A kung fu fighter in a disco

Leona's still on top - news that will shock you to your very core, I am certain.

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Non-xmas bonkers re-entry watch: Dido's White Flag in at 82. Grans all over the country will be delighted with their gift of an mp3 I am sure.

We have a new #1! Take That go straight in at the top spot, Beyonce's down to 2.

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*I think this originally charted last year so still counts for poll purposes? No obligation to tick it, anyway.

Xmas watch: As well as Mariah, people have been buying enough copies of Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' to bump it up to 67, and the Pogues & Kirsty climb up to 44.

End times watch: the karaoke version of Leona Lewis covering Snow Patrol is still lurking in the low 50s :( :(

EDIT: Oh I've 4rsed that up good and proper haven't I? Of course I mean 'Greatest Day' for the first option of the second question.

X Factor hand-wringing still at the top, TI moves up to number 2.

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Lower Reaches watch: It's officially Christmas! How do we know this? Because 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' is in at no. 59. Elsewhere in Mariah-world we have three other hits of hers in the top 100 thanks to last weekend's X Factor, with 'Hero' finally trumping Enrique in the Battle Of The 'Hero's with a firm position of 67.

The X Factor chaps have knocked Girls Aloud off the top spot. Get used to it - they're sure to be hanging around for a while.

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Halloween bonkers re-entry effect: as well as Jacko, Ray Parker Jr's 'Ghostbusters' is straight in at 49, and the Monster Mash is at no.60!

Bonus mistakenly downloaded track watch: Mariah and Enrique's completely separate and different (sort of) 'Hero' songs are at 80 and 93, and the Chris Cornell song from the last Bond film is at 86. Oh dear, there must be a fair few 79ps gone down the drain there!

Here's the top 50 of the year, worked out by a complicated formula involving the number of votes each song got and its percentage of the total vote for that week. Er, complicated in that I just timesed them together and multiplied by 100? Anyway I've kept all the figures in there (votes / percentage / score) so you can make your own minds up.

( I'm Miss American Dream, since I was seventeen... )

Remember you can go back and change your vote in any of these polls! If your favourite track isn't getting enough love, here's your chance to convince everyone to do just that! Alternatively if you wish to bemoan the state of UK pop then the comments box below is available for some wailing/teeth-gnashing action.

Pink is still at #1, MIA is still at #21, and after a fortnight of plenty this week's new entries are returning to a mere handful...

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Baffling re-entry watch: Cyndi Lauper is in there at no.90 with 'True Colors'! Any ideas why?

Later on today I might post a round-up of the AYIP results for the year so far - remember you can go back and tick something in any of the polls, just click on the 2008 tag. If you want to untick something that's fine too! Click on the poll link (where it says e.g. 'Poll #39517958') then click 'Fill Out Poll' to withdraw that erroneous Katy Perry tick change your answers.

Kings of Leon and Katy Perry might still be holding tightly on to the top of the chart, but what's this? TEN new entries in the top 40? Is it 2001 or something? We've got the Bond theme, the Boots theme, double Jonas action and Kanye is...singing?

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Top 100 ancient pop re-entries watch: this week it's The Source & Candi Staton, Bette Midler, and Leon Jackson's X Factor single from last year (er who the hell is buying that???). Blimey.

Ladies and gentlemen we have a new number one! We truly are living in exciting times when Kings Of Leon can get to the top spot. Hmmm.

Elsewhere, Miley is slowly sneaking up towards the top 10, Skepta's Rolex Sweep enters at no.89, and Bonnie Tyler is this week's inexplicable new entry at 57 thanks to Total Eclipse Of The Heart being cheaply dubbed over that Phil Collins gorilla advert.

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Katy Perry still at the top, five Metallica tracks in the top 100 and Miley finally gets her hit...

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Longevity watch: Gabriella Cilmi's 'Sweet About Me' has now been in the top 40 for 25 weeks, Sam Sparro's 'Black & Gold' has notched up 23 weeks, and Nickelback's 'Rockstar' is still hanging around after 11 months (but not continuously - it took a summer holiday in the nether regions of the chart in June/July). Blimey!

p.s. Thanks again to Moggy for doing last week's poll! My holiday was lovely, thanks :)