What was the last number one single you really liked?

that's the link.

2000
845 22 Jan Manic Street Preachers The Masses Against The Classes 1
846 29 Jan Britney Spears Born To Make You Happy 1
847 5 Feb Gabrielle Rise 2
848 19 Feb Oasis Go Let It Out 1
849 26 Feb All Saints Pure Shores 2
850 11 Mar Madonna American Pie 1
851 18 Mar Chicane / Bryan Adams Don't Give Up 1
852 25 Mar Geri Halliwell Bag It Up 1
853 1 Apr Melanie C / Lisa Left Eye Lopes Never Be The Same Again 1
854 8 Apr Westlife Fool Again 1
855 15 Apr Craig David Fill Me In 1
856 22 Apr Fragma Toca's Miracle 2
857 6 May Oxide & Neutrino Bound 4 Da reload (Casualty) 1
858 13 May Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again 1
859 20 May Madison Avenue Don't Call Me Baby 1
860 27 May Billie Piper Day & Night 1
861 3 Jun Sonique It Feels So Good 3
862 24 Jun Black Legend You See The Trouble With Me 1
863 1 Jul Kylie Minogue Spinning Around 1
864 8 Jul Eminem The Real Slim Shady 1
865 15 Jul Corrs Breathless 1
866 22 Jul Ronan Keating Life Is A Rollercoaster 1
867 29 Jul Five / Queen We Will Rock You 1
868 5 Aug Craig David 7 Days 1
869 12 Aug Robbie Williams Rock DJ 1
870 19 Aug Melanie C I Turn To You 1
871 26 Aug Spiller Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 1
872 2 Sep Madonna Music 1
873 9 Sep A1 Take On Me 1
874 16 Sep Modjo Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 2
875 30 Sep Mariah Carey & Westlife Against All Odds 2
876 14 Oct All Saints Black Coffee 1
877 21 Oct U2 Beautiful Day 1
878 28 Oct Steps Stomp 1
879 4 Nov Spice Girls Holler / Let Love Lead The Way 1
880 11 Nov Westlife My Love 1
881 18 Nov A1 Same Old Brand New You 1
882 24 Nov LeAnn Rimes Can't Fight The Moonlight 1
883 2 Dec Destiny's Child Independent Women Part 1 1
884 9 Dec S Club 7 Never Had A Dream Come True 1
885 16 Dec Eminem Stan 1
886 23 Dec Bob The Builder Can We Fix It? 3

2001
887 13 Jan Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra Touch Me 1
888 20 Jan Jennifer Lopez Love Don't Cost A Thing 1
889 27 Jan Limp Bizkit Rollin' 2
890 10 Feb Atomic Kitten Whole Again 4
891 10 Mar Shaggy feat. Rikrok It Wasn't Me 1
892 17 Mar Westlife Uptown Girl 1
893 24 Mar Hear'Say Pure And Simple 3
894 14 Apr Emma Bunton What Took You So Long 2
895 28 Apr Destiny's Child Survivor 1
896 5 May S Club 7 Don't Stop Movin' 1
897 12 May Geri Halliwell It's Raining Men 2
re 26 May S Club 7 Don't Stop Movin' 1
898 2 Jun DJ Pied Piper Do You Really Like It 1
899 9 Jun Shaggy feat. Rayvon Angel 3
900 30 Jun Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mya / Pink Lady Marmalade 1
901 7 Jul Hear'Say The Way To Your Love 1
902 14 Jul Roger Sanchez Another Chance 1
903 22 Jul Robbie Williams Eternity/The Road To Mandalay 2
904 4 Aug Atomic Kitten Eternal Flame 2
905 18 Aug So Solid Crew 21 Seconds 1
906 25 Aug 5ive Let's Dance 2
907 8 Sep Blue Too Close 1
908 15 Sep Bob The Builder Mambo No 5 1
909 22 Sep DJ Otzi Hey Baby 1
910 29 Sep Kylie Minogue Can't Get You Out Of My Head 4
911 27 Oct Afroman Because I Got High 3
912 17 Nov Westlife Queen Of My Heart 1
913 24 Nov Blue If You Come Back 1
914 1 Dec S Club 7 Have You Ever 1
915 8 Dec Daniel Bedingfield Gotta Get Thru This 2
916 22 Dec Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman Somethin' Stupid 3

2002
re 12 Jan Daniel Bedingfield Gotta Get Thru This 1
917 19 Jan Aaliyah More Than A Woman 1
918 26 Jan George Harrison My Sweet Lord [second time at no. 1] 1
919 2 Feb Enrique Iglesias Hero 4
920 2 Mar Westlife World Of Our Own 1
921 9 Mar Will Young Anything Is Possible / Evergreen 3
922 30 Mar Gareth Gates Unchained Melody 4
923 27 Apr Oasis The Hindu Times 1
924 4 May Sugababes Freak Like Me 1
925 11 May Holly Valance Kiss Kiss 1
926 18 May Ronan Keating If Tomorrow Never Comes 1
927 25 May Liberty X Just A Little 1
928 1 Jun Eminem Without Me 1
929 8 Jun Will Young Light My Fire 2
930 22 Jun Elvis vs JXL A Little Less Conversation 4
931 20 Jul Gareth Gates Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) 3
932 10 Aug Darius Colourblind 2
933 24 Aug Sugababes Round Round 1
934 31 Aug Blazin' Squad Crossroads 1
935 7 Sep Atomic Kitten The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) 3
936 28 Sep Pink Just Like A Pill 1
937 5 Oct Will Young & Gareth Gates The Long And Winding Road / Suspicious Minds 2
938 19 Oct Las Ketchup The Ketchup Song (Asereje) 1
939 26 Oct Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland Dilemma 2
940 9 Nov DJ Sammy & Yanou featuring Do Heaven 1
941 16 Nov Westlife Unbreakable 1
942 23 Nov Christina Aguilera featuring Redman Dirrty 2
943 7 Dec Daniel Bedingfield If You're Not The One 1
944 14 Dec Eminem Lose Yourself 1
945 21 Dec Blue featuring Elton John Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 1
946 28 Dec Girls Aloud Sound Of The Underground 4

2003
947 25 Jan David Sneddon Stop Living The Lie 2
948 8 Feb Tatu All The Things She Said 4
949 8 Mar Christina Aguilera Beautiful 2
950 22 Mar Gareth Gates featuring The Kumars Spirit In The Sky 2
951 5 Apr Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham Make Luv 4
952 3 May Busted You Said No 1
953 10 May Tomcraft Loneliness 1
954 17 May R Kelly Ignition 4
955 14 Jun Evanescence Bring Me To Life 4
956 12 Jul Beyonce Crazy In Love 3
957 2 Aug Daniel Bedingfield Never Gonna Leave Your Side 1
958 9 Aug Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul Breathe 4
959 6 Sep Elton John Are You Ready For Love 1
960 13 Sep Black Eyed Peas Where Is The Love? 6
961 25 Oct Sugababes Hole In The Head 1
962 1 Nov Fatman Scoop / Crooklyn Clan Be Faithful 2
963 15 Nov Kylie Minogue Slow 1
964 22 Nov Busted Crashed The Wedding 1
965 29 Nov Westlife Mandy 1
966 6 Dec Will Young Leave Right Now 2
967 20 Dec Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne Changes 1
968 27 Dec Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules Mad World 3

2004
969 17 Jan Michelle All This Time 3
970 7 Feb LMC vs U2 Take Me to the Clouds Above 2
971 21 Feb Sam & Mark With A Little Help From My Friends / Measure Of A Man 1
972 28 Feb Busted Who's David? 1
973 6 Mar Peter Andre Mysterious Girl 1
974 13 Mar Britney Spears Toxic 1
975 20 Mar DJ Casper Cha Cha Slide 1
976 27 Mar Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris Yeah 2
977 10 Apr McFly Five Colours In Her Hair 2
978 24 Apr Eamon F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) 4
979 22 May Frankee F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back) 3
980 12 Jun Mario Winans featuring Enya & P Diddy I Don't Wanna Know 2
981 26 Jun Britney Spears Everytime 1
982 3 Jul McFly Obviously 1
983 10 Jul Usher Burn 2
984 24 Jul Shapeshifters Lola's Theme 1
985 31 Jul Streets Dry Your Eyes 1
986 7 Aug Busted Thunderbirds / 3AM 2
987 21 Aug 3 Of A Kind Babycakes 1
988 28 Aug Natasha Bedingfield These Words 2
989 11 Sep Nelly My Place / Flap Your Wings 1
990 18 Sep Brian McFadden Real To Me 1
991 25 Sep Eric Prydz Call On Me 3
992 16 Oct Robbie Williams Radio 1
re 23 Oct Eric Prydz Call On Me 2
993 6 Nov Ja Rule featuring R Kelly & Ashanti Wonderful 1
994 13 Nov Eminem Just Lose It 1
995 20 Nov U2 Vertigo 1
996 27 Nov Girls Aloud I'll Stand By You 2
997 11 Dec Band Aid 20 Do They Know It's Christmas? 4

2005
998 8 Jan Steve Brookstein Against All Odds 1
999 15 Jan Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock (re-issue) [second time at no. 1] 1
1000 22 Jan Elvis Presley One Night / I Got Stung (re-issue) [second time at no. 1] 1
1001 29 Jan Ciara featuring Petey Pablo Goodies 1
1002 5 Feb Elvis Presley It's Now Or Never (re-issue) [second time at no. 1] 1
1003 12 Feb Eminem Like Toy Soldiers 1
1004 19 Feb U2 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 1
1005 26 Feb Jennifer Lopez Get Right 1
1006 5 Mar Nelly featuring Tim McGraw Over And Over 1
1007 12 Mar Stereophonics Dakota 1
1008 19 Mar McFly All About You / You've Got A Friend 1
1009 26 Mar Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 7
1010 14 May Akon Lonely 2
1011 28 May Oasis Lyla 1
1012 4 Jun Crazy Frog Axel F 4
1013 2 Jul 2Pac featuring Elton John Ghetto Gospel 3
1014 23 Jul James Blunt You're Beautiful 5
1015 27 Aug McFly I'll Be OK 1
1016 3 Sep Oasis The Importance Of Being Idle 1
1017 10 Sep Gorillaz Dare 1
1018 17 Sep Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes Don't Cha 3
1019 8 Oct Sugababes Push The Button 3
1020 29 Oct Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 1
1021 5 Nov Westlife You Raise Me Up 2
1022 19 Nov Madonna Hung Up 3
1023 10 Dec Pussycat Dolls Stickwitu 2
1024 24 Dec Nizlopi The JCB Song 1
1025 31 Dec Shayne Ward That's My Goal 4

2006
1026 28 Jan Arctic Monkeys When The Sun Goes Down 1
1027 4 Feb Notorious BIG featuring Diddy,
Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm Nasty Girl 2
1028 18 Feb Meck featuring Leo Sayer Thunder In My Heart Again 2
1029 4 Mar Madonna Sorry 1
1030 11 Mar Chico It's Chico Time 2
1031 25 Mar Orson No Tomorrow 1
1032 1 Apr Ne-Yo So Sick 1
1033 8 Apr Gnarls Barkley Crazy 9
1034 10 Jun Sandi Thom I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) 1
1035 17 Jun Nelly Furtado Maneater 3
1036 8 Jul Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean Hips Don't Lie 1
1037 15 Jul Lily Allen Smile 2
1038 29 Jul McFly Don't Stop Me Now / Please Please 1
re 5 Aug Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean Hips Don't Lie 4
1039 2 Sep Beyonce featuring Jay-Z Deja Vu 1
1040 9 Sep Justin Timberlake Sexyback 1
1041 16 Sep Scissor Sisters I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 4
1042 14 Oct Razorlight America 1
1043 21 Oct My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade 2
1044 4 Nov McFly Star Girl 1
1045 11 Nov Fedde Le Grand Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 1
1046 18 Nov Westlife The Rose 1
1047 25 Nov Akon featuring Eminem Smack That 1
1048 2 Dec Take That Patience 4
1049 30 Dec Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 4

glad to see marcello has seen the light re beyoncé!

LOVED: hung up

Fedde La Grande
Lily Allen
Gnarls Barkley

but they're anomalies. I don't like anything from 2005 other than Elvis really. And even here, these are songs that I "don't mind" rather than "truly love". Looking even further back, I remember quite liking Groovejet's "Spiller" (or was it the other way round?) but then again, I didn't love it. Then you've got Chef's "Chocolate Salty Balls" in 1999. And the Manics "If You Tolerate This" which I liked but wasn't the best song on that album. Ah here we go - "Beetlebum" and "Your Woman" 1997 - it's like the buses since they're right next to each other.

Was this seriously number one?

I have decided about Fedde Le Grand and he can fuck right off. Beyond sick of the up-and-downy pitchy noise already.

Like - Fedde Le Grand. Actually no, "Patience", but partly cos it was #1 when my son was born.

Love - SexyBack. I like and admire the MCR track but wouldn't say I love it.

xpost Alex in B that's a great run of #1s - lucky US.

Let's have a conversation...using song titles!

Ah, but there are a whole load of perfectly good tunes on there that have been marred by ubiquity. I'm pretty sick and tired of "Crazy" but I liked it first couple of times I heard it.

Yeeps. That's kinda knocking me over with a feather.

I feel kind of goofy doing nitpickery 'this pop song is better than this pop song!' kind of posts

And you're saying this on ILM. ;-)

1. aaliyah - more than a woman
2. madonna - music
3. ciara ft petey pablo - goodies
4. tatu - all the things she said
5. britney spears - everytime
6. madonna - hung up
7. sugababes - freak like me
8. all saints - black coffee
9. usher ft lil jon & ludacris - yeah
10. kylie minogue - slow
11. christina aguilera ft redman - dirrty
12. britney spears - born to make you happy
13. sugababes - round round
14. so solid crew - 21 seconds
15. destiny's child - survivor
16. 3 of a kind - baby cakes
17. destiny's child - independent women part 1
18. beyoncé ft jay-z - crazy in love
19. blu cantrell ft sean paul - breathe
20. jennifer lopez - love don't cost a thing
21. nelly ft kelly rowland - dilemma
22. britney spears - oops! i did it again
23. nelly furtado - maneater
24. christina aguilera - beautiful
25. will young - leave right now
26. justin timberlake ft timbaland - sexyback
27. sugababes - push the button
28. jennifer lopez - get right
29. britney spears - toxic
30. eminem - the real slim shady

I feel kind of goofy doing anything but, these days!

haha! you. could. not. make. it. up.

-- God Bows to Meth

He probably hasn't seen teh video yet.

1. "Slow Jamz" Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
2. "Doesn't Really Matter" Janet Jackson
3. "Stutter" Joe featuring Mystikal
4. "Slow Motion" Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim
5. "Lose Yourself" Eminem
6. "It Wasn't Me" Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent
7. "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule
8. "Confessions Part II" Usher
9. "Get Busy" Sean Paul
10. "My Love" Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
11. "Let Me Love You" Mario
12. "Lean Back" The Terror Squad
13. "Irreplaceable" Beyoncé
14. "What a Girl Wants" Christina Aguilera
15. "We Belong Together" Mariah Carey
16. "My Boo" Usher and Alicia Keys
17. "So Sick" Ne-Yo
18. "Crazy in Love" Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
19. "London Bridge" Fergie
20. "Ridin'" Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone
21. "Hot in Herre" Nelly
22. "Check on It" Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug
23. "Try Again" Aaliyah
24. "Say My Name" Destiny's Child
25. "U Got It" Bad Usher

my god, but this is a terrible, terrible piece of novelty crap. it's 'superman' and 'doop' and 'crazy frog' and that 'slide to the left' tune all over again. I'm astonished to discover it has its supporters here!

Aaliyah – Try Again
Destiny’s Child – Say My Name
J-Lo and Ja Rule – I’m Real
Mary J. – Family Affair
Nelly – Hot in Herre
Nelly and Kelly – Dilemma
50 Cent – In Da Club
Sean Paul – Get Busy
50 Cent – 21 Questions
Beyonce and Jay – Crazy In Love
Ludacris – Stand Up
Twista and the Rest – Slow Jamz (only one week?)
Usher and the Rest – Yeah
Juvenile and Soulja Slim – Slow Motion (I had no idea this had gotten to no. 1)
TS – Lean Back
Usher and Alicia – My Boo
Ciara – Goodies
Snoop – Drop It
Mariah – We Belong Together
Kanye – Gold Digger
D4L – Laffy Taffy
Beyonce – Check On It
Fergie – London Bridge
Justin – Sexyback
Justin – My Love
Beyonce – Irreplaceable

notes: 2005 was BARREN. and i had almost completely blocked out santana's evil reign at the top.

heh. I actually forgot all about that shitty meme dom tried to start in the sandbox.

liked or loved from the 00s, Australia:
Britney - Oops! I Did it Again
Kylie - Spinning Around
Mya - Case Of The Ex (nb I did not hear this until three years later)
Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It?
Kylie - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Tatu - All The Things She Said
R. Kelly - Ignition (remix) (nb I did not hear this until two years later and until RIGHT NOW had no idea it had even been released as a single here let alone had any airplay let alone been number one for four weeks!)
Kylie - Slow
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Britney - Toxic
Usher & pals - Yeah!
Gwen - What You Waiting For
Madonna - Hung Up
Rihanna - SOS
Justin - Sexyback
Shakira - Hips Don't Lie

he has this tendency to pop up on the most inappropriate girly r&b songs, he's like the ultimate boy who never knows when he's not wanted.

there is nothing wrong with 'doop' or the crazy frog, you have to be seriously curmudgeonly to think that there is.

lex and company, you've got a heck of a job convincing me.

(and before Pure Shores, the answer's *cringes* 'D'ya Know What I Mean'...and then 'Beetlebum')

Surprised that song actually hit #1.

I keep hearing people make this kind of comparison and I think it's bonkers. "Fergalicious" is a Frankenstein monster, yes, but it's in a way that feels like it's trying too hard to be one. It's also way less catchy to me. "London Bridge" is such a perfect slab of stupidity, and I don't mean that denigratingly or in a generic "pop is so disposable and that's what's so lovely about it" way - just that it's rare for songs, even ones explicitly about getting stupid at the club or whatever, to actually really capture the vibe and style of people who are getting stupid at the club. Fergie's drunk-ass delivery, the repetition of whole verses, and the forced, bluff-like presentation of confidence and attractiveness - it's a unique little moment I think.

(Of course, I didn't think so at first...)

because of this I'm listening to it for the first time!! AWESOME!!!!

"Crazy Frog" I don't like as much as some but away from the media blitz it's a bouncy version of a good track, so certainly harmless.

(It was a birthday present for Mark S)

bah. kids today and so on.

What I think is wrong with 'Doop': IT'S REALLY ANNOYING

-object of nostalgia
-kind of rushy, at least one time
-shit

If I looked at a US list my answer might be different.

"just a mediocre-but-passable overground electro-house rip. It's defensible in that it might sound 'fresh' to mixmag readers still clinging to the mid-90's (though I don't like it much)."

This is a kinda annoying thing to say though.