To celebrate 'The Sound of... Greatest Hits'' upcoming FOURTH(!) birthday, and there's not been a rate of all the singles since then, I thought (with the help of Jonjo) that we could rate all 21 of the singles thus far! Incase you didn't know (lel), here are the basic outlines of rating; you must give each song a score from 0-10, with one optional 11 and -1.

And here's the list of the 21, without searching it anywhere 'cos I'm a geek.

 

Sound Of The Underground ~

No Good Advice ~

Life Got Cold ~

Jump ~

The Show ~

Love Machine ~

I'll Stand By You ~

Wake Me Up ~

Long Hot Summer ~

Biology ~

See The Day ~

Whole Lotta History ~

Something Kinda Ooooh ~

I Think We're Alone Now ~

Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

Sexy! No No No... ~

Call The Shots ~

Can't Speak French ~

The Promise ~

The Loving Kind ~

Untouchable ~

 

That's all... I think. Enjoy rating, voting will stay open for at least 2 weeks, results will commence after.

10.0 + Sound Of The Underground ~

08.0 + No Good Advice ~

07.5 + Life Got Cold ~

10.0 + Jump ~

10.0 + The Show ~

10.0 + Love Machine ~

08.5 + I'll Stand By You ~

07.5 + Wake Me Up ~

07.5 + Long Hot Summer ~

10.0 + Biology ~

07.5 + See The Day ~

07.5 + Whole Lotta History ~

09.0 + Something Kinda Ooooh ~

08.0 + I Think We're Alone Now ~

07.5 + Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

10.0 + Sexy! No No No... ~

09.5 + Call The Shots ~

09.0 + Can't Speak French ~

11.0 + The Promise ~

09.5 + The Loving Kind ~

10.0 + Untouchable ~

 

Seriously amazing discography, bar a few blips in the middle. I think that also cements 'Out Of Control' as my favourite set of single releases!

Edited September 11, 201014 yr by Theo.

WOO!

 

10 Sound Of The Underground

08 No Good Advice

04 Life Got Cold

08 Jump

09 The Show

08 Love Machine

09 I'll Stand By You

10 Wake Me Up UNDERRATED!

07 Long Hot Summer

08 Biology

06 See The Day

10 Whole Lotta History SEE WMU

11 Something Kinda Ooooh I struggled with what song to give my 11! 'Untouchable' JUST misses out

08 I Think We're Alone Now

08 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) :blush:

09 Sexy! No No No...

07 Call The Shots

07 Can't Speak French

06 The Promise

09 The Loving Kind

10 Untouchable

 

So consistent. I don't think I dislike CTS that much, I just think it's possibly their most overrated single. 'The Promise' whilst overrated, extremely, is just generally a rubbish song upon reflection.

9.5 Sound Of The Underground ~

8.5 No Good Advice ~

10 Life Got Cold ~

6.5 Jump ~

10 The Show ~

9.5 Love Machine ~

7.5 I'll Stand By You ~

8.5 Wake Me Up ~

6 Long Hot Summer ~

9 Biology ~

7.5 See The Day ~

10 Whole Lotta History ~

10 Something Kinda Ooooh ~

9.5 I Think We're Alone Now ~

8 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

11 Sexy! No No No... ~

10 Call The Shots ~

8 Can't Speak French ~

10 The Promise ~

9 The Loving Kind ~

10 Untouchable ~

 

:heart:

You're all crazy giving such poor scores to Long Hot Summer!

 

08.0 Sound Of The Underground

08.0 No Good Advice

08.0 Life Got Cold

08.5 Jump

09.5 The Show

08.0 Love Machine

06.0 I'll Stand By You

09.0 Wake Me Up

09.0 Long Hot Summer

09.0 Biology

08.0 See The Day

09.5 Whole Lotta History

09.0 Something Kinda Ooooh

06.5 I Think We're Alone Now

08.0 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes)

09.0 Sexy! No No No...

08.5 Call The Shots

08.5 Can't Speak French

08.5 The Promise

08.0 The Loving Kind

09.0 Untouchable

 

Pretty damn consistent although there's no stone cold 10/10 'classic' in there for me...

9 Sound Of The Underground

11 No Good Advice :wub: (they will not EVER beat this for me)

7 Life Got Cold

10 Jump

8 The Show

7 Love Machine

5 I'll Stand By You

10 Wake Me Up

10 Long Hot Summer (gets far too much hate :( Fantastic pop song)

10 Biology

6 See The Day

7 Whole Lotta History

10 Something Kinda Ooooh

7 I Think We're Alone Now

5 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes)

8 Sexy! No No No...

5 Call The Shots (Overrated as f***, bland)

7 Can't Speak French

8 The Promise

9 The Loving Kind

8 Untouchable

Edited September 11, 201014 yr by Silver Rocket

10 Sound Of The Underground ~

09 No Good Advice ~

08 Life Got Cold ~

06 Jump ~

10 The Show ~

09 Love Machine ~

03 I'll Stand By You ~

07 Wake Me Up ~

08 Long Hot Summer ~

09 Biology ~

05 See The Day ~

01 Whole Lotta History ~

10 Something Kinda Ooooh ~

08 I Think We're Alone Now ~

08 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

09 Sexy! No No No... ~

07 Call The Shots ~

11 Can't Speak French ~

08 The Promise ~

09 The Loving Kind ~

06 Untouchable ~

I tend to love the GA songs nobody else does and vice versa usually so here goes;

 

10 Sound Of The Underground - What a perfect way to start a career, best reality winners debut single by such a huge margin

09 No Good Advice

10 Life Got Cold - I'll get slaughtered for this but this is one of my favourites of theirs, holds some memories for me too

08 Jump

09 The Show

10 Love Machine

08 I'll Stand By You

07 Wake Me Up

08 Long Hot Summer

09 Biology

08 See The Day

09 Whole Lotta History - I'm with Jonjo on this, absolutely gorgeous song, so underrated, can't believe it sold less than 50k in total :/

10 Something Kinda Ooooh

08 I Think We're Alone Now

06 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes)

09 Sexy! No No No... - Contender for best intro ever, Cheryl should have based her solo album entirely around it!

10 Call The Shots

08 Can't Speak French

11 The Promise - This was the 'killer' single I'd always waited for from them, even if nobody else agress with me

10 The Loving Kind And this was a great follow up, so warm for an electro song released in winter, although I'll never forget that GMTV performance

08 Untouchable

09 Sound Of The Underground ~

08 No Good Advice ~

06 Life Got Cold ~

08 Jump ~

08 The Show ~

06 Love Machine ~

10 I'll Stand By You ~

07 Wake Me Up ~

09 Long Hot Summer ~

05 Biology ~

07 See The Day ~

04 Whole Lotta History ~

10 Something Kinda Ooooh ~

10 I Think We're Alone Now ~

08 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

11 Sexy! No No No... ~

09 Call The Shots ~

08 Can't Speak French ~

-01 The Promise ~

07 The Loving Kind ~

04 Untouchable ~

 

changed mine 11, Sexy is my more fave...

Sound Of The Underground ~ 11 ~ Just incredible even to this day.

No Good Advice ~ 08 ~ a brilliant follow up to SOTU.

Life Got Cold ~ 07 ~ a good first ballad (the 'Wonderwall' parts help this)

Jump ~ 08 ~ a song a feel gave the girls their 'sound' even if it is a cover.

The Show ~ 09 ~ I always used to struggle to remember this (along with See The Day) but upon remembering this is a brilliant tune.

Love Machine ~ 07 ~ slightly overrated IMO

I'll Stand By You ~ 04 ~ their first poor single.

Wake Me Up ~ 08 ~ I always see this as the precurser to Something Kinda Oooh for some reason.

Long Hot Summer ~ 06 ~ just don't like it.

Biology ~ 10 ~ an amazing pop song.

See The Day ~ 06 ~ see TS except I don't like it.

Whole Lotta History ~ 02 ~ the less said about this the better.

Something Kinda Ooooh ~ 10 ~ all sorts of amazingness.

I Think We're Alone Now ~ 04 ~ I don't feel it was needed.

Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~ 08 ~ i have a massive soft spot for this (although that might be because Sugababes feature on it)

Sexy! No No No... ~ 10 ~ see SKO.

Call The Shots ~ 07 ~ I used to love this but overplaying and time hasn't helped it.

Can't Speak French ~ 06 ~ i always wondered "why chose this for a single?", however i love the french version.

The Promise ~ 04 ~ I don't like this.

The Loving Kind ~ 10 ~ while i didn't think much of this when it was released 6 months later it clicked.

Untouchable ~ 9 ~ if it wasn't for the radio edit being $h!t it would be another 10.

09 Sound Of The Underground ~

09 No Good Advice ~

08 Life Got Cold ~

09 Jump ~

07 The Show ~

08 Love Machine ~

07 I'll Stand By You ~

08 Wake Me Up ~

06 Long Hot Summer ~

11 Biology ~

06 See The Day ~

08 Whole Lotta History ~

10 Something Kinda Ooooh ~

05 I Think We're Alone Now ~

03 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

08 Sexy! No No No... ~

10 Call The Shots ~

08 Can't Speak French ~

06 The Promise ~

10 The Loving Kind ~

05 Untouchable ~

 

Scores are more of a reflection of how strong they are in comparisment to the other GA material, I'm even quite fond of Walk This Way!

11 Sound Of The Underground ~

10 No Good Advice ~

09 Life Got Cold ~

07 Jump ~

07 The Show ~

08 Love Machine ~

06 I'll Stand By You ~

09 Wake Me Up ~

06 Long Hot Summer ~

08 Biology ~

08 See The Day ~

09 Whole Lotta History ~

10 Something Kinda Ooooh ~

04 I Think We're Alone Now ~

03 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

08 Sexy! No No No... ~

10 Call The Shots ~

08 Can't Speak French ~

05 The Promise ~

10 The Loving Kind ~

10 Untouchable ~

 

such a good set of songs! though some of my favourites of theirs are album tracks like damn and i'm falling. but sound of the underground is their ultimate song for me.

Sound Of The Underground ~ 8

No Good Advice ~ 8

Life Got Cold ~ 6

Jump ~ 9

The Show ~ 9

Love Machine ~ 8

I'll Stand By You ~ 4

Wake Me Up ~ 6

Long Hot Summer ~ 7.5

Biology ~ 10

See The Day ~ 5

Whole Lotta History ~ 9

Something Kinda Ooooh ~ 7

I Think We're Alone Now ~ 5

Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~ 5

Sexy! No No No... ~ 5

Call The Shots ~ 7

Can't Speak French ~ 8

The Promise ~ 10

The Loving Kind ~ 11

Untouchable ~ 6

 

09 Sound Of The Underground ~ Killer first single.

08 No Good Advice ~

10 Life Got Cold ~ This cemented my love for them in the summer of '03.

08 Jump ~

07 The Show ~

08 Love Machine ~

09 I'll Stand By You ~ My favourite of their covers.

07 Wake Me Up ~

05 Long Hot Summer ~ Their biggest (and only real) let down.

09 Biology ~

08 See The Day ~ My second favourite of their covers.

10 Whole Lotta History ~ Brilliantly lovely.

08 Something Kinda Ooooh ~

07 I Think We're Alone Now ~

07 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

08 Sexy! No No No... ~

08 Call The Shots ~

08 Can't Speak French ~

11 The Promise ~ Deserved to be #1, deserved the Brit and deserves to be their biggest seller imo.

10 The Loving Kind ~ Amazing, my favourite video from them also.

10 Untouchable ~ Amazing again.

Edited September 11, 201014 yr by AltheGreat

10 Sound Of The Underground

09 No Good Advice

05 Life Got Cold

08 Jump

11 The Show

10 Love Machine

06 I'll Stand By You

05 Wake Me Up

07 Long Hot Summer

09 Biology

08 See The Day

06 Whole Lotta History

08 Something Kinda Ooooh

03 I Think We're Alone Now

01 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes)

06 Sexy! No No No...

10 Call The Shots

10 Can't Speak French

10 The Promise

04 The Loving Kind

07 Untouchable

Edited September 11, 201014 yr by nickthenoodle

Rich & Theo - seriously, 'The Promise' as their best single? :mellow:

 

10 Sound Of The Underground ~

09 No Good Advice ~

00 Life Got Cold ~ Probably the only song on the list I don't remember, which must mean it ain't very good

10 Jump ~ Love Actually :wub:

08 The Show ~

10 Love Machine ~

10 I'll Stand By You ~

06 Wake Me Up ~

05 Long Hot Summer ~

10 Biology ~

06 See The Day ~

05 Whole Lotta History ~ Only vaguely remember this and 'See The Day'

07 Something Kinda Ooooh ~

10 I Think We're Alone Now ~ Amazing cover imo

05 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

11 Sexy! No No No... ~ Quite easily the best, amazing.

10 Call The Shots ~ It has the word 'Twilight' in the lyrics :heehee:

03 Can't Speak French ~ The French version is much better, ironically

03 The Promise ~ Please promise me that I never have to hear this again

07 The Loving Kind ~

10 Untouchable ~ Undeserving of missing the top 10

 

I said that 'Sexy! No No No' was easily the best, but all of my 10s (except 'Call The Shots') were contenders for my 11.

Sound Of The Underground ~ 6 Good.

No Good Advice ~ 7 Better.

Life Got Cold ~ 0 WTF? Not even heard this.

Jump ~ 5 Decent.

The Show ~ 8 Very good.

Love Machine ~ 8 Slightly better than TS, not worthy of a 9 though.

I'll Stand By You ~ 0 No thank you.

Wake Me Up ~ 0 Not heard this either.

Long Hot Summer ~ 3 I find the chorus of this tres annoying.

Biology ~ 4 Very bland and forgettable but decent-ish.

See The Day ~ 0 Can't recall how this goes but I have heard it.

Whole Lotta History ~ 2 That title just springs 'Kid Gloves' by Marmaduke Duke into my head. (Although that's 'whole lotta mystery')

Something Kinda Ooooh ~ 9 :wub:

I Think We're Alone Now ~ 0 No thank you. [2] Original songs pl0x.

Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~ 5 Another cover. This one's okay though.

Sexy! No No No... ~ 6 Pretty good chorus, boring rest of it.

Call The Shots ~ 11 AMAZING :wub: :wub: :wub:

Can't Speak French ~ 5 Decent.

The Promise ~ -1 Extremely overplayed and overrated and not very good. I don't really think it's a -1 but I want to drag it down.

The Loving Kind ~ 5 Decent.

Untouchable ~ 8 Got old quite quickly but was amazing while it lasted.

05 Sound Of The Underground ~

10 No Good Advice ~

06 Life Got Cold ~

08 Jump ~

09 The Show ~

09 Love Machine ~

04 I'll Stand By You ~

09 Wake Me Up ~

11 Long Hot Summer ~

10 Biology ~

03 See The Day ~

07 Whole Lotta History ~

10 Something Kinda Ooooh ~

06 I Think We're Alone Now ~

07 Walk This Way (vs. Sugababes) ~

05 Sexy! No No No... ~

08 Call The Shots ~

05 Can't Speak French ~

01 The Promise ~

08 The Loving Kind ~

09 Untouchable ~

 

For people claiming they've not heard certain songs, surely it's not that hard to just go onto YouTube or something?!

^THAT!