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 14th May 2024, 07:51 PM
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Madeon definitely deserved more success than what was had. 2 Top 40 singles and this limped in barely making the Top 75 (and it's as good as its predecessors)
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14th May 2024, 09:35 PM
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Hello 2012, let’s see what flops you had to offer from the first quarter;
Yasmin feat. Shy FX & Ms. Dynamite – Light Up (The World) [Peaked at #50 in January 2012] Yasmin was not particularly lucky with her singles, having acquired a few flops, and this one with the help of Shy FX and Ms. Dynamite could not help it any higher than #50 for a single week in the chart. Skrillex & The Doors – Breakn' A Sweat [Peaked at #32 in January 2012] This introduction for many to Skrillex was a shock and revolutionary as dubstep became a mainstream genre concept. The chart peak was still quite impressive, but I’d have liked a bit higher which the next single achieved. Knife Party – Internet Friends [Peaked at #83 in January 2012] Another example of an early introduction to dubstep. This one I discovered a bit later than it’s charting week, but nonetheless an absolute bop. Florence + The Machine – No Light, No Light [Peaked at #50 in February 2012] The second official single from the second album by Florence + The Machine was a flop. It paled in comparison to What The Water Gave Me (a promotional single) and Shake It Out. Matt Cardle – Amazing [Peaked at #84 in February 2012] The X Factor winner of season 7 was looking for another hit but it didn’t come with this single, in fact he would have to employ the vocals of a Spice Girl to get another hit! Lissie – Go Your Own Way [Peaked at #54 in March 2012] A nice Fleetwood Mac cover that failed to materialise into a Top 40 hit for this singer from America. It was in fact the second time she had missed the Top 40 after another attempt in 2010. Taylor Swift – Eyes Open [Peaked at #70 in March 2012] This wasn’t an official single, it was in fact intended for a soundtrack to The Hunger Games movie franchise along with another single titled Safe & Sound. |
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14th May 2024, 09:50 PM
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Not much indie / rock stuff made the Top 40 by 2012, and these were lucky enough to chart at all:
This snuck in at #100 for his chart debut: #94 with the album release in 2012, peaking at #76 after headlining Glastonbury the following year: Released the previous year, this charted at #58 after being performed at the Olympics closing ceremony, which also produced the only chart appearances for a couple of much older favourites of mine (Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here at #68; The Who - Baba O'Riley at #55): |
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14th May 2024, 09:59 PM
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Two of Paloma's singles from that year missed top 40 with this one peaking the highest of the two (the other being 'Just Be') at 50!
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14th May 2024, 10:40 PM
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'30 Minute Love Affair' is my favourite Paloma song!
It'll forever baffle me how Radio 1 simply dumped her right after 'Picking Up The Pieces', when it felt like she was the biggest she'd ever been. This song deserved so much more 
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19th May 2024, 09:13 PM
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Second quarter flops;
Rizzle Kicks – Traveller's Chant [Peaked at #44 in April 2012] Not quite the same effect as previous Top 10 singles Down With The Trumpets, When I Was A Youngster and Mama Do The Hump, but a half decent single from the duo. Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans [Peaked at #32 in April 2012] The first of two #32 peaking single from Lana in 2012, the other being Ride, but I thought at the time this one might have done better off the success of two Top 10 singles. 387 million views on YouTube at the time of this. Mark Ronson & Katy B – Anywhere In The World [Peaked at #55 in May 2012] Recorded as part of an advertisement campaign for the 2012 London Olympics, this song did not make it into the Top 40 and dropped out altogether after a single week. Gavin Degraw – Soldier [Peaked at #59 in May 2012] On the same week that his 2005 single I Don't Wanna Be re-peaked inside the UK Top 40 due to the airing of the final season of the teen drama One Tree Hill, this new single from 2012 was overlooked and reached #59. Kelly Clarkson – Dark Side [Peaked at #40 in June 2012] It was surely expected that the follow-up single to smash hit Stronger would have a better chart peak than this one did, but it flopped in the Summer of 2012 along with the next single from the same year too. Amy MacDonald – Slow It Down [Peaked at #45 in June 2012] The last charting single for the Scottish singer-songwriter was this one in 2012, it did come close to the Top 40 at the time, but it has to go down as a flop under the terms we have used thus far. |
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19th May 2024, 09:16 PM
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‘Dark Side’ can stay being a flop! Bleurgh! There were SO MANY better choices from that album to capitalise on ‘Stronger’ huge success!
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19th May 2024, 09:20 PM
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Rob aah
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Amy Mcdonald really unlucky with missing out so much but enough for top 50!
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19th May 2024, 10:19 PM
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I can sort of see why 'Dark Side' didn't do well, but I've really come to love that song in recent times!
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20th May 2024, 05:42 PM
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Woodkid - 'Run Boy Run' This is a huge favourite of mine that stalled at #44! The epic instrumental has experienced plenty of use in media over the years. It was a BuzzJack Song Contest winner albeit before I started competing. |
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