IT'S RESULTS TIME.

 

One of the most successful UK & Irish boy bands and groups of all time. What is going to win? Which song will be finishing last? Any dark horse predictions?

 

 

xx.x Swear It Again

xx.x If I Let You Go

xx.x Flying Without Wings

xx.x I Have A Dream

xx.x Seasons In the Sun

xx.x Fool Again

xx.x Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

xx.x My Love

xx.x What Makes A Man

xx.x Uptown Girl

xx.x When You're Looking Like That

xx.x Queen Of My Heart

xx.x World Of Our Own

xx.x Bop Bop Baby

xx.x Unbreakable

xx.x Tonight

xx.x Hey Whatever

xx.x Mandy

xx.x Obvious

xx.x Ain't That A Kick In the Head

xx.x Smile

xx.x You Raise Me Up

xx.x When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

xx.x Amazing

xx.x The Rose

xx.x Home

xx.x Us Against the World

xx.x What About Now

xx.x Safe

xx.x Lighthouse

xx.x Hello My Love

xx.x Better Man

xx.x Dynamite

xx.x My Blood

xx.x Starlight

xx.x My Hero

xx.x Alone Together

Will post the first lot of results in about an hour or so.

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Looking forward to seeing these results! I'll predict World of Our Own to win and Ain't That A Kick In The Head to come last. Dark horse prediction would probably be my fave If I Let You Go, it gets a lot of hate on the forum for blocking Better Off Alone but I'm hoping that this rate will show that it is at least one of their better songs!

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I'll accept one more (I did say I'd remind you and I didn't so that's my bad!)

 

Post it here.

WOOO or FWW as top and Dynamite or I have a dream as last

09.0 Swear It Again

08.0 If I Let You Go

10.0 Flying Without Wings

08.0 I Have A Dream

11.0 Seasons In the Sun

07.0 Fool Again

10.0 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

09.0 My Love

09.0 What Makes A Man

10.0 Uptown Girl

08.0 When You're Looking Like That

10.0 Queen Of My Heart

10.0 World Of Our Own

09.0 Bop Bop Baby

07.0 Unbreakable

06.0 Tonight

05.0 Hey Whatever

10.0 Mandy

05.0 Obvious

02.0 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

06.0 Smile

10.0 You Raise Me Up

07.0 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

08.0 Amazing

10.0 The Rose

08.0 Home

10.0 Us Against the World

10.0 What About Now

06.0 Safe

05.0 Lighthouse

07.0 Hello My Love

05.0 Better Man

08.0 Dynamite

07.0 My Blood

06.0 Starlight

06.0 My Hero

06.0 Alone Together

It's OK.

 

We will NOT be including Lee's votes after all :magic:

 

31. Lighthouse [Greatest Hits] (4.85)

32. My Hero [Wild Dreams] (4.67)

33. Hey Whatever [Turnaround] (4.64)

34. Tonight [unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1] (4.62)

35. Mandy [Turnaround] (4.1)

36. Smile [Allow Us To Be Frank] (3.1)

37. Ain't That A Kick In the Head [Allow Us To Be Frank] (3.04)

 

 

I don't think there's many surprises here tbh. Finishing in the bottom 2 are the singles from their first swing album 'Allow Us To Be Frank'. Rightfully so too. Both dreadful. A poor showing for their 2004 album 'Turnaround' who also loses 2 singles! The #4 hit 'Hey Whatever' proved to be quite divisive. I just think it's verse and chorus don't gel well together, but I appreciate what they tried to go for. Mark's middle-8 in that is great! It also lost the number 1 single 'Mandy' or "Blandy" as I like to nickname it x Another cover that wasn't needed at all. BLEH.

 

The 2nd single from their first Greatest Hits collection makes an appearance here. 'Tonight' is very forgettable, but it's OK. The 2nd single from their most recent studio album is here as we lose 'My Hero' which again... is "meh". 'Lighthouse' was the only new single from their 2nd Greatest Hits collection and it's as bland as you'd probably think tbh.

I hate how much hate Hey Whatever gets, the whole second half in particular is brilliant. I do see some truth in your comments though Jonjo, for me the chorus is the worst part of the song.

 

No other losses here for me at all, the swing album was such an awful idea for them.

Blandy was the only song to receive MULTIPLE -1's. 5 members gave it their -1 score!

Good start! Ain't That A Kick In The Head was my -1 and deserves last place, and Mandy was easily their worst #1. Lighthouse is the only one I don't mind in that bunch.

I’m amazed Hey Whatever scored that low

 

Sadly I think the newer songs will be low down on the list - which I think will be harsh on Starlight

'Hey Whatever' may be different for them but it's an absolute RACKET.

 

21. What Makes A Man [Coast to Coast] (5.54)

22. Seasons In The Sun [Westlife] (5.52)

23. Dynamite [spectrum] (5.47)

24. Obvious [Turnaround] (5.46)

25. The Rose [The Love Album] (5.44)

26. Bop Bop Baby [World Of Our Own] (5.3)

27. When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross) [Face To Face] (5.18)

28. My Blood [spectrum] (5.14)

29. Safe [Gravity] (5.12)

30. Queen of My Heart [World Of Our Own] (5.02)

 

 

The song that ruined a perfect UK #1 streak for them misses out on the top 20. 'What Makes A Man' was the 2nd single from 'Coast to Coast' and was beaten to the number 1 spot by... Bob The Builder. I actually quite like this one and it didn't deserve to be the one that ended their #1 streak. Another cover is next as 'Seasons In the Sun' is out at #22. The first single from their self-titled debut to appear in this countdown. The 'Spectrum' album loses 2 of it's singles as we say goodbye to 'Dynamite' & 'My Blood'... both of which are "alright" but 'Dynamite' in particular could pop off SO much more.

 

The bland 'Obvious' leaves us in this section too, but we also lose another cover and ngl... it hits a bit of a soft spot for me :whistle: 'The Rose' is beautiful and it's their last single to reach UK #1! The 'World Of Our Own' album loses 2 of it's singles... 2 completely different type of songs! 'Bop Bop Baby' is at #27 and is very much "bop by name, bop by nature" but in an MOR R2/Heart FM kinda way. Deserves higher tbh. On the other end of the spectrum in every way imagineable, it's the drab, dreary 'Queen Of My Heart'. Yes, it's as sickly sweet as you'd imagine it to be. Bleurgh! The Diana Ross duet 'When You Tell Me That You Love Me' falls out in this section too. Very mid. Finally we have the aptly titled 'Safe'... not good, not bad. Ok. Not one you'd go back to etc..

Those swing covers were diabolical. Crikey. Who told them to do an album of those lmao. Robbie, Buble and others do that so much better imo.

'Bop Bop Baby' is such a catchy track and probably doesn't deserve to be as low as 26. I do admit to having 'Queen Of My Heart' on CD but I'm not so sure why exactly haha. I must've liked it very briefly and was an impulse buy because now I'd probably flog it in a charity shop :')

The Diana duet is okay too and 'Safe' was fine too but yeah not good or bad just there really in a semi pleasant way. 'Seasons In The Sun' is okay too tbh.

When You Tell Me That You Love Me is OK but the original version with just Diana was better! The Rose was a decent cover though, while I wouldn't say it was one of my favourites I also think it's a bit lower than it should be here, that and Seasons In The Sun should have swapped places.

'Dynamite' is passable, but that is a selection of absolute bilge.

What Makes A Man is decent, and better than a lot of their No.1s, but the rest there are not really my thing.

I was never going to participate in this as there are too many songs I don't know and wouldn't have cared to listen to so my opinion is irrelevant here but I remember actually quite liking both 'Safe' and 'Lighthouse' so a shame they're both gone already!