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17th October 64 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient 56 Haddaway — What Is Love  37 Arrested Development — People Everyday +1 36 Kris Kross — Jump +3 31 Guns N' Roses — Knockin' On Heaven's Door 31 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 31 Dr Alban — It's My Life 30 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona -3 30 Michael Jackson — Give In To Me -3 28 Urban Cookie Collective — The Key, The Secret  24 Janet Jackson — That's The Way Love Goes 21 Elton John & Kiki Dee — True Love 18 Shanice — I Love Your Smile  18 Kylie Minogue — Give Me Just A Little More Time 18 Bitty McLean — It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes) 18 Cappella — U Got 2 Let The Music  16 Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson ft. Bell Biv Devoe & Ralph Tresvant — The Best Things In Life Are Free 13 Pet Shop Boys — Go West

28th November

16th October 60 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient 52 Haddaway — What Is Love 36 Arrested Development — People Everyday +4 35 Kris Kross — Jump 34 Michael Jackson — Give In To Me 31 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 31 Dr Alban — It's My Life 29 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona -6 28 Urban Cookie Collective — The Key, The Secret 24 Janet Jackson — That's The Way Love Goes 23 Pet Shop Boys — Go West 23 Guns N' Roses — Knockin' On Heaven's Dowah 21 Elton John & Kiki Dee — True Love 20 Kylie Minogue — Give Me Just A Little More Time 20 Bitty McLean — It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes) 20 Cappella — U Got 2 Let The Music 16 Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson ft. Bell Biv Devoe & Ralph Tresvant — The Best Things In Life Are Free 13 Shanice — I Love Your Smile 11 Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked 11 M People — Moving On Up

15th October 50 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient 44 Haddaway — What Is Love 32 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 31 Kris Kross — Jump 31 Guns N' Roses — Knockin' On Heaven's Door 30 Michael Jackson — Give In To Me 28 Arrested Development — People Everyday +4 28 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona -6 27 Dr Alban — It's My Life 24 Janet Jackson — That's The Way Love Goes 24 Urban Cookie Collective — The Key, The Secret 22 Pet Shop Boys — Go West 21 Shut Up And Dance — Raving I'm Raving 21 Elton John & Kiki Dee — True Love 20 Kylie Minogue — Give Me Just A Little More Time 20 Bitty McLean — It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes) 20 Cappella — U Got 2 Let The Music 20 Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked 19 Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson ft. Bell Biv Devoe & Ralph Tresvant — The Best Things In Life Are Free 17 Mariah Carey — I’ll Be There 14 Undercover — Baker Street 13 M People ft. Liz Truss — Moving On Up 13 Shanice — I Love Your Smile 12 The Temptations — My Girl (Re-Issue) 07 The Prodigy — Everybody In The Place EP

14th October 37 Haddaway — What Is Love 37 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient +2 26 Kris Kross — Jump 25 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona 24 Pet Shop Boys — Go West 24 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 23 Michael Jackson — Give In To Me 23 Janet Jackson — That's The Way Love Goes 22 The Prodigy — Everybody In The Place EP +2 21 Mariah Carey — I’ll Be There 20 Guns N' Roses — Knockin' On Heaven's Door 20 Kylie Minogue — Give Me Just A Little More Time 20 Iron Maiden — Be Quick Or Be Dead 20 Shut Up And Dance — Raving I'm Raving 20 Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson ft. Bell Biv Devoe & Ralph Tresvant — The Best Things In Life Are Free 20 Undercover — Baker Street 20 Dr Alban — It's My Life 20 Arrested Development — People Everyday 20 Michael Jackson — Heal The World 20 Urban Cookie Collective — The Key, The Secret 20 Bitty McLean — It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes) 20 Cappella — U Got 2 Let The Music 20 Elton John & Kiki Dee — True Love 19 Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked 18 M People ft. Liz Truss — Moving On Up 18 The Temptations — My Girl (Re-Issue) 17 Bryan Adams — Please Forgive Me 16 Shanice — I Love Your Smile 14 SL2 — On A Ragga Tip 08 4 Non Blondes — What's Up -6 06 2 Unlimited — Twilight Zone

13th October 30 Haddaway — What Is Love 27 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified and Ancient +4 24 SL2 — On A Ragga Tip 24 Ce Ce Penniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 23 Michael Jackson — Give In To Me 23 Janet Jackson — That's The Way Love Goes 22 4 Non Blondes — What's Up 22 Kris Kross — Jump 22 Pet Shop Boys — Go West 21 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe — Barcelona 21 Mariah Carey — I’ll Be There 20 The Prodigy — Everybody In The Place EP 20 Kylie Minogue — Give Me Just A Little More Time 20 2 Unlimited — Twilight Zone 20 Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked 20 Iron Maiden — Be Quick Or Be Dead 20 Shut Up and Dance — Raving I'm Raving 20 Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson ft. Bell Biv Devoe & Ralph Tresvant — The Best Things In Life Are Free 20 Undercover — Baker Street 20 Dr Alban — It's My Life 20 Arrested Developement — People Everyday 20 Michael Jackson — Heal The World 20 Urban Cookie Collective — The Key The Secret 20 Bitty McLean — It Keep Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes) 20 Cappella — U Got 2 Let The Music 20 Elton John & Kiki Dee — True Love 18 Temptations — My Girl (Re-Issue) 17 Bryan Adams — Please Forgive Me -3 16 Guns N' Roses — Knockin' On Heaven's Door 16 Shanice — I Love Your Smile 16 M People ft. Liz Truss — Moving On Up 12 Nick Berry — Heartbeat -1 6 Smart E's — Sesame's Treet -2

13th October 42 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 41 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 31 James — Sit Down -6 28 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 24 Seal — Crazy +4 Oh get down, oh get down, oh get down, get down off the board.

12th October 49 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 45 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart +4 42 Seal — Crazy 37 James — Sit Down -1 34 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 6 B-52's — Love Shack -5 EDIT: Sorry Lady Fiona we posted at the same second!

11th October 49 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 41 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart +4 38 James — Sit Down 38 Seal — Crazy 30 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 23 B-52's — Love Shack -6

10th October 46 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart 46 James — Sit Down 45 Seal — Crazy 41 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 39 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 34 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 24 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral +4 15 B-52's — Love Shack -6

9th October 46 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart 45 Seal — Crazy 42 James — Sit Down 37 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 37 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 34 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 33 B-52's — Love Shack -6 24 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral +4 6 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion

8th October 48 James — Sit Down 45 Seal — Crazy 42 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart 36 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 34 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 32 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 30 B-52's — Love Shack 21 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman +4 19 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know -6 17 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion  16 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral

7th October 42 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 38 James — Sit Down  36 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 35 Seal — Crazy 33 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 31 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman +4 30 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 29 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 28 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 26 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 24 B-52's — Love Shack 21 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 19 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 16 Scorpions — Wind Of Change  0 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -6

6th October 41 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 36 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman +2 34 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 34 James — Sit Down  31 Seal — Crazy 31 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 30 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 30 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 30 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash +2 28 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 27 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 24 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 21 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 18 B-52's — Love Shack 15 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 13 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 11 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -6

Sorry, long day. Fixed and noticed I forgot to put my minus points in too.

5th October 39 James — Sit Down 36 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 34 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman +2 33 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 33 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash +2 32 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 31 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 30 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 30 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 29 Seal — Crazy 28 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 22 B-52's — Love Shack 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 15 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 15 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 15 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 15 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -6 13 Extreme— More Than Words 08 Salt-N-Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex TQR's Dirty Cash points added, plus another couple for good measure.

5th October 31 Gorillaz - Dare +4 4 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy -6

4th October 34 Gorillaz - Dare +4 24 Britney Spears - Toxic 23 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy -6

4th October 35 James — Sit Down 32 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 32 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 32 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman +2 27 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 27 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 27 Seal — Crazy 27 B-52's — Love Shack 27 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This +2 24 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 24 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 23 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 21 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 19 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -6 18 Extreme — More Than Words 18 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 16 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) 11 New Kids On The Block — Step By Step  14 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 14 Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K — Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 14 Scorpions — Wind Of Change

3rd October 35 James — Sit Down 32 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 30 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman +4 29 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 28 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 27 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 27 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 27 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 27 Seal — Crazy 27 B-52's — Love Shack 24 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 24 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 23 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -6 21 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 18 Extreme — More Than Words 18 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 16 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) 11 New Kids On The Block — Step By Step 14 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 14 Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K — Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 14 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 6 Deacon Blue — Four Bacharach And David Songs EP  I'm with TQR, Sir Creep and Bibliogryphon on this. Perfectly acceptable in other contexts but not really here. I was only a baby during Italia 90 though so no football based nostalgia for me.

3rd October 38 Gorillaz - Dare +2 26 Britney Spears - Toxic +2 25 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy -6 That'd be my order of preference.

2nd October 39 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 25 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 25 Gorillaz - Dare +4 18 Britney Spears - Toxic 14 Lady Gaga — Bad Romance -6 12 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head

Oh! Welcome to the 'bloody philistine' club 2nd October 34 James — Sit Down 34 B-52's — Love Shack 31 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 29 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 28 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 27 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 26 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman +4 24 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 24 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 24 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -6 23 Seal — Crazy 23 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 22 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 21 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) 20 Bobby Vinton — Blue Velvet 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 20 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 19 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 18 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 18 Extreme — More Than Words 16 New Kids On The Block — Step By Step 16 Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K — Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 15 Deacon Blue — Four Bacharach And David Songs EP 6 Status Quo — The Anniversary Waltz Part 1

1st October 29 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 27 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 25 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -6 25 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash +1 23 James — Sit Down 23 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral +1 22 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman +1 22 Deacon Blue — Four Bacharach And David Songs EP 22 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 21 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love +1 21 Bobby Vinton — Blue Velvet 20 Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K — Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 20 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 20 New Kids On The Block — Step By Step 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 20 Seal — Crazy 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) 20 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 20 Extreme — More Than Words 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 20 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 20 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 19 B-52's — Love Shack 18 Various Artists — The Brits 1990 16 Paula Abdul & Wild Pair — Opposites Attract 15 Madonna — Justify My Love 15 Status Quo — The Anniversary Waltz Part 1 14 Londonbeat — I’ve Been Thinking About You 14 Madonna — Hanky Panky 13 Scorpions — Wind Of Change Loads of great stuff here!

1st October 41 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 34 Lady Gaga — Bad Romance -6 28 Britney Spears - Toxic 25 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 19 Gorillaz — Dare +4 14 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan 14 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head