Clearly people have woken up to the fact that Viva la Vida is actually good. Songs do grow on people.

 

Bad Romance is immense - in the traditional proper sense of the word. Huge melody and very hard to overplay and much better than the very good Pokerface.

 

 

Bad Romance got old quite quickly for me. I much prefer Telephone, Alejandro and DITD on The Fame Monster.

I never got a chance to do this yesterday, so I shall reveal the top 3 between 3 & 4.

hope Kylie wins, easily the best song out of the 3 left

03 Britney Spears 'Toxic' - 963 points (37 voters, 1st in Heat 2)

 

 

UK Chart Run: {1}-2-4-6-7-11-20-27-18-24-34-50-63-72->14

 

Although this isn't her best performing single it's always been remembered as one of her best. It's also one of about three of her songs that people who don't like Britney like, which is probably why it's so high. It was always going to be at least top 10 though, just like the other two in the top 3.

02 Kylie Minogue 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' - 986 points (38 voters, 2nd in Heat 3)

 

 

UK Chart Run: {1}-1-1-1-2-2-7-12-14-15-17-21-21-14-16-21-32-38-53-49-44-47-36-38-55->25

 

It's fair to say that Kylie had lost her way somewhat in the second half of the nineties. Then in 2000 she released 'Spinning Around' and people were suddely interested in her again. A year later and another new album came out with this as lead single, it was simple and catchy and a hall of a lot of people got caught up in it and bought it, it was pretty much the only song in the top 10 sellers of the decade that wasn't embarassing.

Well Poker face wins. Hardly a shock since its the most recent of the 3. I really love it, but wouldnt place it inside my favorite top20 UK #1s of the decade

01 Lady GaGa 'Poker Face' - 1140 points (45 voters, 1st in Heat 4)

 

 

UK Chart Run: 30-26-28-24-22-15-3-3-4-{1}-1-1-2-3-4-5-5-6-9-11-12-14-20-24-31-26-24-22-24-31-34-38-41-41-

45-51-52-58-54-60-67-60-63-66-70-74-56R(2)-69-51-32-39-56-63-69->54

 

Is anyone actually surprised at this? I know I'm certainly not. She's captured the imagination of so many people in the space of such a short time that's rarely been seen before. Most acts will lead with their strongest song, but she didn't. She was still launched with a great song in 'Just Dance' but she had far better in her locker, nothing more so than 'Poker Face' which went on to be the biggest selling single of the year. It didn't just beat the rest of the songs in this, it absolutely trounced them. 'Bleeding Love' in 8th was some way off Kylie finishing in second, but the gap between 1st & 2nd was quite a few points bigger than the gap between 2nd & 8th. 75% (45/60) of voters voted for it, 7 more than any other song and although it only got 1 top mark it was its consistancy that made it win. After the heats I thought this had number 1 in the bag, it scored far more points than any other song in any other heat, despite being in the heat which the least amount of people voted in.

Could see this coming from a mile away tbh :(

 

Ah well, Coldplay are the real winners here purely because they came 4th on a freaking BuzzJack 'best #1 of the decade' list.

 

Toxic should have won out of the top 3 though...

84 Beyonce ft Jay-Z 'Deja Vu' - 199 points

83 Kylie Minogue 'Spinning Around' - 218

82 Destiny's Child 'Independant Women Pt 1' - 236

81 Fedde Le Grand 'Put Your Hands Up For Detriot' - 243

 

80 Justin Timberlake 'SexyBack' - 256

79 Alexandra Burke 'Bad Boys' - 267

78 Destiny's Child 'Survivor' - 269

77 Rihanna 'Take A Bow' - 274

76 Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink 'Lady Marmalade' - 276

75 Madonna 'Sorry' - 280

74 Aaliyah 'More Than A Woman' - 289

73 Arctic Monkeys 'When The Sun Goes Down' - 320

72 Holly Valance 'Kiss Kiss' - 320

71 Britney Spears 'Oops... I Did It Again' - 322

 

70 Daniel Bedingfield 'Gotta Get Thru This' - 338

69 Melanie C 'I Turn To You' - 338

68 Oasis 'The Importance of Being Idle' - 340

67 Beyonce & Shakira 'Beautiful Liar' - 340

66 Shapeshifters 'Lola's Theme' - 341

65 Black Eyed Peas 'Boom Boom Pow' - 347

64 Katy Perry 'I Kissed A Girl' - 349

63 Black Eyed Peas 'Meet Me Halfway' - 353

62 S Club 7 'Never Had A Dream come True' - 359

61 Lily Allen 'Smile' - 360

 

60 Estelle ft Kanye West 'American Boy' - 376

59 Ting Tings 'That's Not My Name' - 387

58 Nelly ft Kelly Rowland 'Dilemma' - 388

57 S Club 7 'Don't Stop Movin'' - 390

56 LeAnn Rimes 'Can't Fight The Moonlight' - 395

55 David Guetta ft Kelly Rowland 'When Love Takes Over' - 412

54 Liberty X 'Just A Little' - 415

53 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & DOE 'The Way I Are' - 420

52 Calvin Harris 'I'm Not Alone' - 421

51 Sonique 'It Feels So Good' - 430

 

50 Black Eyed Peas 'Where Is The Love?' - 431

49 My Chemical Romance 'Welcome To The Black Parade' - 434

48 Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules 'Mad World' - 441

47 Natasha Bedingfield 'These Words' - 445

46 Roger Sanchez 'Another Chance' - 449

45 Britney Spears 'Everytime' - 456

44 Stereophonics 'Dakota' - 458

43 Duffy 'Mercy' - 462

42 Girls Aloud 'The Promise' - 503

41 Christina Aguilera ft Redman 'Dirrty' - 506

40 Lady GaGa 'Just Dance' - 508

39 Melanie C ft Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes 'Never Be The Same Again' - 520

38 Kelly Clarkson 'My Life Would Suck Without You' - 521

37 Eminem 'Lose Yourself' - 522

36 Scissor Sisters 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - 522

35 Fragma 'Toca's Miracle' - 525

34 Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' - 531

33 Sugababes 'Round Round' - 534

32 Shakira ft Wyclef Jean 'Hips Don't Lie' - 539

31 Black Eyed Peas 'I Gotta Feeling' - 547

 

30 Will Young 'Leave Right Now' - 560

29 Girls Aloud 'Sound Of The Underground' - 563

28 Sugababes 'Push The Button' - 569

27 Madonna 'Hung Up' - 580

26 Spiller 'Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)' - 594

25 Eminem 'Stan' - 598

24 Take That 'Patience' - 598

23 Evanescence 'Bring Me To Life' - 601

22 Christina Aguilera 'Beautiful' - 610

21 Sugababes 'Freak Like Me' - 619

 

20 Gorillaz 'DARE' - 626

19 All Saints 'Pure Shores' - 629

18 Sugababes 'Hole In The Head' - 640

17 Arctic Monkeys 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' - 640

16 Pink 'Just Like A Pill' - 690

15 Tatu 'All The Things She Said' - 695

14 Beyonce 'Crazy In Love' - 710

13 Rihanna ft Jay-Z 'Umbrella' - 710

12 Kings Of Leon 'Sex On Fire' - 711

11 Nelly Furtado 'Maneater' - 754

 

10 Leona Lewis 'Run' - 763

09 Lily Allen 'The Fear' - 777

08 Leona Lewis 'Bleeding Love' - 861

07 Sugababes 'About You Now' - 865

06 Robyn ft Kleerup 'With Every Heartbeat - 868

05 Lady GaGa 'Bad Romance' - 900

04 Coldplay 'Viva La Vida' - 904

03 Britney Spears 'Toxic' - 932

02 Kylie Minogue 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' - 986

01 Lady GaGa 'Poker Face' - 1140

 

Good result, I wonder how well Paparazzi would have done...

decent winner, I'd rank it in my top 100 of all time!

 

there were far better songs in this countdown though - thanks for doing it Mark, has been interesting - and happy birthday!

Pleasantly surprised this isn’t quite as pathetic as some of the previous results on Buzzjack. :heehee:

 

Some kind of manipulation, reducing votes for a song by the relative strength of that artist’s forum on Buzzjack, could put the cat amongst the pigeons and deliver a more balanced outcome. :teresa:

A decent and not very suprising winner. Plenty of other song I prefer to Poker Face but its a nice enough winner :)

:o Happy Birthday! :D

 

10 Leona Lewis 'Run' - 763 Not surprised to see this lower than 'Bleeding Love', but to see it quite low, is a tiny bit of a shock ima. Stunning cover, of a stunning song, by a stunning vocalist!

09 Lily Allen 'The Fear' - 777 Thoroughly deserved to do well but Top 10? Hmm...

08 Leona Lewis 'Bleeding Love' - 861 This is probably a bigger shock to me personally than Coldplay finishing 4th. I honestly thought this would be a shoe-in for Top 3 (With AYN and PF) :o Great song!

07 Sugababes 'About You Now' - 865 See above really. One of my all time favourite songs ever! Surprised to see it so low, but glad it managed to get high!

06 Robyn ft Kleerup 'With Every Heartbeat - 868 Beautiful song. Robyn was perfectly suited for this. One of the best songs ever for sure and the lead single was followed by great singles too. ('Handle Me' in particular :heart:)

05 Lady GaGa 'Bad Romance' - 900 WOW. This finishing so high, doesn't shock me, but in a way I was expecting it to only reach 7-9, because of how recent it is and maybe people deducted points when they were voting etc...

04 Coldplay 'Viva La Vida' - 904 I've said what I want to say about this.

03 Britney Spears 'Toxic' - 932 Great song. But as a big fan of this artist, I know she has ALOT better in her back catalogue! But there's no denying this is a modern pop classic!

02 Kylie Minogue 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' - 986 Also said what I feel about this too :puke:

01 Lady GaGa 'Poker Face' - 1140 See 'Toxic' :P

 

Great countdown Mark. Thanks for doing it! :D

I just knew it :rolleyes:

 

It is quite ridiculous as there are far better number 1s below it but good idea though, Rabbit Fur Coat and still very happy for Coldplay

 

and it is Buzzjack, so its not exactly going to be totally right

 

I listened to Gaga's three number 1s today. Poker Face did the least for me. I dont think it will stand the test of time as well as Just Dance or Bad Romance.

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?!

 

It really is quite embarrasing - did we once REALLY rank Viva La Vida below the likes of Touch My Body, Break The Ice and Girls?!

 

 

Anyway, fantastic countdown, and the results were actually kind of credible :o

A fantastic Top 7 IMHO.

 

I thought Poker Face would win but expected Britney to pip Kylie for 2nd.

 

Certainly from these results could the dominance of female acts on Buzzjack be receding a little?

 

Anyway a certain annual game will be returning .... quicker than you think. :D

Excellent countdown. Not too much $h!te high up.

 

as thisispop said, great top 7.

Edited February 8, 201015 yr by tonyttt31

Brilliant countdown Mark. Maybe the results were a tad predictable but overall a great countdown. Happy with the final 3 as they ranked. All three tracks collected points off me but none were my overall fave no. 1 of the decade (that song finished fifth and I still think 'Bad Romance' is fantastic and will never get boring :D ).