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Amy Winehouse | Back To Black | 2007

Yeah sometimes I can be pretty basic

Previously featured in #NOWPOP40 #FearofMU21C

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Ting Tings | That's Not My Name | 2007

Is there any point in posting while everybody's watching the footie? Previously picked for #NOWPOP40 | #FearofMU21C

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Gnarls Barkley | Crazy | 2006

One of those 2000s tracks whose popularity transcends age and genre affiliation. It's got a good beat, y'know?

Previously nominated in #NOWPOP40 #FearofMU21C

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#UncoolTwo50
#MusicChallenge

3️⃣4️⃣ En Vogue - "Free Your Mind" (September 1992).

I didn't want to move "My Lovin'" from the #NowPop40 playlist. Any song that opens with a David Alan Grier reference has me at hello.

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Sugababes | Freak Like Me | 2002

Was I initrally attracted to this by the Tubeway Army sample? Guilty as charged. Is that why I picked it for #NOWPOP40 and #FearofMU21C ? Heck no!

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Spiller ft Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) | 2000

The first appearance of the future queen of #KitchenDisco*. A #NOWPOP40 pick

* for me, I have never knowlingly heard theaudience

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Kelis | Milkshake | 2004

Having watched the video I think maybe this paean to thick sweet dairy-based drinks with a cherry on top might have some kind of subtext

Previously featured in #NOWPOP40 #FearofMU21C

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VOLUME 3 (81 - 114):

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Ne-Yo | Closer | 2008

This was in my long list because I'd picked it for #NOWPOP40 but I couldn't remember why. Then I listened to it, and oh yeah that's why

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Kylie Minogue | Can't Get You Out Of My Head | 2001

BONUS ⭐11 POINTS⭐

Another veteran of #Uncool50 #NOWPOP40 #FearofMU21C challenges. I had thought Kylie would be my top pick for this one, but I was mistaken

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#NowPop40 - pick 40 favourite songs from any of the Now comps, it was fun

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Britney Spears | I'm A Slave 4 U | 2001

The first of my ⭐11 BONUS POINTS⭐ picks

Britney hits the "previously trifecta", with appearances in #Uncool50 #NOWPOP40 #FearofMU21C

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Indeed... people were asked to pick their favourite song from any 40 (or more) NOW albums in June 2023.

An early celebration of the 40th anniversary.

The winners were as follows:

VOLUME 1 (1 - 40)

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Beverly Knight | Coulda Woulda Shoulda | 2001

True story. During a Logica awayday for staff managers they had one of the best presentations I've ever seen on project management, which was themed around this song.

Also #NOWPOP40

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Won #NOWPOP40 for its comp though, didn't it? :)

I remember rediscovering "Katy on a Mission" during #NOWPOP40. I'd forgotten what an absolute TUNE it was! Unfortunately she didn't quite make my #FearOfMu21c - she'd probably have got an HM if we'd had them at the time - but there's no way she was missing out this time.