Bibliogryphon

Fair policies for a better Britain

Fri 28 Jul 35 M — Pop Muzik 31 Boney M — Rasputin 29 Squeeze — Cool for Cats  26 Elvis Costello And The Attractions — Oliver’s Army +2 26 Squeeze — Up The Junction +2 25 The Police — Can’t Stand Losing You -3 24 Rose Royce — Love Don’t Live Here Anymore 23 Roxy Music — Dance Away 21 Blondie — Dreaming 21 Abba — Chiquitita 20 Racey — Some Girls 20 BA Robertson — Bang Bang 18 Abba — I Have A Dream 19 Darts — The Boy From New York City 18 Blondie — Denis 18 Clout — Substitute 16 Olivia Newton-John — Hopelessly Devoted To You 13 Queen — Crazy Little Thing Called Love 13 Darts — Come Back My Love 12 Darts — It’s Raining -3

Fri 28 Jul 46 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 45 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 40 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life +1 39 Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful -2 35 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules - Mad World +2 34 Eminem - Lose Yourself 34 Sugababes - Freak Like Me 32 Kylie Minogue - Slow 31 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman 31 Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love? +1 30 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven 28 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 28 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv 27 Eminem - Without Me 26 Pink - Just Like a Pill 26 Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 26 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 26 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 25 Sugababes - Hole in the Head 25 Will Young - Leave Right Now 24 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman - Dirrty 22 Sugababes - Round Round 22 Liberty X - Just a Little 20 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul - Breathe -2 19 Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side -2 18 Darius - Colourblind 15 Busted- You Said No  14 R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)  13 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)

I am not an Atomic Kitten fan but I cannot downvote this one because around this time my wife went to the funeral of her colleagues daughter (who was only a couple of years older than our daughter) and this song was played. No matter how much you hate a particular song there is a child somewhere who is listening to it in a different way

There are about 9 tracks here that I would be happy going through. This is about when I discovered the charts and this list includes the first single I actually bought for myself. Am struggling to find things to downvote

This is a long game pool and it can often be worth throwing in some unexpected names This falls very much into the category of shocked but not surprised

Flitwick Town Council have officially written to Nadine Dorries to ask her to stand down I am hoping this might get #GoNads trending

I think to some degree I sympathise with @Sir Creep's frustration regarding Eminem as he clearly sees this as the big cultural tent pole from his memory of the era. However this is a poll based around UK music success and the experience of young male British teenagers is somewhat different to that from across the pond. I also think that some of the attempted satire in his music comes across as a little juvenile with hindsight. I can listen to it and it is much better than a lot of the MOR dross that peppers this list but shouting at people that they are wrong is not going to win hearts and minds (and votes)

@ladyfiona gets a second hit in a second category and @BuffaloPhil gets a third hit in a third category after quite a long gap with no hits

27/07/2023 46 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 39 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 38 Sugababes - Freak Like Me 37 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules - Mad World +1 35 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life +2 34 Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful -3 32 Kylie Minogue - Slow 32 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 31 Eminem - Without Me 29 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman 29 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv 29 Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love? +1 27 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 27 Eminem - Lose Yourself 26 Pink - Just Like a Pill 26 Christina Aguilera - Beautiful-- 25 Sugababes - Hole in the Head 24 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman - Dirrty 24 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 22 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven 22 Liberty X - Just a Little  22 Sugababes - Round Round  22 Will Young - Leave Right Now 21 Darius - Colourblind 21 Busted- You Said No 21 Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side 20 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul - Breathe -3 17 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)  15 Blue ft. Elton John- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 14 R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)  14 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 11 Daniel Bedingfield - If You’re Not The One 09 Blazin’ Squad - Crossroads 06 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

32 Boney M — Rasputin 25 M — Pop Muzik 24 Squeeze — Up The Junction +4 24 Village People — In The Navy 21 The Police — Can’t Stand Losing You 21 Elvis Costello And The Attractions — Oliver’s Army 21 Roxy Music — Dance Away 21 Rose Royce — Love Don’t Live Here Anymore 20 Squeeze — Cool For Cats 20 Darts — Come Back My Love 20 Showaddywaddy — I Wonder Why 20 Darts — The Boy From New York City 20 Clout — Substitute 20 Racey — Some Girls 20 BA Robertson — Bang Bang 20 Blondie — Dreaming 18 Abba — I Have A Dream 18 Blondie — Denis 18 Darts — It’s Raining -2 17 Queen — Crazy Little Thing Called Love 17 Abba — Chiquitita 16 Olivia Newton-John — Hopelessly Devoted To You 15 John Travolta — Sandy -2 12 Janet Kay — Silly Games -2 This is an awesome group of songs many of which are on my regular playlist

26.07.2023 40 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules - Mad World +1 39 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 37 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 35 Eminem - Without Me 35 Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful 33 Kylie Minogue - Slow 33 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv 31 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 31 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life +1 30 Sugababes - Freak Like Me 28 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman 25 Sugababes - Hole in the Head 25 Pink - Just Like a Pill +1 24 Will Young - Leave Right Now 24 Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 24 The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? +1 23 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul - Breathe -2 22 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven 22 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 21 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 21 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 21 Liberty X - Just a Little  21 Sugababes - Round Round  21 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman - Dirrty 21 Darius - Colourblind 21 Busted- You Said No 21 Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side 19 R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix) 17 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 17 Eminem - Lose Yourself  16 Daniel Bedingfield - If You’re Not The One 16 Blue ft. Elton John- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 15 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)  15 Blazin’ Squad - Crossroads 13 Tomcraft - Loneliness 11 Will Young - Light My Fire 10 Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes 10 Oasis - The Hindu Times -2 10 David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie -2

26.07.2023 68 Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke 57 Boney M — Ma Baker 55 Queen — Somebody To Love 39 Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 34 Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me -6 20 Queen — We Are The Champions +4 07 Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Fanfare For The Common Man

At this stage I will take willingness over experience. Those members with experience running games are probably too busy running their own. Give it a go (with respect to MT if he shows up again) there will be plenty of people who will point out when you make a mistake ;-)

25/07/2023 41 Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful 37 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 35 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules - Mad World+1 32 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 29 Kylie Minogue - Slow 27 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life +1 26 Eminem - Without Me 25 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv 25 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman 24 Eminem - Lose Yourself 24 Will Young - Leave Right Now 24 Sugababes - Freak Like Me 24 The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? +1 23 Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 23 Pink - Just Like a Pill +1 22 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 21 R. Kelly - Ignition 21 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul - Breathe 21 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 21 Sugababes - Hole in the Head 21 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 21 Liberty X - Just a Little 21 Sugababes - Round Round 21 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman - Dirrty 20 Darius - Colourblind 20 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) 20 Busted- You Said No 20 Tomcraft - Loneliness 20 Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side 18 Blazin’ Squad - Crossroads 18 Westlife - World of Our Own 18 Will Young - Light My Fire 18 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven 17 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 17 Gareth Gates ft. The Kumars - Spirit in the Sky 17 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 17 Elton John - Are You Ready for Love 16 Daniel Bedingfield - If You’re Not The One 16 Blue ft. Elton John- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 15 David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie -2 14 Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes 14 Oasis - The Hindu Times -2 13 Busted - Crashed the Wedding 13 Westlife- Unbreakable -2

25.07.2023 59 Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke 56 Boney M — Ma Baker 51 Queen — Somebody To Love 34 Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me -6 32 Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 28 Queen — We Are The Champions +4 27 Space — Magic Fly 18 Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Fanfare For The Common Man 15 Heatwave — Boogie Nights  14 La Belle Epoque — Black Is Black

Fortunately I didn't pick him so partially makes up for my Tony Bennett mistake

I would play this game but it feels extremely random to me There is something I want to do but don't want to run it as I already have three games on the go Essentially it would be covering the No.3-No.10 for all the years we have been doing but the songs are nominated so for example (if we picked 70's) each player would send (by DM) a list of ten songs which peaked at No. 3 -10 one from each year but they would only be allowed one song by any artist in the list. (Either the game runner can allow substitutes or if a song is duplicated the player who submitted second can offer up a replacement). Then depending on the number of players (I would expect 20-25 you can either do double years (5 qualify) or single years (3 qualify) the only other change I would make would be that until the first song is eliminated in each list you cannot up or down vote by more than 50% pf your allocation to a single song If I decide I am less busy when the current Killing of Saving ends I might try this but if someone else things this has legs you have my blessing to try and make it work

In the game I run for former colleagues I have no banned wildcard entries that are over 100. I think the supercentarians stuff is just too messy and obvious low hanging fruit The only people in my game now who are over 100 are those who were selected before they reached that age

July 24 2023 49 Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke  46 Queen — Somebody To Love 45 Boney M — Ma Baker 39 Space — Magic Fly 35 Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me -6 29 Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 25 Heatwave — Boogie Nights 24 Queen — We Are The Championsl +2 22 La Belle Epoque — Black Is Black 19 Billy Ocean — Red Light Spells Danger 18 Billy Ocean — Love Really Hurts Without You 15 Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Fanfare For The Common Man 14 Wings — Let ‘Em In +2

Monday 24 July 32 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 30 Fatman - Be Faithful 28 Eminem - Lose Yourself 26 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules - Mad World +1 25 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life +1 25 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman 25 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 23 The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? +1 23 Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 22 Will Young - Leave Right Now +1 22 Eminem - Without Me 21 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv 21 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul - Breathe 21 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 21 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 21 Sugababes - Hole in the Head 21 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 21 Elton John - Are You Ready for Love 21 Kylie Minogue - Slow 21 Liberty X - Just a Little 21 Sugababes - Round Round 21 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman - Dirrty 20 Sugababes - Freak Like Me 20 Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes 20 Darius - Colourblind 20 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) 20 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) 20 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven 20 Westlife- Unbreakable 20 Busted- You Said No 20 Tomcraft - Loneliness 20 R. Kelly - Ignition 20 Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side 18 Blazin’ Squad - Crossroads 18 Westlife - World of Our Own 18 Busted - Crashed the Wedding 18 Blue ft. Elton John- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 18 Will Young - Light My Fire 17 Pink - Just Like a Pill  17 David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie 17 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 17 Gareth Gates ft. The Kumars - Spirit in the Sky 16 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 16 Oasis - The Hindu Times -2 16 Westlife - Mandy -2 14 Daniel Bedingfield - If You’re Not The One 14 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody 14 Gareth Gates - Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake) 10 Will Young & Gareth Gates - The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds -2 06 Enrique Iglesias - Hero

Sun 23 July 27 Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful 27 t.A.T.u.- All The Things She Said 25 Elvis vs JXL- A Little Less Conversation 24 Evanescence- Bring Me to Life +1 22 Christina Aguilera- Beautiful 22 Eminem- Lose Yourself 22 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules- Mad World +1 21 The Black Eyed Peas- Where Is The Love? +1 21 Will Young- Leave Right Now +1 21 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Crazy in Love 21 Aaliyah- More Than a Woman 21 Girls Aloud- Sound of the Underground 21 Sugababes- Hole in the Head 20 Sugababes- Freak Like Me 20 Ronan Keating- If Tomorrow Never Comes 20 Liberty X- Just a Little 20 Will Young- Light My Fire 20 Darius- Colourblind 20 Sugababes- Round Round 20 Blazin’ Squad- Crossroads 20 Atomic Kitten- The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) 20 Pink- Just Like a Pill  20 Las Ketchup- The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) 20 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland- Dilemma 20 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do- Heaven  20 Westlife- Unbreakable 20 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman- Dirrty 20 Daniel Bedingfield- If You’re Not The One 20 Blue ft. Elton John- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 20 David Sneddon- Stop Living The Lie 20 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham- Make Luv 20 Busted- You Said No 20 Tomcraft- Loneliness 20 R. Kelly- Ignition 20 Daniel Bedingfield- Never Gonna Leave Your Side 20 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul- Breathe 20 Elton John- Are You Ready for Love  20 Kylie Minogue- Slow 20 Busted- Crashed the Wedding 20 Westlife- Mandy 19 Eminem- Without Me 18 Will Young & Gareth Gates- The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds -2 18 Westlife- World of Our Own -2 18 Oasis- The Hindu Times -2 18 George Harrison- My Sweet Lord 17 Holly Valance- Kiss Kiss 17 Gareth Gates- Unchained Melody 17 Gareth Gates- Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake) 17 Gareth Gates ft. The Kumars- Spirit in the Sky 14 Enrique Iglesias- Hero 10 Will Young- Anything Is Possible/Evergreen

I was reasonably happy with the top 5 but struggled to find a sixth to complete the qualifiers. This was my choice. Now it has gone there will be a meh song for me in the final. The Modjo song is Bland beyond belief

23/07/2023 38 Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke 37 Queen — Somebody To Love 35 Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me -4 33 Space — Magic Fly 32 Boney M — Ma Baker 30 C. W. McCall — Convoy 28 Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 24 Queen — We Are The Champions 23 Billy Ocean — Red Light Spells Danger 22 La Belle Epoque — Black Is Black 22 Heatwave — Boogie Nights 21 Billy Ocean — Love Really Hurts Without You 20 Rod Stewart — The Killing Of Georgie (Part I & II) 16 Wings — Let ‘Em In +4 16 Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Fanfare For The Common Man 15 Showaddywaddy — You Got What It Takes 14 The Real Thing — Can’t Get By Without You 06 The Sex Pistols — God Save The Queen -2

23/07/2023 98 Kylie Minogue — Can’t Get You Out Of My Head +4 69 All Saints — Pure Shores 65 Eminem ft. Dido — Stan 64 Spiller — Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 61 Modjo — Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 50 Britney Spears — Oops!… I Did It Again 19 Manic Street Preachers — The Masses Against the Classes -3 04 Melanie C ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes — Never Be The Same Again -3