Well, yes, we are basically rinsing out the Boyzone and Westlife catalogues now before we get to the upper percentile of their hits that actually managed to reach further than their ever-devoted fanbases. A Different Beat is a turd-like bore that sounds like they recorded it after listening to The Lion King soundtrack. And as for Every Day I Love You, I'm not sure there has been or will be a more non-event of a song on this countdown. I scarcely remember it from the time (I imagine I used it as a prime TOILET BREAK opportunity during its stint in the top 40) and despite having just listened to that clip, I really do not remember a thing about it STILL apart from the title was mentioned somewhere in the song - but considering that can be said about the near enough absolute majority of popular music it doesn't say much. Amazing that both these outsold Picture Of You which as gooddelta said is certainly one of their few classics IMO but I guess with the dramatic change in style/tempo at the time it was either going to reach out in a huge way or relatively underperform and it seems it ended up being the latter.

 

Interesting to see MN8 feature so high up. Does that make them the highest act with only one appearance? I've Got A Little Something For You is a good song anyhow and I have to say I didn't realise until now they were British! Whether that's a testament to how well they slipped into the American R&B sound of the time or what I do not know.

I'm off on Holiday for the weekend so tomorrow's update will be the last until next Tuesday!

 

 

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Well, yes, we are basically rinsing out the Boyzone and Westlife catalogues now before we get to the upper percentile of their hits that actually managed to reach further than their ever-devoted fanbases. A Different Beat is a turd-like bore that sounds like they recorded it after listening to The Lion King soundtrack. And as for Every Day I Love You, I'm not sure there has been or will be a more non-event of a song on this countdown. I scarcely remember it from the time (I imagine I used it as a prime TOILET BREAK opportunity during its stint in the top 40) and despite having just listened to that clip, I really do not remember a thing about it STILL apart from the title was mentioned somewhere in the song - but considering that can be said about the near enough absolute majority of popular music it doesn't say much. Amazing that both these outsold Picture Of You which as gooddelta said is certainly one of their few classics IMO but I guess with the dramatic change in style/tempo at the time it was either going to reach out in a huge way or relatively underperform and it seems it ended up being the latter.

 

Interesting to see MN8 feature so high up. Does that make them the highest act with only one appearance? I've Got A Little Something For You is a good song anyhow and I have to say I didn't realise until now they were British! Whether that's a testament to how well they slipped into the American R&B sound of the time or what I do not know.

How very harsh on poor "Everyday I Love You"- I actually think it's one of their most sincere moments (the video especially is particulrly beautiful- but that's Prague for you).

 

In answer to your MN8 question no there at least another 2 acts with a sole entry on this list! :D

How very harsh on poor "Everyday I Love You"- I actually think it's one of their most sincere moments (the video especially is particulrly beautiful- but that's Prague for you).

 

In answer to your MN8 question no there at least another 2 acts with a sole entry on this list! :D

I think I've just realised what the other two are now. One who had a #1 single in 2002, and another who had a high-selling #2 in 1997 I believe. Have to say both have never entered my mind as fitting into this category for some reason.

 

Going off-topic slightly but I'm sure this is the 3rd or 4th time you've been on holiday in the past year!! Someone certainly isn't strapped for cash. :D

Going off-topic slightly but I'm sure this is the 3rd or 4th time you've been on holiday in the past year!! Someone certainly isn't strapped for cash. :D

:lol: Yes my 4th trip in the last year- just city breaks- I like my culture trips!

63. I AM BLESSED- Eternal (319,200)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Eternal_I_Am_Blessed.jpg

 

RELEASED: 1995

PEAK POSITION: 7

WKS ON CHART:12

 

Incredibly this is their biggest hit on this rundown (though obviously beaten by “I Wanna Be The Only One” in their cannon including collaborations) yet I doubt many outside of hardcore fans can remember this. The secret to its sales lies in the fact that it was a big hit over Xmas 95 (a time when sales were very high) and once January came around the record finally peaked, six weeks into its run, it’s also our highest placed non- top 5 hit on the rundown.

 

62. STOP!- Spice Girls (330,500)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Stop_(Spice_Girls_single_-_cover_art).jpg

 

RELEASED: 1998

PEAK POSITION: 2

WKS ON CHART: 15

 

The song that famously broke the run of straight No 1 hits from the best selling act of the 90s. Indeed it had the misfortune to be up against Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins who were on their way to a million plus sales and had it been released one week earlier it would have debuted at No 1, but all that belies that fact that it opened with sales of 115k, significantly worse than all of the preceding singles (With the exception of debut hit “Wannabe”) so clearly the appeal was diminishing and the backlash had started.

 

61. QUEEN OF MY HEART- Westlife (330,500)

 

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RELEASED: 2001

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 17

 

Whilst many territories were treated to “When You’re Looking Like That” as a single, we got this. Another instant No 1 (their 9th) the band were reportedly unhappy as its choice of first single over and above “Angel” which was their option, by this point I’m not sure it mattered.

 

Recap time 61-80

 

61. Queen Of My Heart Westlife 330,500

62. Stop! Spice Girls 330,500

63. I Am Blessed Eternal 319,200

64. Push It/ Tramp Salt N Pepa 318,000

65. I Got A Little Something For You MN8 316,800

66. Everyday I Love You Boyzone 314,600

67. Flying Without Wings Westlife 313,600

68. It's Alright East 17 312,700

69. A Different Beat Boyzone 306,400

70. Let's Talk About Sex Salt N Pepa 298,000

 

71. If I Let You Go Westlife 295,800

72. If Ya Gettin Down Five 291,500

73. My Love Westlife 287,000

74. Around The World East 17 285,000

75. Picture Of You Boyzone 277,000

76. Help! Bananarama 276,000

77. Sure Take That 275,400

78. Let's Dance Five 275,300

79. Until The Time Is Through Five 267,000

80. The Harder I Try Brother Beyond 266,000

Top 60 starts on Tuesday!

62. STOP!- Spice Girls (330,500)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Stop_(Spice_Girls_single_-_cover_art).jpg

In all honesty, this probably WAS the worst single they released in the 1990s. Not that it's bad as such, it's a perfectly catchy and well-constructed pop song, etc, but it's a TOUCH characterless by the Spice Girls standards. Although one could perhaps say the same about their ballads but I actually think they have something special about them compared to other girlgroup ballads and are some of the finest entries into their canon. Plus why was it almost a RULE of 90s pop that every group had to do some motown-aping song and release it as a single? Some fitted that style better than others - with the Spice Girls it was far from being a good sound for them.

 

All that being said, it's hard to see any song that would have done better against the might of It's Like That or even sold much more than the 115k opening figure, even if I prefer almost every other song on Spiceworld compared to Stop. Incidentally, I used to absolutely love watching the video of ILT with all the break-dancing when it was shown at the end of TOTP during its stint at #1 so I can't say even as a Spice loon I begrudged it too much for keeping them off. :lol:

I always wonder how Westlife do arena tours... all their songs sound exactly the same, god knows how they can distinguish one song to the next! It's pretty disturbing how many songs they have racked up!

Edited April 27, 201213 yr by ScottyEm

60. PRAY- Take That (333,700)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Pray_(Take_That_song).jpg

 

RELEASED: 1993

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 11

 

Not an enormously impressive tally for a song that spent 4 wks atop the charts but 1993 was far from a great one sales wise. Still it was their first No 1 single and set them on route for a grand total of 11 so far in their career, a film shot in Acapulco added a touch of glamour and of course getting their kit off no doubt hardly decreased from sales, indeed the band picked up two BRITS for this song (Best Video and Best British Single) at the 1994 awards.

 

59. END OF THE LINE- Honeyz (337,700)

 

http://www.avatune.com/pics/23040670.jpg

 

RELEASED: 1998

PEAK POSITION: 5

WKS ON CHART: 14

 

Bet this one surprises some! Spending 5 wks in the top 10 over Xmas 98, the original line up of the band lasted just 2 releases before one member, Abdi left to spend more time with then boyfriend Matthew Marsden and was replaced by a former member of Solid HarmoniE all of which lasted three singles before in late 2000 Abdi returned but by that point time was up for the trio.

 

58. YOU NEEDED ME- Boyzone (343,300)

 

http://991.com/newGallery/Boyzone-You-Needed-Me-134537.jpg

 

RELEASED: 1999

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 15

 

Reviving an Anne Murray record from 1978 was just the ticket for a 6th UK No 1 single for Boyzone in 1999. Involved a highly publicised battle for the top slot with Geri Halliwell’s debut solo single the boys cleverly decided to make different B sides available across the 2CD set ensuring fans bought both copies whilst Geri offered no different b-sides and the ploy worked. But only just 748 copies separated the two when the sales data came in, both had done over 142k.

 

It also didn't help that 'Look At Me' was £3.99 from the get go, whereas the two Boyzone CDs were £1.99 each. More fool EMI!

 

I always thought it was weird that 'Look At Me' had the same track list on both of its CDs - the only difference was that one was in a jewel case, and the other was a cardboard case with postcards. Had one had different tracks, I'm sure that alone would have made all the difference. Never mind. :lol:

 

Of all the Boyzone hits, this was one of the dullest.

58. YOU NEEDED ME- Boyzone (343,300)

 

http://991.com/newGallery/Boyzone-You-Needed-Me-134537.jpg

 

RELEASED: 1999

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 15

 

Such a shame that this week had all the focus on Boyzone Vs Geri. My attention was drawn to another new release that same week - Shania Twain 'That Don't Impress Me Much' which I bought on CD single this very week.

 

I thought 'You Needed Me' was a dreadful song and it just bored me completely. Whilst Geri's 'Look At Me' was a much more fun affair, I wasn't exactly the biggest Geri fan so again didn't really care this song either.

Both were crap, Look At Me is spectacularly self indulgent imo and I wasn't a fan at all. You Needed Me is one of Boyzone's worst, so bland.

 

Pray and End Of The Line on the other hand, the latter was floating around just as I was getting really into the charts, definitely one of my favourites of 1998, it has such a gorgeous melody and some really solid harmonies ;) Honeyz were far better than they get credit for, I really like all five of their top ten hits.

59. END OF THE LINE- Honeyz (337,700)

 

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Ooh, I never liked this one much for some reason. I mean it's not bad but it just never goes to the heights I want it to if you know what I mean. I was, however, a big fan of their first single which will be up here later - proper gorgeous girlband balladry and one of my most cherished nostalgia tunes. :cry:

 

Never Let You Down was also rather gorgeous with all its dub-a-dubs. I'm a sucker for things like that in pop songs to be honest. And Won't Take It Lying Down surely won the award for best pop lyric of 2000 with "honey my suspicion is the only thing gonna be getting aroused" - just fabulous!

 

Anyone know what happened to the Honeyz? They really deserved to do MUCH better. I mean sure they were bland but surely no more so than Atomic Kitten who were the biggest girlband in 2001-02!!! That "comeback" single in 2001 was pitiful but still. :( Last time I saw them was that Hit Me Baby One More Time show back in 2005. I was rooting for them all the way but the whole show was practically geared to 80s nostalgia and the poor Honeyz were too recent, and f***ing SHAKIN' STEVENS won which says it all.

Edited April 30, 201213 yr by superbossanova

Apparently they finally called it a day in 2009, "Won't Take It Lying Down" is my fave of theirs, they were kind of NU-Eternal for a while, fond memories!