Severin

Next up the party behind the other Cure track is revealed - Jimwatts - who thankfully allowed me to cross Dinosaur Jr off my shortlist! Suedehead entered Brett Anderson and companies take on Echo & The Bunnymen's incredible Killing Moon. 12 points each go to Clubdrugs and The Breath of Life. Jimwatts (Dinosaur Jr) 12 Clubdrugs 10 Nina Simone 08 Emma Conquest 07 The Breath of Life 06 Sylver 05 Chicks on Speed 04 Kelsey Lu 03 Gigi D’Agostino 02 Groove Armada 01 Tori Amos Suedehead (Paraorchestra) 12 The Breath of Life 10 Kelsey Lu 08 Emma Conquest 07 Pentatonix 06 Sylver 05 Rachid Taha 04 Me Ed Jumps the Gun 03 Nina Simone 02 Clubdrugs 01 Gigi D’Agostino Sylver remain at the top with a solid half century already but Kelsey Lu is keeping close by and now The Breath of Life jumps up to third place. At the bottom, another 4 points doesn't quite get Mr Ed out of last place but closes the gap noticeably. Scoreboard 50 Sylver 45 Kelsey Lu 40 The Breath Of Life 39 Emma Conquest (Severin) 36 Nina Simone 36 Rachid Taha 35 Clubdrugs 30 Pentatonix (Herbs) 27 Groove Armada 26 Halocene 25 Adam Lambert (Scene) 25 Tori Amos 25 Gigi D’Agostino 25 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 24 Chicks on Speed (Chez Wombat) 18 West End Girls 18 William Shatner 14 Dinosaur Jr (Jimwatts) 13 Dolly Dots (WoW73) 12 Fratellis (Mango) 09 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood (Suedehead) 08 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun (Cody Buckley)

OK, next we have the entries from Herbs and Mango. Herbs entered Pentatonix' cover of Radiohead's classic and Mango entered The Fratellis take on Baccara's disco smash. Herbs gets The Fratellis off the mark with a 12 pointer and Mango gives his to Emma Conquest (cheers!) Herbs (Pentatonix) 12 Fratellis 10 Halocene 08 Adam Lambert 07 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 06 William Shatner 05 Groove Armada 04 Nina Simone 03 Kelsey Lu 02 Emma Conquest 01 West End Girls Mango (Fratellis) 12 Emma Conquest 10 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 08 Halocene 07 Adam Lambert 06 Groove Armada 05 Rachid Taha 04 West End Girls 03 Sylver 02 Gigi D’Agostino 01 William Shatner Sylver remain at the top but received only 3 points this time around so it all stays tight at the sharp end. At the bottom The Fratellis take a leap of a few places leaving Mr Ed Jumps the Gun to drop to last. However, there is still plenty left to reveal yet. Scoreboard 38 Sylver 31 Kelsey Lu 31 Rachid Taha 26 Halocene 25 Adam Lambert (Scene) 25 Groove Armada 25 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 24 Tori Amos 23 Pentatonix (Herbs) 23 Emma Conquest (Severin) 23 Nina Simone (Julian_) 21 The Breath Of Life 21 Clubdrugs 21 Gigi D’Agostino 19 Chicks on Speed (Chez Wombat) 18 West End Girls 18 William Shatner 14 Dinosaur Jr 13 Dolly Dots (WoW73) 12 Fratellis (Mango) 09 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood 04 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun (Cody Buckley)

Cheers, glad you liked and thanks for the points

I'm very glad you enjoyed it and appreciate the points

Next up are the entries from Julian_ and Cody Buckley Julian_ (Nina Simone) 12 Kelsey Lu 10 Groove Armada 08 Tori Amos 07 Pentatonix 06 Clubdrugs 05 The Breath of Life 04 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun 03 Paraorchestra 02 Emma Conquest 01 Gigi D’Agostino Cody Buckley (Mr Ed Jumps the Gun) 12 Sylver 10 Gigi D’Agostino 08 Dolly Dots 07 Chicks on Speed 06 Pentatonix 05 West End Girls 04 Halocene 03 Adam Lambert 02 Groove Armada 01 Rachid Taha Julian_ gives Kelsey a full 12 points whilst Sylver get the equivalent from Cody, lifting them both into the top two positions and deposing Taha. Tori AMos continues to hold on whilst The Breath of Life, Clubdrugs and Pentatonix all have over 20 points themselves. At this point only The Fratellis are yet to score. Scoreboard 35 Sylver 28 Kelsey Lu 26 Rachid Taha 24 Tori Amos 23 Pentatonix 21 The Breath Of Life 21 Clubdrugs 19 Nina Simone (Julian_) 19 Chicks on Speed (Chez Wombat) 19 Gigi D’Agostino 14 Dinosaur Jr 14 Groove Armada 13 Dolly Dots (WoW73) 13 West End Girls 11 William Shatner 10 Adam Lambert (Scene) 09 Emma Conquest (Severin) 09 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood 08 Halocene 08 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 04 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun (Cody Buckley) 00 Fratellis

WoW73 (Dolly Dots) 12 Nina Simone 10 Tori Amos 08 Sylver 07 Adam Lambert 06 West End Girls 05 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 04 Kelsey Lu 03 Gigi D’Agostino 02 Chicks on Speed 01 Groove Armada Scene (Adam Lambert) 12 Sylver 10 Pentatonix 08 Chicks on Speed 07 Emma Conquest 06 Rachid Taha 05 Dolly Dots 04 Halocene 03 Dinosaur Jr 02 West End Girls 01 Groove Armada Next we reveal the names behind Dolly Dots version of The Exciters '60s number Do Wah Diddy, made famous by Manfred Mann and Adam Lamberts crack at Bonnie Tylers Holding Out For a Hero. Top points go to Nina Simone and Sylver with there Bob Dylan and Abba covers both leaping in to contention. However, Rachid Taha holds on at the top by a mere 2 points. Everyone bar Mr Ed Jumps the Gun and The Fratellis have points now. Scoreboard 25 Rachid Taha 23 Sylver 19 Nina Simone 16 Tori Amos 16 The Breath Of Life 16 Kelsey Lu 15 Clubdrugs 14 Dinosaur Jr 12 Chicks on Speed (Chez Wombat) 11 William Shatner 10 Pentatonix 08 West End Girls 08 Gigi D’Agostino 08 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 07 Adam Lambert (Scene) 07 Emma Conquest (Severin) 06 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood 05 Dolly Dots (WoW73) 04 Halocene 02 Groove Armada 00 Fratellis 00 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun

Right here we go - Voting will be revealed 2 at a time and we start with myself and Chez Wombat. Respectively we entered Emma Conquest's gothed up Kylie song and Chicks on Speed's faithful reworking of Tom Tom Club's Wordy Rappinghood Severin (Emma Conquest) 12 Rachid Taha 10 Dinosaur Jr 08 The Breath of Life 07 William Shatner 06 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood 05 Clubdrugs 04 Tori Amos 03 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 02 Chicks on Speed 01 Nina Simone Chez Wombat (Chicks on Speed) 12 Kelsey Lu 10 Clubdrugs 08 The Breath Of Life 07 Rachid Taha 06 Nina Simone 05 Gigi D’Agostino 04 William Shatner 03 Sylver 02 Tori Amos 01 Dinosaur Jr Scoreboard Rachid Taha gained my top marks and Chez Wombat gave a further 7 allowing the Clash track to take an early lead. Kelsey Lu's 10cc cover scored 12 points from Chez. Dinosaur Jr and The Breath of Life's Cure covers both get a solid start too, along with Clubdrugs, Tori Amos, Nina Simone and William Shatner getting points from both of us 19 Rachid Taha 16 The Breath Of Life 15 Clubdrugs 12 Kelsey Lu 11 Dinosaur Jr 11 William Shatner 07 Nina Simone 06 Tori Amos 06 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood 05 Gigi D’Agostino 03 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 03 Sylver 02 Chicks on Speed (Chez Wombat) 00 Groove Armada 00 Adam Lambert 00 West End Girls 00 Fratellis 00 Pentatonix 00 Emma Conquest (Severin) 00 Halocene 00 Dolly Dots 00 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun

Welcome everyone to the results thread for Volume IX of the Best Song Contest In The World... Ever - Covers Thanks to everyone who entered a song and as a quick reminder these are your entrants. Groove Armada - Crazy For You (Madonna) Pentatonix - Creep (Radiohead) Tori Amos - Losing My Religion (R.E.M) Clubdrugs - Sour Times (Portishead) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Do You Remember the First Time? (Pulp) Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (The Cure) Adam Lambert - Holding Out for a Hero (Bonnie Tyler) Fratellis - Yes Sir I Can Boogie (Baccara) Rachid Taha - Rock El Casbah (The Clash) Dolly Dots - Do Wah Diddy (Manfred Man) Halocene - Barbie Girl (Aqua) The Breath Of Life - The Love Cats (The Cure) Kelsey Lu - I'm Not in Love (10cc) West End Girls Feat Magnus Carlsson - What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield) Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood - The Killing Moon (Echo & the Bunnymen) Chicks On Speed - Wordy Rappinghood (Tom Tom Club) Mr. Ed Jumps the Gun - Smoke (Deep Purple) Nina Simone - The Times they are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan) Sylver - Lay All Your Love On Me (Abba) Emma Conquest - Confide in Me (Kylie Minogue) Gigi - D'Agostino - The Riddle (Nik Kershaw) William Shatner - Common People (Pulp)

I like this idea. Thin pickings this week though Wet Leg - Catch These Fists Babymetal feat. Poppy - From Me To U Dogma - Banned

To be fair to Yuki, he only drove the car for the first time yesterday and had been pretty close to Max in every session until Q2 where he made a slight mistake in one corner costing him his best lap. This is despite him having set the car up with a lot more downforce and therefore having much less straight line speed (eyes on the Sunday conditions no doubt). We'll never know what Liam would have done in the Red Bull here (and he does at least know Suzuka) but Yuki at least got more out of it overall so far than Lawson did in his two races. Looking at Tsunoda's times that actually were representative and ignoring Verstappen's stunning pole lap I would have expected him to put it somewhere around 8/9th given an error free run, at the 14th position he will line up in is marked improvement for the 2nd Red Bull. He's been consistently half a second of Max's time all weekend whereas Lawson was almost always double that. Pretty much every driver found five tenths on their Q1 time for their final run. Had Tsunoda done the same and not made the error he'd have qualified around 6th. Whilst his grid position is a fascinating quirk of fate, I wouldn't take it as representative of his speed in the car tomorrow.

Artists Scrobbled 1,211 (+321) Rank/Previous Position/Artist/Plays/Change 01 (01) Lambrini Girls 168 (+9) 02 (04) Manic Street Preachers 144 (+47) 03 (02) Poppy 138 (+2) 04 (03) Dana Dentata 124 (-) 05 (04) Chappell Roan 98 (+4) 06 (05) Taylor Swift 92 (+1) 07 (08) Heartworms 80 (+11) 08 (07) Mimi Barks 71 (-) 09 (12) Delilah Bon 70 (+15) 10 (10) The Clash 70 (+2) 11 (09) The Horrors 70 (+1) 12 (11) Eminem 60 (+4) 13 (11) Curve 62 (+10) 14 (NE) HotWax (53) 15 (NE) Jar of Blind Flies (50) 16 (14) Beyoncé 47 (+2) 17 (30) Projector 49 (+20) 18 (17) Witch Fever 49m(+9) 19 (23) David Bowie 47 (+10) 20 (25) Nova Twins 47 (+13) 21 (15) Billie Eilish 46 (+2) 22 (16) Mudhoney 45 (+3) 23 (18) Killing Joke 43 (+5) 24 (NE) SNAYX 42 25 (27) Betty Boo 40 (+8) 26 (21) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 40 (+3) 27 (19) Peter Gabriel 38 (-) 28 (20) Charli XCX 37 (-) 29 (22) Lady Gaga 37 (-) 30 (28) Britney Spears 35 (+6) 31 (26) Bambie Thug 34 (+2) 32 (24) Cassyette 34 (-) 33 (NE) Doechii 29 34 (29) Du Blonde 29 (-) 35 (31) Sick Joy 29 (-) 36 (32) The Beatles 29 (-) 37 (33) Fleetwood Mac 28 (-) 38 (34) Kid Kapichi 28 (-) 39 (39) Knife Bride 28 (+7) 40 (NE) Oasis 28 OUT THIS MONTH Siiickbrain 27 (+4) The Rolling Stones 26 (-) Eville 24 (-) Elvis Presley 22 (+2) Harpy 20 (-) FORMER TOP 40 ACTS Halsey 26 (+8) Heriot 18 (-) Girls Aloud 18 (+1) Rihanna 17 (-) SONS 17 (-)

Gotta say that forgetting to close your DRS when entering a high speed corner is beyond stupid

I'll kick of the results at 8pm this Sunday. Hopefully more people will be around that evening.

Would people prefer Friday or Sunday night for the results? Will start at 8pm either night

Not to worry there. I'm just preparing the results but am out tomorrow night so it won't be then. More likely at the end of the week but I will announce when beforehand.

Ah brilliant. No, not tonight as I have to just double check everything first and then I'll wait until after the weekend as it's Mother's Day and all that. Plus I'm out at a gig on Sunday too!

Reminder that deadline is tomorrow at 5pm, for the 8 who haven't sent their votes yet. First post is updated and reminder PMs will be sent later.

Rumours suggest that Honda have offered somewhere around £10M to get Tsunoda in the seat by the next race and Red Bull like the sound of that. When Tsunoda tested last year's car at Abu Dhabi in December, he said he liked the way it handled and this may be his only shot to try a Red Bull in competition so it could well be very interesting. I expect he'd have a great race in the RB anyway but you wouldn't blame him for jumping at this opportunity.

Shame to see Forgot About Dre drop out. Don't care for Domino Dancing myself, it's not in the handful of PSB songs I like. Can't bear Toploader at the best of times and not really a fan of the song either so glad that's fallen.

They played a secret show in Brighton under the name 'Uma Thurman' the other night and debuted 7 new songs - titles as shown on the setlist Catch These Fists Jen Bod Lovestruck Dave Nah Dragonfart Beans C3PR I'm guessing that's most of the album

Chic wasn't number one though

Exactly what Julian_ said.

Loads of great answers here. Even more than I expected, some I'd completely forgotten and at least a couple I flat out don't really know.

Fancy a Christmas one? Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again - 'While Bing Crosby sings White Christmas' Also Bon Jovi - It's My Life - 'Like Frankie said, 'I did it My Way' Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream - I had the radio on, I was drivin'. Trees went by, me and Del were singin' 'little Runaway'. I was flyin'

This may have been addressed before but I missed it and wouldn't know where to start looking but with Doechii threatening to have a number one it posed a question in my mind. How many number one hits have been based on a previous number one song but aren't an actual cover? For example Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby taking the framework from Queen and Bowie's Under Pressure is an obvious one. As would Flo Rida's Right Round with Dead or Alive. I don't really follow the charts much anymore so much of the last ten years I'm not that familiar with and there must be a fair few I don't know.