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41. The list is very Euro

Reply to -misanthroptimist (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:32 AM

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Figured it would be when I saw Sir Cliff, then Boney M, in the mix. All the songs I didn’t know were UK/Euro hits.

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