+12 Green Day – Holiday

+10 Feeder – Feeling A Moment

+8 Kaiser Chiefs – Modern Way

+7 Hard-Fi – Living For The Weekend

+6 KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See

+5 Beverley Knight – Keep This Fire Burning

+4 Prodigy – Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)

+3 Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Pine – Love Generation

+2 Green Day – Jesus Of Suburbia

+1 Roll Deep – The Avenue

 

+12 Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved

+10 Feeder - Feeling A Moment

+8 Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

+7 Moby - Lift Me Up

+6 KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

+5 Jamiroquai - Seven Days In Sunny June

+4 Deep Dish - Say Hello

+3 Bloc Party - Banquet

+2 Jem - Just A Ride

+1 Magic Numbers - Love Me Like You

 

-2 Rob Thomas - Lonely No More

Not a great final list with SO many personal faves not advancing :( (Fading Like A Flower, I Just Can't Get Enough, Ever Blazin', I See Girls, Heartbeatz). Also surprised Mattafix didn't make it considering the second wave for Big City Life. Double Green Day just a bout makes up for it though :wub:

 

+12 Green Day – Jesus Of Suburbia

+10 Green Day – Holiday

+08 Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson – Love On My Mind

+07 Rihanna – If It's Lovin' That You Want

+06 Hard-Fi – Living For The Weekend

+05 Maximo Park – Apply Some Pressure

+04 Kaiser Chiefs – Modern Way

+03 Reflekt feat. Delline Bass – Need To Feel Loved

+02 Moby – Lift Me Up

+01 Killers – Smile Like You Mean It

 

-02 Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)

+12 Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Pine – Love Generation

+10 Moby – Lift Me Up

+08 KT Tunstall – Other Side Of The World

+07 Deep Dish – Say Hello

+06 Rob Thomas – Lonely No More

+05 Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson – Love On My Mind

+04 Gwen Stefani – Cool

+03 KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See

+02 Mylo – In My Arms

+01 Faithless – Insomnia 2005

 

+12 Other side of the world

+10 Rebellion

+8 Suddenly I see

+7 Smile like you mean it

+6 Living for the weekend

+5 Love generation

+4 Lonely no more

+3 Cash machine

+2 Say hello

+1 Tied up too tight

Voting is now closed so let's talk a rundown of the honourable top 10 hits of this year.

 

#10 – 46 – Rob Thomas – Lonely No More  

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After featuring on Santana "Smooth" in 2000 Rob Thomas managed to get one hit for himself 5 years later. It did inspire #1 hit in 2014 when Rixton heavily borrowed from it.

#09 – 47 – Moby – Lift Me Up  

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The final hit single for Moby. It was used in Formula One coverage at the time.

#08 – 47 – Maximo Park – Apply Some Pressure  

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Re-release: {17}-40-68->3

 

The first (and fourth) hit for Maximo Park who seemingly still have enough of a fanbase to have a top 5 album.

#07 – 58 – Green Day – Jesus Of Suburbia  

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The 5th and final single from "American Idiot", a risky single choice given the 9 minute runtime of the song but ultimately paid off and is still well remembered.

#06 – 59 – Killers – Smile Like You Mean It  

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The 4th hit for Killers which came close to matching the peak of Mr Brightside, though not half as big a hit long term it is another fairly well remembered hit by them

#05 – 71 – Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)

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Arcade Fire's only top 20 hit, they had 4 top 40 hits in 2005 but none lasted more than 1 week there.

#04 – 78 – Green Day – Holiday  

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Another Green Day track now which narrowly missed out on giving them a run of 3 straight top 10 hits.

Great to see both Green Day tracks make the top 10. And I never realised Lift Me Up was Moby's last top 40, what a way to go out!

#03 – 84 – KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See  

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A rather big hit here but never quite managed to make the top 10, although it managed it in Australia... in 2007.

#02 – 86 – KT Tunstall – Other Side Of The World  

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Yep here she is again, unlucky enough to never have a top 10 hit but with two long running near misses. This one had a bit more top-end support than Suddenly.

#01 – 106 – Gwen Stefani – Cool  

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Congrats then to Gwen Stefani who wins this for a second time. 'Cool' was her 5th solo hit (4th from the debut album) but couldn't quite follow the first lot into the top 10.

 

Full results:

#01 – 106 – Gwen Stefani – Cool  

#02 – 86 – KT Tunstall – Other Side Of The World  

#03 – 84 – KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See  

#04 – 78 – Green Day – Holiday  

#05 – 71 – Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)

#06 – 59 – Killers – Smile Like You Mean It  

#07 – 58 – Green Day – Jesus Of Suburbia  

#08 – 47 – Maximo Park – Apply Some Pressure  

#09 – 47 – Moby – Lift Me Up  

#10 – 46 – Rob Thomas – Lonely No More  

#11 – 45 – Kaiser Chiefs – Modern Way  

#12 – 43 – Beverley Knight – Keep This Fire Burning  

#13 – 42 – Feeder – Feeling A Moment  

#14 – 41 – Hard-Fi – Living For The Weekend  

#15 – 39 – My Chemical Romance – I'm Not Okay (I Promise)

#16 – 39 – Reflekt feat. Delline Bass – Need To Feel Loved  

#17 – 38 – Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Pine – Love Generation  

#18 – 34 – Hard-Fi – Cash Machine  

#19 – 32 – Rihanna – If It's Lovin' That You Want  

#20 – 31 – Bloc Party – Banquet  

#21 – 30 – James Blunt – High  

#22 – 29 – Mylo – In My Arms  

#23 – 25 – Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson – Love On My Mind  

#24 – 22 – Prodigy – Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)

#25 – 21 – Magic Numbers – Love Me Like You  

#26 – 20 – Jem – Just A Ride  

#27 – 18 – Deep Dish – Say Hello  

#28 – 13 – Hard-Fi – Tied Up Too Tight  

#29 – 08 – Jamiroquai – Seven Days In Sunny June  

#30 – 07 – Faithless – Insomnia 2005  

#31 – 05 – New Order feat. Ana Matronic – Jetstream  

#32 – 02 – Roll Deep – The Avenue  

#33 – 00 – Franz Ferdinand – Walk Away  

Gwen the Queen of non-top 10s! Not a fan of Cool myself though.

 

Freemasons much lower than I expected.

 

Now I wonder how Walk Away even qualified lol.

Not a massive fan of 'Cool' but then 2005 wasn't a banner year for me from those choices anyway!

Not a big fan of Cool either but well done Gwen.

 

KT the nearly woman again! Suddenly I See is outstanding but suffered from overplay whereas Other Side Of The World still sounds fresh and it’s one of my favourite ever ballads.

 

Good to see Arcade Fire in the Top 5 too.

Good to see KT with two songs in the top 3