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Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?

Each episode, we look at six hit singles that were in the same position in the UK Top 10 exactly ten years apart, from the 1960s through to the 2010s. We talk about them, you vote for them, and points are awarded to the decades which they represent. As the episodes roll on, the votes roll in, and the points stack up, which decade will ultimately emerge as Tops For Pops? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:18:11

Val Doonican vs Julie Covington vs Erasure vs Prodigy...

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2024/02/05

Lav Nacinood rocks but gently, a Little Lady eschews fame, a grotty sports centre is transformed, nasty men on the telly are shouting at you, a bittersweet memory is trampled underfoot, and a six-year old Elvis impersonator conquers the world.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // X: @whichdecadetops // Facebook //

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26:02

Express Results Bulletin: S3 E3

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2024/02/02

James Errington of Centuries Of Sound joins us for the results, in which we discuss the viability of a Now That's What I Call Meh compilation, and ruminate on what music, if any, would most effectively crush our libidos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:40:37

Mary Hopkin vs The Cars vs Enya vs Queen/Wyclef Jean...

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2023/12/23

Mike's first gig, an almighty ding-dong over hit single legitimacy, the rave afterlife of new age, an extended Bake Off metaphor, an actual genuine X Factor breakout star, and a revelation which leaves two of us in dumbfounded shock.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // X: @whichdecadetops // Facebook //

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28:11

Express Results Bulletin: S3 E2

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2023/11/16

Patreon subscriber (and author of the world's only book about bowls and rock and roll) Alex Marsh joins us for the rollout, where digressions range from village shop bangers to champion banjo players, and the history of The Troggs' "OH NO!" is excavated in further detail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:23:38

The Troggs vs Sherbet vs Status Quo vs Cast vs...

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2023/11/02

Reg Presley's bunch get banned for lewdness, Australian pop royalty become one-hit wonders everywhere else, Britpop makes its Which Decade debut, Mike has a LOT to tell you about his erstwhile favourite band, and a motherboarding Starboy tries to have it both ways.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // X:

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18:09

Express Results Bulletin: S3 E1

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2023/10/30

The Master Scoreboard has been reset, and we have the first set of results from Season Three (plus a generous dollop of Ainsley Harriott digression content). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:27:45

Tornados vs Lieutenant Pigeon vs Musical Youth vs...

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2023/10/13

Season 3 kicks off with chart-topping debuts, novelty tunes, maverick producers, drug references, the space age, a tin whistle, a traditional cooking pot, and our first glimpse of The Beatles. Following victories for the Sixties and the Eighties, which decade will triumph this time? (And could this season climax with a Chicory Tip gig? You have the power!)YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites,

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56:40

Season Two: The Grand Finale

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2023/09/27

In which we reveal the final results of our second season, and have a good old think about What It All Means, before taking our first peek at the fledgling Mother Board. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:46

Express Results Bulletin: S2 E10

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2023/09/21

For the last time before the Grand Finale of Season 2, we dissect the latest set of results, with digressions that include Martine's suitability for Post Office work, the baffling phenomenon of Skibidi Toilet, Trev's speedonk remix of Celine Dion, Nick's appearance on a TV quiz show, and a quickfire "name that rhyming act" pop quiz. This one even has its own playlist - tinyurl.com/whichdecade210r - for reasons that will become apparent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:25:20

Marvin Gaye vs The Special AKA vs Tears For Fears vs...

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2023/09/08

Join us as we unearth the original version of a Steps classic, muse about the band The Specials could have been, pick apart a neo-psych diss track, uncover Tiff's hip hop roots, ponder the value of purpose-built anthems, and praise a Geordie Shore lad for swerving the Gareth Gates trap.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club

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15:42

Express Results Bulletin: S2 E9

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2023/08/30

It's results time for our penultimate round of this season, with sighs of dismay over our losing act, a partial reprieve for the act we thought would actually lose, and smiles all round for our clear winner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:37:55

The Shadows vs Donny Osmond vs Yazoo vs Luther &...

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2023/08/23

While Mike gleefully mines this episode for bragging rights, there's tension in the air as Nick and Trev take wildly opposing stances on one of our tunes. Elsewhere, you'll find the forbears of Rango's mariachi band, a brace of teen idols, pioneering synth-pop, a house-ification of new jack swing, and a donked-up honker whose time has come again.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your

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23:37

Express Results Bulletin: S2 E8

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2023/08/23

These might not be the results that Nick and Trev were expecting - but you have spoken, and we are but humble conduits for your collective wisdom and good judgement. Digressions include the fourth funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe, a university course on the activism of Bad Bunny, the cultural milieu of Montreal, a defence of Toploader, and the thriving underground subculture of "chipdonk". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:21:22

Dave Dee vs Boomtown Rats vs Everything But The Girl...

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2023/08/12

Beaky's boys leave the beer halls of Hungary, a pre-canonisation Geldof does some ungainly flailing, Ben and Tracey rework a former chart-topper, Neneh's bro gifts a guitar line to Avicii, Westlife are morphed into chipmunk soul, and a mic-chucker serves up "hot tamale!"YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // Twitter/X:

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17:50

Express Results Bulletin: S2 E7

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2023/08/02

What we lacked in consensus - the votes were all over the place this time - we gained in commentary, with all manner of excellent observations from our listeners. Join Mike and Nick as we reveal the latest set of results. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:35:57

The Animals vs Charles Aznavour vs Frankie Goes To...

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2023/07/18

Newcastle's folk-rock pioneers: little lads or men's men? Why does Marc Almond rate Meester Aznovoice? Seismic pop moments: did you have to be there at the time? Can a played-to-death soundtrack tune revive itself? Can a breakup song work as an erection-section groin-grinder? Should Snapchat-filter show ponies bin off Johnny Laptop?YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and

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19:34

Express Results Bulletin: S2 E6

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2023/07/14

Mister Fixit, "classic track", post-disco duo, power ballad, big room trance or footie rap? We have the results, plus comments from our listeners and the usual digressions and bickerings from your hosts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:35:33

Jimmy Jones vs Free vs Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway...

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2023/07/03

A whistling superhero fails to impress the gum-chewing daughters of America, the "Mr Brightside" of its day elicits memories of Mike's celebrity classmate, a posthumous release evokes the essence of disco's silver age, a movie soundtrack power ballad provokes what we might politely call "a range of emotions", Christmas comes early for DJ Trev with a Finnish trance banger, and an Eighties pop/Nineties R&B mashup closes the curtain on 40 years of England World Cup hits.YouTube playlist // Spotify

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19:54

Express Results Bulletin: S2 E5

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2023/06/28

Did our listeners deliver a clear verdict on the relative merits of Tight Fit and The Cure? And what the blazes is "sidechaining"? Mike, Nick and Trev have all the answers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:30:29

Mike Sarne vs Lindisfarne vs Tight Fit vs The Cure vs...

Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? ·

2023/06/15

A future soap star guests on a novelty record, an Edgar Allan Poe fever dream is re-promoted, Dutch Eurovision hopefuls are de-ABBA-fied by old friends, gloom-mongers discover happiness, a plastic Don Juan has a bathroom shag with a tennis star, and an old country standard is twisted into double-drop EDM.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:Patreon

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