#OrchestralManoeuvres Least to most orchestral 24. Love to be Loved - Peter Gabriel Shocked to discover this was not a single www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJzf...

#StandaloneSingles ranked 24. Tour de France - Kraftwerk When I first heard this on the radio I immediately went out and bought Computer World, thinking it was the hit single from the album. Tough lesson but no complaints with the result www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTe7...

#TheTenX5 Ranked 50-1 46. Little Dark Age - MGMT (US 2017, Single, NK🚫, PC✅) MGMT return with a beat that wouldn't have been out of place on a mid-80's Depeche Mode album www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtL5...

#OrchestralManoeuvres Least to most orchestral 25. Breakout - Swing Out Sister Corinne putting the pop in Sophisti-pop www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpv0...

#StandaloneSingles ranked 25. Dreaming - OMD Closing tune on their chronologically-ordered best-of comp www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJUZ...

#TheTenX5 Ranked 50-1 47. Loud Places - Jamie xx feat. Romy (UK 2015, Single, NK✅ I think?, PC✅) So good it’s like they were in a band together or something www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9l...

#OrchestralManoeuvres Least to most orchestral 26. Stars - Dubstar TOTP with accompanying string section www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwbh...

#StandaloneSingles ranked 26. 11 O’Clock Tick Tock - U2 Well now I’m feeling old www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtrf...

#TheTenX5 Ranked 50-1 48. Alive - Goldfrapp (UK2010, Single, NK✅, PC✅) The Italo-disco song Abba wished they sang www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F9x...

#OrchestralManoeuvres Least to most orchestral 27. Hey Manhattan! - Prefab Sprout In spite of Pete Townshend’s presence, Paddy‘s composition leans much more Broadway www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDDJ...

#StandaloneSingles ranked 27. Never Never - The Assembly Their only song together but you may hear undertones of other bands www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUJO...

#TheTenX5 Ranked 50-1 49. Ran - Future Islands (US 2017, Single, NK🚫, PC✅) In which Samuel T. Herring…runs www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQu...

#OrchestralManoeuvres Least to most orchestral 28. Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys Attempting to rank by the least to most orchestrally influenced; we'll see how it goes. Starting off with a band led by the man with (arguably) the best hair of the 80's www.youtube.com/watch?v=byxe...

#StandaloneSingles ranked 28. Straight to the Morning - Hot Chip feat Jarvis Cocker Would've preferred this challenge in a 31 day month but here we are www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbb2...

#TheTenX5 Ranked 50-1 50. Should Have Known Better - Sufjan Stevens (2015 US) Everybody's all into starting out with a banger, but how 'bout a good cry? www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5NA...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 1. Re-Make Re-Model - Roxy Music What a band intro! What other first track gives each member a solo opportunity? And when those members include Eno, Manzanera and Mackay it’s fuckin bliss www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XvV...

#70sTop30 1. In Every Dream Home a Heartache - Roxy Music If there’s an opportunity for this to be my #1 pick, chances are it will be. Single greatest song of the 70’s? Possibly so www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSni...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 2. The Hurting - Tears for Fears Perennial top 3 TFF song for me, and constantly amazed it was not released as a single www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL-C...

#70sTop30 2. (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais 🎵If Adolf Hitler flew in today They'd send a limousine anyway🎵 Almost like Strummer could see the future www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI4S...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 3. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes One of the great debut albums of our time www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUoY...

#70sTop30 3. Life in Tokyo - Japan Second in a row of Moroder productions www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsbr...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 4. Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite Mick Jones is joined by old bandmates Joe Strummer & Paul Simonon in the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2k...

#70sTop30 4. I Feel Love - Donna Summer Ahead of its time since 1977 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaD7...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 5. Who Needs Love Like That - Erasure Only the 3rd significant band Vince Clarke co-founded by the age of 25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX0V...

#70sTop30 5. Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs Fair to say there’s no one smoother than The Boz www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZB...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 6. Visage - Visage Laying down Steve Strange's manifesto: 🎵Visuals Magazines Reflex styles Past, future, in extreme!🎵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc0N...

#70sTop30 6. Peaches - The Stranglers Must be a blast for JJ Burnel to play this bassline www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-F8...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 7. Oblivious - Aztec Camera Cant imagine how Roddy Frame felt about this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B2S...

#70sTop30 7. Down in the Park - Tubeway Army How did this not chart at all anywhere? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOfp...

Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers The Sugarcubes Blondie St. Vincent Sinead O’Connor Book of Love

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 8. Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go’s And the Fun Boy Three version? Not too shabby either www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kQ...

#70sTop30 8. Mongoloid - Devo Could watch old Devo clips for hours www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b-n...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 9. Time to Pretend - MGMT Hard to beat side 1 of this debut www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dS...

#70sTop30 9. Do Ya - ELO Loved that intro since AM radio days www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdR0...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 10. That Smiling Face - Camouflage Its just like having a second Depeche Mode almost as good as the first one www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JIc...

#70sTop30 10. Fox on the Run - The Sweet Brian Connolly at the top of his game www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRv7...

#20FaveVideos 1. Wanderlust - Bjork Couldn‘t sing a note of this song but I could watch the video endlessly thanks to: @buddygott.bsky.social @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social @geodrew.bsky.social Nice one gents! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJRi...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 11. Every Word Means No - Let’s Active Mitch Easter’s jangle pop band before he took up production duties for REM’s first few albums www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avue...

#70sTop30 11. Superstition - Stevie Wonder This video is found under ‘funk’ in the dictionary www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hw...

#20FaveVideos 2. Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen playing the Beasties in the video is sheer over the top brilliance, not to mention the host of other actors who take on cameos www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdgL...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 12. Two Divided by Zero - Pet Shop Boys And so began a 40 year love of all things PSB www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmmP...

#70sTop30 12. White Punks on Dope - The Tubes Wish I could’ve seen them live in the 70s www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JmX...

#20FaveVideos 3. Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim Seen it posted a few times already, but no way was I leaving this Spike Jonze/Christopher Walken collab out of my top 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDI...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 13. Girls on Film - Duran Duran US edition reverses the order and has "Planet Earth" first. Not a bad choice, but I'll just go along with the rest of the world and lead with "Girls on Film" www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjM...

#70sTop30 13. Dreaming - Blondie I would've been 100% on board if the video was just 3 minutes of audience shots www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smnr...

#20FaveVideos 4. Edith Piaf (Said it Better Than Me) - Sparks Beautifully animated, and a great story as well www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5jt...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 14. Everywhere That I'm Not - Translator 🎵Cause you're in New York, but I'm not. You're in Tokyo, but I'm not. You're in Nova Scotia, but I'm not🎵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEww...

#70sTop30 14. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester Was just thinking this would've made a great synthpop dance song, and then I was like oh yeah, hey there Jimmy Somerville www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6c...

#20FaveVideos 5. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack An incredible one continuous shot video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmr...

#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack 15. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane Broke them in the states www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oext...