July 27, 201014 yr Paolo Nutini: Candy #19 Coming up Easy #62 Pencil Full of Lead #17 10/10 #51 Isn't Candy being re-released? Another Top 20 hit? :lol:
July 27, 201014 yr Firstly: WTF? Secondly: I think flops following number 1 hits that aren't the debut single off an album (e.g. Bedingfield's Friday, or Pixie if you include top 15s as a flop), aren't as 'floppy' since there's usually 'diminishing returns' with most artists, it's surely more surprising that (example) Bedingfield even had a 3rd number one after 4 singles and a big album. Never Leave Your Side wasn't on DB's album when the single was released and his popularity was very high so demand for the song meant that people had to by it on single.
July 27, 201014 yr Paolo Nutini: Candy #19 Coming up Easy #62 Pencil Full of Lead #17 10/10 #51 Isn't Candy being re-released? Another Top 20 hit? :lol: That happened aaaaages ago. :P
July 27, 201014 yr It did? Oops.. Well I'm not keen on his music The whole project is so old now...and selling amazingly well still.
July 27, 201014 yr In response to what Mikal said about it being more interesting when an act reaches number one when their previous single(s) flopped, I always marvel at Atomic Kitten, who went straight to the top of the charts at the beginning of 2001 with Whole Again, after their previous singles charted at 10, 6, 10 and 20 - in that order. If I recall correctly, their record company was becoming increasingly unimpressed with the performances of their singles at the time, and Whole Again was kind of like their last chance to have a big hit - and what a hit it was! What was just as interesting, I thought, was that Kerry Katona recorded vocals for the track and had her picture on the CD cover with her bandmates but had left the group just before it was released. How unlucky was that!
August 6, 201014 yr Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby #1 Christmas in Blobbyland #36 :D This is official the worst thing that made top 40. I don't understand why everybody liked that creature so much
August 6, 201014 yr Chesney Hawkes: The One And Only #1 I'm A Man Not A Boy #27 Tomcraft: Loneliness #1 Brainwashed #43 Chico: Its Chico Time #1 D.I.S.C.O #24 Katie Melua: What A Wonderful World [With Eva Cassidy] #1 If The Lights Go Out #96 Sinead O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U #1 The Emperors New Clothes #31 Maria McKee: Show Me Heaven #1 Breathe #59 Beautiful South: A Little Time #1 My Book #43 Jimmy Nail: Ain't No Doubt #1 Laura #58 Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince: Boom! Shake The Room #1 I'm Looking For The One To Be With Me #24 Lulu: Relight My Fire [With Take That] #1 How 'Bout Us #46 Simply Red: Fairground #1 Remembering The First Time #22 Blondie: Maria #1 Nothin' Is Real But The Girl #26 Lenny Kravitz: Fly Away #1 Stillness Of Heart #44
August 7, 201014 yr Lenny Kravitz: Fly Away #1 Stillness Of Heart #44 This surprised me back in 2001 (?). SOH was a decent song from new album. The album 'Lenny' didn't do very well either Edited August 7, 201014 yr by SKOB
August 7, 201014 yr You could say that about all 53 TRUE one hit wonders. For a list of them go HERE There's really only 52 though as that site counts Aguilera/Kim/Mya/P!nk - Lady Marmalade for some reason
August 8, 201014 yr Not a flop but a disappointing followup Freda Payne - Band Of Gold -- #1 in 1970 was followed up with Deeper & Deeper which peaked at #33 although I think it was a good song and worthy of being Top 10. Also it was another produced by the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland team of Motown fame. Here it is (after the intro). pLTQdGchh6s Edited August 8, 201014 yr by euro music
August 8, 201014 yr There's really only 52 though as that site counts Aguilera/Kim/Mya/P!nk - Lady Marmalade for some reason It's because they never had another hit TOGETHER again
August 8, 201014 yr It's because they never had another hit TOGETHER again In that case you have to count the hundreds of other one-time-only collaborations...
August 8, 201014 yr There are other mistakes too...But as a whole the site is brilliant, all chart sites have some mistakes
August 8, 201014 yr Owl City's flop is just odd. Biggest selling UK single of the year, selling over 600K and topping the charts worldwide including America. Massive tune. Then the very next single can't even make the top 100. :lol: Not odd at all, it's the January effect. Nothing happens in music in January, nobody you've ever heard of wants to release anything new, so the music press seem to cast around for someone unknown to throw all the hype onto and they dominate the charts all through the month. Then they usually slip back into obscurity, never to be heard of again. Obvious examples are Owl City and Just Jack (yeah, he's had minor hits, but no way did he live up to the January 2007 hype) Mika and Adele look like they're going the same way. Only Lady Gaga has been able to sustain a good chart career on the back of a January debut hit.
August 10, 201014 yr How was Orson's Bright Idea a flop in chart position when it was #11? That's only a 10 place diffeerence
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