Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?

Representing the 2000s and 2010s: renewed and topical dramatic relevance, and a chart rules game-changer. Listen to this episode in full, with all tracks embedded . YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits To 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 // Bluesky: whichdecadetops // Fa...

Representing the 1980s and 1990s: fleeting croc fame, and a justified flounce. Still to come: the 2000s and 2010s in Part 3. Listen to all three parts in one go, with full tracks embedded . YouTube  //  Spotify  //  extra tracks & bonus bits Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Representing the 1960s and 1970s: a savoury snack origin story, and allegedly innocent filth. Still to come: the 1980s and 1990s in Part 2, and the 2000s and 2010s in Part 3. Listen to all three parts in one go, with full tracks embedded . YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which we reveal how our listeners have been voting on S5 E1. Which pop decade will triumph? And just how middle class is DJ Trev? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mondegreen creates a one-hit wonder, Peel Power lands a chart-topper, Nick's homies make good, Madonna and the Pope get their chequebooks out, gays are conflated with sidewalks, and CTRL-V holds the key to fleeting success. Listen to this episode with full tracks embedded . Playlists: YouTube  //  Spotify  //  extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please s...

Representing the 2000s and 2010s, gays are conflated with sidewalks, and CTRL-V holds the key to fleeting success. Listen to all three parts in one go, with full tracks embedded . YouTube  //  Spotify  //  extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to: The Patreon Supporters...

Representing the 1980s and 1990s, Nick's homies make good, and Madonna and the Pope get their chequebooks out. Still to come: the 2000s and 2010s in Part 3. Listen to all three parts in one go, with full tracks embedded . YouTube  //  Spotify  //  extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and ha...

Representing the 1960s and 1970s, a mondegreen creates a one-hit wonder, and Peel Power lands a chart-topper. Still to come: the 1980s and 1990s in Part 2, and the 2000s and 2010s in Part 3. Listen to all three parts in one go, with full tracks embedded . YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most...

In which we reveal the end-of-season state of play between our six competing pop decades, and take a look at our increasingly authoritative Motherboard for cumulative positions across all four seasons, as we edge ever closer ro the answer to that age-old question: Which Decade IS Tops For Pops? Playlist for all tracks in Season 4 , in chronological order. Join the Patreon Supporters Club , where a...

In which Alice Deejay is posited as the gold standard of modern pop, the Womble legacy lives on in Des Moines, a reprieve is granted to schmaltz, and Trev's purported aversion to the blues earns him a right royal kicking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Stones seek peace in the barnyard, Furrycore creates a riot, Holly gets Mike on the telly, the ice maiden's dodgy deals are fake news, Sarah sobs while Cheryl whoops, and Heldens scores a Wordle double. YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to: The Patreon Support...

In which Dave Edmunds is confirmed as a trailblazer, the team are taken to task for their lack of millennial R&B love, and we propose a helpline for Madonna's hapless exes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Lennon right about Presley? Are "pub rock" and "chunky" pejorative terms? Does buying your own shoes make you Ne-Yo's type? Should The A*Teens be airbrushed from history? And how did Robert Van Winkle become as famous as Mike? YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection,...

Special guest Carly joins Mike, Nick and Trev for the latest set of results. Also: would Dave Dee work as happy hardcore? Is Rod a good egg or what? Would a SAW-less Rick have legs? Which Spice is our fave Spice? When did dadrock stretch to Irish boybands? And can tropical house work in winter? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-pity. YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to: The Patreon Suppor...

Theo takes over as our new Voice Of Youth, with some "controversial" opinions on a surprising set of results, during which we veer off into some frankly BRILLIANT pitches for movie remakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 & bonus bits // Tremeloes Deep Cuts (Hi, Chesney! Hi, Chip!) To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to: The Patreon Suppo...

Praise for the Meh Zone, and a right royal slagging for the winner: our voters are a funny old bunch. (Disclaimer: AND WE WOULDN'T WANT THEM ANY OTHER WAY) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks and bonus bits To 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:...

Oliver joins us from New Zealand, as we pick over the latest set of votes, and there's even a bonus playlist . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bits To 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: @whi...

The 1980s have been in big trouble this season, so will Eurythmics save them? And would a Robbie Williams CD REALLY have been a stoner's go-to record store choice in the late 1990s? Also contains a salute to the majesty of " It's Quiet Uptown ". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the US market, and two very rich people having a good old moan about it. YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd an...

In which our very special guest - Mike's partner Kevin - is obliged to talk about music he loathes without swearing, so it's a good job we've given him our "substitute" words. Elsewhere, we discover Nick's hitherto undisclosed teatime TV fame, and the younger members of our team ponder how to crack the Gen Z demographic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 watch the fur fly. YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bits To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection...