Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 114
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Dave Dee, Rod Stewart, Rick Astley, Spice Girls. Westlife, Marshmello/Khalid
DDDBM&T move beyond mere language, Rod conflates Britt and soccer, SAW rehash a US club smash, Spiceworld lacks an atlas, Westlife have the business class blues, and mojitos are garnished with self-p…
S4 E7 Results: we can't all be movie buffs!
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Tremeloes, ELO, Wee Papa Girl Rappers, Monica, Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper
A Tremeloes podcast with bonus content from, erm, five other songs (when we eventually get to them). Also contains the most fatuous voting prediction ever made.
YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bo…
S4 E6 Results (aka Nelly's Thesaurus)
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The Who, Bay City Rollers, Five Star, BBE, Nelly Furtado, Major Lazer
Townsend goes genderqueer, the Rollers go powerpop, Nick meets the neighbours, proto-trance saves lives, a song thrush is hypersexualised, and, erm, how does this one go again?
S4 E5 Results (aka Guetta's Sweaty Jockstrap)
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Ricky Nelson, T. Rex, Lobo, Color Me Badd, Jamiroquai, David Guetta/Taio Cruz/Ludacris
A teen idol hires a guitar legend, Bolan invents the 70s, the Schlagerfication of DJ culture, doo-wop hip hop's swansong, a Van Outen diss track, and an EDM slobberfest.
Express Results Bulletin: S4 E4
Shadows, Limmie & Family Cookin, Eurythmics, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Robbie Williams, Jay-Z/Justin Timberlake
An evocative soundscape of a lost continent (or not), the theme tune from a lost 1970s sitcom (or not), a splurge of 1980s celebrity cameos, a which-one-is-which conundrum, a doomed attempt to crack …
Express Results Bulletin: S4 E3
Lulu, Pete Wingfield, Denise LaSalle, Corona, Charlotte Church, Walk The Moon
Lulu sidesteps the Dumper in the nick of time, a pop hit that rock critics can "dig", synthed-up Zydeco, a miming model, When Profanity Filters Go Wrong, and our most polarising track EVER: just watc…
Express Results Bulletin: S4 E2
B. Bumble & The Stingers, Wings, Bow Wow Wow, Kris Kross, Eminem, Usher
Ballet class nostalgia, pop merchandising's 19th century roots, problematic cover art, a songwriting team of 26, techno as a pejorative term, and a questionable quest for self-discovery.
Express Results Bulletin: S4 E1
Tommy Roe, Blondie, Cliff Richard, Shanks & Bigfoot, Dizzee Rascal/Armand Van Helden, Lil Nas X
If it hadn't been for that pesky Jason Donovan, all these Number Two hits would also have been chart-toppers. Dizzy meets Dizzee, Angela Trimble has lost her cat, Sir Cliff scores a century, UKG stru…
Season Three: The Grand Finale
In which we look back at the 60 tunes that featured in Season Three, counting down the final totals on the Master Scoreboard, and seeing where this leaves our cumulative Mother Board.
Express Results Bulletin: S3 E10
Elvis Presley vs Simon & Garfunkel vs Detroit Spinners vs Paula Abdul vs Sisqo vs Professor Green
A demobbed King reclaims his crown, the Wichita Lineman crew triumph again, the sound of 1976 reappears in 1980, a choreographer jives with a cat, the Cosmo Smallpiece of millennial R&B plays fast an…
Express Results Bulletin: S3 E9
The Who vs Duane Eddy vs David Grant/Jaki Graham vs Bucketheads vs Melanie C vs Sia
DJ Trev says:
Do you love the Meh Zone? Are you all about those tunes that are "OK, I guess"? Then you need to listen to the next episode of Which Decade Is Tops For Pops - because it's A-Meeeeeh-Zing…