July 17, 20232 yr My MF 2008 favourite was .... "Razborka". :) Eurovision - 2008 (top 5) : 1. Andorra (Gisela - Casanova) 2. Cyprus (Evdokia Kadi - Femme Fatale) 3. Poland (Isis Gee - For Life) 4. Bulgaria (Deep Zone and Balthazar - DJ, Take Me Away) 5. Hungary (Csezy - Candlelight)
August 9, 20232 yr Author My initial reaction was "we don't overlap much" in terms of 20 best records of the year, but just outside your 20 there's the Manics, and mine is something like this: peak pos/wks on chart after the position 1 1 26 SAY IT RIGHT Nelly Furtado 2 1 27 RAIN DOWN LOVE Freemasons/ Siedah Garrett 3 1 42 WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT Robyn/ Kleerup 4 1 23 REAL GIRL Mutya Buena 5 1 28 CALL THE SHOTS Girls Aloud 6 1 37 THE WAY I ARE Timbaland/ DOE/ Keri Hilson 7 1 15 MATHEMATICS Cherry Ghost 8 1 22 WORRIED ABOUT RAY The Hoosiers 9 1 24 I FOUND OUT Pigeon Detectives 10 1 36 FIRE IN YOUR EYES (AY AY) Twoface 11 2 23 GLAMOROUS Fergie 12 2 28 GOODBYE MR A The Hoosiers 13 2 16 TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE Jojo 14 2 25 RULE THE WORLD Take That 15 1 21 SEXY! NO NO NO Girls Aloud 16 1 19 HOT STUFF Craig David/ David Bowie 17 1 19 UMBRELLA Rihanna/ Jay-Z 18 1 15 SELFISH JEAN Travis 19 1 23 YOUR LOVE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH Manic Street Preachers/ Nina 20 2 16 WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND Justin Timberlake so around 25% overlap, more or less, with different Fergie & Mutya tracks featured and Mika not too far down my list. Fab top 20, a lot were big for me even if not in my top 20 of the year, althoug not heard the Twoface song. Will check it out. I recognise you loving that 'Hero' track but erm I don't recall it myself but then I didn't chart it so oops. I had no idea 'Touch My Body' was a chart topper for you. I presume you must have had the volume lower playing that round people :lol: I did like it myself though :blush: Yep, I was well into Mariah after the previous era :lol: I still like it. My MF 2008 favourite was .... "Razborka". :) Eurovision - 2008 (top 5) : 1. Andorra (Gisela - Casanova) 2. Cyprus (Evdokia Kadi - Femme Fatale) 3. Poland (Isis Gee - For Life) 4. Bulgaria (Deep Zone and Balthazar - DJ, Take Me Away) 5. Hungary (Csezy - Candlelight) DJ, Take Me Away was so underrated, can't believe it missed the final.
August 9, 20232 yr Author 2008 9/21: September - Cry For You (2 weeks at No.1) si0VFSOH0wQ 2008 was a bit of a glory period for Europop and Eurodance, probably their biggest presence in the UK chart since the start of the decade, thanks to labels like All Around the World and Hard2Beat picking up hits from the continent and promoting them here. Swedish star September had already had a soft launch here a couple of years earlier with the song Satellites but it did very little. Also known as Petra Marklund, she was tried again in the UK market by Hard2Beat with Cry For You, an awesome dance-pop song that was released in 2006 in Sweden and peaked at No.6 in early 2007. Sounding rather a lot like Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy did it little harm and it became one of the biggest Scandipop songs here for some time, reaching the UK top five and top 40 of the year, and spending a fortnight at the top for me.
August 9, 20232 yr Author 2008 10/21: Alphabeat - 10,000 Nights Of Thunder (2 weeks at No.1) ySHHdO-YTK4 Prior to September, the biggest Scandipop song of the year was probably Fascination by Alphabeat, which ended up peaking at No.2 for me but did finish 7th in my end of year chart, so it just got unlucky. The Danish sextet followed that up with 10,000 Nights, which for its original Danish release was called 10,000 Nights Of Thunder. Another sublime slice of joyous indie-pop, it prevented them from one-hit wonder status by peaking at No.16 and spending an impressive 11 weeks in the top 40 in the sloooooow charts of 2008. This one did manage to clamber to the top of my chart, where it stayed for a fortnight, although finished slightly lower in my end of year chart than Fascination, at No.13. They managed two further UK top 20 hits, but this was their only ever No.1 for me.
August 9, 20232 yr Author 2008 11/21: Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong (3 weeks at No.1) arSnpxfOD2k The UK failed to send 60s soul pop (THE sound of 2007/8) to Eurovision when they decided not to select The Revelations but somebody was always going to send a classy song from a credible performer peddling that sound and bag a Eurovision hit with it this year, and that country was Norway. Maria Haukaas Storeng won Melodi Grand Prix with the very soulful Maria and she impressed again at Eurovision, finishing in 5th place, comfortably higher than any other Western nation in another year dominated by the Eastern and Southern European countries. Co-written by Mira Craig, who together with Maria scored another major hit in my chart called Mine All Mine, the song features the questionable lyric 'love can be hard sometimes, yes it can catch you off guard like bad crimes', but is otherwise a masterclass in how to stage a great Eurovision entry and had juries been voting in the final that year, she would have easily been top three.
August 9, 20232 yr Author 2008 12/21: Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - No Air (6 weeks at No.1) WBKnpyoFEBo 2008 was still the period before stories broke about Chris Brown and, as it happens, I really enjoyed his musical output this year more than any other too, with Forever, With You and Superhuman all being big hits in my chart. But the biggest by a mile was No Air, the R&B collaboration with American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. Jordin had launched with the decent single Tattoo, which was a small hit for me and in the UK, but No Air absolutely blew me away. A vocal masterclass from Jordin on a great chorus, a really enjoyable and not over the top supporting role from Chris Brown, a lovely string breakdown in the middle eight, and just overall a classy modern love ballad duet. It ruled summer 2008 for me and was my joint longest running chart topper of the year with six weeks at No.1. In the UK it peaked at No.3 and spent ten weeks in the top ten.
August 10, 20232 yr September, Jordin and Chris & Alphabeat are all great tunes there. The latter were on a roll with those first 3 singles, all good fun!
August 11, 20232 yr 2008 10/21: Alphabeat - 10,000 Nights Of Thunder (2 weeks at No.1) ySHHdO-YTK4 Prior to September, the biggest Scandipop song of the year was probably Fascination by Alphabeat, which ended up peaking at No.2 for me but did finish 7th in my end of year chart, so it just got unlucky. The Danish sextet followed that up with 10,000 Nights, which for its original Danish release was called 10,000 Nights Of Thunder. Another sublime slice of joyous indie-pop, it prevented them from one-hit wonder status by peaking at No.16 and spending an impressive 11 weeks in the top 40 in the sloooooow charts of 2008. This one did manage to clamber to the top of my chart, where it stayed for a fortnight, although finished slightly lower in my end of year chart than Fascination, at No.13. They managed two further UK top 20 hits, but this was their only ever No.1 for me. This one is slightly overlooked in comparison to Fascination, I feel.
August 15, 20232 yr Author September, Jordin and Chris & Alphabeat are all great tunes there. The latter were on a roll with those first 3 singles, all good fun! They were to be fair, all three should have been bigger. Feel good pop. This one is slightly overlooked in comparison to Fascination, I feel. Agreed, I've always loved it a lot.
August 15, 20232 yr Author 2008 13/21: Rihanna - Disturbia (2 weeks at No.1) E1mU6h4Xdxc The Good Girl Gone Bad album, and the 10-week stay at UK No.1 for Umbrella, pushed Rihanna from big star to global superstar status, and she followed that up with another couple of big hits from the same album. But the following year the album got the re-release treatement as there was more mileage to milk out of the era, the first of what would be several imperial phases for Rihanna. Take A Bow was pushed first and reached No.1 in the UK, and then on the same week a month later entered Maroon 5 collaboration If I Never See Your Face Again - which rather underperformed considering both were big artists coming off recent big hits - and the Europop influenced monster Disturbia. Sounding, and looking (with the video) like it was pitched for Halloween, it charted initially quite low down outside the top 40 before disappearing for a while then returned for an 11 week run in the top 10 later in the year, actually exiting the top 10 as Halloween week arrived! It became her first No.1 for me and is still one of my top five Rihanna tracks. Edited August 15, 20232 yr by gooddelta
August 15, 20232 yr Author 2008 14/21: Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (2 weeks at No.1) KggNzh-crfA Shockingly, I never cared for Call On Me by Eric Prydz - the track's looped sample gave me a headache. But he scored quite a big top five hit for me with Proper Education, which very narrowly missed No.1 in the UK in early 2007, and over a year and a half later the Swede returned with an absolute monster of an instrumental, Pjanoo. With a huge riff, the progressive house song sounded festival-ready and slammed in at No.2 in the UK, also reaching No.1 in my chart for a fortnight - his first and only chart topper. More recently the song appears to have served as an inspiration for Jazzy's hit Giving Me. Shame it wasn't a full sample though as that would have sounded MUCH better. Edited August 15, 20232 yr by gooddelta
August 15, 20232 yr Author 2008 15/21: Katy Perry - Self Inflicted (1 week at No.1) l6cenodwKcM American singer Katy Perry obviously launched as a big deal, with I Kissed A Girl going to No.1 in the UK and reaching my top five. But it wasn't until her second album, Teenage Dream, that she became a superstar, both here and in the US. But as much as I LOVE that album, I must be the only person who still prefers her overlooked debut, One Of The Boys. The collection produced a few other hits - the huge Hot N Cold, the catchy Waking Up In Vegas and the ballad Thinking Of You. But there were some real gems elsewhere on the album too - the title track is brilliant, but - typically of me - my favourite track is the one that's least popular on Spotify. Self Inflicted has a nostalgic feel with a college rock 90s movie vibe, a lovely verse and bridge melody and a really rather big chorus, so I'm not sure why it's so underrated.
August 15, 20232 yr Author 2008 16/21: Mira Craig - Headhunted (1 week at No.1) oZYdIeim08g BJSC was starting to become a big deal on Buzzjack by late 2008 and I was feeling a little drunk on success after winning with Love Song (Sara Bareilles) and quickly following that up with top five finishes for Smack Me (Untouched), Mine All Mine (Maria Haukaas Storeng and Mira Craig) and Nobody Without You (Sanna Nielsen). For the 10th contest I quickly recycled Norwegian singer Mira Craig when I heard the hypnotic R&B employment/innuendo laden anthem Headhunted. I was pretty certain it was going to be a huge hit, gave it great odds, and made some bold claims at the time that it could be a huge hit for Pussycat Dolls or something. The track - with its very memorable video - understandably divided opinon down the middle, with a lot of people rushing to give their opinion on it, maybe because of how much I'd overhyped it. The results sadly went the wrong way and it was the first ever DNQ for FSR Rontvia, but the humble pie of the result was probably very much needed - everyone needs to fail from time to time to reset, take stock and realise that nobody is invincible or too big to fail. 15 years later I pretty much always go into the competition with no clue or expectations as to how my entries will do. I do still love this track though!
August 15, 20232 yr I must be the only person who still prefers her overlooked debut, One Of The Boys. I love "One Of The Boys" era and not a fan of anything else. A titled track was my favourite, but illegal for chart. Four her singles were # 1s (Ur So Gay, I Kissed A Girl, Hot and Cold, Waking Up In Vegas).
August 15, 20232 yr 'Disturbia' was the 2nd song of Rihanna's I properly enjoyed as unpopular opinion but kinda documented by my first few posts on here at the time found her songs very overrated and annoying but this was great. 'Pjanoo' is also a decent dance track too. Funny to think this was the same guy that did 'Call On Me' tbh. I would've heard 'Self Inflicted' as the album I own too but will need to give it a spin as I dont remember how it goes oops.
August 17, 20232 yr Author I love "One Of The Boys" era and not a fan of anything else. A titled track was my favourite, but illegal for chart. Four her singles were # 1s (Ur So Gay, I Kissed A Girl, Hot and Cold, Waking Up In Vegas). Glad to hear the album had another fan! The title track reached No.10 in my chart, where album tracks are allowed. 'Disturbia' was the 2nd song of Rihanna's I properly enjoyed as unpopular opinion but kinda documented by my first few posts on here at the time found her songs very overrated and annoying but this was great. 'Pjanoo' is also a decent dance track too. Funny to think this was the same guy that did 'Call On Me' tbh. I would've heard 'Self Inflicted' as the album I own too but will need to give it a spin as I dont remember how it goes oops. Oh she'd had a few for me, I enjoyed Unfaithful, Shut up and Drive, Hate That I Love You, Don't Stop The Music and Take A Bow. Could leave some of the other big hits though. Oh true yeah, at least he evolved his sound as people moved away from 80s looped house. Oh that's fair, probably a forgettable song for many.
August 17, 20232 yr Shockingly, I never cared for Call On Me by Eric Prydz Neither does Eric Prydz from what I gather :lol: I still love it but agree that Pjanoo has aged better.
August 17, 20232 yr Do you like Sunny - Carrie from MGP 2009 ? Sounds like a track from "One of the Boys". Ta95Ih_k7gE In MGP 2008 Lene Alexandra was my favourite with "Sillycone Valley". Speaking about ESC entries all my Norwegian favourites belongs to 70s decade.
August 21, 20232 yr Author Do you like Sunny - Carrie from MGP 2009 ? Sounds like a track from "One of the Boys". Ta95Ih_k7gE In MGP 2008 Lene Alexandra was my favourite with "Sillycone Valley". Speaking about ESC entries all my Norwegian favourites belongs to 70s decade. Yes it's quite good, I have the MGP 2009 on CD, I was a big fan of Do It Again by Foxy and Butterflies by Tone Damli. I don't think I followed it in 2008.
August 21, 20232 yr Author Neither does Eric Prydz from what I gather :lol: I still love it but agree that Pjanoo has aged better. Oh that's interesting, I guess Call On Me was very much a product of its time.
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