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Posted by: Danvember Nov 17 2016, 01:26 PM

This is the 20th year of the CIN single since it had its first big hit (the #1 and million-seller 'Perfect Day'). Which singles have been the most impressive?

1997 Lou Reed and Various Artists "Perfect Day" 1
1998 Denise van Outen and Johnny Vaughan featuring Steps "Especially for You" 3
1999 Martine McCutcheon "Love Me" 6
2000 S Club 7 "Never Had a Dream Come True" 1
2001 S Club 7 "Have You Ever" 1
2002 Will Young "Don't Let Me Down" / "You and I" 2
2003 Shane Richie "I'm Your Man" 2
2004 Girls Aloud "I'll Stand by You" 1
2005 Liberty X "A Night to Remember" 6
2006 Emma Bunton "Downtown" 3
2007 Spice Girls "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" 11
2008 McFly "Do Ya/Stay with Me" 18
2009 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" 1
2010 JLS "Love You More" 1
2011 The Collective "Teardrop" 24
2012 Girls Aloud "Something New" 2
2013 Ellie Goulding "How Long Will I Love You" 3
2014 Gareth Malone's All Star Choir "Wake Me Up" 1
2015 Jess Glynne "Take Me Home" 6
2016 Craig David ""All We Needed" —

Jess Glynne by far the best of this lot, I'll also give a vote to Peter Kay for the video and concept even if the song by itself isn't amazing.

Posted by: J▲hq Nov 17 2016, 01:34 PM

The S Club ones obvs, but I also really enjoyed I'll Stand By You and Downtown. And Love You More is one of my favourite JLS singles.

The Craig David one is the best in a few years imo

Posted by: Serg Mix Nov 17 2016, 02:39 PM

Girls Aloud x2

Posted by: *Ben* Nov 17 2016, 03:04 PM

I would say Jess Glynne and Girls Aloud - Something New

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 17 2016, 03:22 PM

I voted for S Club 7 x2 and Girls Aloud x2, I really like the Emma Bunton, Ellie, JLS, Spice Girls and Jess songs too but I couldn't vote for them compared to the other four, among my all-time favourites by two of my favourite music acts ever

Posted by: Joe. Nov 17 2016, 03:55 PM

Something New is leagues ahead of the rest.

Posted by: vibe Nov 17 2016, 05:15 PM

Perfect Day
Never had a dream come true

Posted by: Dobbo Nov 17 2016, 05:58 PM

Voted S Club 7 (x2), GA (ISBY), JLS, Jess Glynne & CD.

Posted by: ThePensmith Nov 17 2016, 06:19 PM

Oh S Club - "Never Had a Dream Come True" definitely nab it for me. JLS a close second with "Love You More" - along with "One Shot" one of their finest singles.

Posted by: gooddelta Nov 17 2016, 06:29 PM

I adore How Long Will I Love You way more than the average person probably does. I remember the first time hearing it on the deluxe re-release bonus tracks section of Halcyon, thinking it was a surefire smash (yet didn't expect to see it pushed as a single because of its placing on the album!)

Something New is also incredible for me, still adore it. But the S Club 7 double whammy is pretty unbeatable. I actually probably prefer Have You Ever, even though both are classic turn of the century pop.

Posted by: mr_pmt Nov 17 2016, 07:56 PM

Agreed!

Posted by: liamk97 Nov 17 2016, 08:40 PM

Not a fan of Craig David's one; I liked 'Take Me Home' as an album track but it got tired out pretty quickly after becoming a single; 'Wake Me Up' is awful; and 'How Long Will I Love You' has always been dull and a great example at how hit and miss Ellie Goulding can be. Clearly I'm just not that impressed with the slow ballads that have the Children in Need tag, although I always quite liked 'Love You More' and 'I'll Stand By You'. I also legit really like 'Headlines' too.

I always forget 'Never Had a Dream Come True' was a CIN song - I associate it much more with Christmastime in general and, of course, it's classic S Club. That has to be one of my favourites from the list, as well as 'Something New' which deserved a whole lot more than it did and I thought the Peter Kay All-Star Animated Band idea was fabulous. I remember watching the latter for the first time on CIN and it was just so clever and made me really happy when I watched it. Those 3 (and 'Headlines') get my votes.

Posted by: Rob Nov 17 2016, 09:37 PM

I prefer Something New but have to vote for Never Had a Dream Come True as it really is a classic pop track. Embarrassing to see so many votes for Jess Glynn.

Headlines must rank as the most pathetic comeback single of all time.

Posted by: awardinary Nov 17 2016, 10:13 PM

Thanks for creating this thread Dan, it's quite useful.

Please can you do one for Comic Relief and Sports Relief too.

Posted by: Jaÿ Nov 17 2016, 10:13 PM

Voted S Club 7 x2, Girls Aloud x2, Emma Bunton, Spice Girls & Liberty X!

Posted by: gooddelta Nov 17 2016, 10:18 PM

It could have been so much more really, I wish they'd returned with a stomper. I do believe a great song would have gone top three for them, I mean Emma Bunton's own effort was a top three the previous year and even Boyzone scored a top five after a longer break the following year.

Melanie C was the only one whose vocals on the track didn't sound phoned in. The song itself was like a b-side from 1996 too, not sure why or how the record company and the girls thought it was a good idea.

Posted by: Chez Wombat Nov 17 2016, 10:24 PM

Most of these are dire, but Never Had a Dream Come True is sweet and I'll give kudos to Peter Kay on one of the best music videos I've ever seen (seemingly not on Youtube anymore </3)

Posted by: xxwtsxx Nov 17 2016, 11:02 PM

Something New for me, shame it wasn't number 1

Posted by: JCM20 Nov 17 2016, 11:35 PM

Troublemaker by Olly Murs beat it to the top spot and Cheryl rejected a contestant who sang Troublemaker at The X Factor bootcamp two years later. I wonder why...

Posted by: Jaÿ Nov 18 2016, 12:22 AM

I know 'Headlines' received a pretty mixed reception, but they really didn't help themselves out with how its release was staggered out.


05/11/2007 - Headlines download released [entered at #20, selling 7,198 copies.]

12/11/2007 - Greatest Hits released, including Headlines [Headlines fell to #23, selling 5,900 copies.] {Greatest Hits - #2, 75,787 copies.}

19/11/2007 - Headlines physical released [climbed to #11 - its peak, selling 14,941 copies. It missed out on the Top 10 by 446 sales.] {Greatest Hits - #7, 47,172 copies.}


Its music video was... rather strange for a sentimental charity-single ballad!



I honestly believe the video detracted from the song and was partly responsible for its failure, it's pretty bad.

Additionally, it wasn't promoted very well. A clip of the video premiered on BBC One and they performed the song for Children In Need (but did it in the Dancing With The Stars studio because of Mel B's commitments). They didn't do any UK interviews, press or TV. It was all strangely low-key for a Spice Girls comeback single. It was probably lucky to even reach the #11 peak.

Its midweek positions in the week the physical was released:

20/11: #10 (5,278) [Tuesday]
21/11: #09 (7,616) [Wednesday]
22/11: #09 (9,557) [Thursday]
23/11: #09 (11,209) [Friday]

Sugababes 'About You Now' was behind it throughout the midweeks (mids progress: 11-11-10-10) and ended up at #10. Girls Aloud's 'Call The Shots' (mids progress: 44-18-14-11) leapfrogged both and entered at #9 on the strength of downloads alone (the same week they released their 'Tangled Up' album). Interesting that two of the biggest girl groups of the 2000s were responsible for denying the biggest girl group of the 1990s a Top 10 hit.

... I did not intend to write this much.

Posted by: Jonjo Nov 18 2016, 12:31 AM

S Club 7 x2 for me. Nothing else comes close and it really annoys me that I can't include Spice Girls in this. 'Headlines' was SO bad. The only redeeming factor was Mel C's part, by FARRRRR.

'Something Poo' is overrated to f*** though. Like, seriously overrated. I don't understand why so many people slate other songs for being generic as shit and yet go on to praise this? Especially as a lot of them go on to say it's one of their very best... So disappointed with it.

Posted by: Jaÿ Nov 18 2016, 12:39 AM

Go home Jonjo, you're drunk.

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 18 2016, 12:42 AM

I feel Jonjo's post is actually perma-ban worthy tbh

Posted by: Jonjo Nov 18 2016, 12:43 AM

Your existence is perma-ban worthy tbh. x

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 18 2016, 12:46 AM

Rude x

Posted by: Jaÿ Nov 18 2016, 01:17 AM

SOMETHING NEW APPRECIATION.

Go girls g-g-GO GO GO!



What a song.

Sarah could barely manage to stand because the sheer power of this song brought her to her knees. x



It left the Strictly viewing audience so shook that they couldn't even get up from their couches to download it, resulting in it remaining totally static on iTunes. :')



Here's the Queen congratulating the girls on recording her favourite pop song of 2012:



It was a http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20121125/1/, even beating Olly Murs to the top! *.* in the physicals chart

This gif:



In conclusion: The leaders of the pack.



Jonjo, if you can't handle the TRUTH, please slip and slide out of this topic in a similar manner to Cheryl.



P.S.

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 18 2016, 01:19 AM

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post of the YEAR

Posted by: Jonjo Nov 18 2016, 01:19 AM

They didn't record 'Euphoria' thoughhhh... you silly hen :')

Posted by: JackJones Nov 18 2016, 01:22 AM

My top five:
1. Lou Reed and Various Artists "Perfect Day"
2. S Club 7 "Never Had a Dream Come True"
3. Girls Aloud "Something New"
4. Gareth Malone's All Star Choir "Wake Me Up"
5. Girls Aloud "I'll Stand by You"

Posted by: Drpepper Nov 18 2016, 01:45 PM

Didn't RICKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY and Bianca have a CIN single called 'Better Believe it'? I have it somewhere (the shame).

Posted by: Mack Nov 18 2016, 01:52 PM

S Club 7 x2, Lou Reed, Girls Aloud x2, Peter Kay, Ellie Goulding & Jess Glynne.

Posted by: Mack Nov 18 2016, 01:56 PM

Yes they did.

Peaking at the dizzy heights at #60 back in 1995.

Posted by: Siounincid Nov 18 2016, 02:41 PM

2004 / Girls Aloud surely! no doubts. they make my depression less depressive. you've got my vote!!