CANON INDEX

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The artists are in alphabetical order. I'll update this post as we go along, voting closing on one canon when the next is posted, and link to this from the user info page (I'll put it in the memories as well for good measure). Feel free to suggest future canon artists in the comments!

Some interesting facts wot cropped up:

Crazy In Love is still worthy of a tick

Jacko deemed more mental than Mariah

Artists with larger repertoires do not necessarily have a wider distribution of ticks (hi dere Mariah and Status Quo)

Everyone likes Wham! quite a lot but no-one can remember many Erasure singles

Poptimists are more forgiving towards Radiohead than one might think.


ABBA
Adam & The Ants
Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice
Bananarama
Basement Jaxx
The Beatles
Beautiful South/Housemartins
Bee Gees
Blondie
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Britney Spears
Blur/Gorillaz
Carter USM/Wonder Stuff/Pop Will Eat Itself
Celine Dion
Chemical Brothers
Cher
Cliff Richard
Comic Relief
The Cure
Dave Bowie
Depeche Mode
Destiny's Child Plus
Diana Ross/Supremes
Donna Summer
Duran Duran
East 17
Elton John
ELO
Elvis
Eminem
Erasure
Eurovision
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Sinatra
Genesis/Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel
George Michael/Wham
Girls Aloud
Green Day
Gwen Stefani/No Doubt
Human Leg (anti-canon)
Kate Bush
The Kinks
Kylie Minogue
Lionel Richie/Commodores
Madness/Suggs
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Manic Street Preachers
Michael Jackson
Missy Elliott
Morrissey/Smiths
New Order/Joy Division
Norman Cook
Oasis
OMD
Orbital/The Orb
Outkast (mini-canon)
Pet Shop Boys
Prince
Prodigy
Pulp
Queen
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rihanna
Rod Stewart
Rolling Stones
Roxette
Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry
Simply Red
Spandau Ballet
St Etienne
Status Quo
Steps
Stevie Wonder
Stock Aitken Waterman
Sugababes
Take That
Tina Turner
T-Rex
U2
Whitney Houston


Ties are listed in alphabetical order. Bonus canons are restricted to top 5 lists, Outkast mini-canon restricted to a top 3.

ABBA: (link)
1. Take A Chance On Me
2. Knowing Me Knowing You
3. The Winner Takes It All
=4. Dancing Queen
=4. Waterloo
6. Lay All Your Love On Me
7. Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)
=8. Mamma Mia
=8. SOS
=10. Money Money Money
=10. The Name Of The Game
(as of Feb 2006)

Adam & The Ants: (link)
1. Antmusic
2. Stand And Deliver
3. Prince Charming
=4. Goody Two Shoes
=4. Kings Of The Wild Frontier
6. Dog Eat Dog
7. Deutscher Girls
=8. Ant Rap
=8. Apollo 9
=8. Puss In Boots
(as of January 2007)

Andrew Lloyd Webber: (link)
1. Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
2. Elaine Paige And Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
3. Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
4. Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face
5. Barbara Dickson - Another Suitcase In Another Hall
6. Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him
=7. David Essex - Oh What A Circus
=7. Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
=9. Murray Head - Superstar
=9. Sarah Brightman - The Phantom Of The Opera
(as of March 2006)

Bananarama: (link)
1. Venus
2. Robert De Niro's Waiting
3. Love In The First Degree / Mr Sleaze
4. Cruel Summer
5. Really Saying Something [w/ Fun Boy Three]
6. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
7. I Heard A Rumour
8. I Want You Back
9. Shy Boy
10. Nathan Jones

Basement Jaxx: (link)
=1. Red Alert
=1. Romeo
3. Where's Your Head At?
=4. Lucky Star
=4. Oh My Gosh
6. Good Luck
7. Rendez-vu
8. Plug It In
9. Jump And Shout
=10. Bingo Bango
=10. Get Me Off
(as of April 2006)

The Beatles: (link)
=1. Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
=1. Ticket To Wine
=3. Help!
=3. Paperback Writer
5. A Hard Day's Night
=6. Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
=6. She Loves You
=6. Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby
9. Can't Buy Me Love
=10. Get Back
=10. Hello Goodbye
(as of May 2006)

Beautiful South/Housemartins: (link)
1. Song For Whomever
=2. A Little Time
=2. You Keep It All In
4. Old Red Eyes Is Back
5. Rotterdam
6. I'll Sail This Ship Alone
7. Don't Marry Her
8. Perfect 10
9. Good As Gold
10. Everybody's Talkin'
PLUS
1. Happy Hour
2. Caravan Of Love
=3. Build
=3. Me And The Farmer
(as of Jan 2007)

Bee Gees: (link)
=1. Stayin' Alive
=1. Tragedy
=3. Night Fever
=3. You Win Again
5. Jive Talkin'
6. How Deep Is Your Love
7. You Should Be Dancing
8. Massachusetts
9. New York Mining Disaster 1941
10. I've Gotta Get A Message To You

Blondie: (link)
1. Heart Of Glass
2. Atomic
3. Hanging On The Telephone
4. Rapture
5. Call Me
6. Denis
7. Picture This
8. Sunday Girl
=9. Maria
=9. The Tide Is High

Blur/Gorillaz: (link)
1. Girls And Boys
2. Song 2 (arf)
=3. Coffee And TV
=3. There's No Other Way
=3. To The End
=6. Clint Eastwood
=6. End Of A Century
8. Feel Good Inc
=9. DARE
=9. For Tomorrow
(as of June 2006)

Bob Dylan: (link)
1. Subterranean Homesick Blues
2. Like A Rolling Stone
3. I Want You
=4. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
=4. Times They Are A-Changin
6. Lay Lady Lay
7. Positively Fourth Street
=8. Knockin On Heaven's Door
=8. Maggie's Farm
=10. Can You Please Crawl Out Of Your Window
=10. Rainy Day Women Nos 12 And 35

Bob Marley: (link)
1. Jamming / Punky Reggae Party
2. Exodus
3. Buffalo Soldier
=4. Could You Be Loved
=4. No Woman No Cry
=6. Iron Lion Zion
=6. Is This Love
8. One Love - People Get Ready
9. Sun Is Shining [vs Funkstar De Luxe]
=10. Three Little Birds
=10. Waiting In Vain

Britney Spears: (link)
1. ...Baby One More Time
2. Toxic
3. Oops I Did It Again
4. I'm A Slave 4 U
5. (You Drive Me) Crazy
6. Stronger
=7. Born To Make You Happy
=7. Boys
=9. Everytime
=9. Overprotected
(as of May 2006)

Carter USM/Wonder Stuff/Pop Will Eat Itself: (link)
1. Carter USM - The Only Living Boy In New Cross
2. Carter USM - Sheriff Fatman
3. Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It
4. Carter USM - After The Watershed
5. Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander
6. Pop Will Eat Itself - Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!
7. Wonder Stuff - The Size Of A Cow
=8. Wonder Stuff [w/ Vic Reeves] - Dizzy
=8. Carter USM - Rubbish
=8. Wonder Stuff - Don't Let Me Down Gently

Celine Dion: (link)
1. It's All Coming Back To Me Now
2. Think Twice
3. Falling Into You
4. Misled
=5. My Heart Will Go On
=5. The Power Of Love
7. All By Myself
8. Beauty And The Beast (ft Peabo Bryson)
9. Because You Loved Me
=10. A New Day Has Come
=10. Tu M'Aimes Encore (To Love Me Again)
(as of August 2006)

Chemical Brothers: (link)
1. Block Rockin' Beats
2. Hey Boy Hey Girl
3. Setting Sun
4. Galvanize
=5. Life Is Sweet
=5. Out Of Control
7. Leave Home
8. Loops Of Fury
9. Let Forever Be
=10. Elektrobank
=10. It Began In Afrikaa
=10. Star Guitar
(as of April 2006)

Cher: (link)
1. Believe
2. Gypsies Tramps And Thieves
3. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
4. If I Could Turn Back Time
5. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
6. Walking In Memphis
7. Strong Enough
8. Just Like Jesse James
9. All I Really Want To Do
10. I Got You Babe (with Beavis & Butt-Head)
(as of Sept 2006)

Cliff Richard: (link)
=1. Devil Woman
=1. Summer Holiday
=1. The Young Ones
=4. Living Doll
=4. We Don't Talk Anymore
=4. Wired For Sound
5. Living Doll (ft 'The Young Ones')
6. The Next Time/Bachelor Boy
=7. Congratulations
=7. Move It
=9. Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha
=9. Mistletoe & Wine
=9. What Car
(as of July 2006)

Comic Relief: (link)
1. "Mama/Who Do You Think You Are" - The Spice Girls
2. "Living Doll" - Cliff Richard and the cast of The Young Ones
3. "Absolutely Fabulous" - Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley)
4. "Help!" - Bananarama & La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo (French and Saunders with Kathy Burke)
5. "Is This the Way to Amarillo" - Tony Christie & Peter Kay

The Cure: (link)
1. Inbetween Days
2. Boys Don't Cry
3. The Love Cats
=4. Close To Me
=4. Just Like Heaven
6. A Forest
7. Friday I'm In Love
8. Lullaby
9. Pictures Of You
=10. Lovesong
=10. Why Can't I Be You
(as of Feb 2006)

Dave Bowie: (link)
1. Tin MachineHeroes
=2. Life On Mars
=2. Rebel Rebel
=4. Ashes To Ashes
=4. Starman
6. Space Oddity
7. The Jean Genie
=8. Let's Dance
=8. Sound And Vision
=8. Young Americans
(as of Oct 2006)

Depeche Mode: (link)
1. Enjoy The Silence
2. Just Can't Get Enough
3. Personal Jesus
4. Everything Counts
=5. Never Let Me Down Again
=5. People Are People
7. New Life
8. Master And Servant
9. Shake The Disease
=10. See You
=10. World In My Eyes
(as of May 2007)

Destiny's Child Plus: (link)
1. Crazy In Love [ft Jay-Z]
2. Say My Name
=3. Bills Bills Bills
=3. Jumpin' Jumpin'
5. Bootylicious
6. Independent Women Part 1
7. Survivor
=8. Bug A Boo
=8. Lose My Breath
10. Dilemma [ft Nelly]
(as of Feb 2007)

Diana Ross/Supremes: (link)
1. Upside Down
2. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
3. Chain Reaction
4. I'm Coming Out
=5. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me [w/ The Supremes & The Temptations]
=5. I Second That Emotion [w/ The Supremes & The Temptations]
=5. Love Child [w/ The Supremes]
=5. Love Hangover
9. Reflections [w/ The Supremes]
=10. Someday We'll Be Together [w/ The Supremes]
=10. Touch Me In The Morning
PLUS
1. Baby Love
2. You Can't Hurry Love
=3. Stop In The Name Of Love
=3. You Keep Me Hangin' On
5. Where Did Our Love Go

Donna Summer: (link)
1. I Feel Love
2. Hot Stuff
3. Love To Love You Baby
4. Bad Girls
5. Macarthur Park
6. She Works Hard For The Money
7. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) [ft Barbra Streisand]
8. On The Radio
9. State Of Independence
10. This Time I Know It's For Real

Duran Duran: (link)
1. Rio
2. Hungry Like The Wolf
=3. Girls On Film
=3. The Reflex
5. Save A Prayer
6. Wild Boys
7. Planet Earth
=8. A View To A Kill
=8. Is There Something I Should Know
=8. Ordinary World

East 17: (link)
1. House Of Love
2. Stay Another Day
3. Deep
4. It's Alright
5. Steam

Elton John: (link)
=1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
=1. Rocket Man
3. Your Song
4. I'm Still Standing
=5. Don't Go Breaking My Heart (ft Kiki Dee)
=5. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
7. Crocodile Rock
8. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
9. Bennie And The Jets
=10. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
=10. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
(as of Sept 2006)

ELO: (link)
1. Mr Blue Sky
2. Don't Bring Me Down
3. Livin' Thing
=4. Evil Woman
=4. Strange Magic
=4. Telephone Line

Elvis: (link)
=1. Blue Suede Shoes
=1. Hound Dog
=1. Jailhouse Rock
=1. Suspicious Minds
=5. All Shook Up
=5. Heartbreak Hotel
=5. Return To Sender
8. In The Ghetto
9. Viva Las Vegas
10. Love Me Tender

Eminem: (link)
1. Lose Yourself
2. The Real Slim Shady
=3. My Name Is
=3. Stan
5. Without Me
6. Forgot About Dre [w/Dr Dre]
7. The Way I Am
8. Guilty Conscience [ft Dr Dre]
9. Cleanin' Out My Closet
10. Like Toy Soldiers

Erasure: (link)
1. A Little Respect
2. Sometimes
3. Abba-Esque EP
4. Love To Hate You
5. Victim Of Love
=6. Chorus
=6. Crackers International EP
=6. Who Needs Love Like That
=9. Chains Of Love
=9. Ship Of Fools
(as of Dec 2006)

Eurovision: (link)
1. ABBA - Waterloo (Sweden, 1974)
2. Gina G - Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit (UK 1996)
3. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (UK, 1981)
4. tATu - Ne Ver, Ne Bojsia (Russia, 2003)
5. Sandie Shaw - Puppet On An String (UK, 1967)
6. Dana International - Diva (Israel, 1998)
7. Bardo - One Step Closer (UK, 1982)
=8. Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland, 2006)
=8. Ruslana - Wild Dances (Ukraine, 2004)
=10. Brotherhood Of Mang - Save Your Kisses For Me (UK, 1976)
=10. France Gall - Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son (Luxembourg, 1965)
(as of May 2006)

Fleetwood Mac: (link)
1. Go Your Own Way
2. Dreams
3. Little Lies
4. Don't Stop
=5. Albatross
=5. Tusk
=7. Big Love
=7. Oh Well
=7. Sara
=10. Black Magic Woman
=10. Say You Love Me

Frank Sinatra: (link)
1. Strangers In The Night
2. Witchcraft
=3. High Hopes
=3. Somethin' Stupid [w/ our Nancy]
5. Three Coins In The Fountain

Genesis/Collins/Gabriel: (link)
1. Solsbury Hill
2. Sledgehammer
3. In The Air Tonight
4. Easy Lover [w/ Philip Bailey]
5. Don't Give Up [ft Kate Bush]
6. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
=7. Games Without Frontiers
=7. Invisible Touch
=7. Sussudio
10. Land Of Confusion

George Michael/Wham: (link)
1. Faith
2. Freedom
3. Careless Whisper
4. Fast Love
5. Too Funky
6. Outside
=7. I Knew You Were Waiting For Me (w/ Aretha Franklin)
=7. I Want Your Sex
=9. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (ft Elton John)
=9. Father Figure
PLUS
1. Last Christmas / Everything She Wants
2. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
3. I'm Your Man
4. Freedom
5. Club Tropicana
(as of Nov 2006)

Girls Aloud: (link)
1. Biology
2. No Good Advice
3. The Show
4. Love Machine
5. Sound Of The Underground
6. Wake Me Up
7. Jump
8. Whole Lotta History
9. Long Hot Summer
10. I'll Stand By You
(as of April 2006)

Green Day: (link)

1. Basket Case
2. Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)
3. Welcome To Paradise
4. American Idiot
5. Longview
6. Warning
=7. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
=7. Holiday
=7. Minority
=7. Wake Me Up When September Ends

Gwen/No Doubt: (link)
=1. Hollaback Girl
=1. What You Waiting For
3. Don't Speak
4. Hella Good
5. Just A Girl
6. Cool
7. The Sweet Escape [ft Akon]
8. Let Me Blow Ya Mind [w/Eve]
=9. Spiderwebs
=9. Wind It Up

Human Leg (anti-canon): (link)
1. Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams
2. Heaven 17 - Temptation
3. Utah Saints - Believe In Me
4. Richard X vs Liberty X - Being Nobody
5. The boshing '95 remix of Don't You Want Me
6. Asymmetrical fringes
=7. Including a flexi-disc with the release of The Dignity Of Labour Parts 1-4 which contains a track discussing the merits of including a flexi-disc with the forthcoming release of The Dignity Of Labour Parts 1-4
=7. Richard X vs Kelis - Finest Dreams
9. Cypress trees (from the Lebanon, innit)
10. Phil Oakey starring as "Speciality Meat Seller" and Russell Dennett as "Electric Russell" in Reeves & Mortimer's The Weekenders

Kate Bush: (link)
1. Wuthering Heights
2. Running Up That Hill
3. Hounds Of Love
4. Cloudbusting
5. Babooshka
6. Man With The Child In His Eyes
=7. Army Dreamers
=7. Wow
=9. King Of The Mountain
=9. Rubberband Girl
(as of May 2006)

The Kinks: (link)
1. Waterloo Sunset
2. You Really Got Me
3. All Day And All Of The Night
4. Lola
5. Sunny Afternoon
6. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
7. Victoria
8. Days
9. Dead End Street
10. Tired Of Waiting For You

Kylie: (link)
1. Better The Devil You Know
2. Can't Get You Outa My Head
=3. Confide In Me
=3. Spinning Around
5. I Should Be So Lucky
6. Hand On Your Heart
7. Come Into My World
8. I Believe In You
9. Step Back In Time
10. Shocked
(as of March 2006)

Lionel Richie/Commodores: (link)
1. All Night Long (All Night)
2. Hello
3. Easy
4. Dancing On The Ceiling
5. Three Times A Lady
6. Say You Say Me
7. Sweet Love / Brick House
8. Machine Gun
9. Endless Love (ft Diana Ross)
10. Stuck On You
(as of Sept 2006)

Madness/Suggs: (link
=1. House Of Fun
=1. Our House
3. One Step Beyond
4. Baggy Trousers
5. It Must Be Love
6. My Girl
7. Embarrassment
8. Driving In My Car
=9. Michael Caine
=9. Wings Of A Dove
=9. Work Rest And Play EP
PLUS
1. Cecilia [ft Louchie Lou & Michie One]
2. Camden Town
3. I'm Only Sleeping / Off On Holiday

Madonna: (link)
1. Lik A Prayer
2. Into The Groove
3. Vogue
4. Ray Of Light
=5. Like A Virgin
=5. Papa Don't Preach
7. Material Girl
8. Holiday
9. Borderline
10. Hung Up
(as of April 2006)

Mariah Carey: (link)
=1. All I Want For Christmas Is You
=1. Fantasy
3. Dreamlover
4. Heartbreaker (ft Jay-Z)
=5. We Belong Together
=5. Without You
7. Always Be My Baby
=8. Emotions
=8. Hero
=8. Vision Of Love
(as of June 2006)

Manic Street Preachers: (link)
1. Motorcycle Emptiness
2. You Love Us
=3. Faster / PCP
=3. Little Baby Nothing
5. A Design For Life
=6. Everything Must Go
=6. La Tristesse Durera
8. From Despair To Where
9. Kevin Carter
=10. Revol
=10. Roses In The Hospital
=10. Theme From M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)

Michael Jackson: (link)
1. Billie Jean
2. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
3. Thriller
4. Beat It
5. Smooth Criminal
=6. Bad
=6. Wanna Be Startin' Something
8. Black Or White
9. Rock With You
10. The Way You Make Me Feel
(as of Oct 2006)

Missy Elliott: (link)
1. Get UR Freak On
2. Work It
3. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
4. One Minute Man [ft Ludacris]
5. Pass That Dutch
6. Lose Control [w/ Ciara & Fatman Scoop]
7. Gossip Folks [ft Ludacris]
8. 4 My People
9. 1-2 Step [w/ Ciara]
10. All N My Grill [ft MC Solaar]
(as of Feb 2007)

Morrissey: (link)
1. How Soon Is Now?
2. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
3. This Charming Man
4. Big Mouth Strikes Again
=5. Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now
=5. Panic
=5. What Difference Does It Make
8. William It Was Really Nothing
9. Everyday Is Like Sunday
10. Ask
(as of Sept 2006)

New Order/Joy Division: (link)
1. Blue Monday
2. True Faith
=3. Love Will Tear Us Apart
=3. Regret
5. Temptation
6. Atmosphere
7. World In Motion
8. Ceremony
9. Thieves Like Us
10. Procession/Everything's Gone Green
(as of April 2006)

Norman Cook (link)

1. Beats International [ft Lindy Layton] - Dub Be Good To Me
2. Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
=3. Fatboy Slim - Praise You
=3. Housemartins - Happy Hour
5. Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin'
6. Freak Power - Turn On Tune In Cop Out
7. Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now
8. Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs A 303
=9. Fatboy Slim - Star 69 / Weapon Of Choice
=9. Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
(as of Sept 2007)

Wasis: (link)
1. Live Forever
=2. Cigarettes And Alcohol
=2. Supersonic
4. Some Might Say
5. Don't Look Back In Anger
6. Wonderwall
7. Whatever
8. Shakermaker
9. Roll With It
10. D'You Know What I Mean?
(as of April 2007)

OMD: (link)
1. Enola Gay
=2. Joan Of Arc
=2. Souvenir
4. Tesla Girls
=5. Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)
=5. Messages
7. Genetic Engineering
8. So In Love
=9. (Forever) Live And Die
=9. Locomotion

Orbital/Orb (link)
1. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
2. Orbital - Chime
3. Orbital - The Box
=4. The Orb - Blue Room
=4. Orbital - Satan
6. Orbital - Radiccio EP
=7. Orbital - Satan (live)
=7. The Orb - Toxygene
9. The Orb - Perpetual Dawn
=10. Orbital - Are We Here
=10. The Orb - Assassin
=10. Orbital - The Saint

Outkast (mini canon): (link)
1. Ms Jackson
2. Hey Ya!
=3. So Fresh So Clean
=3. The Whole World

Pet Shop Boys: (link)
1. West End Girls
=2. Always On My Mind
=2. It's A Sin
4. What Have I Done To Deserve This
5. Left To My Own Devices
6. Suburbia
7. Being Boring
8. Rent
9. Opportunities
10. Can You Forgive Her?
(as of Aug 2006)

Prince: (link)
=1. 1999
=1. When Doves Cry
3. Kiss
=4. Gett Off
=4. Raspberry Beret
=4. Sign O The Times
7. Purple Rain
=8. Alphabet Street
=8. Lets Go Crazy/Take Me With U
10. Little Red Corvette
(as of March 2006)

Prodigy: (link)
1. Out Of Space/Ruff In The Jungle Bizness
2. No Good (Start The Dance)
3. Everybody In The Place
=4. Breathe
=4. Voodoo People
6. Firestarter
7. Charly
8. Poison
9. Smack My Bitch Up
=10. Fire/Jericho
=10. Girls
(as of March 2006)

Pulp: (link)
1. Do You Remember The First Time
2. Common People
3. The Sisters EP
4. This Is Hardcore
5. Disco 2000
6. Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E's And Wizz
7. Sunrise / The Trees
8. Help The Aged
9. Something Changed
10. Bad Cover Version

Queen: (link)
1. Killer Queen
2. Under Pressure (w/ David Bowie)
3. I Want To Break Free
=4. Another One Bites The Dust
=4. Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls
=4. Bohemian Rhapsody
=4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
8. Don't Stop Me Now
9. Radio Gaga
10. Somebody To Love
(as of Sept 2006)

Red Hot Chili Peppers: (link)
1. Give It Away
2. Under The Bridge
=3. Love Rollercoaster
=3. Scar Tissue
=5. Aeroplane
=5. By The Way
=5. Californication
=5. Otherside
9. Can't Stop
10. The Zephyr Song
(as of May 2007)

Radiohead: (link)
1. Paranoid Android
2. Fake Plastic Trees
3. High And Dry/Planet Telex
=4. Just
=4. No Surprises
=4. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
7. Creep
8. My Iron Lung
9. Pyramind Song
10. Karma Police
(as of Nov 2006)

Rihanna: (link)
1. Umbrella (ft Jay-Z)
2. Pon De Replay
3. Don't Stop The Music
=4. SOS
=4. Disturbia
6. Rude Boy
7. Shut Up And Drive
8. Russian Roulette
9. Take A Bow
=10. Unfaithful
=10. Run This Town (w/ Jay-Z)
=10. Te Amo
(as of August 2010))

Rod Stewart: (link)
1. Maggie May
2. I Don't Want To Talk About It / First Cut Is The Deepest
3. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
=4. Young Turks
=4. You Wear It Well
6. Stay With Me [w/ The Faces]
7. Downtown Train
8. Reason To Believe
=9. Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
=9. You're In My Heart

The Rolling Stones: (link)
1. Paint It Black
=2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
=2. Jumping Jack Flash
4. Get Off My Cloud
5. Brown Sugar / Bitch / Let It Rock
6. Let's Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday
7. Street Fighting Man
8. Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown
9. Honky Tonk Women
10. Start Me Up

Roxette: (link)
1. It Must Have Been Love
2. The Look
=3. Joyride
=3. Listen To Your Heart / Dangerous
5. Fading Like A Flower

Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry: (link)
1. Virginia Plain
2. Love Is The Drug
3. More Than This
4. Street Life
5. Dance Away
6. Let's Stick Together (Let's Work Together)
7. All I Want Is You
=8. Avalon
=8. Pyjamarama
10. Jealous Guy

Simply Red: (link)
1. Holding Back The Years
2. Money's Too Tight To Mention
3. Fairground
=4. Stars
=4. Something Got Me Started

Spandau Ballet (link)
1. Gold
2. True
3. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
4. To Cut A Long Story Short
=5. Instinction
=5. Through The Barricades

St. Etienne: (link)
1. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
=2. He's On The Phone
=2. Hobart Paving/Who Do You Think You Are?
4. Nothing Can Stop Us
5. You're In A Bad Way
6. Like A Motorway
7. Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi)
=8. Join Our Club/People Get Real
=8. Kiss And Make Up
10. Pale Movie

Status Quo: (link)
1. Rockin' All Over The World
2. Pictures Of Matchstick Men
3. In the Army Now
4. Down Down
5. Whatever You Want
6. Caroline
7. The Wanderer
=8. Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again)
=8. What You're Proposing
=10. Marguerita Time
=10. Running All Over The World
(as of Nov 2006)

Steps: (link)
1. Heartbeat / Tragedy
2. One For Sorrow
3. Deeper Shade Of Blue
4. Last Thing On My Mind
5. 5-6-7-8
6. Better Best Forgotten
7. Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
8. Stomp
9. Chain Reaction / One For Sorrow (remix)
10. It's The Way You Make Me Feel / Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby
(as of Jan 2007)

Stevie Wonder: (link)

1. Superstition
2. Living For The City
3. Uptight (Everything's Alright)
4. Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours
=5. For Once In My Life
=5. Higher Ground
=5. Sir Duke
8. He's Misstra Know It All
9. I Was Made To Love Her
10. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Stock Aitken Waterman: (link)
1. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
2. Mel & Kim - Respectable
3. Bananarama - Venus
=4. Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know
=4. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
=4. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
7. Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
8. Bananarama - Love In The First Degree
=9. Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's For Real
=9. The Reynold Girls - I'd Rather Jack

Sugababes: (link)
1. Freak Like Me
2. Overload
3. Round Round
4. Push The Button
5. Hole In The Head
6. Run For Cover
=7. New Year
=7. Stronger/Angels With Dirty Faces
9. Too Lost In You
10. Red Dress
(as of Feb 2006)

Take That: (link)
1. Back For Good
2. Could It Be Magic
3. Never Forget
4. ReLight My Fire (ft Lulu)
5. Everything Changes
6. It Only Takes A Minute
7. Pray
8. A Million Love Songs
9. How Deep Is Your Love
10. Babe
(as of Oct 2006)

Tina Turner: (link)
1. (w/ Ike) River Deep Mountain High
2. What's Love Got To Do With It
3. (w/ Ike) Nutbush City Limits
4. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
5. Private Dancer
6. (Simply) The Best
7. Goldeneye
8. Steamy Windows
9. Let's Stay Together
=10. I Don't Wanna Fight
=10. It's Only Love [ft Bryan Adams]
(as of Jan 2007)

T-Rex (link)
=1. 20th Century Boy
=1. Get It On
3. Children Of The Revolution
4. Metal Guru
5. Ride A White Swan
6. Jeepster
7. Telegram Sam
8. Hot Love
9. Solid Gold Easy Action
10. Debora

U2: (link)
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. With Or Without You
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
=4. New Years Day
=4. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
6. The Fly
=7. Mysterious Ways
=7. One
=9. Desire
=9. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me

Whitney Houston: (link)
1. I Wanna Dance With Somebody
2. It's Not Right But It's OK
3. How Will I Know
4. I'm Every Woman
=5. Greatest Love Of All
=5. I Will Always Love You
=5. My Love Is Your Love
8. So Emotional
9. I'm Your Baby Tonight
10. Love Will Save The Day
(as of July 2006)


Phew.

Comments

The following are being considered for future canons:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, Simply Red, Busta Rhymes, T Rex, Bob Marley, U2, Genesis, Madness, Xtina, Elvis, Bob Dylan

Re: The following are being considered for future canons:

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Duran Duran! Now we have final proof that I did NOT run a DD canon and in fact dreamed it.

Also you've missed the Adam Ant canon from a cpl weeks ago :)

Re: The following are being considered for future canons:

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Also THE STONES (this canon has a particularly huge skew towards the early funny stuff, though)

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I say prioritize the ones with more hits and the ones that are no longer recording (or no longer having hits). Kind of goofy to do Xtina now, when if we wait a year there might be one or two more.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Anyway AWESOME EFFORT on behalf of pop science Kat.

I like how good these are as predictors for the relative performance of songs in the Jop Tournament, too.

Re: The following are being considered for future canons:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

If you will forget to tag things then I can't be held responsible :-)

Will add it in next time, I have to get some work done before I leave the office today!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Didn't stop people clamouring for a DC+Bouncey canon! But yes, priority given to artists who have retired.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

So Kylie could've been a contender if America had only heard "Better the Devil You Know?"

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

People also clamour for that eighth G&T, but it don't mean it's good for them :)

Mo Canon Mo Problem

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Slade. East 17. PRML SCRM. Bad Boy Records.

Repeat requests (low priority, I'll admit)

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

ELO
Thin Lizzy/P. Lynott

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Depeche Mode please

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

manic street preac...........

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

yes!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Eighth G&T = GOOD
Canons of Modern Popstars ie people I have heard more than one song by = EQUALLY GOOD

People Who Have Retired

[koganbot]

Gracie Fields, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Stanley Holloway, The Carter Family.

[(Anonymous)]

How about the Carpenters?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

seconded

Re: Repeat requests (low priority, I'll admit)

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Donna Summer

(and someone else I remembered at the weekend and have now forgotten again. It will come to me.)

Re: Repeat requests

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

ah yes, now I remember: ROBBIE WILLIAMS

This is HIGH priority obv.