May 4, 20232 yr Author dCBe0N0GPIo #04. Thank You | 8.361 Highest Scores: 10: (Nina West, Simon, DrizzyMack), Lowest Scores: 5: (BananasInPyjamas) At #4 is Thank You, released in February 2004 as the 3rd single from Jamelia's 2nd studio album Thank You. Written by Jamelia, Peter Biker and Carsten "Soulshock" Schack, while production was helmed by the latter two. The song is about an abusive relationship of which she had first-hand experience, discussing that relationship and how she made it through the experience. Upon release the track became her highest charting single in the UK by peaking at #2, it was kept off the top spot by a re-release of Peter Andre's 'Mysterious Girl'. The song also found success worldwide by hitting top 10 peaks in Scotland, Australia, New Zealand & Ireland, a top 20 peak in Finland as well as top 40 peaks in several other countries such as Netherlands, Italy & Switzerland. In France the song was released as a duet with French singer Singuila and reached a #30 on the charts there. Due to it's success the album was re-released with a few extra tracks and reached a new peak of #4 on the UK albums chart. The title track and focal point of Jamelia's 2nd album with its bold lyrical content and yet handled with grace and wisdom on this beautiful mid-tempo number where Jamelia's vocals confidently soars over the stellar production. This a deeply personal track that a lot of people could relate to and I will commend Jamelia on being able to share such a harrowing experience and show that she has come out stronger at the end of it. This is a great track and perhaps one of the most important songs in her discography.
May 4, 20232 yr Stop by Jamelia was my first introduction to the song and I discovered the Sam Brown original later. It’s a nice cover though. Thank You has done much better than I think it should have done but I guess it’s one of her more popular hits.
May 4, 20232 yr I've always loved 'Thank You', it's one of those songs that lyrically really stops you in your tracks.
May 5, 20232 yr Author m_OT8rMwEME #03. See It In A Boy's Eyes | 9.0 Highest Scores: 11: (Simon, JulianT, DrizzyMack, BananasInPyjamas, Chapman), 10: (One for Sorrow, lewistgreen, Nick F1), Lowest Scores: 6: (awardinary, Roba) At the #3 spot is See It in a Boy's Eyes, released in July 2004 and featured on the re-release edition of Jamelia's 2nd studio album Thank You, becoming the album's 4th overall single. The song was written in the studio at the end of 2003 by Jamelia and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin who created a piano loop and wrote the chorus. Jamelia stated that the song is "about a relationship where someone doesn't speak about having a problem and you can see that they're upset but they're just not talking". Upon release the song became another success for the artist by peaking at #5 on the UK singles chart and spent 11 weeks on the charts. Elsewhere it managed a top 10 peak in Scotland, top 20 peaks in Ireland & Hungary and top 40 peaks in Australia and Belgium. The music video won the "Best Video Award" at the 2004 MOBO awards. This was one of just 3 songs in this countdown to gain any 11 scores and this proved to be a bit of a dark horse during the scoring process as about halfway through it sailed past the title track and gained a healthy average of 9.0. This is yet another great song by Jamelia where the piano riffs by Chris Martin totally works in the song's favour and gives this a haunting yet mellow feel at the same time with sophisticated production and Jamelia's vocals sound stunning on this chilled out R&B pop number. This was a very interesting direction for her to take at the time and thankfully it worked as this is one of her finest recordings of her career.
May 5, 20232 yr The top 2 as expected and 3rd placer too. 'Something In The Boys Eyes' is a fine enough track but not a massive fave from her.
May 6, 20232 yr Superstar VS Beware of the Dog Which will win, stay tuned to find out! Either will be deserving but leaning slightly towards Beware of the Dog.
May 6, 20232 yr I feel like I might regret only giving Superstar a 10 rather than an 11 if it gets pipped to the top.
May 6, 20232 yr It's a really quite lovely song, I only rediscovered it recently. She was definitely at her peak around this point. I'm hoping for a 'Beware' victory.
May 6, 20232 yr Author Bu0LKfB3CR8 #02. Superstar | 9.361 Highest Scores: 11: (Nina West, vibe, lewistgreen),10: (jimwatts, JulianT, awardinary, ready for it, Nick F1), Lowest Scores: 8.5/8: (Yobnedor, Jessie Where, Simon, One for Sorrow, Lee J11, Roba) At the runner up spot is the career saving Superstar, which means that we all know what the winner is & will be posted in the next topic. The song was originally sung by Danish pop singer Christine Milton in early 2003 & was later covered by Jamelia and released in September 2003 as the 2nd single from her 2nd studio album Thank You. It was written by Cutfather, Joe Belmaati, and Remee with production by Cutfather who stated in an interview with HitQuarters that the song was initially inspired by Liberty X's "Just a Little" . Upon release the song entered the UK charts at #8 but as airplay, video play and the general awareness of the track increased, after a month on the track climbed to a peak of #3 and to date remains her most successful single of her career. Worldwide the song was an international success by topping the charts in Australia, Czech Rebublic & New Zealand as well as attaining top 10 peaks in 15 other countries, making this her international breakthrough. The song earned the songwriters an Ivor Novello Award for "Most Performed Work", being the most performed song in the United Kingdom in 2003. Despite the song's success Jamelia did state that she originally didn't like the song but over time she grew to like it, after all the success it received. This was the winner during the first half of the rate but in the end it lost out by just 4 points. I always remember being so happy when this song took off as I instantly loved it and felt that Jamelia always seemed more comfortable with the poppy sound as it suits her perfectly. Jamelia really makes this simple yet effective pop classic her own with her lip curling vocal delivery, strutting pop beats and catchy rhythms that makes everything come together beautifully. This is one of the best pop tracks of the 2000's and its hard to believe that this is now 20 years old. A sublime track through and through.
May 6, 20232 yr Author xMs172JU30Q #01. Beware of the Dog | 9.583 Highest Scores: 11: (Lee J11, awardinary, ready for it, Nick F1), 10: (Nina West, Yobnedor, lewistgreen, BananasInPyjamas), Lowest Scores: 8.5/8: gooddelta, vibe, jimwatts, Chapman) So there you have it Buzzjack your fave Jamelia track with a whopping average of 9.5 is Beware of the Dog. Released in December 2006 as the 2nd single from Jamelia's 3rd studio album Walk With Me and was written by Jamelia, Stuart Crichton, Tommy Lee James, and Karen Poole, while production was handled by Stuart Crichton. The song is built around a sample of Depeche Mode's song "Personal Jesus" from 1989. Upon release the track reached a #10 peak on the UK singles chart, becoming her 7th and final UK top 10 hit and also received high radio airplay, reaching BBC Radio 1's A-list and was even shortlisted for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize, a prize which recognizes the best British pop single over the past year. In support of the song. Jamelia performed the track with UK rock band Feeder, at their gig that was held on 9 November 2006 gig at the London Coronet. Worldwide the song was a moderate success by hitting top 10 in Scotland, top 20 in Finland, top 40 peaks in New Zealand & Czech Republic as well as top 50 peaks in Slovakia, Sweden, Ireland & Australia. This is great track that makes for a more than worthy winner and perhaps should have been released as the album's lead single as this could have easily fared better than 'SAY'. I do think that this was released rather late in the year and was overshadowed by Rihanna's 'SOS' which came out months before and used a Tainted Love sample & many saw this as copying that same idea. But who cares as this is a solid track where Jamelia takes a more pop/rock sound with pure brassy attitude that works well for her with its frantic energy and catchy dance beats and hell even the prominent sample works well in the song's favour. It's such a shame that this didn't find the success that it deserved as its a brilliant piece of pop music and an underrated gem to the masses.
May 6, 20232 yr Author I would like to thank everybody whose taken part and made this a huge success. Here's the full results of the 'Jamelia - Singles Rate': 01. Beware of the Dog - 9.583 02. Superstar - 9.361 03. See It in a Boy's Eyes - 9.0 04. Thank You - 8.361 05. Stop - 7.666 06. Something About You - 7.611 07. DJ - 6.527 08. Money - 6.361 09. No More - 6.277 10. Call Me - 5.583 11. Bout - 5.055 12. Boy Next Door - 4.5 13. I Do - 4.444 14. Universal Prayer - 3.875
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