Continuing on with the 8th best selling song of the year we have.

Representing the UK year end charts: - Shaggy ft Rayvon: Angel

Representing the Australian year end charts: - Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal

Previous Results 2001:

#26 - Perfect Gentleman vs Mambo No 5

#25 - Touch Me vs Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)

#24 - Out Of Reach vs Let Me Blow Ya Mind

#23 - Queen Of My Heart vs Drops Of Jupiter

#22 - Castles In The Sky vs All Rise

#21 - Have You Ever vs Strawberry Kisses

#20 - The Road To Mandalay vs With Arms Wide Open

#19 - 21 Seconds vs Let's Get Married

#18 - What Would You Do vs How You Remind Me

#17 - Mambo No 5 vs Ms Jackson

#16 - Gotta Get Thru This vs Don't Stop Movin'

#15 - Eternal Flame vs Me, Myself & I

#14 - Lady Marmalade vs Because I Got High

#13 - It's Raining Men vs Lady Marmalade

#12 - Clint Eastwood vs Butterfly

#11 - Do You Really Like It vs Case Of The Ex

#10 - Because I Got High vs Whole Again

#9 - Teenage Dirtbag vs Can We Fix It?

'Smooth Criminal' but I like 'Angel' as well though probably more so at the time than now!

Smooth Criminal

Alien Ant Farm

I like Angel but it's Smooth Criminal for me.

It was Tack 1, on Disc 1 of our summer compilation CD. So I heard it a lot the summer holidays.

Definitely Alien Ant Farm which was a strong cover.

'Smooth Criminal' which I was introduced to before the original!

I'm now of course familiar with the Michael Jackson song but still think this cover is a good version

I've always had a soft spot for Angel tbh, so going for that. But I appreciate the cover of Smooth Criminal, it worked surprisingly well in this genre.

Would be 'Angel' for me.

I think I preferred 'Angel' at the time, but 'Smooth Criminal' has overtaken it for me since.

On 09/12/2025 at 00:18, Paddington James said:

I like Angel but it's Smooth Criminal for me.

It was Tack 1, on Disc 1 of our summer compilation CD. So I heard it a lot the summer holidays.

Around the World the only dance track on the compilation? :o

3 hours ago, TheSnake said:

Around the World the only dance track on the compilation? :o

I guess so. It was a fairly pop heavy compilation.