March 2, 201312 yr Alex Parks 'Maybe That's What It Takes'. After she won Fame Acadmy 2 (and seemed to have more hype than David Sneddon could dream of) I thought her debut single would be a guaranteed chart topper. It ended up #3. S Club 7 'Say Goodbye' I was convinced for about 5 weeks that it'd be #1 but never saw the rise of R Kelly 'Ignition' doing as well as it did. Chemical Brothers 'Galvanise' after they had secured two back to back UK #1 hits in late 1996/early 1997 this seemed a massive return to form. Adele 'Chasing Pavements' was another I thought was a UK #1 in waiting. Again, didn't foresee Basshunter spending 5 weeks at #1 in early 2008.
March 2, 201312 yr Little Mix - DNA Nicole Scherzinger - Poison One Direction - LWWY One Direction - Gotta Be You Cher Lloyd - With Ur Love Conor Maynard - Can't Say No Conor Maynard - Vegas Girl Britney Spears - Womanizer The Saturdays - Missing You Tulisa - Live It Up I expected all these songs to go #1. Live it up seriously :lol: no one predicted it to be no.1.
March 3, 201312 yr Live it up seriously :lol: no one predicted it to be no.1. :lol: I thought the song would have got quite a lot of airplay because "Young" was so successful, but that didn't happen, and because it was released when X Factor was on. I was very wrong though. :( LOL.
March 3, 201312 yr U2-Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of-I thought Atomic Kitten might make top 5 but I thought U2 would steamroll the no.1. Geri Halliwell-Look At Me-Far and away the best thing she ever released, kept off by a dull as dishwater Boyzone track. Busted-What I Go To School For-Surprised and delighted Pink got no.1 that week. Maroon 5-Makes Me Wonder-Damn Rihanna. Lou Reed-Satellite of Love 04-I thought this would be massive. I was wrong. Five-Don't Wanna Let Ya Go-I thought popularity would get this to no.1 instead of no.9.
March 3, 201312 yr :lol: I thought the song would have got quite a lot of airplay because "Young" was so successful, but that didn't happen, and because it was released when X Factor was on. I was very wrong though. :( LOL. I always knew from the outset it would be her 'What Do You Take Me For'. Last year I thought the Will.I.Am/Lopez/Jagger thing was a certainty to reach #1, but I was thankful it didn't. Edited March 3, 201312 yr by Silver Rocket
March 4, 201312 yr I'm surprised Leona Lewis' 'Happy' has only been mentioned once in this thread. All throughout 2009, in one of the "predict future hits" threads and also the "where will 'Happy' peak?" thread, it was almost unanimous that 'Happy' was going to be #1. It was seen as the only CERTAIN #1 of 2009 - but BEP had to appear on XF the same week. :(
March 4, 201312 yr Some more: Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (after the huge success of CG, I really thought this would go to #1 but instead stalled behind Olly Murs i think...) Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars - Billionaire (I believe this would've got to #1 if it wasn't briefly released a week or so earlier before being deleted) Lady GaGa - Born This Way (the Friday release plagued the song's chances) Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (it debuted at #3 on downloads alone TWO week before it's physical release - never gained the momentum in the end) One Direction - Live While We're Young (somehow miraculously underperformed)
March 4, 201312 yr Biggest ones for me of years 2000-2010 2010 Eminem - Love The Way You Lie Katy Perry - Teenage Dream Ellie Goulding - Your Song Glee - Don't Stop Believing Rihanna - Rude Boy 2009 La Roux - In For The Kill Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind Taylor Swift - Love Story Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm 2008 James Morrison - Broken Strings Flo Rida - Low Eric Prydz - Pjanoo Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 2007 Nickelback - Rockstar Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend Kate Nash - Foundations 2006 Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah Booty Luv - Boogie Tonight PCD - Beep Infernal - Paris to Berlin Chris Brown - Run It 2005 Rihanna - Pon De Replay Oasis - Let There Be Love Mario - Let Me Love You Daniel Powter - Bad Day 2004 Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath Kelis - Milkshake Kelis - Trick Me Girls Aloud - The Show Rachel Stevens - Some Girls Girls Aloud - Love Machine 2003 Dido - White Flag Darkness - Christmas Time Blazin Squad - Flip/Reverse Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On Britney & Madonna - Me Against The Music Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes Dannii Minogue - I Begin To Wonder Kelly Rowland - Stole Lumidee - Never Leave You (Uh Oh) Benny Benassi - Satisfaction 2002 X-Press 2 - Lazy Shakira - Whenever Wherever Scooter - The Logical Song S Club Juniors - New Direction Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You 2001 Mis-teeq - All I Want Destiny's Child - Bootylicious Step - One For Sorrow Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on The Dancefloor
March 4, 201312 yr Kylie - 2 Hearts The hype for her comeback was huge and had been building all year. 2 Hearts really underperformed
March 4, 201312 yr Some more: Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (it debuted at #3 on downloads alone TWO week before it's physical release - never gained the momentum in the end)Apparently, in the chart run thread, someone said that it didn't get to number one, because of Peter Kay/Matt Lucas' '(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles'. So it's not that it didn't "gain enough momentum". Just incredibly, unlucky timing. :(
March 4, 201312 yr Kylie - 2 Hearts The hype for her comeback was huge and had been building all year. 2 Hearts really underperformed Another one from around that time period - 'Headlines' by Spice Girls. By no means was it one of their most exciting singles (probably the worst actually), but the hype behind their comeback suggested that it would've made #1. I guess it became doubtful when the release date was revealed to be close to that of 'Bleeding Love'.
March 4, 201312 yr Little Mix 'DNA' is another song I was pretty certain and sure that it was going to be a number 1 for them, but damn One Direction and Bruno Mars. It still should have made it! Even if it would have been a "non-number 1". It deserved that peak, and nothing less. :cry:
March 4, 201312 yr Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (after the huge success of CG, I really thought this would go to #1 but instead stalled behind Olly Murs i think...) Both Olly Murs and the horror that was 'Start Without You'. :cry:
March 4, 201312 yr Biggest ones for me of years 2000-2010 2001 Steps - One For Sorrow It's the single from 1998, not from 2001. :)
March 4, 201312 yr La Roux - In For The Kill Did anyone see this one going to #1? I was surprised It even got to #2, I now think it's brilliant but I didn't know how anyone could take to the screaching vocals at the time and it stalled outside the Top 10 for the first couple of weeks after it was released iirc - pretty much as I was expecting (a similar run to Bootsy's 'New In Town' from around the same time!). Thankfully Skream's remix catapulted it into the massive hit that it became!
March 4, 201312 yr Both Olly Murs and the horror that was 'Start Without You'. :cry: I was so happy at the time that Alexandra was going to get another #1 but, ever since I grew to despise SWY, I was annoyed that it blocked 'Teenage Dream' - which is my favourite Katy Perry single from this era.
March 4, 201312 yr A few of mine: Coldplay - Fix You - Stalled at #4 Coldplay Speed Of Sound - lost out to the Crazy Frog Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc - The hype for this at the time was massive, but I think it lost out to Amarillo Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky - This was everywhere at the time, couldn't get away from it Dido - White Flag - Didn't this stall behind The Black eyed Peas' Where Is The Love?
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