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The most played song of the last 5 years in the UK is.....

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? by JoeToy

Bad Day by Daniel Powter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7518881.stm

Fairly interesting, I like that the writer of the article clearly thinks its a rubbish song.

JoeToy | 22 Jul '08, 13:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Thought it might have been Jamelia's Superstar

it's always on commercial

basil | 22 Jul '08, 13:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

To my knowledge

I have never heard this song.

Am I missing anything?

Silentcommand | 22 Jul '08, 14:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

yes

it's good and she's HAWT

too_black_too_strong | 22 Jul '08, 14:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

No

SCROTUM | 22 Jul '08, 14:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Is it not the song

from the advert for deodorant? where the guy has a serious of lightly comic mishaps whilst remaining sweat free?

cameron78 | 22 Jul '08, 16:01 | Send note | Report this | Reply

the parody is really really bad

the singer sounds a bit like carey mercer out of frog eyes

vestergaard | 22 Jul '08, 14:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

The other

four songs in the list are quite interesting. Kelly Clarkson, James Blunt, Scissor Sisters, fair enough, but Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol? Was it even that big a hit? Bigger than Run? Load of old arse anyway.

8greenfrogs | 22 Jul '08, 14:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Man its all OVER the place

Loads of tv trailers, perfect T4 fodder.

JoeToy | 22 Jul '08, 14:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

It

recently got voted the best song OF ALL TIME by listeners of Virgin Radio. What a joke.

mixmaster_a | 22 Jul '08, 17:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Yup sounds about right

Gets played at about 1.40 at work EVERY DAY

Indie_Jamie | 22 Jul '08, 14:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i thought chasing cars would have been top tbh

it follows everyone everywhere and it won't fuck off

harman_kardon | 22 Jul '08, 15:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Chasing arse, perhaps!

I suck.

FizzyBovril | 22 Jul '08, 16:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

This is interesting.

Because I stopped listening to all music radio about three or four years ago, and only listen to music that I actively seek out or already own, I am completely unaware (at least conciously)of either the Powter or the Snow Patrol tracks. Go me.

Silentcommand | 22 Jul '08, 17:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I have no idea

what that kelly clarkson one sounds like. er, go me... and I thought this was done by james morrison, now I feel bad for him.

So what's the point? inoffensive is the new offensive? what exactly IS the point of nickelback's Rockstar, which surely fits in this category?

amyblue | 22 Jul '08, 17:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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josefwired | 22 Jul '08, 17:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Hoppiopolla by Sigur Ros

or at least it feels like thanks to The X Factor.

The_Libertineq | 22 Jul '08, 17:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I think this is largely due to the fact....

...that it gets played every time a wicket falls in 20/20 cricket in this country.

JoeDiddly | 22 Jul '08, 17:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply

or conversely

when the new batsmen comes on to "Lose Yourself" by Eminem

The_Libertineq | 22 Jul '08, 18:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

They sometimes play "Another One Bites The Dust"

when a wicket falls, too.

JoeDiddly | 22 Jul '08, 19:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Whenever they play music

at the cricket I feel a bit ill.

Comrade_Penguin | 22 Jul '08, 19:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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