One More Time is easily my fave from the very top bracket :wub:

 

I do LOVE the top 2 as well though. Take On Me is a very worthy winner.

 

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this throughout the course of the contest but I'm reasonably sure something similar was carried out on this Forum before (maybe by Dan?) and Shakira's 'Wherever, Whenever' was the winner so to not even see that in the top 100 this time is rather baffling!

You're right, Shakira won my Ultimate 21st Century #2s rate done in 2016. The top 10 was:

 

1 Shakira - Whenever Wherever

2 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor

3 Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror

4 Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath

5 Daft Punk - One More Time

6 Girls Aloud - No Good Advice

7 Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River

8 Sam Sparro – Black & Gold

9 Kelis - Milkshake

10 Adele – Rolling In The Deep

 

I also did one in 2011 which had this top 10:

 

1. +91 Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc"

2. +86 Take That "Rule The World"

3. +78 ADELE "Rolling In The Deep"

4. +77 Rihanna "Unfaithful"

5. +75 Daft Punk "One More Time"

6. +58 Destiny's Child "Lose My Breath"

7. +55 Shakira "Whenever, Wherever"

8. +53 Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"

9. +49 Bodyrox feat. Luciana "Yeah Yeah"

10. +48 Sophie Ellis Bextor "Murder On The Dancefloor"

 

A 90s #2s poll I also did in 2011 had:

 

1. +138 1995 Pulp "Common People"

2. +97 1992 The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette "Justified and Ancient"

3. +90 1990 Kylie Minogue "Better The Devil You Know"

4. +85 1996 Underworld "Born Slippy" (indv. +292)

5. +85 1998 Madonna "Ray Of Light" (indv. +233)

6. +71 1997 The Verve "Bittersweet Symphony"

7. +61 1996 Robert Miles "Children"

8. +57 1990 Madonna "Justify My Love"

9. +53 1995 Oasis "Wonderwall"

10. +51 1997 Dario G "Sunchyme"

 

The full results are all collated in this thread (which I should update with these results shortly)

 

This is the first time I think a #2s rate of all time has took place however, so nothing to compare it to except those above.

373 songs received votes in the first round but that Shakira song wasn't one of them so it's really fallen out of favour!

These are the songs from the first round that scored the most points. Born Slippy (which finished 21st in the final rate) was well ahead of the rest.

 

1. Born Slippy 279 pts

2. Children 189

3. Wonderwall 179

4. Common People 178

5. Fairytale Of New York 158

6. One More Time 151

7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World 147

8. Bitter Sweet Symphony 147

9. Take On Me 145

10. Music Sounds Better With You 144

11. A Design For Life 142

12. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 139

13. Torn 136

14. Confide In Me 124

15. Stop 124

16. Ray Of Light 120

17. Live To Tell 116

18. Justified & Ancient 114

19. Rolling In The Deep 107

20. Feel Good Inc. 106

That first round is pretty interesting in itself because that was just asking people to rank their favourite number 2s out of the complete list. A surprisingly huge lead for Born Slippy on that metric!

And now the first two semi-finals:

 

Semi-final 1

 

As people remarked at the time,this was quite a weak semi so Torn ended it with a large lead.

 

1. Torn 412 pts

2. In My Place 315

3. What Is Love? 314

4. Moves Like Jagger 296

5. Feel Good Inc. 294

6. Go West 272

7. Teenage Dirtbag 272

8. Justified & Ancient 269

9. In The Air Tonight 266

10. How Deep Is Your Love 252

 

 

Semi-final 2

 

Born Slippy now finishes well behind Bitter Sweet Symphony.

 

1. Bitter Sweet Symphony 381

2. Born Slippy 326

3. Song 2 297

4. Murder On The Dancefloor 297

5. Rolling In The Deep 289

6. Ray Of Light 289

7. White Flag 275

8. A Design For Life 274

9. Pompeii 257

10. Like I Love You 253

 

Semi-final 3

 

Wonderwall continued its good form from the first round by winning this semi.

 

1. Wonderwall 391

2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 383

3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World 349

4. The Rhythm Of The Night 348

5. Last Christmas 316

6. Better Off Alone 315

7. Live To Tell 310

8. Confide In Me 302

9. Better The Devil You Know 290

10. Bad Guy 278

 

 

Semi-final 4

 

Take On Me showed it can do just as well on this points system by recording the highest score in any semi.

 

1. Take On Me 423

2. Common People 404

3. Fairytale Of New York 383

4. Children 369

5. One More Time 368

6. Music Sounds Better With You 323

7. Lovefool 302

8. Borderline 291

9. Holiday 288

10. Let It Be 283

These are the songs from the first round that scored the most points. Born Slippy (which finished 21st in the final rate) was well ahead of the rest.

 

1. Born Slippy 279 pts

2. Children 189

3. Wonderwall 179

4. Common People 178

5. Fairytale Of New York 158

6. One More Time 151

7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World 147

8. Bitter Sweet Symphony 147

9. Take On Me 145

10. Music Sounds Better With You 144

11. A Design For Life 142

12. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 139

13. Torn 136

14. Confide In Me 124

15. Stop 124

16. Ray Of Light 120

17. Live To Tell 116

18. Justified & Ancient 114

19. Rolling In The Deep 107

20. Feel Good Inc. 106

 

These results look way better than the actual final results.