Today we saluted the heroes of D Day, boycotted Twitter and randomly heard all about my Playstation footballer alto-ego “Parker”.
It was also the round 4 of the One Hit Wonder World Cup and we were tasked with filling the last two places in the semifinals. Bob Simpson picked Lou Bega’s “Mambo No.5” to go through as his presenter pick and so the Facebookers were empowered with a vote to determine the best of our four remaining tracks.
It certainly wasn’t forecast but The Weather Girls went home without a single vote. The Knack’s “My Sharona” (or “My Sharon’s” as predictive text would prefer!) clocked 21% of your vote with Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit In The Sky” winding up just short of the place that’s the best with 29%. All this meant that Carl Douglas’ “Kung Foo Fighting” successfully fought it’s way to the last spot in the semifinals.
Tomorrow, we’ll launch the vote for our two semifinals from 3pm but as it’s Film Friday there’ll be a one hit wonder amnesty. A day off from the heat of the competition to steady our nerves!
You’ll be able to vote on semifinal 1 on the Phoenix FM Facebook page and you can vote on semifinal 2 via Twitter @StewPink or @PhoenixFM until Sunday night.
If you missed it, I’ll be putting together a mix of the best bits from my Drivetime cover on my regular podcast. Just search “Stewart Pink” wherever you get your podcasts from and if you’re a fan of my shows then be sure to tune in for my regular hangouts – I present The As Yet Untitled Rock Show every Tuesday from 10pm and The One2Three Show every Friday from 1pm.
Playlist:
George Michael - Freedom Gwen Stefani - The Sweetest Escape (Radio Edit) Marshmello feat Chvrches - Here With Me Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of) Ellie Goulding - Sixteen Florence and the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris remix) Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It Duran Duran - Ordinary World Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer David Bowie - Heroes Chainsmokers and Coldplay - Something Just Like This Who - I Can't Explain Ocean Flaws - Pray To The Satellite EMF - Unbelievable Keane - Spiralling (radio edit) Pink - What About Us Whitesnake - Here I Go Again The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong Whitney Houston - How Will I Know Jane Wieldlin - Rush Hour Texas - When We Are Together Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart George Michael & Aretha FranklinI Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) MIKA - Ice Cream Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees Katy Perry - Firework Knack - My Sharona Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
