November 12, 201212 yr No Substitute Love should've been massive, one of the best on a really strong album! Emeli Sandé on everything would actually be quite good and would annoy Bré so all is good. :kink:
November 12, 201212 yr aNYway is miles better than "Barbra Streisand", such a shame it didn't do that well.
November 12, 201212 yr RAIN OVER ME- PITBULL http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Pitbull_featuring_Marc_Anthony_-_Rain_Over_Me.jpg PEAK POSITION: 28 SALES: 83K FOLLOW UP TO: GIVE ME EVERYTHING With some collaboration Ho’s it’s a bit difficult to tell exactly what a “follow” up release is, fortunately for me Pitbull made it easy in 2011 with this “contribution”. With help from ex- Mr Jennifer Lopez this only just made the top 30, it’s your typical Pitbull fair, even the magic of Red One here can’t improve its fortunes though his ability to appear on every third track in the chart remains undiminished. MORAL OF THE STORY: IT’S FAR EASIER MONEY TO “TURN UP FOR A RAP” AND COLLECT YOUR CASH. SmM0653YvXU it's weird that this song didn't chart high in either the UK or US, given it has gathered more than 360 million views on YouTube.....
November 12, 201212 yr it's weird that this song didn't chart high in either the UK or US, given it has gathered more than 360 million views on YouTube..... The flags in the back of the single cover may give you a clue.
November 13, 201212 yr I like Never Be a Right Time. I was surprised it didn't do better, and it was discounted aswell. Even more surprising was that singles 3 and 4 managed to be bigger hits than it, I thought that would be it for top 40 hits from the album at the time. I think part of the reason Estelle dwindled off after American Boy is because she got so much bad press for what she said about Duffy, Amy Winehouse and Adele. I remember that Duck Sauce song. I used to hear it a lot on the radio, I thought it would do better in the charts. I was going to say I expect No Love to be up soon, but then I remember Love the Way You Lie never made #1. :lol: That definitely has to be one of the most extreme contrasts in succes between consecutive singles for an established artist though.
November 13, 201212 yr The flags in the back of the single cover may give you a clue. And it was a big hit GLOBALLY, there are a few more countries than USA and UK...
November 14, 201212 yr Author LOVE LIKE THIS- FAITH EVANS http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Faith_Evans_Love_Like_This.jpg PEAK POSITION: 24 SALES: 40K FOLLOW UP TO: I'LL BE MISSING YOU After the death of her husband Notorious B.I.G the tribute record by friend Puff Daddy and his widow Faith Evans sold a million copies of the track “I’ll Be Missing You” but it seems our sympathy was markedly short term. Heavily using a loop from Chic’s “Chic Cheer” this song is perhaps far better known as the base for a No 1 by Fatman Scoop in 2003 so she can claim some sort of victory I suppose! MORAL OF THE STORY: SYMPATHY LASTS FOR ONE SONG. wZ8Of19Ef70
November 14, 201212 yr Author NATURAL DISASTER- EXAMPLE http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Natural_Disaster.jpg PEAK POSITION: 37 SALES: 39K FOLLOW UP TO: STAY AWAKE You would think two straight no 1 singles behind you that your next single might at least go top 30, but that’s the joy of the charts, you just never know. Perhaps it was do with the album being available by the time this was released which had drawn the sales away from it, or maybe it was just a single too far, he was back at No 2 by August 2012 so this appears to be just a blip in his chart career. MORAL OF THE STORY: WHY BOTHER WITH ALBUMS? q28e-Z9TAdU
November 14, 201212 yr Author I’M LOOKING FOR THE ONE TO BE WITH ME- JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE http://i49.tinypic.com/ogw9aw.jpg PEAK POSITION: 24 SALES: 35K FOLLOW UP TO: BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM A follow up that’s actually better than the No 1 that preceded it? Well when that track was the sh**e that remains “Boom Shake The Room” perhaps that more easily understood, Will Smith therefore makes our list with both his chart topping follow ups- evidence that his success in this field remains a complete mystery! MORAL OF THE STORY: NOVELTY RECORDS DO NOT A POPSTAR MAKE 6JsgY2PXWAg
November 14, 201212 yr My least favourite follow up to a #1 smash was Spiller's Cry Baby in 2001, absolutely abysmal noise and probably ranks in my top 20 worst songs ever, Groovejet is close to the equivalent top 20 in my favourite songs ever! I remember hearing Cry Baby some time last year. Took me a while to get over the weird-ass vocal, but i actually kinda like the song now! :o The Royksopp remix is better though
November 14, 201212 yr 'Natural Disaster' was the last decent thing Example was involved in. :( Midnight Run is my favourite on the album :wub: (although it should have done miles better).
November 14, 201212 yr Vanilla Ice - "Play That Funky Music White Boy" should be on this list. EDIT Maybe not seeing as it got to #10. Instead it should be Jimmy Nail - Laura a #58 smash hit from 1992. Edited November 14, 201212 yr by Pablo Escobar
November 14, 201212 yr Are you going as far as 1980s? Starship look to be a possible contender. The follow-up to "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "It's Not Over (Til It's Over) made #86! Phyllis Nelson of "Move Closer" fame, made #81 with her follow up "I Like You"
November 15, 201212 yr Author Are you going as far as 1980s? Starship look to be a possible contender. The follow-up to "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "It's Not Over (Til It's Over) made #86! Phyllis Nelson of "Move Closer" fame, made #81 with her follow up "I Like You" As per first post :D
November 15, 201212 yr Author I’M NOT YOUR TOY- LA ROUX http://991.com/NewGallery/La-Roux-Im-Not-Your-Toy-484925.jpg PEAK POSITION: 27 SALES: 34K FOLLOW UP TO: BULLETPROOF Perhaps by the September of 2009 we’d all had enough of Elly Jackson’s rather marmite voice, or perhaps this fourth release from her debut album simply lacked the instant catchy appeal of “In For The Kill” or “Bulletproof”. A second album is yet to materialise so who can say if this was just a blip. MORAL OF THE STORY: WHEN YOU’VE ALREADY HIT NEAR PERFECTION WHY TRY AGAIN? ew_c5ewoVQk
November 15, 201212 yr I'm Not Your Toy will definitely be my favourite song on this countdown. It's so incredible, as is the entire album. I really hope the second album actually happens, I've been waiting for 4 years!!!!! :drama: Looning over.
November 15, 201212 yr Author DO IT- TONY DI BART http://www.roxcalibur.com/pix/e7075.jpg PEAK POSITION: 21 SALES: 33K FOLLOW UP TO: THE REAL THING Sometimes when an act gets a No 1 then only thing they can do (if they are short on ideas) is to make the same record again, the law of diminishing returns quickly kicks in. Di Bart was a bathroom salesman who gave up his business after he made No 1 with “The Real Thing” in 1994, not a wise move as this made No 21 and was his final top 40 hit. MORAL OF THE STORY: BATHROOM SALESMAN IS A SOLID INCOME 4epgGJSYV4k
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