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PARADE - DAY 12

2015 (11/?)

12.7 (139/240)
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS (ft Q-TIP)
'GO'
UK/USA

No bonuses
11 x HM (20/36 with 10+ HMs)

Four out of five Pollhalla matches now, and an improved performance from FOM.

Also the host's song of the day.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO2R...

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PARADE - DAY 12

2015 (10/?)

12.6 (138/240)
JULIA HOLTER
'FEEL YOU'
USA

1 x 12
@meikle.bsky.social
1 x 11
3 x HM

Part of #FearofMu21C lore, after every pick was a bonus but it still fell short of qualifying.
(3 x 11 & 40-point cut-off, since you ask)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Jg...

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One who narrowly misses out on a double though is Susanne Sundfør - 'Delirious' scored 47.

As with 'Dance Apocalyptic' (2013) and 'Bangarang' (2011) though, songs with 12s that fell one HM short will probably get discretionary picks.

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PARADE - DAY 12

2015 (9/?)

12.5 (137/240)
COURTNEY BARNETT
'DEPRESTON'
Australia

2 x 11
4 x HM

Quite a few artists in double qualifier contention for 2015, and here's someone who may well be back later in the alphabet...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NVO...

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PARADE - DAY 12

2015 (8/?)

12.4 (136/240)
DEMI LOVATO
'COOL FOR THE SUMMER'
USA

1.x 11
8 x HM

11-giver @weaversweek.bsky.social said he didn't expect this to receive any other votes!

It was in the top 100 from gun to tape :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=il9n...

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PARADE - DAY 12

2015 (7/?)

12.3 (135/240)
CHVRCHES
'CLEAREST BLUE'
UK

2 x 11
2 x HM

Early CHVRCHES leader, but couldn't match the finishing kick of their previous qualifier.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZyz...

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PARADE - DAY 12

2015 (6/?)

12.2 (134/240)
THE WEEKND
'CAN'T FEEL MY FACE'
Canada

No bonuses
4 x HM

Canada breaks the tie with Sweden and goes third on its own again.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEI4...

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Good morning.

PARADE - DAY 12

2015 (5/?)

12.1 (133/240)
DAVID BOWIE
'★' or 'BLACKSTAR'
UK

1 x 12
@aidanbyrne.bsky.social
2 x 11
7 x HM

No surprises to start with.
(except this didn't make Pollhalla because it wasn't even nominated!)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszL...

Anne Reid as Muriel, in a BBC TV show screened on 14 May 2019. (an elderly lady in dark jumper, with her right hand held scross her chest)

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First, congrats to @dannyryden.bsky.social for guessing all those last three correctly.

Second, here's tomorrow's TV Teaser (a clue to one of Day 12's songs, in the form of a still from C21 TV)

The bigger clue is to the artist, though this particular shot does relate to the title.

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PARADE - DAY 11

2015 (4/?)

11.12 (132/240)
LITTLE MIX
'BLACK MAGIC'
UK

1 x 11
2 x HM

Two things:

1. Surprised at the gap between this and all other Little Mix songs.
2. This is the song that tied with 'Inspector Norse' at 0-14 on HMs.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkEl...

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PARADE - DAY 11

2015 (3/?)

11.11 (131/240)
DUA LIPA
'BE THE ONE'
UK-Albania & Kosovo

1 x 11
4 x HM

You gotta hand it to Dua - unlike so many other acts, she's an absolute banker for getting borderline songs to qualify!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rey...

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PARADE - DAY 11

Bumper edition!

2015 (2/?)

11.10 (130/240)
KENDRICK LAMAR
'ALRIGHT'
USA

1 x 12
Adam MacLaren - list
5 x 11
13 x HM (19/36 with 10+ HMs)

That's 2 Pollhalla matches!

(host's song of the day)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48...

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Doing a family thing tonight, so I'll post the last three songs all at once around 10-11pm UK time.

In the meantime, they're very guessable, see how you do...

- 1 A and 2 Bs
- 1 UK, 1 USA, 1 multi-national
- One is my song of the day
- One made Pollhalla for 2015

Later!

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And that's also the answer to the Day 11 TV Teaser - Danny is pressing the accelerator pedal in his car.

Day 12's in a reply to tonight's last song.

bsky.app/profile/mu21...

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PARADE - DAY 11

Welcome to the only 10s year to be polled by @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social !
How many Pollhalla matches will we get?
Read on to find out...

2015 (1/?)

11.9 (129/240)
SUSANNE SUNDFØR
'ACCELERATE'
Norway

No bonuses
2 x HM

That's 1!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3492...

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Had to delete the first post because I forgot the bonuses and HMs!

(sorry to Ryan especially, who gave it 12)

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PARADE - DAY 11

2014 (17/17!)

11.8 (128/240)
MARK RONSON ft BRUNO MARS
'UPTOWN FUNK'
UK/USA

1 x 12
@23duff.bsky.social
1 x 11
9 x HM

Possibly the year's most obvious qualifier, but also its last.

Just 17 songs for 2014...
(you agree with me then😇)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0...

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PARADE - DAY 11

2014 (16/?)

11.7 (127/140)
FKA TWIGS
'TWO WEEKS'
UK

No bonuses
7 x HM

Described by @yetanothernick.bsky.social as "the finest ‘higher than a motherfucker’ chorus of the ‘10s", and certainly the only one to qualify.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yDP...

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PARADE - DAY 11

2014 (15/?)

11.6 (126/240)
TOVE LO
'STAY HIGH' (HIPPIE SABOTAGE REMIX)
Sweden/USA

No bonuses
4 x HM

The Song Formerly Known As 'Habits'.
And 'Habits (Stay High)'.
Sorry if this caused you to assume it had missed out :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYM-...

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Glossary updated for the closure of Popjustice, without which this account and project would probably never have existed.

mu21cvs.com/these-words-...

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Back with...

PARADE - DAY 11

2014 (14/?)

Hey hey hey!
Hope I didn't stay out too late!

11.5 (125/240)
TAYLOR SWIFT
'SHAKE IT OFF'
USA

No bonuses
6 x HM

(in case those stats concern you, I think they're very deceptive)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWl...

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PARADE - DAY 11

2014 (13/?)

11.4 (124/240)
FUTURE ISLANDS
'SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU)'
USA

1 x 12
@fergusmckee.bsky.social
1 x 11
8 x HM

And now you can all "wait on" me, until I get back online.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Ae...

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PARADE - DAY 11

May be offline for 2-3 hours, so you can have two.

First:

2014 (12/?)

11.3 (123/240)
JAVIERA MENA
'OTRA ERA'
Chile

1 x 11
6 x HM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUCZ...

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PARADE - DAY 11

2014 (11/?)

11.2 (122/240)
SHAMIR
'ON THE REGULAR'
USA

No bonuses
8 x HM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp9G...

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Good morning and welcome to the second half of the PARADE.

DAY 11

2014 (10/?)

11.1 (121/240)
FIRST AID KIT
'MY SILVER LINING'
Sweden

No bonuses
6 x HM

Pretty much neck and neck with their other one until the 'Emmylou' surge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKL4...

A booted foot pressing a pedal in a car. (from BEEF, Episode 1, Netflix, 6 April 2023 - the foot is Danny's, after a minor road rage incident in a parking lot)

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Day 11's TV Teaser!

Picture = clue to one of tomorrow's 12 songs.

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PARADE - DAY 10

2014 (9/?)

10.12 (120/240)
QT
'HEY QT'
UK/USA

1 x 11
5 x HM

The halfway point is marked with the first appearance of one A.G. Cook.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MQU...

A black T-shirt with pink lettering as follows: HATING POP MUSIC DOESN'T MAKE YOU DEEP

I re-read the Grammys 2017 thread a couple of months ago, during #TheTenx5 prep...

Genuinely so intelligent and engaged and aware - exactly the kind of thing that made me buy this T-shirt.

Such a shame sources like that won't be available in future.

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PARADE - DAY 10

2014 (8/?)

10.11 (119/240)
ELLE KING
'EX'S AND OH'S'
USA

No bonuses
5 x HM

Didn't give this any points in the end, but rest assured I'm chuffed to see it here.

(if slightly discombobulated, as it only broke the UK charts in 2016)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uLI...

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PARADE - DAY 10

2014 (7/?)

10.10 (118/240)
RÖYKSOPP ft ROBYN
'DO IT AGAIN'
Norway/Sweden

No bonuses
8 x HM

Ah what the hell - the performance of this stupendous banger kind of makes up for dissing Body Talk.

Scandis will be at it again in Part III.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=btBS...