UK No 2s of 2009

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there are at least a couple of genuine, no-caveats awesome songs in this list

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Taylor Swift - Love Story	12
Kid Cudi vs. Crookers - Day 'N' Nite	10
Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind	6
La Roux - In For The Kill	6
Rihanna - Russian Roulette	5
Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror	2
Robbie Williams - Bodies	2
The Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough	2
Joe McElderry - The Climb	2
The Saturdays - Forever Is Over	1
Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West - Supernova	1
Leona Lewis - Run	1
Sugababes - Get Sexy	0
The Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)	0
Westlife - What About Now	0
Leona Lewis - Happy	0
James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings	0

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 10:48 (fifteen years ago)

kid cudi/crookers! taylor swift! rihanna! the three songs making the case that pop in 2009 maybe didn't suck 100%.

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 10:49 (fifteen years ago)

coodi

― otm da hoosmarker (The Reverend), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:20 (fifteen years ago)

Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

??? Did this get back on the charts because MJ died? Why this particular single?

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:23 (fifteen years ago)

yes, and...i don't think anyone worked out why.

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:25 (fifteen years ago)

Some real crackers here: Kid Cudi, Taylor Swift, Jay-Z and Rihanna are all superb. Affection also for The Noisettes, La Roux and Mr Hudson.

It's between "Day 'N' Nite" and "Russian Roulette".

"Russian Roulette" gets it.

― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:25 (fifteen years ago)

I think "Man of the Mirror" was chosen cos it had that introspective/retrospective vibe to it but still upbeat enough to not be purely maudlin plus it's from his most commercially successful era.

I will vote La Roux here because although I get why so many peeps hate it I think it's a good record, in its slightly brutal strident shrieky way, plus I make a point of never watching or reading interviews with pop stars.

― when i was your age i was thinking about how to kill people (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:29 (fifteen years ago)

don't like any of these more than some of the #1s except Day n' Nite but that's an 08 song to me so abstein (or reluctantly vote La Roux for the passable Skream mix)

― mdskltr (blueski), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:38 (fifteen years ago)

Although it is an old one, voting Michael Jackson because it's one of his best ever songs.

La Roux and Robbie Williams also gr8.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 23:27 (fifteen years ago)

Why this particular single?

It did very well here too. Probably because it wasn't all that much of a huge hit back then. It was a US #1, but the more sales oriented European hitlists didn't make it that much of a big hit, because most people already had the "Bad" album anyway.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 23:28 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

i get anyone disliking it but "man in the mirror" is my fave, too. the verse melody is so extended, just goes on and on without repeating then breaks into the chorus effortlessly over a sweet bass-line.

― taoiseachizown (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 01:14 (fifteen years ago)

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

― System, Thursday, 31 December 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

well done taylor!

rihanna should have got more votes

― lex pretend, Thursday, 31 December 2009 07:38 (fifteen years ago)

this is a decent list - "love story" is top 20 single of the decade i think

― Queef Latina (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 December 2009 07:51 (fifteen years ago)

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