Best #2s in the UK Singles Chart - that should have been #1?

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,268
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    Amy Winehouse - Valerie
  • FanFromHollandFanFromHolland Posts: 5,987
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    Hav_mor91 wrote: »
    It was outsold by Olly Murs and only just it still sold 86,000 copies in it's opening week :).

    Oops, small mistake :D
    It did in its 2nd week didn't it?
  • MichellerlzMichellerlz Posts: 538
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    Take That kept off Xmas no1 by mr blobby, I remember being about 14 and furious lol
  • ritchie2ykritchie2yk Posts: 5,556
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    Take that - rule the world
    Girls aloud - love machine
    Kylie - I believe in you / on a night like this
    Britney / madonna - me against the music
    S club 7 - reach
    Sophie Ellis bextor - take me home
    Will young - you and I
    Justin timberlake - like I love you
    Pussycat dolls - beep
    Destinys child - lose my Breath / bootylicious
    Rachel Stevens - sweet dreams / some girls
    Dido - white flag
    Busted - air hostess

    Pop classics
  • Hav_mor91Hav_mor91 Posts: 17,183
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    Oops, small mistake :D
    It did in its 2nd week didn't it?

    I think so it did spend a second week at number 2. coincidentally outselling both those songs ;-).
  • Bryan_HBryan_H Posts: 57
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    Little Mix DNA (though it was #3)
    its the way you make me feel - steps

    I remember when It's The Way You Make Me Feel was released it was released on New Year's Day although some music store had it in the week before so people were buying it a week early and it was able to chart early at the lower end of the chart before it was properly released. I think I read in the paper that if that hadn't happened it would have sold enough copies to be number 1.
  • MissAyrshireMissAyrshire Posts: 3,243
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    The Who - My Generation
    Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
    Rod Stewart - Every Beat of My Heart
    Abba - I Have A Dream and Chiquitita
    The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
  • clarriboclarribo Posts: 6,258
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    Manics- A Design for Life
  • AKindSoulAKindSoul Posts: 177
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    Groove Is In The Heart - Deee Lite

    Justified & Ancient - KLF/Tammy Wynette

    Push It - Salt & Pepa


    'Groove Is In the Heart' actually was equal number 1 seller one week but they wrongly gave the actual number 1 slot to the other equal top seller as its increase in sales was higher. The rules changed after this so that there can now be equal sales and shown as such in the chart.
  • AKindSoulAKindSoul Posts: 177
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    Take That kept off Xmas no1 by mr blobby, I remember being about 14 and furious lol

    It was number 1 the week before though so not applicable to this thread :)
  • MaksonMakson Posts: 30,477
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    This is easy;

    "Unbreak My Heart" - Toni Braxton
  • Hav_mor91Hav_mor91 Posts: 17,183
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    Justin Timberlake- Cry Me A River, Rock Your Body
  • AlbacomAlbacom Posts: 34,578
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    Beautiful Stranger by Madonna. Kept off the top spot by S Club 7! Yuk!
  • Hound of LoveHound of Love Posts: 80,082
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    AKindSoul wrote: »
    'Groove Is In the Heart' actually was equal number 1 seller one week but they wrongly gave the actual number 1 slot to the other equal top seller as its increase in sales was higher. The rules changed after this so that there can now be equal sales and shown as such in the chart.

    I remember.

    They were kept off number 1 by Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" (which had just been used in a Levis's ad)
  • Steve_HarrimanSteve_Harriman Posts: 1,115
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    Spice Girls - Stop
  • cody jarrettcody jarrett Posts: 1,944
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    Kayleigh, was kept off the top by a charity single.. hate these things

    Same fate for Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World (USA for Africa kept it off no1)
  • hadjilouca05hadjilouca05 Posts: 210
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    I'm surprised no one has mentioned Wham's double a side "Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants" which is the biggest selling #2 single of all time in the UK. As for "Moves Like Jagger", after it's sixth week at #2, it was set to go to #1 on the official chart update on 5 October 2011. If "We Found Love" was released the following Sunday which it should have been, "Moves Like Jagger" would have finally got to #1.
  • Neil_NNeil_N Posts: 6,026
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    Adele - "Chasing Payments" and "Skyfall"
    Sugababes - "Get Sexy" (controversial, but it was better than dirge from Rihanna and Kayne "Run This Town")
    George Michael - "Star People", "Outside" and "You Have Been Loved"
    Wham! - "Last Christmas"
    Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"
    Britney Spears - "Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman"
    Whitney Houston - "My Love Is Your Love"
  • Neil_NNeil_N Posts: 6,026
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    The Wanted - "Lightning" and "Chasing The Sun"
  • spikeyrobertospikeyroberto Posts: 766
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    Kylie Minogue "Better The Devil You Know" in my opinion should have been No1 but was beaten by Adamski's "Killer"

    I remember Ricky Martin's Livin La Vida Loca stopped a few acts getting to number 1. Like Five and Steps.
  • Hound of LoveHound of Love Posts: 80,082
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    Absolute Beginners - David Bowie

    Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton

    Song 2 - Blur

    Sir Duke..and Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder
  • scratchy23scratchy23 Posts: 3,675
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    Pink - Just Give Me A Reason

    Beaten to #1 by ****ing Ant & Dec Let's Get Ready to Rhumble. Such a joke.
  • hadjilouca05hadjilouca05 Posts: 210
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    scratchy23 wrote: »
    Pink - Just Give Me A Reason

    Beaten to #1 by ****ing Ant & Dec Let's Get Ready to Rhumble. Such a joke.

    She spent two weeks at number 2. She also got kept off by Need U (100%) by Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E. In the end, she had the last laugh when her song sold more copies than both songs put together.
  • 0...00...0 Posts: 21,111
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    Temptation - Heaven 17

    What Have I Done To Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield

    Mirror Man...and (Keep Feeling) Fascination - Human League

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics

    Upside Down - Diana Ross

    Milkshake - Kelis

    Good call from Fanntastik, with Madonna's Ray Of Light.

    Agree with all those Mr H. Upside Down is 100 times more interesting than Chain Reaction and Temptation, Sweet Dreams and Milkshake are sublime.
  • MaksonMakson Posts: 30,477
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    I was going to say En Vogue's "Don't Let Go" but just discovered it only peaked at #5 in the uk....shocking:(
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