Yet Another Year In Pop: 50

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Lady Gaga moves up to #1 after last week's bathtub antics on X Factor (well done Joe btw!) but Janet Jackson can only manage #73 thanks to her lack of obvious plumbing on stage and a rubbish song. Elsewhere it's slim pickings for new entries this week as everyone saves up all their festive eggs for next week's Christmas No.1 basket.

[Poll #1498782]

Lower reaches watch:

Number of old christmas songs in the top 40: 3
Number of old christmas songs in the top 100: 10
Number of Lady Gaga songs in the top 100: 5

Reminder: You have until lunchtime tomorrow to vote in heat #3 of 2004. After this week the decade polls will be taking a break for Christmas (the spreadsheet is staying firmly in the office!) but there'll be some end-of-year voting madness to replace it :)

Best song of 2004 Heat 4 preview - Ce'cile <3 <3

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I've got 3 drinks parties scheduled for lunchtime onwards tomorrow - followed by a birthday dinner with my Dad (his, not mine). So I won't be around to do any reppin' then - and will probably be in no state to do so before Thursday. Therefore, I'm bigging this one up now and expect mucho ticks. Amazingly, it was reissued (in US, I think) as a single only this year - on the back of some inferior remixes. So I think this video is from 2009. The song definitely dates from '04 however. One of two essential tunes on the Red Alert rhythm.