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Mon 8 Jul 50 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 49 Madness - Baggy Trousers 43 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 41 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir -3 38 Rainbow — I Surrender +3 36 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb +1 34 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove -3 26 ABBA - One Of Us 21 Bad Manners - Special Brew 18 Bad Manners - Can Can 17 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 15 Madness - My Girl  06 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love)

7/7/24 49 Madness - Baggy Trousers 46 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 43 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 43 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb +1 40 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 37 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove -6 33 Rainbow — I Surrender +3 22 ABBA - One Of Us  21 Bad Manners - Special Brew 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 Madness - My Girl  15 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 13 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go

The day England gave their 5th Anaemic display in as many matches but went through on penalties after a 0-0 bore draw. 44 The Vapors - Turning Japanese +2 43 Madness - Baggy Trousers 42 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 42 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove 36 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb  34 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 24 Rainbow — I Surrender +2 24 ABBA - One Of Us 22 Madness - My Girl 21 Bad Manners - Special Brew 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 19 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic  15 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 14 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go -6 10 Stevie Wonder - Lately

Beat that can be said of him is that he was the best PM of the last 3....

5/7/2024 40 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 40 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 38 Madness - Baggy Trousers 37 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove  30 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 30 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 28 Madness - My Girl  24 ABBA - One Of Us +2 24 Rainbow — I Surrender +2 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 Stevie Wonder - Lately 19 Bad Manners - Special Brew 17 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic -3 17 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl -3 12 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)

4/7/2024 38 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 35 Madness - Baggy Trousers 30 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 28 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove 26 ABBA - One Of Us +2 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 26 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 24 Madness - My Girl 24 Rainbow — I Surrender +2 20 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic -2 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Stevie Wonder - Lately 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 18 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) 17 Bad Manners - Special Brew 14 Elvis Presley - It’s Only Love/Beyond the Reef -4 12 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat 10 Michael Jackson - She’s Out Of My Life Like the first 3 Rats' albums, but can do without the reggae stuff that followed. Similarly, love early Elvis, but he released a lot of dross in the 70s.

LibDem/tactically anti-Tory

Confess I bought Jungle Rock (in the 70s, not when it came out in the 50s) and I still quite like it, along with the Barbra Streisand song (friend of mine had it at her funeral last year). I can tolerate 2-3 others (Blue Mink, Breaking up is hard to do and Showaddywaddy) the rest can stay in unplayed obscurity.

Given opinion polls invariably underestimate the Tory vote (do you know anyone on social media who admits to voting Tory outside party members?) I think it will be less awful for them than being predicted. something like Labour 365 Tory 198 LD 45 SNP 15 I think Farage will lose and - swayed by the right wing press - enough potential Reform voters will go 'home' to the Tories to ensure the former get no seats at all.

Wed 3 Jul 28 The Vapors - Turning Japanese +1 28 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb +1 28 Madness - Baggy Trousers +1 21 ABBA - One Of Us +1 21 Madness - My Girl 21 Rainbow - I Surrender 21 Bad Manners - Special Brew 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 The Nolans - I’m in the Mood for Dancing 20 Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face 20 Michael Jackson - She’s Out Of My Life 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat 20 Elvis Presley - It’s Only Love/Beyond the Reef 20 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 20 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 20 Tony Capstick and the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band - Capstick Comes Home/The Sheffield Grinder 20 Stevie Wonder - Lately 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) 20 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 20 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove 16 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 14 Sheena Easton - 9 to 5 08 Fiddler’s Dram - Day Trip to Bangor -6 Only a few votes in and I think we've got it about right already (if Rainbow and Abba win the race for 4th and 5th). Saw the Vapors (supporting the Jam), the Rats and Madness live 40-odd years ago, they were all pretty good, although the Madness gig was interrupted by a mass brawl between two rival gangs of skinheads and the group were a bit subdued afterwards, understandably.

2/7/2024 49 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -3 28 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 09 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -3

1/7/2024 66 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -6 44 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 08 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes

OUT Su Pollard Tom Lockyer Jenna Jameson Scarlett Moffat Shirley Bassey IN Johnnie Walker Sven-Goran Eriksson Sonny Rollins Princess Michael of Kent Noam Chomsky

30/6/24 70 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -3 56 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 24 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -3

29/6/2024 70 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 63 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -3 47 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -3

28/6/2024 58 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 58 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 57 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 17 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down -6 16 R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost In My House +4 08 ABBA - Money Money, Money

We can, but given there are over 30 I don't know and I have other things I'd rather be doing than listen to lots of unfamiliar songs I'm unlikely to enjoy much anyway, I'm not going to bother in this case. As it seems yours isn't a lone view I'll pass on the rest of this round. ironically I know nearly all of the top third and very few of the rest so it may be my subconscious has filtered out the rubbish and done the job for me already.

27/6/2024 58 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 56 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 54 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 33 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down -2 19 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 15 The Jam - The Eton Rifles +3 13 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House +1 00 David Bowie — No Sound Or Vision due to Death The best two are the bottom two

27/Jun/2024 35 Kiesza — Hideaway 33 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 32 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 32 Years & Years — King 30 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 30 Adele — Hello 29 Little Mix — Black Magic 29 Ella Henderson — Ghost 28 Calvin Harris — Summer 26 Magic — Rude 25 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 23 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 23 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 23 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 23 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 22 Omi — Cheerleader 22 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Mr Probz — Waves 21 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 21 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 21 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 21 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 21 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love 21 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Take That — These Days 20 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 19 David Zowie — House Every Weekend -1 19 Jess Glynne — Hold My Hand 19 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 18 Pharrell Williams — Happy 18 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 17 One Direction — Drag Me Down 17 Meghan Trainor — All About That Bass +4 17 Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise — It’s My Birthday 16 Nico & Vinz — Am I Wrong 15 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 15 Jason Derulo — Want To Want Me 14 Sigala — Easy Love 14 Ben Haenow — Something I Need 14 Sam Smith — Money On My Mind 11 Justin Bieber — Sorry 06 Cheryl Cole — I Don’t Care -5 Confess the downvoting of Cheryl Cole is personal rather than musical. Prime example of someone who rarely sang live and had a career based on her looks, promoted year after year by all those soft focus close ups on X-factor. And yes I was supporting Rachel Stevens - another very pretty girl out of a manufactured group - a couple of rounds ago but 'Some Girls' is what the young wombles call 'a banger' and at least Stevens seems sweet offstage rather than someone who beats up cloakroom attendants. I'd never heard of David Zowie or his song before it showed up here and can't be arsed to investigate him but he loses a point for the silly stage name,

26/6/2024 58 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 58 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 54 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 39 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down -3 20 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 18 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 18 The Jam - The Eton Rifles +4 10 David Bowie - Sound and Vision -3 03 Suzi Quatro — 48 Crash

june 25 2024 29 Ella Henderson — Ghost 29 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 29 Kiesza — Hideaway 28 Years & Years — King 27 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber  26 Justin Bieber - Love Yourself 26 Calvin Harris — Summer 26 Adele — Hello 25 Pharrel Williams — Happy 25 Little Mix — Black Magic 24 Magic — Rude 23 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 22 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 22 Nico & Vinz — Am I Wrong 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 21 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 21 Mr Probz — Waves 21 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 21 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 21 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 21 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 21 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 21 Omi — Cheerleader  21 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U  21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 20 Sam Smith — Money On My Mind 20 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love  20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel  20 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Take That — These Days 20 Ben Haenow — Something I Need  20 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 20 Jason Derulo — Want To Want Me 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 20 David Zowie — House Every Weekend 20 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 20 Sigala — Easy Love 20 Meghan Trainor — All About That Bass +4 19 Jess Glynne — Hold My Hand  18 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 17 One Direction — Drag Me Down 17 Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise — It’s My Birthday 17 Cheryl Cole — I Don’t Care -3 12 Ed Sheeran — Thinking Out Loud 11 Justin Bieber — Sorry  06 Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth — See You Again  06 Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor —Marvin Gaye 00 The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir — A Pile of Earth Over You -3

25/Jun/2024 26 Pharrell Williams — Happy 25 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 24 Kiesza — Hideaway 24 Years & Years — King 23 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 22 Meghan Trainor — All About That Bass +2 21 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do +1 21 Little Mix — Black Magic +1 21 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 21 Ella Henderson — Ghost 21 Mr Probz — Waves 21 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 21 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 21 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 21 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 21 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 20 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 20 Sam Smith — Money On My Mind 20 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love 20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Sigma — Nobody To Love 20 Calvin Harris — Summer 20 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 20 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 20 Magic — Rude 20 Nico & Vinz — Am I Wrong 20 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 20 Cheryl Cole — I Don’t Care 20 Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir — Wake Me Up 20 Take That — These Days 20 Ben Haenow — Something I Need 20 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 20 Omi — Cheerleader 20 Jason Derulo — Want To Want Me 20 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 20 David Zowie — House Every Weekend 20 One Direction — Drag Me Down 20 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 20 Sigala — Easy Love 20 Adele — Hello 20 Justin Bieber — Sorry 20 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 20 The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir — A Bridge Over You 19 Jess Glynne — Hold My Hand 17 Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise — It’s My Birthday 14 Ed Sheeran — Sing 14 Sam Smith — Writing’s On The Wall 12 Ed Sheeran — Thinking Out Loud 12 Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth — See You Again 12 Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor — Marvin Gaye 08 Band Aid 30 — Do They Know It’s Christmas? -6

25/6/2024 54 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 52 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 52 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 40 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down -3 24 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 24 The Jam - The Eton Rifles +4 19 David Bowie - Sound and Vision -3 17 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 16 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)  16 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash

24/6/24 49 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 46 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 35 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down -6 29 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 27 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash  26 The Jam - The Eton Rifles +4 23 America - A Horse With No Name  20 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 18 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 18 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 07 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 06 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle

80 John Newman — Love Me Again -4 68 Lorde — Royals +4 63 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 58 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 58 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 40 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum 17 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 06 Avicii — Wake Me Up -2