Sadly no, I think it was reasonably high in the charts though.
The whole chart concept is silly though, you won't get popular airplay unless you're in the charts, and the only way to get into the charts is if people hear your songs and buy the singles.
So the only way you're going to get into the chart is by being popular and well known in the first place, so that people buy your CDs, you get airtime and it leads to more people buying your singles and then eventually the album.
I wish it did, one of the best songs of 2005.Originally Posted by -N-
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The single was #2. I think what I remembered was the album hitting #1, then.
I think 'Feel Good Inc.' got beaten by 'Lonely' (That stupid chipmunk song gets on my nerves)
And that alone is reason enough for me to hate everybody who brought it.
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Crazy Frog never deserved to get to #1, it should've been Coldplay. I mean a lot of people like Coldplay who're on 'Top of theFlopsPops', I mean the viewers who're there when the bands pretend to play. They cheered Coldplay on a lot after they performed their single, even though Crazy Frog was number one. But still, I can't base ratings just by the people on TotP. Though I can't believe people like it. :rolleyes2
When it came to Coldplay or Crazy Frog, it would be rather a "a greater and lesser of two evils" when it came to who was number one, we lose either way, just probably to less of an extent with Coldplay.
Crazy Frog being on there is awful. I can't believe people actually like it. I wouldn't be surprised if people are just buying it so they can annoy people with it, not because they actually think it's good.
Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds is something I don't remember hearing, but if it's yet another remake of Phil Collins' song, then I probably won't like it because I don't generally like remakes of songs I already enjoy. It's a rare thing, anyway.
I either like or don't mind the below songs...
15/1/05 - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
12/2/05 - Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
19/2/05 - U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
A lot of those other songs I don't even know by name. That's what I get for downloading all my music. I rarely listen to the radio or the music channels these days, so I just go by reccomendations, artists and "similar artists" to the artists that I like (short similar artist lists are on sites such as Amazon).
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
Steve Brookstein is the guy who won that Pop something or other, or that X-something thing, I forget, he wasn't exactly fantastic.
I don't pay much attention to those things anymore, so I guess I wouldn't know if it isn't in the papers.
Oh, and I totally agree with DMKA/Lindy regarding people who slag off pop music saying it's not music. Other people probably think your music is crap, too, but it's still music and it's all just a matter of opinion.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
I don't really like any of these songs, and I think they're pretty awful, but I'd rather direct my effort into liking the music I do rather than going on and on about stuff I don't.
dakota was a good song, lyla is very much a song that grows on you, i hated it at first but do quite like it, and sometimes you cant make it on your own i liked as well. everything else is a bit crap though.
And to those who really beleive popular music is good music. The single charts are in no way representive of a country as a whole, they are ruled by young teenage girls. take for example Busted. Top of the charts for ages (till they split up - there is a god) but they knew about 3 chords and had deep and meaningful lyrics like "air hostess, i like the way you dress" so without any musical value whatsoever basically. you could train a monkey to write a better song.
yet is that good music? becasue lots of people buy it doesnt mean its popular, and if people like something they dont always buy it, i loved best of you by the foo's, but i never bought it, i waited and bought the albumn. if you look at albumn charts, it normally gives a less biased representation of the publics view.
Amarillo was very much a "cult hit" where would it be in the charts without peter kay and friends in the video, or without comic relief backing? The crazy frog is a shining example of how people can be swayed by excessive advertising into buying anything. The adverts where on so much people just caved in and bought the crap, it isnt music, come on. If people can remember back to last year when the nike adverts where on (with lots of famous footballers fancily playing in a big cage with the elvis song in the background) that got elvis high in the charts when iy got released (may have been number 1, im not sure) and it looks to have ressurected his carreer despite being dead.
so basically what im trying to say is that popular music isnt necessarily good, in 10 years time will anyone remember Mcfly's All About You? a number 1 hit, in the way people remeber Radioheads Fake Plastic Trees (released in 95 if im not mistaken) which only charted around number 20. (the bends was a very high selling albumn however...)
pop songs are not made to be musical masterpieces, they are made, by definition to be popular (to a certain market of person), ie sell lots and make money. and the market that buys singles is mainly young teenagers.
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I think that more people will remember All About You because they actually know what it is, such as me. I don't even know what Fake Plastic Trees is. I don't care if people think I'm awful just because I don't listen to much Radiohead, before you all start wailing and crying.
But when giving examples, it's best to give examples that are at least slightly popular.
As for the "Will people remember this the way they remembered that in so many years" argument - Uh, that's exactly why Elvis got three #1s this year.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
8/1/05 - Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds - awful
15/1/05 - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock - Havnt heard it
22/1/05 - Elvis Presley - One Night - Havnt heard it
29/1/05 - Ciara - Goodies -OMFG she needs to be shot
5/2/05 - Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never - not heard
12/2/05 - Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers - !!!! Awful!!
19/2/05 - U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - Ok..ish.
26/2/05 - Jennifer Lopez - Get Right - Ok'ish
12/3/05 - Stereophonics - Dakota - hmm.. ok..
19/3/05 - McFly - All About You - O_O *is sick*
26/3/05 until 7/5/05 - Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo? - Lame
14/5/05 until 21/5/05 - Akon - Lonely - OMG, I HATE THIS SONG
28/5/05 - Oasis - Lyla - Not so bad
4/6/05 - until present - Axel F - Crazy Frog.- *sighs* Hasnt anyone shot that damn frog yet?
True. Well, except I'm not in the UK. I hate pretty much every song on that list, except for the 2 or 3 I haven't heard.
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