Nelly Furtado Forca

 

That would be considered a success right now for her

I'm sure there was a song within the last few years which reached #40 and stayed there for two weeks.

 

'Ain't No Sunshine' had 2 non-consecutive weeks at #40 (40-63-57-40-...), can't find any other such songs since 2002.

Here is a list of songs that have peaked at #40 since 2002 (including songs that peaked higher before 2002, there's no quick way for me to get rid of these so I hope y'all can put up with them).

 

¡Forward, Russia! - Nine

AC/DC - Highway To Hell

Agent Sumo - Why

Agnes - I Need You Now

Amelia Lily - Party Over

Amen! UK - Passion

Amerie feat. Ludacris - Why Don't We Fall In Love

Artificial Funk feat. Nellie Ettison - Together

Audioslave - Be Yourself

The Beatles - Hey Jude

Benny Benassi pts. The Biz - No Matter What You Do

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

The Bluetones - Never Going Nowhere

Bowling For Soup - High School Never Ends

Brancaccio & Aisher - It's Gonna Be... (A Lovely Day)

Bullet For My Valentine - 4 Words (To Choke Upon)

Celine Dion - Taking Chances

Cliff Richard and The Shadows - Singing The Blues

Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping

Daft Punk - Technologic

David Gray - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Def Leppard - Long Long Way To Go

Delays - Hey Girl

DJ Shog - This Is My Sound

Easyworld - Junkies

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Rise Of The Eagles

Electric Six - Dance Commander

Ferry Corsten - Fire

The Foundation feat. Natalie Rossi - All Out Of Love

Frank - I'm Not Shy

Frank Turner - I Still Believe

Funeral For A Friend - Walk Away

Glee Cast - Toxic

Hercules And Love Affair - Blind

High School Musical 2 Cast - Gotta Go My Own Way

High School Musical Cast - We're All In This Together

Hot Chip - Boy From School

Hot Natured and Ali Love - Benediction

Imagine Dragons - It's Time

Ironik feat. Jessica Lowndes - Falling In Love

Iyaz - So Big

JamX & DeLeon - Can U Dig It?

Jedward - Lipstick

Keane and K'naan - Stop For A Minute

Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side

The Killers - Spaceman

Kings Of Pop - T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)

Klaus Badelt - He's A Pirate

Lacuna Coil - Our Truth

LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum

Linkin Park - The Catalyst

Little Man Tate - What? What You Got

Livvi Franc feat. Pitbull - Now I'm That Bitch

The Maccabees - First Love

Mary J. Blige feat. Eve - Not Today

Mumm-Ra - What Would Steve Do?

Nadia Ali - Rapture

Nelly Furtado - Força

Neon Trees - Animal

New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream

Nickelback - Far Away

Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day

Ocean Colour Scene - Golden Gate Bridge

Paul Hardcastle - 19

Paul Weller - Early Morning Rain

Pet Shop Boys - Christmas

The Polyphonic Spree - Light And Day

Primal Scream - Dolls (Sweet Rock And Roll)

Pudsey's Beautiful Dreamers and The Tartan Army - We Have A Dream

Puressence - Walking Dead

Richard Ashcroft - Words Just Get In The Way

Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours

Saint Etienne feat. Wildflower - Soft Like Me

Scouting For Girls - I Wish I Was James Bond

Shapeshifters and Chic - Sensitivity

Shystie - One Wish

Simply Red - Home

Snow Patrol - This Isn't Everything You Are

Soda Club feat. Ashley Jade - Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)

Sonny J - Can't Stop Moving

Sons And Daughters - Dance Me In

Spiller - Cry Baby

Starsailor - Born Again

Status Quo - It's Christmas Time

Tears For Fears - Closest Thing To Heaven

Texas - I'll See It Through

The Thrills - Nothing Changes Around Here

Thunder - The Devil Made Me Do It

Timbaland feat. Pitbull - Pass At Me

Tinie Tempah feat. Labrinth and Eric Turner - We Bring The Stars Out

Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse - Body And Soul

T-Pain feat. Chris Brown - Best Love Song

Trivium - Anthem (We Are The Fire)

UNKLE feat. Ian Brown - Reign

Various Artists - DJ Nation

Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time

The Wombats - Backfire At The Disco

Taking Chances and Dark Side :wub: Also One Moment In Time but obviously that was a #1 initially anyway.

 

Totally forgot Now I'm That Bitch peaked that low though, I thought it got to #30something (only a little higher I know :lol:).

Thanks for that list Bre, some really good tunes on that list, and a few a thought charted much higher than #40.

Ooh, never seen that Bluetones video before. Not actually a very good vid, admittedly. I bought the single though, I should have remembered.

 

I should have remembered this too. Not only is it brilliant, I think it's the only track mentioned in this thread so far to have appeared on a Now album:

Thanks for that list Bre, some really good tunes on that list, and a few a thought charted much higher than #40.

 

Well, some of them did :P 'One Moment In Time' was of course a #1 on its original release as was Paul Hardcastle's '19'. David Gray's song peaked at #26 at the end of 2001 but is on there due to being #40 in the first week of 2002. AC/DC as I already pointed out peaked at #14 with a live version of 'Highway To Hell'. There are probably others too. (The majority of that list is #40 peakers though).

 

EDIT: 'Hey Jude' is another that was quite obviously bigger than #40 :lol:

Edited April 30, 201312 yr by Braydeux

Technologic and Can't Stop Moving stand out as #40 hits a lot of people must be aware of. Both deserved much higher positions.

Spiller - Cry Baby

 

I know there's probably a REALLY great song i've forgotten, oh well

 

Seriously? That's one of the worst songs I've ever heard.

 

Alternatively, Sparky's Dream by Teenage Fanclub made it to #40, and is one of the best songs ever:

 

Cry Baby is SO bad, makes me cry listening to it! Horrible way to follow Groovejet!

 

Taking Chances was great but Celine has sadly long stopped being relevant...Livvi too, what a song!

Taking Chances and Dark Side :wub: Also One Moment In Time but obviously that was a #1 initially anyway.

 

Totally forgot Now I'm That Bitch peaked that low though, I thought it got to #30something (only a little higher I know :lol:).

 

We have the same taste..I love "Taking Chances" and "Dark Side". Both of them deserved to be much higher than #40.

I didn't realise Sonny J's "Can't Stop Moving" only peaked at #40. I bought that twice on CD single, once in late '07, then again in 2008 which was the Mirwais Mix if I remember rightly. Great song!

Seriously? That's one of the worst songs I've ever heard.

 

Alternatively, Sparky's Dream by Teenage Fanclub made it to #40, and is one of the best songs ever:

Now there's a tune and a half :music:

I remember Manchild's 'Nothing Without Me' from 2001, I heard it a lot on the radio and thought it'd be big.

 

Maybe Misha B could join this list just a week after Amelia Lily?

Seriously? That's one of the worst songs I've ever heard.

Well, i didn't actually imply that Cry Baby was a 'great' song :kink: I'm aware that it's kinda awful, but there's just something that really STANDS OUT about it's awfulness (if that makes any sense)

 

I'm shocked no-one mentioned 'It's Time' until Bre posted that list, it's what instantly came to mind for me. I'm hoping it can peak higher than that though if Radio 1 start to play it instead of hammering 'Radioactive' (what happened there anyway, I could've sworn they added 'It's Time' and even began playing it.) It definitely deserves to either way!

I couldn't remember whether it was 'Sparky's Dream' or 'Mellow Doubt' that peaked at 40, you beat me to looking it up. Both excellent songs.

 

So is 'Tonight The Streets Are Ours' (another I can't believe I forgot). I bought 'Hey Girl' as well, actually.

The other one I meant to look up: 'Say You Love Me' by Fleetwood Mac.

Maria Rubia's Say It peaked at #40 as the follow up to Everytime You Need Me, fantastic little completely forgotten pop song, she even sang a bit of it in French!

 

Didn't some Texas single limp in at #40 at Xmas in 2003 as well?

 

So funny, the Maria Rubia track was the first to pop into my head as soon as I saw the title of this thread! Not sure why though, but I did love it at the time! Didn't think anyone else would've remembered it! :-)

Melanie Brown 'Today' :)