Shortlist for Pop Gem #98: Leaving

Which of your fave songs about moving on and saying bye-bye have made the shortlist?
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Each week we induct a new tune into our Pop Gem Hall Of Fame, which celebrates overlooked classics and big hits of yesteryear.

As we all try to deal with the fallout from Zayn Malik quitting One Direction, our Pop Gem theme week was all about leaving.

Songs about tearful goodbyes, or triumphant "up yours" and departures – everything was fair game.

Here's the Top 10 we picked from your suggestions. Who are you backing?

The final 10:

ARTIST TRACK PEAK POSITION YEAR
LA ROUX BULLETPROOF 1 2009
BEYONCE IRREPLACEABLE 4 2006
N SYNC BYE BYE BYE 3 2000
WHITNEY HOUSTON IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY 3 1999
STEPS LAST THING ON MY MIND 6 1998
HONEYZ END OF THE LINE 5 1998
SPICE GIRLS GOODBYE 1 1998
MARIAH CAREY ALWAYS BE MY BABY 3 1996
M PEOPLE MOVING ON UP 2 1993
BANANARAMA NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE 5 1983

And the winner is…

We'll be announcing today's Pop Gem at around 8pm on Facebook, Twitter and… right here.

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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.

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Every Pop Gem ever

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. SLAY.

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Gustavo Pina Sandoval

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Goodbye of course. The best song by spice

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Jov .

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Obvious is Goodbye, Spice Girls. This song is exciting on so many levels that it is impossible to be another best music

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Mike Sousa

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Goodbye, Spice Girls... nothing in this world can describe how emotional this song is and what it means... One Direction should perform this song now...