Inspired by vidcapper's "Luckiest #1's?" thread & gezza76's "Furthest Races to Number one" thread...

 

Are there are any #2's that managed to have very high sales, or any big releases?

 

Wham! - Last Christmas

Dee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (perhaps the unluckiest of all!)

 

Any others? :o

Edited October 29, 201113 yr by Mylo Griffo

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn. I don't know what beat it to number 1 but it's sold over a million, I think it's the biggest selling song ever not to reach number 1 or something, it's certainly up there!

 

Anyone know what beat it out of interest?

 

 

Also La Roux - In For The Kill, it was stuck at for yonks but ended up 6th(?) in the end of year charts.

 

 

And obviously Moves Like Jagger :D

Edited October 29, 201113 yr by Liаm

Madonna - Crazy For You: stalled at #2, then when re-released stalled at #2 again.

 

Also most of the songs mentioned in gezza76's latest thread. :P

 

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn. I don't know what beat it to number 1 but it's sold over a million, I think it's the biggest selling song ever not to reach number 1 or something, it's certainly up there!

 

That'd be Last Christmas. Torn only passed the million on download trickle sales so I'd think it's one of the lowest selling million-selling non-#1s (if that makes sense :lol:)

 

Million-selling non-#1s:

Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

New Order - Blue Monday

Oasis - Wonderwall

Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters

Robbie Williams - Angels

Wham! - Last Christmas

 

And I think there's one other.

Edited October 29, 201113 yr by Bré

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn. I don't know what beat it to number 1 but it's sold over a million, I think it's the biggest selling song ever not to reach number 1 or something, it's certainly up there!

 

Anyone know what beat it out of interest?

 

Also La Roux - In For The Kill, it was stuck at for yonks but ended up 6th(?) in the end of year charts.

 

And obviously Moves Like Jagger :D

 

Last Christmas is the biggest selling song never to reach number 1 - it sold 1,601,000 while Torn only sold 1,075,000! :o

 

Oh, and Aqua - Barbie Girl beat it. :lol:

Million-selling non-#1s:

Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

New Order - Blue Monday

Oasis - Wonderwall

Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters

Robbie Williams - Angels

Wham! - Last Christmas

 

And I think there's one other.

 

That would be Bing Crosby - White Christmas :D

All4One - "I Swear":

 

seven weeks at #2, lost out to "Love is all around" by Wet, Wet, Wet.

Edited October 29, 201113 yr by Joinwithus

That would be Bing Crosby - White Christmas :D

No it wouldn't. The vast majority of its sales were before the charts started so it is not counted as a UK million seller.

Not 'unluckiest', but I found 'Bounce' and 'Feel So Close' to be unlucky to settle for #2. 'Bounce' was set for #1 in the midweeks, but had it snatched away at the last minute. 'Feel So Close' however still sounds like a #1 to me, but was beaten by Olly Murs & Rizzle Kicks. 'Feel So Close' has done significantly better than 'Heart Skips a Beat' I'd say, so perhaps deeming it 'unlucky' is the wrong thing to do - I just find Harris unlucky in always missing out on a string of number-one singles; which he deserves.

Kate Nash 'Foundations'

Didn't it miss out on the number 1 spot by something stupid like 16 sales one week?

No it wouldn't. The vast majority of its sales were before the charts started so it is not counted as a UK million seller.

 

Didn't it become a million seller after the charts started though? :o That's what I thought...

Kate Nash 'Foundations'

Didn't it miss out on the number 1 spot by something stupid like 16 sales one week?

 

Yes, it did. :( It also missed out by about 130 sales one week as well! :lol: :(

Destiny's Child 'Lose My Breath' <--- stalled at #2 for 4 weeks behind three different #1 singles

DJ Jurgen pts. Alice Deejay 'Better Off Alone' <--- stalled at #2 for 3 weeks behind three different #1 singles

 

Surprised nobody has mentioned "Vienna" and "Shaddup you face" in the same breath yet...............well apart from me obviously.

rule the world and moves like jagger

Rihanna-Rude Boy

About 'Feel So Close' and 'Heart Skips A Beat', the latter has sold much more than the former even though the chart runs for both would suggest otherwise so I wouldn't say FSC has done 'significantly better'.

 

'Frisky' was #1 in the midweeks before it got overtaken by that midweek charity release as well.

 

Also 'Your Song' was #1 on iTunes various times over the course of three weeks but kept being overtaken by the X Factor Finalists, Nicole Scherzinger and The Black Eyed Peas.

Calvin has only been ahead of Olly for one week. He' nowhere near having done 'significantly better' :lol:

Sugababes - Get Sexy :(

Mariah Carey: unlucky #2's

All I want for Christmas is you (750,000)

We Belong Together (260,000)

Ellie Goulding- Your Song, was number 3 in midweeks, but built up a huge lead on itunes again and then got to number 2, ahead of poison, loosing to X factor who had dropped to number 10 on itunes!

 

Oh and off topic, but Liam, I love your signature.

Edited October 29, 201113 yr by jkac