Not to be forgotten, these are the songs that just barely missed the top of the chart. In retrospect, many of these songs should have hit #1; many have even become all-time favorites. Their stays at #2 span from a single week to an incredible eleven weeks. But all of these songs have earned their place in chart history. The following is the complete list of the runners-up from March 1997 to the present.

Something in bold means that it has achieved the ultimate in Luke Sounds success in one or both of the following ways: (1) twenty-five or more weeks on the chart; (2) four or more weeks at #2.

The Number 2s