Your highest-placed non#1 song in your end-of-year lists?

Posted April 26, 201114 yr

1995 La Bouche 'Be my lover' (#2 peak - #22 of 1995)

1996 Gloria Estefan 'Reach' (#2 peak - #20 of 1996)

1997 Aqua 'Barbie girl' (#2 peak - #18 of 1997)

1998 Des'Ree 'Life' (#2 peak - #17 of 1998)

1999 Another Level 'From the heart' (#3 peak - #19 of 1999)

2000 Kylie Minogue 'On a night like this' (#2 peak - #18 of 2000)

2001 Lara Fabian 'Love by grace' (#2 peak - #15 of 2001)

2002 Kylie Minogue 'Love at first sight' (#2 peak - #11 of 2002)

2003 Christina Aguilera 'Beautiful' (#2 peak - #16 of 2003)

2004 Franz Ferdinand 'Take me out' (#3 peak - #21 of 2004)

2005 The Bravery 'An honest mistake' (#2 peak - #20 of 2005)

2006 Nelly Furtado 'Meneater' (#2 peak - #19 of 2006)

2007 Britney Spears 'Gimme more' (#2 peak - #18 of 2007)

2008 Newton Faulkner 'Dream catch me' (#2 peak - #17 of 2008)

2009 Taylor Swift 'You belong with me' (#2 peak - #19 of 2009)

2010 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé 'Telephone' (#2 peak - #18 of 2010)

2011 Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull "On the floor" (#2 peak - #13 of 2011)

2012 Gotye feat. Kimbra "Somebody that I used to know (#2 peak - #4 of 2012)

2013 Stromae "Papaoutai" (#2 peak - #8 of 2013)

Edited January 12, 201411 yr by N-S

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April 30, 201114 yr

I only had 2010 - and my highest non-number 1 was Glee's Don't Stop Believin' at 5 - it peaked at 2.

May 1, 201114 yr

Last year Tinie Tempah & Swedish House Mafia went to thirteen Year End but spent two weeks at number two in the main chart.

May 1, 201114 yr

The biggest on my chart was "Teenage Dream" last year it peaked at number two but became the 4th biggest hit of the year, great song! :-)

May 1, 201114 yr

2009 La Roux - In For The Kill | Peak #2 | EOY #4

2010 Florence and the Machine - Dog Days Are Over | Peak #2 | EOY #3

May 1, 201114 yr

1999 - The Corrs - Runaway (N/A - chart started in June) - EOY #2

2000 - Rank 1 - Airwave (#3) - EOY #11

2001 - Avi + Nat - Together (#2) - EOY #8

2002 - Kelly Llorenna - Brighter Day (#2) - EOY #9

2003 - Delta Goodrem - A Year Ago Today (#2) - EOY #3

2004 - Dannii Minogue vs Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me (#2) - EOY #10

2005 - Vanilla Ninja - Cool Vibes (#2) - EOY #12

2006 - Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child (#3) - EOY #3 (hung around in the top ten for AGES despite only peaking at #3)

2007 - Take That - Rule The World (#2) - EOY #8

2008 - Alphabeat - Fascination (#2) - EOY #7

2009 - Lady Gaga - Poker Face (#2) - EOY #10

2010 - Boyzone - Gave It All Away (#2) - EOY #11

Voodoo Child is the ultimate non #1, or #2 for that matter :lol: It was bad luck for them because they were stuck behind Lily Allen/Shakira, my two favourite songs of the summer and year, which between them spent half a year in the top two!

May 1, 201114 yr

2008: Leona Lewis - Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand (#3) - EOY - #10

2009: Paloma Faith - New York (#2) - EOY - #14

2010: Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart (#2) - EOY - #7

May 1, 201114 yr

In 2010 (my only EOY so far), 'If We Ever Meet Again' [Timbaland/Katy Perry] & 'The Writer' [Ellie Goulding] both peaked at #2 and ended up at #8 & #9 on my EOY.

2 years later...

January 11, 201411 yr

2000 (#16) Rank 1 “Airwave” [Peak: #2]

2001 (#12) Muse “Plug In Baby” [Peak: #2]

2002 (#08) Oasis “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” [Peak: #2]

2003 (#13) The Darkness “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” [Peak: #2]

2004 (#07) Nelly Furtado “Try” [Peak: #2]

2005 (#17) Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” [Peak: #2]

2006 (#06) Peter, Bjorn and John ft. Victoria Bergsman “Young Folks” [Peak: #2]

2007 (#05) Arcade Fire “No Cars Go” [Peak: #2]

2008 (#07) James Yulli “This Sweet Love” [Peak: #2]

2009 (#08) Bat for Lashes “Daniel” [Peak: #2]

2010 (#05) Hurts “Wonderful Life” [Peak: #2]

2011 (#16) Lykke Li “I Follow Rivers” [Peak: #2]

2012 (#09) Grimes “Oblivion” [Peak: #2]

2013 (#15) Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Sacrilege” [Peak: #2]

January 11, 201411 yr

#13 of 2010: Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah "Miami 2 Ibiza" (2 weeks at #2)

#04 of 2011: Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull "On the Floor" (2 weeks at #2)

#06 of 2012: Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" (3 weeks at #2)

#05 of 2013: AWOLNATION "Sail" (2 weeks at #2)

January 11, 201411 yr

2005 - 04th - Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone [Peak: #2]

2006 - 11th - The Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - Beep [Peak: #2]

2007 - 15th - Kelly Clarkson feat. Eve - Like This [Peak: #2]

2008 - 10th - The Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up [Peak: #2]

2009 - 08th - Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic [Peak: #2]

2010 - 11th - Cheryl Cole - Parachute [Peak: #2]

2011 - 12th - Nicki Minaj - Starships [Peak: #2]

2012 - 14th - Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé - Beneath Your Beautiful [Peak: #2]

2013 - 14th - P!nk feat. Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason [Peak: #2]

'Since U Been Gone' is my biggest non-#1 hit! It was unfortunate to be blocked from peaking at #1 by Mariah Carey's 'We Belong Together', which is in fact the most successful song in my chart history (12 weeks at #1)!

January 11, 201411 yr

01 of 2012: Charlotte Perrelli - The Girl #02 (though it did spend 54 weeks on my chart total and would easily have been #1 had I been compiling a chart when it debuted)

06 of 2013: Tegan & Sara - I Was A Fool #06