#22 | One Direction - 'Night Changes' (AVG. 8.154)

Highest Scores:

10 SamJudd, Chez Wombat, JosephStyles

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Lowest Scores:

03 | harryflynn0908

 

Perhaps surprisingly high, we have Night Changes from 1D. It was released as the second single from the boys' fourth album FOUR, and peaked at a decent #7 in the official chart, at the time becoming their highest peaking post-album single (History went one better with its #6 peak earlier this year however). The song features Harry on lead vocals in the chorus, which is ALWAYS in the recipe for a great 1D track, and it was the last single to feature Zayn. My third fave of theirs after What Makes You Beautiful and Drag Me Down, glad it's done well here!! Harry Flynn better be taking cover rn x

 

Night Changes is wonderful. Easily within my top 3 1D songs, so I'm really glad it's done so well here. Zayn looks really hawt in that still, so much better than now.

That's the first time I've ever actually seen the 'Night Changes' video. Jesus, it made my skin itch. How nauseating. Regardless, it's probably 1D's best bar 'Kiss You', so I have no qualms about it being this high.

Night Changes is probably one of my least favorite 1D singles. The Four album had so much more songs which had single potential but with the boys getting lazy and Zayn leaving there were no more singles.

Happy is great. Night changes is too, though in my opinion too high,much better 1D songs have gone, as amazing as it is

Night Changes is ok but I think it's a bit on the high side here.

Two good songs! I used to hate 'Happy' and find it unlistenable but I appreciate it now. 'Night Changes' is one of their best, beautiful song <3

A massive NO at Happy only getting to #23. :( Although I'm quite surprised it got this high tbh. :lol:

 

Zayn looks stunning in the Night Changes video.

I really liked Amelia Lily's 'You Bring Me Joy' at the time and glad that it was a success and thought that she'd have a decent career ahead of her. But sadly never happened thanks to that awful follow up 'Shut Up' which was dreadful and honestly thought that 'Party Over' would have put her back on top, which was a great tune that didn't deserve to tank, maybe if 'PO' was the follow up to 'YBMJ' then things might have been different.

 

I like Olly Murs 'Troublemaker' and honestly think that it's his best song to date. But at the moment his last album singles haven't been all that great and none of them singles have really stood out for me, none of them really felt that major to me. Okay the first 2 singles 'Wrapped Up' & 'Up' did really well and were pretty decent, but they don't feel as iconic or memorable as his earlier singles such as 'Dance With Me Tonight' or 'Dear Darlin'. Then the album's other singles flopped 'Seasons' only managed a #34 peak and 'Beautiful To Me' bombed at #94 and they decided to call that a promo single after it's poor position, so now it doesn't rank amongst his other singles. Then there's 'Kiss Me' which honestly I don't find all that good and only managed a #11 peak and it's pretty much forgotten now and did 'Stevie Knows' actually get released, I still don't know as there was no hype for that whatsoever. I just feel that he's starting to lose steam and if he doesn't score a big hit with his next album, then maybe I fear that his career might be finished.

 

Leona Lewis - Happy, now honestly I loved her first album and singles, but for me everything went wrong with her second album, only 2 singles were released and the album itself was great and had so many potential smashes such as 'Outta My Head' which for the life of me I never understood why that wasn't the 2nd single instead of the just ok 'I Got You'. She just never recovered from this and just kept fading with each album and now her career is basically dead now. As for 'Happy', it's a nice song, but don't think it should have been the lead single, I think 'Can't Breathe' would have been a much better choice and it wouldn't have felt like 'Bleeding Love Pt 2'.

One Direction - Night Changes = Yes definitely one of their best songs and coming from 'Four' which is definitely their best album packed with so many great songs. It was such a shame that this was the last Zayn single, as he did have one of the best and interesting vocals in the group.

YES SAM! *.* 'Can't Breathe' would've been a stunning (and interesting) lead single choice. It might've given her a bit more credibility tbh. I think it'd have been one of those "risks" that shouldn't have paid off, but ultimately would have. 'Can't Breathe' > 'Outta My Head' > 'Naked' > 'Lost Then Found' would've been the perfect run of singles imo.

 

I really like 'Happy' and was gutted the inferior 'Meet Me Halfway' was the song to beat it to number 1, but I can see why it under performed. And 'Night Changes' is a funny one for me. Sometimes I really like it, sometimes I don't really care for it.

#21 | Little Mix - 'Wings' (AVG. 8.2)

Highest Scores:

10 Slick

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Lowest Scores:

4.5 | Scene

 

Just missing out on the top 20, is Little Mix's first proper single. This stormed into the charts at #1, and has sold not far off 600k in the UK up to now. I'd say that it hasn't aged quite as well as 'DNA' for example, but it's still a fun, full of life track. It only recieved one 10, from Slick, but got a lot of 9s, which is how it's charted so high here. It may be a bit too simple and fluffy to be one of my favourites from them, but nothing will stop me from dancing to it when it comes on.

 

(thank god their styling has improved since this video)

 

I will always love Wings because it was the first proper LM we ever got, but I agree it hasn't aged the best, and it isn't one of my go tos for LM. Glad to see it do so well though :wub:

'Wings' is way too low :(

 

I absolutely love 'Wings' - definitely one of the highlights when performed on tour! :wub:

#20 | Alexandra Burke - 'Broken Heels' (AVG. 8.28)

Highest Scores:

11 | mr pmt

10 | Ultraviolence1989, jsilv, Cameron

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Lowest Scores:

4 | ChezWombat

 

Into the top 20 we go and it's one of a few feminist anthems. Courtesy of in-producer of the time RedOne, we have the Beasts second proper single, 'Broken Heels'. It's a song that I always think I should love a whole lot more than I actually do. It's very catchy, Burkey sounds good and it has a great video, but there's something about this that screams "pound shop" to me and I can't tell what it is. It's a bop all the same though, I guess I was just hoping for something more "wholesome". But It's managed to bag it's way into a top 20 position in this countdown and leaving her with 2 songs left. G'WON BURKEY!!!!

 

Love Broken Heels. You're right, when I'm not in the mood to hear it and I do, I do think: gah! this is so cheap. But most of the time (especially when it comes on in a club) it's an absolute jam! :wub:

Never found the appeal of 'Broken Heels', find it totally overrated and it's way too high on here, should be lower top 40 maybe. But that's just my opinion and I do like Alexandra Burke, she's had some great tunes 'Bad Boys' & 'All Night Long' are both fantastic. Found she went downhill after 'Start Without You' and her 2nd album was a total letdown.

Broken Heels is a lot of fun, but I'd have it about 15 places lower, possibly. It is nowhere near as good as the two sensational Alexandra songs still to come!

'Wings' is pretty meh as far as LM singles go.

 

'Broken Heels' though :wub: :wub: My Marthas tune but did not expect to see it top 20! Such a banger. :music:

How on earth did Night Changes place higher than Happy? is this a joke? it's good to see Broken Heels doing so well though The Silence should be higher than it.