Bibliogryphon

No you must listen to them on Spotify or YouTube and then your impartial insight into which tracks deserve to be there will be invaluable You will have no cultural baggage from nostalgicly swooning over the Westlife/Spice Girls posters on your bedroom wall as a teenager

I did also think we could do a game where each of the regular posters in this thread got to pick a song from a specific year (by invitation from Book) obviously avoiding No.1s but could be limited to Top 10 or 20 then that forms the list for the year but you are not allowed to up or downvote your own selection

Slim Borgudd is a hit for four players Slim Borgudd ro, af, gr, sc @RoverAndOut & @gcreptile get their second F1 hit @An Fear Beag gets a second hit in a second category @Spade_Cooley get a second F1 hit but total is now three (now in the lead with respect to number of hits but in this game that is not always a guarantee of anything)

Definitely I was just thinking that I would be approaching it in a very different way I hardly had to check any of the 80s songs as they played in my head from just the title. In 1992 I got married and my wife does not do Radio and Chris Evans took over from Simon Mayo on the Radio 1 breakfast show so my car radio went to Radio 4 (which doesn't play any music). So any songs in the later part of the decade will have needed to break out to serious cultural relevance for me to connect with them In the 2000s I will come back as my daughter started listening to Radio 1 or 2 in the car on the way to school

Obits will not be stringent but must be in English and from a News source (not social media). This could be interesting 

Just fast forwarded to the 1990s the decade starts of OK but by the end I am going to have to do a lot of listening research

35 a-ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV +2 31 Nena – 99 Red Balloons 30 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 25 Madness – House Of Fun 25 Blondie – Atomic 24 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 22 Men at Work – Down Under 22 David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes +1 21 Madonna – Into The Groove -4 19 The Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don’t Leave Me This Way 19 Pet Shop Boys — It’s a Sin +1 18 George Michael— Careless Whisper -2 15 Madonna — Like a Prayer 13 The Specials — Ghost Town  12 Bee Gees – You Win Again 06 The Human League – Don’t You Want Me

Well if you are willing to share I would not say no. (PM me) or you can post here if you don't mind everyone seeing I just need to be quicker off the mark as I have a number of names but there are more players than names

I have managed to find some unpicked names for 1924 but it is becoming much harder

35 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 30 Madonna – Into The Groove 27 Nena – 99 Red Balloons 26 Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin 24 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 23 Blondie – Atomic 21 Madness – House Of Fun 21 David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes 21 George Michael – Careless Whisper 21 a-Ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV 21 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don’t Leave Me This Way 20 Men at Work – Down Under 19 Bee Gees – You Win Again 18 Eurythmics – There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) +4 17 The Specials – Ghost Town 16 Madonna – Like A Prayer 15 Human League – Don´t You Want Me 08 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes -6

It may be doing me a big bamboozle from too many boops to my snoot but I am getting a sense of deja vu from this conversation

@Book now moves into a winning position The three ending names are Lesley Parrish Lee Montague Ingrid van Bergen Ms van Bergen is a fascinating character who has served prison time for murder and won the German version of I'm A Celebrity when she was 77

Better to be safe than sorry

If Take On Me was eligible would it be running away with it?

None of the four that have gone so far were in my bottom four Though The Jam were at 21

The current top 3 are the top three on my list albeit non are in the right place

I owned one of those on a vinyl 7" single (currently on ebay)

Why is you label called the Hit Factory? The S fell off the sign

27 Pet Shop Boys – It’s a Sin 27 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 25 Eurythmics – There must be an angel (playing with my heart) +4 26 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 26 The Specials – Ghost Town 25 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 24 Madonna – Into the groove -2 21 George Michael – Careless Whisper -1 21 Human League – Don´t you want me 21 Nena – 99 red balloons 20 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 20 Men at Work – Down Under 20 Blondie – Atomic 20 Madness – House of fun 19 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 19 Bee Gees – You win again 19 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a place on earth 18 Madonna – Like a Prayer 15 Enya – Orinoco Flow 10 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes -3 10 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 03 Bonnie Tyler – Total eclipse of the heart

Congrats @Summer in Transylvania 1923 Vic Seixas/Barbara Wallace 1924 Charles Coste/Birtha Ekberg (Christoffersen) 1925 Pete Murray/Ysanne Churchman 1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Doreen Mantle 1927 Sandy Gall/Leontyne Price 1928 Tom Lehrer/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/Lynne Reid Banks 1930 Douglas Hurd/Edna O'Brien  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron 1932 Roy Hattersley/Prunella Scales

27 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 26 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 26 The Specials – Ghost Town 25 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 25 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 22 Madonna – Into the groove 22 George Michael – Careless Whisper 21 Eurythmics – There must be an angel (playing with my heart) +4 21 Human League – Don´t you want me 21 Nena – 99 red balloons 20 Madonna — Like a Prayer 20 Men at Work – Down Under 20 Blondie – Atomic 19 Madness – House of fun 19 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a place on earth 19 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 19 Bee Gees – You win again 18 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 15 Enya – Orinoco Flow 13 Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Two Tribes -6 10 Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls 10 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 07 Bonnie Tyler – Total eclipse of the heart 07 The Jam – A town called Malice 

63 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth 51 Enya – Orinoco Flow 47 Madonna – Like a Prayer 45 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 29 Marc Almond & Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart -6 12 Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky 11 Pet Shop Boys – Heart +4

New hits added for @Perhaps and @arghton Is there an Obit for Ele Alenius?

65 Belinda Carlisle — Heaven Is A Place On Earth 43 Enya – Orinoco Flow 42 Marc Almond & Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart -3 41 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 39 Madonna — Like a Prayer 30 Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky 20 Pet Shop Boys — Heart +4 15 Tiffany – I Think We're Alone Now 11 Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart -3 04 Black Box — Ride on Time

I actually think this is quite interesting. Once a certain song has gone. I will accept any of the remainders as being fitting representatives of the two years. I still have my preferred five in play and will fight for them but the difference of opinion is fascinating