the biggest No. 2 hits that never topped the Hot 100

lotta good offbeat choices that i wanna rep for but find it hard to see past "Louie Louie"

poor chingy

Louie Louie vs. Ignition (Remix) vs. Work It

if Chingy is poor it's his own fault! he was probably the last rapper in history to go multi-platinum without anyone really giving a shit about him.

lol voting Rosanna

"Crazy"

whoomp

this would be a great mixtape except for "Ignition (Remix)"

lol you really gotta bend over backwards to pretend that's the worst song here

Electric Avenue

I didn't say it was the worst song, I said I don't want it on my mixtape

fuck R Kelly

Rosanna

some dude rollin' his eyes, got every dan in here dissin'

got every dan in here pissin'

it kind of annoys me that this list was measured purely by if a song was at #2 for 5 weeks or longer -- other songs that ranked higher than some of these on Billboard's end of decade list that peaked at #2 for a shorter period of time:

Lifehouse - "Hanging By A Moment"
Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Get Low"
Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"
Nickelback - "Photograph"
Eve f/ Gwen Stefani - "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
Chris Brown - "Forever"

changing my vote to 'photograph'

lol "Photograph"

baker street, duh

Before I had heard "Return to Sender", I had misread it as "Return to Snyder" and thought maybe Elvis was giving it back to a German pal.

You really have to give credit for not just getting only as far as No. 2, but to also make it as the No.2 song of the year as well.

Man, that was a long summer.

To Tag Team, that would be.

top 10: louie louie > rosanna > electric avenue > bad romance > baker street > hate it or love it > shake it off > 1, 2 step > without me > ignition

baker street easy

juxtaposition of Rosanna's keyboard/guitar solo and Porcaro switching to ride cymbal puts it over the top IMO

i dont think i ever knew Donna Lewis's name.

its kind of a singer songwriter adult contemp vibe, but i always thought of it as a house song O_O

hey some dude, are you updating wikipedia entries now?

"I Don't Wanna Know" is the title of a song by American R&B artist Mario Winans, featuring a rap by P. Diddy and sampling from Enya's song "Boadicea". It reached number-one in the United Kingdom and in Netherlands, and #2 (for 8 consecutive weeks) in the United States, and remains Winans' only major success to date. Its eight weeks at #2 also put the song in joint fifth place for the most weeks at #2 by a song which did not go to #1, behind Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You", Missy Elliott's "Work It", Donna Lewis's "I Love You Always Forever" and Shania Twain's "You're Still the One".

too bad "Don't Dream It's Over" didn't make it

I may have to vote for Foreigner over "Baker Street."

ho boy there are definitely muuuuch bigger chart freaks than me who do that stuff. god help me if i ever create a wiki editor account, i hope someone stages an intervention if i ever choose to spend my time that way.

Chris Brown obv

The Foreigner track is heavenly. Did Mutt Lange ever do anything else that sounded like that?

wth spottie

Thomas Dolby played those beautiful synths

ha, not seriously, of course. xp

Probably a toss up between 'Whoomp There It Is' or 'Hate It Or Love It'

Dolby! I had no idea

I usually don't do this, but I'm not voting for Ignition (Remix) but instead picking Electric Avenue.

for no reason at all I just listened to "Romancing the Stone" and it's great.

The Eddy Grant 80s hits are all pretty great.

ignition vs. baker street imo

Gotta be Louie Louie.

ranked on-the-spot:

hate it or love it
baker street
waiting for a girl like you
louie louie
gangnam style
bad romance
you make me wanna
return to sender

that Shai song is p good too

Yeah, "Gangnam Shtyle" is my jam.

Not all that many that I like. "Work It" #1, "One Call Away" runner-up. "Louie, Louie"'s great (I think Dave Marsh investigated and found out it needs a comma), but there are garage songs I like better. I don't want to jump the gun on "Gangnam Style" until the PSY epoch is over.

"Louie, Louie"'s great (I think Dave Marsh investigated and found out it needs a comma)

seriously cracking up thinking about this.

I sort of feel like anyone who was in their early 20s in 1993 is obligated by shared experience to vote for Tag Team

Dave Marsh, outed as Scalia-ite originalist

His Louie[,]Louie book is great. Fascinating history of the song including, but not limited to, the fact that Richard Berry's original had the comma in the title.

Surprised not to see "Material Girl" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", which are bigger classics than most #1's. Oh and "Express Yourself" too.
Anyway I love both Missy songs, but I gotta give it to "Bad Romance" cause I can't believe it didn't go to #1 on Billboard. It seemed like the biggest song of the DECADE.

Kind of surprised Creedence isn't on the list(s). Didn't they have a bunch of #2 singles?

good call

They had four #2s ("Proud Mary," "Green River," "Bad Moon Rising," "Lookin' Out My Back Door") but no idea how long any of them stayed at #2.

they may have been cranking out hits so quick none of them had a chance to get lodged

haha, yeah. I was actually surprised to learn that "Green River" was one of their #2s, but not "Down On The Corner" (which stalled out at #3).

is there a thread or blog entry i can read to understand perry's hatred of r kelly? i usually just rme at his irrational hatreds chalking it up to some weird problem he has with singing technique, but kells is obv a great singer. it's because he peed on somebody?

― chief beef (k3vin k.), Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:56 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did you need to use a rn here or

you'll notice in general that a disproportionately large number of songs that stayed at #2 (or #1 or #3) for a long time are from the '90s onward, things moved a bit quicker in CCR's day

"DJP" posted under his full name for like a billion years and even now just goes by initials, i think for a lot of people here referring to him by real name is more force of habit than anything else

oh yeah i didn't mean that as a dis or anything, mods can change that if it's a problem

idk man k3v has a... history on these boards of using ppl's rn's, and usually when people refer to DJP by his real name it's his first

just scratching my chin here

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gW3jvVVXsf8/SAeLJGVNqFI/AAAAAAAABIc/wMiwgQY6wsU/s320/StevePerry_SeparateWays.jpg

also kinda surprised 'green river' was one of the #2s, if you'd given me ten guesses for ccr's #2s i'd have guessed the other three immediately and might not have ever guessed 'green river'.

http://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/photos/image_20120202/R-Kelly.jpghttp://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/photos/image_20120202/Katy-Perry.jpg

yeah i don't know why kells would call anyone by their last name, that's not something that sarge or ships or whiney would do

clearly goon rules should apply to all of ilx

obama's america

idk man k3v has a... history on these boards of using ppl's rn's, and usually when people refer to DJP by his real name it's his first

― 乒乓, Saturday, November 17, 2012 7:24 PM (16 minutes ago)

lol wth is your problem dude

anyway i think DJP will be even more upset by the fact that i'm considering voting for "what's luv"

'i love you always forever' is the realness, how could i have forgotten for so long

clearly goon rules should apply to all of ilx

― 乒乓, Saturday, November 17, 2012 7:39 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you're the one scratching your chin HOW INTERESTING that a goon was talkin like a goon

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kktVGfHAgTU/0.jpg

you got me, pardner *falls, dies*

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc171/xoxox0/irockstarz/graphics/lil-wayne/01/34.gif

Lotta good songs here. Wouldn't change the channel on any of these:

Missy Elliott - "Work It"
Shania Twain - "You're Still The One"
Donna Lewis - "I Love You Always Forever"
PSY - "Gangnam Style"
Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
Fat Joe f/ Ashanti - "What's Luv?"
Tag Team - "Whoomp! (There It Is)"
Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa - "Payphone"
Sheryl Crow - "All I Wanna Do"
Gerry Rafferty - "Baker Street"
The Kingsmen - "Louie Louie"
Akon f/ Eminem - "Smack That"
R. Kelly - "Ignition (Remix)"
Eminem - "Without Me"
Eddy Grant - "Electric Avenue"
Toto - "Rosanna"

Top tier is something like:

Missy Elliott - "Work It"
Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
The Kingsmen - "Louie Louie"
R. Kelly - "Ignition (Remix)"
Eddy Grant - "Electric Avenue"
Toto - "Rosanna"

Voting R. Kelly narrowly over the Kingsmen.

never heard "louie louie" before tonight and WOW

HOw old are you k3vin k? Older than 10?

wtf

Sort of jealous--would be happy to travel back to the day before I first heard "Louie, Louie."

kev do you have a dropbox? i wanna put you onto this joint called "twinkle twinkle little star"

1.	The Simpsons (1989 TV Series)
Episode: Homer Goes to College (1993)
Louie Louie: by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
2.	The Simpsons (1989 TV Series)
Episode: Kill the Alligator and Run (2000)
Louie Louie: (uncredited)
Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
3.	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 TV Series)
Episode: Band Candy (1998)
Louie Louie: (uncredited)
Performed by The Kingsmen
4.	Knight and Day (2010)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of Kingsmen International Licensing, Inc.
5.	Old School (2003)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Black Flag
Courtesy of SST Records
6.	My Name Is Earl (2005 TV Series)
Episode: The Professor (2006)
Louie, Louie: Performed by The Kingsmen
7.	Animal House (1978)
Louie Louie: Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of Springboard International Records, Inc.
8.	Wild Things (1998)
Louie, Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Iggy Pop
Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.
9.	This Is England (2006)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Toots & The Maytals
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
World Wide Music
(p) 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
Licensed Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
10.	The Wonder Years (1988 TV Series)
Episode: Dance with Me (1988)
Louie Louie: Performed by The Kingsmen
11.	American Graffiti (1973)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids
Produced by Kim Fowley
Courtesy of Roulette Records
12.	Friday Night Lights (2004)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
13.	My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
14.	The A-Team (1983 TV Series)
Episode: The Theory of Revolution (1986)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
15.	Bobby (2006)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Demi Moore
Produced by Richard Walters
Musical Conductor Denny Seiwell
Arrangements by Dell Hake (as Ardel Hake)
16.	Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
LOUIE, LOUIE: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of Original Sound Record Co., Inc.
17.	Dave (1993)
Louie Louie: (1955)
Written by Richard Berry
18.	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Louie, Louie: (1955)
Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Rice University Marching Owl Band
Courtesy of Rhino Records, Inc.
19.	Northern Exposure (1990 TV Series)
Episode: Pilot (1990)
Louie, Louie: Performed by Richard Berry
20.	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009 Documentary)
Louie Louie II: Original song written by Richard Berry
Performed by Iggy Pop
Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.
Under license from EMI Film & TV Music
21.	Blood Simple. (1984)
Louie Louie: By Richard Berry
Performed by Toots & The Maytals (as Toots and the Maytals)
Courtesy of Island Records
22.	Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Richard Berry & The Pharoahs
(c) 1957 Renewed EMI Longitude Music Co.
Courtesy of Ace Records Ltd. c/o Original Sound Entertainment
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Iggy Pop
(c) 1957 Renewed EMI Longitude Music Co.
Courtesy of Virgin Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
23.	24 Hour Party People (2002)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Performed by Dave Gorman
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Published by EMI Publishing Ltd
Performed by The Factory Allstars
24.	Wayne's World 2 (1993)
LOUIE, LOUIE: By Richard Berry
Performed and Produced by Robert Plant
Robert Plant performs courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. / Phonogram Limited
25.	Quadrophenia (1979)
Louie, Louie: Performed by The Kingsmen
Published by Springboard International Records Inc.
26.	Man of the House (1995)
Louie, Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of Highland Music, Inc.
By Arrangement with Rhino Records
27.	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009 TV Series)
Episode: Episode #1.410 (2011)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry (uncredited)
Performed by Howard Stern and The Roots
28.	Designing Women (1986 TV Series)
Episode: Oh, Brother (1988)
Louie Louie: by Richard Berry
29.	Designing Women (1986 TV Series)
Episode: Of Human Bondage (1992)
Louie Louie: Music and Lyrics by Richard Berry
30.	Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988 TV Series)
Episode: The Projected Man (1998)
Louie Louie: (uncredited)
Written by Richard Berry
31.	Down Periscope (1996)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
32.	Cybill (1995 TV Series)
Episode: The Little Drummer Girls (1996)
Louie Louie: (uncredited)
Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Cybill Shepherd, Christine Baranski, Alicia Witt & Dedee Pfeiffer
33.	Jennifer Eight (1992)
Louie Louie: by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of Highland Music by arrangement with Sounds of Film
34.	Guy X (2005)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
35.	Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Louie, Louie: Performed by Richard Berry
36.	Say It Isn't So (2001)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of The Kingsmen and Original Sound Entertainment
37.	A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
Louie, Louie: Written by Richard Berry
38.	20 to 1 (2005 TV Series)
Episode: Scene-Stealing Songs (2009)
Louie Louie: Performed by The Kingsmen
Composed by Richard Berry
Gusto Records
Louie Louie: Performed by Iggy Pop
Composed by Richard Berry and Iggy Pop
EMI Music
Louie Louie: Performed by Motörhead
Composed by Richard Berry
EMI Music
39.	Nightmares (1983)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Black Flag
40.	Coupe de Ville (1990)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Louie Louie: (House Mix by Young M.C.)
Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen, Richard Berry, Rice University Marching Owl Band (as The Rice University Marching Owl Band), 
The Sandpipers, Les Dantz & His Orchestra
41.	Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Jack Ely
Played on the radio at the garage
42.	Passed Away (1992)
Louie Louie: Words and Music by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of Original Sound Record Co., Inc.
43.	The Best Possible Taste (2012 TV Movie)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
44.	Shindig! (1964 TV Series)
Episode: Episode #2.11 (1965)
"Louie Louie'
Written by Richard Berry (III)' (uncredited)
Performed by The Kingsmen
45.	Shindig! (1964 TV Series)
Episode: Episode #1.41 (1965)
Louie, Louie: Performed by The Kingsmen
46.	The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987 TV Movie)
Louie, Louie: (uncredited)
Written by Richard Berry
47.	La bande du drugstore (2002)
Louie Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Full Spirits
48.	Hollywood a Go Go (1964 TV Series)
Episode: Episode #1.57 (1966)
Louie, Louie: Performed by The Kingsmen
49.	Tijuana Blue (1972)
Louie Louie: (uncredited)
Performed by The Kingsmen
50.	Sputnik (1989 TV Series)
Episode: Company de viatge (2008)
Louie, Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Iggy Pop
Louie, Louie: Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Le Petit Ramon

heh :/

i mean i guess i must have heard it before

how in the hell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwXxx7hLFJM

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lol ILX

paging k3vin...

There's no way I was the only one to vote Tag Team.

i don't even know what's "lol ILX" about that, those are pretty solid results

Agreed! That's an awesome mixtape top ten.

some real head-scratchers in the 1-vote section, though

I voted tag team, idk what happened?

whoomp happens

ILX System knows you guys know that's totally not the best song here and intervened

I think ILX System needs to look up what "Number 2" can also mean.

poop there it is

I am certain I voted Tag Team

Whoomp! (No You Didn't)

hahaha