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Kanye officially Herbs’ favourite male artist.

Missed voting but seems I was pretty in tune with the consensus here. Week 9: White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter Drag Path Week 10: Orange County Nightingale Lane

Suspect “Rein Me In” will be ahead of “Man I Need” on SCR anyway, so Bella will be #1 on both measures if she makes it at all.

I like “Young At Heart” a lot, but otherwise not too fussed about those that have been revealed.

I’m a huge sucker for an 80s throwback so I love “Mercy”. There are a couple of other good throwback style tracks to come but think “Mercy” would have been in my Top 3 here d’oh!

I’ll be looking forward to this more

There can’t be many more genre defining tracks than “The Message”, which has to top the group. Carly’s track is just a top notch tune and I love the explosion at the climax of “Private Investigations”. 9 Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five The Message 1st hit for this Barbadian DJ and his group, and a hugely pioneering hip hop track with a mesmerising electronic beat 9 Carly Simon Why A Nile Rodgers film track giving her a 1st hit in 5 years: it's a beautifully produced and performed song with a reggae tinge 8 Dire Straits Private Investigations A powerful progressive rock track with intense and poetic spoken lyrics and a building instrumental with a piano climax 8 ABC All Of My Heart The 3rd Trevor Horn produced single from "The Lexicon Of Love" and another very slick and compelling power pop hit 7 Depeche Mode Leave In Silence A 5th straight Top 20 hit for them: this doesn't have as catchy a riff as previous ones but I like the moody atmosphere 7 Thomas Dolby Windpower He's already released a few singles but this is his 1st Top 40: it's an experimental and futuristic feeling new wave track 7 Simple Minds Glittering Prize Their 2nd Top 20: a track about having a big life goal that glitters and shimmers just out of reach; this has a hopeful feel 6 Evelyn King Love Come Down Her biggest hit: not entirely my thing but a well written post disco track that has a nice smooth and romantic feel to it 6 Queen Backchat The last single from "Hot Space" and only a Top 40 scrape but it has an enjoyable pulsating funk influenced energy to it 5 David Christie Saddle Up Only hit for this French singer: I don't love the vocals but it's a catchy funk style track that's relentless and cleverly written 5 Wonder Dog Ruff Mix Simon Cowell was behind the release of this quite fun track by a German producer putting dog sounds over a disco beat 4 Shakatak Invitations This is quite pleasant to listen to with gentle vocals and a piano melody, but feels rather like background parlour music 4 Shalamar There It Is A 3rd straight big hit for them in a very similar style to the others: I don't think this is as memorable as the previous ones 3 UB40 So Here I Am Nothing bad about this but it coasts along without grabbing the listener and I can see why it underwhelmed commercially 2 Showaddywaddy Who Put The Bomp (In The Bompa-A-Bomp-A-Bomp) Their final hit with a cover of an early '60s doo-wop song in their usual cheery style but with nothing much interesting to it 1982 Group 16: #858 18/09/1982 The Jam The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) 2 5-{2}-2-10-16-40-65->7 #859 18/09/1982 Adam Ant Friend Or Foe 9 22-10-{9}-9-11-21-28-60->8 #860 21/08/1982 Chicago Hard To Say I'm Sorry 4 73-48-45-46-33-22-11-{4}-5-6-9-12-30-38-55->15 #861 04/09/1982 Jennifer Holliday And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going 32 55-41-34-{32}-36-51->6 #862 11/09/1982 Mari Wilson Just What I Always Wanted 8 61-36-19-14-{8}-8-14-23-40-73->10 #863 18/09/1982 Fat Larry's Band Zoom 2 40-17-3-{2}-3-4-8-16-39-46-74->11 #864 25/09/1982 Musical Youth Pass The Dutchie 1 26-{1}-1-1-2-5-14-34-43-65-73-75-65R(4)->13 #865 25/09/1982 Roxy Music Take A Chance With Me 26 34-27-{26}-33-29-55->6 #866 11/09/1982 Sylvester With Patrick Cowley Do Ya Wanna Funk 32 70-43-35-{32}-35-48-58-68->8 #867 18/09/1982 Dollar Give Me Some Kinda Magic 34 59-36-{34}-38-45-63->6 #868 18/09/1982 Culture Club Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? 1 66-38-15-3-2-{1}-1-1-4-7-18-30-47-58-68-68-55-61->18 18/09/1982 The Animals The House Of The Rising Sun {1982} 11 70-40-28-19-13-{11}-14-23-31-69->10 #869 02/10/1982 Dexys Midnight Runners Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) 5 26-{5}-6-10-17-26-56->7 #870 25/09/1982 Ultravox Reap The Wild Wind 12 50-29-21-20-{12}-13-21-28-66->9 #871 18/09/1982 The Pinkees Danger Games 8 62-44-30-30-27-{8}-12-29-42->9 #872 25/09/1982 Imagination In The Heat Of The Night 22 52-31-25-28-24-{22}-31-36->8 #873 25/09/1982 The Clash Should I Stay Or Should I Go/Straight To Hell 17 62-33-24-24-{17}-18-25-37-72->9

Not a fan of “I Kissed A Girl”: musically it’s very of its time let alone lyrically. “Viva La Vida” would probably be my #1 too I’m afraid, as basic and overplayed a choice it is.

That rhythm was being used so much in 2003 and this track wasn’t the best use of it but it’s pretty good.

I didn’t manage to vote in this as I couldn’t quite find the time / impetus for 45 Sophie songs. How was “Move This Mountain” so low though? That’s one of her best tracks (better than its A side twin). “Young Blood” is really good too.

Went for Craig though wouldn’t lament Britney or Irv Gotti going

Went for Stereophonics though it’s quite a nice track - one of their better later hits

I’ve voted - I’m expecting a left side majority win but my votes had a right side majority!

I’ve never enjoyed “Born To Try” - it’s a really ponderous chorus with no flow for me. I much prefer both “Lost Without You” and “Innocent Eyes” though, and I’ve enjoyed listening to some of her other work more than I expected.

Haha votes for this round surprisingly appearing from Dobbo, ManicKangaroo and Suedehead2.

Week 10: 1 1 Olivia Dean The Art Of Loving 175,000 450,000 2 2 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 85,000 1,910,000 3 4 The Weeknd Highlights 72,000 1,660,000 4 3 Sabrina Carpenter Man's Best Friend 71,000 380,000 5 6 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 63,000 580,000 6 5 Taylor Swift The Life Of A Showgirl 62,000 700,000 7 7 Michael Jackson The Essential 59,000 2,160,000 8 8 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 57,000 360,000 9 9 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 54,000 950,000 10 11 Noah Kahan Stick Season 53,000 770,000 11 10 Tate McRae So Close To What 53,000 310,000 12 13 Linkin Park Papercuts 51,000 440,000 13 12 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 50,000 3,600,000 14 14 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 50,000 2,460,000 15 16 ABBA Gold 48,000 6,190,000 16 15 Robbie Williams Britpop 45,000 17 18 Elton John Diamonds 44,000 1,970,000 18 17 EsDeeKid Rebel 44,000 120,000 19 19 Arctic Monkeys AM 44,000 2,370,000 20 20 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 43,000 5,660,000 21 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 40,000 3,570,000 22 22 Mumford & Sons Prizefighter 40,000 23 23 Sombr I Barely Know Her 39,000 130,000 24 24 50 Cent Best Of 50 Cent 37,000 800,000 25 28 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 36,000 1,290,000 26 25 Zach Bryan With Heaven On Top 35,000 27 27 Lily Allen West End Girl 35,000 120,000 28 26 Louis Tomlinson How Did I Get Here? 34,000 29 29 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 34,000 630,000 30 30 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 34,000 730,000 31 33 Sam Fender People Watching 33,000 310,000 32 31 Bad Bunny Debí Tirar Más Fotos 33,000 100,000 33 32 Maroon 5 Singles 33,000 1,020,000 34 37 Charli XCX Wuthering Heights (OST) 33,000 35 34 Pitbull Greatest Hits 32,000 660,000 36 35 Queen Greatest Hits 32,000 3,240,000 37 36 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans 31,000 2,460,000 38 38 Oasis Definitely Maybe 31,000 3,050,000 39 39 Charli XCX Brat 30,000 560,000 40 - Gorillaz The Mountain 30,000 57 59 Don Toliver Octane 26,000 85 87 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 21,000 1,240,000 87 91 J Cole The Fall-Off 21,000 91 99 Raye My 21st Century Blues 21,000 260,000 99 - Nirvana Nirvana 19,000 1,580,000 100 - Tame Impala Currents 19,000 480,000 - 97 A$AP Rocky & Tim Burton Don't Be Dumb 19,000 - 93 Madison Beer Locket 19,000 - 94 Megadeth Megadeth 18,000

I’ve even played them both one after the other and I can’t say I’m hearing a massive difference. 😅 I mean the instrumental on the edit does sound sharper and cleaner.

Sorry I didn’t get round to either of these polls but thanks for running Dan. Yay for “Dracula” winning even if it will have to return the crown in short order. Great to see “Berghain” and “Fame Is A Gun” up there too.

Stonebridge! Class dance track.

Blondie to smash the final apart with “Atomic”

12/3: 1 1 Man I need (1) 2 2 Rein me in (2) 3 10 Iloveitiloveitiloveit (3) 4 - Fever dream (4) 5 9 Stateside (5) 6 4 Where is my husband! (3) 7 5 So easy (5) 8 3 Raindance (2) 9 6 Ordinary (1) 10 13 I just might (7) 11 11 Homewrecker (11) 12 12 Lush life (3) 13 7 Golden (1) 14 8 The fate of Ophelia (1) 15 15 Nice to each other (5) 16 14 End of beginning (2) 17 18 12 to 12 (8) 18 25 Aperture (1) 19 16 Opalite (2) 20 17 Die on this hill (12) 21 20 Just the way you are (8) 22 22 Back to friends (7) 23 28 Babydoll (23) 24 - Risk it all (24) 25 23 No broke boys (3) 26 19 DtMF (5) 27 30 The hardest part (23) 28 27 A couple minutes (20) 29 35 OK love you bye (29) 30 26 Manchild (1) 31 37 Dive (28) 32 32 Mr Brightside (10) 33 - Nightingale lane (33) 34 42 Undressed (4) 35 29 Pink pony club (2) 36 21 Chains of love (21) 37 33 I run (14) 38 31 Beautiful things (1) 39 34 Love me not (2) 40 47 Dracula (40) 41 39 Baby steps (34) 42 24 The great divide (13) 43 36 Midnight sun (33) 44 43 Dreams (22) 45 38 Iris (3) 46 - Let alone the one you love (24) 47 - White keys (47) 48 46 Lose control (2) 49 48 Everywhere (4) 50 44 Think about us (26)

Week 10: 1 1 Olivia Dean Man I Need 560,000 1,660,000 2 2 Dave featuring Tems Raindance 413,000 650,000 3 3 Raye Where Is My Husband! 404,000 1,010,000 4 5 Taylor Swift The Fate Of Ophelia 369,000 1,120,000 5 4 Djo End Of Beginning 369,000 1,550,000 6 7 Sam Fender and Olivia Dean Rein Me In 364,000 1,050,000 7 6 Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Golden 356,000 1,690,000 8 8 Alex Warren Ordinary 338,000 2,520,000 9 9 Olivia Dean So Easy (To Fall In Love) 331,000 710,000 10 10 Zara Larsson Lush Life 291,000 3,330,000 11 11 Olivia Dean Nice To Each Other 260,000 1,030,000 12 13 Bruno Mars I Just Might 250,000 13 12 Sienna Spiro Die On This Hill 246,000 420,000 14 14 Taylor Swift Opalite 233,000 640,000 15 15 Sombr 12 To 12 231,000 760,000 16 16 PinkPantheress Stateside 227,000 360,000 17 17 Disco Lines and Tinashe No Broke Boys 202,000 920,000 18 18 Sombr Back To Friends 198,000 1,110,000 19 20 Harry Styles Aperture 196,000 20 19 Haven featuring Kaitlin Aragon I Run 192,000 290,000 21 21 Sabrina Carpenter Manchild 169,000 980,000 22 22 Olivia Dean A Couple Minutes 161,000 340,000 23 23 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 159,000 1,970,000 24 24 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 158,000 1,300,000 25 26 Olivia Dean The Hardest Part 155,000 880,000 26 25 The Killers Mr Brightside 154,000 6,950,000 27 29 Olivia Dean Dive 149,000 820,000 28 28 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 147,000 4,710,000 29 27 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Soda Pop 147,000 860,000 30 30 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 146,000 3,070,000 31 31 Sombr Undressed 145,000 1,020,000 32 32 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 142,000 4,080,000 33 35 Olivia Dean Baby Steps 139,000 320,000 34 34 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D. and Poppy Baskcomb Think About Us 138,000 230,000 35 37 Olivia Dean Let Alone The One You Love 137,000 320,000 36 33 The Police Every Breath You Take 136,000 2,930,000 37 40 Olivia Dean OK Love You Bye 135,000 640,000 38 36 Prince & The Revolution Purple Rain 135,000 1,920,000 39 39 Teddy Swims Lose Control 131,000 2,940,000 40 38 Lola Young Messy 131,000 1,740,000 41 47 Bad Bunny DtMF 128,000 310,000 44 46 Fleetwood Mac Everywhere 124,000 4,290,000 46 48 Fleetwood Mac The Chain 122,000 3,450,000 48 51 Zara Larsson Midnight Sun 121,000 220,000 50 - Bella Kay Iloveitiloveitiloveit 118,000 55 98 Sombr Homewrecker 115,000 57 59 Noah Kahan Stick Season 113,000 3,370,000 65 71 Noah Kahan The Great Divide 109,000 76 100 Milky Just The Way You Are 102,000 210,000 78 79 Alex Warren Carry You Home 100,000 1,140,000 79 86 Tame Impala Dracula 99,000 230,000 82 - Dominic Fike Babydoll 98,000 91 92 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under 93,000 2,750,000 - 95 MK featuring Chrystal Dior 89,000 750,000 - 96 Lil Uzi Vert What You Saying 89,000

Florence - Twigs is tough for me too: both euphoric tracks. I’ve noticed there are no boy vs girl battles - perhaps by design haha. Edit: sorry there is Delta - Fred

Nelly - Blondie and Erasure - Bowie are indeed gut wrenchingly horrible. On the other hand some artists did rather well out of the draw: the luck of the Irish.

But if it’s not even getting the chart POSITIONS right it isn’t much use.