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321. "I'm yours" Jason Mraz (2 weeks) Reached #1: 3 August 2008 UK Chart Peak: #11 Some songs need some warming up. "I'm yours" entered my chart at #16 and spent the next seven weeks hopping up and down the charts hitting as high as #13 and as low as #33 until it shot from #18 to #1. The song spent 76 weeks at the US top 100, a record at the time. It topped the charts in France, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden and Israel. EkHTsc9PU2A

320. "Into the nightlife" Cyndi Lauper (2 weeks) Reached #1: 20 July 2008 UK Chart Peak: #168 Yet another surprise #1 of 2008! Cyndi Lauper had only entered my chart before with "(Hey Now) Girls just wanna have fun" (#29 in 1995) but her 2008 "Bring ya to the brink" had so many great tracks and put her back on the map for me. I was hooked on "Into the nightlife" from the first listen and it shot to #1 in my chart. She followed it up with two top 30 hits "Set your heart" and "Echo". O5UCUusl9jo

319. "Vem cá (Dá-me o teu mundo outra vez)" TT feat. Nuno Guerreiro (1 week) Reached #1: 13 July 2008 Tiago Teixeira a.k.a. TT burst into the scene in 2007 as the new Portuguese r&b star. His third single "Vem Cá" gave him a #1 in my chart. r5L4ND-UVQ8

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318. "Viva la vida" Coldplay (1 week) Reached #1: 6 July 2008 UK Chart Peak: #1 "Viva la vida" was Coldplay's second #1 in my chart and their first US #1. It also topped the charts in the UK and Poland. It won the Grammy for Song Of The Year in 2009. It has since been used in various sporting events, like as the celebrational goal song in the 2012 UEFA Champions League final. 1kVxpsi1XQ4

317. "Closer" Ne-Yo (1 week) Reached #1: 29 June 2008 UK Chart Peak: #1 Ne-Yo scored his first #1 with Closer as a singer. He had a previous #1 as a songwriter with Rihanna's "Unfaithful". z_aC5xPQ2f4

316. "Fascination" Alphabeat (7 weeks) Reached #1: 11 May 2008 UK Chart Peak: #6 In a year of surprise #1s in my chart, Danish band Alphabeat were responsable for the biggest surprise, as their debut single "Fascination" not only was the #1 song in my 2008 year-end chart, it equaled the record for most weeks at #1 set by Rihanna's "Unfaithful". The song was used in Coca-Cola TV adverts in Germany, Belgium and Turkey. t3RjCiq1ICY

315. "Built to last" Mêlée (2 weeks) Reached #1: 27 April 2008 UK Chart Peak: #57 Orange County band Mêlée had their only significant hit in Europe with the lovely "Built to last". Their only other hit in my chart was follow-up single "Immitation" that hit #3. DNL6Wy6IstE

314. "4 minutes" Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland (2 weeks) Reached #1: 13 April 2008 UK Chart Peak: #2 Madonna chalked her sixth #1 hit in my chart with the first single from her "Hard Candy" album. By guest starring in the track, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland got respectively their first and third credited #1 as well. The song topped the charts in the UK, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela. bHHUhcV2eVY

313. "Better in time / Footprints in the sand" Leona Lewis (2 weeks) Reached #1: 30 March 2008 UK Chart Peak: #2 The double A-side follow up to "Bleeding love" gave Leona her second #1 in my chart. This would be the last #1 double A-side single in my chart, since from 2009 onwards, every position in my chart can only be given to one single song. By suggesting the idea of a song based on popular allegorical poem "Footprints", Simon Cowell got a songwriting credit in "Footprints in the sand". dCsZNalcaXM

312. "Mercy" Duffy (4 weeks) Reached #1: 2 March 2008 UK Chart Peak: #1 Aimee Ann Duffy became the first Welsh artist to top my chart with "Mercy" which was one of the global smashes of 2008. It was #1 in the UK, Ireland, Austria, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Greece and Venezuela. "Mercy" was actually one of the last songs to be finished for the "Rockferry album". Co-writer Steve Booker also penned hits for John Newman, Jessie J. and Sugababes. bbmIqYKDu_g

311. "That's how people grow up" Morrissey (2 weeks) Reached #1: 17 February 2008 UK Chart Peak: #14 2008 was a year of quite some surprising (even to me) Number Ones in my chart. I never would have thought Morrissey would get a #1 in my chart, until I fell in love with this track, an unreleased song promoting his 2008 Greatest Hits album. Morrissey had only three minor top 40 hits in my chart (the biggest being "You Have Killed Me" that hit #18), and only has troubled my chart again with follow-up single "All you need is me". p2hWIAKAGj0

310. "In my arms" Kylie Minogue (1 week) Reached #1: 10 February 2008 UK Chart Peak: #10 Calvin Harris-produced "In my arms" became a quite unexpected second #1 hit in my chart for Kylie. Kylie chequered outfit was also worn by Roisin Murphy in her "Overpowered" video. Nj6IKIPteuE

309. "Alive" Mondotek (2 weeks) Reached #1: 27 January 2008 2008 was the highlight year for short-lived dance craze Tektonik. This was one of the tracks that were the signature songs of that dance craze, produced by German collective Mondotek. "Alive" was a big hit in Continental Europe, hitting #1 in Poland and #2 in France and Germany. 36crW18q2cM

308. "Sometimes a little some time" Squeeze Theeze Pleeze (1 week) Reached #1: 20 January 2008 Portuguese rock band Squeeze Theeze Pleeze only had a minor hit in my chart before notching a surprise #1 with the ballad "Sometimes a little some time". One of the reasons for the popularity of the track was of the lead singer falling off the stage while lipsynching in a TV performance. E8SIOpTeUXk

307. "Tattoo" Jordin Sparks (2 weeks) Reached #1: 6 January 2008 UK Chart Peak: #24 Jordin Sparks became the second American Idol winner to top my chart, as "Tattoo" took advantage of the new year's quietness to climb from #6 to #1. An European re-release of the track later in the year allowed it to re-enter my top 40, peaking at #28. T4E1s0g3ZMw

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306. "All I want for Christmas is you" Mariah Carey (2 weeks) Reached #1: 23 December 2007 UK Chart Peak: #2 "All I want for Christmas is you" was at #2 in my first ever personal chart in December 1994 and thirteen years later, it finally reached #1. The song has been a Christmas classic since its release in 1994 and has been entering the charts all over the world every Christmas in the digital era. The song has been convered by numerous acts like Shania Twain, Demi Lovato, Michael Bublé, Idina Menzel and John Mayer. Carey re-recorded it in 2011 with Justin Bieber. Mariah scored thus her fourth #1 in my chart, her first in almost nine years. The song also holds the record for the biggest drop ever from #1 in my chart as it plummeted to #28 after the holidays were over. MDp4uCWm9_s

305. "Headlines (Friendship never ends)" Spice Girls (1 week) Reached #1: 25 November 2007 UK Chart Peak: #11 If I could turn back around, this would have never topped my chart and Leona would have an unbroken 7 week run at #1. But at the time I was caught up in the all hoopla about the Spice Girls reunion that the fact alone was enough to grant their tenth #1 in my chart. VMo6v_uFZKU

304. "Bleeding love" Leona Lewis (6 non-consecutive weeks) Reached #1: 28 October 2007, 2 December 2007 UK Chart Peak: #1 Originally recorded by Jesse McCartney but without ever making into his album, "Bleeding Love" went on to be massive global hit for Leona Lewis, topping the charts in the UK, the USA, Australia, Austria, Flemish Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland, among 35 countries. Leona became the first X-Factor UK act to top my chart. Vzo-EL_62fQ

303. "The light in our soul" Helena Paparizou (1 week) Reached #1: 21 October 2007 "The light in our soul" was one of the songs performed by Helena Paparizou on the quest to represent Greece in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, that she ended up winning with "You're my number one". The song was disqualified when demo version leaked on the internet. However I only came across it in 2007, in an online song contest forum similar to BJSC and liked it enough to send to the top of my chart. Paparizou has two more top 40 hits in my chart: her Eurovision entry "You're my number one" (#12 in 2005) and "Baby it's over" (#23 in 2012). qmYFd1G3uqo

302. "About you now" Sugababes (1 week) Reached #1: 14 October 2007 UK Chart Peak: #1 "About you now" was the Sugababes' third #1 in my chart and their fourth in UK Charts. It also topped the airplay charts in Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic. The song was an US top 50 hit in the 2009 cover by Miranda Cosgrove. It was also recorded by Kim Wilde, Saw Doctors and Skipnnish. XvoAvPjADsE

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301. "No-one" Alicia Keys (1 week) Reached #1: 7 October 2007 UK Chart Peak: #6 Alicia Keys scored her first (and so far only) #1 in my chart with "No-one". It's one of her biggest hits, second only to "Fallin' ", hitting #1 in the US, Hungary and Switzerland. rywUS-ohqeE