This page contains links to posts and menu items listing songs that almost made it to #1 in the UK charts but were stuck at 2.
The original piece from June 2016: “More Pop Trivia: Stuck at 2”
Stuck at 2: 1967, 1983 (October 2018)
Stuck at 2: 1970, 1971, 1972 (October 2018)
The 70s analysed: “Stuck at 2: the whole of the 1970s” (November 2018)
The 80s analysed: “Stuck at 2: the whole of the 1980s” (November 2018)
The 90s analysed: “Stuck at 2: the whole of the 1990s” (November 2018)
7 July 2019: Stuck at 2: the lists are complete, and a BBC Top 40 revisited
1 August 2019: Stuck at 2: Songs that peaked at #2 for one act and reached #1 for a different act
12 December 2020: Stuck at 2: Mariah Carey changes everything
1 January 2021: Stuck at 2: now Wham! rewrite chart history
11 September 2021: Stuck at 2: reflections on 2020 and 2021 so far
1 April 2022: Stuck at 2: Elvis and the Beatles
Complete lists by decade, also accessible from the Trivia > Stuck at 2 menu:
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