This week, the honour falls to Todger Talk, with the superb We Deal With Love Now on a More Personal Basis.

“When you get to a certain age, you get used to seeing your heroes dropping off. I heard about Barry White snuffing it at a sex show in Amsterdam, when Never Gonna Give You Up came on while some couple were going at it hammer and tong on a revolving stage, and all the English punters around me started clucking and saying “Eeh, in’t it a shame about Barry?” and at the end, the bloke withdrew, stood up and saluted the air in tribute, which was nice. He would have liked that.

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Our judges said:

“A touching tribute to loss on many levels, and a reminder how the “universals” out there are always individually imprinted on each of us.”

“In all the Isaac Hayes tributes that I’ve read this week - and I’ve read a lot - this stands out as the most moving and the most true.”

This week’s winner was nominated by Mike. Your shortlister was Sarah P and your judges were Mike and Bob.