Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?

By Mike AtkinsonMusic Music Commentary Music History

Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? episodes

November 23, 2025 S5E10 Results: Meh Oddity
It's the last results bulletin of the season, and we have a seasonal "surprise surprise" for you.
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28 min
October 25, 2025 S5E10: Roy Orbison, David Bowie, Lionel Richie, Eternal, Jamelia, James Blunt
Three R&B-pop tunes rub up against three chaps of varying degrees of coolness, thus completing this season's selections.
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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 16th November 2025.

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1 hr 27 min
October 22, 2025 S5E9 Results: Cardiac Kimchi
With a little bit of this, and a little bit of that - and even the occasional result - we review the voting from our last main episode.
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24 min
October 13, 2025 S5E9: Eden Kane, Hot Chocolate, The Tweets, Sabrina Johnston, Uncle Kracker, Christina Perri
A Heritage Chart comeback, some persistent shapeshifters, France's Candle In The Wind, diva-house's purple patch, Kid Rock's mate reveals multiple levels, and Parkycore in its purest form.
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Playlists: YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bits // Bob Stanley's Hot Chocolate deeper cuts
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 20th October 2025.
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1 hr 23 min
October 09, 2025 S5E8 Results: A damp biscuit in the back of the snack cupboard.
Dan from Idaho joins us for the latest set of results. "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm about to break wind."
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28 min
September 23, 2025 S5E8: Marcello Minerbi, Gladys Knight, Princess, TLC, Kelly Clarkson, Lost Frequencies
An accelerating plate-smasher, two country covers, a hidden rivalry revealed, "alternative is a relative concept", and a gateway-drug flat-smasher.
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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 28th September 2025..
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1 hr 25 min
September 22, 2025 S5E8 Part 3/3: Kelly Clarkson, Lost Frequencies
A gateway-drug flat-smasher and our second country-derived tune conclude this episode.
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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 28th September 2025..

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28 min
September 21, 2025 S5E8 Part 2/3: Princess, TLC
A hidden rivalry is revealed, and "alternative" is a relative concept.
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31 min
September 20, 2025 S5E8 Part 1/3: Marcello Minerbi, Gladys Knight & The Pips
An accelerating plate-smasher, and the first of two country covers.
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28 min
September 15, 2025 S5E7 Results: Nick's Sweaty Brown Envelope
New Patreon subscriber Mike joins us for a look at the voting for S5E6, where a last place sends Trev "incandescent with rage", a JLS/Morrissey hypocrisy is posited, and Nick takes delivery of a clammy gift.
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33 min

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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…