The charts were so exciting back then.

Merry Christmas to Girls Aloud ladies and all group fans here. :cheer:

Edited December 25, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer

9 years ago today, the girls reunited for a press conference and to announce the Ten era.

 

 

Such an exciting moment then, but it makes me feel sad now :(

Can't believe it has been nine years already!! Something New premiered on the same day, didn't it? I remember them going to all the radio stations that day as well, there was so much anticipation.

Ten, Something New and the reunion don't in any feel even close to 9 Years old.

I couldn't imagine their discography without the fantastic Something New.

Crazy to think that was there last time together as a band as a 5 piece. So sad.

Its sad and heartbreaking but equally there are so many great memories to look back on.

We haven't got an active topic for The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits, but it was released 15 years ago this week (30th October 2006)!

 

I feel like it took a lot of people by surprise when it very triumphantly entered the UK chart at #1! I remember being absolutely over the moon about it!

 

To me the success of this album felt like the beginning of Girls Aloud being properly appreciated. Chemistry had felt like a precarious era for them, which was unfortunate because they certainly brought quality with that album. It seems that TSOGA was really essential in making the public sit up and realise that the girls had amassed a strong catalogue.

 

Thank goodness for this album's success because if it hadn't been such a hit, maybe we'd have seen a premature ending for them. :drama:

Me too I was delighted when it number 1 and I was a bit surprised in a good way by how well it sold for them, I knew it would do well but not as huge as it was.

"The Show" was released 18 years ago today, as the first single off the second album What Will The Neighbours Say?

 

 

I remember so clearly everything about this, the first performance on CD:UK, the video, the chairs with their names on that they did all the promo and artwork with.

 

And to top it all just a really brilliant song. Good memories.

It really is so good, I think it's aged so incredibly well and is really quite underrated these days. It kinda has all the elements of what made them so great, a bit wacky and out there with a very unusual structure for a mainstream pop song.

I love the show I feel like it has aged so well amongst their catalogue too it sounds just as fresh today!

The Show is such an iconic song, I feel like it’s very overlooked from there back catalogue too

I like the show but not in my big faves but it was different at the time showing they weren't afraid to try something new.

Crazy to think that it's been 18 years! This means it's been that long since I did my GCSEs :ph34r:

 

The Show is really great. Everything about it is very fun, from the video to the performances to the CD artwork.

Today's date is 19 years since the release of Girls Aloud's third single 'Life Got Cold'! It peaked at #3 in the UK and sold over 100,000 copies.

 

I remember watching the TOTP performance of that and being drawn to Nadine, thinking "wow, she is absolutely stunning"

I was always disappointed with life got cold as it was a let down after 2 banging singles before it.

Life Got Cold was to show a different side to the group but it is not among their greatest singles.

I love life got cold it’s so underrated!! It doesn’t help that it was very oasis tinged which a lot of people thought was a bit of a cheek for the girls but I love that they did something different especially since they then went onto some very poppy releases after that.