Oh my gosh wow. 🤩

Was that a wicket wrecking ball?

Thank you for the further details.

Points are being carried forward to the finale?

How will this work? I've just re-read everything in the rules and I couldn't see anything.

There might be tactical considerations!

I was going to pick it as well, but in the end didn't because I was worried about having too many non-singles. ☹️

Darn this means Desire Lines hasn't made it, despite an 11 and a 12.

There's 48 points in a search of the hashtag so I guess must be 0 in secret HMs. ☹️

Inspired by this, here's when I discovered my #THETENX5 picks and HMs - a lot more of my picks came during shortlisting and almost all my HMs were discovered during the challenge.

Thanks for introducing Knots to me. I love it!

7. My guess is Concrete by Poppy.

Track Name Artist Name(s) Year I Am The Best 2NE1 2014 1977 Ana Tijoux 2010 bad guy Billie Eilish 2019 Cut To The Feeling Carly Rae Jepsen 2017 HATE Charisma.com 2018 Tilted Christine and the Queens 2016 Pedestrian At Best Courtney Barnett 2015 Kala Mbongwana Star 2015 The Look Metronomy 2011 Hard Times Paramore 2017 Black Beatles Rae Sremmurd ft Gucci Mane 2016 Los Ageless St. Vincent 2017 Shake It Off Taylor Swift 2014

Here the tracks that I would have included in my HMs, but I guessed that they do not need the votes.

Year Picks HM 2010 5 10 2011 4 4 2012 3 4 2013 5 4 2014 5 2 2015 3 4 2016 5 4 2017 9 4 2018 6 6 2019 5 8

Not sure why but my votes are clustered at either end of the decade.

Track Name Artist Name(s) Year Werkin' Girls Angel Haze 2012 thank u, next Ariana Grande 2019 Sophie Arlo Parks 2019 Dust in a Baggie Billy Strings 2016 Eyesdown Bonobo ft Andreya Triana 2010 #hashdark Charisma.com 2017 Bomb Thrown CZARFACE and MF DOOM 2018 Desire Lines Deerhunter 2010 Nobody Speak DJ Shadow ft Run The Jewels 2016 Default Django Django 2012 Ex's & Oh's Elle King 2015

Track Name Artist Name(s) Year Baby Blue Evergreen 2013 Tir Ha mor Gwenno 2018 Without A Blush Hatchie 2019 Wild Woman Imelda May 2014 French Cancan Inna MODJA 2011 The Architect Jane Weaver 2017 LP's Jeffrey Lewis and The Voltage 2019 Feel You Julia Holter 2015 Do-Wah-Doo Kate Nash 2010 Black White & Blue Ladyhawke 2012 That's Alright Laura Mvula 2013

Track Name Artist Name(s) Year Knots Lisa Hannigan 2011 Selfish Little Simz ft Cleo Sol 2019 Get Some Lykke Li 2011 Bad Girls M.I.A. 2013 Quero Em Dobro MC Loma e As Gêmeas Lacração 2019 Fix My Life Melt Yourself Down 2013 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 2015 Lewis Takes Off His Shirt Owen Pallett 2010 It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) Peggy Gou 2018 Baby Love Petite Meller 2016 Go! Public Service Broadcasting 2015

Track Name Artist Name(s) Year Shhh RAYE 2016 MALAMENTE - Cap.1: Augurio ROSALÍA 2018 Bad Liar Selena Gomez 2017 Huku Sho Madjozi 2018 Rill Rill Sleigh Bells 2010 It's Okay To Cry SOPHIE 2017 Cruel St. Vincent 2011 Digital Witness St. Vincent 2014 Summon The Fire The Comet Is Coming 2019 Pass Out Tinie Tempah 2010 O.N.E. Yeasayer 2010 Film Burn Yppah ft Anomie Belle 2012

#THETENX5

Just sent my HMs to Arron. I almost managed to make them all *targeted*, but I felt that there were some tracks I had to vote for or I wouldn't be true to myself, even if they are no hopers or don't need the votes.

Bar chart picks by year Year Picks 2010 5 2011 4 2012 3 2013 5 2014 5 2015 3 2016 5 2017 9 2018 6 2019 5

This is what I've picked so far.

Extra HMs not going to be finished for a day or two. I have 25 definite and 150 maybes at the moment.

#THETENX5
Day 50/50

Every Single Night - Fiona Apple (2012)

A vivid picture of nocturnal mental turmoil with a music-box minimalist arrangement earns my 12-points.

youtu.be/bIlLq4BqGdg?...

Whoop! Whoop! This track is no longer a singleton pick. 😀

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Day 49/50

Venom - Little Simz (2019)

A defiant, rapid-fire antidote to toxic negativity.

youtu.be/Kh8Q2iytzns?...

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Day 48/50

The Barrel - Aldous Harding (2019)

Charming inscrutable ferret-based oddness.

youtu.be/QyZeJr5ppm8?...

Oh sorry yes this and the next two are 11 and the 12 will be posted on day 50.

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Day 47/50

Cranes in the Sky - Solange (2016)

Such a beautiful song; the lyrics resonate deeply.

youtu.be/S0qrinhNnOM?...

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Day 46/50

Nobody - Mitski (2018)

I am giving this track, with its gleeful duality between lyrics and music, and wonderful transitions, a bonus because of the memories of sharing it with my late wife.

youtu.be/qooWnw5rEcI?...

1 Lorde
2 Taylor Swift
3 Janelle Monáe
4 Ariana Grande
5 Carly Rae Jepsen
6 Kendrick Lamar
7 Lady Gaga
8 Mitski
9 Robyn
10 Lana Del Rey

#THETENX5
Day 45/50

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen (2011)

On bonus eve, it's time for some superlative pop perfection.

youtu.be/fWNaR-rxAic?...

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Day 44/50

I Love It - Icona Pop ft Charli xcx (2013)

Surely the bangiest of all bangers.

youtu.be/UxxajLWwzqY?...

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Day 43/50

Make Me Feel - Janelle Monáe (2018)

And now the first of three songs that do not need the votes.

youtu.be/tGRzz0oqgUE?...

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Day 42/50

Freedom - Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar (2016)

When deciding which Beyoncé track to pick I settled on this
empowering anthem of perseverance linking historic slavery and modern-day police brutality.

youtu.be/7FWF9375hUA?...

#THETENX5
Day 41/50

BIPP - SOPHIE (2013)

When deciding which SOPHIE track to pick I settled on this single with its insistent vocals and sound design that manages to be both minimalist and packed full at the same time.

youtu.be/MVc3Z-bG6Eo?...

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Day 40/50

Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem (2010)

Towering over the rest of the album.

I was quite obsessed with LCD Soundsystem for years. I almost picked some Nancy Whang side-projects for #THETENX5. I will likely pick two songs for #THEN0UGHTIE5

youtu.be/9ZNkPA_zUd4?...

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Day 39/50

GMF - John Grant ft. Sinéad O'Connor

This track is a bit of an outlier in my top 20 but Michelle and I listened to Pale Green Ghosts a lot at the time, so here it is,
with its crooning, heartfelt, self deprecating, and mordantly funny lyrics.

youtu.be/ekFWPsXXcg0?...

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Day 38/50

Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man (2017)

Just for kicks here's a hit song with infectious bassline, triumphant horn section and ultimate earworm vocal hook.

youtu.be/pBkHHoOIIn8?...

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Day 37/50

Wait for it ...

Do It Again - Röyksopp & Robyn (2014)

It may be simple, but it sounds so good, with slippery and squelchy Röyksopp noises and a breakdown that arrives with mmm-mmm anticipation.

youtu.be/btBSxtKzF6Q?...