1998 UK Official Charts Number One Hits SURVIVOR (Round 3 - Vote to EVICT)

[Haiku Rewrites]

End of an era for those no longer wanted. For 8 songs, the ride is finished.

17 songs move on to Round 3! And as with last edition, this is now when we have the first vote to evict! Who will survive?

Results:
18. B*Witched - Rollercoaster (27th September) - Round 2 (28.9%)
19. Usher - You Make Me Wanna... (25th January) - Round 2 (26.3%)
19. All Saints - Under The Bridge (3rd May) - Round 2 (26.3%)
21. Robbie Williams - Millenium (13th September) - Round 2 (23.7%)
22. All Saints - Lady Marmalade (3rd May) - Round 2 (18.4%)
22. Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground (19th July) - Round 2 (18.4%)
22. All Saints - Bootie Call (6th September) - Round 2 (18.4%)
25. Space Dust - Gym and Tonic (18th October) - Round 2 (13.2%)
26. Another Level - Freak Me (12th July) - Round 1 (25.9%)
27. Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions (14th June) - Round 1 (22.2%)
28. Oasis - All Around The World (18th January) - Round 1 (18.5%)
28. Billie - Girlfriend (11th October) - Round 1 (18.5%)
30. Boyzone - No Matter What (9th August) - Round 1 (14.8%)
31. Chef - Chocolate Salty Balls (27th December) - Round 1 (7.4%)
32. Boyzone - All That I Need (26th April) - Round 1 (3.7%)

A switch of mode this time! In this round, you are VOTING TO ELIMINATE the songs you want out. You can vote for up to 7 songs. At the end of this round, the 5 songs with the most votes will be eliminated from Survivor 1999.

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

I can feel already there's going to some dissatisfaction in the vote-outs.

 

[Inner Smile]

I Want You Back

 

[straightorbroken]

What a shame to lose Rollercoaster, it remains adorably light and fluffy.

 

[Diddy]

Painful, but that means I like almost everything left (and a fair few eliminated)

But I’m sure I’ll still get cross by the end

 

[Rita]

I could only eliminate 2. It’s all killer no filler now, really.

 

[Nowoco]

I could only eliminate 2. It’s all killer no filler now, really.

This. I Want You Back and C'est La Vie were the only two I could vote out.

 

[Loufoque]

What a year!

I realised I don't have the BBC Perfect Day - it doesn't seem to be on streaming at all!

 

[Suomi]

Surprised to see votes for It’s Like That, there’s a moreish quality to it that makes it’s long run at number 1 unsurprising

I voted for Goodbye - years of destroying their legacy have made me totally unwilling to buy into a narrative song like this. Most of their singles remain objectively 10/10 moments, but whining about Geri leaving is not one of them.

 

[Diddy]

Surprised to see votes for It’s Like That, there’s a moreish quality to it that makes it’s long run at number 1 unsurprising

I voted for Goodbye - years of destroying their legacy have made me totally unwilling to buy into a narrative song like this. Most of their singles remain objectively 10/10 moments, but whining about Geri leaving is not one of them.

It’s a revenge vote for stopping Stop

 

[Mike(y) W]

Surprised to see votes for It’s Like That

I KNOW!! Especially when the dirge-fest that is 'Never Ever' only has two votes at the current time of posting (one of which is mine).

 

[Pipo]

Billie going out before anything B*Witched did is atrocious.

 

[Pipo]

It’s a revenge vote for stopping Stop

If Stop was eligible for this survivor it would be a nice contender for #1

 

[Mike(y) W]

Billie going out before anything B*Witched did is atrocious.

They're both equally awful (hence my votes), but I did quite like 'To You I Belong' at the time.

 

[straightorbroken]

Not to be anal, but Goodbye was written before Geru left.

I felt bad letting go of PD. Have we not done a favourite solo poll for it?

 

[Inner Smile]

Goodbye is STUNNING, I won't hear a bad word about it

Can't believe all the votes for Billie, Because We Want To is a bop x

 

[Madison]

They need to put BBC Perfect Day in more karaoke places, ideally with the artists’ names in square brackets at the beginning of each section.

 

[Madison]

Pleasantly surprised to see no paedophiles or otherwise cancelled celebrities in Perfect Day.

 

[Mike(y) W]

Because We Want To is a bop

Whereas to me, it is by FAR the most irritatingly annoying track in that list.

 

[Inner Smile]

@Pipo I need back up here

 

[VV]

Pleasantly surprised to see no paedophiles or otherwise cancelled celebrities in Perfect Day.

True - although Bono should be cancelled just for being a C***

 

[Rita]

Goodbye is STUNNING, I won't hear a bad word about it

Can't believe all the votes for Billie, Because We Want To is a bop x

My like was for GOODBYE. Because We Want To can BOP OFF.

 

[Rita]

They need to put BBC Perfect Day in more karaoke places, ideally with the artists’ names in square brackets at the beginning of each section.

Would you give it a turn?

 

[Rita]

On the subject of BILLIE PIPER I think I always preferred Girlfriend, and Honey to the Bee from her debut, although of course she surpassed that later with Day & Night and Something Deep Inside (at the time).

 

[Rita]

Day & Night still sounds FANTASTIC to these ears now.

 

[straightorbroken]

Not feeling very mo'ivated by some of these votes.

 

[funky]

Oh I HATE that Cornershop song so much

And the Manics one. I’ve learnt to appreciate the Manics in my old age.. but not that track

 

[straightorbroken]

James Dean Beadfield up until 1998 was one hunk o' spunk that's for sure. Although I don't think I'd turn him down at any point.

 

[Madison]

Would you give it a turn?

I’d pass the mic around as long as it comes back to me before the Heather Small/Sir Tom Jones/Heather Small ending.

 

[dmlaw]

What a year!

I realised I don't have the BBC Perfect Day - it doesn't seem to be on streaming at all!

Apparently the Pop Music Activism people tried but were told that it was unrealeasable commercially due to the specific permissions required for Children In Need at the time.

 

[Diddy]

If Stop was eligible for this survivor it would be a nice contender for #1

I wouldn’t go that far

I guess I was a real chart loon then, I would have grudges if a song I really liked was blocked. I do sort of like It’s Like That now

I did the same with hating the Ignition Remix, but I guess I was on the right side of history with that

 

[Lucille]

Indie’s votes are a hate crime.

 

[Mike(y) W]

Indie’s votes are a hate crime.

I have to disagree as I pretty much approve of most of them.

 

[funky]

I predict a Cher/Madonna final, with "Turn Back Time" as the dark horse. I'll be OK with that.

 

[Diddy]

I predict a Cher/Madonna final, with "Turn Back Time" as the dark horse. I'll be OK with that.

But Turn Back Time is from the 80s!

Poor funky is getting confused again. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS?

 

[funky]

But Turn Back Time is from the 80s!

Poor funky is getting confused again. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS?

Are you DRUNK?

 

[Diddy]

Are you DRUNK?

I was doing a BIT! OMF confuses Cher songs etc

 

[RJN]

I don't love Goodbye or Viva Forever, but I LOVE Stop

 

[funky]

I was doing a BIT! OMF confuses Cher songs etc

I really didn't though

Better to focus on the times when I am ACTUALLY confused

 

[Diddy]

I really didn't though

Better to focus on the times when I am ACTUALLY confused

I KNOW FUNKY THATS WHY ITS A BIT

I’m not about to mock the afflicted (except for {REDACTED})