(Finished August 24th, 2026) Part 1 of 6 Blogs of The Best Songs That Peaked At #2

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Billboard magazine has been ranking songs for about 80 years now. They have ranked thousands of songs over the years. Hundreds of songs have hit #1, in fact probably more songs have hit #1 than peaked at #2.

1) Bobby Darin “Dream Lover”:

2) The Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield “What Have I Done To Deserve This”:

3) Fergie “Fergalicious”:

This song was stuck at #2 for an incredible ten weeks. It was kept out of the #1 spot by Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” and Hall and Oates “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”. 4) Foreigner “Waiting For A Girl Like You”:

5) Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”:

6) Sixpence None The Richer “Kiss Me”:

7) Sam and Dave “Soul Man”:

8) Linkin Park “In The End”:

Madonna now has six songs that peaked at #2. 9) Madonna “Express Yourself”:

10) Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”:

11) The Zombies “She’s Not There”:

12) Taylor Swift “You Belong With Me”:

13) Stevie Wonder “For Once In My Life”:

14) Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”:

15) The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up”:

16) Madonna “Frozen”:

17) The Cure “Lovesong”:

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