#2 song you most wish you'd peaked at #1

[kingLUKE22]

Going Back through my archives tonight, I realized that there were so many deserving songs that really got the shaft by being stuck at #2. Whether it be an incredible number of weeks stuck at the runner-up spot, or just a song you grew to love after it was already too late, which song do you most regret peaking at #2?

Out of these, my favorite #2 songs...
1997: I Want You - Savage Garden (2 weeks)
1997: Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan (5 weeks)
1998: Real World - Matchbox 20 (7 weeks)
1998: Bittersweet Symphony - Verve (6 weeks)
1999: All Star - Smash Mouth (5 weeks)
1999: Meet Virginia - Train (1 week)

... I'm gonna have to go with "Bittersweet Symphony." Now one of my all-time favorites.

[allow that]

Good topic!

I only started my chart in 2001...

I kind of wish "No Letting Go" by Wayne Wonder snuck in a week at #1. It got to #2 behind Bon Jovi's "Misunderstood." "No Letting Go" was a big hit for me, but it was more of a longevity hit than something I couldn't get enough of in any one particular week, but it'll probably be in my Top 3 of the year ahead of most of my #1's from this year.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

My most recent one is Jason Mraz's 'You And I Both'. It was trapped behind the monsterous #1 by Matchbox Twenty. :(

[WhySoSerious?]

I think I'd have to say Res' "They-Say Vision".

Others which are deserving: Kelly Rowland's "Can't Nobody", TLC's "Damaged", Angie Stone's "Wish I Didn't Miss You" and RHCP's "Can't Stop".

[FreakyFlyBry]

Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird and Turn Off The Light. Both of which lasted 30+ weeks in my top 40, yet only peaked at #2 (Turn Off The Light was my #1 of 2001).

[chartfanatic]

• Backstreet Boys - Larger Than Life
• Linkin Park - In The End (30 consecutive weeks in the top ten, yet never at #1)
• Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
• Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
• Dirty Vegas - Days Go By

[af18c]

Michelle Branch "All You Wanted" peaked at #2 for 9 weeks. I shoulda gave it at least 1 wk Billie

[Mega248]

I wish I'd given at least one of Evanescence's first two singles a week at #1. Instead, they were both stuck at #2 for multiple weeks. "My Immoral" is still going strong though, so that could give them their first #1.

[jond7699]

I can only think of two songs right off the top of my head. "If You're Not The One" spent 12 weeks at #2 which of course is the record. This song is definitely going to be in my top 5 of the year. "Tell Me" by Mel B was the first song ever to debut in the top 5 and she stalled at # 2 for a month or so. It had an amazing chart run and is still a big favorite of mine.

[Libra]

TLC - Girl Talk. They came within 7 points of #1, and it took a combination of Matchbox 20 "Disease", Kelly Rowland "Stole", and Avril Lavigne "I'm With You" to completely keep them from #1.

No Doubt - Running. This was supposed to hit #1 the week of 4/19, but I was unable to post a chart that week, and Evanescence "Bring Me to Life" lept 10-1 the next week.

Avril Lavigne - Things I'll Never Say. I wanted this to hit #1 to keep her streak of #1s alive, but unfortunately Kelly Clarkson "Low" and Hilary Duff "So Yesterday" got in the way.

[strong4PMB!]

Amerie - "Why Don't We Fall In Love"
B2K f/ P. Diddy - "Bump, Bump, Bump"
B2K - "Girlfriend"
Isyss - "Single For The Rest Of My Life"
LL Cool J f/ Amerie - "Paradise"
Michelle Branch - "All You Wanted"
Thalia f/ Fat Joe - "I Want You"

[j]

I had 4 songs peak at #2 in 1997 when they should all have reached #1 at one point or another.

Building A Mystery
The Freshmen
One Headlight
Semi-Charmed Life

[GrahamP117]

Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon (2000)
When It's Over - Sugar Ray (2001)