YAY "Scandalous"! :D :D Timeless song of 2003 (considering how much I hate that year).

176. 5 COLOURS IN HER HAIR- McFly (150,000)

 

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RELEASED: 2004

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 12

 

After part of McFly helped to pen a Busted No 1 (No 186), part of Busted returns the favour here to deliver up the First of seven No 1 singles for the boys. An ode to actress Emily Corrie’s character “Susie” in early 00s teen drama “As If” (which incidentally was brilliant), this was the only one of those seven chart toppers by the band to hang around there for more than one week and is the only track to feature in this chart due to the cut off date. The band took their name from Marty McFly in the film “Back To The Future” and earned their biggest seller by far with the comic relief single for 2005.

 

175. STEAM- East 17 (150,400)

 

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RELEASED: 1994

PEAK POSITION: 7

WKS ON CHART: 8

 

Back in late 1994 East 17 were about to release their second album (this is the title track) and when this debuted at No 7 it gave them a fifth top 10 hit and the first time they had achieved back to back top 10 hits. Whilst arch rivals Take That had spent 1993-1994 racking up No 1 hits at a frightening rate, this lost had seemed to lose their way slightly, the UK simply hadn’t embraced “urban” music in quite the same way as it would do some 5 years later. Not to worry that Chart topper was just months away and ensured they would make many more albums.

 

174. DO YOU WANT ME?- Salt N Pepa (151,600)

 

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RELEASED: 1991

PEAK POSITION: 5

WKS ON CHART: 12

 

The first ladies of rap? Well it would be hard to pinpoint females who had been successful in the charts pre Salt N Pepa, or certainly any of them who hung around after an initial hit. This was something of a comeback for the trio who had last been spotted in the top 20 here back in 1988, pregnancy and childbirth had intervened in the interim and a third top 5 hit surprised many but they were back for the 90s.

 

Double post today- more later!

One of Salt N Pepa's best singles. Love the R&B-lite hook of the song.

I do remember that same week George Michael started at #2 in the midweeks then fell to #7 by Sunday, so I guess in reality despite "only" peaking at #6, Fly By II also might not have been too far from being #2 or at least #3 that week (although George was one of those notoriously front-loaded artists, he was never usually that bad, so I'm assuming sales were tight - unfortunately I don't remember though).

All will be revealed in my retro in half an hour :o

'5 Colours In Her Hair' always makes me smile. Easily one of McFly's best singles. I much prefer McFly to Busted as the latter just didn't appeal to me at all with such "gems" as 'Who's David', 'Air Hostess' and 'What I Go To School For' ** shudders** The only Busted single I ever cared for was 'Year 3000'.

'5 Colours In Her Hair' always makes me smile. Easily one of McFly's best singles. I much prefer McFly to Busted as the latter just didn't appeal to me at all with such "gems" as 'Who's David', 'Air Hostess' and 'What I Go To School For' ** shudders** The only Busted single I ever cared for was 'Year 3000'.

Sleeping With The Light On all the way - genius.

McFly had some brilliant pop songs, so it was a shame that they all appeared to be fan-based buys. "Star Girl" is by far and away their best track though - does anybody know how much it's sold (although I'm sure it adds a few hundred every Friday thanks to Chris Moyles :D)?

'Year 3000' is brilliant but I don't particularly care for any of Busted's other material. As for McFly, they're a bit hit and miss for me, I'd say I like about half of their songs and don't care for the other half. Their best song by far is 'Shine A Light' which was reflected by it being one of their only songs with any longevity at all.

All will be revealed in my retro in half an hour :o

Oh, right! I didn't even realise that was exactly 10 years ago to the week! That's a funny coincidence.

 

Yeah, I just saw that now. I guess that was pretty close. Will Young obviously benefitted from weekend sales to pull ahead of the pack but certainly #4-7 were within distance of each going one or two places higher.

'5 Colours In Her Hair' always makes me smile. Easily one of McFly's best singles. I much prefer McFly to Busted as the latter just didn't appeal to me at all with such "gems" as 'Who's David', 'Air Hostess' and 'What I Go To School For' ** shudders** The only Busted single I ever cared for was 'Year 3000'.

I agree. My problem with Busted was that their lyrics were always so juvenile, even as someone who was in my early teens at the time I found it unbearable. Thankfully McFly distanced themselves from being any more similar by releasing some quality pop tunes by any standard from that first album (bar That Girl, which is one that did sound a bit too Busted-lite for me) and I did buy 5 Colours In Her Hair at the time, as well as their album.

 

As for Busted, my favourite single by them was 3am. Shame it got completely ignored in favour of the poor Thunderbirds Are Go.

173. CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE- A1 (152,000)

 

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RELEASED: 2002

PEAK POSITION: 2

WKS ON CHART:12

 

A boy band that kind of happened in reverse with their greatest critical acclaim and recognition come at the end of their brief chart life. From bubblegum pop (No 192 is their debut single) to this their penultimate release, there was a very clear path for progression, quite why the BRITS chose to award them best British Breakthrough act in 2001 some two years into their span is a mystery, but by the third album they were heading in a more guitar driven direction away from the teen audience that had keep them afloat to this point. Perhaps that explains the fall from favour, Marazzi left in late 2002 after the follow up to this “Make It Good” became their first single to fail to make the top 10 and the parent album bombed which pretty much signalled the end. Interestingly they were put together by the same guy who formed Steps and Marazzi auditioned for Steps but was placed in A1, thems the breaks.

 

172. HOLE IN THE HEAD- The Sugababes (152,000)

 

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RELEASED: 2003

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 13

 

Another group who had moved on from their debut hit (No 194) though more in terms of group members, here’s the third No 1 single from the Suagababes. The first single from their third album imaginatively called “Three”, it was widely expected to debut at No 1 which it did in October 2003 on sales of 58k, yes Siobhan had left and Heidi was in, and despite the near constant rumours of infighting they actually managed to spend a whole three years in this line-up. By way of obscure chart fact this remains the only single of theirs to make the US Top 100 when it peaked at No 96.

 

171. ONE NIGHT STAND- Mis-Teeq (153,300)

 

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RELEASED: 2001

PEAK POSITION: 5

WKS ON CHART: 12

 

A second appearance here for Mis-Teeq whose star was ever growing over 2001. Containing the fantastic line “I ain’t sippin if it ain’t Cristal” was a nod to the rapper’s favourite drink in the early 00s, until that is a highly ambiguous statement from the managing director of the maker Roederer which led to Jay Z (amongst others) announced that he would never promote the drink again.

 

Great songs from Misteeq and the Suagababes there. :D

176. 5 COLOURS IN HER HAIR- McFly (150,000)

 

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RELEASED: 2004

PEAK POSITION: 1

WKS ON CHART: 12

 

After part of McFly helped to pen a Busted No 1 (No 186), part of Busted returns the favour here to deliver up the First of seven No 1 singles for the boys. An ode to actress Emily Corrie’s character “Susie” in early 00s teen drama “As If” (which incidentally was brilliant), this was the only one of those seven chart toppers by the band to hang around there for more than one week and is the only track to feature in this chart due to the cut off date. The band took their name from Marty McFly in the film “Back To The Future” and earned their biggest seller by far with the comic relief single for 2005.

 

 

I think that their best era (about quality) was their last album. All theirs No.1s are songs so average and mediocre..They weren't successful except from United Kingdom..Nobody likes them all over the world. British music has very good pop groups and bands but they don't belong to this list. I think that No.1 doesn't mean anything when these kind of groups have so many because of maniac girl fans..

 

Deffo Busted over McFly for me.

 

Sugababes were my favourite girlband. They had a string of great singles.

Is there any sign of "Point Break"..? I had bought their debut (one and only) album!! They had 5 faboulous singles!! It was unfair to quit very soon. The same happened to Sugababes and Atomic Kitten but they didn't let it down..They returned stronger and determined!!