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Best #2s in the UK Singles Chart - that should have been #1?
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24-08-2014
Originally Posted by Hound of Love:
“Some might say that all Saturdays singles are number twos.”

Harsh!
Nemokins
30-08-2014
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
x+y
31-08-2014
Coldplay - In My Place
Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
The Killers - Human
Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone
Robert Miles - Children
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
SamMcK
31-08-2014
1999 and Little Red Corvette by Prince both reached number two on the UK charts in 1982 and 1983.
shackfan
31-08-2014
Originally Posted by pjh8:
“The Saturday's Comic Relief single "Just Can't Get Enough" which was beaten by Flo Rida of all people and "Forever Is Over" which I think was beaten by Chipmunk- "Oopsy Daisy"”

They ruined what was a classic Depeche Mode song.
How about Question by The Moody Blues. Beaten to the top spot I believe, by Back Home by the England 1970 football team (though that was good by football songs standards )
ohglobbits
31-08-2014
Beatles - Let it be
Bachmann-Turner Overdrive - You ain't seen nothing yet
Don Mclean - American Pie
Hot Chocolate - You sexy thing
Imagination - Just an illusion
Queen - Crazy little thing called love
Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
Duran Duran - View to a kill
Erasure - Sometimes
michael05031986
31-08-2014
Leona Lewis - Happy
BRITLAND
31-08-2014
My Love - Justin Timberlake beaten by Smack That - Akon
Hound of Love
31-08-2014
Ma Baker - Boney M

One Day I'll Fly Away - Randy Crawford

Funky Town - Lipps Inc

Go West - Pet Shop Boys
niall23
02-09-2014
Kelis Milkshake and Trick me which were kept off number one by Michelle MacManus All this time and Frankie - F.U.R.B in 2004.
JohnnyForget
02-09-2014
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis
Waterloo Sunset - Kinks
Ride A White Swan - T-Rex
Golden Brown - Stranglers
Sit Down - James
Scraggy Taters
02-09-2014
Originally Posted by Nemokins:
“Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars”

Only peaked at #6 in Oct 2006 despite having one of the longest UK singles chart runs in history.
BadKid95
02-09-2014
Dance Away by Roxy Music, despite not reaching number one it was the ninth best selling single of 1979
Chris_Walton
02-09-2014
Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“Beautiful Stranger by Madonna. Kept off the top spot by S Club 7! Yuk!”

That was tragic - Ray of Light getting held off by All Saints' cover of Under The Bridge even worse
revolver44
02-09-2014
Pop Muzik by M
aquasplash3
02-09-2014
Originally Posted by hadjilouca05:
“It didn't do well first time round because its parent album "Bad" was a massive success so there would be no point people buying the single if they were buying the album.”

Nice theory, but how then do you explain 5 bigger hits from said album including Leave Me Alone which reached No 2 - all of which were released after 'Man in the Mirror'?
Sparky9870
03-09-2014
Save A Prayer - Duran Duran

Up The Junction - Squeeze

Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake

A Design For Life - Manic Street Preachers

Beautiful Stranger - Madonna

Song 2 - Blur

Common People - Pulp

Confide In Me - Kylie Minogue

Faith - George Michael

What Have I Done To Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys / Dusty Springfield
Quixotic
05-09-2014
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's
ABBA - Chiquitita
Fleetwood Mac - Man of the World
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
David Bowie - The Jean Genie
Pulp - Common People
Kylie Minogue - Confide in Me
BeatsDuJour
13-09-2014
It's frustrating that Kylie's had 11 #2 singles in the UK.

Got to Be Certain
The Locomotion
Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi *
Wouldn't Change a Thing
Better the Devil You Know *
Give Me Just a Little More Time
Confide in Me *
On a Night Like This *
Kids
Love at First Sight *
I Believe in You *

* = those that really deserved the top spot
Blondie X
13-09-2014
Signs by Snoop/JT/Charlie Wilson kept of the top by Peter Kay and that charity nonsense
Marcusjll
13-09-2014
Originally Posted by dsmithy2011:
“Mariah Carey - We Belong Together”

Originally Posted by Micknsiv:
“Oasis had a few.
Wonderwall
Roll With It
Stand By Me
Stop Crying Your Out
Little by Little”

Originally Posted by TreyC:
“Anastacia - Left Outside Alone”

These, and Better in Time by Leona Lewis
Hound of Love
13-09-2014
Originally Posted by SamMcK:
“1999 and Little Red Corvette by Prince both reached number two on the UK charts in 1982 and 1983.”

Both of those songs were reissued as a double A-side single in 1985, and reached number 2. It was kept off number 1 by Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is"
thejoyof_pat
13-09-2014
don't judge me too much but

Victoria Beckham: Out of your mind. I loved and still love that song.

Sash - Mysterious times was beaten by Boyzone (now I love Boyzone but I loved that song from Sash)

Corona - Rhythm of the night
coun3spice
16-09-2014
WHAT MAKES A MAN - if ever it did went to number 1,

it could have been 9 consecutive number 1 singles from westlife
michael05031986
21-09-2014
Originally Posted by coun3spice:
“WHAT MAKES A MAN - if ever it did went to number 1,

it could have been 9 consecutive number 1 singles from westlife”

Was it kept off by Bob the Builder? lol
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