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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Girls Aloud _ Was Something New a flop?
Posted by: Michael Costanza 12th May 2021, 09:00 PM
Was Something New a flop or just an underperforming single? I’m going to say the latter as it did get to #2, but it obviously had a terrible chart run and was expected to do much better as it was a comeback single.
What do you guys think?
Posted by: Jay❄ 12th May 2021, 09:12 PM
I would maybe say an underperformance, but I suppose after 3 and a half years away from the chart, it's kind of difficult to gauge how well it should have done. The music industry moves fast, and I think that left Girls Aloud in a weird position of having been away long enough for a lot of the public to have moved on from them (out of sight, out of mind...), but it had also not been anywhere near a long enough break for nostalgia to have kicked in.
Undeniably #2 is a great peak, but it did indeed plummet down the chart. As comebacks go it did a whole lot better than Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) did for the Spice Girls, we can at least say that. 
Something New has held up fairly well for them on Spotify - it's constantly within their most popular Top 10 - so I think despite how frontloaded it was in 2012, it's gone on to be a reasonably well remembered song by them.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 12th May 2021, 10:56 PM
It wasnt a flop but it didnt do aswell as expected but thankfully it has continued to get trickle a sales and has built of fairly ok sales. I wish it had been bigger though as I love it.
Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 12th May 2021, 11:16 PM
Underperformed but also their best single
Posted by: Liam.k. 12th May 2021, 11:22 PM
Undeniably #2 is a great peak, but it did indeed plummet down the chart. As comebacks go it did a whole lot better than Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) did for the Spice Girls, we can at least say that.
Something New has held up fairly well for them on Spotify - it's constantly within their most popular Top 10 - so I think despite how frontloaded it was in 2012, it's gone on to be a reasonably well remembered song by them.
You sum up my thoughts perfectly here. Looking back, I actually think it's quite impressive it managed to debut at #2 when the rest of the chart run suggested it was a very fan-favouring release. It had the charity tag to help it but it was completely different to the usual Children in Need sound. It was also so unlike everything else in the charts; I know Girls Aloud singles were often quite unconventional pop songs but I think there's a difference when the public are used to having Girls Aloud in their conscious and then three years down the line which is a long time in the pop world yet not long enough to have nostalgic value, as you say.
Posted by: Liam.k. 12th May 2021, 11:23 PM
Imagine if they did return with 'Beautiful 'Cause You Loved Me' omg. Would make 'Headlines' look like a Platinum hit.
Posted by: pippa 12th May 2021, 11:30 PM
Beautiful Cause You Loved Me would have made for an awful comeback single.
Something New underperformed and lost ground quickly after a strong debut.
It is successful in the streaming era for Girls Aloud which I greatly welcome as I have great love for the song.
Posted by: Chemistry 14th May 2021, 11:36 AM
I wouldn't ever call a #2 single a flop, but it had definitely a disappointing chart run and deserved more. Did it underperform? Maybe for their standards, at the same time we must not forget the music industry had changed a lot during the time they were away (not just the music style that was 'hot', but also the way music was consumed). When they did come back, they were more a legacy act than a current chart-topping act. And frankly only released the song and album to support their tour the next year. So it was always going to be a different scenario. It is good to see it's now one of their most streamed and popular songs on Spotify and doesn't seem to be forgotten, so looking back it did quite well after all. Also compared to the already mentioned Headlines, but also MKS's Flatline or All Saints' Rock Steady comeback single.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 14th May 2021, 12:30 PM
Yes when its pitted against comeback singles from other girl groups it looks like a huge hit, but its great that its one their most streamed and popular songs on Spotify as that will continue to help increase its sales.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 14th May 2021, 12:30 PM
What are its current sales?
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 14th May 2021, 01:40 PM
I'd agree it's quite well-remembered as far as Girls Aloud songs go, I've heard it played twice during the daytime on Radio 1 recently and I'd often hear it on nights out (pre-pandemic!)
Posted by: Tombo 14th May 2021, 04:10 PM
It was quite late in their career so it was harder for them to do amazingly but it got to #2 which is great and it is such a bop 
It would have been amazing if it did better but it didn't do too badly so I'd say underperforming single.
Posted by: HarryBorelli 14th May 2021, 08:21 PM
I wouldnt say it flopped, #2 for a chairty pushed song is very good but it defo under performed.
Posted by: Voodoo 14th May 2021, 08:28 PM
Yes. It flopped. Their previous lead single, The Promise, was their most successful hit, so expectations for their "comback" single were very high.
Posted by: sn👠ke 14th May 2021, 08:37 PM
I suppose it flopped a bit, should have stayed in the chart for a while longer
I loved it at the time but it really hasn't aged well in my opinion, especially the production and chanted vocals in the verses.
Posted by: PAJ 15th May 2021, 01:07 AM
I’ve never really liked this song, for me it’s one of their worst.
On topic though I felt it did under perform a little, though the landscape had changed over their hiatus.
Posted by: Bré 15th May 2021, 01:17 AM
it flopped because it's shit
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Posted by: Jay❄ 15th May 2021, 01:23 AM
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Posted by: JSG 15th May 2021, 07:10 AM
I quite like Something New honestly but I didn't even know they had a comeback at the time 
and eventually I listened to the song a couple years after it was released
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 15th May 2021, 02:08 PM
That was four years previously, that is a lifetime in pop music to be away.
Posted by: pippa 15th May 2021, 08:33 PM
The Promise and Something New can't be compared as it was a big gap in release and marketed very differently.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 16th May 2021, 12:43 PM
Beautiful cause you loved me was a flop but something new especially looking at it now has done fairly well for them.
Posted by: London 19th May 2021, 11:04 PM
Aww beautiful cause you love me was such a good song! Forgot about that. Loved it.
I was gutted Something New didn’t make number 1 at that time - Troublemaker!!!
Still, it joins the great list of songs that peaked at number 2.
Posted by: 152chris 20th May 2021, 05:35 PM
should have been On The Metro
Posted by: Dré 20th May 2021, 09:02 PM
I disagree. "Rock Steady" felt bigger imo.
Posted by: Dill Doe 21st May 2021, 03:36 PM
Yes. It was a MASSIVE flop.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 21st May 2021, 06:38 PM
"Massive flop" is what I'd describe something like Headlice rather than this.
Has this been certified at all?
Posted by: JosephStyles 21st May 2021, 06:51 PM
^ silver cert! One of their better trickle sellers too.
I'd say "underperformance" covers it, #2 shows there was some interest in it even if the chart run proves it was limited but it's held up as one of their most consistently popular tracks so I don't think it was a misfire (unlike the follow-up "single")
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 24th May 2021, 02:41 PM
Its definitely benefiting from one of their most consistent trickle sellers and its nice that it has a high peak of Number 2 aswell which on paper makes it look a bigger hit than it might have been.
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