Shortlist for Official Charts Pop Gem #83: Slow Dance

Which of your smoochy suggestions made the shortlist?

It’s your last chance to dance before club lights go up – but which of your smoochy suggestions made the shortlist?

Every week, we ask our Twitter mates and Facebook fam for their Pop Gem suggestions – overlooked classics or big hits of yesteryear that deserve some extra attention. We give you guys a theme, and you run with it, and this week we were looking for songs on a SLOW DANCE tip.

You know the songs we mean – those last dances at the club where you seek out that guy or girl you've had your eye on and ask them if they fancy swaying and smooching with you.

Some of your suggestions were romantic, a few were sad; there were rock ballads, a little bit of disco and even some serious rock anthems. But when it came down to it, these were the 10 we went for. Who are you backing?

The final 10:

ARTIST	TRACK	PEAK POSITION	YEAR
ALICIA KEYS	TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART	7	2010
LEE RYAN	ARMY OF LOVERS	3	2005
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS	HERO	1	2002
LEANN RIMES	HOW DO I LIVE	7	1998
SAVAGE GARDEN	TRULY MADLY DEEPLY	4	1998
VANESSA WILLIAMS	SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST	3	1992
HEART	ALONE	3	1987
PHYLLIS NELSON	MOVE CLOSER	1	1985
MADONNA	CRAZY FOR YOU	2	1985
CYNDI LAUPER	TIME AFTER TIME	3	1984

And the winner is…

All will be revealed on Saturday, when we announce our Pop Gem pick on Facebook and Twitter.

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Fancy reliving those perfect Pop Gems we already picked all over again? No worries, get your ears wrapped round these playlists on Spotify and Deezer. ICONIC.

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