Which Are Your Favourite Songs From 2000?

12 Jun 2009

Elton John In Irish Music Charts

Top 1

Something about the way you look tonight / Candle in the wind 1997 1997

Ghetto Gospel feat. Indian sunset / Thugs get lonely too

Perfect day (BBC Promotional) / Perfect day - Perfect day (BBC Promotional)

Nikita / The man who never died

Don't Go Breaking My Heart / Snow queen

Top 2

Sacrifice - Healing Hands

True love / The show must go on

Don't let the sun go down on me / I Believe

I'm Still Standing / Earn while you learn

Sad songs / A simple man

Top 3

Sorry seems to be the hardest word / Sweet thing

Sorry seems to be the hardest word / Shoulder holster

Top 4

Are you ready for love / Three way to love affair

Candle in the wind / Sorry seems to be the hardest word

Daniel / Skyline pigeon

Goodbye yellow brick road / Screw you

Top 5

I guess that's why they call it the blues / Lord choc ice goes mental

Top 6

Rocket man / Holiday inn - Goodbye

Top 7

That's what friends are for / Two ships passing in the night

Song for guy / Lovesick

Top 8

The One / Suit of wolves

Blue eyes / Hey papa legba

Candle in the wind / Bennie and the jets

Top 9

Circle of life / Circle of life

Can you feel the love tonight / Can you feel the love tonight

Passengers / Lonely boy

Top 10

Crocodile Rock / Elderberry wine

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The Story Behind "AllSongsList"

AllSongsList tries to find the best Elton John ever song, in a multiple points of views. There are 23 categories to evaluate:

US Singles & Albums Music Charts
Canada Singles & Albums Music Charts
UK Singles & Albums Music Charts
Ireland Singles & Albums Music Charts
France Singles & Albums Music Charts
Germany Singles & Albums Music Charts
Austria Singles & Albums Music Charts
Italy Singles & Albums Music Charts
Switzerland Singles & Albums Music Charts
Spain Singles & Albums Music Charts
Norway Singles & Albums Music Charts
Sweden Singles & Albums Music Charts
Japan Singles & Albums Music Charts
Australia Singles & Albums Music Charts
New Zeland Singles & Albums Music Charts
Brazil Singles & Albums Music Charts
Southafrica Singles & Albums Music Charts

There's a table of the positions and points by position of the songs that reach the charts, depending the category of singles, "B" sides of the singles and albums. For example, a Nº 1 means 10.000 points if it was reached as a single, 2.500 points for its "B" side and 5.000 points for the album (Elton's album or another artist album). That is ponderate by the importance of the country in world's music sales terms. That is increased by the award acreditation of platinum, gold or silver albums. 100 points are for the weeks in the number one chart and 50 for times in other positions.

Single Category
The points of that category are for the "A" singles (500 points) and "B" singles (250 points).

Albums Category
The points of that category are for the album tracks: 500 if it is an original album and 750 points for the compilations. Soundtracks and other artist albums are counting as 500 points.

Video (DVD) Category
The points of that category are for the tracks, couting 750 points for the video-clip singles and 500 points for being in a original release.

Cover Category
650 points meant that any artist did a cover of one of Elton's songs. 350 points are for the mixes and remixes.

Live Category
The points of that category are 1.000 if the song was in a Tour Set List. The points are increased by 100 for the times the song is in the set list. 850 points means to be in a guest appearance concert or special show or event (outside the official tour).

Others
Other puntuations depending if the song win an award (grammy, brits, etc.) or for the nomination; for the duets, for Elton's own covers. In addition of other chart lists of magazines, the radio airplay or TV appearance, the ringtones or eltonites' votes.

Example

Your Song has now 1.747.130 points and it is the number two of the list. Is the song most played live with 341.500 points, and has 181.575 points in the category of US Singles & Albums Charts, for example.

That all began in 1984, one year after I became an eltonite. There are three copies of security of allsongslist. AllSongsList has all the chart successes in all the countries I told before, all the set lists since the beginning of Elton's career, most of them validate (others are aproximated); the covers, the duets, the listing albums tracks, etc. It has been a such hard work of documentation through the years.

Your votes will aid your favourite songs to go up and down the allsongslist charts. Help me to find the best Elton's song.