty Cash (Money Talks) 153,000 40 40 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 152,000 1,060,000 43 57 Alex Warren Ordinary 140,000 60 61 Alex Warren Burning Down 111,000 66 67 Tate McRae It's OK I'm OK 107,000 290,000 74 79 Sam Fender Arm's Length 102,000 82 84 Disturbed The Sound Of Silence 97,000 1,710,000 83 - Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 96,000 “Busy Woman” replacing “What Is This Feeling?” which has managed to drop all the way out from last week’s #88.

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

Tricky now as there are 2 I love and everything else is on a similar level. I went for Ms Dynamite: the lyrics are a little tedious and I much prefer the follow up single.

BBMak won’t be back here: the Liverpool group was formed in 1996 and is still active after reforming in 2018. “Back Here” initially only reached #37 but the re-release took it to #5 in February 2001, and the follow up “Still On Your Side” also reached the Top 10. 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%)

“What Makes A Man” is one of the more tolerable Westlife songs for me - still would probably be my 2nd choice to go but that Cascada cover really is cheap.

3LW are no more - the American RnB pop group’s name stood for “3 Little Women”. They reached #4 with this in June 2001, but the follow up missed the Top 20. 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%)

Went for Barry Can’t Swim with Shouse 2nd and Mura Masa 3rd Eats Everything for the tiebreak

“My Camera Never Lies” for me

Ditto. Lauren Mayberry was my #2 and The Ks my #3 for this week.

The closest final we’ve had in ages! 15-15, 16-16, 17-17 and now 18-18. Who’s going to break it this time?