I was going to add my choices - but, I've forgotten them all! :D

Edited April 5, 201213 yr by zeus555

At least Euphorique gets it - this isn't a personal thing (Thermometer - All Saints Pure Shores REALLY?!), its a general thing.

 

:wacko:

I think the GENERAL public would consider these unmemorable:

 

Tinchy Stryder - Number 1

 

I agree with most of these but absolutely no at this one. I still hear people quoting this ALL the time.

I agree with most of these but absolutely no at this one. I still hear people quoting this ALL the time.

 

Number 1 is played to death on Clubland TV....awful song though but hey the best stuff is underrated.

2005 No1's

 

U2/ Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

McFly/ I'll Be OK

:o

I dont find Number 1 memorable and I like that song. I think the general public wont remember it, and the fact that its still a recent number one and it's already going down the forgetville isn't a good sign. Give it 10 years and it will definitely be classified as such. But "Never Leave You" will get there first for sure.

2001 Five 'Let's Dance' (I guess this is a cover of Bowie)

:lol: bless- I'm trying to imagine WHAT this would POSSIBLY sound like?! :lol:

I dont find Number 1 memorable and I like that song. I think the general public wont remember it, and the fact that its still a recent number one and it's already going down the forgetville isn't a good sign. Give it 10 years and it will definitely be classified as such. But "Never Leave You" will get there first for sure.

I agree - this is almost arleady forgotten as a #1 (great song though!)

The fact that you of all people (no offence intended) are extolling the virtues of "Welcome to the Black Parade" just goes to show how daft the suggestion that it wasn't remembered was.

 

Yeah, exactly. :lol: I'd say it's maybe a classic to be honest. I don't even listen to that type of music much but I'm aware how big the song is. :lol:

 

Some of the other suggestions are a bit strange aswell. Holiday by Dizzee Rascal? Can't speak for everyone, but I probably heard that song 100 times the past 2 summers, so I couldn't forget it even if I wanted to. :lol:

 

How is Number 1 "going down the forgetville"? We're talking about the general public here, not just the people that post on Buzzjack. :lol: I know it's forgotten here, but it's one of the biggest tunes of 2009 in general (to be fair, that was a year where not a lot of big tunes were produced compared to other years, but still).

Edited April 5, 201213 yr by Eric_Blob

Yeah, exactly. :lol: I'd say it's maybe a classic to be honest. I don't even listen to that type of music much but I'm aware how big the song is. :lol:

 

Some of the other suggestions are a bit strange aswell. Holiday by Dizzee Rascal? Can't speak for everyone, but I probably heard that song 100 times the past 2 summers, so I couldn't forget it even if I wanted to. :lol:

 

I heard "Holiday" yesterday on Dance Nation! Have to admit that and "Dance With Me" (Thats due to Calvin Harris) are the only songs I like of his!

I dont hear Holiday anywhere anymore, except whenever they do some countdowns on number ones, or genre channels like Clubland. I'd say its heading towards forgetville. Dance Wiv Me, as much as I hate it, has been a lot more memorable, and I think in 10 years whenever radios, tv's, clubs, decide to play a Dizzee Rascal song, they'll go with Dance Wiv Me rather than Holiday. I prefer the latter for sure. But that's just the way I see it.

 

 

It's a lot harder for us to judge if number ones from the past 4 or 5 years are forgotten since most of them still get recurrent plays, rather that ones that are 10 years or older. Those really do need to stand the test of time, (and the test of never being played on radio again), so it's a lot easier for us to judge those. If I ask someone randomly on the street if they liked Gabrielle's "Rise", I'd think the majority of them would say "never heard it" or "dont know". But if I played the song, I think most would remember and say "ah yes I remember that". That's because only a select few old number ones get played on radio today, and the rest are easily forgotten, but they're ingrained in your mind and you'll remember them as soon as you hear them. The truly forgettable ones are those that even if they do get played, people won't remember them.

 

However your own age also needs to be taken into consideration. If you were too young at the time a song reached #1, then you probably have no clue if its remembered or not.

I think the GENERAL public would consider these unmemorable:

 

2001-2009 number 1s:

 

 

Five - We Will Rock You

DJ Pied Piper - Do You Really Like It

Usher - Burn

McFly - All About You

Nizlopi - JCB Song

Shayne Ward - That's My Goal

Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down

McFly - Star Girl

 

These are the only ones I'd disagree with, I still hear some of these and in the case of the first two, they may not be remembered fondly, but they made an impression, same with Can We Fix It, Teletubbies Say eh oh etc.

I'm not sure if they count as unmemorable but I only recently found out that Kenny Rogers had 2 UK #1s which seems very out of character for a country act. Never heard either of the songs ('Lucille' and 'Coward Of The County') but I'd imagine they're terrible as country songs have a reputation for being IMO :P

To be honest, now that I think about it, most #1s are probably big enough to be remembered by a fair portion of people. I guess the most forgotten ones would in theory simply be the lowest-selling (so Promises from 2011, Dirtee Disco from 2010, Islands in a Stream from 2009 and so on).

 

Also, there's the point to bear in mind that most of the country probably haven't even heard Promises (just an example). So is it really "forgotten", since most of the people that don't recognize it simply never knew it in the first place. Maybe most of the people that did know the song when it came out will remember it in the future (in which case you could assume it would be very remembered if the song was actually heard my more people in the first place).

 

I mainly only associate with 19-21 year old males, and I live in a big city, so to me it might seem like Nero and Dizzee Rascal are popular, and that I'll never stop hearing their songs, but the people I meet aren't very representatitve of the whole country (and I'm sure that applies to all of us posting here), so it's hard for any of us to tell.

 

Plus, sometimes songs can be made remembered by current/future events. All it takes is a film to use one of those "forgotten" #1s in its soundtrack, or for one to be used for an advert, or for someone to perform one of the "forgotten" #1s from 15 years ago on the X Factor infront of 10 million people then it'll probably end up "remembered" after that.

Edited April 5, 201213 yr by Eric_Blob

From the 2000s:

 

Bob The Builder - Mambo No. 5 (astonished it ever made it especially only 2 years after the original)

 

This song was number 1 on possibly the most historic day of mankind so it will always be remembered.

This song was number 1 on possibly the most historic day of mankind so it will always be remembered.

No, the day is remembered, not what was #1 in the UK on it :wacko:

No, the day is remembered, not what was #1 in the UK on it :wacko:

 

But if people research what was number 1 on that day then they will be able to recall it.

But if people research what was number 1 on that day then they will be able to recall it.

:lol: Terrible logic.

At least Euphorique gets it - this isn't a personal thing (Thermometer - All Saints Pure Shores REALLY?!), its a general thing.

 

:wacko:

 

I recognize the instrumental of Pure Shores but I don't remember any of the lyrics :P It doesn't help that I was only 3/4 at the time. I imagine people who were "there" at the time will remember it like yourself. I was doing personal forgotten #1s like many other people in the thread.

I recognize the instrumental of Pure Shores but I don't remember any of the lyrics :P It doesn't help that I was only 3/4 at the time. I imagine people who were "there" at the time will remember it like yourself. I was doing personal forgotten #1s like many other people in the thread.

Ah, now this is where age comes into it. I was 24 in 2000 and Pure Shores is by far one of the more memorable #1's of the 40-odd that year.