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When you were young :wub:

Should be higher :(

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155 (New) 4.629 Alanis Morissette - Thank U

 

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"Thank U" is a song written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard for Morisette's fourth album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998). It was released as the album's lead single on October 6, 1998. The song peaked at #5 in the UK & USA#17, and #2 in the United World Chart as well as #1 on her native Canada.

 

 

 

 

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154 (New) 4.629 Spice Girls - Stop

 

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"Stop" was the Spice Girls' seventh single release in the United Kingdom (sixth in the United States) and the third release from their second album, Spiceworld. In the UK, "Stop" ended the run of the pieces of the Spice Girls' consecutive #1 songs, at six. The song debuted at #2, being kept off the top spot by the million-selling Jason Nevins remix of Run DMC's 1983 hit "It's Like That". Although it was still a top 10 hit all over the world & reached USA#16.

 

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153 (New) 4.639 Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker

 

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"Heartbreaker" is a pop song co-written by American singer Mariah Carey and rapper Jay-Z, and recorded for Carey's sixth studio album Rainbow (1999). Co-produced by DJ Clue and featuring Jay-Z, it is built around a sample of the Stacy Lattisaw song "Attack of the Name Game".

 

"Heartbreaker" reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, earning Carey her first new number-one single since the release of her compilation album #1's (1998). It also made Carey the only artist to have a number-one single in every year of the 1990s, a record that she extended by a further year with "Thank God I Found You" (2000). It spent two weeks at the top of the chart, from October 3 to October 16, 1999; when "Heartbreaker" spent a second week at number one, Carey had spent a total of sixty weeks at number one in the U.S., beating The Beatles by one week (from 1964 to 1970 they had managed fifty-nine weeks).

 

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152 (29) 4.651 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie

 

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"Hips Don't Lie" is a Grammy Award-nominated Latin pop song based in a salsa and Cumbia mix and fused with reggaeton beat (reggaeton pop) performed by Colombian singer Shakira and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean.

 

Hips Don't Lie" became a global success, topping the charts in at least forty five countries. It became Shakira and Wyclef's first (and to date, only) number-one single in the U.S. The song became one of the world's best-selling singles of all time and one of the hottest songs of summer 2006. Despite controversially never being playlisted by its national BBC Radio 1 pop/chart station it became Shakira's first UK#1. In many other countries, it became Shakira's second number one, (following the massive success of "Whenever, Wherever") and her third number one single in another countries such as Australia and Netherlands (after "Underneath Your Clothes").

 

According to Media Traffic, "Hips Don't Lie" is the second most successful song since 1998, only behind Cher's 1999 hit "Believe", so far, the most successful single in the twenty first century!

 

(Football World Cup Final performance 2006)

That's a huge drop for Shakira. :o I suppose it was new last year, so it's had a year to sink in after being really popular at the time.
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151 (New) 4.657 Catatonia - Road Rage

 

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Road Rage is a single that was released by the Welsh band Catatonia in 1998 featuring Cerys Matthews. It reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart. Band member Owen Powell more recently helped out on new Welsh singer Duffy's debut album.

 

 

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150 (80) 4.667 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

 

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"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is a single by Italian group Eiffel 65. The song was released in 1999 on the album Europop. The vocals were recorded using a vocoder, hence the robotic sound of the vocals. This track was #1 in the UK, Ireland, France, Austria, Germany & Latvia and reached #6 in the USA.

 

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149 (84) 4.686 Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply

 

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"Truly Madly Deeply" was a 1997 hit song by Australian rock band Savage Garden. It was actually a remake of an older song of theirs called "Magical Kisses" and was the third single from the album "Savage Garden". It made #1 in Australia, USA & #4 in the UK (The same position that Cascada reached with a cover of the same song).

 

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148 (New) 4.694 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love

 

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"If You Had My Love" is the lead single from Jennifer Lopez's debut album, On the 6 (1999). Released in 1999, the single peaked at number one in the U.S., becoming Lopez's first number-one single; it also peaked at number four in the UK. The song is well-known for its voyeuristic music video.

 

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147 (New) 4.696 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good

 

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"You Know I'm No Good" is the second single from Amy Winehouse's second studio album, Back to Black (2006). The track follows in the footsteps of Winehouse's previous singles of a mix of jazz and R&B with her soulful, raspy vocals and this time hip hop-inspired beats over it. The song reached UK#17.

 

 

 

Arctic Monkeys covered this song on Jo Wiley's Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1 in their second appearance there, along with their single at the time Brianstorm.

 

 

 

 

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146 (55) 4.702 Snow Patrol - Run

 

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"Run" is the second single from Snow Patrol's third album, Final Straw. It brought the band its first taste of mainstream success, reaching #5 on the UK charts.

 

 

 

It was also covered by Leona Lewis on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. The song was requested over 8,000 times in the first 2 minutes of Chris Moyles's show the day after it appeared on the Live Lounge.

 

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145 (64) 4.705 No Doubt - It's My Life

 

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The cover of the 1984 Talk Talk classic was successful in the United States, reaching number ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and remaining on the chart for twenty-eight weeks. It was also successful across Europe, reaching the top twenty in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In Australia, the single reached number twelve, lasting seventeen weeks on the chart, and was certified platinum in 2004.

 

In 2004, the video won the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video and Best Pop Video. It also received nominations for Best Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction at the MTV Video Music Awards and a nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal at the 2005 Grammy Awards.

 

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144 (123) 4.723 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words

 

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"These Words (I Love, I Love You)" (also known as "These Words" and "These Words (I Love You)") is a song by Natasha Bedingfield, and is the second European single (the first North American) from her debut album Unwritten. It was released in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2004, and reached number one for two weeks, getting nominated in ITV1's annual Record Of The Year contest. It was Bedingfield's debut North American single, and peaked at number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number nine on the Pop 100.

 

 

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143 (121) 4.727 Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver

 

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"Shiver" is Natalie Imbruglia's first single from her third album release Counting Down the Days and it is her 8th single overall. The song and the music video received a lot of airplay on radio stations and music channels. It is considered a turntable hit worldwide, charting in some countries and attaining the 8th spot on the official UK Top 40 charts but failing to garner significant sales.

 

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142 (68) 4.743 Madonna - Ray Of Light

 

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"Ray of Light" is the second single by American singer Madonna from her 1998 album Ray of Light. The song was written by Madonna, William Orbit, Clive Muldoon, Dave Curtiss, and Christine Leach. It was produced by Madonna and Orbit. The original version (called "Sepheryn") was released on the first Curtiss Maldoon album from 1971. It made UK#2 & USA #5.

 

(Live 8 performance)

 

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141 (171) 4.745 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

 

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"Somewhere Only We Know" is a song performed and composed by English piano rock and alternative rock band Keane, officially released as their third commercial single, and appearing as the opening track of their debut album, Hopes and Fears as the first single. It is considered also Keane's first major commercial release, becoming one of the greatest hits of 2004 worldwide and entering the UK charts on the number three during its first week of sale.

 

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.

 

 

 

That is one f***ed up video. :mellow:

158 (110) 4.596 Nelly Furtado - Try

 

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This song is utter billiance, it deserves top 10...

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