Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?

By Mike AtkinsonMusic Music Commentary Music History

Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? episodes

November 08 S6E9 Results: Water Vessel Rockers and Interpretive Kites
Further viewing: Long Time Gone - Tom Jones & Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1969)
Further listening: Soft Space - The Soft Machine (1978)
Further reading: This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich
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28 min
October 06 S6 E9: Tom Jones, Donna Summer, Rick Astley, Puff Daddy, Kanye West, DJ Khaled/Rihanna
Or alternatively: Lonnie Donegan, Giorgio Moroder, Stock Aitken Waterman, The Police, Daft Punk and Santana. Big hitters, massive samples, problematic characters, reputations both won and lost, and - just this once - copious swearing.
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Playlists: 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 // Facebook // [email protected]
The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Sunday 18th October 2026.
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1 hr 52 min
September 30 S6E8 Results: Beatles or Pub?
Back at last after an extended summer break, we can finally bring you the latest set of results... "no doubt about it".
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18 min
July 24 S6 E8: Brian Hyland, Slade, Hot Chocolate, Roy Orbison, The Calling, Coldplay & Rihanna
A spiritual Bobby, a deep cut chart-topper, a Partridged tick-tick-ticker, a posthumous wake-up call, a lightning in a bottle moment, and stadium rock goes high-concept pop.
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Playlists: 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 // Facebook // [email protected]
The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Sunday 13th September 2026.
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1 hr 21 min
July 22 S6E7 Results: Report Card Of Delirium
A playlist concept is hatched, a sponsorship deal is proposed, zealotry is slammed, a meaningless genre is dissected - oh, and there are some results.
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30 min
June 26 S6 E7: Gerry & The Pacemakers, 10cc, The Police, Gabrielle, Evanescence, Robin Thicke
Piano-augmented Merseybeat, a light-hearted take on mass slaughter, the world's biggest band gets creepy, a "nasal" consensus, a renta-rapper imposition, and a "heated debate".
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Merch Store: Which Decade T-shirts and coffee mugs!
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 // Facebook // [email protected]
The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Sunday 19th July 2026.
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1 hr 52 min
June 24 S6E6 Results: Bombastic Knobheadery
It's results time: after what we thought was a particularly strong selection of tunes, how did our decades fare?
Further watching: Arena documentary on My Way (BBC iPlayer)
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22 min
May 25 S6 E6: Frank Sinatra, Art Garfunkel, Bobby Brown, Precious, La Roux, Billie Eilish
A premature swansong, a childhood trauma, a new jacking bad boy, a Eurovision mid-tabler, a pitchy 8-bit synth-popper and an ASMR proto-brat, DUHH.
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Playlists: YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits
Merch Store: Which Decade T-shirts and coffee mugs!
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 // Facebook // [email protected]
The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Sunday 21st June 2026.
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1 hr 48 min
May 21 S6E5 Results: The Vindication of Nick
Content Warning: contains interstitial product placement!
record-mirror-disco-charts.myshopify.com
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20 min
May 02 S6E05: Bobby Darin, T.Rex, Ennio Morricone, Cher, Ronan Keating, Wretch 32 ft Example
Finger-snapping, glam-inventing, TV-soundtracking, Sixties-pastiching, drive-timing, Roses-sampling goodness, for your enjoyment and evaluation - plus a brand new merch store!
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Playlists: YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits
NEW: Which Decade T-shirts and coffee mugs are available for purchase.
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 // Facebook // [email protected]
The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Monday 18th May 2026.
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1 hr 19 min

About Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?

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Each episode, we look at six hit singles that were in the same position in the UK Top 10 exactly ten years apart, from the 1960s through to the 2010s. We talk about them, you vote for them, and points…