Songs you slept on 2019: The biggest songs that missed the Official Singles Chart Top 40 this year

We shine a little light on and show some love to the biggest near-misses of 2019.

The Official Singles Chart is, by nature, all about hits. Artists release tracks in the hope that they can make it all the way to Number 1, obviously, but most would settle for a Top 40.

But what about the songs that didn't quite make it? Forty slots sounds like a lot but… not everyone can grab one. We look at the tunes that were almost, but not quite the hits they deserved to be.

The biggest song not to get into the Top 40 in 2019 was I Could Get Used to This, a collab between Becky Hill and DJ and producer Weiss. Becky has had a pretty decent 2019, scoring a Top 10 with Sigala and a Top 40 album of her own, and Weiss signed his first record deal this year too, but sadly they just missed out on a Top 40.

American rapper Polo G is runner-up in our rundown of almosts, and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie is third.

Sam Fender went straight in at Number 1 with his debut album Hypersonic Missiles and the title track is one of the biggest songs not to reach the Top 40, topping out at Number 48. Will We Talk is the closest Sam's come to the Top 40 on the Official Singles Chart, reaching Number 43 in September – and that track also appears on our list.

Among the notable entries are Billie Eilish, Bebe Rexha – who makes two appearances – David Guetta and… well they're all very notable. Sorry these tunes didn't hit the Top 40, guys – there's always next time!

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK
1	I COULD GET USED TO THIS	BECKY HILL & WEISS	45
2	POP OUT	POLO G FT LIL TJAY	41
3	LOOK BACK AT IT	A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE	51
4	HYPERSONIC MISSILES	SAM FENDER	48
5	PURE WATER	MUSTARD & MIGOS	62
6	NEEDED TIME	YXNG BANE	51
7	BET	OCTAVIAN FT MICHAEL PHANTOM	44
8	ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL	BILLIE EILISH	77
9	GIRLS NEED LOVE	SUMMER WALKER FT DRAKE	41
10	IT'S YOU	ALI GATIE	45
11	NOBODY	MARTIN JENSEN & JAMES ARTHUR	52
12	BABY	GIGGS	48
13	CON CALMA	DADDY YANKEE/KATY PERRY/SNOW	66
14	NOW YOU'RE GONE	TOM WALKER FT ZARA LARSSON	79
15	STAY (DON'T GO AWAY)	DAVID GUETTA FT RAYE	41
16	MY ONE	WILEY/TORY LANEZ/KRANIUM/DAPPY	41
17	WANTING	NOT3S	42
18	WORTH IT	YK OSIRIS	84
19	SIMMER	MAHALIA FT BURNA BOY	46
20	LAST HURRAH	BEBE REXHA	50
21	WILL WE TALK	SAM FENDER	43
22	CANTER	GERRY CINNAMON	50
23	CALL YOU MINE	CHAINSMOKERS & BEBE REXHA	50
24	JOY	BASTILLE	46
25	MIXED PERSONALITIES	YNW MELLY FT KAYNE WEST	97
26	LOVE ME AGAIN	RAYE	55
27	SAINT-TROPEZ	POST MALONE	52
28	XTC	SOLARDO & ELI BROWN	48
29	WHITE LIES	M-22	--
30	YOU LITTLE BEAUTY	FISHER	78
31	CLOUT	OFFSET FT CARDI B	64
32	11 MINUTES	YUNGBLUD/HALSEY/TRAVIS BARKER	59
33	ALMOST (SWEET MUSIC)	HOZIER	82
34	CAN WE PRETEND	PINK FT CASH CASH	88
35	ONLY HUMAN	JONAS BROTHERS	64
36	GUCCI DEMON	B YOUNG	44
37	PEER PRESSURE	JAMES BAY FT JULIA MICHAELS	85
38	RAPTURE	KOFFEE	--
39	YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME	FREYA RIDINGS	57
40	ONE THING RIGHT	MARSHMELLO FT KANE BROWN	76