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 Sep 29 2014, 10:19 AM
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Every year it seems to have at least one song that for some reason (usually locked at #2 before a huge #1 hit) doesn't get to be #1 but has a long chart life (at least by that era's standards), sells as much if not more than most #1s that year and are more remembered. There are some cases where people get to think that they actually were #1 (like "Mysterious Girl" before 2004). I decided to name these songs "pseudo-number ones" but if anyone comes up with a better term, it's fine by me.
Here are some examples 1984 - Wham! 'Last Christmas' 1985 - A-Ha 'Take on me' 1986 - Kim Wilde - Keep me hangin' on 1988 - Bros 'When will I be famous' and Kylie Minogue 'Loco-motion' 1989 - Technotronic 'Pump up the jam' 1990 - DNA feat. Suzanne Vega 'Tom's diner' 1991 - Right Said Fred 'I'm too sexy' 1993 - 4 Non Blondes 'What's up?' 1994 - All 4 One 'I swear' 1995 - Oasis 'Wonderwall' and Everything But The Girl 'Missing' 1996 - Robert Miles 'Children' and Toni Braxton 'Un-break my heart' 1997 - Natalie Imbruglia 'Torn', Chumbawamba 'Tubthumping' and Robbie Williams 'Angels' 1998 - Stardust 'The music sounds better with you', Pras, Mya & ODB 'Ghetto supastar', LeAnn Rimes 'How do I live' (the lowest-peaking pseudo-number-one), Aerosmith 'I don't want to miss a thing' and Savage Garden 'Truly madly deeply' 1999 - Alice Deejay 'Better off alone' and Shania Twain 'That don't impress me much' 2000 - Baha Men 'Who let the dogs out' 2001 - Wheatus 'Teenage dirtbag' 2002 - Shakira 'Whenever, wherever' 2003 - 50 Cent 'In da club' 2004 - Kelis 'Milkshake' 2005 - Kanye West & Jamie Foxx 'Gold digger' 2006 - Snow Patrol 'Chasing cars' 2007 - Take That 'Rule the world' 2008 - Kings Of Leon 'Use somebody' 2009 - La Roux 'In for the kill' 2010 - Eminem & Rihanna 'Love the way you lie' and Katy Perry 'Firework' 2011 - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera 'Moves like Jagger' and Adele 'Rolling in the deep' 2012 - Emeli Sandé 'Next to me' 2013 - Passenger 'Let her go' 2014 - John Legend 'All of me' Can you think of more "Pseudo-number-ones"? This post has been edited by N-S: Sep 29 2014, 01:19 PM |
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Sep 29 2014, 10:22 AM
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Almost all the Sash! number 2 this
 Rihanna had a couple of number 2 songs as well. |
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Sep 29 2014, 10:23 AM
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Add Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden and I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Aerosmith to 1998.
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Sep 29 2014, 10:58 AM
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You could just look at the year-end charts and see which songs from each year are higher than half the #1s.
For example in 2000 you have: Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out S Club 7 - Reach Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch Trusteppers & Dane Bowers ft. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler Darude - Sandstorm Sisqo - Thong Song Artful Dodger - Movin' Too Fast Tweenies - Number One Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers etc. This post has been edited by Eric_Blob: Sep 29 2014, 10:59 AM |
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Sep 29 2014, 01:18 PM
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QUOTE(Eric_Blob @ Sep 29 2014, 11:58 AM)  You could just look at the year-end charts and see which songs from each year are higher than half the #1s. For example in 2000 you have: Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out S Club 7 - Reach Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch Trusteppers & Dane Bowers ft. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler Darude - Sandstorm Sisqo - Thong Song Artful Dodger - Movin' Too Fast Tweenies - Number One Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers etc. In 2000, it was fairly easy for a song not reaching #1 to sell more than the dozens who did it. But although most of the songs you mentioned sold well and are remembered, I think that only Who Let The Dogs Out and maybe Reach fit the high status that I'm thinking of. P.S - Is there a site where I can see all year-end charts? |
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Sep 29 2014, 01:18 PM
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QUOTE(gooddelta @ Sep 29 2014, 11:23 AM) Add Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden and I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Aerosmith to 1998. Agreed |
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Sep 29 2014, 01:36 PM
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Daniel Powter - Bad Day?
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Sep 29 2014, 01:49 PM
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QUOTE(N-S @ Sep 29 2014, 02:18 PM) In 2000, it was fairly easy for a song not reaching #1 to sell more than the dozens who did it. But although most of the songs you mentioned sold well and are remembered, I think that only Who Let The Dogs Out and maybe Reach fit the high status that I'm thinking of. P.S - Is there a site where I can see all year-end charts? I think it's the case with most recent years too tbh. Probably the 2006-2008 period would have the least as there were long-running #1s in those years, but I think the others years would be a similar story to 2000 with loads of songs which didn't get #1 beating the sales of lot of the actual #1s. For the year-end charts you can see them on Wikipedia, if you search "2000 in British Music Charts" or something like that. |
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Sep 29 2014, 02:06 PM
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QUOTE(Eric_Blob @ Sep 29 2014, 11:58 AM) You could just look at the year-end charts and see which songs from each year are higher than half the #1s. For example in 2000 you have: Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out S Club 7 - Reach Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch Trusteppers & Dane Bowers ft. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler Darude - Sandstorm Sisqo - Thong Song Artful Dodger - Movin' Too Fast Tweenies - Number One Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers etc. The only flaw in this logic is that it suggests that The Tweenies should have had a No.1 single! I don't think the song is very remembered at all... |
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Sep 29 2014, 02:10 PM
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Lady Gaga - Born This Way (#3, 690k)
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (#4, 585k) Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory (#6, 581k) |
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Sep 29 2014, 02:18 PM
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I would imagine that "Empire State Of Mind" by Alicia Keys and Jay-Z would probably be a good candidate for 2009? And maybe Aloe Blacc's "I Need A Dollar" for 2011, and Nicki Minaj's "Starships" for 2012 (just off the top of my head)?
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Sep 29 2014, 02:20 PM
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Unbreak My Heart didn't go to #1?!?!
What kind off injustice |
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Sep 29 2014, 02:22 PM
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 SPRAYIN DA BARZ!!!!!!!!!
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QUOTE(Eric_Blob @ Sep 29 2014, 11:58 AM) You could just look at the year-end charts and see which songs from each year are higher than half the #1s. For example in 2000 you have: Darude - Sandstorm There's a silly joke on youtube which I don't get where if you ask what the name of any song is this Darude song gets mentioned. |
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Sep 29 2014, 02:25 PM
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SPRAYIN DA BARZ!!!!!!!!!
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MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
Gwen Stefani ft Akon - The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl This post has been edited by MC Delroy: Sep 29 2014, 03:21 PM |
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Sep 29 2014, 03:23 PM
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Ask anyone what position 'Mr Brightside' or 'Seven Nation Army' got to and you'll probably not get anything lower than #2, when both of which were low top 10 hits that disappeared off the charts quickly.
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Sep 29 2014, 03:38 PM
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QUOTE(MC Delroy @ Sep 29 2014, 03:25 PM) MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This Gwen Stefani ft Akon - The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl MC Hammer fair enough, but the other two...?  If I were to say any Gwen Stefani song I'd say 'What Are You Waiting For?', but even that I don't think's worthy enough. Underworld 'Born Slippy' from '96 and 'Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve in '97 I would both class as classics, both of which didn't reach number one. |
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Sep 29 2014, 05:42 PM
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Oasis - Little By Little
Kate Nash - Foundations Flo Rida - Low & Whistle Nickelback - Rockstar Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble Calvin Harris - Bounce & Feels So Close Mariah Carey - We Belong Together Beyonce - Halo & Single Ladies |
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Sep 29 2014, 05:43 PM
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The Game - One Blood
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Sep 29 2014, 06:28 PM
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I'd say "You Keep me Hanging On" is not a very good example from 1986, and "Unbreak My Heart" from a decade later doesn't really belong either. "Manic Monday" would be a better 1986 example. Others from the mid-late 80s - "1999" by Prince, "Fairytale of New York" of course and "Gold" by Spandau Ballet from even a little bit farther back.
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Sep 29 2014, 06:34 PM
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1992 would have to be Michael Jackson's Heal The World.
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