The Top 100 Singles of the Decade : Part 3

We're getting closer...

• -50. NOT GONNA GET US t.A.T.u. (2003) [#1 x 1 wk]
• -49. BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU The Dandy Warhols (2001) [#1 x 3 wks]
• -48. RECONECT Director (2006) [#2]
• -47. BLEEDING LOVE Leona Lewis (2007) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -46. HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON The White Stripes (2003) [#3]
• -45. BLACK + WHITE TOWN Doves (2005) [#1 x 3 wks]
• -44. LAURA Scissor Sisters (2004) [#1 x 3 wks]
• -43. POINT OF VIEW db Boulevard (2002) [#1 x 3 wks]
• -42. RUBY Kaiser Chiefs (2007) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -41. SILENCE Delerium ft. Sarah McLachlan (2000) [#2]
• -40. FINE LINE Paul McCartney (2005) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -39. METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Saint Etienne (2009) [#1 x 6 wks]
• -38. FOUNDATIONS Kate Nash (2007) [#1 x 1 wk]
• -37. SOME VELVET MORNING Primal Scream (2003) [#1 x 5 wks]
• -36. BLACK BALLOON Goo Goo Dolls (2000) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -35. NAUGHTY GIRL Holly Valance (2002) [#1 x 4 wks]
• -34. MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers (2004) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -33. HERE TO STAY New Order (2002) [#1 x 6 wks]
• -32. INNER SMILE Texas (2001) [#1 x 5 wks]
• -31. NEW IN TOWN Little Boots (2009) [#1 x 5 wks]
• -30. LOVE MACHINE Girls Aloud (2004) [#1 x 6 wks]
• -29. KIDS Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue (2000) [#2]
• -28. PARIS IS BURNING Ladyhawke (2008) [#3]
• -27. LONG TIME COMING Delays (2004) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -26. REMIND ME/SO EASY Royksopp (2002) [#1 x 3 wks]

As the business end of this list approaches, time for a little commentary.

Weekly personal charts are a transient thing, at the mercy of temporary madness and/or lapses in taste..so using them as the basis for a retrospective list of the decade's best is fraught with danger. Hence what appear to be oddly disparate rankings for long-running #1s and singles which at the time didn't even reach the top.

Ultimately, what's below the #1 record at any time and challenging its dominance will determine how long it may remain in pole position; in the case of, say, Kids it had the cruel misfortune to be forever denied by the longest-running chart topper in the 25-year history of these things. Meanwhile, there is some mitigation in Paris Is Burning's rather lofty position, since it has been charting continuously now for more than a year thanks to both the original 2008 release and a nicely-tweaked 2009 reissue.