(Finished September 14th, 2026) Part 2 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.

18) Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”:

19) The Carpenters “We’ve Only Just Begun”:

20) Blood Sweat and Tears “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy”:

21) Culture Club “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me”:

22) Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever”:

23) The Go-Go’s “We Got The Beat”:

24) John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads”:

25) Beyonce “Drunk In Love”:

26) Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar On Me”:

27) Janet Jackson “Rhythm Nation”:

28) Lesley Gore “You Don’t Own Me”:

29) Dua Lipa “Levitating”:

30) This was kept out of #1 By Los Del Rio’s “Macarena” and BLACKstreet featuring Jay-Z’s “No Diggity”. Celine Dion “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now”:

31) Avril Lavigne “Complicated”:

32) Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”:

33) The Ronettes “Be My Baby”:

34) This song was kept out of #1 for seven weeks by two inferior songs. Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”:

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