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I still love the Offer Nissim remixes of "Living For Love."
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Post by bat1990 on Nov 19, 2017 18:56:00 GMT -5
Awwww :'( "Living for Love" is one of my favorite things she's released in years! I thought it would at least make the Top 50.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 19, 2017 23:28:25 GMT -5
"Livin' For Love" is one of my favorite modern day, Madonna songs.
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Post by Juanca on Nov 20, 2017 1:38:40 GMT -5
- Keep it: I was quickly drawn to this (in addition to LAP, TDDUP and DJ)when I first heard the cassette. It sounded different and cool for her, sort of New Jack Swingy. Loved the intro to it. This was another top 5 in my personal chart. It was just a couple of years ago that I learned about the single mix :o and now that version is in my iPhone :) I don't like the pianos but like the beat better in the remix. Tough to choose among both versions - Give it 2 me: I like it enough but I wish the bridge didn't exist... I remember our Pulse discussions about this as a second single. IIRC Theo was all about this due to its good iTunes performance, but some of us were more hesitant and thought there were better options (heartbeat? Beat goes on?), and otherwise required a single mix to work. Should've been a bigger hit but with no radio edit and a disappointing video hopes were shrunk :( - Don't cry: acceptable job with this one, but it was always going to be a hard task to live up to expectations with so many great renditions of this one (in Spanish there's nothing like Paloma San Basilio's version!). The remix is fun but also ridiculous and almost forced.... still a guilty pleasure that I don't mind hearing but this is not a strong point in her discography
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 29, 2017 13:57:56 GMT -5
I can't believe "Into The Groove" hasn't been revealed yet. Who likes that song?
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Post by Albie on Nov 29, 2017 14:01:09 GMT -5
I can't believe "Into The Groove" hasn't been revealed yet. Who likes that song? You must be joking.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 29, 2017 14:07:35 GMT -5
not joking, i thought it & every song in this rankdown would've been revealed by now
who loves "Into The Groove"? - i do!!! :)
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Post by Albie on Nov 29, 2017 14:19:53 GMT -5
not joking, i thought it & every song in this rankdown would've been revealed by now who loves "Into The Groove"? - i do!!! Haha! I totally read your first post differently at first.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 29, 2017 14:35:31 GMT -5
yeah, i guess i was looking for a reaction
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 10, 2017 1:30:22 GMT -5
As a bonus, here is the BU chart from when Madonna first debuted on her way to record-breaking success. Most notably, she finds herself in the company of a song penned by an artist born the same year which would go on to inspire careers, namely The Neptunes'.
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54. โRescue Meโ The Immaculate Collection (1990) | Points: 915 | | Average: 52.11 | | Median: 50 | | Std. dev: 19.16|Bearing similarities to Deee-liteโs Power Of Love, this was of two new tracks on the 1990 compilation The Immaculate Collection. This was Madonnaโs highest entry at the time, entering the Hot 100 at #15. This was due to the single being released well into the radio run, and it ultimately ended up having a short run. Nonetheless, it became Madonnaโs 22nd top 10, 16 of which were showcased on the compilation album it was lifted from. The song has never been performed. I donโt remember my first impression of this, but itโs grown over the years as a low-key favorite for me, especially her vocal. Fun fact: On R&R, when this hit its peak of #4, she was in a very Pulse-friendly top 5 alongside Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Cรฉline Dion, with Gloria Estefan at #6 for bonus. The following week, Janet Jackson would join them all in the top 10 as well. (Range: 71) bat1990 - 12 kmbgs - 23 Glove Slap - 28 @mirza - 31 Unhinged - 31 Sambalada - 36 .indulgecountry - 39 Juanca - 40 mamooshka - 42 andrewantonio - 43 @antigonerising - 45 Football - 49 โ ealsรผnset - 49 Albie - 50 God - 53 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 54 ry4n - 58 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 58 ๐
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02 01 Timmy T. - One More Try 01 02 Mariah Carey - Someday 04 03 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out Of the Dark 06 04 Tracie Spencer - This House 08 05 Oleta Adams - Get Here 10 06 Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight 14 07 Wilson Philips - Youโre In Love 15 08 Londonbeat - Iโve been Thinking About You 11 09 Madonna - Rescue Me 19 10 Enigma - Sadness Part I
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Peak: 03/01/1991
01 01 Mariah Carey - Someday 03 02 Timmy T. - One More Try 02 03 Whitney Houston - All The Man That I Need 05 04 Madonna - Rescue Me 04 05 Cรฉline Dion - Where Does My Heart Beat Now? 08 06 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out Of The Dark 07 07 Styx - Show Me The Way 10 08 Londonbeat - Iโve been Thinking About You 09 09 Sting - All This Time 13 10 Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight
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01 01 Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only 02 02 James - Sit Down 04 03 Madonna - Rescue Me 03 04 The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon 06 05 The Wonder Stuff - The Size Of A Cow 05 06 Rod Stewart - Rhythm Of My Heart 09 07 Simpsons - Deep Deep Trouble 10 08 Dannii Minogue - Love And Kisses 08 09 N-Joi - Anthem 07 10 Roxette - Joyride
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{Hot 100 Run} 50 - 43 - 38 - 38 - 44 - 35 - 40 - 51 - 78 - 81 - 83 - 91 - 95
Peak: 11/29/2003
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01 01 Beyoncรฉ - Baby Boy (f/ Sean Paul) 02 02 3 Doors Down - Here Without You 07 03 Outkast - Hey Ya! 06 04 Baby Bash - Suga Suga 03 05 Fountains Of Wayne - Stacyโs Mom 05 06 Trapt - Headstrong 04 07 Santana - Why Donโt You & I (f/ Alex Band) 08 08 Maroon 5 - Harder To Breathe 10 09 Stacie Orrico - (Thereโs Gotta Be) More To Life 09 10 Nelly - Shake Ya Tailfeather (f. P. Diddy & Murphy Lee) 13 11 Britney Spears - Me Against The Music (f/ Madonna)
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51.โ Miles Awayโ Hard Candy (2008)| Points: 997 | | Average: 49.07 | | Median: 52 | | Std. dev: 18.68|The third single from Hard Candy and early fan favorite, this was inspired by the times when Madonna and her then-husband Guy Ritchie were apart, it was by far her least successful third single up to that point, barely making the top 40 in the UK, the top 20 in most European markets, and not going anywhere in the US. By the end of the year, her and Guy were divorced. I liked this, but itโs obviously below the majority of what came prior. It was co-produced with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and Danja, which can be very clearly heard. (Range: 76) someguy - 7 mamooshka - 13 @antigonerising - 27 andrewantonio - 31 .indulgecountry - 31 Leo โ - 35 Albie - 36 God - 39 Unhinged - 42 @mirza - 43 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 43 Doc Indie Party Rock - 46 ry4n - 49 Juanca - 52 bat1990 - 53 summers - 55 Troublemaker - 55 โ ealsรผnset - 56 Glove Slap - 57 Mirago - 57 alexcuse - 58 Ginger Spice - 62 Football - 64 ๐
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 10, 2017 2:22:09 GMT -5
Current Decade Distribution
80s - 21/27 90s - 18/30 00s - 10/20 10s - 1/8 Half of the losses came from the 00s, leaving that period with half its singles. Only one single (Ghosttown) remains from the 10s.
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I liked the unreleased Junior Vasquez remix of "Me Against The Music". That mix was apparently not released due to the way the vocals came in on a different beat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDB_cSxRubEI love the unreleased, private Junior remix of "Miles Away". The acapella unexpectedly surfaced so him and his then programmer Darren Kawa made this mix which incorporated the riff of Junior's mix from "Missing" and the moans and vocal samples from "Bedtime Story". www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0kYLTidYh0I love "Nothing Fails". The original is beautiful and the Jason Nevins and Peter Rauhofer remixes are brilliant.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 2:43:17 GMT -5
I FUCKING MISSED MADONNA!!!
This is a sad night for me...I need a hug :'(
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"How High" Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)| Points: 4 |
One of two tracks on the album that had involvement from Bloodshy & Avant, it finds Madonna questioning why she ended up in the position she did, an example of the album's purpose of combining personal lyrics with Dance music. Troublemaker - 7 "Future Lovers" Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)| Points: 4 |Heavily inspired by Donna Summer's groundbreaking I Feel Love, Future Lovers is one of the best examples of COADF's other goal of being a modern disco album. This was one of my favorites from the first listen. alexcuse - 7 "Pretender" Like A Virgin (1984)| Points: 4 |
One of her hidden 80s gems for me, especially the post-chorus ("I'm not afraid..."), which shows how her songwriting skills were developing further and further. Glove Slap - 7 "Goodbye To Innocence" Just Say Roe (1994)| Points: 4 |
Remember the Up Down Suite track? This is the track which that evolved from. Originally recorded for Erotica, it morphed into the cover of Fever that ended up on the album. Two years later, a remixed version appeared on the Just Say Roe compilation from Sire Records. A demo titled 'Straight Pass' also leaked in 2008 that is different from the released version, down to the vocal track used. I've always liked this one, and go back and forth between whether it would have been better to include it in its original version over Fever. mamooshka - 7 "Has To Be" Ray Of Light (1998)| Points: 4 |
There were fourteen tracks completed for Ray Of Light in the end, but Madonna wanted only thirteen included as that was her lucky number, recently gained from her study of Kabbalah. As a result, this ended up being relegated to the Japanese edition of the album. It's one of her most vulnerable recordings, as she wonders about whether she will find love again. She was ending a nearly year long relationship as the album was in its final stages. This one of my favorites; when I was making my top 10, this is the one that would have been the next up if I could have had an extra. God - 7 "I Love New York" Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)| Points: 5 |
One of the brasher tracks on COADF, this is a tribute to the city where Madonna made herself. It's towards the bottom of the album imo, the New York/Dork rhyme in particular is one of her worst moments for me. Troublemaker - 6 "Love Spent" MDNA (2012)| Points: 5 |One of the tracks from her reunion with William Orbit, it was also included in an Acoustic Version as a pre-order track on iTunes. This was one of the better tracks on it from what was offered, especially in the acoustic version but her vocal really breaks this imo. .indulgecountry - 6 "Revenge" Non-album track (1998)| Points: 5 |
An unreleased song from the Ray Of Light sessions that was written with Rick Nowels, who had worked with Stevie Nicks and Belinda Carlisle, and would go on to be Lana Del Rey's main collaborator. While a fine song overall, it notably lacks the more multidimensional approach of the album, so I can see why it was abandoned eventually. Mirago - 6 Buenos Aires (Remix) Buenos Aires Single (1997)A club only release, the Te Amo remix helped remake this Broadway number into a #3 hit on the Dance/Club Play chart. | Points: 6 | mamooshka - 5 | Mirago |
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Post by Albie on Dec 10, 2017 8:59:06 GMT -5
Its so sad to see "Everybody" out already. Its highly underappreciated imo. To this day, it's a song I don't skip.
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Post by Leo โ on Dec 10, 2017 10:56:21 GMT -5
So happy with Ghosttown as the 10's highest song
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Post by God on Dec 10, 2017 12:05:41 GMT -5
I think Iโm more excited by this batch of album tracks than I am the singles that were revealed!
โFuture Loversโ has been a favorite since day one, and โI Love New Yorkโ is a guilty pleasure.
If the rumors are true then โFeverโ replaced โGoodbye to Innocenceโ at the last minute as a fuck-you to a former friend, which gives you an idea of what her priorities were at the time. Iโm glad it worked out that way; โInnocenceโ is a little too straightforward and colder than the rest of the album.
Obviously I love โHas to Beโ since I included it. I credit this song, along with a handful of her others, for helping me heal during a really rough 2016. Orbitโs production is a little repetitive but it creates a reflective, meditative space for the song to (literally) breathe and yeah, thatโs why I love it so much.
I previously mentioned the distraction that her vocals would become and โLove Spentโ is a perfect example of a great song ruined by what used to be a really lovely tone. Weโve been known that sheโs no Whitney but yikes! I wish the production werenโt so dated, especially that noisy last minute or so from the album version. Still, itโs one of the better songs from that album.
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 10, 2017 12:37:18 GMT -5
13. "MDNA" | Points: 60 | | Average: 11 | | Median: 13 | | Std. dev: 3.64 |
Arguably Madonnaโs most maligned and disliked album, MDNA was preceded by her performance at the Superbowl, and bundled with tickets to the supporting tour, guaranteeing it a large opening (her 8th #1 in the US and 12 #1 in the UK), but with no legs afterwards. The album found her enlisting a variety of producers including Benny Benassi, Martin Solveig, and Klas ร
hlund, but was most notable for reuniting her with William Orbit, her main collaborator on 1998's Ray Of Light, as well as some tracks on the follow up and remix work throughout the 90s. However, Orbit would go on to subsequently criticize her of being absent and not giving the project enough time because she had other business opportunities she was pursuing while making the album. It was her first album to not spin off a lasting major hit anywhere. While past albums had often been exercises in veiling and unveiling, this one was arguably her most direct and confrontational, hitting upon her divorce from Guy Ritchie head on, and portraying some of her most violent lyrical images in Gang Bang. Ginger Spice - 3 .indulgecountry - 3 ry4n - 8 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 10 mamooshka - 11 ๐
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NE 01 Madonna - MDNA NE 02 Lionel Richie - Tuskegee 02 03 Adele - 21 NE 04 Shinedown - Amaryllis 01 05 OST The Hunger Games 04 06 One Direction - Up All Night 31 07 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream NE 08 The Used - Vulnerable 06 09 Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball 08 10 Various Artists - Now 41
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 10, 2017 12:58:04 GMT -5
*hi-fives Ginger Spice * IDC what anyone else thinks, I freakin' love this album, lol.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Dec 10, 2017 13:01:10 GMT -5
I love MDNA. ๐
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 10, 2017 15:46:01 GMT -5
12. โHard Candyโ | Points: 65 | | Average: 10.67 | | Median: 11 | | Std. dev: 2.47 |Madonna followed up 2005โs Confessions On A Dance Floor with another Dance-orientated album, but there were a few key differences. This time, rather than 70s Disco and European Dance, she set her sights on the more Rhythmic-leaning US scene, and rather than pick lesser known collaborators, she worked with the biggest names in that area: Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams. The resulting work sounded close to what you'd expect (though one of the influences that can be heard in some of the tracks is Madonna's own early music), and divided critics and fans. The lead single, 4 Minutes, proved to be highly polarizing, with the directly mainstream decision getting a negative reaction from some fans, although it became Madonnaโs most recent huge global hit. While the album opened at the top in most markets, it was unable to recreate the success of the previous album by a long shot, and subsequent singles did not continue the streaks that her past campaigns had enjoyed. I've never disliked this album, and it's my favorite effort from her during the 00s as a whole, but this is where her voice started to slip when she tried to sing in the girlish tone of her earliest records. Just one point separates this from the next album, but while this has one of the lower standard deviations, that one has the highest. .indulgecountry - 6 Albie - 7 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 8 Glove Slap - 9 mamooshka - 9 Mirago - 10 Juanca - 11 bat1990 - 11 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 11 ry4n - 12 Ginger Spice - 12 summers - 13 God - 13 ๐
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NE 01 Madonna - Hard Candy 01 02 Mariah Carey - E=MCยฒ 02 03 Leona Lewis Spirit NE 04 Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change NE 05 Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge NE 06 The Roots - Rising Down NE 07 Portishead - Third NE 08 Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch 06 09 Various Artists - Now 27 NE 10 Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits: Limited Edition
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 10, 2017 16:38:07 GMT -5
10. โRebel Heartโ | Points: 93 | | Average: 9 | | Median: 9 | | Std. dev: 3.95 (Highest)|
Madonnaโs most recent album as of this rankdown, it had a notably difficult road to release, being plagued with a massive leak in late 2014. This led to six songs being quickly finished and released before the end of the year, and changed the final version of the album. Initially conceived as a double album meant to show case the โRebelโ (aggressive, provocative) and โHeartโ (reflective, singer-songwriter) sides of Madonna, the leak led to them being mixed together, and also likely contributing to swelling the total size to make up for material being forced to arrive well ahead of schedule. Collaborators included Diplo, Ariel Rechtshaid, Kanye West, and Avicii, among others. When it was finally released, it arrived in no less than three different editions, with the Super Deluxe edition containing 23 songs and two remixes. Rebel Heart was Madonnaโs first album of new material to miss the top spot in the US since 1998, and in the UK since 1994. I think within it is a really strong late-career work, but there are a lot of low points, and they are VERY low. The mixing of the two sides also hurts it as a total. .indulgecountry - 2 bat1990 - 3 Juanca - 5 Mirago - 6 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 6 Sambalada - 8 Glove Slap - 8 ๐
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Peak: 03/21/15
02 01 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour NE 02 Madonna - Rebel Heart 03 03 Ed Sheeran - x 01 04 Noel Gallagherโs High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday 04 05 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage 09 06 Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction NE 07 Rebecca Ferguson - Lady Sings The Blues 07 08 Taylor Swift - 1989 05 09 Royal Blood - Royal Blood 08 10 Qvertones - Sweet Soul Music
From the 10 albums remaining, there is only one which did not receive a single #1 ranking from anyone.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Dec 10, 2017 18:21:05 GMT -5
ahem, Glove Slap - I ranked Hard Candy at 11, not at 2
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Dec 10, 2017 18:45:15 GMT -5
I wouldn't have ranked Rebel Heart lower than MDNA or Hard Candy. Unless I did by mistake.... :/
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 10, 2017 20:42:13 GMT -5
ahem, Glove Slap - I ranked Hard Candy at 11, not at 2 Fixed! Copied the wrong one by mistake. The spreadsheet still had the correct ranking. I wouldn't have ranked Rebel Heart lower than MDNA or Hard Candy. Unless I did by mistake.... :/ Fixed yours too! For some reason, I put an extra 14 for you lol . RH having the largest standard deviation stands, but it's a spot higher now oops (did it with another list too), so we have a new #11.
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Juanca
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Post by Juanca on Dec 13, 2017 0:04:29 GMT -5
57. Livin' for Love (54): This shouldn't have flopped like it did --if only her team would've actually sent if for adds and done some promo instead of letting it float for over a month after the leak and the iTunes release! Although it's in my 50s, I do like it! I like the Offer Nissim remix a bit more than the original, but the mashup with What Is Love is my favorite version of all!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz36yhGRLZ8 56. American Pie (39): This was one of her last BIG hits back home. I loved the original, but I also appreciated the way she covered and modernized this. She sounds pretty good and I can believe she feels what she's singing. I used both the original and the Vision remix depending on the circumstance. I liked both. The video made me like the song even much more, especially the scenes with same-sex partners (as this was the year I started to come out and hang out with met my first gay friends) 55. Everybody (69): I wasn't a fan of this one back in the early 1980s. I've grown to like it more with time, but still not as much as most of her singles. 54. Rescue Me (40): This is exquisite! Loved it since I first heard it. It's sexy, complex, dynamic, modern, with multiple hooks. Should've been a much bigger hit. 53. Me Against The Music (64): I liked this when it was released, and was surprised at the negativism surrounding it at the time. I would've definitely liked it more without the Chiki-TA in the pre-chorus, but everything after the second chorus is ace, including Madonna's brief part. I under-ranked it here just because this is more Britney's than Madonna's song. By the way, I switched from the original to the Rishi Rich's Desi Kulcha Remix in the middle of its run in my personal chart and that version reached #1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5lHi-qt7Ro52. Nothing Fails (53): Almost-Perfect-Ranking! This and Love Profusion were my clear favorites from AL. Pretty good ballad. 51. Miles Away (52): Another Almost-Perfect-Ranking! My favorite from Hard Candy. Loved it... but then I got a bit disappointed when I heard Victoria Beckham's Midnight Fantasy www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU1sZMjCEIw
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