amazing finish for With Every Heartbeat :wub:

 

and Bad Romance is already one of my favourite #1's of all time so I'm glad to see it this high even though it's so recent

Although I loved 'Bad Romance', I'm glad that it wasn't #1 as it is a bit too recent tbh. :)

 

Also, great for Robyn and Coldplay :dance:

Don't know how 'Run' was top 10 though :unsure:

Edited February 6, 201015 yr by Overrated Dreams

I was actually starting to worry Gaga had the top 2 for a minute! the song is still too high, very overrated on this forum

 

It would be amazing if coldplay won, but I know it wont be

:w00t: For Toxic! Pop Classic! :w00t:

As long as Coldplay don't win, I don't care who tops the chart at this point.

Does anyone know who is left? Post in spoilers if need be :)

04 Coldplay 'Viva La Vida' - 904 points (36 voters, 2nd in Heat 4)

 

 

UK Chart Run: {1}-2-7-11-14-16-18-14-10-11-13-13-17-25-27-32-29-39-41-46-53-51-41-42-55-68-68-44-33-44-55-55-53-58-45-27-29-41-49-59-70-75R(2)-74->43

 

Yes, you are reading this correctly. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have to double check but it did earn every one of its 904 points. I think this finishing 4th is probably the shock of the countdown, on a female pop orientated site for an act like Coldplay to be the only song by a male to break the top 10, and not just break it but finish comfortably inside it, is one hell of an acheivement. They'd been one of the biggest bands on the planet (if not the biggest) for a long while but had never had a number one single, then last year this received a lot of promotion and took advantage of an incredibly low sales week to reach number one on just album downloads.

the whole "BJ doesnt like indie/alternative" is so overblown by some people. I mean that genre forum is very much alive and has many fans around BJ. A dance song or a hip hop song finishing high up in these kind of countdowns would surprise me a lot more. Not shocked about Coldplay or KOL doing well

I think:

 

1. Kylie

2. Gaga

3. Britney

4. Coldplay

 

Edit: one down!

Edited February 6, 201015 yr by chart wizard

Agreed with above post, (Dre's).

Great for Coldplay to finish this high :dance:

Edited February 6, 201015 yr by Overrated Dreams

My feelings on Bad Romance are relatively well known I suppose. Good song of course, but extremyl overated. But im learning to deal with this :lol:

With Every Heartbeat however deserves all its hype :wub:

I feel I should ignore Coldplay or I will end up ranting about how much I cant stand them or their horrificly offensively bland music, with the most unlikeable man in music as their lead singer aswell. Viva La Vida admittetly isnt all that bad, its at least listenable but 4th best #1 of the decade it most certainly is not. IMO of course :P

 

The not ranting about Coldplay didnt happen :(

the whole "BJ doesnt like indie/alternative" is so overblown by some people. I mean that genre forum is very much alive and has many fans around BJ. A dance song or a hip hop song finishing high up in these kind of countdowns would surprise me a lot more. Not shocked about Coldplay or KOL doing well

It's not that it doesn't like it, but female pop dominates and always has. I thought 'Sex on Fire', 'Dancefloor' and 'Viva La Vida' would all finish in the top 20, but number four ahead of 'Bleeding Love', 'About You Now', 'Bad Romance' and 'Umbrella'?!! 'Viva La Vida' wasn't even in the top 30 BuzzJack Multichart of 2008!!

I just love Coldplay- even though that song isnt one of my favourites from them, They have done some truly beautiful songs

 

Im glad viva la vida was so popular- The amount of stick that I read about them for being 'depressing' and 'annoying' was unbelievable!

 

by the way, I love indie and alternative music

Edited February 6, 201015 yr by chart wizard

Although I loved 'Bad Romance', I'm glad that it wasn't #1 as it is a bit too recent tbh. :)

 

Also, great for Robyn and Coldplay :dance:

Don't know how 'Run' was top 10 though :unsure:

Peter Dido Fan, you are banned. There is little point in creating aliases, as I will ban them too!

Peter Dido Fan, you are banned. There is little point in creating aliases, as I will ban them too!

I knew it!

 

Why is it that every enthusiastic new member is Peter Dido Fan lately? :(

 

Anyway, kinda surprised at the top 3. I know they're predictable Buzzjack faves, but I thought it'd be Kylie and Britney that suffered and not the likes of Leona and the Sugababes in the top 10! :o

It's not that it doesn't like it, but female pop dominates and always has. I thought 'Sex on Fire', 'Dancefloor' and 'Viva La Vida' would all finish in the top 20, but number four ahead of 'Bleeding Love', 'About You Now', 'Bad Romance' and 'Umbrella'?!! 'Viva La Vida' wasn't even in the top 30 BuzzJack Multichart of 2008!!

BuzzJack Chart of 2008:

 

40 Coldplay - Viva La Vida

39 September - Cry For You

38 Kylie Minogue - In My Arms

37 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy

36 Robyn - Be Mine

35 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body

34 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

33 Sugababes - Girls

32 Sara Bareilles - Love Song

31 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French

 

30 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me

29 Britney Spears - Break The Ice

28 Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go

27 Rihanna - Take A Bow

26 Ne-Yo - Closer

25 Killers - Human

24 Sam Sparro - Black And Gold

23 Leona Lewis - Forgive Me

22 Madonna - Give It 2 Me

21 Alphabeat - Fascination

 

20 Kelly Rowland - Work

19 Saturdays - Up

18 Kylie Minogue - Wow

17 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold

16 Leona Lewis - Better In Time

15 MIA - Paper Planes

14 Britney Spears - Piece of Me

13 Duffy - Warwick Avenue

12 Sugababes - Denial

11 Duffy - Mercy

 

10 Lady GaGa - Just Dance

9 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

8 Jordin Sparks - No Air

7 Girls Aloud - The Promise

6 Madonna - 4 Minutes

5 Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up

4 Britney Spears - Womanizer

3 Pink - So What

2 Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl

1 Rihanna - Disturbia

 

So in the space of just over a year one song has gone from being the 40th best song of 2008 to the 4th best number one of the decade? Now that's surely quite surprising?!

As long as the vastly overrated 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' doesn't win, I'll be pleased. Both 'Poker Face' and 'Toxic' are amazing pop songs.

So the top 3 consists of 2 artists (imo obviously) who I love, but think have better (quite a bit better actually - and some of those have finished lower) in their back catalogue (but no denying the two left in this countdown are without doubt "pop classics") and one which is quite possibly one of the most overrated songs/number 1's ever? (No prizes for guessing whats what btw :heehee:) Ah well.

 

Thanks so much for doing this Mark. It's been really, really interesting (and some parts shocking) reading all of this countdown. I quite enjoyed ranking them too! :D

I actually quite like Viva La Vida, not sure about #4 though. Having said that, Toxic & Can't Get You Out Of My Head are great tracks, but not their best in my opinion, let alone Top 3.

 

Poker Face for the win!

I can't believe that actually happened. :o

 

:wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

The top 3 are a little underwhelming after Coldplay making #4, but they're all good songs.

 

TOXIC TO WIN.