189. LIQUID DREAMS- O-Town (140,200)

 

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I don't want to be bad but this group is totally forgotten. Nobody listens to them. Peak Position No.3...? 2001 must be a dreadful year for the charts. At least, we listen much better songs from boybands nowadays. Wanted, JLS and One Direction have incredible songs in comparison to Q-Town (Generally not only in comparison to them).

I don't want to be bad but this group is totally forgotten. Nobody listens to them. Peak Position No.3...? 2001 must be a dreadful year for the charts. At least, we listen much better songs from boybands nowadays. Wanted, JLS and One Direction have incredible songs in comparison to Q-Town (Generally not only in comparison to them).

and in 10 years time people will say the same about JLS, 1D, and Wanted I dare say....

188. I WANT YOU BACK- Cleopatra (142,000)

 

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RELEASED: 1998

PEAK POSITION: 4

WKS ON CHART: 7

 

There has been, of course, a million and one covers done of this Jackson 5 hit from 1969, the biggest of which in the 90s came from three sisters from Birmingham. Cleopatra quickly accrued three top 10 hits in the space of just 7 months in 1998, famed for the catchphrase “Comin atcha!” and a seamlessly endless amount of enthusiasm, so much so that a certain Madonna signed them to her Maverick label and they got their own CITV series.

 

187. CAN’T SHAKE THE FEELING- Big Fun (142,000)

 

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RELEASED: 1989

PEAK POSITION: 8

WKS ON CHART: 9

 

Ah Big Fun. They were S/A/W’s version of the boy band phenomenon, three unlikely lads from the North who actually flopped with their debut hit before the producers took them under their wings and provided them with a cover of another Jackson’s hit “Blame It On The Boogie”. This was the follow up and returned them to the top 10 in late 1989 after which we’d decided we’d more or less had enough of them.

 

186. CRASHED THE WEDDING- Busted (142,000)

 

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RELEASED: 2003

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 12

 

One of the most successful boy bands of the noughties (in terms of chart toppers anyway), Busted were launched with a smash hits cover claiming them to be “Bigger than Rik Waller!” in August 2002 and with McFly’s Tom Fletcher on song co-writing credits this became their second No 1. In an era of low sales the success of this track is down in part to the Christmas market and being the first track from second album “A Present For Everyone”.

 

Gotta love a bit of Busted :D I remember Crashed The Wedding being massive when I was younger! their songs sound so dated listening to them now :lol:

OMG, Cleopatra! I Want You Back proper takes me back to our holiday in '98. My mum bought me it on TAPE (along with Savage Garden's To The Moon & Back :heart:) right before we left to shut me up. I listened to the shizz out of both of them that week, mainly because I had nothing else to listen to, to be fair, but still. Good times.

 

Busted were cack, I guess I was getting too old for that kind of thing by then. I'm quite thankful for the low sales in 2002-04 in regards to this countdown to be honest (even if it does mean my favourite Girls Aloud song, The Show, missed out).

Maybe "Too lost in you" :wub:

Hmm, I wouldn't say so. It just feels a bit more processed and not as organic to me (while the latter is rather important in "true" soulful stuff). Just my opinion though.

Cleopatra = my guilty pleasure purchased both albums and all four singles!!!

 

Cleopatra = my guilty pleasure purchased both albums and all four singles!!!

They had five singles* [/geek] - so which one didn't you buy?

 

I only have their flop 2000 comeback Come & Get Me on single. I actually first heard it on the Radio 1 chart show the week it bombed in at #29 (the media COMPLETELY ignored it, didn't they?!) and bought it the next day because I felt bad for them and I was under the impression it would be a BIG help clearly. What a tragic adolescence.

 

My mum convinced me to give away all my tapes in a moment of weakness once, hence why I no longer have that I Want You Back cassette :nocheer: This was the same woman who also convinced me to get rid of all my old Smash Hits!, Top of the Magazines, etc, that I kept though - I HATE that I let her do that now.

 

*Six if you count seminal 1999 collaboration Thank ABBA For The Music.

191. I WILL COME TO YOU- Hanson (139,800)

 

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RELEASED: 1997

PEAK POSITION: 5

WKS ON CHART: 9

 

The first of our contentious inclusions. Were Hanson a boy band? Well I’ve plumped for yes under my definition and back in 1997 they sold a million singles in a bumper year, this being their third single to be lifted from the No 1 album “Middle Of Nowhere”. After a couple of light and breezy pop tunes it was time to show a more mature side to the brothers Hanson and this became a third top 5 hit on the trot, and their last top 10 for 8 years.

 

 

Hanson made the biggest mistake after their debut album. They were massive in 1997, but it took so long to record new material and their fans had totally forgotten them. The same thing happened to Natalie Imbruglia. She was very successful in 1997-1998 and she recorded her sophomore album after 4 years (2001). I think that Britney Spears and Rihanna are very clever to record album almost every year. Nobody can forget them and they promote their singles almost everywhere.

They had five singles* [/geek] - so which one didn't you buy?

 

I only have their flop 2000 comeback Come & Get Me on single. I actually first heard it on the Radio 1 chart show the week it bombed in at #29 (the media COMPLETELY ignored it, didn't they?!) and bought it the next day because I felt bad for them and I was under the impression it would be a BIG help clearly. What a tragic adolescence.

 

My mum convinced me to give away all my tapes in a moment of weakness once, hence why I no longer have that I Want You Back cassette :nocheer: This was the same woman who also convinced me to get rid of all my old Smash Hits!, Top of the Magazines, etc, that I kept though - I HATE that I let her do that now.

 

*Six if you count seminal 1999 collaboration Thank ABBA For The Music.

 

 

i meant 5 in my original post !

and in 10 years time people will say the same about JLS, 1D, and Wanted I dare say....

 

 

I don't think so..Maybe they will say it for JLS. Wanted managed to have a Top 5 in Billboard (The only British Boyband) and One Direction is No.1 with "Up All Night and sales over 175.000 copies!!! It's an achievement for a boyband from United Kingdom.

Granted but that is no guarantee of future reputation. Bbmak had a top 10 stateside as if to prove the point.

185. I’LL BE LOVING YOU (FOREVER)- New Kids On The Block (143,300)

 

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RELEASED: 1990

PEAK POSITION: 5

WKS ON CHART: 8

 

Taking the mantle from Bros as the nation’s biggest Boy band in the land, 1990 saw a voracious rate of release for their singles as we caught up with the US release schedule, this track originally penned with Smokey Robinson in mind. All of which equated to an astonishing 8 top 10 hits during that year, this was their third single released off the back of two No 1 singles and surprised many by only peaking at No 5 and failing to repeat the success of those two prior singles or for that matter it’s No 1 placing in the US.

 

184. FROM THE HEART- Another Level (145,500)

 

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RELEASED: 1999

PEAK POSITION: 6

WKS ON CHART: 11

 

A third track from Another Level and barely 15 records into the rundown! This one was featured on the film “Notting Hill” and was penned by Diane Warren (who had a host of No 1 hits to her name). Rather typical boy band ballad fodder really and as discussed previously the end was nigh for them.

 

183. MORE THAN A WOMAN- 911 (145,900)

 

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RELEASED: 1998

PEAK POSITION: 2

WKS ON CHART: 13

 

911, like Blazin Squad, are easily forgotten about now, but back in the height of the boy band era they managed to get 10 top 10 hits. A cover of the Bee Gees record (via Tavares) for the “Gotta Get A Message To You” tribute album took a midweek sales lead for them but was overcome in the end by Gym N Tonic’s “Spacedust” (which is barely remembered now), a Brighton lensed video proved what good English boys they were. Despite going since 1995 and not hitting the top until they were into their 4th year, they split up less than 12 months after this hit, lead singer Lee Brennan did marry Lyndsey from B*Witched though to create a little boy band/girl group mix that deserves special mention in this thread.

 

God, the fact that 911, who were never anything more than a second-string boyband, had TEN top 10 hits really shows how boyband crazy it was in the late 1990s, doesn't it? Mind you, so does the fact they suddenly got to the point of contending for #1 positions (and even getting one) in 1998/99.

 

More Than A Woman is a decent, if over-faithful, cover though IMO. And nothing deserved to be beaten to #1 by that frickin' Spacedust song! :puke2:

 

The other two songs - zzzz... just about covers it, I think.

182. COULD HAVE TOLD YOU SO- Halo James (146,000)

 

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RELEASED: 1989

PEAK POSITION: 6

WKS ON CHART: 12

 

Bet not many of you recall this. When the 90s was just weeks old this lot piled into the top 10 with their only top 40 hit before we all lost interest pretty quickly. The only interesting fact I could dredge up was that one member, Ray St John, was the co-writer of Sade’s “Smooth Operator”.

 

181. FLY BY II- Blue (147,000)

 

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RELEASED: 2002

PEAK POSITION:6

WKS ON CHART: 12

 

With a healthy dose of Herb Albert’s “Rise” in the mix, this was Blue’s final release from the “All Rise” era. It was substantially remixed from the original version contained on the album, hence the title of “Fly By II”, and the video featured a cameo from ex-Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle long before he found fame, despite this version not being on the album it still spurred “All Rise” to the top of the charts for the first time in its 22nd week on the chart.