May 8May 8 Author 3 minutes ago, PeteFromLeeds said:Also maybe I'm Good (Blue) from 2022?So objectively speaking, what makes it ordinary? 🤔
May 8May 8 1 hour ago, 777666jason said:Tbf Westfield would definitely fit here as even though they have 14/15 (not sure exactly number) number 1s i doubt most people could mention more than 4 or 5 maxI doubt some members of Westlife themselves could name all of them!!
May 8May 8 31 minutes ago, ChrisJK said:I doubt some members of Westlife themselves could name all of them!!Your probably right 🤣🤣
May 9May 9 15 hours ago, gooddelta said:I really love Twilight by Cover Drive, I've Never Been To Me by Charlene, and especially Green Light by Roll Deep, one of my top five songs of 2010 😭Wonderful by Ja Rule was definitely the first that came to my mind, and I also agree with Dirtee Disco by Dizzee Rascal. The former has 125m streams though, twice the number of e.g. Nelly's My Place from the same year which even at the time didn't feel big enough to me to be a No.1.I know reality TV songs are an easy target but I can't remember a single thing about the cover of Wishing On A Star by 'X Factor Finalists 2011' featuring OneDirection and JLS to help shift the track.I was thinking about My Place but it was "a double A seed" with Flap Your Wings which makes it a pretty interesting #1 release at the time. One of the last double A's. As a song, it is definitely ordinary. Edited May 9May 9 by Sour Candy
May 9May 9 If we go by that , isn't the other song from the last christmas double A side then an ordinary number 1
May 9May 9 'everything she wants' doesn't count as a #1only the original release of 'last christmas' that went #2 counts as a double-a side
May 9May 9 As much as I like it, Flat Beat by Mr Oizo didn't sound anything like a #1 back in 1999! Obviously propelled there by Levi's jeans and a cute yellow puppet.
May 9May 9 Author 8 minutes ago, HiyaLuv! said:As much as I like it, Flat Beat by Mr Oizo didn't sound anything like a #1 back in 1999! Obviously propelled there by Levi's jeans and a cute yellow puppet.Interesting nomination. So what about the song makes it ordinary to you then?
May 9May 9 2 hours ago, Bjork said:The Westlife songs are evil bad coversRather than Ordinary 😆I think the fact that they did evil bad cover after evil bad cover made them ordinary.There was no distinction between them anymore. They just threw out a version of an old song and made #1 with it.It became the norm for them... The ordinary.
May 9May 9 16 minutes ago, HiyaLuv! said:As much as I like it, Flat Beat by Mr Oizo didn't sound anything like a #1 back in 1999! Obviously propelled there by Levi's jeans and a cute yellow puppet.But there's nothing about the song that sounds "ordinary"! If anything, the fact that it doesn't sound like a #1 makes it quite the opposite of ordinary. I feel like people are missing the point of this thread, Or maybe I am, who knows 😅
May 9May 9 Author 11 minutes ago, Mangø said:But there's nothing about the song that sounds "ordinary"! If anything, the fact that it doesn't sound like a #1 makes it quite the opposite of ordinary. I feel like people are missing the point of this thread, Or maybe I am, who knows 😅That's sort of how I am seeing it too, which is why I am very reluctant to put together a poll of all the songs so far as they are a little all over the place! Could you cite some examples once again of songs you consider to be rather ordinary to you @Mangø please.
May 9May 9 56 minutes ago, Mangø said:But there's nothing about the song that sounds "ordinary"! If anything, the fact that it doesn't sound like a #1 makes it quite the opposite of ordinary. I feel like people are missing the point of this thread, Or maybe I am, who knows 😅This completely.There are so many songs mentioned on here that are not ordinary. Mr Oizo, for example, being the absolute opposite of ordinary.I feel an "ordinary #1" is something which has no real difference to any other song in the charts but kind of made #1 almost by default.I could be missing the point too though 🤣
May 9May 9 I agree with an earlier response that it's often a well known artist with a record that's not so well known. Some examples I can think of:Simple Minds - Belfast Child: they had several well known records, some of which didn't even make the Top 40 (e.g. Theme for Great Cities) but I think many would even struggle to hum this oneQueen - Innuendo: I once put this in a music quiz and someone said that's the most obscure Queen record I could have put in there even though it was 1 of just 3 number ones they had in Freddie Mercury's lifetimeU2 - The Fly: this was a recent Popmaster question, the contestant thought they were pretty clued up on U2 records but this one didn't ring any bells to themWet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl: an anomaly between their 80s heyday and "Love Is All Around" in that this topped the charts but the rest of their singles charted much lowerTake That - Sure: they were so popular they would have topped the charts with any lead single off a new album but this was very much overshadowed later by "Back For Good"Also think the Toni Di Bart example above is a good one. When I looked at number ones of the 90s some point in the early 21st century this was the only one I didn't recognise. Once I found out what it was I remembered it but was surprised it topped the charts. I think I was on holiday the week it was number one.
May 11May 11 Scrolling through the number ones list from 80s and 90s and some that I have absolutely no recollection of • Don McLean, ‘Crying’• Michael Jackson, ‘One Day In Your Life’• Bucks Fizz, ‘The Land of Make Believe’• Shakin’ Stevens, ‘Oh Julie’• Bucks Fizz, ‘The Camera Never Lies’• Jim Diamond, ‘I Should Have Known Better’• Robin Beck, ‘First Time’• Wet Wet Wet, ‘Goodnight Girl’ • Outhere Brothers, ‘Don’t stop’• Peter Andre, ‘I Feel You’• Boyzone, ‘A Different Beat’• Michael Jackson, ‘Blood on the Dancefloor’• Bewitched, ‘To You I Belong’• Dizzee Rascal's ‘Holiday’ and Roll Deep's ‘Good Times’ are painfully generic recession pop songs, they sound like the types of songs that a film would make about that period.• There's been talk about reality winners being too ordinary, but can anybody hum Fame Academy winner David Snedon's ‘Stop Living the Lie’
May 11May 11 9 hours ago, Highway Unicorn said:Scrolling through the number ones list from 80s and 90s and some that I have absolutely no recollection of• Don McLean, ‘Crying’• Michael Jackson, ‘One Day In Your Life’• Bucks Fizz, ‘The Land of Make Believe’• Shakin’ Stevens, ‘Oh Julie’• Bucks Fizz, ‘The Camera Never Lies’• Jim Diamond, ‘I Should Have Known Better’• Robin Beck, ‘First Time’• Wet Wet Wet, ‘Goodnight Girl’• Outhere Brothers, ‘Don’t stop’• Peter Andre, ‘I Feel You’• Boyzone, ‘A Different Beat’• Michael Jackson, ‘Blood on the Dancefloor’• Bewitched, ‘To You I Belong’• Dizzee Rascal's ‘Holiday’ and Roll Deep's ‘Good Times’ are painfully generic recession pop songs, they sound like the types of songs that a film would make about that period.• There's been talk about reality winners being too ordinary, but can anybody hum Fame Academy winner David Snedon's ‘Stop Living the Lie’Peter André's I Feel You is a good shout. Completely forgotten about that (not that it makes it "ordinary" per se, but at least forgettable).
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