The Masses Against The Classes is so underrated! I'm pleasantly surprised it was remembered well enough to avoid finishing around the bottom!

46. Abba - Super Trouper 70pts

 

Writers - Benny Andersson,Bjorn Ulvaeus

Top points - ThePensmith 19,Spiceboy 19,AH Gold 16

 

Abba's ninth and final no.1,putting them in 4th place behind The Beatles,Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard for most no.1s,a position they would keep for 20 years until Madonna secured her 10th no.1 in 2000. A Super Trouper is a type of spotlight. Abba win a tie-break with U2 by 9 votes to 8.

 

45. Cheryl - Call My Name 87pts

 

Writer - Calvin Harris

Top points - Lady Gaga 19,danG 15,oof 14

 

Cheryl's third no.1,spending a week at the top of the chart in 2012. Calvin Harris initially offered the song to Rita Ora who turned it down.

 

44. Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 96pts

 

Writers - BC Jean,Toby Gad

Top points - Alex! 21,Lady Gaga 15,Scene 15

 

Beyonce's best selling single in the UK. The song was originally recorded by one of its writers,BC Jean,but her record company rejected it.

 

Edited April 9, 20196 yr by King Rollo

43. Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong 101pts

 

Writers - William Wiik Larsen,Nico Sereba,Vincent Dery,Abdoulie Jallow

Top points - PeteFromLeeds 25,Lady Gaga 23,dobbo 19

 

From 2013,this was the first single by a Norwegian act to reach no.1 since 'The Sun Always Shines On TV' by A-Ha in 1986. Nico & Vinz remain as a one hit wonder.

 

42. Zayn - Pillowtalk 101pts

 

Writers - Zayn Malik,Levi Lennox,Anthony Hannides,Michael Hannides,Joe Garrett

Top points - Jason 25,ready for it 20,Bre 12

 

From 2016,this also got to no.1 in the US where Zayn became the first British act to go straight to no.1 with a debut single. 'Pillowtalk' wins a tie-break with 'Am I Wrong' by 10 votes to 8.

 

Beautiful Day is one of U2's best and is truly anthemic, it finishing below ZAYN and Cheryl is truly despicable x

Zayn will never release anything as good as Pillowtalk. It's epic imo. :wub:

Shame Buzzjack is always predictable, I knew he wouldn't go through to the final round. Justin Bieber should be the next one eliminated. :(

Am I Wrong still sounds as feelgood now as it did back then!

Poor Nico & Vinz :( Their first album was so good, so many potential hits from it! Such a shame their more recent stuff has gone downhill.

41. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe 104pts

 

Writers - Carly Rae Jepsen,Josh Ramsay,Tavish Crowe

Top points - AH Gold 20,oof 15,Alex! 14,Jason 14

 

After enthusiastic tweets about the song from Justin Bieber,this became a hit and spent four weeks at no.1 in 2012. It was the best selling single worldwide in that year.

 

40. The Spice Girls - Goodbye 112pts

 

Writers - Victoria Adams,Mel B,Emma Bunton,Melanie C,Geri Halliwell,Richard Stannard,Matt Rowe

Top points - Alex! 24,Aaron TM 19,vibe 17

 

The Spice Girls' first single following the departure of Geri Halliwell who was involved in its writing. The group became the first act to have three consecutive Christmas no.1 singles since The Beatles in 1965.

 

A Spice Girls song out already? :o Do my eyes deceive me? :lol:

39. Girls Aloud - The Promise 119pts

 

Writers - Miranda Cooper,Brian Higgins,Jason Resch,Kieran Jones,Carla Marie Williams

Top points - oof 20,Dircadirca 16,ThePensmith 13

 

From 2008,Girls Aloud's fourth and final no.1. It won the award for best British single at the following year's Brit awards.

 

Goodbye is so underrated !!

38. The Jam - Going Underground/Dreams Of Children 130pts

 

Writer - Paul Weller

Top points - jimwatts 23,RabbitFurCoat 20,Bre 17

 

'Dreams Of Children' was supposed to be the A side of this single with 'Going Underground' as the B side but a mix-up at the pressing plant led to both songs being printed as A sides. DJs decided to play 'Going Underground' on the radio and the rest is history. I've just listened to 'Dreams Of Children'. It's a decent song but not as commercial as 'Going Underground'.

 

^ and it was all going so well...

But I expected that one to go out.

A Spice Girls song out already? :o Do my eyes deceive me? :lol:

I wish all of their singles had already gone.

I'm thinking more than 15 Spice Girls, Abba and Madonna combined songs will be in the final round while some great singers/groups won't have any. :angry:

Edited April 10, 20196 yr by Jason

37. Justin Bieber - Sorry 139pts

 

Writers - Justin Bieber,Julia Michaels,Justin Tranter,Sonny Moore,Michael Tucker

Top points - Jason 24,AH Gold 22,Jase 21

 

The second of the three no.1 singles for Justin in the last few months of 2015. With the other two songs in the top 5 in the week that 'Sorry' reached no.1,he became the first male artist since John Lennon in 1981 to have three of the top 5.

 

36. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky 148pts

 

Writers - Mike Stock,Matt Aitken,Pete Waterman

Top points - oof 23,Jason 19,ready for it 18

 

Forgetting that Kylie was due to arrive at their studio,Stock Aitken and Waterman knocked this up in 40 minutes while she waited outside. She then recorded it in less than an hour. It spent five weeks at no.1 in 1988.