Great Uncle Bulgaria

28/8 36 A-Ha — Take On Me +1 32 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 31 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 29 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 28 Queen — Radio Gaga 26 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 24 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill +1 24 Duran Duran — Wild Boys +1 23 Marillion — Kayleigh +1 22 Phil Collins — Against All Odds 22 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 22 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 21 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 20 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 20 Deniece Williams — Let's Hear It For The Boy 20 King — Love & Pride 20 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 19 Madonna — Holiday 19 Madonna — Crazy For You 18 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 18 Culture Club — The War Song 14 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants 14 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight -6 13 Ray Parker Jr — Ghostbusters 09 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 2

28/8 37 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 36 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 33 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy +1 31 Mika- Grace Kelly +3 30 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 28 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’  24 Lily Allen - Smile -4 24 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 24 Sugababes- About You Now 23 Madonna - Sorry 23 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 23 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 23 Orson - No Tomorrow 23 Kanye West- Stronger 23 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm- Nasty Girl 22 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 22 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 22 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls  21 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 21 Razorlight- America 21 Take That- Shine 21 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 21 The Proclaimers ft. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) -2 20 Take That - Patience  20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 20 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar  19 Meck ft. Leo Slayer- Thunder in My Heart Again 18 McFly- Star Girl 18 McFly- Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania 14 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 12 Westlife- The Rose -2 12 Leon Jackson - When You Believe 11 McFly- Don’t Stop Me Now/Please, Please  06 Akon ft. Eminem- Smack That -2 Smile is a fairly harmless song but I remember Lily Allen being given a chat show off the back of its success and she was both wooden and unbelievably annoying

27/8 A love worth waiting for isn't one of Shaky's best but it's surely not worse than Agadoo... 29 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 26 A-Ha — Take On Me +1 26 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 24 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 24 Madonna — Holiday 23 Queen — Radio Gaga 23 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 22 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants 21 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill +1 21 Marillion — Kayleigh +1 21 Duran Duran — The Wild Boys +1 20 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 20 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight 20 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 20 Phil Collins — Against All Odds 20 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 20 Deniece Williams — Let's Hear It For The Boy 20 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 20 Neil — Hole In My Shoe 20 Culture Club — The War Song 20 King — Love & Pride 20 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 20 Madonna — Crazy For You 20 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 14 Ray Parker Jr — Ghostbusters 14 Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Welcome To The Pleasuredome 14 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 10 Paul McCartney — No More Lonely Nights 08 Black Lace — Agadoo -6

Yeah, you may have a point there. I think I'll desist from my quest for a bonus point here. I've got more interesting things to do on a bank holiday weekend than compare photos of dead American chat show hosts and I'm sure you have you have better things to do than adjudicate my lazy efforts at same too so I'll do both of us a favour.

Acceptance of emmy in 1999, will this do?

That's messed up the ABC team. Another 5 days wouldn't have hurt so much surely....

27/8/23 61 David Bowie — Modern Love 56 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 42 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 36 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer +2 25 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue -4 18 Heaven 17 — Temptation +2 09 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination -2

Show caption BB wins an Emmy (again). Was apparentlky 83 here, so maybe 2005

28 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 28 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 26 Lily Allen - Smile 25 Take That - Patience 25 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella +1 23 Mika- Grace Kelly +1 23 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 23 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 22 Madonna- Sorry 22 Justin Timberlake- SexyBack 21 Kaiser Chiefs- Ruby 21 Kanye West- Stronger 21 Orson- No Tomorrow 21 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 21 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 20 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 20 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm- Nasty Girl 20 Meck ft. Leo Slayer- Thunder in My Heart Again 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 20 Scissor Sisters- I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 20 Razorlight- America  20 My Chemical Romance- Welcome to the Black Parade 20 McFly- Star Girl  20 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 20 Take That- Shine 20 The Proclaimers ft. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) 20 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar 20 McFly- Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania 20 Sean Kingston- Beautiful Girls 20 Sugababes- About You Now 20 Leon Jackson- When You Believe 18 McFly- Don’t Stop Me Now/Please, Please +1 17 Sugababes vs Girls Aloud- Walk This Way 17 Westlife- The Rose 17 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie +1 14 Leona Lewis- A Moment Like This 14 Akon ft. Eminem- Smack That 12 Ne-Yo - So Sick 09 Eva Cassidy & Katie Melba — What a Wonderful World -5 06 Chico- It’s Chico Time -1

26/08/23 56 David Bowie — Modern Love 56 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 52 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 36 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue -6 33 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer +4 32 Heaven 17 — Temptation  22 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination

26/08/23 83 Gorillaz - Dare 79 Britney Spears - Toxic 68 Sugababes - Push the Button 67 Stereophonics - Dakota 46 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor -6 23 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 14 James Blunt - You’re Beautiful +4

Belatedly noting I had Michael Parkinson here

25/08/23 83 Britney Spears - Toxic +4 75 Gorillaz - Dare 69 Stereophonics - Dakota 63 Sugababes - Push the Button 40 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 38 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor -2 35 James Blunt - You're Beautiful +4 25 Madonna — Hung Up -4

25/8/2023 60 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 57 David Bowie — Modern Love -3 57 Heaven 17 — Temptation 41 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue -3 41 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 28 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer +4 25 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination 24 Yazoo — Only You

62 David Bowie — Modern Love 58 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 57 Heaven 17 — Temptation 43 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue -6 36 Yazoo — Only You 32 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 32 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 30 Soft Cell — Torch +4 22 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination I prefer everything here to everything on the 00s list.

Shane McGowan 3/2/24 to tie in with the anniversary of the Day The Music Died I've no idea who Steve McMichael is and can't be arsed to find out. 18/9/23

Paternal grandparents both died 2 years before I was born Maternal grandparents died at 82 and 90. My Mum is still with us at 91, my Dad has been dead for 10 years. My great grandma (Mum's maternal grandmother) lived to be 101, which was pretty impressive for someone born in 1881 who had to bring up 10 children without child benefit etc. All of which makes me older than most of you :-)

24/08/2023 85 Britney Lanças - Tóxico 71 Gorila z - Desafio 69 Estereofônicos - Dakota 57 Natasha Bedingfield - Estas palavras 55 Sugababes - Aperte o botão 46 Arctic Monkeys - IBet You Look Bem na pista de dança 36 James Blunt - You're beautiful +4 31 - Madonna- Hung Up -6 14 Usher com Lil' Jon e Ludacris - Sim! Nothing here I like (apart from Toxic, which has been wasted vote for some time). GAB likes James Blunt, who seems like quite a good guy generally, although I'm less keen on the music.

23/8/2023 85 Britney Spears - Toxic 70 Gorillaz - Dare +2 69 Stereophonics - Dakota +2 67 Sugababes - Push the Button 53 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 39 James Blunt - You’re Beautiful 35 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 32 Madonna - Hung Up 20 Tony Christie ft Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 16 Mario Winans ft. Enya & P. Diddy - I Don’t Wanna Know  15 U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 13 Usher ft. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris - Yeah! -6

23/8/2023 63 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 57 David Bowie — Modern Love 53 Heaven 17 — Temptation 44 Yazoo — Only You 44 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 43 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue -3 41 Soft Cell — Torch +4 30 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 24 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination 10 Madness — Wings Of A Dove -3 10 The Human League — Mirror Man

April 1st 2024

22.08.2023 85 Britney Spears - Toxic 66 Gorillaz - Dare 61 Sugababes - Push the Button 58 Stereophonics - Dakota 57 James Blunt - You’re Beautiful +2 41 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 41 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 36 Tony Christie ft Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo +2 29 Madonna - Hung Up -4 28 Usher ft. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris - Yeah! -2 25 Mario Winans ft. Enya & P. Diddy - I Don’t Wanna Know 23 U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 12 Oasis - Lyla

22.08.2023 57 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 51 Soft Cell — Torch +3 48 David Bowie — Modern Love 46 Heaven 17 — Temptation 46 Yazoo — Only You 43 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue -3 42 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 29 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 27 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination 18 Madness — Wings Of A Dove -3 18 Tracey Ullman — They Don't Know 16 Spandau Ballet — Gold 14 The Human League — Mirror Man +1 12 David Bowie — China Girl

Mon 21 Aug 85 Britney Spears - Toxic 64 Gorillaz - Dare 57 Stereophonics - Dakota 56 Sugababes - Push the Button 56 James Blunt - You’re Beautiful 43 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 40 Tony Christie ft Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo +2 38 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 34 Madonna - Hung Up 26 U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 25 Mario Winans ft. Enya & P. Diddy - I Don’t Wanna Know 21 Usher ft. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris - Yeah! 16 Britney Spears - Everytime +2 15 Nizlopi - JCB Song 12 The Shapeshifters - Lola’s Theme 12 Oasis - Lyla 06 LMC vs U2 - Take Me to the Clouds Above -6

Mon 21 Aug 50 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 50 Soft Cell — Torch +4 45 Heaven 17 — Temptation 45 Yazoo — Only You 41 David Bowie — Modern Love 40 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue 38 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 29 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination 28 Madness — Wings Of A Dove -3 24 Spandau Ballet — Gold 24 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 21 Tracey Ullman — They Don't Know 21 The Human League — Mirror Man 18 David Bowie — China Girl 15 Lionel Richie — All Night Long (All Night) 15 The Jam — The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) 09 Dionne Warwick — Heartbreaker -3