170 (89) 4.449 Pink - Don't Let Me Get Me

 

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"Don't Let Me Get Me" is a pop-rock song written by P!nk with producer Dallas Austin, performed by singer P!nk recorded for her second album M!ssundaztood (2002). It was released as the album's second single in 2002 and it reached number six in the UK, number eight in the U.S. and number twenty in Canada. "Don't Let Me Get Me" contains a sample of Journey's "Faithfully".

 

 

169 (191) 4.469 Eminem – Lose Yourself

 

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"Lose Yourself" is an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning rap song written and produced by Eminem, released in 2002. At this time, he had recently made his debut as an actor in the film 8 Mile, a film based on his tough life growing up and entering the rap game. The song was taken from the film's soundtrack (8 Mile Soundtrack), an album which had achieved significant success together with the release of this single. It has since become Eminem's best known song, and was a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for 12 weeks. The song is also known as a world number one single topping the chart in all countries.

 

 

168 (New) 4.500 Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control

 

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"Standing in the Way of Control" is a single by the American indie rock band The Gossip from the album of the same name. The 2006 issue had climbed up to #13 in the UK Singles Chart in early 2007 on download sales, but the 2007 re-release was under a new catalogue number, meaning that their 6-place climb to #7 on March 4 was listed as a new entry rather than as a climber.

 

The song was written by Beth as a response to the United States government’s decision to deny gay people the right to marriage. She says, of the song:

“Nobody in the States was that surprised or shocked by what Bush did, but it made everyone I know feel helpless and cheated”

 

167 (New) 4.500 Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle

 

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"The Importance of Being Idle" is a song on the British rock band Oasis' sixth album, Don't Believe the Truth, written and sung by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was the second single released from the album in the UK, on August 22, 2005, where it debuted at number 1.

 

R&B/pop singer Christina Milian penned the song for Jennifer before hitting the music scene herself. There is still speculation over who actually sung the chorus for "Play", with the majority of people agreeing it is indeed Milian's voice, and not Lopez'. This has never been officially clarified or denied. When looking through the booklet of J. Lo, Milian is mentioned as singing background vocals. It reached UK#3 & USA#18.

That's interesting. I never knew about that. :o

166 (195) 4.500 Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

 

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"Rock DJ" was the first single on Sing When You're Winning, British pop singer Robbie Williams's fourth album. The song opened at the top of the UK Singles Chart. In 2001, "Rock DJ" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects. While in 2006, this song's music video has been voted by MTV viewers as the 7th Most Groundbreaking Videos Ever.

 

165 (New) 4.500 Macy Gray - I Try

 

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"I Try" is the second single from Macy Gray's debut album On How Life Is, released in 1999 internationally, but not becoming a hit in the United States until 2000. It was Gray's biggest hit to date. It peaked at number six in the United Kingdom, number five in the United States, and number one in both Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.

At the 2000 Grammy Awards, "I Try" won "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", and was also nominated for "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year".

 

 

:o :cry: Christina deserves to be so much higher with all her songs! :angry:

164 (New) 4.512 Pink - U & Ur Hand

 

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"U + Ur Hand" was released as a single in Europe, Australia and other selected countries on August 28, 2006 where it went Top 10 in most countries. The song is credited with re-energizing sales of I'm Not Dead in the U.S reaching #9. Pink wrote the song with Luke Gottwald, Max Martin and Rami.

 

163 (New) 4.522 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon – The Sweet Escape

 

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"The Sweet Escape" is a pop song written by Gwen Stefani, Akon, and Giorgio Tuinfort for Stefani's second solo album The Sweet Escape (2006). It entered the top ten of most singles charts (including USA#2 & UK#2) and topped the New Zealand Singles Chart and United World Chart. The song was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 50th Grammy Awards.

 

U & Ur Hand definitely did re-energise the I'm Not Dead album sales in the US. ^_^ Amazing song!

I love ''U & Ur Hand'' but it shouldn't be higher than ''Don't Let Me Get Me'' :(

162 (141) 4.535 All Saints - Rock Steady

 

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"Rock Steady" was the lead single taken from Studio 1, the 2006 flop comeback album from All Saints. It peaked at UK#3 in November 2006.

 

161 (New) 4.545 Atomic Kitten - Whole Again

 

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The song and video for "Whole Again" originally featured Kerry Katona; however, she left the group several days prior to the number-one position because of her pregnancy. The video was remade when Jenny Frost was added to the line-up as a replacement. The video included the girls in a variety of ever-changing outfits. It was criticised because of it's similarities to the Sugababes single Overload. The song was rerecorded with Frost's vocals.

The single opened with a first week's sale of 69,286 copies and the success of "Whole Again" with 934,600 copies sold. It was the UK's 4th best selling single in 2000 & topped the charts in 19 countries.

 

 

 

In December 2007, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) recorded a version of "Whole Again", for inclusion on the Liverpool - The Number Ones Album charity album, celebrating Liverpool as a 2008 European Capital of Culture. The song's author Andy McCluskey is the co-founder of OMD, who reformed and toured in 2007 always performing this track.

 

160 (71) 4.581 Killers - When You Were Young

 

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The song was released as the lead single from that album in September 2006. It has proven to be one of their most successful singles, peaking at #14 on the U.S. Hot 100. It is also their highest charting single to date in the United Kingdom and Australia, peaking at numbers 2 and 10 respectively.

 

159 (New) 4.587 Kate Nash – Foundations

 

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"Foundations" is a song co-written by British singer-songwriter Kate Nash for her debut album Made of Bricks (2007).

It was released as the album's lead single in June 2007, her first single since signing with Fiction Records after the success of her debut single "Caroline's a Victim".

 

The song debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart for five non-consecutive weeks; it was preceded firstly by Rihanna's "Umbrella" and then by Timbaland's "The Way I Are", which sold just 16 copies more than "Foundations"

 

158 (110) 4.596 Nelly Furtado - Try

 

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"Try" is a pop song written by Luso-canadian singer Nelly Furtado and Brian West for Furtado's second album, Folklore (2003). It is produced by West and was released as the second single from the album in February 2004. Although the single was a big success in countries such as Mexico, South Africa and Portugal (where it peaked at number one), it did not chart in the United States. It reached UK#15.

 

 

 

157 (New) 4.600 Bryan Adams & Melanie C - When You're Gone

 

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"When You're Gone" was written by Bryan Adams and Eliot Kennedy and featured former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm. The song peaked at number three at the UK singles chart and spent 15 weeks in the UK Top 40, with nine of these in the Top 10. The single sold 635,300 copies in the UK. It also reached #3 in Australia & went Top 20 in most European countries.

 

LOVE Try & Foundations. :wub:

156 (New) 4.614 Daniel Powter - Bad Day

 

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"Bad Day" is a pop song written by Canadian singer Daniel Powter. It was released as the first single from his debut album Daniel Powter (2005) and reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart; it was also successful in the United Kingdom, where it reached number two on the UK Singles Chart after it was used in an advertising campaign for Coca-Cola. In the United States, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also the number 1 song of the year on the Billboard Hot 100.