272. "Crazy" Gnarls Barkley (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 14 May 2006

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

"Crazy" was one of the biggest hits of 2006, even making history as the first single to reach the UK #1 on downloads alone. It was also #1 in Ireland, Flemish Belgium, New Zealand and Switzerland.

 

Among the acts that have covered this song on record or in live performances, there are Violent Femmes, Maroon 5, Paris Hilton, Nelly Furtado, The Kooks, One Republic and Billy Idol.

 

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273. "Who knew" P!nk (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 11 June 2006

UK Chart Peak: #5

 

"Who knew" was P!nk's third #1 in my chart and remains one of my favourites of hers. The song topped the airplay charts in Australia, Germany, Hungary and Czech Republic.

 

The song is about several friends of hers that she lost to drug overdose.

 

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274. "Mas que nada" Sérgio Mendes feat. Black Eyed Peas (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 18 June 2006

UK Chart Peak: #6

 

Originally recorded in 1963, "Mas que nada" rapidly became Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes's signature song and has since been convered multiple times for acts like Dizzy Gillespie, Al Jarreau and Miriam Makeba. Version by Echobeatz and Tanga Girls had entered my chart in 1998 and 2003, respectively.

 

However a re-recoding featuring The Black Eyed Peas introduced this Brazilian music standard to a whole new generation and became a worldwide hit, reaching #1 in Brazil and the Netherlands. It was the Black Eyed Peas's second #1 in my chart and Mendes became the third Brazilian artist to top my chart.

 

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275. "Unfaithful" Rihanna (7 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 2 July 2006

UK Chart Peak: #2

 

Rihanna had already a few hits in my chart but "Unfaithful" was the first to take her to #1, and did so in style, breaking the ten year-old record for most weeks at #1, a record yet to be broken and that would only be equaled once. It was also the #1 song in my year-end chart of 2006.

 

Written by Ne-Yo and Stargate, the song received praise for approaching the topic of self-confessed female unfaithfulness, rarely approached in pop songs. The song was #1 in Canada and Switzerland and #2 in the UK, Australia, Austria, Wallon Belgium, Germany, Ireland and Norway.

 

276. "Move along" All American Rejects (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 20 August 2006

UK Chart Peak: #42

 

The All American Rejects have chalked five top 40 hits in my chart but this was the only one who reached the top, let alone #1.

 

The music video won the MTV VMA for Best Group Video and the song was used was Canada's CBC Television as the theme for their coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

 

277. "Promiscuous" Nelly Furtado (4 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 27 August 2006

UK Chart Peak: #3

 

Nelly Furtado chalked her third #1 hit in my chart with "Promiscuous", which featured Timbaland and therefore it was his first #1 as a credited artist.

 

The song won the Billboard Award for "Best Pop Single of the Year" and was #1 in the USA, Denmark, New Zealand and Canada.

 

278. "Come to me" P. Diddy feat. Nicole Scherzinger (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 24 September 2006

UK Chart Peak: #4

 

Nine years after topping my chart with "I'll be missing you" back when he was known as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy returend to the topspot again.

 

His 2006 album "Press Play" notoriously featured a big array of female guest vocalists like Christina Aguilera, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Brandy, Mary J. Blige and Nicole Scherzinger who thus scored her first (and so far only) #1 hit outside the Pussycat Dolls.

 

279. "When you were young" The Killers (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 1 October 2006

UK Chart Peak: #2

 

The Killers scored their second #1 in my chart with "When you were young", the first single of their acclaimed "Sam's Town" album.

 

Several acts have covered the song in live performances like Coldplay, The Noisettes, Simon Webbe, Biffy Clyro and Amy McDonald.

 

280. "Slipping away (Crier la vie)" Moby & Myléne Farmer (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 15 October 2006

UK Chart Peak: #53 (original version)

 

Originally a downtempo song featuring Alison Moyet, it was a dance version featuring French pop diva Myléne Farmer that topped my chart (as well as in France and Belgium). It became Moby's third #1 in my chart and Farmer's first although she had been active in my chart since 2001.

 

Moby also recorded

with Spanish band Amaral that peaked at #3 in Spain.

 

 

 

281. "Jump" Madonna (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 29 October 2006

UK Chart Peak: #9

The "Confessions on the dancefloor" era proved to be Madonna's most successful in my chart as the album spawned three #1 hits (and it could have been four since "Get together" spent three weeks at #2 locked behind "Unfaithful").

 

Unlike "Hung up" and "Sorry" though, "Jump" just stayed a week at #1 and rapidly went down the chart. The track was also a #1 in Hungary and Italy.

 

282. "Hurt" Christina Aguilera (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 5 November 2006

UK Chart Peak: #11

 

Sure, she already had a couple of #1 collaborations afterwards, but Christina Aguilera was yet to have a #1 on her own in my chart since her debut with "Genie in a bottle". Seven years later, she finally did with "Hurt" which has rapidly went down as one highlight of her repertoir and a talent-show hopefuls' favorite for their auditioning songs.

 

"Hurt" was #1 in Switzerland and #2 in Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia and Sweden.

 

283. "Luna" Moonspell (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 19 November 2006

 

 

Moonspell are Portugal's biggest metal band and they have been gathering international acclaim since their debut in 1995. In 1997, their single "Opium" was the first metal song to reach the top 10 in my chart.

 

Their 2006 album "Memorial" was their most successful to date, topping the Portuguese album chart (certified gold), as well as winning the MTV EMA award for Best Portuguese Act and topping my chart with second single "Luna".

 

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284. "Fácil de entender" The Gift (4 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 26 November 2006

 

Originally a hidden track of their previous album AM/FM, "Fácil de Entender" became the title track and lead single from The Gift's 2006 live album. It was also their first ever single in Portuguese and became their fourth #1 in my chart.

 

Coincidentally, lead singer Sónia Tavares is the current significant other of the lead singer of Moonspell, whose single "Luna" was knocked out of #1 by this song. They had a son in 2011.

 

285. "Set the fire to the third bar" Snow Patrol feat. Martha Wainwright (3 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 24 December 2006

UK Chart Peak: #18

 

While "Chasing cars" was still in my chart's top 40 (peak #5), Snow Patrol snatched the Christmas #1 with "Set the fire to the third bar", featuring Martha Wainwright. It remains their only #1 to date and Martha's sole appearance in my chart (her brother Rufus Wainwright has had three top 40 hits in it).

 

In 2010, the song had brief revival due to its use on the trailer to the filme "Dear John", re-entering the charts in the UK and the USA.

 

286. "Something kinds oooh" Girls Aloud (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 14 January 2007

UK Chart Peak: #3

 

Taking advantage of the early year's lull, Girls Aloud finally got their sophomore #1 in my chart with "Something kinda ooh".

 

The track had entered in my chart at #8 in November 2006 and was on the day down but then it went right back up jumping from #18 to #1.

 

287. "Proper education" Eric Prydz vs. Floyd (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 21 January 2007

UK Chart Peak: #2

 

Having hit #3 in my chart with his 2004 megahit "Call on me", Swedish DJ-Producer Eric Prydz reached #1 with his remix of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall". The track was #1 in Finland and became the first remix of an original song to top the US Dance Airplay chart.

 

This wasn't the first time that a dance version of ABITW had entered my chart. A version by Hot Coffee hit #6 in 2002.

 

288. "Say it right" Nelly Furtado (4 non-consecutive weeks)

 

Reached #1: 4 February 2007, 11 March 2007

UK Chart Peak: #10

 

"Say it right" was Nelly Furtado's fourth #1 in my chart. It also topped the charts in the USA, France, Switzerland, New Zealand and Spain.

 

It was the first download-only single to reach the UK top 10.

 

289. "Listen" Beyoncé (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 25 February 2007

UK Chart Peak: #8

 

"Listen" was the lead single of "Dreamgirls" movie soundtrack and one of the new songs written for the movie and not originally featured in the musical.

 

It became Beyoncé's second solo #1 in my chart.

 

290. "Shine" Take That (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 18 March 2007

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

Twelve years after being #1 with "Back for good", Take That were once again at the top of my chart with "Shine". This of course broke the record of the biggest timespan between Number Ones in my chart.

 

Lily Allen's 2009 song "Who'd have known" used an interpolation of "Shine" and credited Take That in it. For the same reason, Take That are credited in T-Pain 2011 hit "5 O'Clock" as it samples "Who'd have known" even if the sample does not contain the "Shine" interpolation.

 

291. "Beautiful Liar" Beyoncé & Shakira (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 1 April 2007

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

Whereas it took Beyoncé almost four years to score her second solo #1 in my chart, it only took her three weeks to claim her third, in what was at the time the smallest span between #1's for an act in my chart. "Beautiful liar" in the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

 

The track was also Shakira's fifth #1 in my chart.

 

Edited October 29, 201410 yr by N-S