QUICK N DIRTY POLL: UK TOP 40 SINGLES FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

2002 is a really stupid year to be nostalgic for.

The Baha Men sure did have a lot of hits for one-hit wonders.

None of the above?

I mean, if it had been any other Oasis track, I might have but I never liked that one.

I can see which might win, but hey,.

No love for "Hero", Mark?

He's not gonna stand here and wait, y'know?

valance ftw

fucking hell, can't believe that prodigy track was so long ago.

god this sucks.
i can't believe i just voted for like the sixth best nelly song ever.

^^^ this.

When Amy Studt's in the top three of any list, you're in problems.

Dee Dee - Forever

Don't remember this /blueski]

"Love at First Sight" and "Hot In Herre" are two of my favorite singles this decade.

"foolish" is actually kinda good.
what is tom deluxe?

I don't know "Hero", or I think I don't.

"Herre", I mean it's still on the playlist! I like it OK, but hey, "Missing it already" hasn't happened.

Really saccharine funky house track.

xp

Eminem vs Nelly vs Scooter

i think this is a good list btw. and dom is fronting re. studt.

FISCHERSPOONER on Top of the Pops?

lol fischerspooner

I liked It Just Won't Do! Maybe more than anything here except Without Me. I had no idea DJ Marky had a hit single

brandy just over liberty x, kylie, holly v, nelly.

haha, didn't see fischerspooner first time round! that's good too. people will still dance to it.

Good trolling by "maria" there.

xxxp

r.i.p. brandy.

I voted for "The Logical Song", it reminds me of what I was doing that summer which was working a series of shit pay factory jobs on the Brackmills industrial estate in Northampton. Northants 96.6 ("The Hot FM") used to rinse that Scooter track to death, and I don't think I ever got bored of it, even when I was putting the heads on Bart Simpson bubblebaths.

nelly please come back to earth.

"Without Me" is the last great Eminem single, my personal "Ass Like That" love aside. "Hot in Herre" is straight memetic genius. "Logical Song" is the sound of drinking til you puke. Liberty X brutally slain by the Halifax's marketing people, sadly.

I voted for "The Logical Song", it reminds me of what I was doing that summer which was working a series of shit pay factory jobs on the Brackmills industrial estate in Northampton. Northants 96.6 ("The Hot FM") used to rinse that Scooter track to death, and I don't think I ever got bored of it, even when I was putting the heads on Bart Simpson bubblebaths.

^^ ah, the pallid masquerade of another ilm oxbridge toff.

i vote liberty x, edging out christina milian on sentiment.

I think all singles should be reviewed in the context of hearing them at 6am in a Wickes warehouse.

strange looking at that list. holly valance was then? 'kiss kiss' feels more 1999ish. and steps had already split up and gone solo? i didn't remember it that way.

I'm having a lot of trouble putting H and Clare in the same charts as The Calling, yeah.

er is nickleback actually popular in the UK too or did "hero" just piggyback spiderman?

it was a spidey thing.

1999-ness ('beau travail' style) is probably why i voted 'kiss kiss'.

unrealted but doesn't that guy from the vines actually have aspergers?

If I was voting on the basis of which track made me choke with laughter every time it came on MTV (which would maybe be legitimate) the Chad Kroeger one would walk this

xpost yes, why?

In addition to the success associated with his band Saliva, Scott garnered fame from a duet with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback. Together, they wrote and performed "Hero", which was used as one of the theme songs to the 2002 film Spider-Man. He made a cameo appearance on Jay-Z's "Takeover" on his 2001 album The Blueprint. He has also been in two songs with Lil Wyte, "Homicidal, Suicidal" where he sings the chorus and "Crazy" where he sings the chorus and first verse. He also performed with Three Six Mafia in the song "Gettin Fucked Up".

He made a cameo appearance on Jay-Z's "Takeover" on his 2001 album The Blueprint.

whaaaaaaaaaaaa?

also i would pay up to 300 dollars to be in the studio while josey scott and lil wyte are working together.

xxpost dom brought it up in the intro to the poll.

not some J$NOT aspie bullshit

Just for the record, I don't suffer from Asperger syndrome (as far as I know). Multiple Sclerosis, on the other hand, yes--diagnosed in 1996, if you must know. AS, no. But thanks for the kind words, Dom. Keep up the good work.

played the top track vs the bottom track (2nd top vs 2nd bottom and so on) in knockout style:

final 20:
Gareth Gates - Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)
Scooter - The Logical Song
Elvis Vs Jxl - A Little Less Conversation
Ashanti - Foolish
Jennifer Lopez - I'm Gonna Be Alright
Nelly - Hot In Herre
Christina Milian - When You Look At Me
Chad Kroeger Featuring Josey Scott - Hero
Eminem - Without Me
Tim Deluxe Featuring Sam Obernik - It Just Won't Do
DJ Marky And XRS Featuring Stamina MC - LK (Carolina Carol Bela)
Kelly Llorenna - Tell It To My Heart
Baha Men - Move It Like This
Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper
Fischerspooner - Emerge
Alicia Keys - How Come You Don't Call Me
Atomic Kitten - It's OK!
Jamiroquai - Corner Of The Earth
Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight
Brandy - Full Moon

final 10:
Brandy - Full Moon
Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight
Elvis Vs Jxl - A Little Less Conversation
Ashanti - Foolish
Alicia Keys - How Come You Don't Call Me
Fischerspooner - Emerge
Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper
Baha Men - Move It Like This
Eminem - Without Me
DJ Marky And XRS Featuring Stamina MC - LK (Carolina Carol Bela)

final 5:
DJ Marky And XRS Featuring Stamina MC - LK (Carolina Carol Bela)
Eminem - Without Me
Elvis Vs Jxl - A Little Less Conversation (worst surviving track thus eliminated)
Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper
Fischerspooner - Emerge

final:
Fischerspooner - Emerge
Eminem - Without Me

'Without Me' wins on penalties

(I don't have AS)

AS like that?

please stop

^^^ this

Yes, 'Emerge' and 'Without Me' are in my final too, but here the Fischerspooner guys shoots the penalties much better.

they played better, deserved to win etc. - dubious sending off of lead singer's spandex breeches etc.

I heard "Emerge" emerge from the PA in "Wet and Wild" Florida, earlier this year.

Good top 40 to pick, I suppose. Whereas most charts look better with retrospect, this one seemed better at the time than it does now.

I don't like any of the records listed! Not one!

Hot in herre. Only one I like.

Not a single awful indie guitar band (as Oasis by this point are stadium rock) in the entire chart!

I voted Emerge, but just cos I didn't notice Hot in Herre. I really lik Just Won't Do, too.

It's not a bad chart, really. Lots of versions of what pop is.

lik = like, I guess

It's still mostly awful, mind.

Idlewild = indie guitar band

Idlewild had turned into an REM tribute band by this point, I'm agreeing with JTS's analysis.

it's all a lot less tasteful than the charts seem to be these days. guardianistas not diggin the itunes yet?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I kinda assumed "one" person would do a wacky vote for "Hero".

po-faced fucking shit.

anti-popist result shock.

xxpot spidey forgot to log in to ILM today i guess lol.

can't believe fischerspooner got 9 votes and 'it just won't do' got none. people hate dancing :(

Actually, in retrospect I'd vote Liberty X - Just a little. For being way better than it should be.

ILM chocka with cock-rockists shocka

surprised at just the one vote for kylie. and i love 'emerge' but...people remembering it in 2007, wtf.

there are lots of "second-rate/forgotten songs by brilliant artists" in that list. alicia keys, mis-teeq, the milian, j-lo. each of their best would have walked this. (for me, anyway.)

'Without Me' wins on penalties
-- blueski

"Eminem wins on penalties" --'d have an even funnier ring to it! :)

people hate dancing :(

uh 'hot in herre' came second you know. ILM just hates cheesy ibeefa house.

nrq do you dance? i can't imagine nrq dancing.

top 3 to dance to here are 'just a little', 'hot in herre' and 'emerge'

ILM just hates cheesy ibeefa house.

-- blueski, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

the rockism that dare not speak its name

we should have a BRASS HOUSE poll.