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Posted by: Roba. 13th February 2023, 09:43 PM

I'll start with Wet Wet Wet with their 10 peaking single in 2008 which plummented to 90 something the next week. Remember commenting on that at the time on here. Iconic fall!



Also this and I rather like it but not surprising it's forgotten tbh.

Posted by: gooddelta 13th February 2023, 10:02 PM

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Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 13th February 2023, 10:06 PM

Love 'Dance With Me'. I rediscovered it 2 years ago.

Posted by: JulianT 13th February 2023, 10:07 PM

From 2003 - both sides are decent actually

Posted by: Yobnedor 13th February 2023, 10:37 PM

Debelah Morgan’s Dance With Me is a BOP!

I feel like I’d like Son of Dork more if James Bourne wasn’t a part of it. Never been a fan - Busted, SOD or solo!

Posted by: TheSnake 13th February 2023, 11:09 PM

Posted by: Dot's a liar 13th February 2023, 11:13 PM

Posted by: Yobnedor 13th February 2023, 11:18 PM

How about They and Just a Ride by Jem. They made the top ten right?

Posted by: Roba. 13th February 2023, 11:20 PM

One did, 'They' peaked at #6 and had a decent run, not sure I recall hearing it at all really. Must've been when I was out of loop oops.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 13th February 2023, 11:39 PM

Added both of these to my 2001 playlist today (going through the charts and adding all the songs I like to my playlists)! The first one I don't ever recall hearing, but it was a bop!

I think 'Movies' by Alien Ant Farm gets way too underlooked in favour of their cover of 'Smooth Criminal' (which is also a banger!). It's a shame coz I prefer it!



Also... does anyone else remember Uncle Kracker? I swear radio had that song in a chokehold Such a carefree bop.



(Well, it can't be THAT forgotten with 167m views I'm just gonna presume it's not forgotten in the US)

What about 'Heaven Is A Halfpipe'? Is that forgotten about?

Posted by: Roba. 14th February 2023, 12:07 AM

I wouldn't have said any of those 3 are forgotten by me personally. Also agreed that 'Movies' >>>>>>>>> 'Smooth Criminal'. Also 'Last Resort' is a tune too.

Speaking of ones that are from the Teenage Dirtbags album I have which have songs like these...



also this one from Bryan Adams seems fairly forgotten too.

Posted by: awardinary 14th February 2023, 12:17 AM

These for starters;

Posted by: Roba. 14th February 2023, 12:47 PM

Forgot how naff that BBMak follow up was. 'Back Here' is solid though and I got the CD from Woolworths at the time.

Posted by: gooddelta 14th February 2023, 03:14 PM

That Spooks song is like a mid point between Black Eyed Peas, Fugees and Big Brovaz. I remember at the time thinking it would become a classic but...that didn't happen.

Sunshine Anderson another good call, completely forgot about that.

Posted by: Roba. 15th February 2023, 11:21 PM

Just playing this out of randomness on Spotify and reminded me in such a big year musically for 2006 songs, this lovely Texas track from January featuring Peter Kay in the video!

Posted by: Brer 16th February 2023, 01:11 AM

Sometimes songs are forgotten for good reason

Posted by: Yobnedor 16th February 2023, 06:19 AM

This was an amazing track and probably one of my faves from Texas!

Posted by: jimwatts 16th February 2023, 08:43 AM

Why have one forgotten Top 10 hit when you can have two:

Triple Eight - Knockout (#8, 2003)
Triple Eight - Give Me A Reason (#9, 2003)

or even three:

D-Side - Speechless (#9, 2003)
D-Side - Invisible (#7, 2003)
D-Side - Real World (#9, 2003)

Posted by: Roba. 16th February 2023, 12:13 PM

Says it all when I not only don't remember them but haven't heard of them in the first place

Posted by: Jessie Where 16th February 2023, 12:38 PM

I'm quite ashamed to say I can still hum the chorus of 'Give Me a Reason' and 'Speechless' despite the fact I only heard them a couple of times at the time.

Posted by: gooddelta 16th February 2023, 01:10 PM

Shaggy’s Luv Me Luv Me and Hey Sexy Lady sprang to mind for me yesterday too.

Clearly only hits off the back of the success of It Wasn’t Me and Angel, and Me Julie.

Also Bhangra Knights and Husan? Who has heard that since 2003?

Posted by: Dobbo. 16th February 2023, 01:22 PM

Actually that one I still listen to actively now and then, back to back with Mundian To Bach Ke normally.

But on the radio I've only ever heard it on that Radio 1 One Hit Wonders show about 6 or 7 years ago.

Posted by: Roba. 16th February 2023, 01:30 PM

The Twang 'Either Way' as well. Indie fans would probably remember it mind but forgotten for others.

Posted by: JulianT 16th February 2023, 01:36 PM

Hands up who remembers that Raghav had 4 top 10 hits?

24/01/2004 2Play Featuring Raghav And Jucxi So Confused 6 8-{6}-9-7-10-12-18-29-38-50-64-69-75->13
28/02/2004 Raghav Can't Get Enough 10 {10}-17-26-41-58-71-67-66->8
22/05/2004 2Play Featuring Raghav And Naila Boss It Can't Be Right 8 {8}-15-21-33-46-66-74->7
19/02/2005 Raghav Angel Eyes 7 {7}-15-25-39-49-56->6

Can't Get Enough is an absolute bop by the way

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 16th February 2023, 01:44 PM

YES!! I loved 2Play and iirc I really liked Raghav's songs too!

Another one I loved but it's definitely not remembered about anymore:

VS - Love You Like Mad (#07)



Marvin (a.k.a Rochelle from The Saturdays husband/the 2nd best one from JLS) first group! All their songs were BANGERS especially their follow-ups (Call U Sexy (#11) & Make It Hot (#29)). They tried to capitalise on that singing cherry advert at the time too my covering 'If You Leave Me Now' as their final single.

Posted by: Jessie Where 16th February 2023, 02:52 PM

Posted by: Mack. 16th February 2023, 03:39 PM

This early #10 hit from 2003 from rapper Cam'ron and Juelz Santana.

Posted by: Roba. 16th February 2023, 03:39 PM

I wasn't following at the time but for some reason assumed that missed top 10 so didn't think of it for this thread lol. I really like that one though

Although since it was top 10 yeah it is indeed a forgotten one.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 16th February 2023, 03:45 PM

One of my very faves from 2003

Posted by: Jessie Where 16th February 2023, 04:00 PM

I feel like 2004 was the key year for random/forgotten top 10 hits.

Probably because it was so much easier for just about anything to get there before downloads were added in '05?

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 16th February 2023, 04:27 PM

2004-2006 are my 3 favourite years after 2009 for music. I feel like they were definitely the most "diverse" years for chart music! Pop, rnb, rock, indie, dance... every genre felt like they had a few smashes.

Posted by: tommie 16th February 2023, 04:36 PM

Yeah, I think 2004 is pretty much the year when sales were really in the gutter. I feel like this thread will probably be dominated by tracks from the early-to-mid-00s for that reason alone; add that missing the top ten in that era meant you'd pretty much get dropped as a pop artist, so acts threw everything and the 'itchen sink at even their most bland singles.

Posted by: Jester 16th February 2023, 05:27 PM

Loved this back in the day!

Sounds really dated now though

Posted by: SimpsonFan 16th February 2023, 05:53 PM

It also got played on the noughties show a few weeks back

Posted by: Jade 16th February 2023, 06:15 PM

I love this *.* like Dobbo I re-discovered it from Radio 1's One Hit Wonders of the Millennium show. I don't think I've heard it in the wild since then though, to be fair

Posted by: Yobnedor 16th February 2023, 06:30 PM

All amazing there!

Posted by: gooddelta 16th February 2023, 06:36 PM

Yes it’s harder to think of forgotten top ten hits from 2008/9, especially the extremely sluggish 2008. At least you could argue most songs got to the top ten on merit that year and not because of quick fanbase sales.

Actually I do have a good one from then:



Definitely couldn’t hum this from memory if I tried and it got to No.3!

Posted by: Roba. 16th February 2023, 07:17 PM

Peaked at #4 but don't recall it much despite playing it at the time.



Also not one that All Saints fans will forget but again for a lot of people this doesn't seem to remembered nowadays (noticed it in Rich's thread though)

Posted by: TheSnake 16th February 2023, 07:27 PM

I was reminded of this recently because of the new Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson track - as it is another example of a dance track that uses Robert Miles style classical piano although this Artful Dodger ft. Michelle Escoffery track doesn't sample Robert Miles. 'Do You Think About Me' is great, the piano makes it a very lovely song.

Posted by: Jessie Where 16th February 2023, 07:40 PM

#11 hit sadly

Posted by: TheSnake 16th February 2023, 08:18 PM

Sorry thought it was #10 for some reason.

Posted by: King Rollo 16th February 2023, 08:18 PM

From 2004, this got to number 7, Marillion's first top 10 single since 1987.

Posted by: Roba. 16th February 2023, 08:23 PM

another one from... a Christian band, peaked at 4 in 2010 around Easter. Remember there being a campaign to get it in the chart.



Funnily enough they are not far from where I am.

Posted by: Brer 17th February 2023, 02:57 AM

If 'Husan' is forgotten it needs to be unforgotten immediately, what a banger. (Admittedly it's kind of just diet 'Mundian To Bach Ke' but still)

Posted by: Yobnedor 17th February 2023, 07:30 AM

Both amazing tracks though!

Posted by: Jessie Where 17th February 2023, 10:10 AM

I loved 'Husan' at the time, I even bought it on single!

I remember it basically piggybacked off that advert, which was all over TV for months but I can't recall what it was for or find it anywhere.

Posted by: Mack. 18th February 2023, 01:36 AM

Is this it the Peugeot 206 advert:

Posted by: Jessie Where 18th February 2023, 05:44 PM

Yes! Ahhhh, the memories

Posted by: Jessie Where 18th February 2023, 06:00 PM

In reference to someone in the All Saints thread completely forgetting Saints & Sinners even had a third single, I think this deserves a nomination:

Posted by: tommie 18th February 2023, 06:27 PM

It's funny, but I think the reason why All Hooked Up has been forgotten is that All Saints themselves have barely performed it, which I think plays a huge part if a song is remembered or not. I checked Setlist.fm and they've only done it as a part of a medley since they've been back. If an artist can't bother keeping a song alive in the minds of the public, then why should we remember it?

Also, that video has a funny (and creepy!) concept, but it's so badly executed.

I guess continuing the All Saints' theme, I'd say Shaznay's solo debut is sadly forgotten (which it shouldn't be because it's an excellent piece of pop, damn you UK for sleeping on Shaz):

Posted by: T Boy 18th February 2023, 08:31 PM

Anyone else remember Hanson getting another top 10 hit in 2005?



Having said that, they did perform this on Neighbours back in 2019.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 18th February 2023, 08:44 PM

I was thinking of the Shaznay song this week. I didn’t hear it until about 10 years ago but I’ve always enjoyed it.

Posted by: TheSnake 18th February 2023, 08:55 PM

French car adverts did impact the charts quite a bit in the 00s - there were also the two Citroen robot ads to 'Jacques Your Body' and 'Love Don't Let Me Go' and Renault Megane's 'I See You Baby' advert.

Posted by: jimwatts 18th February 2023, 11:27 PM

These 3 songs had identical Top 40 runs of 10-28-x in 2003:

One True Voice - Shakespeare's Way With Words
Limp Bizkit - Eat You Alive
Pet Shop Boys - Miracles

I can only recall how one of them goes, unfortunately for me it's the One True Voice song

Posted by: tommie 19th February 2023, 05:27 AM

I don't know if I would call PSB's Miracles "forgotten" - it pops up on their compilations and live shows; sure it's not exactly a well-known single but I think it's also one that people might remember once they hear it (their single have been seemingly frontloaded since the 90s).

Posted by: Yobnedor 19th February 2023, 07:25 AM

Hahaha, same here!

Posted by: gooddelta 20th February 2023, 04:04 PM

Faye from Steps and classical singer Russell Watson had this top ten hit in 2002:



Lovely song but hardly commercial.

Talking of classical stars, here's Aled Jones with Terry Wogan as BandAged on Little Drumer Boy, No.3 in 2008:

Posted by: Roba. 20th February 2023, 04:17 PM

I saw X Factor mentioned earlier which reminded me of this follow up to Leon's coronation single.

Posted by: Yobnedor 20th February 2023, 04:27 PM

Leon wasn’t that terrible either to be fair. Not amazing, but not terrible.

Posted by: Mybigapplebum 20th February 2023, 07:10 PM

This is why I love reading the music section on Buzzjack forums. So much nostalgia. Keep them coming, guys.

Posted by: Mybigapplebum 20th February 2023, 07:13 PM

As I was a kid growing up in the 2000's, I thought I would share a few forgotten Top 10 hits from the decade.

2007


2003


2009


2005

Posted by: Yobnedor 20th February 2023, 07:26 PM

May I ask how you came up with your username?

Posted by: Mybigapplebum 20th February 2023, 07:30 PM

It was the first thing I thought of and it sounded like an interesting username.

I know it's weird.

Posted by: Yobnedor 20th February 2023, 07:36 PM

Fair enough!

Posted by: Dot's a liar 20th February 2023, 07:43 PM

I suppose at least Leon can console himself with the fact his follow-up charted better than Eoghan Quigg's debut 28,000 Friends... which got to #96!

Posted by: Roba. 20th February 2023, 07:54 PM

Not enough friends to get him higher!

Posted by: Yobnedor 20th February 2023, 07:55 PM

I liked Leon’s follow up!

Posted by: -Jay- 20th February 2023, 08:34 PM

This seems quite forgotten to me! -



#3 hit in February 2000. Ended up at 153rd in the 2000 EOY with 102,000 sales. With less than 140,000 Spotify streams and 104,000 views on YouTube, I won't be holding my breath for this single to ever go Silver!

This was Fierce's fourth single, following peaks of #25, #11 and #15 with their first three singles in 1999. So this single was a bit of breakthrough moment for them by reaching #3, but... it ended up being their final single!

Posted by: Jester 20th February 2023, 08:43 PM

I don’t think Perfect (Exceeder) is that forgotten?

Posted by: dandy* 20th February 2023, 09:14 PM

I definitely remember the Mason track (and still to this day love it as the original instrumental) - the Spooks and Fatboy Slim singles from earlier in the thread I could immediately sing as well.

Posted by: Mack. 20th February 2023, 09:27 PM

I remember the Esmee Denters and Mason track as well.

Posted by: Mack. 20th February 2023, 11:13 PM

A selection that I forgot about.

Posted by: gooddelta 20th February 2023, 11:14 PM

Sweet Love 2K is a good example of a forgotten top three, or at least one you never hear anymore, although back in the day commercial radio played it a lot. Seems such a random top three hit looking back. My mum bought their album, probably one of the few people that did!

Posted by: Jessie Where 22nd February 2023, 12:14 AM

'Sweet Love 2K' really did feel quite big at the time, but yeah I haven't heard that anywhere in at least 15 years.

What was the story behind them never releasing anything again after getting by far their biggest hit?

Posted by: Brer 22nd February 2023, 01:42 AM

I think I actually knew this version before the original and didn't know it was a cover at first.

I would hope that Mason/Princess Superstar isn't too forgotten - though admittedly I don't think I've heard it for a while. Remember it being played to death at the time though!

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 22nd February 2023, 02:40 AM

A couple of duets that I don't really hear anyone talk about anymore:

Duncan James & Keedie - I Believe My Heart (2004) [Peaked at #2]



> I have a big soft spot for this! It's really lovely! <

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LeAnn Rimes & Ronan Keating - Last Thing On My Mind (2004) [Peaked at #5]



> Such a catchy, MOR bop! <

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Delta Goodrem & Brian McFadden - Almost Here (2005) [Peaked at #3]



> I'm sure the Delta fans amongst us haven't forgot about this, but I think in the wider scheme of things this is forgotten about. It's really nice. <

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Meat Loaf & Marion Raven - It's All Coming Back To Me Now (2006) [Peaked at #6]



> Yes, the song is one of the most popular songs around, but this specific version of this song is forgotten about and that sucks tbh coz Marion's ad-libs are GORGEOUS! They actually impacted me so much that I do them to Celine's version too lol. <

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Russell Watson & Faye Tozer - Someone Like You (2002) [Peaked at #10]



> I actually don't remember this song, but I just remember Faye (the best member of STEPS x) having a top 10 hit lol. <

Posted by: Yobnedor 22nd February 2023, 03:09 AM

Melanie C - Next Best Superstar


Liz McClarnon - Woman In Love


The Corrs - Summer Sunshine

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 22nd February 2023, 03:10 AM

One of my fave Mel C songs and that's my favourite The Corrs song

Not really a fan of that Liz song though

Posted by: Yobnedor 22nd February 2023, 03:13 AM

2/3 ain’t bad!

I wanted to post Lee Ryan’s When I Think Of You but I don’t even think that hit the top 40. Shame, as it’s better than the first two singles anyway! Unfortunately, he’s a bit of a dick.

Posted by: Roba. 23rd February 2023, 01:35 AM

'Almost Here' & 'It's All Coming Back To Me' the Meat Loaf cover are great!

Posted by: gooddelta 23rd February 2023, 06:58 PM

Were they a casualty of the record label they were on, Wildstar? The offshoot of Telstar. Or was it a few years later that label had their issues. I guess for all of the money they pumped into the band, they weren’t happy with a 100k selling single as their biggest hit. But that’s all speculation on my part, Fierce deserved another single at the very least.

Their real gem for me was the excellent 1999 No.11 Dayz Like That. Such a good British R&B song.

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Obviously loving these Delta and Corrs songs that have been posted, shame they’ve been forgotten love the Meatloaf and Marion track too <3 not so much Ronan, he had a lot of forgotten hits oops. All of his bland country covers like She Believes In Me.

Posted by: Roba. 24th February 2023, 12:53 PM

Didn't Ronan have a top 10 in 2006 as well. That's very forgotten and I can't recall how it goes

The same era he covered 'Iris' but that charted further down.

Posted by: jimwatts 24th February 2023, 01:36 PM

Yes- 'All Over Again' with Kate Rusby, it reached #6.

'Lost For Words' (#9, 2003) is perhaps his most forgotten.

Posted by: An-Ge-La Bassett 24th February 2023, 01:50 PM

I couldn't hum you a bar of either of those. Him covering Iris deserves to be eternally forgotten!!

Posted by: Amanda Hugginkis 24th February 2023, 01:53 PM

Mary J Blige - Dance With Me is forgotten about

Omg Triple 8 wss that band that was going aeound, saying how hard they were as fighters!!!!

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 25th February 2023, 03:20 AM

Agreed, loved both of them.

Marion Raven’s first album was pretty decent.

Posted by: gooddelta 25th February 2023, 09:21 AM

I didn’t mind either of those, especially the Kate Rusby song.

I do remember that at the time Lost For Words only reaching No.9 felt like a colossal and unexpected flop, it was hardly a career best song but a lead Ronan single could usually be counted on to do better than that, I’d have expected a top three. The album’s other singles did better for him at least, this one must just not have connected.

Makes me think of Five’s Don’t Wanna Let You Go and Whitney and George Michael’s If I Told You That - I honestly thought both of these were going to No.1 in 2000 and they both somehow stiffed at No.9. The Five song was in the middle of a run of three No.1 hits for them so retrospectively its low peak has always struck me as very bizarre.

Posted by: lewistgreen 26th February 2023, 12:54 PM

Radio 1 just played 'Last Nite' by The Strokes, which I'd say is probably their most well known song? But it never went Top 10, however 12:51 went to #7 and Juicebox went to #5, both probably more forgettable tbh

Posted by: Jessie Where 26th February 2023, 01:42 PM

This:



I still play this fairly regularly and it's so good, but I don't think I've heard it anywhere since it was out and I'd be surprised if many people who aren't avid chart followers even remember it.

Posted by: Amanda Hugginkis 26th February 2023, 04:07 PM

An forgotten bop! No one ever talks about it.

Posted by: Yobnedor 26th February 2023, 05:26 PM

Was that Matinee song a top ten?

Posted by: Roba. 26th February 2023, 06:14 PM

It was. Reached 8. I don't even know it let alone remember. A lot of songs went past me whilst I was out of the charts for a couple of years lol.

Posted by: Yobnedor 26th February 2023, 06:18 PM

I think Matinee is my favourite!

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 27th February 2023, 01:21 AM

Wonder what this is (Editing it in a quote so I can see what it is)

EDIT: Ohhh YESSS! What a BOP! Loooove this. I always used to think it was a girl group who performed this until a couple of years ago or so. Such a great song.

and @Yobnedor, yes Matinee peaked at #8!

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 27th February 2023, 06:50 AM

Loved Don’t Think I’m Not back in the day, such a great song.

Posted by: Dobbo. 27th February 2023, 09:20 AM

This was spammed on music channels at the time but it very forgotten now.

Posted by: Roba. 27th February 2023, 09:52 AM

I had a crush on Kaci back in the day liked both of her singles too. Bought the latter too I believe. She released a song called 'Paradise' as well which didn't go top 10 iirc.

Also if Popchart browses this forum then he may or may not know that 'I Think I Love You' is a cover originally recorded by David Cassidy!

Kaci did also return with the completely mature sounding 'Crazy Possessive' which this time included her surname Battaglia, in 2010 which topped my chart as well.

Posted by: tommie 27th February 2023, 09:55 AM

Honestly, I'm surprised her second album Bring It On isn't a Buzzjack classic - it's deliciously and deliriously trashy. Body Shots is a tune and a half and perfect for that 'era' of pop music.

Posted by: Dobbo. 27th February 2023, 02:31 PM

Love this one as well.

Posted by: Roba. 27th February 2023, 05:13 PM

There was a thread on her 2010 material.
I think it was in the pop forum as I remember commenting on it back then but the hype died down I believe and CP never did chart here.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 1st March 2023, 04:07 PM

'Crazy Possessive' deserved to be MASSIVE! Idk why it wasn't at the time.

Posted by: Jessie Where 1st March 2023, 04:12 PM

Such a tune! I knew it stood next to no chance of doing anything at the time, but I was hoping for a surprise.

Posted by: tommie 1st March 2023, 04:24 PM

I mean, Kaci was on Curb which has next to no presence in Europe, so it was a given it was going to do nothing here unfortunately unless it was licensed to another label to handle.

Posted by: gooddelta 7th March 2023, 10:25 PM

Poor Pixie Lott's career has been a bit forgotten really, considering she managed three No.1s, I honestly can't say I hear any of them anywhere anymore.

I have suddenly remembered about this version of Mama Do I stumbled across on a Swedish compilation album that I uploaded to YouTube myself at the time, because as far as I can see, it wasn't released anywhere else? It has a spoken word intro and different production - I wonder if it was the original demo before they made it more UK friendly in sound?



The original demo of Boys & Girls I sent to BJSC way back in 2008, a year before she was even known as an artist I found her through MySpace at the time and she only had a few hundred 'friends'.



Again, you can hear the progression to the eventual radio edit we got.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 8th March 2023, 07:55 AM

Thanks for posting gooddelta. Never heard that spoken word into for Mama Do.

She was pretty big in 2009/10 wasn’t she?

Posted by: gooddelta 8th March 2023, 10:16 AM

Surprisingly big, she had a long run of hits and a huge album, but didn't really feel like she fit the chart landscape at the time, she felt more like the sort of singer who would have been big in the late 90s/early 00s.

Three No.1 hits!

Mama Do had a lot of airplay at the time in particular, and Cry Me Out, but I've not heard them in years.

Posted by: Roba. 8th March 2023, 02:18 PM

'Cry Me Out'

Posted by: Jessie Where 8th March 2023, 04:40 PM

It is rather surprising when you consider she had a near-million selling album to accompany those and seemed pretty much everywhere in 2009/2010. It's quite funny how her career draws such similar parallels with that of Billie Piper.

I don't even hear her songs in gay clubs like I do with the likes of The Saturdays (or even the aforementioned Billie's 'Day & Night') etc, that's how consigned to forgotten history she is!

Posted by: tommie 8th March 2023, 04:52 PM

I always got the impression that Pixie Lott appealed to a young audience (think pre-tweens) and that audience just never followed her along to their tweens/teen years. It does feel like she was a pop star that could've had a career a decade or two ago when television was filled with kid's programs to promote on; but as it was she just had no place in pop.

Posted by: Roba. 8th March 2023, 05:30 PM

I do admit 'Mama Do' especially never striked me as the type of track to go to #1. If anything it sounded like the sort that'd peak at #5 and have a fairly short run not 9 or 10 weeks like it did have.

'Boys & Girls' at least sounds a bit more in with the pop sound but maybe a bit dated still by a few years.

Posted by: gooddelta 13th March 2023, 05:31 PM

I heard Summer Girls by Lyte Funkie Ones on a CD yesterday and it reminded me of their early 2000 top 10 hit Girl On TV, which I can't imagine is widely remembered.



Catchy little track, about Jennifer Love Hewitt, who Rich from the band was dating at the time.

Upon reading what the band were up to now, it seems two of its three members died of cancer, Rich in 2010 then Devin in 2018

Posted by: Roba. 13th March 2023, 06:06 PM

This was a top 10 in 2002, not sure I know it well or remember it.

Posted by: tommie 13th March 2023, 06:15 PM

^ That song actually had a quite decent chart run too (from Polyhex):

{3}-4-5-9-17-19-27-30-35-50-69-73->12wks

So it wasn't your typical "peak at ten and spend three weeks in the top 75" type of song. I can't help to think Truth Hurts is a horrible name for a solo artist though.

Posted by: Roba. 13th March 2023, 06:17 PM

So it did, maybe one that went unnoticed by just me then.

Posted by: jimwatts 13th March 2023, 06:30 PM

A few I don't remember even reaching the Top 10:





I remember most of his Top 10 hits but not this one:

Posted by: Yobnedor 13th March 2023, 09:30 PM

Judging by the listenthrough currently, this one needs to be here:

Posted by: JulianT 14th March 2023, 08:24 PM

We haven’t had the lowest selling Top 10 of the decade yet - which by the way is absolutely an underrated bop:

Posted by: jimwatts 14th March 2023, 08:41 PM

I actually prefer it to their other three #8 hits in the 2000s plus Drowning, and its video is fun, but I guess its Top 100 run of 8-36-75-x shows it wasn't that big.

Posted by: gooddelta 14th March 2023, 08:41 PM

Sunrise was such a good track, I loved the Sunset mix on the CD single, it worked well as a ballad.

Another Day sounded like an attempt to recreate If You're Not The One to me.

Surprised that BSB song was the lowest selling top 10 of the 00s, there seem like so many more flash in the pans that I'd have expected to take the title than that, but I guess it was in a really low sales period so makes sense.

For somebody who became so huge a decade later, a lot of people I know say WTF when I tell them Sia had her first top 10 hit in 2000. I wouldn't say it's a particularly well remembered track.



The following week it was replaced in the top 10 by P!nk with her debut hit There You Go. At the time, there is no way in a million years I'd expect even one of this pair to have even five years of chart longevity, let alone over 20.

Posted by: Roba. 15th March 2023, 09:52 AM

Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye

Peaked at 6 and did feature on a Now album but they feel very forgotten and despite being on said NOW! I can't recall how it goes now lmao.

Posted by: gooddelta 15th March 2023, 09:59 AM

I quite liked that, probably better than anything Blazin' Squad released for me. Doesn't seem to be on streaming.

Got to No.5 with six weeks in the top 40 too so not a complete flash in the pan.

Posted by: Jessie Where 15th March 2023, 10:36 AM

I feel like this is really quite forgotten (and seemed to be fairly quickly since), but it's SUCH a tune

Posted by: -Jay- 15th March 2023, 01:04 PM

I’m interested to know if the stat about the Backstreet Boys single being the lowest selling Top 10 of the 00s is based on sales just within the 2000s decade or if it’s still the case now? Is there any possibility that streaming units could have pushed it over something else?

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You couldn’t really get further away from “forgotten Top 10” if you tried, so I appreciate this isn’t the best thread to launch into this… but from an “at the time” perspective… it still amazes me that The Killers - Mr Brightside didn’t even make it into the End of Year 2004 Top 200 chart. I’m not sure what it sold that year - maybe under 30,000 copies? It sold 12,700 to reach #10. As of July 2017 it had sold 18,651 CDs and 3,861 Vinyl (22,512 overall) and most of that surely must have been sold in 2004.

Mr Brightside was released 2 weeks before the Hot Fuss album, which initially had this chart run off the back of it: 6-25-25-29-42… then the album began to climb when All These Things That I’ve Done started to get promotion.

The love for Mr Brightside clearly grew as the Hot Fuss era became huge in 2005 and somehow that’s never diminished over 18 years on. It just seems funny to think that when it was actually released as a single, the UK public didn’t latch on with a huge amount of enthusiasm, with rather small numbers buying it on CD/Vinyl single. Back then it must have been down there as being one of the worst selling UK Top 10 hits? Radio was quite cold to the song at that stage, just a few weeks low Top 100 in the airplay chart, so that probably explains it.

Final thing about Mr Brightside: I don’t think I realised that it was initially released as a single in September 2003. It didn’t make the Top 200 singles chart at that point, but apparently only 500 CDs and 500 Vinyl were pressed in that initial run so I guess there wasn’t an aim for it to chart then.

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I bought Lemar - Another Day (I agree it was If You’re Not the One Part II) and Angel City - Sunrise! I also preferred Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye to anything Blazin Squad released.

Truth Hurts - Addictive caught me by surprise in 2002 because it didn’t seem to me like it was destined to do that well - 4 weeks in the Top 10 was very good going. I really liked it though and I still do. At the time, in terms of R&B newcomers from the US, Tweet - Oops (Oh My) felt to me like it got more exposure, but it didn’t do as well as Addictive.

End of essay

Posted by: JulianT 15th March 2023, 01:30 PM

Just based on Gezza’s thread:
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=157717&hl=
Yes pretty sure that just covered sales to 2009 (and it was done in 2013 anyway) so might well not be the lowest selling now.

Posted by: jimwatts 15th March 2023, 01:40 PM

Wasn't the End of Year 2004 top 200 chart based only on physical sales and not downloads? Mr Brightside's recorded sales for 2004 could therefore have been no more than 22,512 which surely wasn't enough for EOY top 200 even in the low sales climate. It did re-enter the weekly Top 100 in the final week of 2004 though, so there was significant sustained interest in it even before the re-release of Somebody Told Me went to #3.

Back on topic, when Mr Brightside was at #10, this was the song at #9:

Posted by: -Jay- 15th March 2023, 01:45 PM

Thank you for linking that thread! Poor Melanie C being in the Top 20. Plus two Rachel Stevens songs... both bops.


14,300 sales as a total (back then) for a Top 10 single, wow... it's pretty crazy just how horrible sales became by 2005. I had a look on Spotify and Just Want You to Know has managed over 24 million streams, although this is a worldwide figure, so there's no way of telling how much streaming it gets in the UK.

2nd on that list, Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong [14,800 sales] has 9.5m streams on Spotify, and I'd assume that's more concentrated in the UK than Backstreet Boys' song would be, so I'd guess Autumnsong still has a higher total.

3rd - Darkness - Is It Just Me [14,900] has 3 million Spotify streams, so maybe that could have slipped behind?

If not that, then 4th - Sham 69 - Hurry Up England - The People's Anthem [15,100] may very well be the lowest now, with it only having 382,000 Spotify streams to date.

I think you're right, as downloads weren't included in the weekly charts until April 2005! Mr Brightside was released in advance of there even being a separate download chart, although paid for downloads did exist when Mr Brightside came out. The download sales back then must have been so small!

I see from Gezza's thread that Jessica Simpson - With You was said to have sold 27,800, and that was #200 in the EOY 2004 chart.

I actually remember the existence of that Kristian Leontiou single! Though I can't remember how it goes. Only a little over 400,000 streams on Spotify, about 0.02% of Mr Brightside.

Posted by: Brer 15th March 2023, 01:48 PM

I remember my mum really liking that Kristian Leontiou song lol *_*

Posted by: Roba. 15th March 2023, 01:50 PM

I have the CD for 'Story of my Life' and liked it a lot too, even played it recently but as far as general public goes I doubt anyone remembers him or his songs too well.

Posted by: gooddelta 15th March 2023, 04:35 PM

He had another almost top 10 track too, called Shining, I liked that a little more than Story Of My Life.

I must admit my first thought before recalling Gezza's thread was that the Sham 69 song was probably the lowest selling now, or something else that has minimal streaming. 24m streams for the BSB song must include a small chunk from the UK at least.

Posted by: JulianT 15th March 2023, 04:54 PM

Oh undoubtedly the Backstreet Boys track will be nowhere near the bottom now in that case as 24 million on Spoti will be much more than most of those on that list. If just a couple of million of those are UK that’s 20,000 extra “sales” - more than it had in the first place!

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 16th March 2023, 06:40 AM

A couple of UK top 20 hits from Australian sisters from 2009.

Posted by: Jessie Where 16th March 2023, 08:54 AM

I love them so much

I'd say 'Untouched' is fairly remembered, it remains one Radio 1 play regularly all these years on and it's always used in things like football coverage (well, the strings/backing track anyway)

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 16th March 2023, 09:00 AM

Glad they’re fondly remembered. That’s probably my least favourite of the three 4ever videos.

Their first album had some great songs. Well single really. Everything I’m Not, When It All Falls Apart, Revolution and Leave Me Alone.

Posted by: Jessie Where 16th March 2023, 09:06 AM

The Secret Life of... was a defining album of my teenage years, I still love it just as much (second and third albums also really good, although glad they switched it up a bit!)

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 16th March 2023, 09:18 AM

Second albums had its moments, but for the third one I only really liked You Ruin Me and If You Love Someone. Haven’t heard their last two albums from 2021.

Posted by: Dobbo. 16th March 2023, 10:42 AM

This one just came up for me on Shuffle. #9 in Jan 2002.

Posted by: gooddelta 16th March 2023, 10:49 AM

I recommended that album to Roba as a good future one for a listenthrough, it's one of my absolute all-time favourites, probably just outside my top 10.

I'd add Secret and Speechless to those highlights, which I agree with.

They also wrote tATu's UK top 10 (forgotten) hit All About Us, which makes perfect sense, as it sounds like it could have been on The Secret Life Of...

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 16th March 2023, 11:08 AM

Secret is great, favourite non single.

Didn’t know they wrote All About Us. They also wrote Faded by Kate DeAraugo, later covered by Cascada. The Kate DeAraugo version sounds like it’d fit on The Secret Life Of… as well.

Posted by: gooddelta 16th March 2023, 11:14 AM

Oh yes, I loved that track too, I have her album and it's pretty good. Cascada did cover some unexpected songs.

Posted by: Jessie Where 16th March 2023, 11:30 AM

'If You Love Someone' is one of the worst tracks on the album for me oops.

I still haven't heard Human, Godzilla traumatised me so much I couldn't find the will. I need to get round to it though.

Posted by: gooddelta 16th March 2023, 11:32 AM

Human was definitely better than Godzilla, which was a bit of a racket, but neither touch any of their previous albums.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 16th March 2023, 08:35 PM

Haha, I don’t like it as much as I use to though. Can see why people wouldn’t like it.

You Ruin Me is great though.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 16th March 2023, 08:38 PM

Just Like A Pill and Skater Boy stand out for me as unexpected covers. What’s Going On by Casey Donovan (Australian Idol series 2 winner) was also another The Veronica’s penned track.

Posted by: Riser 17th March 2023, 02:50 AM

Wow, I've loved 'All About Us' forever and never knew The Veronicas wrote it...it makes sense!

I just listened to Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill which went top 5 in 2009. Definitely seems forgotten to me, I haven't seen or heard it anywhere in years.

Posted by: Jessie Where 17th March 2023, 08:57 AM

I hear it all the time in gay bars (both that and the Freemasons remix of it), but I'm unsure how remembered it is outside these environments.

Posted by: Liam.k. 17th March 2023, 09:21 AM

I hear it all the time outside of those environments too. It’s really popular within my circles of friends, like to the point where I feel it must be doing the rounds on TikTok or something to have the sort of reach it does. I hear it in town just as much as I Wanna Dance With Somebody or How Will I Know.

Posted by: Roba. 17th March 2023, 01:10 PM

I do hear 'Million Dollar Bill' on Heart Fm on the odd occasion. 'All About Us' is great as well and The Veronicas 2014 album is great too. Never heard the 2009 album before so could be a good one indeed to suggest for future albums. I never got the appeal of 'Untouched' back then (unpopular opinion) but I've come round to it since. The strings on it are fab though!

Posted by: Riser 18th March 2023, 02:54 AM

In retrospect, I'm not sure why I posted since we're discussing UK top 10s and I'm not in the UK.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 22nd March 2023, 06:20 AM

Dante Thomas - Miss California (ft. Pras)

Not sure how well remembered this is in the UK but this was massive in Australia for the summer of 2001/02.

Posted by: Roba. 22nd March 2023, 10:42 AM

Don't recall it myself and the fact it made it to #25 here explains it.

Posted by: JulianT 22nd March 2023, 11:05 AM

I went on holiday to Tunisia in 2001 and Miss California was playing every few hours by the swimming pools! I don’t think I’d have particularly known it otherwise.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 22nd March 2023, 06:51 PM

Yeah, I saw it missed the top 20 in the UK, it git to #5 in Australia. I think being released around summertime helped it.

Posted by: gooddelta 23rd March 2023, 09:40 PM

I was thinking it must have been huge in Germany too, because it appears on loads of German 00s compilations I've got. Just checked and it got to No.1 there.

I do remember its UK release and thinking it would be a lot bigger than it was.

Posted by: Mybigapplebum 23rd March 2023, 10:01 PM

Here are a few more forgotten top ten hits from the 00's.

2008


2003


2006

Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 10:04 PM

I would say 'Faster Kill Pussycat ' is quite memorable.

Posted by: Roba. 23rd March 2023, 10:12 PM

I did think of 'Just For Tonight' tbh. Decent track but fairly forgotten indeed nowadays!

Posted by: gooddelta 23rd March 2023, 10:16 PM

Stop Sign for Abs too, which got to 10 in 2003.

Quite a forgettable solo career all round although there was a nice song called 7 Ways on his album. I can’t remember if it was maybe due to be a single and cancelled.

Posted by: WeekndMack 25th March 2023, 04:11 PM

Not sure if this has mentioned before, apologies if it has:

Posted by: T Boy 25th March 2023, 05:35 PM

That was a surprising underperformance for me. Quite like Switch It On.

Posted by: Big Fat Sue 25th March 2023, 06:14 PM

Move Tjis Mountain wasn't a top 10 or even released.

That Sia song id SHOCKING though

Posted by: lewistgreen 26th March 2023, 12:40 PM

Move This Mountain was a double A-side with Get Over You in the UK.

Posted by: Roba. 30th March 2023, 11:32 AM

On topic of Bob Sinclar after popping up in Rich's thread, I don't really recall this one that went top 10 in 2000. Listening to it now and it's decent enough though.

Posted by: Jessie Where 31st March 2023, 08:07 AM

One of the best funky house anthems ever

Posted by: Mybigapplebum 31st March 2023, 05:45 PM

I also stumbled across this 2000's gem from Natasha Bedingfield.

You never hear this on the radio anymore. One of her best songs, I think.

Posted by: Roba. 31st March 2023, 05:53 PM

'Soulmate' I'm not a Natasha fan and wasn't a fan of any of her stuff beforehand so this one was a lovely surprise. To be fair anything sounds incredible following that utter trash 'I Wanna Have Your Babies'

Posted by: Yobnedor 31st March 2023, 06:50 PM

Whatever happened to NBed?

Posted by: Roba. 31st March 2023, 06:55 PM

Blame Sean Kingston

Posted by: Mybigapplebum 31st March 2023, 06:58 PM

Agreed. I don't understand why she released 'I Wanna Have Your Babies' as a single.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 1st April 2023, 09:39 AM

Soulmate is stunning, one of her best. It’s baffling I Wanna Have Your Babies was chosen as lead.

The US edition of the album had some strong songs too, Angel and Pocketful of Sunshine.

Strip Me (single) was also great. Wish it was on Spotify.

Posted by: Jessie Where 1st April 2023, 03:54 PM

I think of 'I Wanna Have Your Babies' as one of the key examples of a career killing single!

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 2nd April 2023, 01:47 AM

Absolutely, they didn’t even use it to launch the album in the US did they?

Posted by: ChrisJK 2nd April 2023, 12:38 PM

I couldn't remember I Wanna Have Your Babies so just had a listen. What a mess!!

How did both Daniel and Natasha manage to ruin their career after one massive album with some huge singles?

Posted by: Roba. 12th April 2023, 09:28 PM

Not from 2000-2009 but we're fine with expanding this to the next decade now if you want. This one hit wonder Mclean in 2010.



I do vaguely remember it myself but for others it'll be a 'how does it go' and it feels like one of those songs that did well off the back of Taio Cruz etc who were scoring hits at the time!

Posted by: Roba. 18th April 2023, 10:04 PM

Follow up to 'I'll Be Ready'. A cover of Robin Beck's #1 in the 80's!

Posted by: BananasInPyjamas 18th April 2023, 10:16 PM

Was it actually just that song being awful that killed her career?

I find it beyond baffling when Pocketful Of Sunshine was right there and WAS I believe made a single in the US but not here.

Posted by: Jessie Where 18th April 2023, 11:19 PM

I'd say definitely. Her second album flopped spectacularly off the back of it and couldn't really be rescued, and it's all just rather embarrassing.

Which is a shame as there were some actually really good tracks on there. Should've lead with 'Say It Again'.

Posted by: tommie 19th April 2023, 02:08 AM

Like, her record company wouldn't even release Pocketful of Sunshine because of the bad reception I Wanna Have Your Babies and the subsequent singles had. You'd think something as unusual as a UK artist reaching the top 5 on Billboard would have the record company rushing it out everywhere, but I guess not.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 19th April 2023, 03:08 AM

Loved ‘Say It Again’ and still do.

Agreed, completely baffled it did t get a bigger push outside America. That and Angel.

Posted by: Dobbo. 19th April 2023, 08:30 AM

I've always enjoyed I Wanna Have Your Babies and had no idea it garnered this much disdain! I remember at the time it came out however that I completely misinterpreted the meaning of the song and thought it was about kidnapping.

Posted by: Yobnedor 19th April 2023, 08:14 PM

!!!!!!!!

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 19th April 2023, 08:55 PM

Hahahaha.

That’d make for an interesting song.

Posted by: DrizzyMack 20th April 2023, 01:23 AM

I Wanna Have Your Babies it was a strange song from Natasha Bedingfield and her making that weird noise in the song.

Posted by: Roba. 6th May 2023, 11:57 AM

Kinda remembered this for just those 3 or so weeks it was around but tbh I clicked on this one not recalling it very hard now and wasn't memorable in the first place really in general.

Posted by: Jessie Where 7th May 2023, 10:40 AM

I remembered at the time thinking "who is this random person?"

He came and went like a tumbleweed with that one top 10 hit and was never heard of again. Like a solo Reynolds Girls.

Posted by: tommie 7th May 2023, 12:03 PM

On first sight it was odd that he just had one hit and literally never another charting single in the top 100 or got to release an album - but then I saw that it was released on AATW so it makes more sense since they mostly deal with single-only deals.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th May 2023, 08:02 PM

Icr if it's been said in this thread yet or not but:



LOVE this! I feel like it was a massive hit at the time, but nobody really talks about it anymore

Posted by: Roba. 26th May 2023, 08:24 PM

Not forgotten by me

Posted by: Roba! 2nd June 2023, 01:57 PM

Whilst a lot of us are voting Mika out of a Survivor. Me and Rich were talking on Facebook and we brought up how 'We Are Golden' and his entire 2nd era feels massively forgotten in retrospect to his mammoth first era.

Peaked at 4 in August 2009. It was a chart topper for me personally and finished inside my EOY top 10 also but it doesn't get talking about even a year later after it came out it wasn't talked about like his first album singles were!

Posted by: gooddelta 2nd June 2023, 02:29 PM

This was No.9 in 2002, a chart campaign of some sort to get him a top ten hit, which worked:



Can't remember if this has been posted



I loved this Atomic Kitten song as an album track back in 2001 (from the original album released in 2000), yet it was for some reason left until 2005 for a random single release, where it peaked at No.10

Posted by: Roba! 5th June 2023, 04:29 PM

Edited this to include any top 20 songs since I think we've exhausted all the top 10 ones now.

Ricky Martins return to the UK Charts after nearly 4 years and this feels forgotten to me (the fact it wasn't good as well). Peaked at 11!

Posted by: Roba! 9th June 2023, 11:32 PM

Okay this did peak at #2 and have a decent chart run in the top 40 but this doesn't feel to remembered now.. he is a one hit wonder after all too.

Posted by: Jade 9th June 2023, 11:41 PM

This #11 hit, with a sample that featured in Lloyds TSB adverts at the time, feels pretty forgotten now:



Mark Brown feat. Sarah Cracknell - The Journey Continues

I still love it

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 10th June 2023, 12:02 AM

Don't think I've posted this one yet. Love it!

Posted by: Roba. 14th June 2023, 02:16 PM

Didn't watch the show and don't remember it at all yet peaked at 7 in 2010!

Posted by: gooddelta 20th June 2023, 06:00 PM

With the talk of ATB on the forum over the past few days, it reminded me that he actually had three top five hits here, the third of which was a pointless cover of Adamski's Killer, which sounds almost the same but a bit faster and with added bendy synth on the UK radio edit (it wasn't as prominent on the album version, I guess they thought we only bought into his music for that one schtick ).

I didn't care one bit for this, sadly, but loved his other singles from 2000, The Summer (which I picked up on import as it didn't get a UK release), and The Fields Of Love with York, which reached No.16.

Posted by: Roba. 21st June 2023, 12:55 AM

My first post in here was about Wet Wet Wet and yet Now 49 has reminded me of the lead singer Marti Pellow's debut solo release 'Close To You' which peaked at #9 and spent like 5 weeks top 40 I think.

Posted by: Jessie Where 21st June 2023, 07:27 AM

I still hear this one everywhere, particularly a dance remix of it.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 21st June 2023, 07:29 AM

I didn't actually hear this until 2008. I was studying at Tafe and one of my friends had this on a cd that we played almost every day a group of us went out on our lunch breaks. Always enjoyed from then.

Posted by: gooddelta 27th June 2023, 07:53 PM

In late 2005/early 2006 Irish singer Brian Kennedy hit No.4 with a Tribute to George Best, the lead track of the EP being his version of You Raise Me Up, which had been a big hit for Westlife in 2005.

It had quite a chart run too, so wasn't a fleeting hit: 21-11-4-5-11-12-22-30-38-62

Can honestly never remember hearing this on the chart show.

Brian represented Ireland at Eurovision five months later, and finished 10th with Every Song Is A Cry For Love, which didn't get a single release but probably should have done, seeing as we gave it 8 points and he was coming off the back of a huge hit.



Una from The Saturdays on the backing vocals there too.

Posted by: Roba. 9th July 2023, 12:07 AM

I know it probably won't be among Saturdays fans but '30 Days' feels very forgotten to me. Bop though.

Posted by: Yobnedor 9th July 2023, 11:49 AM

I had to think how it goes…

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 10th July 2023, 01:24 AM

30 Days is extremely underrated.

Posted by: Roba. 29th August 2023, 07:08 PM

Just remembered this one, was the follow up the 'Crazy' and did make the top 10 and spent 8 weeks top 40 but I doubt it's even recalled much.

Posted by: JulianT 8th September 2023, 11:49 AM

On the back of it criminally exiting the Survivor in the 1st round, I feel moved to take a moment to appreciate the brilliance of this superb piece of East meets West culture.

The first YouTube comment I read sums it up perfectly:
“This song was so underrated… that beat… that rap verse… they don’t make singles like this anymore”.

Posted by: Jessie Where 8th September 2023, 12:40 PM

That result in the survivor was so unjust! Like was said the thread, it was massive at the time. I remember that summer it was all over the radio, playing from everyone's car etc and I haven't really heard it in the wild since.

Also really interested to know what happened to her after this, was there even a follow-up single?

Posted by: tommie 8th September 2023, 01:49 PM

IIRC, the song used an uncleared sample and I think radio stations were eventually barred from playing Addictive when it was ongoing. I assume it really hurt anything else they tried to release.

ETA: she did get a follow up - a feature with R Kelly called "The Truth"; only it was released as R Kelly's first round of charges for the child sexual abuse video / images surfaced... so yeah, it seems like bar the initial hit of Addictive, she had pretty rotten luck.

Posted by: Roba. 8th September 2023, 02:10 PM

Yeah I mentioned a lot of it in the commentary I did this week for it. Was a court case involved surrounding using some other artists music which I guess killed her career off oops.

Posted by: gooddelta 8th September 2023, 02:23 PM

It's one of those very rare songs that - as far as I can see - has never been included on any sort of compilation album either.

So in any retrospectives it has just been completely forgotten about, initially I guess due to the sample issues but it's never really played on the radio/in clubs etc. You'd never know it was an enduring top three hit.

Posted by: Dobbo 8th September 2023, 02:42 PM

There was another similarish sounding hit the year after by Erick Sermon called React who'd also go down as bit of a one-hit wonder though he did have one other top 40 hit 2 years before.

Posted by: Dobbo 4th October 2023, 08:28 AM

Anyone remember this trance song? Peaked at #21 in 2000 but was re-released 2 years later and made the top 10.

Posted by: Jessie Where 4th October 2023, 08:54 PM

This is on my gym playlist!

Posted by: Mack. 12th October 2023, 01:03 PM

This I remember seeing the music video premiere on T4:

Posted by: gooddelta 5th December 2023, 04:12 PM

A festive one.

Reached No.5 in 2005, I don't remember this at all:

Posted by: Rockin Roba! 5th December 2023, 04:17 PM

One of those was enough

Posted by: gooddelta 5th December 2023, 04:35 PM

Alex Day - Forever Yours - No.4 at Christmas 2011

I think I may have bought this at the time!

Posted by: Jester 5th December 2023, 05:13 PM

He was a Buzzjack member!

Posted by: Michael Bubré 5th December 2023, 06:16 PM

I prefer Basshunter's version which was #35 3 years later

Posted by: TheSnake 5th December 2023, 07:42 PM

I prefer it to 'Crazy'. I remember 'Smiley Faces' was danced to on Strictly Come Dancing quite a bit (not much recently probably though)



One of quite a few forgotten trance top 20s in early 2002, there was also Lange ft Skye -Drifting Away, Tillmann Uhrmacher - On The Run, 4 Strings - Take Me Away, Minimalistix - Close Cover and Dreamcatcher - Don't Want To Lose My Way.

Posted by: Roba. 5th April 2024, 08:15 PM

Was trawling through youtube earlier and suddenly came across this one lol.

Posted by: Scene 5th April 2024, 08:18 PM

^

That can stay forgotten thanks.

Posted by: Dobbo 6th April 2024, 12:27 PM

A tune *_*

Posted by: Roba. 17th April 2024, 10:52 AM

This feels massively forgotten by Will Young. Peaked at 10 but he quickly shifted attention to 'Grace' with an X Factor performance.

Posted by: Dobbo 17th April 2024, 11:30 AM

One of his best^

Posted by: Roba. 17th April 2024, 01:41 PM

just when I mention Will I forget Gareth also released a song called 'Changes' a year before and reached 14 safe to say Will had more longevity and rightfully so!

Posted by: Mack. 17th April 2024, 02:10 PM

Posted by: Roba. 25th April 2024, 06:10 PM

Posted by: Mack. 26th April 2024, 01:13 AM

Which featured last week in my Throwback Thursday edition.