Posted September 22, 20213 yr We've already had the 'Girls Aloud' rankings & now lets have Cheryl's singles ranking from the same Tab website. Just like I did for Girls Aloud I'll post the link & the topic itself to make it easier to read. Every Cheryl single ranked from great to greatest 12. Under The Sun Okay, when I said not a single misstep, that might have been the die hard fan talking. Under The Sun isn’t a misstep, but it’s a liccle bit of a stumble. What the Eliza Doolittle is going on here? The song isn’t too bad, VERY 2012, it just doesn’t really feel very Cheryl and even though it’s going for a retro vibe it just feels dated. The music video is a bit perplexing and has Coronation St. energy. 11. The Flood Don’t ask me to explain this but The Flood has the same energy as when the Glee Cast used to do original songs. It’s cringe beyond belief, but it IS great. This weird narrative where Cheryl lives in a lighthouse and is in some destructive romance is so funny to me, even if that’s not the intention. It really lyrically committed to the water theme (“slipping through my fingers such / a natural disaster love!”) but kind of winds up drowning in it. All that being said, it’s still a bit of a late 00s power ballad relic that has merit. 10. Only Human The fact that a song THIS great is coming in TENTH tells you everything you need to know about how good Cheryl’s singles run is. This is so bloody beautiful. The vocoder production on the verses is so wow and was quite ahead of its time back in 2014. It’s a shame it underperformed so much because it deserved to be a big hit. Vocally WOW. Cheryl Houston. Cheryl Carey. Cheryl Dion. Cheryl Grande. Voice of a generation if you ask me. 9. Crazy Stupid Love You can’t go wrong with a la la la la la song. Kylie proved it, Britney proved it and queen Cheryl proved it. And with the assistance of Tinie Tempah, it became her fourth number one (and the lowest placing Chezza number one on the ranking). Crazy Stupid Love is a balls to the wall 2014 banger from start to finish. The verses are great. The prechorus is AMAZING (“it’s like a ROLLERRRRCOASTER but I’m only going’ up!”). Its only flaw? The instrumental chorus drop – a 2014 music fad that thankfully has pissed off. 8. Love Made Me Do It Should have been a huge comeback hit and I’ll never forgive the evil British public for failing her here. Fun production, good songwriting, infectious finger snapping baseline – it’s great and we will have no Love Made Me Do It slander on this ranking. Can’t listen to this without quoting her saying “Love made me do it, Ru!” when she guest judged on Drag Race UK. 7. I Don't Care Cheryl might not care, but I do! This was her fifth number one and as soon as you press play it’s clear why. The second single from her 2014 album Only Human, its electropop production sounds fresher by today’s standards than Crazy Stupid Love does despite the latter being the lead. It’s so fun and carefree – and isn’t that what pop music is all about!? Feels so euphoric singing along to “I don’t care / and it feels so f***ing good to say I swear, that I don’t care!” and absolutely belting your tits off. Not sure what she was up to with this weird Below Deck vibe music video but I’ll leave her to it ’cause it’s a bop. 6. Promise This Completely left-field and wild. A French intro motif that doubles as the post chorus and then goes into a full en Français outro? Okay, sure! Another banger that reached the top spot of the UK Singles Chart – Promise This was the lead single from Messy Little Raindrops (her worst album by a mile, but lets not go there) and did an excellent job of solidifying Cheryl’s solo career success as something deserved and not just a fluke hit off the back of Girls Aloud fame. It’s exciting, dramatic, a bit weird and has arguably her most cinematic music video. 5. 3 Words The most avant garde song in her catalogue. It’s an alternative pop release from one of the most mainstream artists you could get in 2008. Let it be noted that this EXCELLENT tune came off the back of her huge debut single’s success. This is the second glimpse the world got at what Cheryl’s solo output was going to be like. And it’s… so unconventional. A huge risk. It’s not the biggest hit in her discography, but it’s arguably the bravest. Really well written, weird electronic production mashed up with an acoustic guitar that makes it sound like it would be right at home on Madonna’s Music album. Says so much about her music taste and artistry that this got a single push. A slept on Cheryl wow! 4. Let You If 2019’s Let You is the last note we ever hear Cheryl sing, at least we ended on a BANG. If there was justice in the world, this would still be number one now. The production is amazing – pure ear slapping electro in the vein of Robyn’s early 2010s stuff. It suits her so much. She should permanently sing over beats like this. Video is gorgeous, choreography is great, chorus ascends when you think its done with but then it flicks to the “LET YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON MY BODAY”. It’s classic Cheryl! 3. Parachute Okay, turns out I previously lied. THIS is her best video. Everything about the video here just amplifies the already great song to another level. It’s pure cinema, and Derek Hough is in it doing some gorg tango choreo with Newcastle’s finest (they were mid-fling at the time, chemistry is FIZZING). Back to the song – it’s a complete classic from start to fin. Chorus is so catchy and her delivery being so staccato and one note feels so dramatic and iconic. The marching band drum beat that guides the whole song is so theatrical. Can’t believe this didn’t get to number one. 2. Fight For This Love It’s actually quite hard to grasp how much of a cultural reset this song is. It is so legendary that if you sang a few lines to your nan she’d be able to sing along. The video is so iconic that you could dress up as any outfit from it and everyone would know you were doing Cheryl fancy dress. If this song wasn’t as good as it is, we may never have had any other entries on this list. Cheryl would have been written off as the latest in a long line of girl band members trying their hand at a solo career that flopped and then faded into obscurity. But not our Chez. She was the nation’s sweetheart due to her tenure as judge on The X Factor, and released a song THIS GOOD at the most perfect time. The melody is perfection. The prechorus is delicious. The star power is undeniable. 1. Call My Name Can you think of a single person who wouldn’t be ecstatic if Call My Name came on in the club? If you can, cut them out your life. Call My Name is an unrelenting, Calvin Harris penned and produced EDM banger. It kicks in and doesn’t stop kicking till you’ve danced your arse off and sweat is pouring out of every orifice. You’d be hard pressed to find a better workout song released in the last 10 years. Cheryl sounds so at home on this track even though it was a completely new musical direction for her. The ahhh ahhh bits are so lush, the leg popping choreography in the video was imitated in the bedrooms of the girls and gays up and down the UK for months and the replayability is next level. Her best. And that’s that.
September 24, 20213 yr Quite a good order! I would disagree with Love Made Me Do It being that high. Great to see Let You getting praise :wub: The song sounded so good in the videos from Hoopla... I'm sure if she'd had that song during one of her first 3 eras it would have been a Top 10 smash. I said what I said!
September 25, 20213 yr Not a bad list. However Love Made Me Do It and The Flood should be bottom two. Under the Sun is so underrated IMO.
September 25, 20213 yr A pretty steady list a part from I wouldn't put 'Under The Sun' that low, I personally really like it though when the likes of 'Sexy Den A Mutha' and 'Screw You' on the album I'd have probably preferred those as singles. Also I'd probably give the #1 to 'FFTL'. Whilst on the subject of 'A Million Lights', If Cheryl didn't rejoin the girls for the reunion she said 'Screw You' and 'Sexy Den A Muta' would have been singles, curious where you'd rank them?
September 25, 20213 yr While not hugely popular here, i dont care is probably my most liked Cheryl single, parachutte and fight for this love would make up the rest of my top 3, the rest im not hugely fussed on.
October 8, 20213 yr Love this. So many amazing singles. I like them all. 1. Fight For This Love 2. Parachute 3. Call My Name 4. Promise This 5. Under The Sun 6. Crazy Stupid Love 7. I Dont Care 8. 3 Words 9. Love Made Me Do It 10. Heartbreaker 11. Only Human 12. The Flood
October 8, 20213 yr ^ Poor 'Let You' being paid dust! GOOD: 1. Call My Name (I think I can now declare this my favourite as it's aged a lot better) 2. Fight For This Love 3. Let You 4. Only Human GOOD-ISH: 5. Under The Sun 6. Crazy Stupid Love (in a "so bad it's good" kinda way) 7. Love Made Me Do It AVERAGE: 8. Parachute 9. Heartbreaker BAD: 10. I Don't Care AWFUL: 11. The Flood 12. Promise This 13. 3 Words Edited October 8, 20213 yr by Tawdry Hepburn
October 8, 20213 yr Incredible: 1. Fight For This Love Great: 2. Call My Name 3. 3 Words Underrated: 4. I Dont Care 5. The Flood 6. Let You Meh - Overrated: 7. Parachute 8. Promise This Alright: 9. Only Human 10. Heartbreaker No thanks: 11. Under The Sun Did someone forget to finish these? Shoulda left them in the trash. 12. Love Made Me Do It 13. Crazy Stupid Love
October 10, 20213 yr A MASTERCLASS IN MUSIC 1. Call My Name 2. 3 Words 3. Fight For This Love AN ICONIC POP SONG 4. Promise This 5. Parachute A LOVELY TUNE 6. Only Human 7. Crazy Stupid Love 8. The Flood PRETTY DECENT 9. Love Made Me Do It 10. Under the Sun 11. Heartbreaker MEH 12. Let You 13. I Don’t Care
October 10, 20213 yr GREAT 01. Fight For This Love 02. 3 Words (such a grower) GOOD 03. Parachute 04. Call My Name DECENT 05. Promise This 06. Heartbreaker 07. The Flood EH 08. Only Human 09. Let You 10. Under The Sun 11. Love Made Me Do It BAD 12. I Don't Care 13. Crazy Stupid Love
October 10, 20213 yr I'm glad they gave so much praise to 'Only Human' but 10th is still criminally low!
October 11, 20213 yr Author 1. Call My Name 2. Fight For This Love 3. Parachute 4. 3 Words 5. Let You 6. Promise This 7. Crazy Stupid Love 8. I Don’t Care 9. Only Human 10. Under The Sun 11. The Flood 12. Love Made Me Do It
October 11, 20213 yr I wonder will cheryl do a greatest hits, it would prob be her best way of some album success.
October 11, 20213 yr 'the flood' is incredibly underrated. 'crazy stupid love' and 'love made me do it' are both awful, i forget what 'under the sun' sounds like. I'd probably do this: 1. 3 Words 2. Call My Name 3. Promise This 4. Parachute 5. Fight For This Love 6. The Flood 7. Only Human 8. Let You 9. I Don't Care 10. Under The Sun 11. Crazy Stupid Love 12. Love Made Me Do It
October 11, 20213 yr GOD TIER 1. Call My Name 2. Fight For This Love AMAZING 3. Crazy Stupid Love 4. I Don't Care 5. Parachute GREAT 6. Let You 7. 3 Words 8. Only Human DECENT 9. Promise This 10. Under the Sun 11. The Flood 12. Love Made Me Do It
