Posted March 29, 20205 yr 8cNambTzXd0 SR-3St4w9As The single of 'Giving You Up' was accompanied with the B-side 'Made of Glass', another Xenomania production that was due to appear as the third new track on Ultimate Kylie before being removed last minute. It's since become a fan favourite with some claiming it would have made a better choice of single. Which song do you prefer? Would 'Made of Glass' have been a better single?
March 30, 20205 yr Both are good but "Made Of Glass" edges out in front, I mean come on why wasn't this on 'Ultimate Kylie', it would have been more than welcome, then we could have had 3 fantastic new tracks. 'MOG' also would have made a much better single choice with its winding synths, whispery vocals & a subtle yet effective chorus that gives it a fresh & edgy sound. Even now this still sounds fresh & just great. Apparently Rachel Stevens also recorded this song for her 'Come & Get It' album, but for whatever reason it never leaked, it would have been interesting to hear her version. 'Giving You Up' - fine enough a nice sultry little number with a catchy chorus, but quite forgettable when compared to her other singles from this decade. Just for fun I've decided to post the top 20 from the week it was released = 03/04/05 TW/LW/WOC 01 01 03 TONY CHRISTIE [FT PETER KAY) - (Is This The Way) To Amarillo 02 NE 01 ELVIS PRESLEY - (You're The) Devil In Disguise 03 02 06 MARIO - Let Me Love You 04 NE 01 MARIAH CAREY - It's Like That 05 04 02 50 CENT - Candy Shop 06 NE 01 KYLIE MINOGUE - Giving You Up 07 03 04 MCFLY - All About You/You've Got A Friend 08 06 02 WILL YOUNG - Switch 09 NE 01 LEMAR - Time To Grow 10 NE 01 RACHEL STEVENS - Negotiate With Love 11 NE 01 MORRISEY - Redondo Beach/There Is A Light 12 NE 01 STUDIO B - I See Girls 13 07 03 GWEN STEFANI (FT EVE) - Rich Girl 14 09 04 SUNSET STRIPPERS - Falling Star 15 08 02 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - Shiver 16 11 03 JEM - They 17 10 06 NELLY (FT TIM MCGRAW) - Over And Over 18 13 02 FADERS - No Sleep Tonight 19 12 03 BASEMENT JAXX - Oh My Gosh 20 14 07 JENNIFER LOPEZ - Get Right
March 30, 20205 yr ^^ I remember posting about this before, if it wasn’t for the weekly re-issues of Elvis tracks it would have been Top 5 :drama:
March 30, 20205 yr Author Even now this still sounds fresh & just great. Apparently Rachel Stevens also recorded this song for her 'Come & Get It' album, but for whatever reason it never leaked, it would have been interesting to hear her version. I could hear Rachel singing 'Made of Glass'. Rumours have it that 'Secret Garden' from Come & Get It was originally offered to Kylie (it does have the same producer/writer that worked on Body Language) although I'm not sure if a Kylie demo exists. It does sound very Kylie. I hated that elvis reissues also blocked love at first sight from number 1. At least that was given a remix and was a genuinely huge hit though. Just a bit of unfortunate timing - if released the week prior, its 80k sales would have easily beaten the 62k 'Light My Fire' sold.
March 30, 20205 yr Author These songs rate pretty closely to me. They're both quite quirky but 'Made of Glass' is probably the more interesting for being so different for Kylie. Not sure if they'd have risked it as a single following the lukewarm reception of Body Language but it would have made a nice addition to Ultimate Kylie. I'm siding more with 'Giving You Up' but, like I say, it's very close.
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