Posted February 25, 20241 yr Murder on the Dancefloor joins this unwanted(?) list. 1. 4 different runs at No2 and still didn't reach No1 # No2 for 8 weeks # Terry's theme from 'Limelight' # Frank Chacksfield # 1953 2. 3 different runs at No2 and still didn't reach No1 # No2 for 7 weeks # Love letters in the sand # Pat Boone # 1957 1 run at No2 and didn't reach No1 # No2 for 7 weeks # I swear # All-4-One # 1994 1 run at No2 and didn't reach No1 # No2 for 7 weeks # Moves like Jagger # Maroon 5 # 2011 4 different runs at No2 and still didn't reach No1 # No2 for 7 weeks # Murder on the dancefloor # Sophie Ellis-Bextor # 2001 / 2002 / 2024 6. 2 different runs at No2 and still didn't reach No1 # No2 for 6 weeks # Blowing wild # Frankie Laine # 1954 2 different runs at No2 and still didn't reach No1 # No2 for 6 weeks # Are you sure? # Allisons # 1961 2 different runs at No2 and still didn't reach No1 # No2 for 6 weeks # Ruby, don't take your love to town # Kenny Rogers and the First Edition # 1969 / 1970 2 different runs at No2 and still didn't reach No1 # No2 for 6 weeks # Peru # Ed Sheeran / (Fireboy DML) # 2022 1 run at No2 and didn't reach No1 # No2 for 6 weeks # Floral dance # Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band # 1977 / 1978 1 run at No2 and didn't reach No1 # No2 for 6 weeks # Smurf song # Father Abraham and the Smurfs # 1978 1 run at No2 and didn't reach No1 # No2 for 6 weeks # I'm too sexy # Right Said Fred # 1991 1 run at No2 and didn't reach No1 # No2 for 6 weeks # Let me love you # DJ Snake # 2016 Moves Like Jagger's 7 weeks was behind 6(!) different No 1s, surely the unluckiest No 2 As ever, corrections or additions are welcome please.
February 25, 20241 yr Author The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - STAY (No2 for 6 weeks, 2021) Yes. Merci.
February 25, 20241 yr It's not quite the same as any of those but Madonna's 'Crazy For You' reached #2 on two separate releases 6 years apart - I'd say that's pretty unlucky, clearly it was just never destined to be a #1 single.
February 25, 20241 yr Right Said Fred I'm Too Sexy I believe was number 2 for a few weeks while Bryan Adams was at Number 1 with Everything I Do.
February 25, 20241 yr Right Said Fred I'm Too Sexy I believe was number 2 for a few weeks while Bryan Adams was at Number 1 with Everything I Do. They were already mentioned in the OP
February 26, 20241 yr Author It's not quite the same as any of those but Madonna's 'Crazy For You' reached #2 on two separate releases 6 years apart - I'd say that's pretty unlucky, clearly it was just never destined to be a #1 single. Indeed. Bobby Goldsboro's Honey did the same in 1968 and 1975.
February 26, 20241 yr It's not quite the same as any of those but Madonna's 'Crazy For You' reached #2 on two separate releases 6 years apart - I'd say that's pretty unlucky, clearly it was just never destined to be a #1 single. What was the reason for this, was it re-released? In the streaming age it's pretty common but it seems very unusual for the charts in the 80's/90's.
February 26, 20241 yr What was the reason for this, was it re-released? In the streaming age it's pretty common but it seems very unusual for the charts in the 80's/90's. [/quote It was re-released as a Q Sound remix to coincide with the huge success in 1990/1 of The Immaculate Collection. In '85 Crazy For You" was 16th-best-selling single of the year, so it was already a major hit, and so to hit #2 again 6 years later was quite an achievement.
February 26, 20241 yr It's not quite the same as any of those but Madonna's 'Crazy For You' reached #2 on two separate releases 6 years apart - I'd say that's pretty unlucky, clearly it was just never destined to be a #1 single. Most unlucky is how it lost out to The Clash by like 1k :( Although 'Music' was very lucky to get #1 by the same amount, so I guess it's swings and roundabouts.
February 26, 20241 yr Most unlucky is how it lost out to The Clash by like 1k :( Although 'Music' was very lucky to get #1 by the same amount, so I guess it's swings and roundabouts. And!!! if VB had been sensible and released one week later, Music would have been nowhere near no.1. It was V V lucky!!
February 26, 20241 yr And!!! if VB had been sensible and released one week later, Music would have been nowhere near no.1. It was V V lucky!! I mean yeah, but in a way the chart battle being such big news probably benefited VB in the sense that it probably gave a big boost to her sales.
February 26, 20241 yr I mean yeah, but in a way the chart battle being such big news probably benefited VB in the sense that it probably gave a big boost to her sales. But it is swings and roundabouts, as then VB would have brought Madonna in on I Wish, and got to no.1 with that anyway
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