Welcome to the 25th and final week of these polls! :spin:

 

For any browsers of the chart forum who are wondering what they're reading, we have been running a listening marathon covering every #2 single in the history of the UK charts over the last 7 months which came to an end this week. Each week we have run a poll from a shortlist based on feedback in the session to establish the best and worst #2. The previous polls are all in the rewind forums.

 

Results of Week 24:

 

After a very close fight The Weeknd & Daft Punk came from behind to win with "Starboy" picking up 14 votes to "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart"'s 13. "Lean On" took the bronze medal with 12 votes.

 

Calum Scott and Ed Sheeran were tied at the top of the worst poll with 12 votes each.

 

Best poll winners

week 1: Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place'

week 2: Petula Clark - Downtown

week 3: The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

week 4: The Beatles - Let It Be

week 5: Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us

week 6: Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas

week 7: Ultravox - Vienna

week 8: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

week 9: A-ha - Take On Me

week 10: The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

week 11: DNA ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

week 12: The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient

week 13: Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me

week 14: Robert Miles - Children

week 15: Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

week 16: Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

week 17: Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor

week 18: Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River

week 19: Dido - White Flag

week 20: Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.

week 21: Sam Sparro - Black & Gold

week 22: Take That - The Flood

week 23: Hozier - Take Me To Church

week 24: Weeknd ft. Daft Punk - Starboy

 

Worst poll winners

week 1: Russ Hamilton - We Will Make Love

week 2: Ned Miller - From A Jack To A King

week 3: Cliff Richard - Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)

week 4: Ray Stevens - Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues)

week 5: Marie Osmond - Paper Roses

week 6: Our Kid - You Just Might See Me Cry / Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More

week 7: Star Sound - Stars On 45 (Volume 2)

week 8: Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home

week 9: Black Lace - Agadoo

week 10: Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding - Full Metal Jacket (I Want To Be Your Drill Instructor)

week 11: Madonna - Hanky Panky

week 12: Gazza and Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne (Revisited)

week 13: Nick Berry - Heartbeat / Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting - All For Love

week 14: 3T ft. Michael Jackson - Why

week 15: Will Smith - Just The Two Of Us

week 16: Boyzone - I Love The Way You Love Me

week 17: Westlife - What Makes A Man

week 18: One True Voice - Sacred Trust

week 19: Shane Richie - I'm Your Man

week 20: Westlife ft. Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me

week 21: Lee Mead - Any Dream Will Do

week 22: Willow - Whip My Hair

week 23: Chris Brown - Don't Wake Me Up

week 24: Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own / Ed Sheeran - How Would You Feel (Paean)

Went for "Don't Start Now", "Say So", "Save Your Tears" and "Space Man" for best.

 

Just "Girls Want Girls" for worst which I feel is on a different level of awful to everything else.

Throwing all of my weight behind 'Save Your Tears' for best this week :wub:

 

'Doja' worst

Voted The Weeknd and Loreen for best, Drake / Lil Baby and Central Cee for worst

Cat Burns being snubbed from the worst list -_- 'Somebody Else's Baby' all over again x

 

Gone for The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch and Sam Ryder for best (Dua and Travis not far off, maybe Dua x2 in fact, still a bit early to properly comment on 'Houdini' as tonight was the first time I'd ever heard it lol but a good first impression x), Drake/Lil Baby for worst in the absence of Cat Burns. Lol at there being as many options for the worst list as the best list this week :kink:

Gone for The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch and Sam Ryder for best (Dua and Travis not far off, maybe Dua x2 in fact, still a bit early to properly comment on 'Houdini' as tonight was the first time I'd ever heard it lol but a good first impression x), Drake/Lil Baby for worst in the absence of Cat Burns. Lol at there being as many options for the worst list as the best list this week :kink:

I find it quite incredible that you're an avid follower of the chart and yet tonight was the first time you've ever heard 'Houdini' (and I'm sure this isn't the first time you've claimed to only have heard a big hit for the first time weeks after release!) Aren't you tempted to give big new releases curiosity listens when they come out? I'm not sure I could wait that long!

I know Bray always listens to every hit - he just sometimes ends up a bit behind.

 

Cat Burns being snubbed from the worst list -_- 'Somebody Else's Baby' all over again x

I’m certainly no fan of “Go” but I guess I’m just thinking about the general consensus and I don’t think it’s that badly regarded. For example in the reshuffle chart it reached #2 at one point - I doubt anything that did make the worst list could claim that. x

Running my top 100 hits poll series is the only thing that's kept me even vaguely up to date with current hits for most of this year oops! (and I've been further behind than usual for the past couple of months because I got a bit behind with those polls but am almost caught up again now :whistle:)

 

(I've mostly fallen out of the habit of listening to new music at all otherwise (aside from the various song contests on here ofc), but I'm gonna try and get back into it again in 2024 x)

Voted for Dua x2, Weeknd, Beyonce, Loreen, Taylor and Sam Ryder for favourite and Jack Harlow and Central Cee for worst!

Best- Say So, Save Your Tears & Space Man

 

Worst- Drake shite, Ed Sheeran shite and Central Cee shite

Went for Travis, Dua (Don't Start Now), Roddy, The Weeknd & Beyoncé for best...

 

I usually only pick one worst track but I had to vote for both 'Doja' and 'Girls Want Girls'

Change of forums almost made me miss this!

 

Went with Say So, Save Your Tears, Space Man, Break My Soul and The Box for best, the latter I've only heard a handful of times and it sounded particularly good.

 

Doja is easily the worst, and I'll go for Girls Want Girls as well as they both stand out as having particularly nasty lyrics alongside just being a bit rubbish. I'll spare the rest as while I can't say I like any of them, none of them inspire strong feelings and most just simply aren't my type of thing.

Best: Dua Lipa x2, Loreen

Worst: Kid Laroi, Ed Sheeran