Posted October 29, 201113 yr We've seen a thread of those who were unlucky not to make #1, so why not one for those who were unlucky to make narrowly in the top 40 to be announced on Radio 1, the top 75 as an "official" position and the top 200 to say they made it. I heard Kate Nash was a few copies off #200 with "Kiss That Grrl" in 2010.
October 29, 201113 yr #76 hits since the top 100 started being posted on the OCC's website in mid-2007: Basshunter - Walk On Water Beth Ditto - Beth Ditto (EP) Big Time Rush feat. Snoop Dogg - Boyfriend Craig David - One More Lie (Standing In The Shadows) Eric Saade - Popular Fall Out Boy - America's Suitehearts Glasvegas - Please Come Back Home Glee Cast - Taking Chances The Hoosiers - Worst Case Scenario Jamie Woon - Lady Luck Jamiroquai - Blue Skies Just Jack - No Time Justin Bieber - Favorite Girl Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby Little Dragon - Ritual Union Macy Gray - Winter Wonderland The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Sheryl Crow - Love Is Free Siobhan Donaghy - So You Say Sneaky Sound System - Pictures The Temper Trap - Fader Edited October 29, 201113 yr by Bré
October 29, 201113 yr Duffy - Well, Well, Well (#41 - Just got pushed out by Kylie's Better than Today) Flo Rida - Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) (#41 - debuted at #42, climbed a place to #41 - was midweek #40) The Human League - Love is All That Matters (#41) The Script - Nothing (#42) Voice of the Beehive - I Walk the Earth (#42 - peaked at #42 in 1988, then re-entered the charts later in the year, and reached #46) Edited October 29, 201113 yr by liamk97
October 29, 201113 yr Ken Barrie's Postman Pat got as high as #44, then re-entered and got as high as #54, then got re-released and went back up as high as #59. Reached the top 60 in 3 separate chart runs without ever making the top 40. N*E*R*D - Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom) had this chart run in 2008: [41-49-43-49-41-51-86-x] Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem - Forever peaked at #42 for two weeks and spent 6 weeks top 50, 10 top 60 and 15 top 100.
October 29, 201113 yr Rihanna's 'Hard' peaked at #42 following the release of the music video. However, upon actual release it only climbed back to #69 - a classic example of why releasing songs at different times in different countries never has positive outcomes.
October 29, 201113 yr Art Brut - Emily Kane missed out on a top 40 position by 2 copies in 2005, in only the 4th week of downloads counting towards the chart. They would almost certainly have been top 40 had downloads not counted. Stiff Dylans - Ultraviolet had 2 weeks at #41 in 2008.
October 29, 201113 yr Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem - Forever peaked at #42 for two weeks and spent 6 weeks top 50, 10 top 60 and 15 top 100. And almost 2 years in the top 1000. :drama: Even a lot of the #1s from around when it was released are long gone from the top 1000 now.
October 29, 201113 yr Author Art Brut - Emily Kane missed out on a top 40 position by 2 copies in 2005, in only the 4th week of downloads counting towards the chart. They would almost certainly have been top 40 had downloads not counted. Oof! Now that is disastarous.
October 29, 201113 yr Ellie Goulding- Lights, her best single- #49 Florence and he Machine- Cosmic Love- Her best song EVER.
October 29, 201113 yr This is a thread for statistically unlucky songs, not songs of personal preference that "deserved" a better peak.
October 29, 201113 yr defo Siobhan Donaghy - So You Say. got to #76 even though the physical made the top 30 at a time where there was still a half decent physical market. Also her song Dont Give It Up just missed the top 40 because they released the physical too late after a promising start on digital.
November 1, 201113 yr Funny, I was just thinking about this sort of thing the other day as one of my favourite performers from the 1980s kind of falls into this category with a few of her tracks. Taylor Dayne had back to back top 10 hits in 1988 with Tell It To My Heart and Prove Your Love. Her next single, I'll Always Love You, spent 7 weeks in the Top 75, but got stuck at #75. The following single, Don't Rush Me, was even more unlucky: it hit #78 towards the end of 1988 and, when reactivated a few months later, charted at #76. How infuriating!!!!!!!!
November 2, 201113 yr i think Regina Spektor - Fidelity was unlucky not to make the top 40. the reason i say this was because a couple of months after the release it began to be used on a few adverts. complete missed opportunity especially as critics heralded that era for her as her mainstream breakthrough
November 2, 201113 yr #76 hits since the top 100 started being posted on the OCC's website in mid-2007: The Temper Trap - Fader Criminal!!
November 2, 201113 yr The Hives made #41 with "Tick Tick Boom", shame cos it's a tune. This year I remember "Bigger Than Us" by White Lies JUST missing out, was top 40 all week then ended up at #42. It fell to #62 then climbed back up to #54 when the album was released, I wouldn't have been surprised if it had risen had the album come just one week after the single (as "To Lose My Life" did in 2009). Also remember Panic! at the Disco just missing out with "The Ballad of Mona Lisa", made #43.
November 3, 201113 yr Sub Focus made #41 with both "Could This Be Real" and "Splash" in 2010 ! Though he'd already breached the Top 40 in 2009 with "Rock It / Follow The Light".
November 3, 201113 yr Alesha Dixon's Radio was #40 in Wednesday's mids and charted at #46 in the end. That's really the only example I can think of. I thought of that week where Beat of My Drum was top 40 in the mids but dropped out but that landed at #27 in its first week anyway.
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