Top 40 Singles Of 2006 Pol #8: August

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Ah September. The sun is back (Back! BACK!) in earnest and we can look ahead to the Autumn release schedule after a somewhat disappointing Summer in terms of chart-friendly bangers and anthems (sure threre's been a few but look at the leaderboard below and you'll notice the dearth so far). Anyway, time to review August's collection of top 40 hits:

( The mother boys don't know how to tick )

2006 leaderboard to date:
1. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy ( 28 : 87.5)
2. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man ( 26 : 76.5)
3. Nelly Furtado - Maneater ( 26 : 96.3)
4. Lily Allen - Smile ( 24 : 66.7)
5. Rihanna - S.O.S. ( 24 : 77.4)
6. Pipettes - Pull Shapes ( 23 : 65.7)
7. Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends ( 22 : 62.9)
8. Sugababes - Red Dress ( 19 : 79.2)
9. Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces ( 18 : 52.9)
10. The Go Team - Ladyflash ( 18 : 75)

The History of Jop Part 3 aka If you start me up I'll never stop

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Part 3 of the series takes us to 1981, and really an awful lot of great singles from which you must pick ONLY NINE.

Procedural notes: Laurie A. and the Stones were joint winners this year. Also, "Ghost Town" topped the separate EPs poll but I threw it in here anyway. I may do this with some future EPs too.

( When force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi Mom! )

And now the Joptimists Top Ten of 1980:

1. Blondie - Call Me (45 votes)
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (37 votes)
3. Lipps Inc - Funky Town (35 votes)
4=. The Clash - Train In Vain/London Calling (32 votes)
4=. Diana Ross - Upside Down (32 votes)
4=. The Dead Kennedies - Holiday In Cambodia (32 votes)
7. The Vapors - Turning Japanese (31 votes)
8=. Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach (29 votes)
8=. Joy Divison - Atmosphere/She's Lost Control (29 votes)
10. Devo - Whip It (25 votes)