#60 | Olly Murs - 'Wrapped Up' (feat. Travie McCoy)’ (AVG. 7.08)

Next we have the lead single from Olly’s 4th album Never Been Better, in which he rents Travie McCoy for some rapping.

I’m running out of words for these Olly Murs songs, so I turned to some members of BJ for help:

 

“This Olly Murs song sounds like many other Olly Murs songs” – HausOfKubrick

 

“It’s shet” – JosephStyles

 

“Wrapped Up is a song that Olly released” - Jay

 

 

#59 | One Direction - ‘One Thing’ (AVG. 7.08)

Another very One Direction song, from their first album, a very fun song that was still living slightly in the shadow of What Makes You Beautiful, and came before they really pushed themselves with songs like ‘Story of My Life’. I can only assume JosephStyles’ words on this would be that it’s not shet.

 

 

#58 | Diana Vickers - 'My Wicked Heart' (AVG. 7.11)

And finally Diana Vickers loses a song. I absolutely adored ‘My Wicked Heart’ upon its released, even though I still find it difficult to understand what she’s trying to say. I was quite sad that this didn’t perform the way I hoped, and that it’s the last time she ever appeared in the top 40.

Whoops!

 

#57 | Ben Haenow - ‘Second Hand Heart’ (Feat. Kelly Clarkson) (AVG. 7.12)

 

Despite falling to the curse of most male X Factor winners, Ben does decently here, falling short of the top 50 by under ten places. Though totally overshadowed by the release of Fleur East’s ‘Sax’ (which was obviously Syco’s priority), this still got a decent push and was a minor hit for Ben, spending a few weeks in the top 40 and selling just shy of 200k

 

 

#56 | Alexandra Burke - 'Start Without You' (feat. Laza Morgan) (AVG. 7.16)

 

Spending two weeks at #1 back in 2010 is Burke’s ‘Start Without You’, it’s hated by many, as it’s slightly more gimmicky sounding than her previous singles, but people mostly just hated the video. Oily naked men though…What’s not to like?

 

Also, 'Elephant' still in! :o Will it make the top 50?

'Second Hand Heart' is very good - I did not like him on the XF but this is such a pleasant song from him (his voice sounds better on record compared to the GRUNTING AND GROWLING of the live shows).

 

'Start Without You' :wub: :wub: Not the best from Burke but a STAPLE for me still.

 

That 'Wrapped Up' commentary :rofl: You could've told us it was going to go on record and be used! I might have been kinder, because it's not a bad one from him :heehee:

SHOCKED Ben finished so high! Probs because of Kelly tbh.

 

Really like the other 4. Gutted One Thing is out so soon!! Wrapped Up is perfectly nice, My Wicked Heart is amazing, and I really like Start Without You, and it's video :lol: Elephant should have left before it for sure

I've always seen Wrapped Up as like a poor copy of Treasure by Bruno Mars :lol: and one place higher is my favourite 1D song that I love :wub: SWY is a great fun Alexandra Burke song, I'm a bit surprised Elephant is higher even if I do prefer it more :cheer:

#55 | One Direction - 'You & I' (AVG. 7.16)

Here we have one of One Direction's very WORST singles! How has it got so high? I didn't realise it was that popular?! BLAAAAANDDDDDDDDDDDD!!! #JusticeForStartWithoutYou

 

 

#54 | Leona Lewis - 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' (AVG. 7.2)

At #54 is another non-single, but managed to chart in the top 40 due to other reasons. The reason for this one was because of an X Factor final performance and I'm sure it was done with the intention of it becoming a similar success to 'Run'. I absolutely adore this song and her cover of it! It deserved to be a bigger smash than it was, but as it had little airplay, there's not much more that could have been done to help it out. Although I guess making it an official single over 'I Got You' would've been a smart move, but I adore IGY, so I'm not moaning!

 

 

#53 | Alexandra Burke (feat. Erick Morillo) - 'Elephant' (AVG. 7.208)

So there we have it. There will be no elephants in the top 50 as the Beast failed to get it higher!! 'Elephant' does however manage to exceed expectations and probably go higher than people anticipated it to do so. I personally prefer 'Let It Go', but I can see why they didn't really keep her career going at the time. Both were incredibly cheap and generic. The perfect formula for forum gais (and Tim) to orgasm over.

 

 

#52 | One Direction - 'Perfect' (AVG. 7.24)

Lets have another One Direction song while we're at it, eh? This time it's the very good 'Perfect'! As others have noticed, it's very similar to TayTay's 'Style' and fans lost their minds over this fact. They suit this kind of 80's throwback sound and I think it's a sound they should've delved into a little bit more. Let's hope one of their solo career's go in this direction.

 

 

#51 | Little Mix - 'Little Me' (AVG. 7.26)

So just missing out on the top 50 is our very own Little Mix! This time it's with the rather beautiful, but bleh track 'Little Me'. The 2nd single from their 2nd album 'Salute'. It failed to go top 10, but it did hold up quite nicely. It's one of the girls absolute favourite tracks and although I understand why (the message is strong) I just find it rather "oh this is nice" and wasn't really worthy of being a single, when they had the likes of 'Nothing Feels Like You', 'Salute' (at the time), 'Towers', 'These Four Walls', 'A Different Beat', 'Competition' all on the album/single worthy. (This campaign still infuriates me :cry: )

 

Little Me is fine, but should have been lower imo.

 

Love both of the 1D songs. Gutted Perfect didn't make top 50 :(

 

And Elephant should have been way lower for me

So we have your TOP 50!!!

 

Shayne Ward:

'No Promises'

 

Leona Lewis:

'Better In Time'

'Bleeding Love'

'Collide' (feat. Avicii)

'Footprints In The Sand'

'Forgive Me'

'Happy'

'I Got You'

'One More Sleep'

'Run'

 

Alexandra Burke:

'All Night Long' (feat. Pitbull)

'Bad Boys' (feat. Flo Rida)

'Broken Heels'

'The Silence'

 

JLS:

'Beat Again'

'She Makes Me Wanna' (feat. DEV)

 

Diana Vickers:

'Once'

'The Boy Who Murdered Love'

 

Olly Murs:

'Dance With Me Tonight'

'Dear Darlin''

'Heart Skips A Beat' (feat. Rizzle Kicks)

'Kiss Me'

'Troublemaker' (feat. Flo Rida)

'Up' (feat. Demi Lovato)

 

Rebecca Fergusson:

'Backtrack'

'Nothing's Real But Love'

 

One Direction:

'Best Song Ever'

'Kiss You'

'Night Changes'

'Steal My Girl'

'Story Of My Life'

'What Makes You Beautiful'

 

Cher Lloyd:

'Want U Back'

'With Ur Love' (feat. Mike Posner)

 

Little Mix:

'Black Magic'

'DNA'

'Hair'

'How Ya Doin'?' (feat. Missy Elliott)

'Love Me Like You'

'Move'

'Salute'

'Secret Love Song' (feat. Jason Derulo)

'Wings'

 

Amelia Lily:

'You Bring Me Joy'

 

Misha B:

'Do You Think Of Me?'

 

Ella Henderson:

'Ghost'

'Glitterball' (w/ Sigma)

'Here For You' (w/ Kygo)

'Yours'

 

Fleur East:

'Sax'

 

Predictions?

Ouch to JLS, and 1D.

 

Slay the girls though keeping the bulk of theirs in. Going on the results so far, and how tight it is, I think Sax might leave in the next 10 songs, despite some high scores.

 

The Silence, No Promises, The Boy Who Murdered Love, Want You Back, will all hopefully be out soon (sorry Diana).

 

Front runners for me atm would be:

Move

Black Magic

What Makes You Beautiful

Bleeding Love

Do You Think Of Me

Ghost

 

Hoping one of Rebecca's might sneak top 10. I doubt but, i hope, i hope, i hope, i hope, i hope, i hope

I'm shocked so many Leona songs are in the Top 50. I didn't think Buzzjack liked her that much. :o Happy for the win with 'One More Sleep', 'Love Me Like You' and 'You Bring Me Joy' to do well.

Jonjo that You & I commentary :angry: it's my fave 1D single :snif: Elephant is ok but the album has so much more on it that would be served as better lead single :/

 

DYTOM, All Night Long and Bleeding Love are my 3 favourite XF songs so happy to see them still in here and hoping they can all do very well <3

 

Still a bit of filler left but this is going SO WELL :D

!!! At my review :')

 

Too many 1D songs are out. Drag Me Down especially is ridiculously low.

I'm gutted 'Perfect' hasn't made the top 50! What a great song. :cry: JLS must be the act to have lost the most singles! I agree 'Little Me' is a little too high, I'd have switched it with 'Change Your Life'.

 

Great to see so many Leona (Forgive Me in particular I would have expected to say goodbye to outside the top 75!) and Little Mix singles in, I'd say they have the most consistent discography of the artists here, especially in comparison to the polar opposite - JLS, who must have lost the most songs, only two remaining. So glad 'She Makes Me Wanna' has made the top 50 though, I still think it's amazing.

 

 

(PS - Elephant is amazing)

Also, it'd be great to see some top 10 predictions.

These songs most likely wouldn't feature in my personal Top 50:

 

Alexandra Burke:

'The Silence' (I'll probably attract criticism for this, but I've always found this one a bit overrated... :eyes: )

 

Diana Vickers:

''The Boy Who Murdered Love'

 

Rebecca Fergusson:

'Backtrack'

'Nothing's Real But Love'

 

Little Mix:

'Hair'

 

Amelia Lily:

'You Bring Me Joy' (I'm borderline on whether this would be in my personal Top 50, but I'm leaning towards probably not. I never loved it! I somewhat liked it, but I always felt it lacked something to make it brilliant.)

 

Ella Henderson:

''Here For You' (w/ Kygo)

 

So I hope these can be booted out before the Top 40. :heehee:

 

~

 

No1curr but these are my personal chart runs for the above songs:

 

 

13-12-16-38-out Alexandra Burke - 'The Silence' [#12, 04 weeks]

 

 

28-25-22-19-17-21-29-33-out Diana Vickers - 'The Boy Who Murdered Love' [#17, 08 weeks]

 

 

15-28-out-14-24-37-out Rebecca Ferguson - 'Backtrack' [#14, 05 weeks]

 

 

13-11-08-13-16-out-32-out-40-out Rebecca Ferguson - 'Nothing's Real But Love' [#08, 07 weeks]

 

 

{Did Not Chart} Little Mix - 'Hair'

 

 

23-21-19-16-16-out-40-out-15-22-34-32-out-22-31-out-38-out Amelia Lily - 'You Bring Me Joy' [#15, 13 weeks]

 

 

21-29-out-37-out Kygo feat. Ella Henderson - 'Here For You' [#21, 03 weeks]

 

P.S. Both Little Me & Change Your Life should be lower, both are ok but I'd consider them to be their two worst "original" singles by quite a distance.

What a poseur ! Chart runs was interesting ! Silly bitch !

 

(This thread has now peaked with Jay's runs ^_^)

 

Hmm top 10 predictions... not sure on an order but: Bleeding Love, Run, Black Magic, Love me Like You, Bad Boys, DNA, What Makes You Beautiful, Better in Time, Ghost and.. All Night Long (wishful thinking with the last one)... not sure though really Lol.

You Bring Me Joy is fantastic Jay! I wish Xenomania had given it to GA and they could have replaced Every Now and Then or BCYLM with it on Ten.

Jay, on a scale of Girl Group Songs Rate to Spice Girls Rate, how successful/unmessy is this rate? :angel:

What a poseur ! Chart runs was interesting ! Silly bitch ! (This thread has now peaked with Jay's runs ^_^)

:rofl: help

 

^ You looking through my chart runs. :cool:

 

You Bring Me Joy is fantastic Jay! I wish Xenomania had given it to GA and they could have replaced Every Now and Then or BCYLM with it on Ten.

On a bad day I find 'YBMJ' a bit flat sounding, and it doesn't really build up to anything too interesting. :snif: That chart run of mine reflects how I was REALLY trying to get into it, but it never quite happened lol. On a good day I find it OK~ but yeah, don't quite get the love for it. I certainly don't consider it to be the missing gem in GA's discography. :kink: #shade

 

Jay, on a scale of Girl Group Songs Rate to Spice Girls Rate, how successful/unmessy is this rate? :angel:

This is definiteeeeeely nearer to the flawlessly-run Spice Girls rate! *.* At least most of these results don't feel like utter insanity! :lol: