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OCC/ITV: VOTE for Billie Jean as Best #1 single in UK [Voting closed]

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Voted, good luck to Michael! :D
 
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Keep voting for King MJ, everyone! :)
 
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Voted again :love: I wanna see the end result already
 
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I had both my parents vote for Michael. :D
 
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SimplyMagic said:
I had both my parents vote for Michael. :D
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:clapping: Any chance you could get your grandparents to vote for Michael too?
 
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We almost did it. Billie Jean was number 2 :(

Queen beat us this time.
 
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Bohemian Rhapsody won! Yay! Billie Jean is second which is also great.

Gotta be fair and say BoRhap deserved this one. One of the best songs in history written by the great Freddie Mercury and performed by one of the greatest bands in rock music history and without a doubt the best British rock band in history, the legendary Queen. :D

Billie Jean being second seems pretty fair too, considering this is the UK.

T.N.A. said:
As far as I'm concerned, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the best single of all time in the UK. Not to mention they're British, which makes things even more relevant. Michael had his singles chart all over the world and quite frankly they deserved to, but Bohemian Rhapsody was a turning point in British rock and was truly groundbreaking. Then you have John Lennon's "Imagine" and The Beatles "Hey Jude", which are also huge and important singles in British music history too and also deserve a top5 spot.
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I cant slight Queens Bohemian Rhapsody either. That was an awesome song and after all it was a british Poll so Billie Jean being 2nd is still a great win for MJ. We fans had a lot of stiff competion and we did a great job and should be proud of Michael song and ourselves. :clapping: We know in reality Michael's great accomplishements are 2nd to none.
 
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Yay, 2nd place? well like everyone has said here, it's a UK poll so this is a pretty good result! :kickass: Plus, who doesn't love Bohemian Rhapsody? I know I DO! congratulations to Queen and of course our Michael! he's still making us proud and always will :kickass: :clapping:
 
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Michael's Billie Jean was in good company. There were only two acts on top ten list that I didn't agree with, but otherwise it was ok.
"The 1975 single, which sold over one million copies during its five-week stint at Number One, saw off strong competition from Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean', which was narrowly in second place."

Billie Jean was second because I run out ideas for make up names and emails:D


This is the song Quincy didn't want to put on Thriller album 30 years ago.
Michael knew what he was doing and the song is still holding test of time.
 
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Luckily, the votes of the Beatles' fans were splitted between the band and John Lennon. If there was only "Hey Jude", maybe they would have won and Billie Jean would stop at #3.
 
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In 2002 Billie Jean ended 88th and that year the poll was only UK on all the number ones:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2425623.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2426865.stm ( or http://web.archive.org/web/20080924...officialcharts.com/stats-your_top_singles.php )

In 2006, there was also an albums poll (with the same methodology of 2002) and Michael had very good positions with Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and HIStory.

http://web.archive.org/web/20080915110926/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/stats-your_top_albums.php
 
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Bo raps a worthy winner. good that the top two were classics and not some rubbish
 
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Can someone post the top ten? I've tried looking on ITV's website but can't find the result :wacko:
 
thrillerchild;3671177 said:
Can someone post the top ten? I've tried looking on ITV's website but can't find the result :wacko:
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1 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
3 Adele - Someone Like You
4 Oasis - Don’t Look Back In Anger
5 The Beatles - Hey Jude
6 John Lennon - Imagine
7 Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time
8 Abba - Dancing Queen
9 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
10 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
11 Take That - Back For Good
12 The Human League - Don't You Want Me
13 Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
14 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
15 David Bowie - Space Oddity
16 Madonna - Like a Prayer
17 Spice Girls - Wannabe
18 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
19 Blondie - Heart Of Glass
20 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
21 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
22 George Michael - Careless Whisper
23 Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
24 The Police - Every Breath You Take
25 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
26 Procul Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
27 Abba - The Winner Takes It All
28 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful Worl
29 Madona - Vogue
30 The Kinks - You Really Got Me
31 Lady Gaga - Poker Face
32 Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella
33 The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
34 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 u
35 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
36 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
37 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
38 The Jam - Going Underground
39 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
40 Adam AND The Ants - Stand And Deliver
41 Rod Stewart - Maggie May
42 The Righteous Brother - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
43 Eminem - Stan
44 Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand 1963 (Brian)
45 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
46 The Animals - House of The Rising Sun (Brian and Roger)
47 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
48 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
49 Ben E King - Stand By Me
50 R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 1991
51 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
52 The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
53 Coolio ft L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise
54 10cc - I'm Not In Love
55 The Prodigy - Firestarter
56 The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
57 Fugees - Killing Me Softly
58 Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
59 Ian Drury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
60 Dizzy Rascal - Bonkers
 
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Although Billie Jean placed second, I can't really argue with Bohemian Rhapsody getting first. Freddie Mercury does however have Michael to thank for persuading him to release ''Another one bites the dust'. Good work mjfam.
 
T.N.A.;3671183 said:
1 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
3 Adele - Someone Like You
4 Oasis - Don’t Look Back In Anger
5 The Beatles - Hey Jude
6 John Lennon - Imagine
7 Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time
8 Abba - Dancing Queen
9 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
10 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
11 Take That - Back For Good
12 The Human League - Don't You Want Me
13 Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
14 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
15 David Bowie - Space Oddity
16 Madonna - Like a Prayer
17 Spice Girls - Wannabe
18 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
19 Blondie - Heart Of Glass
20 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
21 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
22 George Michael - Careless Whisper
23 Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
24 The Police - Every Breath You Take
25 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
26 Procul Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
27 Abba - The Winner Takes It All
28 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful Worl
29 Madona - Vogue
30 The Kinks - You Really Got Me
31 Lady Gaga - Poker Face
32 Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella
33 The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
34 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 u
35 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
36 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
37 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
38 The Jam - Going Underground
39 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
40 Adam AND The Ants - Stand And Deliver
41 Rod Stewart - Maggie May
42 The Righteous Brother - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
43 Eminem - Stan
44 Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand 1963 (Brian)
45 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
46 The Animals - House of The Rising Sun (Brian and Roger)
47 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
48 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
49 Ben E King - Stand By Me
50 R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 1991
51 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
52 The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
53 Coolio ft L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise
54 10cc - I'm Not In Love
55 The Prodigy - Firestarter
56 The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
57 Fugees - Killing Me Softly
58 Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
59 Ian Drury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
60 Dizzy Rascal - Bonkers
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Ten would have done :p lol
 
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~Lindsey~ said:
Although Billie Jean placed second, I can't really argue with Bohemian Rhapsody getting first. Freddie Mercury does however have Michael to thank for persuading him to release ''Another one bites the dust'. Good work mjfam.
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Actually Queen, particularly John Deacon, who wrote the song. And by the way, the song was 'stolen' by someone who the guys knew at the time and that guy played it on his radio station all night. All of the sudden people kept requesting it even though it wasn't officially a single or anything. At some point, a couple of 'black' station in New York picked it up and played the song a lot thinking that the band were also black, partly due to the style of the song which was very funk and dance oriented at the time.

Michael mentioned to the guys to release it as a single but they were kinda skeptical about it, especially since the song barely made it on the album to begin with. However, as a result of the recent events at that time, the band found out of the song's popularity and obviously released it as a single, to capitalize on its success.

thrillerchild said:
Ten would have done :p lol
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Haha, I saw the list posted on QueenOnline so i just copy+pasted everything, lol. :p I'm lazy, I know.
 
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Bubs said:
"The 1975 single, which sold over one million copies during its five-week stint at Number One, saw off strong competition from Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean', which was narrowly in second place."

Billie Jean was second because I run out ideas for make up names and emails:D
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Rats, shame bjean didn't win. Can't imagine the nationality of the artist should make any difference in these polls. MJ is so often marginalised in the media which is why i wd have like to have seen him win this, but 2nd is impressive.

Programme is on itv player (for uk viewers). Haven't watched it yet, but suppose mj will be near the end, http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=321396
 
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