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Posted by: Nina West 19th June 2021, 07:48 PM

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 20th June 2021, 06:33 AM

BEST: Wake Me Up. It's such an underrated/forgotten song now but it's such a BANGER.

WORST: I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't... but 'Whole Lotta History' just doesn't quite stack up against the others.

I kinda don't think of 'Jump' as being a 4th single, more as a standalone between albums single that got tacked on to Sound of the Underground.

It essentially pioneered the Mabel album model.

Posted by: Nina West 20th June 2021, 09:31 AM

I know 'Jump' was more of a stand-alone, but I included it coz there would only be 2 songs in this poll. Also why didn't 'Tangled Up' at least have a 4th single, they could have easily pushed out another top 10 hit. There were many contenders - 'Girl Overboard', 'Black Jacks' & 'Control Of The Knife'


1. Wake Me Up
2. Jump
3. Whole Lotta History

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 20th June 2021, 04:19 PM

Jump
Whole lotta history.

Posted by: 365 20th June 2021, 05:11 PM

Best: Whole Lotta History
Worst: Jump

Posted by: JosephStyles 20th June 2021, 05:34 PM

I'm not sure a song that features on TWO of their studio albums could really be standalone! (I see it as more of a SOTU song than WWTNS? anyway)

1. Whole Lotta History so underrated!
2. Wake Me Up
3. Jump

What an amazing trio though!

Posted by: -Jay- 20th June 2021, 06:26 PM

For me, Jump feels like a proper 4th single from Sound of the Underground because it played an incredibly crucial role in reviving their album sales, to the extent that it saved them from being dropped! So I regard it as firmly a part of that debut era.

Such was Jump’s success that Polydor must have thought it would be an important inclusion in order to attract more sales for their second album as well. All of this reflects exactly what S Club 7 did with Never Had a Dream Come True single, 7 album re-release album and the Sunshine album.

The “new song + album re-release” tactic was happening some years before Girls Aloud (examples include: 1999 - Honeyz, 2000 - S Club 7, 2001 - Atomic Kitten) so I wouldn’t give Girls Aloud particular credit for being re-release pioneers. Also I don’t think the physical re-release model had any particular bearing on Mabel’s album tactic. Continually updating the streaming version of her album with a string of new singles is quite a different and modern approach. Interestingly her label didn’t even bother to physically re-release it to include all these new songs.

Posted by: Chemistry 21st June 2021, 11:49 AM

1. Whole Lotta History
2. Wake Me Up
3. Jump

Posted by: Jade 21st June 2021, 12:17 PM

01. Wake Me Up (one of their best songs, so underrated!)
02. Jump (possibly their best cover?)
03. Whole Lotta History (nice but doesn't excite me as much as the other two)

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 21st June 2021, 02:00 PM

I agree i think Jump is overall their best cover, i think we're alone now and ill stand by you are also good for me.

Posted by: Lukuzz 21st June 2021, 04:28 PM

Fave Whole Lott History

Worst Jump

Posted by: pippa 21st June 2021, 09:25 PM

Best - Jump.
Worst - Whole Lotta History.

Posted by: pippa 21st June 2021, 09:25 PM

Best - Jump.
Worst - Whole Lotta History.

Posted by: PAJ 4th July 2021, 11:02 AM

Fave Whole Lott History

Worst Jump

Love Whole Lotta History, one of my favourites.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 4th July 2021, 07:14 PM

Really close between all 3 for best, great to see all are popular.

Posted by: Dangerous Julian 4th July 2021, 10:05 PM

Funny how 'Whole Lotta History' is winning both.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 5th July 2021, 07:45 PM

whole lotta history came up the rails in the vote for best,

Posted by: Herbs 5th July 2021, 10:54 PM

3 great songs

Whole Lotta History ❤️
Wakes me Up
Jump

Posted by: Mike Sugafan 6th July 2021, 03:13 PM

Best: Wake Me Up
Worst: Jump