Ultravox's 1981 hit Vienna has been voted the nation'sfavourite number two single.The song toppedthe poll by BBC Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company to find the greatesttrack to miss out on the number one spot.
Vienna was heldoff by novelty track Shaddup You Face by Joe Dolce.
Ultravoxfrontman Midge Ure said winning the poll had "restored our faith in theidea that the public will always recognise the good in music".
"We areextremely pleased and very humbled to have been given this honorary number one,especially knowing the outstanding records which were also in therunning," he added.
Christmasfavourite Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl was voted intosecond place.
The 1987 hitwas originally beaten to the top by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of Elvis Presleyhit Always On My Mind.
Other songs tofeature in the top 10 include The Beatles' Penny Lane/Strawberry FieldsForever, which was held off by Engelbert Humperdinck's Release Me in 1967 andA-ha's 1985 hit Take On Me, which was pipped to the top by The Power Of Love byJennifer Rush.
The Who's MyGeneration was 12th in the list, Wonderwall by Oasis finished at 13, Adele'sRolling In The Deep was at 34 and Rocket Man by Sir Elton John was at 37.
The poll waslaunched to celebrate 60 years of the singles chart.
A panel ofexperts - including Radio 2's Ken Bruce and Janice Long, Radio 1's AnnieNightingale, Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot and 6 Music'sSteve Lamacq - compiled a shortlist from 941 singles which have made it tonumber two. Radio 2 listeners then voted.
"Ultravox'sVienna has beaten off some truly great, classic tracks to claim the title ofthe UK public's favourite number two single," said Mr Talbot.
"It isalso probably the most apt winner, given the fact that it was kept from thechart summit by Joe Dolce's Shaddup You Face, which has long been consideredone of the biggest chart injustices of all time."
The top 40songs will be played by Tony Blackburn in his three-hour show, The Nation'sFavourite Number Two Single, from 14:00 GMT on Tuesday.
TOP 10 NUMBER TWOS1. Ultravox- Vienna, 1981 (beaten by Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce)2. ThePogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York, 1987 (Always On My Mind -Pet Shop Boys)3. DonMcLean - American Pie, 1972 (Son Of My Father - Chicory Tip, Without You -Nilsson)4. James -Sit Down, 1991 (The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes)5. TheStranglers - Golden Brown, 1982 (Town Called Malice - The Jam)6. TheKinks - Waterloo Sunset, 1967 (Silence Is Golden, The Tremeloes)7. TheBeatles - Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever, 1967 (Release Me, EngelbertHumperdinck)8. Queen -We Are The Champions, 1977 (The Name Of The Game - Abba, Mull Of Kintyre/Girls'School - Wings)9. TheBeach Boys - God Only Knows, 1966 (Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby - TheBeatles)10. A-ha -Take On Me, 1985 (The Power Of Love, Jennifer Rush)
Source: BBC
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