For an awards event that is pretty inconsequential (let's not forget it has been won by Westlife on three separate occasions), the producers of ITV's Record Of The Year manage to turn the whole thing into quite exciting TV.
Despite big support for Anastacia (I never realised she was so popular), in the end it was the Busted and McFly boys that topped the poll for the nation's favourite song of the year - which is pretty damn good news for Universal Records who have both on their roster (in fact, coming so close to U2's global domination, one would imagine there are some smiling faces at St. Peterís Square this morning).
In the end Busted's track 'Thunderbirds' won outright which, despite clearly not being the best record released in 2004, cheered up the CMU team immensely (Busted getting the CMU vote as soon as Scissor Sisters were out of the running of course!)
In the end of the final five looked like this:
1. Busted - Thunderbirds
2. McFly - Five Colours in Her Hair
3. Anastacia (above) - Left Outside Alone
4. Will Young - Leave Right Now
5. Katie Melua - Closest Thing To Crazy