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poptimistsWhich is the best pop song (that had an official single release) never to reach #1 in the UK singles chart?
I only ask because this morning, my iPod randomly played one of the songs that I consider an all time great, and it occurred to me that it never reached #1 in the UK (confirmed by Wikipedia, although it did reach #1 in the US). The song in question is 'Black Velvet' by Alannah Myles. Can anyone better that?
I only ask because this morning, my iPod randomly played one of the songs that I consider an all time great, and it occurred to me that it never reached #1 in the UK (confirmed by Wikipedia, although it did reach #1 in the US). The song in question is 'Black Velvet' by Alannah Myles. Can anyone better that?
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Date: 2007-04-27 12:50 pm (UTC)'Blue Monday' is my standard response. it's novel, reverential (perhaps too much) and crucially ubiquitous...implicitly pop in these respects, if not others...
numerous 'soul classics' like 'Nothing But A Heartache' also spring to mind for me.
lots of 80s Prince singles. it's a shame that Prince did not have a single #1, er, single, at the height of his powers.