this is a good top 10- very surprised to see Michael Jackson and Bodyrox there, I just don't recall anyone voting for the former :lol: Daft Punk did really well too :wub: :wub:

 

I really hope Gorillaz and Take That wins, I know I'm biased as I don't like RITD :P but I think the other two are far more 'classic' than it

Edited July 12, 201113 yr by Chart Wizard

I know people sneer at Cascada beating Man In The Mirror but fair's fair - Evacuate The Dancefloor was the bigger selling and more enduring hit during 2009, it's not one of those unjust cases like all of those mega front loaded #1's holding off Love The Way You Lie last summer.

 

That and ETD is my favourite single of theirs and I was elated to finally see them get a UK #1!

 

It's not really comparable to LTWYL's situation at all. MJ had one shot and one shot only at a posthumous #1 single since its only 'promotion' was his death and the subsequent TV support because of that, but TV were also supporting just about every other MJ song so its TV promotion was very spread out and probably didn't help massively. It was #1 in all the midweeks but Cascada snatched it away at the last second. Of course Cascada were going to be more enduring and higher selling. That was a normal release (a $h!te one at that, but that's personal opinion :P). MITM's 2009 run was not at all under normal circumstances so it very much is a massive injustice that Cascada snatched the #1 at the last second.

 

(This is not my anti-Cascada bias speaking, I'd be annoyed if it was just about anything snatching #1 away from MITM the week after his death when it had been #1 on all the midweeks)

 

If MJ had died just one day later chart history could have looked very different.

Edited July 12, 201113 yr by Bré

Adele will win. I hope she doesn't.

Adele will probably win but I wouldn't be surprised if TT won either.

Gonna be a great Top 3.. I love them all so I'll be happy whatever the result! :)

Adele will win. I hope she doesn't.

 

 

Adele will probably win but I wouldn't be surprised if TT won either.

 

You've been proved wrong, here is your number three :o

 

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03 - ADELE "Rolling In The Deep" (2011) (+78)

 

In the US, the song spent 7 (or was it 8) consecutive weeks at the number one spot, an amazing achievement for a British artist. Over in the UK, it was sadly kept off number one by Bruno Mars. This was the first single taken from "21", which is STILL in the top 2 and is number one in the midweeks. The follow up, 'Someone Like You' did much better than RITD - but both are modern classics.

 

 

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OK guys, now we get to the final 2. Will Gorillaz win with "Feel Good Inc." or Take That with "Rule The World"???

 

Here are the points for the top 5 - it's very close at the top

 

+91 Number One Song

+86 Number Two Song

+78 ADELE "Rolling In The Deep"

+77 Rihanna "Unfaithful"

+75 Daft Punk "One More Time"

 

The winner will (hopefully) be revealed at 6.00pm.

Hope gorillaz win, find rule the world a bit meh for some reason, patience is a lot better IMO

I'm glad Adele didn't win, it probably is a classic in the making, but its far too recent to be the best number 2 of the Century imo, thats an amazing final 2 :wub: hope TT win. but Gorillaz would be great too

02 - Take That "Rule The World" (2007) (+86)

 

Gooddelta won't be happy. Take That were stopped from going to number one for four weeks all because of million seller "Bleeding Love". The song itself is a manband anthem and proved that Take That were still relevant. It was the last single taken from number one album "Beautiful World" and it came from the movie "Stardust"

 

 

01 - Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc." (2005) (+91)

 

I was shocked myself that this came out on top, I checked the scores many times but this did actually get 91 points (it got the same 15s as RTW but more 12s iirc) Akon's hit "Lonely" stopped this from going to number one - but it got 8 weeks T10 and outsold their only number one "DARE". This song comes from the number one album "Demon Days"

 

 

Thanks to everyone who voted and made this a great final rate. There is no more Ultimate games from here on but don't cry, we now have the annual Record Of The Decade competition hosted by RabbitFurCoat. I've enjoyed hosting these games :D

A great winner! :D

 

Another good top 3 as well, I do like 'Rolling In The Deep' but not as much as the other two. You've done a good job on all of these and they've produced some interesting results and winners, I hope the people who've took part in this do vote in the annual Record of the Decade competition! It would be good to see more of these in the future, although I'm not sure how far you'd be able to go with it....

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/RatmanProductions/Bombs/fluttershy_yay_large_display.gif

 

Wonderful winner! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

 

Take That is cool too, but Feel Good Inc is a masterpiece.

really great winner, Feel Good Inc would be a worthy holder of that title ^_^ thanks for these, Daniel, they've been a great series which has been interesting mainly as the results have been more diverse than usual Buzzjack polls :D

I'm SO happy Rule the World didn't win. It's not terrible, but at the same time, it's really not that good imo.

 

Feel Good Inc is a fantastic song. Really incredible imo.

 

Also, I said earlier in the thread I was hoping Unfaithful would come 4th, and it did! :o :lol:

Huh, that was the one of the top 3 I was sure would not win. Good winner though.

The full countdown

 

1. +91 Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc"

2. +86 Take That "Rule The World"

3. +78 ADELE "Rolling In The Deep"

4. +77 Rihanna "Unfaithful"

5. +75 Daft Punk "One More Time"

6. +58 Destiny's Child "Lose My Breath"

7. +55 Shakira "Whenever, Wherever"

8. +53 Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"

9. +49 Bodyrox feat. Luciana "Yeah Yeah"

10. +48 Sophie Ellis Bextor "Murder On The Dancefloor" (indv. +210)

11. +48 Kelly Rowland "Stole" (indv. +098)

12. +47 Dido "White Flag"

13. +46 Kings of Leon "Use Somebody"

14. +44 The Killers "When You Were Young"

15. +43 La Roux "In For The Kill" (indv. +263)

16. +43 Girls Aloud "Love Machine" (indv. +222)

17. +43 Girls Aloud "The Show" (indv. +218)

18. +42 Eminem feat. Rihanna "Love The Way You Lie"

19. +39 Electric Six "Danger! High Voltage!" (indv. +199)

20. +39 Kylie Minogue "One a Night Like This" (indv. +171)

21. +37 T.I. feat. Rihanna "Live Your Life"

22. +36 Wheatus "Teenage Dirtbag" (indv. +214)

23. +36 Oasis "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (indv. +139)

24. +33 Britney Spears "Piece of Me"

25. +32 OutKast "Ms Jackson" (indv. +203)

26. +32 Daniel Powter "Bad Day" (indv. +125)

27. +30 Take That "The Flood" (indv. +166)

28. +30 Embrace "Nature’s Law" (indv. +156)

29. +29 Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger"

30. +28 Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind" (indv. +171)

31. +28 Moloko "The Time Is Now" (indv. +164)

32. +26 James Morrison & Nelly Furtado "Broken Strings" (indv. +152)

33. +26 Kate Nash "Foundations" (indv. +140)

34. +24 K'naan "Wavin Flag"

35. +21 Blink 182 "All The Small Things" (indv. +151)

36. +21 Rachel Stevens "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" (indv. +120)

37. +20 Kylie Minougue "I Believe In You" (+indv. +231)

38. +20 Sam Sparro "Black And Gold" (indv. +214)

39. +18 Eric Prydz "Pjanoo"

40. +17 Kylie Minogue "Love At First Sight"

41. +16 Girls Aloud "No Good Advice" (indv. +170)

42. +16 Infernal "From Paris to Berlin" (indv. +159)

43. +16 Rihanna "Russian Roulette" (indv. +149)

44. +15 Manic Street Preachers "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough"

45. +14 Samantha Mumba "Gotta Tell You"

46. +12 Coldplay "Speed Of Sound"

47. +11 iio "Rapture" (indv. +188)

48. +11 Just Jack "Starz In Their Eyes" (indv. +121)

49. +10 Noisettes "Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)"

50. +07 ADELE "Chasing Pavements"

51. +06 Coldplay "In My Place"

52. +04 Aloe Blacc "I Need A Dollar"

53. +02 Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah"

54. +01 Mark Ronson "Stop Me"

 

Great thread and game quite happy with the results!

Thanks for all the hard work Daniel! :)

Aaw :( I like Feel Good Inc but Rule The World is by far my favourite 00s #2, absolutely adore it :wub:

It's not really comparable to LTWYL's situation at all. MJ had one shot and one shot only at a posthumous #1 single since its only 'promotion' was his death and the subsequent TV support because of that, but TV were also supporting just about every other MJ song so its TV promotion was very spread out and probably didn't help massively. It was #1 in all the midweeks but Cascada snatched it away at the last second. Of course Cascada were going to be more enduring and higher selling. That was a normal release (a $h!te one at that, but that's personal opinion :P). MITM's 2009 run was not at all under normal circumstances so it very much is a massive injustice that Cascada snatched the #1 at the last second.

 

(This is not my anti-Cascada bias speaking, I'd be annoyed if it was just about anything snatching #1 away from MITM the week after his death when it had been #1 on all the midweeks)

 

If MJ had died just one day later chart history could have looked very different.

 

You say it like they did it with malice. It simply sold more copies in the seven day chart window than Man In The Mirror did :lol: It was unfortunate for MJ not to have a posthumous #1 to his name but Evacuate The Dancefloor spent two weeks at #1 and six weeks top ten so it's not like it was a random flash in the pan thing that came out of nowhere to brutally snatch the crown away! It was a deserved chart topper - it's just unfortunate that it stood in the way of what would have been a more newsworthy one.

 

ETD may have been a 'normal release' but Man In The Mirror got WAY more exposure that week - at least from where I was looking - it was the 'chosen' song by news broadcasts, radio and music channels and I remember it being absolutely everywhere!

Cascada >>>>>> Michael Jackson tbh. :coffee: