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Post by orthon7 on Apr 14, 2012 17:54:57 GMT 1
THE NATION'S FAVOURITE NUMBER 1 SINGLEAs it is the 60th Anniversary of the UK Singles Chart, a huge Poll has begun, to find the Country's Favourite Number 1 Single. There have been 1,192 UK No.1 Singles, since November 1952. A Panel Of Experts have made a short-list of 60 of those No.1's. & you can Vote for them. Each Voter can choose 10 of the 60 No.1 Hits. www.itv.com/nationsfavouritenumberone/www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/music/as-the-pop-charts-celebrate-60-years-794406www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-nations-favourite-number-one-single-1337/Later this Year, the results will be revealed in a 3 Part TV Series, on ITV1 & ITV1+1. They might be planning to reveal the order of the entire Top 60, for it to be spread over 3 Shows. AN HONOUR FOR THE BEATLES, ABBA, & MADONNAThe Beatles, ABBA, & Madonna, are the only 3 Acts, to have had 2 of their No.1 Hits chosen to be Voted on. The Beatles get I Want To Hold Your Hand, (1963), & Hey Jude, (1968), & ABBA get Dancing Queen, (1976), & The Winner Takes It All, (1980). Madonna gets Like A Prayer, (1989), & Vogue, (1990). So, The Beatles are the only Act with 2 No.1's chosen from the same Decade, & ABBA & Madonna, are the only Acts with 2 No.1's chosen from different Decades.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Apr 14, 2012 18:11:10 GMT 1
So it's the nations favourite #1 ever, out of the ones selected by a panel of experts. Why can't they just give us the full list and let us vote from that?
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Post by BlueSwan on Apr 14, 2012 18:27:21 GMT 1
They failed to shortlist Bad Romance - one of the most iconic and loved #1 singles.
Anyway, The Winner Takes It All is the best #1 record of all time. UnfoRtunately Dancing Queen is also nominated which will split the Abba vote.
I'll probably vote for West End Girls just because PSB are the best, even though there are plenty of better #1 records.
Edit: oh great, you can vote for several records!
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Post by BlueSwan on Apr 14, 2012 18:35:55 GMT 1
Another oddity is including You've Lost That Loving Feeling, but NOT Unchained Melody which has been a million seller in THREE different incarnations (but everybody knows that the Righteous Brothers version is the definitive version).
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Post by BlueSwan on Apr 14, 2012 18:40:35 GMT 1
Just voted for 10 records in no particular order, but I somehow overlooked Wuthering Heights. Shame.
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Post by Sm1ffj on Apr 14, 2012 18:45:11 GMT 1
Just voted for 10 records in no particular order, but I somehow overlooked Wuthering Heights. Shame. I had to do the same, If I had to select in favorite order I will still be deciding by then end of this decade. |
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Post by rubcale on Apr 14, 2012 18:49:39 GMT 1
Another oddity is including You've Lost That Loving Feeling, but NOT Unchained Melody which has been a million seller in THREE different incarnations (but everybody knows that the Righteous Brothers version is the definitive version). I don't. |
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Post by rubcale on Apr 14, 2012 18:53:57 GMT 1
So it's the nations favourite #1 ever, out of the ones selected by a panel of experts. Why can't they just give us the full list and let us vote from that? Exactly. It entirely nullifies the validity of this poll. Who are these people to say what the best 60 #1s are? Their opinion is no more valid than anyone else's. I suppose the logistics of having a list of over 1000 titles would have been a nightmare but it would have been the only way to at least get a true reflection. |
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Post by BlueSwan on Apr 14, 2012 19:56:10 GMT 1
The best would have been dividing it into groups:
First the best #1 single of each year.
Then the best #1 single of each decade, contested between the year winners
Then the best #1 single overall, contested between the decade winners
But obviously that isn't doable if you want others than chart fanatics like us voting. They're going for broad participation here and for that they simply needed to narrow the field. While I have plenty of objections as to which records were chosen and which were left out, I will at least acknowlegde that the vast majority of those 60 records they picked are classics and that it is highly unlikely that a #1 hit not on that list would end up winning anyway.
Not including ANY S/A/W records is a scandal though. I could see Never Gonna Give You Up get plenty of votes.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 14, 2012 20:05:47 GMT 1
"Hey Jude" will win this I reckon. Although I'd like to know which "experts" were involved in the choice. Some of the most iconic songs missed out, but R Kelly included?
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Post by robj on Apr 14, 2012 21:51:24 GMT 1
The experts are listed in the Official Charts Company link above - Stuart Copeland, Shaznay Lewis, Mike Read....
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Apr 14, 2012 22:33:52 GMT 1
"Hey Jude" will win this I reckon. Although I'd like to know which "experts" were involved in the choice. Some of the most iconic songs missed out, but R Kelly included? Bohemian Rhapsody usually does well on these polls so I wouldn't be surprised if it won |
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 14, 2012 22:46:04 GMT 1
Might be a bit overdone. Trouble with these things though is they get hijacked. Remember when "I Owe You Nothing" was voted Greatest Single Of All Time?
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Post by Paul on Apr 14, 2012 22:52:48 GMT 1
Gutted I can't vote for Babycakes  |
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Post by Chris on Apr 14, 2012 23:18:04 GMT 1
"Hey Jude" will win this I reckon. Although I'd like to know which "experts" were involved in the choice. Some of the most iconic songs missed out, but R Kelly included? Bohemian Rhapsody usually does well on these polls so I wouldn't be surprised if it won I'd tip it to win too but when Radio 2 did a poll A Whiter Shade Of Pale Won. |
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Post by Smurfie on Apr 14, 2012 23:41:42 GMT 1
Not including ANY S/A/W records is a scandal though.  |
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Post by lewis17 on Apr 15, 2012 10:20:05 GMT 1
So it's the nations favourite #1 ever, out of the ones selected by a panel of experts. Why can't they just give us the full list and let us vote from that? Exactly. It entirely nullifies the validity of this poll. Who are these people to say what the best 60 #1s are? Their opinion is no more valid than anyone else's. I agree, for this to be a valid poll ALL the no.1's should have been eligible, not just 60 out of more than 1,000. Looking at the list chosen, I expect Bohemian Rhapsody will probably win. |
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Post by S1m on Apr 15, 2012 14:39:09 GMT 1
So it's just one per year? Bizarre!
Edit - didn't see the full list, but there are years without a single entry too. Might have made more sense to choose one per year, then per decade etc as others have suggested. One from the whole 1950s is ridiculous!
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 15, 2012 14:50:55 GMT 1
Especially as the one from the 50s is not the most important single in history.
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Post by S1m on Apr 15, 2012 18:10:15 GMT 1
Who said it was?
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