Here & Now has always been a favourite of mine. Such a huge pop chorus imo :heart:

 

Really surprised to see Heartbeat so low :o I genuinely thought it'd be top 5! A really lovely pop ballad. I don't love it as much as I used to, I think it was actually my fave until ITWYMMF came along. Story Of A Heart is lovely too. But I barely listen to the original anymore tbh. The 7th Heaven Remix still slays my existence!

Story of a Heart wasn't as instant for me as it was for many people who were posting in the Steps thread. That said, after a while i got why so many people liked it and i started enjoying it a lot. I would rate it the 3rd best single of the sublime Tears On The Dancefloor album.

I can't abide 'Story of a Heart'. It's so grating, and it's the only one I skip from the original album.

Story of a heart took a while to grow on me but it is one of my absolute favourites on the album now. I think Neon Blue is my favourite followed by Scared of the dark then Story of a heart.

Here and Now should be higher .

#13. Stomp | 7.75

Highest Scores: 10: (SamJudd, Rossco, me me, Aaron, Stepscrwl, Spiceboy, pippa, Feel The Fever), Lowest Scores: 2: (Good Old Days)

At #13 and coming somewhat as a surprise is 'Stomp' which was released in October 2000 as the lead (and 3rd overall) single from their 3rd album 'Buzz' and went on to become their 2nd and final UK #1. This was originally higher at #11 for the most part, but the two low scores of 2 and 3 caused this to plummet and settle for the 13th position. I think that most people would agree that this was one of those occasions when a group reaches the top of the charts with a track quite inferior to most of their other classics that didn't. Taking full advantage of a slow sales week, but yeah it was well earned and glad that they managed to reach the top of the charts again after several #2 hits and while this may not be one of their greater moments, I still really like it and do like the orchestral riff from Chic's 'Everybody Dance' which is used really well here and it is a really good disco pop number, despite the pretty bland music video with dodgy acting and questionable hairdos (apart from Faye's which ROCKS as well as Lisa's cool braces). However the song is still a fun romp and despite it's chart topping status it's only ranked as their 11th best selling single with 181,000 copies sold to date.

Edited March 1, 20187 yr by SamJudd

STOMP is much better than some the tracks left in !!

Stomp is not good. So many more deserving number 1s from them!

You'll Be Sorry/Here and Now were the first Steps songs that I had ever heard. Stomp was also a classic for me, sad they are both out.

I quite like Stomp still tbh!

Lee's hair in that video though... my god. They've served a lot of looks that haven't aged well but it's normally more the girls and H!

I enjoy 'Stomp', but yeah... it ranks fairly lowly for me.

Just going back to Sam Judds comment about why Paradise Lost was never released as a single, the band asked the fans to vote for their favourite single off Buzz (Via their website) and which ever song was top was to be released (Which was Here and now) but they then decided to pick the 2nd popular track from the album and release a double a-side. Now, every fan I speak too who loves Paradise lost, they weren't aware of the voting via the website, had more people know at the time I think Paradise lost would have been the 2nd choice over You'll be sorry and adding to that they also asked for entries from fans (Photo's and reasons why you love Steps) to appear in the video for You'll be sorry (I didn't get picked :( ) but after being on set and the graphics they used at the time, the video wasn't able to be done with the fans. Any fans here had the chance to go to the video shoot for You'll be sorry.

Stomp is great, it is a Steps song that always remained on my playlists for years and right up to before they reformed. It is a very summer song and i would have thought this would have easily reached the top 10 on this countdown. Stomp is a song by them that im happy it has number 1 status.

Merci bien SJ, lovely read this far :heart:

 

No big surprises! Only..just realising how underrated ATLHG is. You and I should've given it a higher position

#12. Say You'll Be Mine | 7.766

Highest Scores: 10: (Spiceboy, Jester, Jonjo, pippa, Feel The Fever, Good Old Days), Lowest Scores: -1: (vibe)

At #12 we have the glorious 'Say You'll Be Mine' which was released in December 1999 alongside side 'Better The Devil You Know' as the 4th single from their 2nd album 'Steptacular', and would reach a #4 peak on the UK charts. Brought during the very busy X-Mas week in a battle for the top slot in which Westlife would win, Steps had entered at #7 in the first week, which seemed a bit of a disappointment and lowest since their debut single, but would rise to the top 5 position in it's 3rd week and therefore securing their legacy. Now I really like this song, it has an incredibly cheerful mood with an infectious tone that's sure to put a smile upon your face, there's just something so heartwarming and honest about the whole thing, which really sums up the band to a tee. At first this did get off to a rather slow start with the scoring at the beginning, but about more than halfway through it started piling on the 10's, which really helped it rise from the bottom half of the top 20 to this position, not quite enough to secure a top 10 position. But anyway it's still a good song with that brilliant music video which is what most people remembers about this.

BTW I just had to post that hilarious Japanese CD cover for this single, WTH is Faye wearing. :D

One of my ultimate fave Steps song, I adore it from the song to the awesome video to those cheesy yellow outfits! :wub:

 

WTF is Faye wearing on that second cover lol, looks like she should be in East 17!

Say You'll Be Mine was glorious. Another song from them that i would have expected to reach the top 10 on this countdown.

Ahhh. :( That's way too low :'(

 

SYBM is fantastic. Really catchy. The video is brilliant too :wub:

I hate that both of the tours I have seen Steps on they have left out SYBM!!! :angry: <_< :o

SYBM is such a chirpy endearing song.