Under your spell you know there's nothing I can do

45. The Loco-motion // 7.09 (3: Jay // 10: SamJudd, Feel the Fever, Josh!, pippa, Hide&Seek)
44. Please Stay // 7.25 (4: Monzo // 10: Regina)
43. Chocolate // 7.26 (4: Monzo, davidas // 10: Nick F1)
42. Flower // 7.29 (3: Monzo // 10: Feel the Fever, Red Blooded Man, Nick Jonas, pippa, Michael Andrew)
41. Especially for You (with Jason Donovan) // 7.3 (0: Davidson // 10: SamJudd, Feel the Fever, Red Blooded Man, gooddelta, Josh!, Nick Jonas, Michael Andrew)

Things are starting to hot up now, with songs that received several 10s dropping out due to the odd low vote...

Going back to where it all started... Kylie's impromptu performance of Little Eva's 'The Loco-motion' at a football charity event caught the attention of Mushroom Records who recorded and released her cover, only for it to become the best selling single of the 80s in Australia! The worldwide push of the single the following year was given a signature SAW makeover and received further success: its #2 debut in the UK making it the highest debut for a female soloist at the time and its #3 peak in the US remaining her best performance there. 'The Loco-motion' is a party classic, suitable for any celebration, and remains one of her biggest hits.

The decision to release 'Please Stay' as the fourth single from Light Years was met with disapproval by many fans who favoured album standout 'Your Disco Needs You', although it would seem time has been kind and the song is welcome as a single. 'Please Stay' offers a softer side to the album, built on a lush Latin guitar but in keeping with the dance theme with a disco beat. The video seems lost in a sea of classic Kylie videos that surround it, but it's certainly a highlight! The silk dresses; the dancing; the sneaky album promo; the fireman pole! *.*

The funky grooves and synthesised breathy vocals of 'Chocolate' puts you completely under Kylie's spell. It's such a dreamy affair and an authentic, effortless dabble into a more urban scene. The use of chocolate as a simile for Kylie's addiction to someone's love is inspired and the music video is another vastly overlooked gem.

Originating from the X sessions, 'Flower' was given a studio recording when pushed as the lead to Kylie's 2012 orchestral compilation The Abbey Road Sessions. The track sees Kylie at her most honest and vulnerable: a love song to the child she may or may not have. Her vocal delivery is perfect, both technically strong and pitching the emotion just right.

When Kylie and Jason both started music careers, the writing was on the wall for a sentimental duet fit for the Christmas market. Their onscreen relationship as Scott & Charlene in the Australian soap Neighbours was one that was shipped by all and 'Especially for You' plays on this hype. The song shows the two of them revealing their feelings when they were separated during the verses, before promising to devote all their love to each other come the chorus. 'Especially for You' was a huge success and stands as one of two Kylie songs to have sold 1m copies in the UK.

Can we just appreciate how gorgeous the instrumental to 'Chocolate' is?

 

 

Also, who knew that Ludacris was meant to feature on the track? :o

 

The Loco Motion and the beautifully stunning Flower are far too low on this, flower in particular is such a beautiful song.

 

Especially For You is in some ways iconic and a huge hit,it is disappointing to see it miss the Top 40 too.

Chocolate video remains one of the most hideous she's ever done, I do like the ballet dancing part.

I do like Chocolate and much prefer it to Red Blooded Woman. I also believe Chocolate has aged much better than Red Blooded Woman as Red Blooded Woman has a very of its time sound to it which doesn't generally age well in music.

'The Loco-Motion' - What this should be higher, a couple of songs in this selection are way too low. Always had a soft spot for this one in particular as it is a standout in her early PWL days and just a fun little pop number that whether you like it or not remains one of her signature hits.

'Please Stay' - Never minded this one and probably ranks in about the right place here. But ending the era with this in UK, wasn't an inspired idea and could have easily released 'Your Disco Needs You' after this, or at the very least an X-Mas double a-side. When I first bought the album I never really took much notice of this until it became a single with a fun music video which really made the song come alive, and plus Kylie using Flamingo guitar and Latin influences for the first time in her career was always an interesting choice. Funnily enough this was the only correct prediction I made into which would drop next.

'Chocolate' - Never been keen on this, back then or even now and not something I really go back to. Found the breathy and whispery vocals a bit much and yes I do remember that Ludacris feature, which thankfully didn't get released as the main version. Such a shame that the 'Body Language' era ended after this as there were so many other better tracks that would have made better singles than this, 'Secret (Take You Home)' would have been my personal choice, and maybe 'Still Standing', which is another standout moment on the album. This is one I tend to skip.

'Flower' - This is a truly beautiful track that gladly Kylie got to use later on in some way or form, with it's stunning and gentle production and Kylie's fantastic vocal delivery really helps sell this fantastically well. Shame this isn't more well known or had much commercial impact due to it being ineligible to chart because it was given away as a free download. Still a good song though with an important lyrical message that Kylie wanted to get across.

'Especially For You' - Now again this should be much higher as like 'TLM' it's totally iconic with 80's PWL cheese dripping right through it, I mean come on it's a true Kylie classic that gave her 2nd Million selling UK single, a fantastic feat considering artists like Madonna couldn't even manage 1.

'Giving You Up' should fall next, along with maybe the remaining X-Mas songs + Finer Feelings maybe. 'The Other Boys' + 'What Kind Of Fool' are also contenders.

Edited June 1, 20187 yr by SamJudd

I'm personally pleased to see 'Especially For You' miss the top 40. I can't abide it.

While music tastes vary Especially For You is vintage Kylie and very signature to her career.

I still enjoy especially for you but my fave version was her duet with kermit the frog on an audience with Kylie.

'Especially For You' was the most romantic thing I'd ever heard as a five-year-old. The words "Forget the loneliness and the sorrow" still give me the feels.

 

Also, 'Flower' is so sincere and touching. Definitely Kylie at her most vulnerable. A real gift to her fans.

Edited June 3, 20187 yr by Michael Andrew

Kylie does great ballads that always are under valued but I think flower was her strongest ballad that deserved to be a proper hit. I was sure its use on emmerdale would have got it back in the charts but it seems to be forever destined to be only known by her hardcore fans.

I suppose to be fair, it was kind of quietly released at a time when a low-key Kylie release wouldn't really generate much buzz or interest.

True,flower could have been a hit back in the early to mid 00,s when there was a buzz around her singles.

Flower is stunning and heartfelt and its a song i look as a little treat. A little treat that not to many people know about.

You can say you'll be true, I can trust in you
But I heard all that before

40. 100 Degrees (with Dannii Minogue) // 7.33 (3: Regina, Davidson // 10: SamJudd, Red Blooded Man, Qween)
39. Giving You Up // 7.36 (3: Hide&Seek // 10: Tawdry Hepburn)
38. Wouldn't Change a Thing // 7.42 (5: Tawdry Hepburn, Theo // 10: SamJudd, davidas)
37. What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before) // 7.42 (4: Davidson // 11: Stuart25)
36. Je ne sais pas pourquoi // 7.43 (5: Monzo, Jade, Theo // 10: SamJudd, Red Blooded Man, Hide&Seek)

Following years of fan longing, Kylie and Dannii finally recorded a duet together when it came to Kylie's Christmas album. Inspired by adapting to winter Christmases following warm Australian Christmases, '100 Degrees' concludes that the festive spirit is what makes Christmas, not the weather. It's a thumping, glittery anthem, drawing influence on the big Donna Summer numbers.

Kylie joined forces with Girls Aloud and Sugababes hitmasters Xenomania (in many ways the then-modern day SAW) for her greatest hits collection Ultimate Kylie, the result being 'Giving You Up'. It has an edgy Fever-style pop sound, like a combination of that album and Body Language, and has an unusual structure for pop songs, something that Xenomania mastered from time to time (Girls Aloud's 'Biology' from later in the year being the biggest example).

'Wouldn't Change a Thing' is another addictive slice of pop perfection from SAW and its chart success in the UK placed her joint with Madonna for most Top 3 debuts for a female soloist. It also extended her run of Top 2 singles, further securing Kylie's position as one of the biggest stars of the 80s.

Ahead of Kylie parting ways with SAW, a greatest hits collection was released to celebrate the success they achieved together. 'What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)' was made lead single and saw Kylie return to the joyous sounds of her 80s beginnings. It was a return that split opinion, with some enjoying it being a final celebration of the Kylie / SAW relationship and others finding it a regression following her mature work on Let's Get to It, but to me it proved SAW still had it in them to make a cracking pop song.

The first of Kylie's down tempo singles, 'Je ne sais pas pourquoi' translates from French to "I Don't Know Why" and extends on the "unlucky in love" themes of 'I Should Be So Lucky', with Kylie admitting she still has strong feelings for her lover even though he's wronged her. Like a lot of her early music that dealt with heartache, the production still upholds the notable cheery SAW sound.

Sorry for the delay! Will try getting results out a bit more rapidly now.

Been wondering what to these...

 

'100 Degrees' - This lands round about where I'd expect it too, a really good song, but giving it a 10 was a bit hasty, probably got carried away.

 

'Giving You Up' - Wasn't keen on this at the time, always found the production to heavy and drowns out her vocals. But over time it has grown on me, I wouldn't call it a Kylie classic though, but a fun little bop all the same, and plus the b-side 'Made Of Glass' was brilliant.

 

'Wouldn't Change A Thing' - Should be higher, top 30 at least, a definite highlight from her SAW days and an all round fantastic single choice. It would be nice if she sung this on tour again, don't think she's sung this live since the 'On A Night Like This' tour.

 

'What Kind Of Fool (Heard All That Before)' - Another likeable bop, that yeah was probably seen as a bit of a step back, but still a fantastic tune, however I think that by this time the PWL sound in general was going stale and falling from public favour and so it was the right time for her to change direction, career wise, if she did another SAW album at this point, then it would have definitely killed her career.

 

'Je Ne Sais Pas Pourqoui' - Another highlight from her PWL days and again this should be much higher as it is yet another Kylie classic, but considering how many great songs she's had, there are bound to be a few casualites along the way. Brilliant song and nothing else to say really.

'Wouldn't Change a Thing' and 'Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi' are lower than I expected too.

 

I have a special affection for '100 degrees', especially the re-worked "It's still disco to me" version. It's an absolute all-year-rounder.

100 degrees is ok for me but nothing soecisl. I do like all the others from that batch of results