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it is a blight on the otherwise superb BEP discography.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:08 (twenty years ago)

i think the 'hey ya' backlash extended beyond critics. but anyway yes, being 'song x' isn't necessarily a good thing. the song x succeeding 'freak like me' was 'a little less covnersation'. 'you're beautiful' was song x last summer, in a bad way.

― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

maybe this is why Liberty X have called their new single 'X'.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)

Song X is a good thing if you mean the Ornette Coleman/Pat Metheny album!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:10 (twenty years ago)

(X) Rearrange the whole game with my rugged sound
(X) Won't even say your own name when I come around
(X) Stay on top but remain from the underground
(X) to the Z and we all in the family

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:10 (twenty years ago)

Does "Song X" literally just mean a song that is escapable? Or does it need more? Why wasn't "Crazy In Love" one? Or "Ignition Remix"? How close was "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:13 (twenty years ago)

"Crazy in Love" was totally Song X, wasn't it?

― Action Tim Vision (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:22 (twenty years ago)

Only for a very brief momemt. I'm not convinced it's stood the test of time.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:24 (twenty years ago)

'crazy in love' yes (and it's definitely stood the test of time - my friend robin played it at bank holiday lovelife and the room kind of exploded with joy). 'ignition' yes (though it's probably the worst r kelly single ever!). 'i bet you look wvs' haha certainly not.

Song Xs usually happen in the summer.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:27 (twenty years ago)

Amerie's "1 Thing" did the same trick better, perhaps. I don't know if the slight nausea and distaste you sometimes get for a song after gorging on it for a few weeks is the song's fault, really.

― Action Tim Vision (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:29 (twenty years ago)

Why wasn't "Crazy In Love" one? Or "Ignition Remix"?

they were both song x!

― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:35 (twenty years ago)

i think that nausea and distaste are part and parcel of Song Xs, which by definition will be overplayed and ubiquitous

('1 thing' is a Song X too)

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:36 (twenty years ago)

'sos' is the current song x.

― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:36 (twenty years ago)

can we not just say BIG TUNE instead of Song X?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:38 (twenty years ago)

or how about BIGGEDY-BOMB TRACK?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:39 (twenty years ago)

Maybe a series of bomb noises at the start of its title?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:45 (twenty years ago)

"1 Thing" only got to #4 though. Is popularity not a part of Song Xiness?

And, alright, go on then: what was the last non cough cough "urban" Song X?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:45 (twenty years ago)

'crazy'

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:46 (twenty years ago)

'Is this the way to Amarillo?'

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:48 (twenty years ago)

Dom, what is this "only got to #4"? top five surely means popular?

Also don't some songs have a longer radio life/period of popularity that isn't reflected by chart position?

― permanent revolution (cis), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:03 (twenty years ago)

Yes, but "1 Thing" hasn't had that. "Crazy in Love" has.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:13 (twenty years ago)

Here are the 20 best number ones. I hope you find this list useful. Thx, bye.

1. Uptown Top-Ranking
2. Wuthering Heights
3. Sugar Baby Love
4. West-End Girls
5. You To Me Are Everything
6. Are Friends Electric?
7. Geno
8. You Really Got Me
9. Blockbuster
10.Everlasting Love
11. Hot Love
12. Jumping Jack Flash
13. Israelites
14. Rock Your Baby
15. Video Killed The Radio Star
16. Like A Prayer
17. Double Barrel
18. Dancing Queen
19. The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore
20. Ashes To Ashes

― Dr.C, Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:29 (twenty years ago)

"1 Thing" did have a proper chart run, didn't drop down to #18 in the second week, so it does qualify as a "proper hit single."

Dr C, we need to chat.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:32 (twenty years ago)

Shall I call you on your 'mobile phone'?

― Dr.C, Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:36 (twenty years ago)

Dr C, you've got email.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:43 (twenty years ago)

What? No Ghost Town, Dr C?

― Venga (Venga), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:45 (twenty years ago)

Dr C, how could you leave Blu Cantrell & Sean Paul off your list?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:47 (twenty years ago)

Ghost Town is number 21!!

― Dr.C, Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:53 (twenty years ago)

Replace Jumping Jack Flash with GT and that list is spot on. Maybe swap Rebel Rebel for Ashes To Ashes too though.

― Venga (Venga), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 11:55 (twenty years ago)

lex, what do you make of dr c's list? which is the made-up name?

― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:00 (twenty years ago)

Rebel Rebel wasn't a number one.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:03 (twenty years ago)

No Baccara, No Credibility.

― Action Tim Vision (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:07 (twenty years ago)

jtn was otm, 'amarillo' was indeed a biggety-bomb track, but there have been non-urban ones since -- 'hung up' fo sho.

― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:11 (twenty years ago)

the last Song X before 'Crazy' = 'My Humps', like it or not

― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:13 (twenty years ago)

in a sense 'my humps' will always be song x.

― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:15 (twenty years ago)

Pussycat Dolls "Don't you wish your girlfriend etc" had to be one too

― Mark Co (Markco), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:17 (twenty years ago)

Disqualified for Jeffrey Archer reasons.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:18 (twenty years ago)

which one?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:19 (twenty years ago)

'my humps' is more of a song x than any other song ever has or will be ever again. 'my humps' is the ultimate...something. HUMPS

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:24 (twenty years ago)

you can look but you can't touch it if you touch it I'MMA
start some DRAMA
you don't want no DRAMA
no no DRAMA
no no no no DRAMA
so don't pull on my HAND BOY
you ain't my MAN BOY
i'm just tryna DANCE BOY
and move my HUMPS

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:25 (twenty years ago)

how can you just leave me standing?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

alone in a world that's so cold?

― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:30 (twenty years ago)

maybe i'm just too demanding

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:31 (twenty years ago)

Charlie Chaplin made us laugh

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

Rebel Rebel wasn't a number one.

Shit, it appears you are right Marcello. Although I was only 4 in '74 so have no real time memory of the record being in the charts. I was convinced that I'd heard it was a chart topper. Ashes To Ashes can stay then.

Actually, no, replace it with Sugar Sugar or I Heard It Through The Grapevine.

― Venga (Venga), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

1 Thing's major problem - out in the same week as Coldplay and Crazy Frog, and you can't have three songs in a chart battle, as THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. Hence all attention is focused on RIGHT versus WRONG, thus meaning that Amerie was kind of left dawdling on the sidelines (in the UK anyway). Then again, was it #1 anywhere else?

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 13:16 (twenty years ago)

Damn - I forgot God Save The Queen in my list.

― Dr.C, Tuesday, 16 May 2006 13:20 (twenty years ago)

...eight weeks.

(nme news :)

The track - by duo Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse - is now the most successful single released in Britain in over a decade, beating Tony Christie's '(Is This The Way To) Amarillo' which clocked-up seven weeks at number one last year.

Wet Wet Wet's chart topper 'Love Is All Around' is now ahead of Gnarls Barkley in recent chart history with its 15 weeks at number one in 1994.

http://www.nme.com/news/gnarls-barkley/23123

― pisces (piscesx), Monday, 22 May 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

how is 1994 recent chart history!

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 22 May 2006 09:42 (twenty years ago)

Hello complaining people. "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker" by Sandi Thom is going to #1 next week. I hope you're all happy with yourself.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 22 May 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

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