sort order in a function

Hi, I have a function that shows the most liked posts with the like count, displayed highest to lowest in the admin, but I cant for the life of me get the sort order ASC or DESC to work. Can anyone see any obvious error in the sql?

Thanks in advance ??

table: wp_likes_count
row: like_pid (page ID)
row: like_count (likes per page/article)

function like_get_top( $limit = 5 ) {
	global $wpdb;
    $top = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare (
    "SELECT like_pid FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "likes_count ORDER BY like_count DESC LIMIT %d",
    $limit
	), ARRAY_N );
	$top = array_map('_like_flatten_array', $top);
    return apply_filters('like_get_top', get_posts( array('post__in' => $top) ));
}

function like_get_bottom( $limit = 5 ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$bottom = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare (
		"SELECT like_pid FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "likes_count ORDER BY like_count ASC LIMIT %d",
		$limit
	), ARRAY_N );
	$bottom = array_map('_like_flatten_array', $bottom);

	return apply_filters('like_get_bottom', get_posts( array('post__in' => $bottom) ));
}