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Friday’s Top 20 show featured The Divine Comedy. I was overwhelmed by the interest and support from Neil Hannon’s many fans from around the world who voted in their droves for their favourite Divine Comedy songs. He maintains a large online fanbase and it was great to be able to get through to them. We talked about that a bit during a conversation I was able to record with Neil the previous week while he was stopping over at Stansted on his way to the Queima das Fitas do Porto in Portugal. I was able to play the recording at various points throughout the show and, as I discussed, I had prepared a series of questions to ask him, but he is so friendly and talkative, our conversation just flowed in a variety of directions.

This also included a discussion on cricket of course, when I was talking about his collaboration with Thomas Walsh in The Duckworth Lewis Method which prompted me to play one of their songs during the show too.

There was a late flurry of voting on the day which resulted in some last minute changes and some close calls, demonstrated by a tie for 18th place!

A lot of his fans who had voted also joined me during the show via the live stream or the chat room on our website to find out which song would be number one. There were a lot of discussions on what made it and what was excluded from the top 20, but many agreed that Tonight We Fly deserved its place at the top. It won by a considerable number of votes!

20 – Bad Ambassador
A tie for 18th place:
18- Lucy
18- Perfect Lovesong
17- At The Indie Disco
16- The Frog Princess
15- Gin Soaked Boy
14- Generation Sex
13- Down In The Street Below
12- If…
11- Charmed Life
10- Absent Friends
9- I Like
8- Everybody Knows
7- Songs Of Love
6- National Express
5- Something For The Weekend
4- Becoming More Like Alfie
3- A Lady Of A Certain Age
2- Our Mutual Friend
1- Tonight We Fly

Thanks again to all who voted, it was a great experience and one I look forward to repeating in the future.

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