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58 Nena – 99 Red Balloons 58 George Michael – Careless Whisper + 43 Madonna — Into the Groove 38 Eurythmics – There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) 36 Midge Ure - If I Was +4 34 Feargal Sharkey — A Good Heart 31 Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Relax 30 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes 28 Chaka Khan – I Feel for You 27 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover 25 Duran Duran – The Reflex 21 Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 20 Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) -6 12 Wham! – I’m Your Man 09 Wham! – Freedom  Seems like consensus is that Andrew Ridgeley can go-go, but imo there's nothing bad left.

Luckily us pre-2017 DLers don't do lists. I just about managed that with a straight face...

One of the (relatively few) SNP MPs I have any time for. Knew her over a decade ago. Good local representative when she first became a MSP: very much someone who could bash opponents into submission with relentless pressure, which is a lot more tolerable when she's doing it on your behalf! No political nous though. Kept pissing off the top brass so the fact they keep getting rid of her and she reappears amuses somewhat.

51 George Michael – Careless Whisper 46 Nena – 99 Red Balloons 39 Frankie goes to Hollywood – Relax 39 Madonna – Into The Groove 32 Midge Ure - If I Was +4 31 Eurythmics – There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) 30 Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart 28 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes 27 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover 25 Duran Duran – The Reflex 25 Chaka Khan – I feel for you 22 Dead or Alive – You spin me round (like a record) 19 Wham – Wake me up before you go go 17 Wham – Freedom 16 Wham – I`m your man 13 Phyllis Nelson – Move Closer 13 Paul Hardcastle – 19 12 Shakin´ Stevens – Merry Christmas everyone 11 Jim Diamond – I should have known better 08 Frankie goes to Hollywood – The power of love 06 Foreigner – I want to know what love is 06 UB40/Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe -6 04 David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Dancing in the street Not a fan of Move Closer but as it was Toast's nostalgic makeout song from the 80s, I'll be nice and leave it alone.

More a puerile reference to Fiona absent minded saying Diego having had her. Not meant to impregnate your own picks! Really it was a @Gooseberry Crumblejoke...

TO be fair, the rule is: Any person considered “missing in action” or not traced as of 01/01/2023 can only score points if their death is confirmed as happening in 2023 and not before, so don’t bother picking Jimmy Hoffa. There's nothing stopping you PICKING the chap. There is a lot stopping you getting POINTS for him.

Isn't that against the spirit of the game?

Would she, bollocks. Her mum went to her grave blaming Edward VIII's Nazi loving missus for speeding up George VI's health issues. She was a work till you drop type of monarch. Or, a drop so you never need to meet Liz Truss ever again type of monarch. Just think, if only she'd known Truss was gone in 40 days/seconds...

I bought one single in my life. The Mr Blobby Christmas song. I was a kid at the time!!!!

Head over Heels didn't even make the top 10 if we're talking Tears for Fears discrimination. That's the issue with voting via the public tastes of the time. The public usually have collectively terrible taste.

42 George Michael — Careless Whisper 38 Nena – 99 Red Balloons 37 Madonna – Into The Groove 34 Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart 27 Frankie goes to Hollywood – Relax 27 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover 26 Eurythmics – There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) 26 Phyllis Nelson – Move Closer 23 Midge Ure – If I Was 23 Dead or Alive – You spin me round (like a record) 21 Frankie goes to Hollywood – The power of love 21 Duran Duran – The Reflex 21 Chaka Khan – I feel for you 21 Foreigner – I want to know what love is 21 Wham - Wake me up before you go go +4 21 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes 20 Jim Diamond – I should have known better 20 Shakin´ Stevens – Merry Christmas everyone 18 Wham – I`m your man 17 Wham – Freedom 15 UB40 & Chrissie Hynde – I got you babe 12 Sister Sledge – Frankie 11 Whitney Houston – Saving all my love for you 11 Paul Hardcastle – 19 9 Jennifer Rush – The power of love 7 David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Dancing in the street 5 Lionel Richie - Hello -6 Stuck in a position of not knowing which Wham song to boost.

I'll admit I voted yes as a contrarian.

In 2020, Reptile was quick to suggest he took one batch and I'd take the next batch of new names, to add into the database. I twigged after agreeing that he'd given me the batch with WEP's 2020 additions! Leading to descriptions like this. And this. To make up for this, Reptile took the WEP names in 2021 and I had the porn star team to deal with. Which led to the moment where I absent mindedly told Mrs msc that I'd sort out dinner "in five minutes as I have to finish off three porn stars first". She knew it was DDP related. Still took the piss for weeks!

28 George Michael – Careless Whisper 24 Eurythmics – There must be an angel (playing with my heart) 24 Madonna – Into the groove 22 Whitney Houston – Saving all my love for you 22 Nena — 99 red balloons 21 David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Dancing in the street 21 Wham – Wake me up before you go go 21 Dead or Alive – You spin me round (like a record) 21 Feargal Sharkey — A good heart 21 Duran Duran — The Reflex 21 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes +1 21 Midge Ure - If I Was +1 20 Frankie goes to Hollywood – Relax 20 Lionel Richie – Hello 20 Stevie Wonder – I just called to say I love you 20 Wham – Freedom 20 Chaka Khan – I feel for you 20 Jim Diamond – I should have known better 20 Frankie goes to Hollywood – The power of love 20 Foreigner – I want to know what love is 20 Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson – I know him so well 20 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover 20 Phyllis Nelson – Move closer 20 Sister Sledge – Frankie 20 UB40 & Chrissie Hynde – I got you babe 20 Jennifer Rush – The power of love 20 Shakin´ Stevens – Merry Christmas everyone 20 Wham — I`m your man 16 Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace +2 15 Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone -2 14 Paul Hardcastle – 19 11 Band Aid - Do They Know it's Christmas? -4 1 USA for Africa – We are the world My dislike of Band Aid hasn't changed. Crowd has Rolf Harris singing on it which seems like a good excuse to get rid of another mediocre charity record. Genuinely like the three I voted up, plus about 15-16 others. This round might be the easiest split in my head into two groups of "I like this" and "I can't abide this at all" tbh!

Just to add that all 3 of my teams are in perfect working order, thanks. Re multiple teams, my 2 extra teams are just attempts to bung 40 notable old names on the DDP so they don't become List of the Missed. I admit I also try to focus on "who would be a fun obit to research for DI should this person die" too.

Donald Trump Jimmy Carter Jonnie Irwin Rolf Harris Frank Field Linda Nolan Dick Van Dyke Andy Taylor Henry Kissinger Prunella Scales Tony Bennett Ryuichi Sakamoto Bobby Charlton Shane MacGowan Bob Barker Vladimir Putin Roberta Flack Steve McMichael Yoko Ono Mel Brooks Johnny Ruffo Harry Belafonte Willie Nelson Stanley Baxter Joanne Woodward subs Burt Bacharach @Great Uncle Bulgaria Gazza's only on 13 DDP teams this year, nowhere near Drop 40 status. People clearly have faith on him staying on wagons.

66 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 54 Madness – House of Fun 50 Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the heart 31 Men at Work – Down Under -6 28 The Jam – Town called Malice / Precious +4 19 The Police — Every breath you take 13 Irene Cara — Fame

As tempted as you are for an early hit, do not send him a card which reads Dear Robert I'm right behind you!!!! Love, Natalie.

It's having to be reset because of the Theme Team issues, Reptile said earlier. Nowt to be worried about.

Year of DDP, Winner of that years DDP, Winning teams point total, winning teams number of hits (out of 20), total number of teams in that years DDP, total number of hits in that years DDP, most popular pick in that years DDP, most popular pick in that years DDP to have died. Total Dropped on the Drop 40 page is dead in 2023 so far ie Vialli and McGarvey.

Don't call them a rebel rouser, maybe they just had a really good feeling about Eddy in 2023?

The Hillsborough tribute. Lots of charity get togethers made it to the top in the 80s - The Crowd (edited off TOTP repeats because Rolfs in it), Ferry Aid, Band Aid, USA for Africa...

Zemans only on 13 teams so his support utterly cratered. Reptile and I both wrecked each others hopes for a Graham Caveney unique!

I saw that - so close to a clean sweep! (34 out of 40 for my two theme teams before you ask - of all people Gawn Grainger isn't unique!) Congrates to the Cmme - nicely done!

Worth noting for those who don't click the link, Overmars issue considerably more serious than previously reported. - Heart irreparably damaged. - His heart can only pump blood at 30% of a normal heart now - May recover some of it with resting for a year - On medication for rest of his life to stay alive He wont see old age, even 60 could be a long shot unless things improve drastically.