#THEN0UGHTIE5 For anyone interested, here's a full list of my 45 remaining HMs. A playlist of my main picks will be posted in reply...
David JeremysIron
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UK FE library worker, neurodivergent, he/him. Also a (very) amateur cryptic crossword setter at https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/ as JeremysIron.
#THEN0UGHTIE5 And so it ends! Thanks once again to Arron for a thoroughly enjoyable challenge (HMs on the way), and thanks to everyone else for participating. See you in Part IV! Day 50 M.I.A. - Paper Planes From "Kala" (album 2007, SINGLE 2008) Full 70/30 compliance 11 POINTS PLEASE!
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 2w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 This song is aptly titled. Seeing it performed by these weirdos in bicycle helmets, and then listening to the album, helped teenage me discover what sort of music I actually enjoyed. Day 49 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place From "In Rainbows" (album 2007, SINGLE 2008) NK ❎, JC ✅
My #LastFourWatched for this #LetterboxdFriday! Anyone looking for a film with a great final shot, and final line, should definitely watch Notorious.
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#THEN0UGHTIE5 This song is aptly titled. Seeing it performed by these weirdos in bicycle helmets, and then listening to the album, helped teenage me discover what sort of music I actually enjoyed. Day 49 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place From "In Rainbows" (album 2007, SINGLE 2008) NK ❎, JC ✅
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
YouTube video by Radiohead
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 2w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 I definitely did not choose this date accidentally. We have now lived exactly fifteen years in a world without Amy Winehouse. RIP. Day 48 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black From "Back to Black" (album 2006, SINGLE 2007) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 I definitely did not choose this date accidentally. We have now lived exactly fifteen years in a world without Amy Winehouse. RIP. Day 48 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black From "Back to Black" (album 2006, SINGLE 2007) Full 70/30 compliance
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
YouTube video by AmyWinehouseVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 2w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 This is looking set to be my only singleton pick for the second half, which is a great shame. Proof that a rock song doesn't have to be slow or morose to effectively tackle a tragic subject. Day 47 Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers From "The Woods" (SINGLE/album 2005) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 This is looking set to be my only singleton pick for the second half, which is a great shame. Proof that a rock song doesn't have to be slow or morose to effectively tackle a tragic subject. Day 47 Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers From "The Woods" (SINGLE/album 2005) Full 70/30 compliance
Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 2w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Released on the first of January in the year 2000. If you can think of a better way to begin a millennium (or, for pedants, the final year of a millennium), I'd like to hear it. Day 46 D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel?) From "Voodoo" (SINGLE/album 2000) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Released on the first of January in the year 2000. If you can think of a better way to begin a millennium (or, for pedants, the final year of a millennium), I'd like to hear it. Day 46 D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel?) From "Voodoo" (SINGLE/album 2000) Full 70/30 compliance
D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 2w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Nobody can add syllables to a word like Regina can, as shown in this lovely piano ballad about the downfall of the Soviet Union (maybe). I just hope it's not contagiou-u-u-u-us. Day 45 Regina Spektor - Us From "Soviet Kitsch" (album 2004, SINGLE 2006) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Nobody can add syllables to a word like Regina can, as shown in this lovely piano ballad about the downfall of the Soviet Union (maybe). I just hope it's not contagiou-u-u-u-us. Day 45 Regina Spektor - Us From "Soviet Kitsch" (album 2004, SINGLE 2006) Full 70/30 compliance
Regina Spektor - "Us" [OFFICIAL Video]
YouTube video by Regina Spektor
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 3w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Soft spot for this as it used to be the first track on my (I think?) first MP3 player. Plus it guards against the heatwave: just pretend your neighbourhood's covered in snow! Day 44 Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) From "Funeral" (SINGLE/album 2004) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Soft spot for this as it used to be the first track on my (I think?) first MP3 player. Plus it guards against the heatwave: just pretend your neighbourhood's covered in snow! Day 44 Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) From "Funeral" (SINGLE/album 2004) Full 70/30 compliance
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (Official Remastered Video)
YouTube video by ArcadeFireVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 3w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 My final, beautifully arranged non-single pick. Rarely has a six-minute song breezed by so quickly. As the alternative title has it, "Go! CHICAGO! Go! Yeah!" Day 43 Sufjan Stevens - Chicago From "Illinois" (2005) NK ❎, JC ✅
#THEN0UGHTIE5 My final, beautifully arranged non-single pick. Rarely has a six-minute song breezed by so quickly. As the alternative title has it, "Go! CHICAGO! Go! Yeah!" Day 43 Sufjan Stevens - Chicago From "Illinois" (2005) NK ❎, JC ✅
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago [The Politician Soundtrack Theme Song — OFFICIAL AUDIO]
YouTube video by Sufjan Stevens
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 3w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Playing louder and faster during the chorus: it may not be fancy but it gets the job done! Dave Grohl outdoing himself here in his very brief first stint as QOTSA drummer. Day 42 Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows From "Songs for the Deaf" (SINGLE/album 2002) NK ❎, JC ✅
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Playing louder and faster during the chorus: it may not be fancy but it gets the job done! Dave Grohl outdoing himself here in his very brief first stint as QOTSA drummer. Day 42 Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows From "Songs for the Deaf" (SINGLE/album 2002) NK ❎, JC ✅
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by QueensStoneAgeVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 3w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Honestly, my preferred "version" of this track is an imagined one somewhere between the original and the A-Trax remix. Since I probably can't pick imaginary songs, here you go! Day 41 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll From "It's Blitz" (SINGLE/album 2009) Full 70/30 compliance
New #cryptic #crossword with a theme only as relevant as always...except for this first clue perhaps! Sample clues: One's sometimes lucky to have cold fan (6) Some equals afforded further "equality", worryingly: only leaders (1, 3) Australian resident briefly taking final term of Chem 101? (4)
Cryptic crossword No 3,690 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,690 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by JeremysIron. Published Wed 15 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
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#THEN0UGHTIE5 Honestly, my preferred "version" of this track is an imagined one somewhere between the original and the A-Trax remix. Since I probably can't pick imaginary songs, here you go! Day 41 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll From "It's Blitz" (SINGLE/album 2009) Full 70/30 compliance
Heads Will Roll
YouTube video by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Topic
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 3w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Was worried I'd be vote-splitting here, so pleased to see this particular Daft Punk song get plenty of love. At the time it was the closest thing to pure pop that they'd done, and boy does it work. Day 40 Daft Punk - Digital Love From "Discovery" (SINGLE/album 2001) NK ❎, JC ✅
New #cryptic #crossword with a theme only as relevant as always...except for this first clue perhaps! Sample clues: One's sometimes lucky to have cold fan (6) Some equals afforded further "equality", worryingly: only leaders (1, 3) Australian resident briefly taking final term of Chem 101? (4)
Cryptic crossword No 3,690 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,690 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by JeremysIron. Published Wed 15 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
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#THEN0UGHTIE5 Was worried I'd be vote-splitting here, so pleased to see this particular Daft Punk song get plenty of love. At the time it was the closest thing to pure pop that they'd done, and boy does it work. Day 40 Daft Punk - Digital Love From "Discovery" (SINGLE/album 2001) NK ❎, JC ✅
Daft Punk - Digital Love (Official Video)
YouTube video by Daft Punk
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 3w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Marshall Mathers pops in to remind us that, despite what you may have heard in the previous song, someone you don't know very well becoming fixated on you isn't always a good thing. Day 39 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan From "The Marshall Mathers LP" (SINGLE/album 2000) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Marshall Mathers pops in to remind us that, despite what you may have heard in the previous song, someone you don't know very well becoming fixated on you isn't always a good thing. Day 39 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan From "The Marshall Mathers LP" (SINGLE/album 2000) Full 70/30 compliance
Eminem - Stan (Long Version) ft. Dido
YouTube video by EminemVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 3w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Tour de force from Alicia in both a singing and a speaking role. Her co-producer's doing an exemplary job as well...hmm, wonder what happened to him? Day 38 Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name From "The Diary of Alicia Keys" (SINGLE/album 2003) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Tour de force from Alicia in both a singing and a speaking role. Her co-producer's doing an exemplary job as well...hmm, wonder what happened to him? Day 38 Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name From "The Diary of Alicia Keys" (SINGLE/album 2003) Full 70/30 compliance
Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by aliciakeysVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 4w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Those STRINGS! No need to get the reference to enjoy this song: I didn't discover Lloyd Cole until at least five years after first hearing this. Day 37 Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken From "Let's Get Out Of This Country" (SINGLE/album 2006) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Those STRINGS! No need to get the reference to enjoy this song: I didn't discover Lloyd Cole until at least five years after first hearing this. Day 37 Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken From "Let's Get Out Of This Country" (SINGLE/album 2006) Full 70/30 compliance
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
YouTube video by CameraObscuraVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 4w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Q: With the number of people involved in this project, and all their varied tastes, is there *anything* we can all agree on? A: Yes, there's at least... Day 36 Amerie - 1 Thing From "Touch" (SINGLE/album 2005) Full 70/30 compliance *vaudeville hook violently yanks me off stage*
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Q: With the number of people involved in this project, and all their varied tastes, is there *anything* we can all agree on? A: Yes, there's at least... Day 36 Amerie - 1 Thing From "Touch" (SINGLE/album 2005) Full 70/30 compliance *vaudeville hook violently yanks me off stage*
Amerie - 1 Thing (Official Video)
YouTube video by AmerieVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 4w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 Possibly the most "timeless" song on my list, and one that knows *exactly* when to finish, no sooner and no later. As a side note, apparently they released a new album this year? News to me. Day 35 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy From "St. Elsewhere" (SINGLE/album 2006) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Possibly the most "timeless" song on my list, and one that knows *exactly* when to finish, no sooner and no later. As a side note, apparently they released a new album this year? News to me. Day 35 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy From "St. Elsewhere" (SINGLE/album 2006) Full 70/30 compliance
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Official Video) [4K Remaster]
YouTube video by Gnarls Barkley Official
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 4w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 I do want to dance, Andre, I admit it. However, I do also want to hear you. And why not? Your energy is infectious, and every line is a ready-made quote. The whole thing's ICE COLD! Day 34 Outkast - Hey Ya! From "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" (SINGLE/album 2003) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 I do want to dance, Andre, I admit it. However, I do also want to hear you. And why not? Your energy is infectious, and every line is a ready-made quote. The whole thing's ICE COLD! Day 34 Outkast - Hey Ya! From "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" (SINGLE/album 2003) Full 70/30 compliance
Outkast - Hey Ya! (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by OutkastVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · 4w ago#THEN0UGHTIE5 My second non-single pick. I've chosen other songs with plenty of samples, but the level of transformation here is remarkable. Could you tell that Sarah McLachlan and Christina Aguilera were "featured" here? I couldn't! Day 33 Burial - Archangel From "Untrue" (2007) NK ❎, JC ✅
#THEN0UGHTIE5 My second non-single pick. I've chosen other songs with plenty of samples, but the level of transformation here is remarkable. Could you tell that Sarah McLachlan and Christina Aguilera were "featured" here? I couldn't! Day 33 Burial - Archangel From "Untrue" (2007) NK ❎, JC ✅
Burial, Archangel
YouTube video by Hyperdub
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 As well as James Murphy does irony, a lot of my favourites of his are achingly sincere. See "Someone Great", which could very easily have taken this song's place, for another example. Day 32 LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends From "Sound of Silver" (SINGLE/album 2007) NK ❎, JC ✅
#THEN0UGHTIE5 As well as James Murphy does irony, a lot of my favourites of his are achingly sincere. See "Someone Great", which could very easily have taken this song's place, for another example. Day 32 LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends From "Sound of Silver" (SINGLE/album 2007) NK ❎, JC ✅
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (Official Video)
YouTube video by LCD Soundsystem
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 A second Swedish "heartbeat" song has made my list, and by a one-time collaborator with The Knife as well. No chorus needed: it'd just slow the momentum. Day 31 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat From international edition of "Robyn" (SINGLE/album 2007) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 A second Swedish "heartbeat" song has made my list, and by a one-time collaborator with The Knife as well. No chorus needed: it'd just slow the momentum. Day 31 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat From international edition of "Robyn" (SINGLE/album 2007) Full 70/30 compliance
Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
YouTube video by Embassy One
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 Over a billion views on YouTube...approaching 2.5 billion streams on Spotify...these feats are all the more impressive when you realise/remember how *weird* and inscrutable this song is. Day 30 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. From "Demon Days" (SINGLE/album 2005) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Over a billion views on YouTube...approaching 2.5 billion streams on Spotify...these feats are all the more impressive when you realise/remember how *weird* and inscrutable this song is. Day 30 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. From "Demon Days" (SINGLE/album 2005) Full 70/30 compliance
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (Official Video)
YouTube video by Gorillaz
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 "Quality not quantity" must be Portishead's motto: they only have three albums but each one is an absolute classic. And as this shows, they weren't afraid to venture far beyond their trip-hop origins. Day 29 Portishead - The Rip From "Third" (SINGLE/album 2008) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 "Quality not quantity" must be Portishead's motto: they only have three albums but each one is an absolute classic. And as this shows, they weren't afraid to venture far beyond their trip-hop origins. Day 29 Portishead - The Rip From "Third" (SINGLE/album 2008) Full 70/30 compliance
Portishead - The Rip
YouTube video by PortisheadVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 I haven't seen The Karate Kid, but if it inspired this song it has at least one thing going for it. At heart this is quite a simple track, which gives the haunting production some breathing room. Day 28 Bat for Lashes - Daniel From "Two Suns" (SINGLE/album 2009) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 I haven't seen The Karate Kid, but if it inspired this song it has at least one thing going for it. At heart this is quite a simple track, which gives the haunting production some breathing room. Day 28 Bat for Lashes - Daniel From "Two Suns" (SINGLE/album 2009) Full 70/30 compliance
Bat For Lashes - Daniel (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Bat For Lashes
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 Dizzee's flow mixing with the almost randomised beat is the best kind of chaos. Credit to Jeanine Jacques for a standout performance in what is, I believe, her only credit on any song. Day 27 Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U From "Boy in Da Corner" (album/SINGLE 2003) Full 70/30 compliance
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Dizzee's flow mixing with the almost randomised beat is the best kind of chaos. Credit to Jeanine Jacques for a standout performance in what is, I believe, her only credit on any song. Day 27 Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U From "Boy in Da Corner" (album/SINGLE 2003) Full 70/30 compliance
Dizzee Rascal - 'I Luv U'
YouTube video by XL Recordings
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 Let's restart the countdown with a masterpiece. The fact that The Avalanches are releasing new music is no longer even that surprising. What a time to be alive! Day 26 The Avalanches - Since I Left You From "Since I Left You" (album 2000, SINGLE 2001) NK ❎, JC ✅ 11 POINTS PLEASE!
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Let's restart the countdown with a masterpiece. The fact that The Avalanches are releasing new music is no longer even that surprising. What a time to be alive! Day 26 The Avalanches - Since I Left You From "Since I Left You" (album 2000, SINGLE 2001) NK ❎, JC ✅ 11 POINTS PLEASE!
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
YouTube video by TheAvalanchesVEVO
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 Many thanks to a free CD in The Independent for acquainting me with this and others. And no, its use as a soundtrack for anything vaguely uplifting has *not* lessened my affection for it, thanks for asking! HM 5 Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla From "Takk..." (SINGLE/album 2005) NK ❎, JC ✅
#THEN0UGHTIE5 Many thanks to a free CD in The Independent for acquainting me with this and others. And no, its use as a soundtrack for anything vaguely uplifting has *not* lessened my affection for it, thanks for asking! HM 5 Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla From "Takk..." (SINGLE/album 2005) NK ❎, JC ✅
Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla [Official Music Video - 4K]
YouTube video by Sigur Rós
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David JeremysIron@davidjsiron.bsky.social · last mo.#THEN0UGHTIE5 Use of the Willie Hutch sample sends this song to the stratosphere. Outkast making a bit of a cameo here before they return properly in the second half. HM 4 UGK ft. Outkast - Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) From "Underground Kingz" (SINGLE/album 2007) Full 70/30 compliance