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Non participants can vote in this FYI.

Oh and ditto the remix round, unless you wanted “Hung Up” lol.

Fortunately not as ABBA wouldn’t have been able to participate as they’ve never done a cover! The discussion about that amused me a lot last time though I couldn’t say anything publicly.

Other question is whether Calvin could use an Ellie Goulding collaboration that appeared in Series 1. I’m guessing that would have to be OK as there isn’t a library of Pop Factor songs so it would get too difficult to track over the years.

Yeah Vengas are the weakest here now sorry!

“Waiting All Night” and “Love Me Again” are both in the quite like zone for me, so not complaining that they’ve missed the top 10. I think they’re both good up to a point and then don’t do anything to really make them interesting. “Love Me Again” the vocals are all a bit on one level without light and shade, and the other the chorus gets a little repetitive.

Deepest Blue would be my 2nd choice but going for Emma - not a very exciting 2nd single.

Inspired by @Jade ’s decade by decade top 10 and the 1980s sessions having paused I am returning to this for a bit! And it’s a good group to come back to with Bowie getting a rare 10 that may or may not be his only one. And we have Johnny Nash with a soul beauty too. 10 David Bowie Starman Only his 2nd hit and a perfect follow up to "Space Oddity": a beautiful hopeful song featuring the Ziggy Stardust persona 9 Johnny Nash I Can See Clearly Now A brilliant and hopeful soul song that has been covered many times: a US #1 but his UK chart topper is still to come 8 Dr Hook And The Medicine Show Sylvia's Mother 1st hit for this US soft rock band: I won't enjoy many of their later hits but this is a very compelling piece of country rock 8 Hawkwind Silver Machine 1st and biggest hit for this UK rock group with a futuristic song about space travel: an excellent and dramatic track 7 Bruce Ruffin Mad About You His 2nd and last hit with a strong and well performed reggae crossover song, with nice instrumentals and backing vocals 7 The Who Join Together There's quite an anthemic quality to this and I enjoy the stompy rhythm: certainly a highlight of their later discography 6 Love Unlimited Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love The trio was formed as a Barry White backing group: this has nice production and the spoken parts are very sensual 6 Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs Seaside Shuffle Only Top 40 for this UK novelty band written by Jona Lewie: a very nice song that reminds me of "In The Summertime" 5 Gladys Knight And The Pips Just Walk In My Shoes Only their 2nd Top 40 coming 5 years after the 1st: this isn't the most gripping of songs but does have a classy feel 5 The Supremes Automatically Sunshine Their last Top 10 hit with a melody that reminds me of "In The Year 2025": not a bad song with their usual sound 4 The Stylistics Betcha By Golly, Wow Originally recorded by Connie Stevens, this version isn't exciting though it has something of a souful charm to it 3 The Partridge Family Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Their biggest hit and it's a Neil Sedaka #7 hit now being turned into a #3, but it's not a particularly interesting cover 2 Gilbert O'Sullivan Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day It's about the joy and absurdity of everyday life, but unfortunately I find the lyrics and melody become irritating quickly 2 Donny Osmond Puppy Love 315th #1: debut hit aged 14 for this US singer and a Paul Anka cover which isn't very enjoyable and doesn't bring much 1 Donald Peers And The Les Reed Orchestra Give Me One More Chance He won't have another chance as this is his last hit, and it's very moribund and has an unappealing brashness to it 1972 Group 9: #3995 15/07/1972 Alice Cooper School's Out 1 44-17-6-2-{1}-1-1-3-11-16-28-44->12 #3996 15/07/1972 Chairmen Of The Board Working On A Building Of Love 20 48-37-28-23-24-{20}-25-27->8 #3997 15/07/1972 Faron Young It's Four In The Morning 3 49-39-29-24-16-10-12-6-5-{3}-6-7-9-13-23-24-28-37-34-40-42-47-45->23 #3998 22/07/1972 Hot Butter Popcorn 5 41-19-11-6-{5}-6-8-14-17-25-26-31-36-39-44-48-50R(7)-50-50->19 #3999 22/07/1972 Bee Gees Run To Me 9 50-36-26-19-{9}-11-13-13-27-29->10 #4000 29/07/1972 Labi Siffre Watch Me 29 43-33-32-{29}-32-42->6 #4001 29/07/1972 Electric Light Orchestra 10538 Overture 9 45-20-17-14-{9}-15-17-36->8 #4002 29/07/1972 Jackie Wilson I Get The Sweetest Feeling 9 46-36-31-24-17-14-10-{9}-13-13-24-32-42->13 #4003 29/07/1972 Middle Of The Road Samson And Delilah 26 48-38-{26}-30-38-49->6 #4004 05/08/1972 Procol Harum Conquistador 22 42-35-27-24-{22}-28-40->7 #4005 05/08/1972 Mardi Gras Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 19 46-33-26-22-21-24-{19}-36-42->9 #4006 05/08/1972 Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway Where Is The Love? 29 47-36-33-31-{29}-34-42->7 #4007 05/08/1972 The Four Tops Walk With Me, Talk With Me, Darling 32 48-39-{32}-36-48-49->6 #4008 12/08/1972 Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes 3 22-11-4-5-{3}-7-14-22-33-44-47->11 #4009 12/08/1972 Rod Stewart You Wear It Well 1 23-7-2-{1}-2-2-4-11-23-28-38-42->12

My first choice wasn’t used so next time maybe 🤔

Oh I’d considered Kate! ❤️

OMG Ultravox as well! There won’t be any synths left after this.

Isn’t that last act what you used to get if you wrote “kitchen” here?

Oof a proper synth-off with Depeche Mode and New Order!

We have been ultra keen and already voted as we had already done enough listens, plus another in order today.

Yes the tag was for people who may not have seen the thread yet, but as Rollo pointed out you’d already confirmed so I removed it.