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 Not Such an Innocent Girl or A Mind of Its Own?, Victoria's singles from her debut album - both peaked at #6! |
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  14th November 2019, 03:44 PM
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Victoria Beckham only released two singles from her debut album: Not Such an Innocent Girl and A Mind of Its Own. Coincidentally both singles peaked at #6 in the UK singles chart!
Which song is the best in your opinion? Previous Polls: Lift Me Up or What I Am [Geri vs Emma - the chart battle from 1999!] I Want You Back or I Want You Back [Same titles, different solo Spice songs... Mel B vs Melanie C] Love Thing or Never Give Up on the Good Times [Songs that were meant to be singles but didn't end up being released] Hey You (Free Up Your Mind) or Sophisticated Lady [Solo B Sides with backing vocals from another Spice Girl!] We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight or Crickets Sing for Anamaria [Last singles from Emma's first two albums that missed Top 10] Who Do You Think You Are or Holler [Uptempo songs from Double A Side singles] Mama or Let Love Lead the Way [Ballads from Double A Side singles] Outer Space Girls or Walk of Life [Too Much B Sides] Downtown or Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) [Children in Need Charity Singles] Never Be the Same Again or I Turn to You [Melanie C UK #1 Singles] |
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14th November 2019, 04:07 PM
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Not Such An Innocent Girl
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14th November 2019, 06:47 PM
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Both were great for different reasons...but I'm actually gonna say A Mind Of Its Own for me on this occasion. It was a really pretty little song, she looked lovely in the video too, rocking all the Enya vibes in style if not in sound. It actually had more airplay than 'Innocent Girl' had as well, Radio 2 played it quite a lot as I recall.
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14th November 2019, 07:14 PM
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A Mind of Its Own.
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14th November 2019, 07:15 PM
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Lovely both but not such an innocent girl great song
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14th November 2019, 07:27 PM
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Looking back it was 2 really poor single choices. The songs feel like they were chosen for the narrative of the sing rather than the quality. Especially when I wish or Girlfriend were just sitting there.
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16th November 2019, 11:27 AM
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A mind of it's own for me.
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16th November 2019, 12:21 PM
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Not Such An Innocent Girl. Definitely
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16th November 2019, 12:24 PM
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I think they are both pretty terrible. NSAIG has a catchy enough melody but the lyrics are cringe. A mind of it's own is average, works as an album track but not a single. However I went for AMOIO.
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16th November 2019, 06:10 PM
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A Mind of Its Own
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16th November 2019, 09:38 PM
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NSAIG gets my vote. Have never enjoyed listening to AMOIO. It's just too cheesy.
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17th November 2019, 12:00 PM
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A Mind of its own
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17th November 2019, 03:49 PM
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Not Such An Innocent Girl by a hair...but I like both. I have the somewhat rare opinion that both songs are quite a bit better than Let Your Head Go and This Groove.
I've always felt like Not Such An Innocent Girl was one of those singles (like Geri's Calling) that fans rather liked...until the chart placing came out. Is it my favorite song on the album? No...that's I Wish. I also prefer Like That as a song...though I don't know if that one screams out to be a single so much as it's just a strong album track. I think Not Such An Innocent Girl was the right song to launch the album. To my ears...the obvious single choices were Not Such An Innocent Girl - A Mind of Its Own - I Wish - IOU. So. To me...she was on the right track (just so long as she released the real I Wish...and not that tragic duet version). I still think she had good material for singles...and the album was overall just fine. It only really falls apart for me at the end (I've never particularly liked Unconditional Love and Every Part of Me). I've always felt her material just suffered from the over saturation of solo Spice that year. |
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17th November 2019, 04:24 PM
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They both sound so dull nowadays...
But I went for A Mind of Its Own. |
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17th November 2019, 09:03 PM
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I don't like Mind Of Its Own much at all, but Innocent Girl is literally one of THE defining songs of 2001, absplute belter. Should have been a no.1.
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18th November 2019, 02:41 PM
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A Mind of Its Own
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