Bring It To Life was never a big shock for me, as I knew it was a dead cert for #1 before it was released, and I was right.

Bring It To Life was never a big shock for me, as I knew it was a dead cert for #1 before it was released, and I was right.

 

again it might not be a shock to some but like i said those ones were the ones that suprised me :o

Robyn "With Every Heartbeat"

 

Such a pleasant surprise, my happiest #1 ever ^_^

 

 

oh I remember the most obvious one:

 

Atomic Kitten - Whole Again :o

 

I was sure it would go low top 20 only and I was amazed when I read on teletext that it was heading for No.1 because all of their previous hits had gone low top 10/top 20!

And that ended up being the 10th best selling song of the 21st century so far hasn't it? :wacko: Such an average song.

 

I guess Leona Lewis Bleeding Love was quite a shock to me because I read a poll somewhere and it was something like who would be number 1 next week, Take That or Leona and Take That had about 70% of the votes orsomething like that. So until I heard Leona was number 1 in the mids I was like :o I thought Take That would get it.

Take That beating McFly was a surprise to me, i thought Leona had it definately, and she did.

 

Bring It To Life was never a big shock for me, as I knew it was a dead cert for #1 before it was released, and I was right.

Same.

 

I thought Estelle was the most surprising of the year, followed by the Ting Tings and Mint Royale and Kings Of Leon. 4 surprise #1's, a lot imo.

My Chemical Romance, Katie Melua, Kings Of Leon, Robyn...yeah all surprises.

 

Not sure tATu and Leona belong in that category though, they were marked as #1s as soon as they hit the airwaves.

 

For me;

 

Pink - Just Like A Pill

I'd thought top 10 was a possibility, but it was the 3rd release of the album and I don't remember there being as much hype about it as there was over Get The Party Started.

 

Roger Sanchez was one I didn't see coming back in 2001, and LeAnn Rimes back in 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See R&B forum, it hasn't been posted in this thread yet :P

 

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Truly surprising even shock No1's:

 

2008 Kings Of Leon

2007 Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua

2005 Elvis Presley (Jailhouse Rock)

2004 Ja Rule Ft R Kelly & Ashanti

2002 Aaliyah

2001 Atomic Kitten (Whole Again)

2000 Manic Street Preachers

1999 Vengaboys (Boom Boom Boom)

1999 Lenny Kravitz

1999 Blondie

1999 911

1998 Spacedust

1997 R Kelly (2-5-1-)

1997 White Town

1997 Tori Amos

a few more

 

Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza

Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side

Rui Da Silva - Touch Me

Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

Olive - You're Not Alone

Spacedust - Gym And Tonic

Tomcraft - Loneliness

Limp Bizkit - Rollin'

Leann Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight

Gabrielle - Rise

Aqua - Doctor Jones

Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy

Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful

Chicane - Don't Give Up

 

Kings of Leon isnt officially No.1 yet, you never know woolies night flood tomorrow

I think a genuine surprise was Will Young's Leave Right Now back in 2003, up until then it was common knowledge that reality acts were doomed to be one-hit wonders, and it was up against Shane Richie's reprehensible cover of 'I'm Your Man' which was a charity single, normally assured a number one.

 

Here is the story on the BBC news site about the shops running out of the Leave Right Now single, because they hadn't ordered enough due to low expectations http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3243630.stm still makes me smile that all the cynics got their comeuppance...

:o I forgot about Tatu.

 

I guess Leona Lewis Bleeding Love was quite a shock to me because I read a poll somewhere and it was something like who would be number 1 next week, Take That or Leona and Take That had about 70% of the votes orsomething like that. So until I heard Leona was number 1 in the mids I was like :o I thought Take That would get it.

 

I think the first week sales for the top 3 that week was something like:

 

Leona 200+k

Take That 100+k

McFly MorethanwhatTransylvaniagot k

 

(Does anyone have the actual sales???)

 

Any other week and they all would have made #1 =]

I think the first week sales for the top 3 that week was something like:

 

Leona 200+k

Take That 100+k

McFly MorethanwhatTransylvaniagot k

 

(Does anyone have the actual sales???)

 

Any other week and they all would have made #1 =]

1. 218.805 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love

2. 97.832 Take That Rule The World

3. 39.737 McFly The Heart Never Lies

From the chart reference subforum.

 

 

a few more

 

Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza

Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

Aqua - Doctor Jones

Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy

Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful

 

 

I think a genuine surprise was Will Young's Leave Right Now back in 2003, up until then it was common knowledge that reality acts were doomed to be one-hit wonders, and it was up against Shane Richie's reprehensible cover of 'I'm Your Man' which was a charity single, normally assured a number one.

 

Here is the story on the BBC news site about the shops running out of the Leave Right Now single, because they hadn't ordered enough due to low expectations http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3243630.stm still makes me smile that all the cynics got their comeuppance...

 

 

Where these ones really surprising?

 

The Vengaboys had just scored a #1 only a few months earlier with "Boom Boom Boom", same with Aqua and "Barbie Girl". Britney Spears was still a big phenomenon when "Born To Make You Happy" hit. Black Legend had received a lot of publicity through the "Is it Barry White/ Is it not?" mystery. Fatman Scoop was ALL over the airwaves in the months leading up to its release.

And "Leave Right Now" was one of the most hyped up releases in recent years.

 

I think they were expected to be big hits but not really #1s. Well that was my take on it

P!nk-Just Like A Pill. Loved the song, but never dreamed it would go no.1!

From the chart reference subforum.

 

OK...mine were slightly off but still...huge amounts for a top 3 :lol:

Steve Brookstein in 2005 (I thought Band Aid 20 would keep him off).

Sam and Mark in 2004 (were they really that popular).

Mad World in 2003 (thought Darkness would be a dead cert for Christmas No1).

Bob The Builder in 2000 (thought it had it's chance when it entered behind Eminem).

Gabrielle in 2000 (2nd song off the album and had not been No1 since 1993).

Cliff in 1999 (surprised it entered at 2 and even more surprised when it made No1.

Blondie in 1999 (not had a hit since the 1980's)

Cher (released in the same week as George Michael,U2,Culture Club & Alanis Morissette but beat them all).

Truly surprising even shock No1's:

 

1999 Vengaboys (Boom Boom Boom)

 

indeed, I had never even heard this song before the Saturday when I watched CD:UK and it was announced as No.1 :lol:

 

Chicane - Don't Give Up

 

I came back from holiday in Tenerife in March 2000 to hear this was at No.1 and I was like 'whaaaaat' :o I thought 5ive's Don't Wanna Let You Go was heading for No.1 and it ended up at No.9 :lol:

Agreed with Mad World, I was so sure it'd be The Darkness, that would have been one of the best Xmas #1s ever if it had. They were leading all week and then Mad World overtook it right at the end.

 

Was quite surprised at Meck's Thunder In My Heart too as it had been ages since any dance #1 of any kind, and it was just your average looped-80s-sample house really.