'One Dance' is still a constant presence in the Spotify chart, I wouldn't say it's forgotten at all. 15 weeks perhaps was a bit much but it is in no way a non-#1, it's definitely one of the biggest songs of the decade.

 

'God's Plan' will be similarly remembered. If anything will go down as a "non-#1" it will be 'River'. Who's forgot that was a #1 already?

However FOR huge #1s, Drake's are pretty easy to escape, not played on lots of commercial radio and what is there to talk about them other than 'it's another big Drake song'? Not sure I've heard ANYONE talk about God's Plan at all... ever... from my own personal anecdotes. I do think their time at #1 is undeservedly high compared to other monster hits.

 

The biggest forgotten one of all has to be Secondcity, I cannot for the life of me recall how that goes and I was actually listening to everything back then. Also I'll chuck in a mention for Robbie Williams' Candy, that was a #1? Way after his big commercial peak?

Forgotten #1's

 

Diana Vickers - Once : Probably the most forgotten number one of this entire decade bar none, a song like this would have no chance of doing well if it was released now. Diana Vickers in general is forgotten as well and she and this song are very 2010.

 

Olly Murs - Please Don't Let Me go

 

Alexandra Burke - Start Without You

 

Cheryl Cole - Promise This

 

Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong

 

 

Surprising #1s

 

Nero - Promises

 

Sam And The Womp - Bom Bom

 

Rixton - Me And My Broken Heart

 

 

Undeserving #1's

 

Being honest there's not really such a thing as an undeserving #1 but by my own opinion 80 - 95% of songs that have gone to number one since 2010 didn't deserve to get there.

The biggest forgotten one of all has to be Secondcity, I cannot for the life of me recall how that goes and I was actually listening to everything back then.

 

I think it goes like this: "I wanna feel your hard self inside of me, inside of me, inside of me, inside of me.

I think it goes like this: "I wanna feel your hard self inside of me, inside of me, inside of me, inside of me.

:lol:

 

* heart and soul

I think Hotline Bling had more cultural impact than both of Drake's number 1s, I still see that referenced or memed a lot, granted I can accept that they are more popular outside of my own circles, but One Dance especially I don't think has had anywhere near the same impact, it more just seemed a symbol of his current status. Not a forgotten number 1, but I'd be willing to bet that it won't hold up as well as it's sales suggest.

Sorry but who the bloody hell are 'Roll Deep' and since when did they have two number ones? :lol: (I remember all the obscure groups like MAD, Reconnected, Loveable Rogues etc. but Roll Deep doesn't ring any bells lmao)

 

Ones that haven't been mentioned so far that I think have been totally forgotten:

Storm Queen - Look Right Through

Gareth Malone's All Star Choir - Wake Me Up

Justice Collective - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Cover Drive - Twilight (again, who :unsure:)

Tulisa - Young (not the slightest clue how this goes lol)

X Factor Finalists - Wishing On A Star

Roll Deep was (is?) Wiley's band!

 

Also I casted a loose veil over all charity singles such as "Wake Me Up" and XF Finalists in the first post :P

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I think it goes like this: "I wanna feel your hard self inside of me, inside of me, inside of me, inside of me.

 

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: No matter how bad your days been you can always guarantee a laugh on here!

Roll Deep were a collective with Wiley and other irrelevant rappers who had a few hits in 2005, disappeared, randomly came back in 2010 and then disappeared and never were seen from again.

 

Cover Drive were some group randomly picked up by Global so got a few top tens from Capital airplay before their album flopped and they got dropped.

'House Every Weekend' was obviously a massive fluke and won't be remembered at all but I'm so glad it did get #1, what a tune. Especially as it denied #1 to the severely overrated 'Shine'. x

 

(Looking back though, it's crazy that David Zowie sold over 50k in those 5 days, more than twice as much as even the very biggest download hits can sell in 7 days now, less than 3 years later!)

And even then download sales had been in decline for almost two years :o

I don't think 'House Every Weekend' or 'I Wanna Feel' are forgotten really, they're both mainstays on dance compilation albums and in mainstream clubs. I just don't think it's a genre that will naturally get recurring plays on stations like Heart, but they both seem solid bets for the KISSTORYs of the future. Neither were defining hits of the deep house trend, but it's equally hard to argue that they're as forgotten as some of the songs here.

Yeah I would have said I Wanna Feel is pretty well remembered, it seems to be one of those go to tracks from the whole deep house era, I’d say it’s just as remembered as songs like Look Right Through or My Love tbh, at least from my experience (though thinking about it, Look Right Through feels quite forgotten too)

Yeah I would have said I Wanna Feel is pretty well remembered, it seems to be one of those go to tracks from the whole deep house era, I’d say it’s just as remembered as songs like Look Right Through or My Love tbh, at least from my experience (though thinking about it, Look Right Through feels quite forgotten too)

 

Don't hear Look Right Through anymore actually. To be honest, it's the lower charting songs like 'Au Seve' or 'Benediction' that get more recurrent plays in my experience.

Bye at the person saying Start Without You is forgotten. It is iconicbfor being so tragic it became good

Surely any charity number one such as Grenfall NHS choir at al are forgotten number ones

Aloe Blacc - 'The Man' was a good shout on the previous page! I don't think I have heard that in full since it left the chart :lol:

I think the likes of House Every Weekend / Look Right Through are more forgotten gems than anything, the kind of song that you remember you really loved whenever it gets a throwback play on radio or in da club, rather than some of the songs here which would be barely remembered at all like Diana Vickers and Aloe Blacc.

 

Or maybe I'm just being biased as a dance music stan.

I don't think 'House Every Weekend' or 'I Wanna Feel' are forgotten really, they're both mainstays on dance compilation albums and in mainstream clubs. I just don't think it's a genre that will naturally get recurring plays on stations like Heart, but they both seem solid bets for the KISSTORYs of the future. Neither were defining hits of the deep house trend, but it's equally hard to argue that they're as forgotten as some of the songs here.

 

I wouldn't argue House Every Weekend, that has an identity, although it's not the most remembered either. I'm sure all of the main deep house songs are mainstays on those sorts of things, but it's the difference between a song the crowd cheers on the dancefloor for and one where people just go along with as if it's any background track and I Wanna Feel is to my mind very much in the latter group, where you wouldn't really expect #1s to be that way. Didn't help it kind of came at saturation point for deep house.

I'm very for charity singles and the two there have been since I started following the charts (NHS Choir and Artists for Grenfell) both stand out as deserving #1s. 'The Man' I still think of as being big as well although maybe not a #1, and I didn't realise Diana had a Top 40 single, let alone a #1 :P I would probably add 'She Looks So Perfect' and Take That's 'These Days' to the list as well.