October 24, 20204 yr Point of View - a big fave for me from the year, I love how smooth the production is Sound of the Underground - and here's another song I actually enjoyed at the time (although I didn't realise they were talent show winners for Years) and this still sounds great now, it's either this or Biology as my fave of their songs.
October 25, 20204 yr Point of View a great song and The Scientist. 'Just Like A Pill' brilliant from Pink, listened to this a lot that year and still do, Sk8er Boi unfortunately remember this from Ruby Wax attempt.on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, as for Avril's this was great from her, I thought in my view Sk8er Boi.was more popular it.seemed to be when I was at primary school. As for 'Sound of the Underground ' this may be the best winners single for a talent show, still sounding great today, I wonder if we'll get a 20th anniversary reunion in 2022. As for 'Sacred Trust ' that was quite bad.
October 25, 20204 yr Jade, 5 years from 1999 to 2003 are my favourite period in UK chart history, but you almost didn’t include any songs, which I like. :lol:
October 26, 20204 yr Hey Jade! My top 10 out of the songs you've featured in 2002 so far: 10. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 09. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out 08. Coldplay - The Scientist 07. Nelly - Dilemma (feat. Kelly Rowland) 06. Lasgo - Something 05. Nickelback - How You Remind Me 04. P!nk - Just Like A Pill 03. Avril Lavigne - Complicated 02. Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes 01. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever GA's song was a solid debut but pales in comparison to the rest of their discography. 'Stop Crying' is one of Oasis' absolute best and personally I prefer it to 'Wonderwall'. Coldplay have two great songs on your list but 'The Scientist' is one of their best yet. Nelly and Kelly's collab is a classic and Kelly texting via Excel is a piece of pop culture history. Happy to see Lasgo feature here too, one of the best dance songs of the early noughties. Nickelback get a lot of flack but lbr some of their best hits are REALLY good. 'How You Remind Me' was a fave of mine at the time. While I have never been huge on some of Pink's early signature songs I think 'Just Like A Pill' is the best from her debut album along with 'Family Portrait'. Avril had some great hits in the noughties and 'Complicated' was an amazing way to start it all off. Kylie's 'Fever' singles run may possibly be one of, if not THE, best singles run in the history of pop music. 'In Your Eyes' is my least fave of the four singles but it still places 2nd here for me which goes to show just how amazing they were. The best, however, is the amazing 'Whenever, Wherever' debut single of Shakira which still bangs so hard to this day. I wish it didn't get overshadowed by 'Hips Don't Lie' in 2006 because I far prefer this.
October 27, 20204 yr Author Oops getting behind a bit on this... :D Complicated is possibly Avril's best track - maybe Let Me Go is the best, though I'm not a fan of her stuff though, generally - and made my top 80 for 2002. Lasgo was a big clubbing track at the time, so more memories of late nights in Southampton and getting hit on by a then-straight gymn personal trainer dabbling for the first time. It was great for a few weeks till I got dumped for a younger, stroppier, skinnier replacement and I had to find another venue to go to so I didn't see them, while I tortured myself playing Kosheen's Harder and feeling sorry for myself! Still, it all ended in tears for them a year later, which meant I could go back to the club till it closed down, result :P The song is fab though :lol: Top 40 of 2002 for me. The Hindu Times made my top weekly chart but for Oasis ended the year at a lowly 130 or so, and I havent heard it in well over a decade, so no idea how it's held up, Curious now! Shakira, anthem! Always getting played at least once during every night out in 2002, fab video, loved the pipes and the mountain lyrics, and my number 6 for the year :heart: I liked Christina's naughty Dirrty as it rauched it's way to my number 30 - of 2003 though, the year it peaked in :) Point Of View, yet another clubbing hit I liked, comfortably in my top 30 of the 2002 rundown, so still no major differences in taste from me! Though, as mentioned before, The Scientist was lower end of the 200 for me and one I need to revisit given it's so popular but peaked at 20 in my personal charts. Just Like A Pill peaked at 26, and is another one I just didn't get the popularity of, good and I liked it, but wasn't quite up to Get The Party Started quality pop. Sk8ter Boi is another that peaked at 20, I just wasn't the target audience but it was fine. :lol: Sound Of The Underground, though, don't care if I was target audience or not, it was a brilliant pop single, but under-performed at a mere top 80 (2003 list). Time it got a reactivated movie slot so I can chart it some more... :) Hey there John :hi: :heart: Thank you for taking the time to catch up and write these out these thoughts ^_^ my favourite Avril song won't be appearing for another couple of years but 'Complicated' would be in my top 5 of her singles for sure - so a good choice of favourite. Lasgo and DB Boulevard soundtracking club nights? Hell yeah! Interesting to hear about these songs appearing in your own charts as ever. Hooray for Shakira doing so well in it particular! Such a strong pop song. thank you for commenting <3 Point of View - a big fave for me from the year, I love how smooth the production is Sound of the Underground - and here's another song I actually enjoyed at the time (although I didn't realise they were talent show winners for Years) and this still sounds great now, it's either this or Biology as my fave of their songs. Hey there Dan :hi: :heart: Glad that you're so fond of 'Point of View'! The production really is lovely. Well, that goes for every element of it tbh. I also didn't realise for a while that Girls Aloud were talent show winners! They really broke out of that mould from the word go with such a fresh debut. Plus I didn't grow up with 'Popstars: The Rivals' really, so wasn't interested in who had won it for a while, unlike the history of X Factor winners or something, a show I was watching. 'Biology' is such a shout as a Girls Aloud favourite, brilliant song *.* thank you for commenting <3 Point of View a great song and The Scientist. 'Just Like A Pill' brilliant from Pink, listened to this a lot that year and still do, Sk8er Boi unfortunately remember this from Ruby Wax attempt.on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, as for Avril's this was great from her, I thought in my view Sk8er Boi.was more popular it.seemed to be when I was at primary school. As for 'Sound of the Underground ' this may be the best winners single for a talent show, still sounding great today, I wonder if we'll get a 20th anniversary reunion in 2022. As for 'Sacred Trust ' that was quite bad. Hey there Mack :hi: :heart: Great to see love for all five of these songs. 'Sk8er Boi' really seems to have transcended its low top 10 peak. Not that it isn't impressive in itself. But, I get what you mean, not quite a top 5 or anything but it has felt like a cultural staple for a generation for a while. 'Sound of the Underground' really is a masterclass in how a coronation single should be done. I am praying for the 20th anniversary to materialise - I was 15 during their previous reunion tour, so not earning yet, whereas now I go to a lot more shows, so would love to see them. It's easy to see why 'Sacred Trust' settled for #2 in comparison - a very predictable and tired attempt at a winning single. thank you for commenting <3 Jade, 5 years from 1999 to 2003 are my favourite period in UK chart history, but you almost didn’t include any songs, which I like. :lol: :lol: oh my :drama: well I see that you're a Girls Aloud fan and there's plenty more of them to come at least ^_^ Hey Jade! My top 10 out of the songs you've featured in 2002 so far: 10. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 09. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out 08. Coldplay - The Scientist 07. Nelly - Dilemma (feat. Kelly Rowland) 06. Lasgo - Something 05. Nickelback - How You Remind Me 04. P!nk - Just Like A Pill 03. Avril Lavigne - Complicated 02. Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes 01. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever GA's song was a solid debut but pales in comparison to the rest of their discography. 'Stop Crying' is one of Oasis' absolute best and personally I prefer it to 'Wonderwall'. Coldplay have two great songs on your list but 'The Scientist' is one of their best yet. Nelly and Kelly's collab is a classic and Kelly texting via Excel is a piece of pop culture history. Happy to see Lasgo feature here too, one of the best dance songs of the early noughties. Nickelback get a lot of flack but lbr some of their best hits are REALLY good. 'How You Remind Me' was a fave of mine at the time. While I have never been huge on some of Pink's early signature songs I think 'Just Like A Pill' is the best from her debut album along with 'Family Portrait'. Avril had some great hits in the noughties and 'Complicated' was an amazing way to start it all off. Kylie's 'Fever' singles run may possibly be one of, if not THE, best singles run in the history of pop music. 'In Your Eyes' is my least fave of the four singles but it still places 2nd here for me which goes to show just how amazing they were. The best, however, is the amazing 'Whenever, Wherever' debut single of Shakira which still bangs so hard to this day. I wish it didn't get overshadowed by 'Hips Don't Lie' in 2006 because I far prefer this. Hey there Jafet :hi: :heart: I get what you mean to an extent as I love 'Sound of the Underground' but it would get pushed down by quite a lot of their other singles if I was ranking them all. An almost immaculate singles collection. Ooh interesting, I do prefer 'Wonderwall' to 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' but both are fantastic signature songs. 'The Scientist' really is stunning <3 Yes 'Dilemma' is a classic for sure - feels like one of the most enduring #1s of the 00s to me. Excelly Rowland kills me every time :lol: hooray for Lasgo love! That's probably one of the kindest things said about Nickelback on here :lol: but yeah they have their moments! Great favourites from that P!nk album, 'Family Portrait' is really quite emotional and showed another layer to the record. The string of singles from Avril's first three albums are amazing - she was on fire back then! She has had some great moments since, even as recently as 'Head Above Water', but is not quite as consistent. Omg tell me about it, the 'Fever' singles are sublime!! I love the 'Body Language' run too so Kylie is here to stay in this countdown for a while. Great to see so much 'Whenever, Wherever' love in this thread! I think 'Hips Don't Lie' is actually my favourite of hers but this definitely deserved #1 status like that too. thank you for commenting <3
October 27, 20204 yr My favourites from 2002 so far are Lazy & A Thousand Miles. Lazy is an absolute banger and the slightly odd vocals really elevate the track. A Thousand Miles has been stuck in my head since the very first time I saw White Chicks. It's a song I never would have enjoyed if it wasn't for the film. The image of Terry Crews lip-syncing it is tattooed inside my heard :lol: Shake Ur Body is cool but Don't Wanna Know was the best Shy FX single. I wish those could have swapped chart runs. I also really like the Justin Timberlake track but I never remember which one it is from the title. I had to listen to it again to make sure it was the one I thought it was. Fly By II sampling Hypnotize :angry: Dilemna is a song I should love but just does nothing for me. My least favourite Nelly track. It hasn't been a vintage year for me out of your choices so far. But I've just looked at a list of the biggest sellers from 2002 and I think it's just a year I don't enjoy that much in general. Hopefully some of my favourites will appear in your top 10. :D
October 27, 20204 yr Author My favourites from 2002 so far are Lazy & A Thousand Miles. Lazy is an absolute banger and the slightly odd vocals really elevate the track. A Thousand Miles has been stuck in my head since the very first time I saw White Chicks. It's a song I never would have enjoyed if it wasn't for the film. The image of Terry Crews lip-syncing it is tattooed inside my heard :lol: Shake Ur Body is cool but Don't Wanna Know was the best Shy FX single. I wish those could have swapped chart runs. Fly By II sampling Hypnotize :angry: Dilemna is a song I should love but just does nothing for me. My least favourite Nelly track. It hasn't been a vintage year for songs for me out of your choices so far. But I've just looked at a list of the biggest sellers from 2002 and I think it's just a year I don't enjoy that much in general. Hopefully some of my favourites will appear in your top 10. :D Hey there Lewis :hi: :heart: A shame that you haven't felt too enthusiastic about 2002 so far - fingers crossed that the top 10 will indeed provide some favourites! I'm glad you like 'A Thousand Miles' and 'Lazy' at least. It's funny that 'Lazy' is described as a banger despite the vocals being so nonchalant in places, but yeah, it really works! We watched 'White Chicks' at a sleepover before but I barely remember it because people were talking over a lot of it :drama: :lol: I think you're the second person to mention 'Don't Wanna Know' now so I really need to check that out! thank you for commenting <3 (will make a start on the next section soon tonight!)
October 27, 20204 yr Author 10. Eminem - Lose Yourself (chart-run: 1-3-5-5-3-3-6-6-7-6-9-6-10-14-19-29-35-40-47-60-74-67R(317)-62R(88)-63-65R(49)-64-70R(51)-71-42R(32)-48-49) 09. Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight (chart-run: 2-8-11-21-33-40-46-44-51-46-52-74) 08. Liberty X - Just A Little (chart-run: 1-2-4-3-8-10-10-12-16-19-20-22-29-36-48-62) 07. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss (chart-run: 1-2-5-10-9-10-15-20-21-26-34-38-41-37-50-66) 06. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (chart-run: 8-23-27-33-49-70-71-67R(2)) 0S43IwBF0uM Time for an iconic #1 single with a very lengthy chart-run, as seen above, as 'Lose Yourself' kicks off tonight's section! Rapper Eminem bags himself another top 10 in these countdowns following the #5 placing for 'Stan' back in 2000. 'Lose Yourself' was recorded in between takes for the film '8 Mile' and was later released as the lead single from it. The song is written with his film character B-Rabbit in mind and begins by summing up the plot of 8 Mile. But lyrics can be traced back to Eminem's own personal life too. It's an aggressive release that tackles the struggles faced in his career and home life. His words are illustrated in the video as he performs in front of a crowd, only to be met by booing. He also deals with an alcoholic mother and raising his young daughter. 'Lose Yourself' takes these autobiographical tales from the verses and allows them to develop into a motivational chorus. Because yes, Eminem did have a shaky climb to the top, but he did get there and became a success story. So he offers some words of wisdom. He encourages the listener to grasp golden opportunities and make the most of them. It's easy to see why this caught on so much when the chorus is so radio-friendly and uplifting. In fact, it took off enough to spend a whopping 12 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart! One of the songs he kept off #1 was 'Work It' by fellow rapper Missy Elliott, which settled for an agonising 10 weeks at #2. 'Lose Yourself' is a mid-tempo track, but the delivery is often very frantic, making for an interesting contrast. It is backed by defiant production including stunning piano layers, a relentless rock bassline and even violin moments. Overall it feels like an accomplished moment for Eminem. His rapping style is impressive, the subject matter takes a deep, passionate turn compared to many previous releases and the production is really quite gripping. I particularly love the emotive piano intro. It is a very critically acclaimed hip-hop song - making Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs of All Time' list and winning prestigious awards including Grammys and even a 'Best Original Song' Oscar. The music video often garners praise too. However, the version on YouTube that is hurtling towards 1 billion views is a fan-edited version. The original Eminem upload was bizarrely taken down from YouTube. So... there's that! This was Eminem's second and final U.K. #1 single achieved in 2002, following the far more comedic 'Without Me' earlier in the year. He'd only have to wait two more years to top up his tally once more! Now it's time for Kylie to snatch another place in one of these top 10s! This follows the impressive #2 result for 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' in the 2001 countdown. Well, the 'Fever' era continued to smash it out of the park with single selection, so here she is once more. I just went on to the Official Charts Company website to remind myself of what blocked 'Love At First Sight' from #1 and was met by Kylie's face on the homepage, due to her upcoming album chart battle with Little Mix. So that's quite cool that she's impacting the charts once more in some form, 18 years later. I did then find what I was looking for and it's 'A Little Less Conversation' that stopped 'Love At First Sight' dead in its tracks, which I can accept. But poor Kylie as this was her TENTH #2 single! Imagine how many chart-toppers she'd have if they all peaked just that little bit higher... wow. Anyway, #2 was no mean feat, in fact it was actually an improvement on the #3 peak of 'In Your Eyes'. How satisfying that she hit all three top 3 peaks with these first three singles. 'Love At First Sight' picks up where 'In Your Eyes' left off sonically as those bright nu-disco dance-pop synths were back. However, 'Love At First Sight' definitely feels like more of an explosion compared to its laidback predecessor. This record personifies joy. It does what it says on the tin as it's a lyrical snapshot of feeling like you're in love at first sight. Kylie captures that excitable feeling through a chorus that well and truly soars. These playful elongated notes, catchy melodies and funky disco influences all blend into one feel-good package. You might as well be floating on air. Kylie really sells it in the video too as she gets really into it with her dancing and a huge grin. It's quite a contrast to the robotic dancers who are part of the furniture at this point. All eyes are on Kylie in this simple video, although some effort is made to create futuristic back-drops too. It was a good idea for Kylie to give this single status because she received her first Grammy nomination off the back of it! The only questionable element of this release is that the title was recycled from a 1988 Kylie song of the same name. I can't say I've heard that album track but it'll take a lot to top this 'Love At First Sight'! So, Girls Aloud weren't the only reality show group to release an exciting pop single in 2002. However, the story of Liberty X is the exact opposite of theirs. They came from the TV show 'Popstars', but unlike Girls Aloud these hopefuls played second fiddle to the winning Hear'Say line-up, rather than getting a killer coronation single. Well, it wasn't the end of the road for these rejects. It was time for them to rise from the ashes just as Hear'Say's star was falling. For years I presumed that 'Just A Little' was their debut single because it screamed huge-sounding launch-pad. So you can imagine my shock when I found out that it was single #3! Well, leaving it that late did no damage as 'Just A Little' rocketed to the top of the U.K. chart. Hear'Say were soon old news and Liberty X would surpass their record sales. Not bad for these members that were supposedly not good enough to make it! 'Just A Little' is an R&B influenced dance-pop record full of life, love and spice. The lyrics speak of a female who is into a shy guy and is trying to coax him out of his shell. Liberty X make the most of their mixed line-up by having a male response to her proposals later in the song. He sounds up for the ride which is a satisfying conclusion for the listener. My favourite part of the song is the chorus which is stupendously catchy and dynamic. The production feels quintessentially 00s and fun too. You know what else has this feeling? The music video, where the band members are acting as burglars so they can steal a diamond. Singers turning into secret agents seemed to be a bit of a thing for videos back in the day. The PVC outfits remain an iconic pop look. They really attacked the charts with something fresh and cool at the time and were here to stay for a few more years. Michelle Heaton is the most famous name from the group nowadays, even appearing on Celebrity Big Brother. However, during this stint she revealed that she didn't even contribute vocals to 'Just A Little' because she "wasn't good enough to cut it". Ouch. Kylie Minogue is not the only former Neighbours actress to turn up in this section! At #7 we now have Holly Valance with her debut single 'Kiss Kiss'. This is also known as the national anthem for my BJSC nation Jadakissnia! Holly completed the transition from soap star to pop star with ease as she bagged a #1 single from this release. 'Kiss Kiss' was originally a song from 1997 called 'Şımarık' by Turkish singer Tarkan. It was later remade by American artist Stella Soleil in 2001. Holly's version is then a remake of this version. Phew! The Turkish influence of the original is still evident due to the rhythmic world music layers to the production. However, the lyrics are now altered for an English audience. Holly delivers very flirtatious words and this cheekiness extends to the video, as at one point she appears nude minus two blue lines covering her chest and hips. But, before we get to that, her glossy lips are the initial focal point to tie in with the title of the song. Everything about this is good fun. The production is infectious, the chorus is fast-paced to match up to the thrill of the chase in the lyrics and the title of the song is replaced with the gimmicky double helping of kiss noises. I think I've only heard the original once so I definitely need to check it out again. This version gets the automatic upper hand due to familiarity. The commercialisation of the Holly Valance iteration made it perfect for radio so it quickly became recognisable to me. But, the Turkish influences that remained also gave it that stand-out factor that really made it interesting. Holly doesn't have the most interesting voice ever but she had a killer song in her lap and knows how to use her limited range effectively. She ended up really selling this song. It's an essential in any fun, feel-good pop playlist. Holly would go on to have another 3 top 20 U.K. hits but then vanished from the chart. I quite enjoy the follow-up 'Down Boy', which has a similar playful execution, although the chorus is not quite as killer. Just missing out on a place in the top 5 are The Chemical Brothers! It's been a while since we've seen the duo as their last appearance was 'Hey Boy Hey Girl' for 1999. But they're back in style. I was actually lucky enough to see The Chemical Brothers live, alongside Bray, since I wrote that 'Hey Boy Hey Girl' commentary last year! It was my penultimate gig before the pandemic hit, last year in November. The atmosphere was every bit as electrifying as I'd hoped for so I'd highly recommend if you're ever thinking about seeing them. They typically launch these in-your-face Big Beat bangers on us but at #6 I'm shining the spotlight on something more reserved by their standards. 'Star Guitar' was released as the second single from 'Come With Us' and reached #8 in the U.K. chart. The name 'Star Guitar' comes from the fact that it features an acoustic guitar sample from 'Starman' by David Bowie. A fabulous song to use, might I add. Here we have a post-disco offering that starts out fairly energetic with its claps and squelchy beats. However, when the vocals come in, the track grinds to a halt in the most dreamy fashion. The lyrics are very simple - just "you should feel what I feel, you should take what I take" looped over and over again. There's something so hypnotic and comforting about this segment. But oh... there's more. The music video! It has got to be one of my favourites of all time. See, from a quick glance it may look like a simple train video. But no, out of the window the passing objects are synchronous with elements of the song. A similar concept to 'Around The World' by Daft Punk. This idea is so watchable as the precision of it all is so exquisite. As for the song, I'm not its only big fan, as Fatboy Slim turned down the opportunity to remix 'Star Guitar' as he felt that the original could not be topped. Well...that's pretty high praise. I was recently reminded of this song because Lady Gaga has gone down a throwback dance-pop route for 'Chromatica' and some of the muffled beats in BLACKPINK collaboration 'Sour Candy' gave me flashes of this. 'Star Guitar' was the penultimate top 10 hit for The Chemical Brothers but they had something pretty big up their sleeve for that final bow... 2002 concludes next week :cheer:
October 28, 20204 yr Getting to the big ones now! :) Love your enthusiastic in-depth analyses, makes me want to revisit the hits of 2002 (and previous years :lol: ). Eminem was my 65th biggest of the year, peaking at 6, so a def fave, and I don't always love his stuff - some I do, and some I'm not that fond of. Kylie, was my number one of the year, still is I think, perfect pop! Love the video. Liberty X was one place higher than Eminem, at 64th, even though it peaked at 8. I don't love it as much as I did at the time, prob due to over-familiarity, but it's still a very good popdance record. Kiss Kiss is 81st, and din't quite make my top 10, but the Turkish rhythms were fab. Star Guitar I'd forgotten about till you mentioned it - it drops in at 86th in the "indie" section of my chart (co-incidentally, along with Dirty Vegas "Ghosts", Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Spread Your Love, Sondre Lerche's Dead Passengers, all worth checking out) just ahead of Bowie's Everyone Says Hi, oops! So, all goodies, and top 5? Have we had Freak Like Me, More Than A Woman, Without You.....? :D
November 1, 20204 yr Lose Yourself is such a good song, a big highlight of the decade for rap music - it's also my dad and my brother's favourite rap song and they don't usually like rap. a decent rest of the section too
November 4, 20204 yr Sk8er Boi and Lasgo are both pretty nice songs, Point Of View was one I discovered last year and that's pretty decent as well, I think the vocals proabably beat the production for me. Star Guitar is one of those songs I know I've heard but can't bring it to mind, giving it a listen now as a little refresher - a great instrumental from them.
November 5, 20204 yr Author Sorry I've not found a good moment for this yet during the week - will aim to do it tonight ^_^ Getting to the big ones now! :) Love your enthusiastic in-depth analyses, makes me want to revisit the hits of 2002 (and previous years :lol: ). Eminem was my 65th biggest of the year, peaking at 6, so a def fave, and I don't always love his stuff - some I do, and some I'm not that fond of. Kylie, was my number one of the year, still is I think, perfect pop! Love the video. Liberty X was one place higher than Eminem, at 64th, even though it peaked at 8. I don't love it as much as I did at the time, prob due to over-familiarity, but it's still a very good popdance record. Kiss Kiss is 81st, and din't quite make my top 10, but the Turkish rhythms were fab. Star Guitar I'd forgotten about till you mentioned it - it drops in at 86th in the "indie" section of my chart (co-incidentally, along with Dirty Vegas "Ghosts", Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Spread Your Love, Sondre Lerche's Dead Passengers, all worth checking out) just ahead of Bowie's Everyone Says Hi, oops! So, all goodies, and top 5? Have we had Freak Like Me, More Than A Woman, Without You.....? :D Hey there John :hi: :heart: Yess, how exciting! Looking forward to doing the write-ups for these big 5 shortly. Thanks so much for the complimentary words about the write-ups! I'm not making this very easy for myself with all the paragraphs, going to be doing this for a while, but I really enjoy it and I know it'll feel especially rewarding when it's all up to date with present time. It feels rewarding every week tbh with everyone's lovely responses! Glad to hear that all five of those appeared in your top 100 - especially Kylie coming out on top *.* that chorus really is pop perfection. Looking forward to hearing her new album - hopefully packed with catchy disco goods! The Turkish rhythms really are such a selling point of 'Kiss Kiss'. I think I'm at least a few years away from experiencing any kind of overplay with songs at the time, due to my very young age in 2002, so don't have to think about how songs were ruined by the radio yet :lol: thanks so much for all of those recommendations - will need to check them out. Can confirm that you have name-dropped at least one song that is coming up... stay tuned ^_^ thank you for commenting <3 Lose Yourself is such a good song, a big highlight of the decade for rap music - it's also my dad and my brother's favourite rap song and they don't usually like rap. a decent rest of the section too Hey there Dan :hi: :heart: Yay! 'Lose Yourself' does seem to be one of those radio friendly rap songs that crosses over really well, much like 'Gangsta's Paradise' - what an absolute tune. thank you for commenting <3 Lose Yourself probably my favourite rap song of all time. Hey there Mack :hi: :heart: Ooh what a shout! Deserving of such an accolade tbh. thank you for commenting <3 Sk8er Boi and Lasgo are both pretty nice songs, Point Of View was one I discovered last year and that's pretty decent as well, I think the vocals proabably beat the production for me. Star Guitar is one of those songs I know I've heard but can't bring it to mind, giving it a listen now as a little refresher - a great instrumental from them. Hey there Pete :hi: :heart: I find it so hard to pick a 'Point Of View' preference out of production and vocals, hmm, I think I prefer the production during the verses but the vocals during the chorus! Haha. Glad this 'Star Guitar' refresher has been a positive experience - seems quite underrated from them nowadays, video aside. thank you for commenting <3
November 5, 20204 yr Author 05. Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story (chart-run: 30-57) 04. Puretone - Addicted To Bass (chart-run: 68-2-4-8-5-4-8-13-15-21-30-35-41-62-67) 03. Sugababes - Round Round (chart-run: 1-2-3-3-7-15-18-25-29-36-47-56-72) 02. Aaliyah - More Than A Woman (chart-run: 1-5-12-14-18-26-32-45-56-59-68-63) 01. Sugababes - Freak Like Me (chart-run: 1-3-6-10-16-24-25-35-44-53-57-64R(2)-62-72) dSAGsiVSoeE Well here we are! Time for the big 5 songs in the top tier of my 2002 countdown. Although, I wouldn't describe the song at #5 as big. Perhaps bigger in its remixed form. But kicking off this section with its lowly #30 peak is 'Love Story' by British duo Layo & Bushwacka!. It spent just one week in the U.K. top 40 but that wasn't completely the end. In 2003 it got a facelift as 'Love Story (vs. Finally)' which achieved a far more impressive #8 peak. Even the follow-up single after that, 'It's Up To You (Shining Through)', outcharted the original 'Love Story' at #25. So I feel like it's a really under-appreciated gem. I can totally understand why the remixed version performed so much better, it does have a far more commercial feel to it, but for me the haunting sound of the original feels a bit lost in amongst those new dramatic vocals. I think my bias also stems from knowing the original first, falling in love with it, then finding out about this new, more successful incarnation and not being able to adore it in the same way. I'm sure I'd appreciate it a whole lot more if I didn't have the attachment with the original. Well, on the flip-side, I much prefer the inoffensive video for the remix. We come off the back of a video I love, 'Star Guitar', with potentially one of the worst videos I've ever seen. The original 'Love Story' video is just not pleasant to watch - it feels like it took the concept of the 'Teardrop' video by Massive Attack, ran with that, but then made it pretty gross and ill-fitting with the song. I'm not 100% sure what is going on here but I think the location is supposed to be an ovary or a uterus, with some kind of sensation taking place at the end - birth? I guess you could take the theme of innocence from it, like not knowing what's going on in the world yet, but man... the execution is so unpleasant to look at! You have these guys in pretty disgusting pink costumes fighting, ripping and throwing. The substance just looks nasty. I think the gift of life is a beautiful thing but... this just isn't pretty and doesn't really go with the song at all? I feel animosity between these guys during the fighting, while the song makes me want to zone out from the world for a while. So yeah, I much prefer to listen to it in isolation. 'Love Story' is a tech house song with really hypnotic, pulsating production and an equally mesmerising sample. It's taken from Nina Simone's 'Rags & Old Iron' - with the muffled vocals saying "Rags old iron, rags old iron, all he was buying was just rags and old iron...". I love both elements so much that I prefer them to be untouched, instead of the 'Finally' vocals also being added. I love the soul of Nina's vocals and those are enough for me. So yes, I don't dislike the remixed version or anything, but would always choose the original over it. Such a heavenly, timeless dance record. The chart peaks are a lot higher for the remainder of this section. We have now vaulted from #30 peaking 'Love Story' to the #2 hit 'Addicted To Bass'. Although, I seem to remember reading before that this was robbed of the #1 due to a silly error? Judging by that chart-run it entered at #68 the week before so perhaps it was due to those sales. Well, it was beaten to the top by 'More Than A Woman' from Aaliyah, which also appears in this section, so I'll accept that result. What a top 2 that was! 'Gotta Get Thru This' by Daniel Bedingfield was the #3 song, carried over from 2001, so it gets even better. 'Addicted To Bass' existed as early as 1998 under the artist names Josh Abrahams (producer) and Amiel Daemion (vocalist), instead of the Puretone alias. This original release achieved success in territories such as Australia and New Zealand but wouldn't really make noise elsewhere until a few years later. It was re-launched under the Puretone name with a new video intended for a European audience - boom, it flourished second time. This video is inspired by the movie Mad Max and features two strong female characters fooling bank robbers and officers before riding off into the distance. That car chase is quite a refreshing watch for a noughties dance video, ESPECIALLY coming after the 'Love Story' video. Plus it matched the song really well. 'Addicted To Bass' is certainly a thrill. Like 'Sound of the Underground' earlier, it's an expression about the wonders of sound (with a drug reference or two for good measure) - this time specifically about bass, unsurprisingly. You'd expect a song dedicated to bass to have a pretty good bassline, right? Well, it definitely has that! The production has a heavy dubstep feel to it, with jungle breakbeats scattered around to create some seriously chaotic energy. The vocals are distorted during most of the song for another cool layer and become more mellow for the "your bassline, has got me feeling fine, it's filling up my mind" parts. It has the energy of the clubs but an earworm chorus perfect for radio. I'm so glad that this took off in such a big way after the initial false start, as it's one of my favourite dance songs of the early noughties. It was sent by Silas to the BJSC 00s Dance spin-off on here and we actually traded top points, with my entry being the aforementioned 'Something' by Lasgo, so this kind of music brought together two people with usually quite different taste! Well, I say that, but Phil's favourite group the Sugababes have two entries in this top 5 so maybe we have more in common musically than people would expect... Now we enter into a trio of chart-toppers! The first of these is 'Round Round' by Sugababes. This was released as the second single from 'Angels With Dirty Faces' and proved to be another winner for the girls. I can actually remember 'Round Round' from the time but I'd say I didn't truly appreciate it for years. I underrated it for far too long despite being a fan of the girls in general. I mean, I always liked it - a 'Round Round' CD single was one of the first I ever bought from a car boot sale! But I never considered it as one of my absolute Sugababes favourites or anything for a while. However, it slowly crept up and now I absolutely live for when it comes on my treadmill playlist. Both 'Round Round' and 'Sound of the Underground' were described as songs that reshaped pop music during the early noughties. Both of these smash hits had the Xenomania dream team in common. Brian Higgins, a producer from the group, explained that the birth of 'Round Round' happened because they were sitting on a drum track that had hit potential. He took it to fellow pop mastermind Miranda Cooper and she went through her catalogue of unused songs from the past few years. She sung all of these choruses against the drumming. Eventually, they struck gold with the "round round baby round round" refrain and the rest of the song was then composed with help from the Sugababes. I love the structure of the song - each girl gets to shine individually with their own series of events. These are all different tales of showing disinterest towards someone pursuing them and then returning to the flow of nightlife. Heidi delivers one of her famous middle 8s, which grinds the song to a halt, making that final chorus more of a blockbuster. The chorus allows the girls to come together, away from those individual moments, as a girl-power force who claim "I don't need nobody but my honeys when I go". These unifying lyrics give the song such a euphoric feel. They're ready to take on the night together. Especially alongside that punchy drum track. It's a series of easily accesible pop hooks with exciting production that has a bit of an edge. Themselves and Girls Aloud really excelled with this type of sound. The girls also sound really smooth which is certainly a bonus. The video sees the trio dressed in all black and Mutya steals the show with her quirky but cool hairstyle. They are performing on a rotating platform, a pretty visual representation of the "round round" hook, while a tornado surrounds them. There is an audience watching from behind a caged wall. Everything halts into slow-motion during Heidi's verse, a perfect match for the drama, before speeding up again. Male dancers join them on the platform, whom they slowly walk past. The tornado disappears by the end. I enjoy the girls' chemistry, styling and the drama of all the objects floating around them. Sugababes 2.0 had now achieved their 2nd #1 single in 2002. Phew, a lot of 2s. But yes, they were really on a roll, we'll get to the lead single from this campaign a little later... Just missing out on the top spot is the late Aaliyah with a glorious chart-topper. It was one of two back-to-back posthumous UK #1s as it followed 'My Sweet Lord' by George Harrison. The world sadly lost Aaliyah to a plane crash back in August 2001 (at 22, no age at all...) but this video, plus 'Rock The Boat' straight after it, were filmed before then. 'More Than A Woman' wasn't released until early 2002 hence its inclusion here. It was only able to peak at #25 in the U.S. despite her finding huge #1 success there with 'Try Again'. But we allowed it to debut straight at the top here - out-peaking 'Try Again', but not quite out-selling it in the long term. 'More Than A Woman' is another genius Aaliyah and Timbaland team-up much like 'Try Again', although his actual vocals are absent this time. Aaliyah instead takes centre stage the whole way through with her silky smooth voice. I adore her understated approach to the vocal delivery. It's pretty charming and a nice contrast to the boldness of the lyrical content, where she claims she'll be "more than a woman" for her love interest. 'More Than A Woman' includes a mix of pop, electro and hip-hop influences. The inspired squelchy beat approach from 'Try Again' is back so that really puts a Timbaland stamp on it. The digital strings and other guitar sounds add a really soft, laid-back flavour to the song on top of the harsh synths. It's an exciting but smooth package all at the same time and Aaliyah really sold it with conviction. This extends to the video too. The concept was her idea, she was inspired by images she had seen in magazines and wanted the premise to revolve her around being inside a motorbike. So that's what happens - at the start she's riding it, but then the camera zooms into the exhaust pipe and unveils this bright, futuristic world inside. She tackles the choreography like a pro as ever. Critics have compared the visuals to 'Scream' by Michael and Janet Jackson, plus 'Rhythm Nation' by Janet also - two videos that you cannot take your eyes off, so no wonder I enjoy this one too. It was directed by Dave Myers who has just done the same for Ariana Grande's 'positions' video which is sitting at #1 in my chart and the official ones, so that's a nice full circle moment of appreciation here. Myers was a bit nervous about the budget for this video which only elevates the 'Scream' comparison as that famously had a huge one! He felt this way because he really wanted everything to go right under that financial pressure. Thankfully he had nothing to worry about with those visuals. It's so sad that Aaliyah had such a short life but her work continues to be appreciated in all the years that have followed her passing. It was a really nice touch for the British public to give both this and 'My Sweet Lord' those moments to shine (well, actually a second time at #1 for George following its original release!) - both are fantastic. Probably my favourite by each artist actually, excluding George's work with The Beatles, so their legacies were well represented. So my choice of #1 continues the trend of either male dance producers or girl-groups winning - I swear this isn't intentional! Just look at that pattern though: Dario G, Spice Girls, Fatboy Slim, All Saints, Roger Sanchez and Sugababes. So it is neatly alternating too, wow. I'm already itching to put my 2003 list together just to see if it continues! Thankfully I have next week off work so this project can easily have my attention. But first, before any diving into 2003, it's time to round off 2002 in style. 'Freak Like Me' was released as the first Sugababes 2.0 single with Heidi Range in the band instead of Siobhán Donaghy. The video very cleverly plays on the line-up change with Keisha and Mutya inviting Heidi to hang out with them after an initiation process. Punch-ups in a nightclub and even biting (to play on the "freaks" theme, because of vampires) had to happen for them to get there, but it happened and this trio were ready to smash the charts with this first ever #1 single. 'Freak Like Me' went on a bit of a journey before its final product though. The concept of the song is a mash-up between 'Are "Friends" Electric?' by Tubeway Army (production) and 'Freak Like Me' by Adina Howard (lyrics). Producer Richard X (one of my favourite production talents for the noughties!) was the mastermind behind this concoction - he had fused them together under the alias Girls on Top and called his mash-up 'We Don't Give a Damn About Our Friends'. This was a successful underground dance track. But he wanted more - that commercial success. He was unable to get permission to use Adina Howard's vocals, though. So that's where the Sugababes came into play. The music video version of 'Freak Like Me' which is called the 'We Don't Give a Damn Mix' is more faithful to the original, but the single version still very obviously contains both mash-up components. I find this regular version more punchy anyway. 'Are "Friends" Electric?' is an all-time favourite for me and up there with the ultimate best #1s of the 70s. Yet I think this mash-up is genius and up there with the original. Critics are very favourable towards it too and even Gary Numan himself has been positive about it - he actually said he preferred it to the original because he thought the vocals were better! Wow. Well, I suppose the Sugababes do always bring it on vocals, they effortlessly charge this mash-up forward with an electrifying stamp. Heidi really makes a quick impact with her cry of "It’s all good for me!". Her middle 8s were just around the corner and this slice of drama was just a taste. What a fantastic choice of single to launch this era - it's exciting, just as the lead of a project should be. It just worked - it's like these songs were made for each other. Plus the edgy pop style of the Sugababes was a perfect fit for such a gritty synth sample. Gary Numan, Sugababes and Richard X coming together... it had to be flawless, frankly. I'm actually not too familiar with the Adina Howard song, but Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy released a garage cover of it back in 2000 and I really like that incarnation at least. Apparently the original only reached #33 in the U.K. but did get to #2 in the U.S. Congratulations to the daring, thrilling, throwback synthtastic 'Freak Like Me' that gets to be the cream of the crop for 2002. The 'Angels With Dirty Faces' album was a resounding success for me with 4 entries in this top 40 - Freak Like Me (#1), Round Round (#3), Angels With Dirty Faces (#22) and Stronger (#29). What an era.
November 5, 20204 yr Author recap ~ full 2002 top 40: 01. Sugababes - Freak Like Me 02. Aaliyah - More Than A Woman 03. Sugababes - Round Round 04. Puretone - Addicted To Bass 05. Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story 06. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar 07. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 08. Liberty X - Just A Little 09. Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight 10. Eminem - Lose Yourself 11. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 12. Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 13. P!nk - Just Like A Pill 14. Coldplay - The Scientist 15. DB Boulevard - Point of View 16. Christina Aguilera - Dirrty (feat. Redman) 17. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever 18. Oasis - The Hindu Times 19. Lasgo - Something 20. Avril Lavigne - Complicated 21. Shakedown - At Night 22. Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces 23. Shy FX & T Power - Shake Ur Body (feat. Di) 24. Goldtrix Presents Andrea Brown - It’s Love (Trippin’) 25. Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation 26. Blue - Fly By II 27. Coldplay - In My Place 28. Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes 29. Sugababes - Stronger 30. Nickelback - How You Remind Me 31. Nelly - Dilemma (feat. Kelly Rowland) 32. Milky - Just The Way You Are 33. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 34. Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You 35. S Club Juniors - Automatic High 36. X-Press 2 - Lazy (feat. David Byrne) 37. Britney Spears - Boys (The Co-Ed Remix) (feat. Pharrell Williams) 38. No Doubt - Hey Baby 39. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out 40. Dirty Vegas - Days Go By playlist so far (1997 - 2002): Thank you so much for the continued interest in this! 2003 coming soon ^_^
November 6, 20204 yr Hello Jade, another year completed I see! Let's have a look :cool: 01. Sugababes - Freak Like Me 02. Aaliyah - More Than A Woman Wow, didn't know you were such a fan of this that it'd be as high as #2 here! It's certainly very very worthy of that though. I didn't fully appreciate the song, or much of Aaliyah's career for that matter, until several years after her death. This has absolutely held up to sound just as good if not better over the years, and that's certainly a testament to Timbaland's talent as much as hers! We sure lost Aaliyah far too soon, can only imagine how many more gems she could have created </3 03. Sugababes - Round Round 08. Liberty X - Just A Little 09. Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight 10. Eminem - Lose Yourself 11. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground After reading your paragraph on this, it really is insane that this modern pop classic could come from a group of girls that only knew each other for a couple weeks! And to think they stayed together for nearly a decade, which so few groups can say. 12. Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 13. P!nk - Just Like A Pill 14. Coldplay - The Scientist How does Coldplay create these masterpieces!? It actually wasn't skipped as a single here, as I vividly remember seeing the video on TV quite a lot, but not so much on the radio so it was just sadly overlooked. As if the emotional impact of the song itself wasn't enough, the video is indeed so powerful as well :cry: 15. DB Boulevard - Point of View Actually, believe it or not, I can hear Moony's vocal resemblance to Geri Halliwell too! I also really like 'Acrobats' (her flop follow-up to 'Dove') and can hear the Geri resemblance on that too :o Interesting! 16. Christina Aguilera - Dirrty (feat. Redman) 17. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever 19. Lasgo - Something 20. Avril Lavigne - Complicated 25. Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation 27. Coldplay - In My Place 30. Nickelback - How You Remind Me 31. Nelly - Dilemma (feat. Kelly Rowland) 33. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 34. Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You 36. X-Press 2 - Lazy (feat. David Byrne) 38. No Doubt - Hey Baby That is such a criminally short chart run! :( Oh well, at least it got the #2 peak. This was such a fun era for No Doubt, I already mentioned Gwen's versatility as a vocalist last time (with 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind') and this dancehall/reggae-inspired album is another shining example of that! 39. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out I believe this was actually my introduction to Oasis back in the day :o I remember hearing it at the end of a movie, so that must have been The Butterfly Effect according to Wikipedia...can't recall a thing about the film but the song got my attention in a huge way and remains one of my faves of theirs :wub: 40. Dirty Vegas - Days Go By 25 faves out of 40! Now that's a great year. I'll be back at the end of 2003 :D
November 6, 20204 yr Freak Like Me is a great song and it almost made it into my top 20. It was the last one to be crossed out so it would have been number 21. Here are my favourite top 40 hits from the year: 1. Doves - There Goes The Fear 2. Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Remix) 3. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar 4. Doves - Pounding 5. Faithless featuring Dido - One Step Too Far 6. Royksopp - Poor Leno 7. New Order - Here To Stay 8. Narcotic Thrust - Safe From Harm 9. Minimalistix - Close Cover 10. Lasgo - Something 11. JJ72 - Formulae 12. 1 Giant Leap featuring Robbie Williams and Maxi Jazz - My Culture 13. Underworld - Two Months Off 14. Pet Shop Boys - Home And Dry 15. The Chemical Brothers - The Test 16. Moby - In This World 17. Pet Shop Boys - I Get Along 18. Timo Maas - To Get Down 19. Elbow - Asleep In The Back 20. DB Boulevard - Point Of View
November 6, 20204 yr Pretty solid top 10. Freak Like Me is great ofc. (as is the song that inspired it <3) as is More Than a Woman, Star Guitar and Lose Yourself are probably my favourites. Never heard of that #5 at all, I'll make sure to listen to it! My main objection though is The Hindu Times being that high and Little by Little not making the top 40, they are leagues apart for me :o My top 10 of 2002 (roughly) 01. Coldplay - The Scientist 02. Oasis - Little by Little 03. Eminem - Lose Yourself 04. Robbie Williams - Feel 05. DJ Sammy - Heaven 06. Avril Lavigne - Complicated 07. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out 08. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 09. Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 10. The Knife - Heartbeats Actually a pretty bad year overall, a bit too dominated by talent shows/dated stuff over here at least. I am very interested in 2003 though as I have a lot of massive favourites coming from this year that I will hopefully see!
November 10, 20204 yr Author Hello Jade, another year completed I see! Let's have a look :cool: 01. Sugababes - Freak Like Me 02. Aaliyah - More Than A Woman Wow, didn't know you were such a fan of this that it'd be as high as #2 here! It's certainly very very worthy of that though. I didn't fully appreciate the song, or much of Aaliyah's career for that matter, until several years after her death. This has absolutely held up to sound just as good if not better over the years, and that's certainly a testament to Timbaland's talent as much as hers! We sure lost Aaliyah far too soon, can only imagine how many more gems she could have created </3 03. Sugababes - Round Round 08. Liberty X - Just A Little 09. Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight 10. Eminem - Lose Yourself 11. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground After reading your paragraph on this, it really is insane that this modern pop classic could come from a group of girls that only knew each other for a couple weeks! And to think they stayed together for nearly a decade, which so few groups can say. 12. Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 13. P!nk - Just Like A Pill 14. Coldplay - The Scientist How does Coldplay create these masterpieces!? It actually wasn't skipped as a single here, as I vividly remember seeing the video on TV quite a lot, but not so much on the radio so it was just sadly overlooked. As if the emotional impact of the song itself wasn't enough, the video is indeed so powerful as well :cry: 15. DB Boulevard - Point of View Actually, believe it or not, I can hear Moony's vocal resemblance to Geri Halliwell too! I also really like 'Acrobats' (her flop follow-up to 'Dove') and can hear the Geri resemblance on that too :o Interesting! 16. Christina Aguilera - Dirrty (feat. Redman) 17. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever 19. Lasgo - Something 20. Avril Lavigne - Complicated 25. Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation 27. Coldplay - In My Place 30. Nickelback - How You Remind Me 31. Nelly - Dilemma (feat. Kelly Rowland) 33. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 34. Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You 36. X-Press 2 - Lazy (feat. David Byrne) 38. No Doubt - Hey Baby That is such a criminally short chart run! :( Oh well, at least it got the #2 peak. This was such a fun era for No Doubt, I already mentioned Gwen's versatility as a vocalist last time (with 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind') and this dancehall/reggae-inspired album is another shining example of that! 39. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out I believe this was actually my introduction to Oasis back in the day :o I remember hearing it at the end of a movie, so that must have been The Butterfly Effect according to Wikipedia...can't recall a thing about the film but the song got my attention in a huge way and remains one of my faves of theirs :wub: 40. Dirty Vegas - Days Go By 25 faves out of 40! Now that's a great year. I'll be back at the end of 2003 :D Hey there Jordan :hi: :heart: Indeed, another one down and many more to go :lol: going to start putting my 2003 list together tonight and begin counting it down next week, yay ^_^ - Ooh yes I am a huge fan of 'More Than A Woman'! I remember particularly raving about it on plug.dj about 5 years ago when Harry sent that Melé version to BJFest, but yeah, even if you were there I wouldn't expect anyone to remember that :lol: I love Aaliyah's sound in general <3 stuff like 'Try Again' and 'More Than A Woman' actually sounds fresher to my ears than a lot of Timbaland's late 00s/early 2010s work, but a lot of early 2010s chart music has dated in general :lol: a talent gone way too soon </3 - The final Girls Aloud line-up really were thrusted into the limelight together so quickly :o it's a shame that there's been a bit of a Nadine and Sarah vs. Cheryl, Kimberley and Nicola divide in later years when reading between the lines, but they were together for a long time indeed and achieved so much. Everyone had the decency to show support for Sarah in these difficult times so hopefully all of the silly feuding can be left in the past now. So many great Girls Aloud songs to come *.* - Oh 'The Scientist' was released as a single there? :o I was under the impression that it was skipped over in favour of 'Clocks'! I did find that a bit strange because 'The Scientist' was even covered on Glee (one of their best covers!!) - well then, I'm glad that it did have time to shine in the U.S. to some extent after all! What a stunning full package :heart: - I'm glad that it's not just me who hears the Geri resemblance! :lol: I'll have to check out 'Acrobats' as that one has passed me by. - 'Hey Baby' definitely deserves better chart stats, minus the impressive peak! It feels like one of their most remembered songs to me. Gwen really is a superstar who can tackle pretty much anything <3 such a different direction but one that just worked! - Oh wow, I think I've seen 'The Butterfly Effect' before on the TV, but did not remember that - maybe I was only half paying attention :lol: that's a fab introduction to Oasis! My earliest memory of their music was hearing 'Wonderwall' as part of a Britpop themed music listen. But I think I must've heard 'The Importance of Being Idle' at least at the time. thank you for commenting <3 Freak Like Me is a great song and it almost made it into my top 20. It was the last one to be crossed out so it would have been number 21. Here are my favourite top 40 hits from the year: 1. Doves - There Goes The Fear 2. Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Remix) 3. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar 4. Doves - Pounding 5. Faithless featuring Dido - One Step Too Far 6. Royksopp - Poor Leno 7. New Order - Here To Stay 8. Narcotic Thrust - Safe From Harm 9. Minimalistix - Close Cover 10. Lasgo - Something 11. JJ72 - Formulae 12. 1 Giant Leap featuring Robbie Williams and Maxi Jazz - My Culture 13. Underworld - Two Months Off 14. Pet Shop Boys - Home And Dry 15. The Chemical Brothers - The Test 16. Moby - In This World 17. Pet Shop Boys - I Get Along 18. Timo Maas - To Get Down 19. Elbow - Asleep In The Back 20. DB Boulevard - Point Of View Hey there Rollo :hi: :heart: Yes, when I thought of fellow 'Freak Like Me' fans, you came into my head from that #1s rate in the past! What a tune. Glad that we share The Chemical Brothers, Lasgo and DB Boulevard in common. There's an embarrassingly high amount from your list that I don't know (but some I do - 'My Culture' wasn't far off for instance) - still a whole world of music out there for me to discover in the future ^_^ thank you for commenting <3 Pretty solid top 10. Freak Like Me is great ofc. (as is the song that inspired it <3) as is More Than a Woman, Star Guitar and Lose Yourself are probably my favourites. Never heard of that #5 at all, I'll make sure to listen to it! My main objection though is The Hindu Times being that high and Little by Little not making the top 40, they are leagues apart for me :o My top 10 of 2002 (roughly) 01. Coldplay - The Scientist 02. Oasis - Little by Little 03. Eminem - Lose Yourself 04. Robbie Williams - Feel 05. DJ Sammy - Heaven 06. Avril Lavigne - Complicated 07. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out 08. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 09. Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 10. The Knife - Heartbeats Actually a pretty bad year overall, a bit too dominated by talent shows/dated stuff over here at least. I am very interested in 2003 though as I have a lot of massive favourites coming from this year that I will hopefully see! Hey there Chez :hi: :heart: Glad you generally approve! Would be interested to know what your thoughts on 'Love Story' are if you get around to it. Great top 10 there yourself - 'Feel' wasn't far off and 'Heaven' is a great song but one I struggle to listen to due to an event I associate it with. As for 'Little By Little, that was literally the one of the last two songs I cut out D: along with a dance hit ('True Love Never Dies' by Flip & Fill I'd like to say) - I guess I gravitate more towards Liam songs, despite preferring Noel's solo stuff! :lol: Yeah, the year provided some good talent show moments but a lot of naff ones too :lol: bring on 2003 *.* thank you for commenting <3
November 11, 20204 yr Oops I had to rush to my A-Z of 21st century tracks to check out Love Story, as I don't remember it at all - peaked at 63 in my charts, so I'm sure it'll come back to me when I hear it! Addicted to Bass was a great club track, though, and it almost made my year-end top 100. More Than A Woman was fab, so was Try Again and Rock The Boat - such a tempestuous and tragic short life Aaliyah had. MTAW was 21st of 2002 for me, Round Round was 13th and Freak Like Me 12th, so an all-round good end to a top of 2002 list. If I had some additions to nominate, I'd go the under-rated A1 Caught In The Middle, Kosheen's fab Harder, Santana's Game Of Love, Richard Ashcroft's Check The Meaning, Kylie's Come Into My World, Del Amitri's Just Before You Leave, and George Michael's Shoot The Dog as essential picks.... :)
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