December 14, 20231 yr Some of Sash!'s #2s probably, especially 'Mysterious Times' ft. Tina Cousins and 'Stay' ft. La Trec. I think 'Stay' is possibly the unluckiest by running into a certain key 1997 incident which prevented it getting there :(
December 15, 20231 yr Sunchyme (also stuck behind Candle In The Wind) and Set You Free are great shouts, would probably both be in my top ten in this category
December 15, 20231 yr I would have loved to see 'Just Give Me A Reason' at number one. Have always felt it was unlucky to miss out after 'Let's Get Ready to Rhumble' shot to the top that week.
December 15, 20231 yr It would have to be 'Baby' by Aitch & Ashanti for me. The #1 was being hogged by Dave's 'Starlight' at the time.
December 15, 20231 yr There's loads but first ones to mind include - Pulp - Common People Manics - Design For Life Bowie - The Jean Genie Pogues & Kirsty - FONY Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Don McLean - American Pie Madonna - Crazy For You Madonna - Ray of Light Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Jay Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind KInks - Waterloo Sunset Ultravox - Vienna Stranglers - Golden Brown Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Prince - Little Red Corvette/1999 Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army Verve - Bittersweet Symphony Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar Edited December 15, 20231 yr by Severin
December 15, 20231 yr Would 'The Opera Song (Brave New World)' by Jurgen Vries charted even higher in the charts had it credited Charlotte Church instead of referring to her as CMC? If so that... Edited December 15, 20231 yr by TheSnake
December 15, 20231 yr Very tough! If we're limiting it to #2s though, The Boy Is Mine comes to mind. Also That's the Way Love Goes
December 16, 20231 yr Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down + Geri Halliwell - Look At Me + Girls Aloud - No Good Advice + Steps - It's The Way You Make Me Feel
December 16, 20231 yr A few that I think were unlucky Destinys Child - Lose My Breath (got stuck at #2 and the songs that beat it dropped below DC the next week!) Kate Nash - Foundations Dido - White Flag (held off by biggest selling song of the year) Shakira - Whenever, Wherever (same as Dido) Nate Ruess and Pink - Just Give Me A Reason (would have been #1 without an Ant & Dec campaign)
December 16, 20231 yr Gotta bring up Taylor, she has so many big well known hits and only 3 #1s, Love Story, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Shake It Off and Blank Space for sure, and I’d probably also add Cruel Summer to the list now!
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