May 18, 20205 yr That chart week when Collide was released was so iconic yet stressful at the same time. I was very team Leona at the time. I prefer Collide to a few of her singles but it’s about right ranked there on this poll for me. You Are The Reason id put higher though!
May 18, 20205 yr Author Loving the countdown so far! Thank you! :heart: Also Scene, I love that you expected more from Collide because it’s the same team behind Firework - the song with the lyric “do you ever feel like a plastic bag” :heehee: Tbf I always felt like that lyric came from Katy. :lol: 'Firework' and OGITW have far more about them than 'Collide' imo but that's just me. :lol: That chart week when Collide was released was so iconic yet stressful at the same time. That week was frustrating lol. I remember feeling annoyed because Pixie and The Saturdays both received far more radio play than Leona which hindered Collide's chances. :lol: I don't know how much the Avicii mess affected the song's airplay though.
May 18, 20205 yr Author 12. Outta My Head | 7.71 Highest: 10 (Lukuzz, SamJudd, Jonjo) / Lowest: 5 (Billy, Love Leona) 5mvUBH1B6P8 At the bottom end of the final tie in this rate we have the electro-pop banger from Echo. Produced by none other than compulsive hitmaker Max Martin, ‘Outta My Head’ was an instant standout on album release and a no-brainer for second single during the EDM craze that dominated the music scene around the turn of the decade. Maybe it was seen as too daring and a departure from the music Leona is known for, and maybe there were fears it would alienate Leona’s fanbase, but then it begs the question why put a song like ‘Outta My Head’ on a pop/rock driven album – making it stick out like a sore thumb – if you are not going to use it for a hit?! Needless to say it was yet another inexplicably poor decision from Leona’s out-of-touch team and yet another hit-worthy album track destined to remain obscure. You guys clearly love it enough for it to finish higher than a lot of her singles! At #12 it is the lowest of four Echo tracks in this rate with the other three still to come (yay this forum is stanning Leona's best album! :heart:). In terms of the honorary singles voted by the forum into this rate, ‘Outta My Head’ ranks in fifth place with 4 album tracks yet to appear!
May 18, 20205 yr YATR is stunning. So underrated! It really was lovely to hear her voice on another A+ power ballad! Collide is great. Very euphoric! Outta My Head is incredible. But HOW is Glassheart above it!? Glassheart always felt like a solid but inferior version to me? :(
May 18, 20205 yr Author 11. I Got You (from Echo) | 7.71 Highest: 11 (Cameron) / Lowest: 3 (Dean) 8BdyI8Uwmus Cameron’s 11 means ‘I Got You’ finishes at #11 since ‘Outta My Head’s highest rating was a 10. ‘I Got You’ was the second single from Leona’s sophomore album – the magnificent Echo. With my previous commentaries in mind, it should come as no surprise that I think it should have remained an album track over some of the other songs on the album. I don’t dislike it but I find it rather pedestrian and lacking in substance (I know there are many fans of the song here so please don’t come for me :lol: ). As for its suitability as a single needed to rescue a campaign in jeopardy, I think there were several songs that would have done better. One of those songs is still to come but I would have also put forward ‘Can’t Breathe’, ‘Broken’ or ‘Don’t Let Me Down’. Maybe even ‘My Hands’ or ‘Love Letter’. Okay I’m literally going to list the entire tracklist… Still, a #14 peak is nothing to scoff at considering the song was at odds with the pop landscape of 2010. So now we begin to break into the top 10! The songs still to come in alphabetical order: Better in Time Bleeding Love Footprints in the Sand Glassheart Happy Naked One More Sleep Run Take A Bow Yesterday Any predictions for the running order? I shall reveal the #10 tomorrow. :cheer:
May 18, 20205 yr I Got You missing the top 10 is so sad! It deserves its place over any of these: Footprints in the Sand Glassheart Naked Take A Bow Yesterday
May 18, 20205 yr I would have taken Glassheart or Naked out of that top 10 (genuinely forgot how Naked went had to play it on Spotify to jog my memory ) . Then that’s a solid top 10. I Got You definitely should have been there . Edited May 18, 20205 yr by troylovesmusic
May 18, 20205 yr Not releasing 'Outta My Head' really was the biggest mistake EVER. I still can't believe it. And it's her best song for me.
May 18, 20205 yr Top 10 prediction: 10. FITS. 9. Naked. 8. Happy. 7. Yesterday. 6. BIT. 5. Run. 4. Glassheart. 3. Take A Bow. 2. BL. 1. OMS although personally I would put GH above TAB..
May 19, 20205 yr Outta My Head should’ve been a single for sure! That was a much better and more natural uptempo anthem for her. I hope More Sleep is the next single to leave.
May 19, 20205 yr I'm so baffled as to how Glassheart is (presumably) so much higher than OMH!? UGHHH. (I love the song but it's just a weaker version ) I Got You is quite simply, her most underrated single. It's absolutely gorgeous. The melody of the chorus is stunning, the delayed release of the video hindered this, badly iirc! However, she was in a position to have recovered quite nicely had they just gone with OMH as the 3rd single with Naked 4th... I'd switch out Yesterday and Glassheart for I Got You and OMH. But a great top 10 nonetheless. I dont even dislike Yesterday or Glassheart (I SWEAR I don't :lol:)
May 19, 20205 yr I also prefer Glassheart to Outta My Head tbh. Why Glassheart didn’t lead the campaign for Glassheart I’ll never know. How Leona was so insistent on Trouble leading (or was that the labels choice as I really can’t imagine syco pushing trouble when the entire album was better :lol:) Glassheart could’ve literally done to her what Black Magic did to Little Mix or Say You Won’t Let Go did to James Arthur. I genuinely believe at that time Glassheart could’ve become a big smash for her both single and album if they went with the title track as the lead. With I Got You. #14 was seen as bad back then for a second single it’s like the equivalent of a #114 in today’s chart world. But they really should’ve pushed something else after that. For me I’d have went with Outta My Head as the second single and then Cant Breathe as a third single. I Got You though is really one of her songs what’s grown on me over the years at the time I just liked it but now I think I like it more than I did at the time. It just wasn’t single worthy (or at least not second single worthy from the album it come from) but that was just the beginning of terrible single decisions Leonas literally the most baffling artist in history for single choices though :lol:
May 19, 20205 yr You Are The Reason is just ok for me Collide is great and definitely should have been a bigger hit Outta My Head is an absolute banger should have definitely been a single I Got You is pretty average and never should have been a single imo Rooting for Take a Bow to be as high as possible Edited May 19, 20205 yr by Lukuzz
May 19, 20205 yr The best song on Echo is My Hands and that’s that. I will not be taking any questions at this time.
May 19, 20205 yr The best song on Echo is My Hands and that’s that. I will not be taking any questions at this time. A SONG :wub:
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