How has it been that long? :( I was all over them at the time (I mean I have been for 20 years but especially then, their return had me SO hyped!) and I was also gutted by its chart performance, plus that of Something New :(

Belated :wub: for the 'Biology' anniversary. I used to consider it my favourite GA single until 'Sexy! No No No...' overtook but still a genius, solid 2nd.

The Ten advert was excellent.

It really captured what they they really were.

How has it been that long? :( I was all over them at the time (I mean I have been for 20 years but especially then, their return had me SO hyped!) and I was also gutted by its chart performance, plus that of Something New :(

Overall ten did well considering how well their first greatest had sold but I did think it would have done a little better plus a better peak. I was disappointed how fast something new dropped after it's release especially as its one of my faves overall from them.

Something New did have a disappointing chart run but streaming has been better for Something New than other hits that were originally bigger.

It seems to be a very well-remembered song of theirs that appears to have also gained a cult-like status in a similar way to (for example) 'Work Bitch' which also had a disappointing chart run at the time but has trickle sold well in the years since.

Thank god it has as its really helped bum p up its sales which was needed.

And today is 19 years since Jump was released!

This is a big childhood classic for me! :wub: I loved how fun and colourful the video was (and I had such a crush on Nadine); looking back now, you can tell there was a conscious effort to shake off the moody vibe the girls were giving off in their previous singles. It definitely looks like the most fun they've had on a video. I wish they would sort out the upload on their YouTube channel - it cuts off 15-20 seconds too early!

 

Today’s date is 10 years since the release of Ten! :drama:

I can still remember how ecstatic I was to have the girls back, it's been mentioned on the forum previously how that three years they were away felt like an eternity (meanwhile, thinking back three years now to 2019 really doesn't feel as long). I remember the countdown on their website and I can remember listening to 'Something New' for the first time and instantly thinking it could be my favourite ever Girls Aloud song (it definitely felt like a good combination of what made previous singles work). Sarah's solo part is a delight and I love the "follow the leader" chant she added on for the live performances (much like her belt on the live version of 'The Promise', I wish it was in the studio version).

The opening of something new and leading into the first verse is just a real electric feeling on something new, it all really was bag on and easily should have been a far bigger hit than it was.

 

I hadn’t noticed that Jump on YouTube ended early :cry: I wish that the label would give their online presence a tidy up. Remastered videos would be lovely, better YouTube default pictures. Singles tidied up on streaming/download so that every B Side & remix is available, with HQ artwork.

 

Jump was definitely the beginning of Girls Aloud having a more fun image, and thankfully it paid off, in terms of their label being happy with its success and allowing them to move forward to album 2! It’s will always seem crazy that the label were getting cold feet about the group’s future after achieving a #2 album and singles going in at 1, 2, 3 in the charts. I get that the album sales weren’t overly impressive to begin with, but still…

 

On the subject of ad libs, it’s a shame that Brian Higgins had a distaste for them in studio versions. The ad libs the girls added into live performances were often so good and memorable that I’d find myself thinking of them while listening to the studio versions and it made it feel like they were missing. Girls Aloud clearly liked an ad lib because even during the first album era they’d add some in to live performances! Sarah’s belt in The Promise. :wub:

Today's date marks 10 years since Girls Aloud's last ever performances together (20th March 2013 - the final date of the Ten Tour, in Liverpool) and their split announcement.

 

:cry:

 

I still can't believe they announced their split via a TwitLonger!

I was so gutted!! I missed the chance to go to the Ten tour :(

No Good Advice was released 20 years ago! :cry:

Hard to believe their final performance together was 10 years ago, huge shame they didnt continue then, i would have loved another studio album from them. Also scary to think no good advice is 20 years old, still sounds great today.

20 years... it's really hard to believe :cry: It still sounds fantastic today!

I remember when i heard it for the first time i knew Girls Aloud wouldn't be a flash in the pan type success, it was the perfect follow up to sound of the underground.

"No Good Advice" was maiden # 1 for Girls Aloud in my chart. :heart:

This song blew me away when I first heard it.

 

Although I liked 'Sound of the Underground' I wasn't exactly expecting them to amount to very much afterwards (especially as this release felt so long following), so it showed that they meant business.

No Good Advice is SUCH a tune, it deserved a lot more success (even though it was successful for the time it deserves more in the streaming era!)

No Good Advice really does deserve more! It felt increasingly overshadowed even during their heyday, and in recent years it feels lower down in terms of remembered Girls Aloud singles. I hope it gets its moment to shine in this Deluxe album era.

 

It definitely deserved way more at the time too! Its Top 40 chart run: 2-5-11-17-26-36-out, it sold 105,000 copies in 2003 and that was enough to make it the 56th best seller of the year. Plus of course it's still not silver, 20 years later... grr.

 

Obviously streaming has made the end of the year chart a completely different thing to what it was like in the physical days, but the 56th highest song of 2022 had 495,000 sales. *Dreams of No Good Advice of going Gold and being close to half a million sales in 2003*.