Classic Pop Magazine are having a ‘Kylie Day’ tomorrow to celebrate the fact that Kylie is their biggest selling magazine, the countdown to their Top 10 Kylie songs starts tomorrow at 9am.
They have started their Top 10 Kylie countdown - #10 is SBIT
Iconic #9
2 good songs and both so different, PYIMP is a slow burner for me, always liked it and always preferred it to confide in me ( which will prob be number 1 on this countdown) but I like it even more in the last 2 years. SBIT is always great and I was always a fan of it.
#8 is Shocked - not one that I would place so high but I appreciate it for what it is
I disagree about aging, I think it still sounds fresh enough, it's my least fave of the 4 rhythm of love singles but still really like it. Shocked was a number 2 hit here in Ireland, it did well for kylie here it was her only top 3 hit from ROL,,BTDYK and SBIT both peaked at number 4 and WDIHTD peaked at 7.
#7 - always loved this
Always a big fan of love at first sight, should have been single 2 in my opinion ahead of in your eyes. Loved the cd single release for it, it had a great package overall plus had the cant get blue monday studio version.
Thoughts - too low for this pop classic?!
Far too low which prob indicates a few top 5 surprises.
Some Kylie classics making the cut.
I regard myself a fan of both Shocked and Put Yourself In My Place but neither would place in her 10 best songs.
What an iconic was to start the Top 5
Welcome surprise for Where The Wild Roses Grow achieving Top 5 status.
Beautiful, haunting, yet soothing song and similar to Breathe, failed to achieve the success it deserved.
A key single in Kylie's career.
Unlike Breathe, it has been lucky in increasing its sales through streaming.
Always loved WTWRG, thankfully this was one song that done anything here in Ireland at that time, I always relate to song to the IP album even though its not on it. This is a kylie single that helped see her differently and brought her credibility from places she had never got. That number 11 peak still annoys me, I'd have loved this to have gone top 10 in the UK like it did in Ireland.
When performed at Glastonbury it stood out so different from all the other hits performed.
It did which was good, in some ways, i'd have liked an IP medley leading into the performance (a) just to give those singles some exposure and *(b)it would have given a section to the show of her non pop years
That would be very enjoyable but the platform was used to showcase the big hits people would know of so it may not have worked on this platform.
In an Arena tour, it may fit the crowd better.
WTWRG wasnt a big hit either but it was an important single in her career which is prob why it was performed where some kind of bliss, did it again and breathe aren't.
Having Nick Cave by her side for Glastonbury was special to Kylie.
I Should be So Lucky and Can't Get You Out of My Head deserve a placement in the 4 songs remaining.
Big moments in Kylie's career.
I think they will be in it with confide in me and I'm hoping all the lovers.
I would welcome All the Lovers coming out top of the poll.
An interesting run down. I would think can’t get you out of my head, all the lovers, confide in me and lucky will be in the Top5. Possibly hand on your heart too.
#4 - opinions?!
Her last number 1 single getting a place is understandable, not a top tenner for me but still a good song. Slow was so different from what made fever so big, it wasn't the follow up I was expecting at all and at first I was disappointed but I grew into the song, I still listen to it and love the live version from the body language show.
Slow has an appealing robotic sound mixed with an R n B vocal and the sound worked for Kylie.
It isn't in my top tier Kylie songs but it remains enjoyable.
The remaining songs could be not, what we expect.
I wish some of the other body language songs were of the same quality as Slow.
And at #3..
I'm not a huge fan of SA as a song but it was a career changer for kylie. I wonder are lucky and head the final 2 or knowing my luck one of the 2 remaining is confide in me.
It is no surprise to see a high placement for Spinning Around.
Both the press and radio were all over the song, it remains popular, and the song ended a 10 year wait for Kylie to return to Number 1.
Spinning Around is a historic single in Kylie's career.
I’m not a huge fan of Spinning Around but it done it’s job and got Kylie back into the public eye and to #1.
It was exciting to see Kylie get success again - I still remember going in to Virgin Megastore on the day of release today buy all the formats
And at #2....
I have great memories of that week getting all my versions and been so nervous for the first midweeks, i remained nervous until Number 1 was confirmed as in the run into the relesae Girl Thing were the tip for Number 1 and not Kylie.
I remember the whole Girl Thing hype - it was almost guaranteed they would be #1 with so much backing and investment.
Will be interesting to see what is no1.
Surely it’s between lucky, confide in me and all the lovers?
And #1 is...
Did Classic Pop get it right? What is your ultimate Top 10 from all the singles she has released?!
#10 Step Back In Time
UK Chart Run: 9-4-8-13-23-39-60-68
#9 Put Yourself In My Place
UK Chart Run: 17-11-16-18-27-29-36-57-74
#8 Shocked
UK Chart Run: 10-6-9-18-23-38-55
#7 Love At First Sight
UK Chart Run: 2-8-11-21-33-40-46-44-51-46-52-74
#6 Better The Devil You Know
UK Chart Run: 5-2-2-3-6-15-24-31-40-62
#5 Where The Wild Roses Grow
UK Chart Run: 11-21-35-50
#4 Slow
UK Chart Run: 1-4-12-17-26-45-56-53-58-61
[RE] 91
[RE] 91-98-91-87
#3 Spinning Around
UK Chart Run: 1-3-12-14-17-22-33-38-45-54-56
[RE] 98-96
#2 Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
UK Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-2-2-7-12-14-15-17-21-21-14-16-21-32-38-53-49-44-47-36-38-55
[RE] 90-95-89-94-97
#1 Confide In Me
UK Chart Run: 2-4-6-15-26-38-46-62-73-79
[RE] 78-86-80-76
Confide in me number 1 ruined what was otherwise a good top 10, it would be something if it wasnt number 1 and even number 2.
I understand its importance and it was a great move by kylie and a move that really was a huge part of her future career but as a song i dont rate it too much.
3 singles in the Top 10 coming from Kylie's "indie" era and I Should Be so Lucky left out.
I Should Be So Lucky, was the start of her music career outside Australia, a huge number 1, largely popular and still played.
If asked to name a Kylie song, this would be widely mentioned both in and outside her fanbase.
I wonder how many people on their team put the top 10 together, I would have thought lucky would be in there. It was a great thread though.
Tastes vary in any of these such polls.
To recap, nothing appeared from albums Kylie, Enjoy Yourself, Let's Get to It, X, Aphrodite, Kylie Christmas, Kiss Me Once and Golden.
The top 10 selection came from 50% of her studio albums.
So pleased they chose Confide in Me. All the Lovers should definitely be in the top ten.
Just so many other singles that could have also made it...Lucky, Never Too Late, Breathe, Your Disco, IBIY, IMA, The One, Dancing....
I Should be So Lucky and All the Lovers should be in there.
Her first Number 1 hit and her last big hit.
Opinions change aswell, sometimes my own top 10s change from time to time as I go through phases with songs.
Have been trying to upload some Kylie videos from you tube but none of them work for me, not sure what i am doing wrong, i have been using the insert special item box and the same thing keeps happening.
This performance of Flower is just stunning and you can really see Kylies emotions in the song, i usually dont post videos but wanted to post some of what i think are some of kylies best songs and her vocal is stunning in this, for the people who say Kylie cant sing live they should really look at that performance.
This is my first time seeing this wonderful performance.
Kylie is in such fine voice, the delivery had the hairs on the back of my neck standing and Kylie looks so elegant and confident.
Flower is hugely overlooked in Kylie's amazing back catalogue.
Ya flower deserved way more, thank god it went top 100 though as I didnt even that would happen, ya i think this is a brill performance by kylie, she def nailed that one.
Love ‘Flower’ - such a beautiful song, it’s a shame even having a 7” picture disc and CD release of this couldn’t turn it into a minor Top 40 hit
Flower and Dancing are 2 examples of low charting songs are often better than higher charting songs before them.
With dancing at least it has good sales for its low position and has outsold songs that have charted higher than it, flower unfortunately didnt even sell well,
Dancing is advantageous from that aspect.
Is there an estimated sales figure for Flower?
The last update I saw last year it was only on about 15k
It surely has to be higher.
Close to 7000 would have been achieved the week it achieved Number 96.
That’s from the sales thread on here and that was the last update in July 2019.
Not sure what sales were like at the bottom end of the charts in 2012?
It might have picked up some sales over the years but 30k is prob its max
'Flower' sold 2,934 to enter at #96. Definitely not 7k, even nowadays with streaming the #100 doesn't achieve that much!
Its total won't be much more than 10k now. It took 7 years to reach that amount.
My 7000 figure was wrongly estimated from more recent figures for a number 96 position.
My error aside, I expected more than 15000 sales over an almost 9 year period.
The figures are terribly disappointing for a song of such greatness.
The sales must be largly from physical sales and very little from elsewhere.
I'm not surprised by its sales, I am disappointed with them as I love the song but its not even all that popular among her fans. Kylie and slow songs usually dont add up to popular unfortunately.
If we examine the success of Flower and Music's Too Sad Without You, that does appear to be the way.
To be honest physicals aside it was a rather low key single release just to promote the album - it also won’t pick up many streams as it’s not included on any of the GH or on any of the streaming services ‘Essential Kylie’ playlists.
I doubt many people outside of her core fan base even remember the song so wouldn’t go looking for it and in my opinion the Abbey Road album wasn’t her finest moment.
Abbey Roads is one of Kylie's weaker releases but housed Flowers which remains it's standout content.
I have yet to hear Flowers on radio or see it on any music channels which showcases how unknown it is.
When flower was used on Emmerdale I was expecting a bit of a turn around for the song but little happened, I think it got a short small bit of a lift on itunes
Similar to the Impossible Princess content, Flower will only be known to a select few.
Quality and success dont always go hand in hand.
Overall we cant complain to much as she has had great success overall and not everything can be a hit, sometimes it's nice knowing some great songs that others dont even know exist.
‘Flower’ more than served its purpose - it gave the fans a song they love, physical formats and something new on the album and also helped exposure for Abbey Road.
Ya it was nice getting something new on Abbey roads that wasnt on an official album before. Songs like flower though really had a place on step back in time disc 3.
The third cd on Step Back in Time was wasted and that annoyed me.
I strongly feel it could have become so much greater with the vast amount of material available.
Flower is one small example of what should have been included.
The re-issue of SBIT was a bit of a lazy release hence why it didn’t do much for overall sales/weeks in the chart for it. I got a copy for collection purposes but if it wasn’t for me collecting everything I would have easily let it pass on by!
Pure lazy, the new 3rd cd could have been full of songs the long term fans wanted, and they knew they were exactly the people who would be def out again buying the album.
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