Settling for your song peaking at Number 2 on the charts has got to be the ultimate gear-grinder for a musician. Even when success has come unexpectedly or out-of-the-blue, it's hard not to take being pipped at the final post personally.
It doesn't have to be the end of the story, though; some of the most successful songs of all time topped out at Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart.
We look at the some of the most notable below, before revealing every Number 2 in UK chart history at the bottom of the page.
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