The slower steps songs seem to have done well on your charts. I'm so the opposite the slow songs don't rate all that well with me. Although I do really like someone like you, if only it was even a quarter as successful as adeles song of the same name.

 

H and Claire - DJ (2002)

 

 

Peak position : # 2

 

Chartrun : 2-4-5-7-8-10-12-14-16-15-17-19-20-23-26

 

Weeks in top 20 : 13

 

Rating : 7 / 10

 

19th May 2002

01. ( NE ) Faye Tozer and Russell Watson - Someone Like You (1 week) (1 week at # 1)

02. ( NE ) H and Claire - DJ (1 week)

03. ( 01 ) allSTARS* - Back When (2 weeks)

04. ( 02 ) Mad Donna - The Wheels On The Bus (3 weeks)

05. ( 04 ) Britney Spears - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman (6 weeks)

Dj isn't bad but I always felt it was missing something.

 

H and Claire - Half A Heart (2002)

 

 

Peak position : # 1 (1 week)

 

Chartrun : 1-2-2-4-6-8-10-12-13-17-20-23-29

 

Weeks in top 20 : 11

 

Rating : 8 / 10

 

 

H and Claire - All Out Of Love (2002)

 

 

Peak position : # 1 (1 week)

 

Chartrun : 1-3-4-5-6-7-10-10-10-12-14-14-18-20-23-24-30

 

Weeks in top 20 : 14

 

Rating : 8 / 10

Half a heart is one I don't revisit much at all but all out love I'm a big fan of and do revisit it.

Half a heart is one I don't revisit much at all but all out love I'm a big fan of and do revisit it.

 

'Another You, Another Me' is the one from my all-time favourite albums, possibly in top 5.

 

H and Claire - Beauty And The Beast (2002)

 

 

Peak position : # 1 (4 weeks)

 

Chartrun : 2-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-4-5-6-8-11-13-16-18-21-25-28-30

 

Weeks in top 20 : 18

 

Rating : 9 / 10

Edited December 15, 20231 yr by Last Dreamer

Beauty and the Beast is not a strong cover version.

'Another You, Another Me' is the one from my all-time favourite albums, possibly in top 5.

Its not a bad album but i still prefer most of Steps album to it.

Faye Tozer and Russell Watson - Someone Like You (2002)

 

 

Peak position : # 1 (5 weeks)

 

Chartrun : 1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-4-3-5-4-5-6-7-7-9-10-11-13-15-16-18-20-25-27

 

Weeks in top 20 : 24

 

Rating : 9 / 10

 

It's my all-time # 1 favourite duet. :heart:

 

Looooove that this did so well for you. I still play it often ❤️

Its a shame someone like you wanst more successful though, it does seem fairly popular among Steps fans but least it went top 10 officially although it only made number 46 here in Ireland.

Its a shame someone like you wanst more successful though, it does seem fairly popular among Steps fans but least it went top 10 officially although it only made number 46 here in Ireland.

 

I love Faye, sadly she didn't release anything else after "Someone Like You".

Yeah I suppose she was just a featured singer so no official plans to do solo stuff (& if I remember rightly Russell also did a version with Cleo Higgins which was used later on)

It's a huge shame she didn't follow it up, I wonder did she ever try and get a solo deal?

It's a huge shame she didn't follow it up, I wonder did she ever try and get a solo deal?

 

Just my take, so no knowledge at all.

 

I’d say or guess no. Only on the basis that Herve she wanted one she’s have got one.

 

I’m probably way off and wrong though.

Maybe at the time she wasn't self confident enough to go for a solo music career.

Beauty and the Beast is not a strong cover version.

 

Usually I prefer cover versions over the original / most well-known version, especially when they were recorded by my favourite singers/groups.

 

Sometimes cover versions works great and sometimes they dont, this one doesnt really bother me as im not a huge fan of the song itself.

I wish to stop "Gražios Dainos" (the title of my retrospective chart) somewhere in June-July of 2012 year, because like the idea to finish it with all-time # 1 song on the top.

 

Steps lost their chance to get 10th number one hit (but with including non-Steps material Faye, H and Claire did it) only because of this. Only 8 acts did it (from 1970 to 2012) : ABBA, Britney, Blondie, Brotherhood Of Man, Madonna, Kim Wilde, Twiggy, YVA. I'm not a fan of their new music (after comeback), but "Story Of A Heart" is obviously "missed # 1". "Light Up The World" had a strong chances for top 5.

 

Edited December 12, 20231 yr by Last Dreamer