I loved the Spice up your Life CD cover.

 

Goodbye is a good song. Its astonishing to think how many singles the Spce Girls sold in such a short period of time

Pure Shoers, Spice Up Your Life and Goodbye are all 90s classics (Goodbye less so, but I have always loved it).

 

Uptown Girl is actually a decent Westlife cover (a rarity) and I remember when it was jockying with all the future million sellers in spring 2001 selling loads every week. Good times!

They achieved some incredible first week sales (and their most impressive is yet to come)! A pity 'SUYL' and 'G' fell rather short of a million, despite fantastic debuts of 300k+.

so many song that bring a smile to my face in this thread, thanx for all the effort much appreciated and very enjoyable reading :)

I am still hoping Say You'll Be There will get to the million one day!

^ That'd be good! Last I knew, they were a good 60k off though. :(

 

Unfortunately they're not a group that gets really strong back catalogue sales. Even when a couple of their singles have been reduced to 59p (Wannabe & Spice Up Your Life), they've not benefited greatly from it... briefly in the 200s area of iTunes for both, I think. Which isn't great, considering it seems like any random old song marked as 59p can crack the iTunes Top 100 these days. :lol:

11. FATHER AND SON- Boyzone (815,700)

 

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One of the most pointless covers ever. The true essence of the song is the father and son dialogue that was stupidly ignored in this.

At very least, they should have made Ronan sing in different tones or, better yet, let Stephen Gately sing the son's parts.

Edited May 13, 201213 yr by N-S

09. C’EST LA VIE- B*Witched (851,000)

 

http://991.com/newGallery/BWitched-Cest-La-Vie-134159.jpg

 

RELEASED: 1998

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 19

 

Like dancing leprechaun’s they came into our life back in June 98 spending 12 wks in the top 20 and becoming the 5th biggest single of the year. It was actually the biggest selling single by an Irish act EVER for just one day (15.09.98) overtaking “Father And Son” before overtaken itself by a song yet to feature and became their sole top 10 hit in the US. Simultaneously making denim and Irish Jigging fashionable again was no mean feat (even if it was brief) but this is a little pop gem IMO.

 

08. STAY ANOTHER DAY- East 17 (923,900)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Stay_another_day.jpg

 

RELEASED: 1994

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 16

 

A third single from the “Steam” album, perhaps it was a blessing that the album hadn’t flown off the shelves from the off otherwise this might have underperformed. It was the bookies favourite for Xmas No 1 1994 at 7-1 before it was released and didn’t disappoint taking 2 weeks to top the charts and staying there for 5 wks to deny that other festive favourite “All I Want For Christmas” from the top slot. A song written by Mortimer as a tribute his late brother, two videos were produced for the song after the band quickly grew to hate the first version in which they thought they looked ridiculous.

 

07. WHOLE AGAIN- Atomic Kitten (934,600)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Atomic_Kitten_Whole_Again_Cover.jpg

 

RELEASED: 2001

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 23

 

Co written by former OMD front man Andy McCluskey, Atomic Kitten were famously on the cusp on being dropped prior to this record after their single “Follow Me” only managed to make No 20. They managed to persuade the record company to release one single “Whole Again” (substantial remixed from the spoken album version) but before it could be done Katona left after falling pregnant and Frost was drafted in to rerecord vocals and the video. The song was unusual in increasing its sales every week whilst at No 1 69k-85k-101k-113k becoming the first 4 wk chart topper since Westlife’s “I Have A Dream/ Seasons In The Sun” some 14 months prior, and the first song to increase sales whilst at No 1 for 4 weeks on the trot since Jackson’s “Earth Song” in 1995.

 

I love 'Whole Again'. It's cheesy as hell but a song that reminds me a lot of my childhood.

I like Whole Again too.

 

I'm sure i read somewhere that its sales peak was its 5th week when is sold 115,000.

Atomic Kitten :wub:

 

I wish someone would perform it on The Voice or The X Factor or something so it can help it on its way to 1 million sales. :P

Spice Up Your Life is GODLY in my eyes (or should that be ears?). Superbly bombastic and overblown production with over-the-top vocals to match (not in the Whitney/Celine sense, obv) especially on THAT middle-8 section, and of course a fantastic video. Great rhythmic undercurrent too. Just invigorating and exciting pop and I love every second of it. :heart: (Although on that note it's at least a minute too short, though that does mean I have to play it at least twice to get the full goodness out of it). And the B-side Spice Invaders is also ridiculous in a completely different way. Probably their best singles package overall.

 

Yuck at Stay Another Day. Those GOONS robbed Mariah with her genuine Christmas song thanks to the the money-grabbing BELLS they added to sell it to the retarded public who soil their pants at anything slightly Christmassy (plus the video with the winter coats and snow to further the idea). And said public still buy it in some numbers every year even though it's not and never has been a Christmas song. :manson: Utter tosh.

Edited May 14, 201213 yr by superbossanova

I like Whole Again too.

 

I'm sure i read somewhere that its sales peak was its 5th week when is sold 115,000.

 

I posted this a while back. I remember this was mentioned on Channel 4 teletext that very week (I was sort of addicted to teletext back then - that was my internet!!! :lol: ) but apparently it really did sell a further 115k but Shaggy shot to no. 1 with well over 300k.

 

I also think its selling point was its sheer simplicity. It wasn't a big OTT overblown power house ballad, but quite an understated pop song. I remember a few months after this had been no. 1, going to Bolton and whilst in one of the shopping centres there they were playing 'Whole Again' through the speakers and I couldn't help but notice a group of women (aged between 40-50?) singing along to the song and sort of dancing to the music. Attention seekers!!! :P Alas, it proved that this song appealed to a wide audience and not just teenagers.

I think Whole Again has a very pensive feel for a love ballad which probably helped to appeal it to people who have a bit more experience in life matters, especially since it was released in January/February when people are more reflective on the past with the New Year and (in a similarly romantic sense) Valentine's Day. Plus the vocal feels very mature, particularly when you put it next to Follow Me which was their previous single and not completely dissimilar, albeit that one is more like a mid-tempo.

 

I never really liked it though. Was rather nonplussed when it got to #1, though January was of course the time for shock chart toppers, and 2001 was especially surprising with Rui Da Silva and Limp Bizkit also unexpectedly getting to #1 that month.

Edited May 14, 201213 yr by superbossanova

06. SAY YOU’LL BE THERE- The Spice Girls (942,400)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/Say_You'll_Be_There.jpg

 

RELEASED: 1996

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 17

 

An opening salvo of 349k ensured this destroyed all opposition for the top spot in October 96 and gave the girls their second chart topper. TV channel “The Box” announced it was their most requested video ever (not a surprise given the way the girls dressed in it) and it won the BRIT in 97 for best video, weeks of build up was early evidence that these girls certainly had a publicity machine that would be envied by most, and there wasn’t much surprise when this exploded into the charts. Considering it was not intended as a second single (that was going to be “Love Thing”) it didn’t turn out badly.

 

05. BACK FOR GOOD- Take That (959,600)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Back_for_good.jpg

 

RELEASED: 1995

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 13

 

The band’s only real US success this release was brought forward in 1995 after the band performed it on the BRITS and pre-orders went through the roof. Another big debut week sales figure (346K) it was already their 3rd biggest selling single after just 6 days on sale, and has, with downloads, become a million seller now picking up a BRIT for best single at the 96 awards. Becoming a boy band classic it was the final No 1 as a five piece for the band before Robbie left, his return to the fold in 2010 failed to produce another chart topper thanks to Rihanna.

 

04. NO MATTER WHAT- Boyzone (1,074,200)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/NoMatterWhat.png

 

RELEASED: 1998

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 15

 

Triumphing over all other boy bands (in this rundown anyway) are Boyzone, fittingly really as they have the most entries. Their Lloyd Webber musical number (co-written by Jim Steinman) from “Whistle Down The Wind” was their only number one to last 3 weeks at the top, they were the first Irish act to have 4 chart toppers, and the first act to place their first 12 hits in the top 5. The official sales tally is however likely to be less than the reality as it fell fowl of a chart rule which saw the track drop out of the charts from No 34, a live version of the track appeared on the follow up single “I Love The Way You Love Me” and rules stipulated that an old hit could only be included on a subsequent release if the original was outside the top 40. The record company solution was to drop the dealer price of NMW by one penny to £1.78 making it chart ineligible whilst it was still selling in the region of 10k a week! A certain Mr Lloyd Webber was not happy.

 

So it all ends tomorrow with your top 3! Tune in at 5 :(