Tilting at Windmills: M10 show week #5

So here we are, New Year's Eve, and for the first time in centuries (of posts), this is what we call a LIVE M10 show- not put in the can the night before! And this week, we have the final 10 of the M10's top songs of the year- we have two new M10 songs this week- and, maybe, a neat year ending surprise!

Elvis: Great! I love surprises!

All right then, let me get at it by surprising you with the first half of the year's top ten!

10- Duran Duran (featuring Chai), More Joy! The first of two chart toppers for the vet rockers from the lp Future Past.

9- Midnight Train To Georgia, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit with Brittney Spencer. This girl has a knockout voice!

8- Black Pumas, Wichita Lineman. In a year of tremendous covers, it is amazing that there is still one more that beat these last two...

7- Duran Duran (featuring Tove Lo), Give It All Up. This was another one of those "knew it was a #1 on first play" deals for me.

6- Michael Sweet, Blown Away. The second of three #1s from Catspaw- and the first of the two on this list.

Hey, you changed the order, din't ya?

That's why you never know for sure where they'll end up till I type it in! Next up, intro the first debut this week!

Okay, so this guy's a fairly famous actor in the UK, and a solid musical act, too! His first time on the M10 starts at #10- here's Matt Berry...

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Okay, so that was bizarre...

What do you expect from a dude whose label is called Acid Jazz? Now, let me knock out most of the rest of this week's top 10...

9- The Explorers Club drops from 6 with Hurts So Bad...

8- Tom Jones up a spot with Not Dark Yet...

7- The aforementioned Give It All Up, down 3...

6- Beach House with Once Twice Melody, down 1...

5- Jumping 5 is Eddie Vedder and The Haves....

And at #4 this week is the other debut- a cover of a top 10 from 1961 by one of my favorites, the Fleetwoods- Once again, the Explorer's Club...

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Dude, yer gonna make me cry with that stuff...

Me too, bud, so why don't ya line up the next 4 of the year's top ten whilst I set up the surprise...

Okay, here goes...

5- Redspencer, Happy . Best time you'll ever have beatin' up a vacuum cleaner...

4- Michael Sweet, Challenge The Gods . Chris says it's his second favorite guitar solo of all time...

3- Overcoats (featuring Tennis), The Hardest Part . Chris also says, the top three haven't been in doubt since August.

2- illuminati hotties, u.v.v.p. This'n was almost the LAST M10 #1... between shuttin' down the Time Machine, and the line, "Here we stand... at the end of all things..."

Okay, so let me get the last couple of things wrapped up before I get to one last surprise... and no, not a beauty contest. Sorry, I thought about it, but I just ... have to shut that door. Anyway, the #1 song of the year should be no surprise. Two weeks longer at #1 than anyone ever; ten more 'standings points' than any other song, only song over 100 points... and longest #1 so far!

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