Bibliogryphon

Updated for Bob Barker. If there are two more hits in the next fortnight we could have the earliest ever 13th Hit In 2003 the list was going great guns and then ran out of steam in early September. However with the talent left on the current list we could be rivalling 2020

I was going to take three away and then changed my mind. I altered the score but not the figure at the end Edited now

30/8/2023 45 A-Ha — Take On Me 40 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 38 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 36 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 35 Queen — Radio Ga Ga 31 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 28 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 27 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 25 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 22 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 21 Duran Duran — Wild Boys 20 Marillion — Kayleigh 19 King — Love & Pride 17 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 14 Madonna — Holiday -2 14 Phil Collins — Against All Odds +4 09 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants -2 09 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F -2 06 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love

its mine tomorrow Happy Birthday

30/8/2023 50 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 45 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z — Umbrella 38 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 37 Mika- Grace Kelly +2 36 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat -3 36 Sugababes- About You Now 29 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 27 Orson - No Tomorrow 26 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 25 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) +1 25 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby +1 25 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 25 Razorlight- America 25 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 23 Kanye West- Stronger  22 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 22 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar  22 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 21 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 21 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls -3 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 19 Meck ft. Leo Slayer - Thunder in My Heart Again  17 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm - Nasty Girl 15 Lily Allen - Smile  13 Take That- Shine

If only that were true Players of the original Scavenger Hunt game got a crash course in the nature of the operation of the Upper House but I agree whilst it is an excellent source of deadpool fodder it does not need its own thread

Or we could have a special thread for members of the house of Lords - The End of the Peer show!!

Tony Hadley rushed to hospital after pulling out of gig at last minute in Belfast Deadpooling GOLD!

Apparently he had a brain scan but it came back negative

29.08.2023 36 A-Ha — Take On Me 36 Queen — Radio Gaga 35 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 34 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World -2 33 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 27 Madonna — Holiday 27 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 24 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 24 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 24 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 23 Marillion — Kayleigh 23 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 20 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 18 King — Love and Pride 18 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants 18 Duran Duran — Wild Boys 18 Culture Club — The War Song 17 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 14 Phil Collins — Against All Odds +4 11 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 10 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 08 Madonna — Crazy For You -2 06 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight -2

29.08.2023 43 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 40 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 39 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 35 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat -2 31 Mika- Grace Kelly 28 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’  26 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 25 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 25 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 24 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 24 Sugababes- About You Now 23 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 23 Razorlight- America 23 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 23 Orson - No Tomorrow 23 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 22 Kanye West- Stronger -2 21 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 21 Take That- Shine 21 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm - Nasty Girl 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 20 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar  19 Madonna - Sorry +4 19 Meck ft. Leo Slayer- Thunder in My Heart Again  19 Lily Allen - Smile 15 McFly- Star Girl 15 McFly- Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania 15 Take That - Patience  15 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 13 The Proclaimers ft. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) -2

I am not going to take any huge credit for this he was essentially a name from the lower leagues to fill the list. However, happy to be on the Scoreboard

Saw a trailer yesterday for the Sky Arts Documentary which features a new in depth interview with David Hockney. He sounds absolutely awful. I think he should be considered for the 2024 list

In an unexpected turn of events both Dutran Duran tracks would rank above the two Madonna tracks - not peak Madonna

28.08.2023 37 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 36 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 31 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 30 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat -2 28 Lily Allen - Smile 28 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’  25 Mika- Grace Kelly +1 24 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) +1 24 Sugababes- About You Now 23 Madonna - Sorry +1 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 +1 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  08 Akon ft. Eminem- Smack That  06 Ne-Yo - So Sick For me this is a much better selection than the last couple in this round because this is when my daughter began getting into pop music. Life In Cartoon Motion was one of the first contemporary albums she owned.

28.08.2023 35 A-Ha — Take On Me 32 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 31 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 28 Queen — Radio Gaga +1 26 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 25 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 23 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 23 Duran Duran — Wild Boys 22 Phil Collins — Against All Odds +1 22 Marillion — Kayleigh +1 22 Madonna — Holiday 22 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 22 Madonna — Crazy For You 22 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me +1 21 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 20 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight 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 18 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 18 Culture Club — The War Song 14 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants 13 Ray Parker Jr — Ghostbusters 09 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 00 Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Welcome To The Pleasuredome -6

It probably has the power of nostalgia for me. When I first got a Walkman I didn't have many cassettes so my girlfriend (now wife) taped two of her favourite Paul McCartney albums. Tug of War on one side and Give My Regards to Broad Street on the other. Later Paul McCartney's Greatest Hits was one of the first CDs we owned

I feel this is really harsh. This is by no means a poor song and there seems to be some anti-Paul sentiment in this voting demographic. I will acknowledge that Give My Regards to Broad Street was a huge piece of self indulgence but if any one had earned the right to be self indulgent it was Paul. My wife is currently selling her vinyl single of this which actually has the titled misspelled on the disc.

27th August 31 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 31 A-Ha — Take On Me 28 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 25 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero +1 24 Madonna — Holiday 24 Queen — Radio Gaga +1 23 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 22 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me +1 21 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 21 Phil Collins — Against All Odds +1 21 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 21 Marillion — Kayleigh 21 Duran Duran — The Wild Boys 20 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight 20 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 20 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 20 Deniece Williams — Let's Hear It For The Boy 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 20 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants -2 18 Neil — Hole In My Shoe -2 15 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 14 Ray Parker Jr — Ghostbusters 12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Welcome To The Pleasuredome -2

I did acknowledge that it was a triumph of style over content and the vindictive campaign against my preferred finalist have left me in the position where it needs to be saved over Duran Duran and the lesser of The Human League tracks in this round

5th September

Pete Murray

27.08.2023 28 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 26 Lily Allen - Smile 25 Take That - Patience 24 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 24 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 23 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 23 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) +1 22 Mika- Grace Kelly +1 22 Madonna- Sorry +1 22 Justin Timberlake- SexyBack 21 Kaiser Chiefs- Ruby +1 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 Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua- What a Wonderful World 20 Leon Jackson- When You Believe 17 McFly- Don’t Stop Me Now/Please, Please 17 Sugababes vs Girls Aloud- Walk This Way 17 Westlife- The Rose -3 16 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 14 Leona Lewis- A Moment Like This 14 Akon ft. Eminem- Smack That 12 Ne-Yo - So Sick 07 Chico- It’s Chico Time -3

27.08.2023 61 David Bowie — Modern Love 56 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 42 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 40 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer -6 31 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue 16 Heaven 17 — Temptation +4 07 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination

This now means we have a tie for first place between @tracy and @MariNisia Just as we head towards the final third