June 21, 201510 yr I think "As Long As I Got You" wasn't given a UK release, I think it was just for Australia. I also reading somewhere that the record company was forcing her to release the not so good tracks from the album, but if that's the case then why did she record them in the first place, if she knew they were good, then why bother. Honestly I don't think she cares about her music anymore, her comeback album was so underwhelming and the only decent single was "Hard Out There" but that wasn't even given a proper push. "Air Balloon" was very dire in my opinion and actually surprised it even made the top 10, compared to her first 2 albums, "AB" just wasn't up to scratch and same goes for "Our Time" and "As Long As I Got You", both of them are very disappointing and bland. Plus one of the only other decent single was "URL Badman" and that wasn't given any promo and just tanked. I think, well actually hoping that "Our Time" will be out next.
June 22, 201510 yr I'd agree that Air Balloon damaged her career too. She doesn't like the song herself, her record company made her release it. She wanted to release Sheezus after Hard out Here followed by URL Badman, Sheezus I agree would have been a fantastic choice. I don't think it would have sold loads as a single, but it is more cohesive with Hard Out Here, and probably would have helped sell the album a hell of a lot more. I've seen lily perform live twice since the release of the album and both times she snubbed Air Balloon and It's Our Time (the latter I think is pretty okay). As Long as I got you... It's an album track really...Sad it got snubbed by radio though, it could have helped the album a bit. Edited June 22, 201510 yr by Joe.
June 29, 201510 yr Author 14 - Reek Alfie (6.30) Sr2Grfi3lFg Queens of the night: 11 (Fgiboy2511), 10 (Josh.) It's not fair and I think you're really mean: -1 (Dobbo), 3 (Mackenzie, dandystar), 4 (Nick F1, DJHazey) Alfie is the fourth single taken from Alright, Still.. It's written about and named after Lily's brother Alfie Allen , who is portraying Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones. Alfie alllegedly threw Lily's laptop out of the window after hearing the song? Fun times. I think the song is really cute, but they were mad to put this out instead of 'Everything's Just Wonderful' or 'Not Big'. 13 - Oh My God (6.53) qnDo6mR6fp8 Queens of the night: 10 (american oxygen.), 9 (JosephStyles, Griff) It's not fair and I think you're really mean: 2 (dandystar, Aaron.), 3 (rob_s, Chez Wombat) Oh My God is Lily's first feature ever, but it's actually the second time she worked with producer Mark Ronson, the first being Littlest Things. I think people were for years under the impression that Mark produced her entire debut album or something. Well, no, he only did those two. Anyway, Oh My God is a Kaiser Chiefs cover and both versions surprisingly managed to go top 10, despite their release only being two years apart. The British public never ceases to amaze me. Edited July 1, 201510 yr by ♡ Heezus Froot ♡
July 1, 201510 yr Forgot that these two were still in the running "Alfie" is pretty decent, "Oh My God" is okay but doesn't rank as one of her best though. Can't wait to see the rest of these results.
July 1, 201510 yr Author I'm pretty sure 'Alfie' wasn't her first song to miss the top 20? It got to #15. That's right I confused it with Littlest Things. I will fact-check better from now on.
July 12, 201510 yr Author 12 - Who'd Have Known (6.75) zol5PttNjA0 Queens of the night: 11 (Dobbo), 10 (Ultraviolence1989, Acidburn, andreweeyor, Slick) It's not fair and I think you're really mean: 1 (mr_aly, ketalina), 2 (Fgiboy2511), 3.5 (Jonjo) Last couple of results before we get to the top 10. At number 12 we have the last official single off of It's Not Me, It's You and Lily's first ever download-only single. Who'd Have Known samples 'Shine', one of the few 2000s Take That songs that I can stand (and I actually love). The video depicts Lily as an obsessed Elton John fan who ends up kidnapping him. The Children in Need 2009 mash-up of Who'd Have Known & Shine is simply fantastic and one of my favourite performances ever :wub: 11 - URL Badman (6.92) lDlofPAOZy0 Queens of the night: 11 (Mackenzie, Nick F1), 10 (JosephStyles,) It's not fair and I think you're really mean: -1 (Aaron.), 2 (Aled.), 3 (rob_s) At number 11 we have another fourth single, this time off Sheezus. 'URL Badman' was unfortunately released at a point when no Lily song was likely to smash the charts or help the album. It only went to #93, making it her lowest chart performance for a single in the UK to date (not including 'As Long As I Got You' that failed to even chart). Despite all that, we did get a b-side, 'Bass Like Home' (which was also offered for free at one point), her first b-side since 'Why' that was on 'Not Fair'. So here's the top 10 in alphabetical order: 22 F**k You Hard Out Here LDN Littlest Things Not Fair Our Time Smile The Fear True Love (surprise!) Which ones are out next? Which have made the top 5? Predict away.
July 12, 201510 yr Both those should be top 10. "Who'd Have Known" is one of my fave Lily Allen songs, so brilliant. Also can't believe that "Our Time" is top 10. 1. The Fear 2. Smile 3. Hard Out There 4. LDN 5. Not Fair 6. f*** You 7. 22 8. Littlest Things 9. True Love 10 Our Time
July 14, 201510 yr URL Badman is amazing :wub: Should be top 10 over Our Time easily! Definitely! It's one of her best.
July 29, 20159 yr Author 10 - True Love (6.98) zsmUOdmm02A F**kin' Perfect: 11 (troublepink), 10 (Ultraviolence1989, andreweenor, Heezus Froot) Stupid Girls: 0 (Griff, Aled., Fgiboy2511) 'True Love', produced by the amazing Greg Kurstin, is the fourth single taken from P!nk's 2012 album 'The Truth About Love' and Lily's first song in just over 2 years. Initially credited as 'Lily Rose Cooper', Lily & her label came to their senses and changed it back to 'Lily Allen' for its 2013 single release. The song (as well as its video) is so fun and heartwarming that it breaks my heart to see it get some hate over at the P!nk forum. It did, however, unexpectedly manage to sneak inside the top 10 in this rate, which is more than everyone expected, I think! 9 - Our Time (7.13) pfACIxjsuu0 Queens of the night: 10 (DJHazey), 9 (Josh., Aaron.) It's not fair and I think you're really mean: 4 (Acidburn), 5 ('Dan, Davidson, Chez Wombat) 'Our Time' only gets a 10 and two 9s, but that's apparently more than enough for a top 10 place in this rate. The song dropped a week after 'Air Balloon' and despite being far more well received than its predecessor, it only peaked just outside the top 40 at #43. You'd think they'd learned their lesson with 'Hard Out Here' barely making it top 10, but no, they didn't. 8 - Littlest Things (7.23) LQ2qDtaeFnY Queens of the night: 10 (andreweenor, Liаm, Slick, troublepink) It's not fair and I think you're really mean: 2 (rob _s), 4 (Griff) I think this is the first Lily song I heard before immediately getting 'Alright, Still'. It hasn't aged that well for me, but I still love the sample and the music video. Up next is a bit of a shocker.
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