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ANALYSIS: What I Want is something of a surprise for '08.
In 2005, The Freemasons topped the annual Upfront and Commercial Pop charts with their classic Love On My Mind. After electing different champs for the last three years, Upfront and Commercial Pop DJs agree on the year's top record again, according to our comprehensive survey of more than 20,000 chart returns used to generate the weekly charts in the last 12 months.
They chose What I Want by Bob Sinclar presents Fireball. But, that is something of a surprise. Unlike Love On My Mind, which won massive radio support and crossed over to become a major sales hit, What I Want was heard primarily in clubs. It was unable to overcome the disadvantage of peaking at number 130 on the airplay chart and consequently climbed no higher than number 59 on the OCC sales list, selling just short of 15,000 copies. It is fairly lucky to top the annual charts, having gained those crucial extra points it needed to do so from being promoed on two separate occasions in the year.
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