Songs that Reached Number 2

Unjustly. When they should have been Number 1.

          

1. Pulp - 1995.

                                                                  # 1 Robson and Jerome

                                                              2. The Pogues -  1997

# 1 Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind

 

3. The Stranglers - 1982

 

# 1 The Jam - Town Called Malice (a pretty good One and Two)

 

4. Laurie Anderson - 1981

 

Might have been the most remarkable Number 1 ever. In fact it was pipped by It's My Party and then Every Little Thing She Does is Magic.

 

5.  M - 1979

 

Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes

 

6. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - 1979

 

Tragedy - The Bee Gees (quite!).

 

7. Sparks - 1974

 

The Rubettes

 

8. The Hollies - 1974

 

Paper Lace

 

9. David Bowie - 1973

 

Little Jimmy Osmond (the cruellest cut of all)

 

10. T. Rex - 1971

 

Clive Dunn - Grandad

 

So injustice heading back to 1971. Some people mention Ultravox's Vienna being kept off Number 1 by Joe Dolce's Shaddapa Your Face in a similar light. They're wrong. Shaddapa Your Face was a better song and the fact that Vienna didn't make it to Number 1 was clearly a cause for celebration.