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'Giving You Up' vs. 'Made of Glass'
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Liam.k.
post 29th March 2020, 05:05 PM
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The single of 'Giving You Up' was accompanied with the B-side 'Made of Glass', another Xenomania production that was due to appear as the third new track on Ultimate Kylie before being removed last minute. It's since become a fan favourite with some claiming it would have made a better choice of single. Which song do you prefer? Would 'Made of Glass' have been a better single?
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Padamic Tension
post 29th March 2020, 09:08 PM
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Giving You Up
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post 30th March 2020, 11:39 AM
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Love both but it has to be GYU wub.gif
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post 30th March 2020, 01:42 PM
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This is hard, they're both so special to me.
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Nina West
post 30th March 2020, 02:28 PM
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Both are good but "Made Of Glass" edges out in front, I mean come on why wasn't this on 'Ultimate Kylie', it would have been more than welcome, then we could have had 3 fantastic new tracks. 'MOG' also would have made a much better single choice with its winding synths, whispery vocals & a subtle yet effective chorus that gives it a fresh & edgy sound.

Even now this still sounds fresh & just great. Apparently Rachel Stevens also recorded this song for her 'Come & Get It' album, but for whatever reason it never leaked, it would have been interesting to hear her version.

'Giving You Up' - fine enough a nice sultry little number with a catchy chorus, but quite forgettable when compared to her other singles from this decade. Just for fun I've decided to post the top 20 from the week it was released =


03/04/05

TW/LW/WOC

01 01 03 TONY CHRISTIE [FT PETER KAY) - (Is This The Way) To Amarillo
02 NE 01 ELVIS PRESLEY - (You're The) Devil In Disguise
03 02 06 MARIO - Let Me Love You
04 NE 01 MARIAH CAREY - It's Like That
05 04 02 50 CENT - Candy Shop
06 NE 01 KYLIE MINOGUE - Giving You Up
07 03 04 MCFLY - All About You/You've Got A Friend
08 06 02 WILL YOUNG - Switch
09 NE 01 LEMAR - Time To Grow
10 NE 01 RACHEL STEVENS - Negotiate With Love
11 NE 01 MORRISEY - Redondo Beach/There Is A Light
12 NE 01 STUDIO B - I See Girls
13 07 03 GWEN STEFANI (FT EVE) - Rich Girl
14 09 04 SUNSET STRIPPERS - Falling Star
15 08 02 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - Shiver
16 11 03 JEM - They
17 10 06 NELLY (FT TIM MCGRAW) - Over And Over
18 13 02 FADERS - No Sleep Tonight
19 12 03 BASEMENT JAXX - Oh My Gosh
20 14 07 JENNIFER LOPEZ - Get Right

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post 30th March 2020, 02:31 PM
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^^ I remember posting about this before, if it wasn’t for the weekly re-issues of Elvis tracks it would have been Top 5 drama.gif
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post 30th March 2020, 05:04 PM
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I hated that elvis reissues also blocked love at first sight from number 1.
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Liam.k.
post 30th March 2020, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE(SamJudd @ Mar 30 2020, 03:28 PM) *
Even now this still sounds fresh & just great. Apparently Rachel Stevens also recorded this song for her 'Come & Get It' album, but for whatever reason it never leaked, it would have been interesting to hear her version.

I could hear Rachel singing 'Made of Glass'. Rumours have it that 'Secret Garden' from Come & Get It was originally offered to Kylie (it does have the same producer/writer that worked on Body Language) although I'm not sure if a Kylie demo exists. It does sound very Kylie.

QUOTE(Feel_The_Fever @ Mar 30 2020, 06:04 PM) *
I hated that elvis reissues also blocked love at first sight from number 1.

At least that was given a remix and was a genuinely huge hit though. Just a bit of unfortunate timing - if released the week prior, its 80k sales would have easily beaten the 62k 'Light My Fire' sold.
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Liam.k.
post 30th March 2020, 05:51 PM
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These songs rate pretty closely to me. They're both quite quirky but 'Made of Glass' is probably the more interesting for being so different for Kylie. Not sure if they'd have risked it as a single following the lukewarm reception of Body Language but it would have made a nice addition to Ultimate Kylie.

I'm siding more with 'Giving You Up' but, like I say, it's very close.
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post 4th April 2020, 12:16 PM
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Giving you up.
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