BuffaloPhil

17th August 37 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 21 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times +4 12 OneRepublic — Counting Stars -6

17th August 71 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian -6 65 Queen - A Kind of Magic 62 The Damned - Eloise 41 Heart - Alone  39 Cameo - Word Up! +3 39 Michael Jackson - Bad 38 The Housemartins — Happy Hour +1 07 Mental as Anything - Live It Up 06 Alison Moyet - Is This Love?

If it's five going through, it's A Kind Of Magic, Eloise, Happy Hour, Word Up and Alone for me. Live It Up is close but the others I'm not bothered by. But I wouldn't say I dislike any of these songs, so no problem with the Bangles going through - I was head over heels for Susanna Hoffs, she was stunning! Downvoted just because it's too far ahead IMO. Even if Jacko and/or Moyet make it through I won't be upset, as you say it's a very strong round.

16th August 73 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian -6 61 Queen - A Kind of Magic 61 The Damned - Eloise 43 The Housemartins — Happy Hour 40 Michael Jackson - Bad 40 Cameo - Word Up! 39 Heart - Alone +4 22 Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 13 Mental as Anything - Live It Up  

16th August 37 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know -3 31 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times +4 28 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 00 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be -3

15th August 35 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 31 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 30 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be -6 28 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times +4 04 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky

15th August 75 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 60 The Damned - Eloise 56 Queen - A Kind of Magic 44 Michael Jackson - Bad 42 Cameo - Word Up! 37 The Housemartins — Happy Hour +2 36 Heart - Alone +2 29 Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 20 Mental as Anything - Live It Up 12 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree 07 Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling 04 The Proclaimers— Letter From America -6

14th August 41 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 32 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be -6 32 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 26 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times +4 18 Years & Years — King 07 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky

14th August 71 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 56 Queen - A Kind of Magic 56 The Damned - Eloise 49 Michael Jackson - Bad 38 Cameo - Word Up! 33 Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 32 Heart - Alone 31 The Housemartins — Happy Hour +2 26 Mental as Anything - Live It Up +2 14 Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately -6 13 The Proclaimers — Letter From America 12 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree 10 Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling  09 Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way

My entire knowledge of Pokemon is down to my goddaughter who is a huge fan. I bought her an Igglybuff when I visited her earlier this year, but I've no idea what an Igglybuff is or why she loves it so!

13th August 47 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 36 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 30 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 30 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be -6 27 Years & Years — King 10 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky +4 06 Cee Lo Green — Forget You

13th August 64 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 59 Queen - A Kind of Magic 54 The Damned - Eloise 47 Michael Jackson - Bad 40 Cameo - Word Up! +1 40 Heart - Alone +1 35 Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 25 Mental as Anything - Live It Up +1 22 Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately -6 21 The Housemartins — Happy Hour +1 19 Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way 13 The Proclaimers — Letter From America 13 Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling  13 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree  11 Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel 

12th August 52 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 37 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times +4 35 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 35 Years & Years — King 32 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be -6 14 Cee Lo Green — Forget You  08 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams- Get Lucky

12th August 64 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 58 Queen - A Kind of Magic 50 The Damned - Eloise  43 Michael Jackson - Bad 41 Cameo - Word Up! +1 41 Heart - Alone +3 34 Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 28 Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately -6 26 Mental as Anything - Live It Up 20 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Down to Earth  20 Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way 16 The Housemartins — Happy Hour 16 The Proclaimers - Letter From America 16 Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling  14 Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel  13 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree 

I was about to buy it until I noticed the "Usually despatched within 6 to 7 months" bit

Overall, a tremendous Olympics. Well done Paris.

Must admit I did enjoy Dre and Snoop.

Why does Anthony Kiedis have a Hitler moustache?

Poor man's James Bond as usual.

Oh it was horrific wasn't it. Why they all have to add about twenty seven extra notes to each note I don't know. It's a far better anthem than they deserve, just sing it as it was written.

Anyone else hoping they parody the crucifixion in the closing ceremony?

Definitely, as you can see above the Netherlands had the seventh best medals per capita record of any nation. Really impressive Games for the Dutch, congratulations! Hassan was the most impressive of those for me, to do that less than 48 hours after medalling in the 10k was unbelievable.

This is an interesting comparison of medals per capita : Discounting Dominica and Saint Lucia because they each had just one outstanding performer, it shows what an impressive Olympics New Zealand had, although they're traditionally a very strong sporting nation. Not far off double any other country. Ireland had their best ever Olympics, they've moved from 63rd in the medal table in Rio to 19th in Paris. For comparison, Team GB had 2.06 gold, 3.24 silver and 3.97 bronzes (total 9.26) per 10 million people. USA had figures of 1.11, 1.23 and 1.23 (3.57) whilst China had 0.27, 0.19 and 0.17 (0.63). Lowest totals overall were Pakistan and India on 0.04 total each. All figures from here ==>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2024/08/11/irelands-olympics-performance-in-graphs-steady-progress-up-medal-table-and-better-per-capita/

11th August 46 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 40 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be -6 34 Years & Years — King 33 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 31 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times +4 16 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 14 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 14 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams— Get Lucky 10 Ella Henderson — Ghost  10 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road

11th August 60 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 52 Queen - A Kind of Magic 46 The Damned - Eloise 39 Michael Jackson - Bad 34 Cameo - Word Up! +2 33 Heart - Alone +2 29 Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 29 Mental as Anything - Live It Up 28 Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way 28 Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately 20 Robbie Nevil - C’est la Vie 20 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Down to Earth 20 The Proclaimers - Letter From America 19 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree 18 Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling 18 Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel 17 Mel and Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend) 11 The Housemartins — Happy Hour 09 Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat -5 00 Five Star - System Addict -1