[Rory]

Welcome to the Top Song of 2007. With the success of TiBB's Best Song of 2008, I've decided to do one for 2007. We'll begin with a Top 128, each placing within the UK Top 40 Charts in 2007.

THE ROUNDS
Round 1 (Top 128):
Choose 1 of the 2 songs from each challenge. The closing date for voting will be given during Rory's first post of

the round. The 64 winners of each of the 64 head-to-heads will advance to round 2.

Rules:
1. You may only vote once in this round.

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Round 2 (Top 64):
Choose 1 of the 2 songs from each challenge. The closing date for voting will be given during Rory's first post of

the round. The 32 winners of each of the 32 head-to-heads will advance to round 3.

Rules:
1. You may only vote once in this round.

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Round 3 (Top 32):
Choose 1 of the 2 songs from each challenge. The closing date for voting will be given during Rory's first post of

the round. The 16 winners of each of the 16 head-to-heads will advance to round 4.

Rules:
1. You may only vote once in this round.

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Round 4 (Top 16):
Choose 1 of the 2 songs from each challenge. The closing date for voting will be given during Rory's first post of

the round. The 8 winners of each of the 8 head-to-heads will advance to round 5.

Rules:
1. You may only vote once in this round.

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Round 5 (Top 8):
Each of the 8 songs will begin at 0. The first 7 songs to reach 10 votes will continue. You can only post after TWO

people have posted. You are limited to a total of 3 votes per day.

Round 6/Top 7:
5 votes per day, first 6 to reach 14 votes continues.

Round 7/Top 6:
6 votes per day, first 5 to reach 16 votes continues.

Round 8/Top 5:
6 votes per day, first 4 to reach 18 votes continues.

Round 9/Top 4:
6 votes per day, first 3 to reach 20 votes continues.

Round 10/Top 3:
6 votes per day, first 2 to reach 22 votes continues.

Round 11/Top 2:
A one-on-one challenge. The closing date for voting will be given during Rory's first post of the round. Whichever

one of the two has the most votes wins!

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THE SONGS
Remaining Nominees - Round 5 (Top 8)
1. "Sexy! No, No, No" - Girls Aloud
2. "The Way I Are" - Timbaland
3. "Too Little Too Late" - Jojo
4. "Read My Mind" - The Killers
5. "Umbrella" - Rihanna
6. "Standing In The Way of Control" - Gossip
7. "Say It Right" - Nelly Furtado
8. "The Girls" - Calvin Harris


Eliminated Songs:

Round 1 (Top 128)
1 - "Miracle" - Cascada
3 - "Truly Madly Deeply" - Cascada
3 - "Let Me Think About It" - Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand
3 - "(I'm going to Be) 500 Miles" - The Proclaimers
4 - "Mr. Rock and Roll" - Amy Macdonald
4 - "Don't Matter" - Akon
4 - "What Goes Around Comes Around" - Justin Timberlake
4 - "1973" - James Blunt
4 - "Delivery" - Babyshambles
4 - "Either Way" - The Twang
4 - "The Heart Never Lies" - McFly
5 - "Lost Without U" - Robin Thicke
5 - "I Found U" - Axwell
5 - "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis
5 - "A Moment Like This" - Leona Lewis
5 - "Party All The Time" - Sharam
5 - "Baby's Coming Back" - McFly
5 - "Smack That" - Akon feat. Eminem
6 - "Had Enough" - The Enemy
6 - "Window In the Skies" - U2
6 - "Sheila" - Jamie T
6 - "Catch You" - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
6 - "Proper Education" - Eric Prydz vs. Floyd
7 - "Makes Me Wonder" - Maroon 5
7 - "Like This" - Kelly Rowland feat. Eve
7 - "Beautiful Girls" - Sean Kingston
7 - "Goodbye Mr. A" - The Hoosiers
7 - "Because of You" - Ne-Yo
7 - "What Hurts The Most" - Cascada
7 - "Heartbroken" - T2 Feat. Jodie Aysha
7 - "Teenagers" - My Chemical Romance
7 - "Big Girls (You Are Beautiful)" - MIKA
7 - "Uninvited" - Freemasons feat. Baily Tzuke
7 - "Home" - Westlife
7 - "Our Velocity" - Maximo Park
7 - "Destination Calabria" - Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters
7 - "With Every Heartbeat" - Robyn feat. Kleerup
7 - "Autumnsong" - Manic Street Preachers
7 - "This Ain't A Scene It's An Arms Race" - Fall out Boy
7 - "No U Hang Up/If THat's OK with You" - Shayne Ward
7 - "She's So Lovely" - Scouting For Girls
8 - "Real Girl" - Mutya Buena
8 - "1234" - Feist
8 - "Flux" - Bloc Party
8 - "Ayo Technology" - 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake
8 - "Lil Star" - Kelis feat. Cee Lo
8 - "I want to Have Your Babies" - Natasha Beddingfield
8 - "No One" - Alicia Keys
8 - "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" - Editors
8 - "How to Save A Life" - The Fray
8 - "I'm Not Sorry" - Pigeon Detectives
8 - "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse
8 - "I Luv U" - The Ordinary Boys
8 - "Green Light" - Beyonce
8 - "Heavyweight Champion of the World" - Reverend & The Makers
8 - "It's Not Over Yet" - Klaxons
9 - "What I've Done" - Linkin Park (6-1 vote)
9 - "Signal Fire" - Snow Patrol (5-2 vote)
9 - "Soulmate" - Natasha Beddingfield (4-2 vote)
9 - "Cupid's Chokehold" - Gym Class Heroes (4-3 vote)
9 - "Calm Down Dearest" - Jamie T (4-3 vote)
9 - "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie (4-3 vote)
9 - "Icky Thump" - White Stripes (4-3 vote)
9 - "Flourescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys (4-3 vote)

Round 2 (Top 64):

1 - "Here (In Your Arms)" - Hellogoodbye
1 - "When You're Gone" - Avril Lavigne
2 - "Worried About Ray" - The Hoosiers
2 - "Torn On The Platform" - Jack Penate
2 - "Same Jeans" - The View
2 - "Take Control" - Amerie
3 - "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters
3 - "Dream Catch Me" - Newton Faulkner
3 - "When You Believe" - Leon Jackson
3 - "Clothes Off" - Gym Class Heroes
3 - "Boogie 2nite" - Booty Luv
3 - "Everything is Average Nowadays" - Kaiser Chiefs
3 - "Love Today" - MIKA
3 - "Apologize" - Timbaland feat. Onerepublic
3 - "Shine" - Take That
3 - "Stronger" - Kanye West
3 - "Breathless" - Shayne Ward
3 - "Give It To Me" - Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, & Justin Timberlake
4 - "Beautiful Liar" - Beyonce & Shakira
4 - "Girlfriend" - Avril Lavigne
4 - "The Prayer" - Bloc Party
4 - "I Think We're Alone Now" - Girls Aloud
4 - "Stop Me" - Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather
4 - "Grace Kelly" - MIKA
4 - "Golden Skans" - Klaxons
4 - "Never Again" - Kelly Clarkson
4 - "Song 4 Mutya" - Groove Armada
4 - "Call The Shots" - Girls Aloud
4 - "Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs
5 - "The Creeps (Get on the Dancefloor)" - The Freaks (2 votes in runoff)
5 - "Do You Know" - Enrique Iglesias (2 votes in runoff)
5 - "Happy Ending" - MIKA (2 votes in runoff)

Round 3 (Top 32)
2 - "Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)" - Craig David
2 - "Suburban Knights" - Hard-Fi
2 - "Acceptable In The 80's" - Calvin Harris
3 - "Patience" - Take That
3 - "Shut Up and Drive" - Rihanna
3 - "The Sweet Escape" - Gwen Stefani
4 - "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's
4 - "Valerie" - Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse
4 - "Lovestoned" - Justin Timberlake
4 - "Oh My God" - Mark Ronson feat. Lily Allen
5 - "Glamorous" - Fergie feat. Ludacris
5 - "Don't Mess With My Man" - Booty Luv
5 - "2 Hearts" - Kyle Minogue
5 - "Walk This Way" - Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud
5 - "Foundations" - Kate Nash
5 - "Do It Well" - Jennifer Lopez

Round 4 (Top 16)
3 - "Do It Again" - Chemical Brothers
4 - "About You Now" - Sugababes
4 - "Gimme More" - Britney Spears
4 - "Starz in Their Eyes" - Just Jack
4 - "Shine" - Booty Luv
5 - "Exceeder" - Mason
6 - "Brianstorm" - Arctic Monkeys
6 - "Rule The World" - Take That