Posted June 21, 20241 yr First posted on Popjustice, here's my list of singles that (probably) had their UK commercial release cancelled. Most of them were at least promoed, but I've also included some where they were merely earmarked for potential release and mentioned somewhere like Music Week or Smash Hits. Some of these may have actually been released but must've been extremely sparsely stocked to have missed even the compressed version of the top 200. There's also a few examples that later went on to be hits, often remixed or on a different label. I'm still adding to the list so let me know if you can think of any more, and discuss any of your favourites! 09/01/95 T-Spoon - Take Me 2 The Limit XX/01/95 Bad Boys Inc - Change Your Mind XX/01/95 Masterboy - Is This The Love 27/02/95 Lisa Nilsson - Ticket To Heaven XX/03/95 Slamm - Like Right Now XX/04/95 2wo Third3 - Lover And Best Friend XX/04/95 Paradise Fall - 7 Seconds 01/05/95 Herbie - Right Type Of Mood XX/05/95 Caballero - Hymn 05/06/95 Papa Dee - The First Cut Is The Deepest 12/06/95 Bed & Breakfast - You Made Me Believe In Magic XX/06/95 Laura Pausini - La Solitudine XX/06/95 INXS - Original Sin XX/06/95 Shazam - No Guarantee XX/06/95 CJ Lewis - Rough 'N' Smooth 03/07/95 Serena - Ridin' High 10/07/95 Gloworm - Young Hearts 07/08/95 Dreamworld - Movin' Up XX/08/95 Infamy feat. Lawrie Demacque - You Spin Me Round XX/08/95 Edward II vs. The Development Corporation - Come Together... You & Me (Oh-Ay-Oh) 25/09/95 Sweetbox - Booyah (Here We Go) 25/09/95 Robson & Jerome - Daydream Believer XX/09/95 Love City Groove - Soft Spot XX/09/95 Rozalla - Losing My Religion 02/10/95 Deuce - Be What You Want To Be 16/10/95 Dominica - Gotta Let You Go 23/10/95 Madonna - I Want You 23/10/95 Michelle Gayle - Baby Don't Go 23/10/95 Radiohead - (Nice Dream) XX/10/95 Carli James - Round And Round XX/10/95 J.PAC - Nutter XX/10/95 Kenny Thomas - Bring Your Lovin' Back XX/10/95 Kylie Minogue - Time Will Pass You By 06/11/95 China Black - Don't Throw It All Away 20/11/95 The Flood - Right Here Right Now 20/11/95 Fun Factory - I Wanna B With U XX/11/95 Pandora - Don't You Know XX/11/95 Deuce - Let's Call It A Day XX/11/95 Take That - Every Guy XX/11/95 Maxx - Move Your Body XX/11/95 The Beautiful South - Dream A Little Dream XX/11/95 Damage - Girlfriend XX/11/95 Teez - I Should Have Known Better XX/12/95 Haddaway - Lover Be Thy Name XX/12/95 Nicki French - Never In A Million Years XX/12/95 Robson & Jerome - Amazing Grace 22/01/96 Fun Factory - Doh Wah Diddy XX/01/96 Code Red - Seven Ways To Break My Heart XX/02/96 2 Unlimited - Spread Your Love 11/03/96 Jodie Wilson - Falling/Call Me 18/03/96 Slam - U Got 2 Know XX/03/96 West End - It's Raining Men XX/03/96 Jeremy Jackson - French Kiss XX/03/96 Layla - Find Love XX/04/96 Ace Of Base - Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry XX/04/96 Bit To Beat - X-Files XX/04/96 Backstreet Boys - I Wanna Be With You 27/05/96 Zhi-Vago - Celebrate The Love XX/06/96 The Beloved - Deliver Me XX/06/96 Rated PG - Viva La Bamba (Hot Hot Hot) XX/06/96 Tanya Louise - Deep In You 01/07/96 Papa Dee - The Journey 08/07/96 Kyra - Easy To Love XX/07/96 Kelly Lllorenna - One Day I'll Fly Away 26/08/96 Pleasure Deluxe - 99 Red Balloons XX/08/96 Berri - The Sunshine After The Rain ('96 Remixes) 09/09/96 Mr. President - Coco Jamboo 16/09/96 Scanners - Pure 23/09/96 Doop - Ridin' XX/09/96 Whigfield - Sexy Eyes XX/09/96 Carol Bailey - I Can't Make You Love Me XX/09/96 Orlando - Just For A Second XX/09/96 TSD - You Lied XX/09/96 Visitors - The Visitors 21/10/96 Umboza - Paradiso XX/10/96 Happy Clappers - We've Got The Funk XX/10/96 Open Arms feat. Rowetta - Somebody XX/10/96 Real Joy - La danse d'Helene 18/11/96 Lighthouse Family - The Way You Are 25/11/96 Hotbox - Too Spicy XX/11/96 Dannii Minogue - Someone New XX/12/96 Urban Cookie Collective - Champagne Supernova 17/02/97 Amber - Colour Of Love XX/03/97 John Alford - Let It Be Me XX/03/97 White Town - Wanted 14/04/97 Reel 2 Real - Move Your Body (Mueve La Cadera) XX/04/97 Aqua - Roses Are Red XX/04/97 Andy Blackwood - I'm Gonna Get To You 12/05/97 Cicero - Summertime XX/05/97 Pandora - Smile N Shine XX/05/97 Gabrielle - People May Come XX/07/97 RME - I Believe 11/08/97 Phillip Leo feat. Glamma Kid - Summer Girl 18/08/97 Alibi - Sexual Healing 25/08/97 Tina Cousins - Angel XX/08/97 Martin Okasili - Freedom XX/08/97 Deni Hines - Imagination XX/08/97 Howard Donald - Speak Without Words XX/08/97 Basstown feat. Julie Ann - Always Forever 08/09/97 Grand Fiesta - Ritmo De La Noche 08/09/97 Ken Doh - Higher 15/09/97 Shaggy - My Dream XX/09/97 E-Motion - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) XX/09/97 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight XX/09/97 The Sign - Words 06/10/97 B-Yond - The Key 27/10/97 Ultra Naté - Any Ole Love XX/10/97 Le Click - Heaven's Got To Be Better XX/10/97 Motiv8 Meets Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love XX/10/97 Janice Robinson - Earthbeat 17/11/97 Phat 'N' Phunky - Carwash XX/11/97 No Mercy - When I Die 29/12/97 Michael Jackson - Smile 19/01/98 Jewel - Foolish Games XX/01/98 Eternal - Might As Well Be Me XX/01/98 Michael Jackson - Is It Scary XX/03/98 N-Trance - Broken Dreams XX/03/98 Roachford - Someday XX/03/98 Kavana - Thank You 27/04/98 Total Touch - Doo Be La Dee XX/04/98 Allure - Last Chance XX/04/98 Datura - Voo Doo Believe XX/04/98 Lutricia McNeal - My Side Of Town 18/05/98 Tina Cousins - Deeper Shade Of Blue XX/05/98 OTT - Ain't Done Loving You XX/05/98 Rio & Mars - I Don't Wanna Lose You 29/06/98 Tori Amos - Jackie's Strength XX/06/98 Anouk - Nobody's Wife XX/06/98 T-Street - Words XX/07/98 Alanis Morissette - Uninvited XX/07/98 Alison Limerick - Let's Hold On To Love XX/07/98 Nana - Too Much Heaven XX/07/98 Spice Girls - Viva Forever/Never Give Up On The Good Times XX/08/98 Five - Everybody Get Up/It's The Things You Do XX/08/98 Boyzone - Will Be Yours/No Matter What 10/08/98 Dreamhouse - Stay '98 17/08/98 Deni Hines - It's Alright/I'm Not In Love 24/08/98 2 Unlimited - Edge Of Heaven 24/08/98 Hector's House feat. Berri - Come And Get My Lovin' 24/08/98 Sprinkler - I Like You Just The Way I Am XX/08/98 Modern Talking - You're My Heart My Soul '98 XX/08/98 Molella & Phil Jay present Heaven 17 meets Fast Eddie - With This Ring Let Me Go 07/09/98 Shernette May - That's Alright With Me 14/09/98 911 - Nothing Stops The Rain/More Than A Woman 21/09/98 Celine Dion - Zora Sourit/To Love You More 28/09/98 Dakota Moon - Another Day Goes By 28/09/98 Jessica - Tell Me What You Like 28/09/98 2 Eivissa - Move Your Body 28/09/98 The Shamen - Universal XX/09/98 Charlotte - Skin XX/09/98 Janet Jackson - You XX/09/98 Ultimate KAOS - My Lover 19/10/98 2Shay - Lies 19/10/98 DJ Quicksilver - Timerider 26/10/98 Truce - Treat U Right (Remix) XX/10/98 Outhere Brothers - Ae-Ah XX/10/98 K-Klass - Live It Up XX/10/98 Navigators - Come Into My Life XX/11/98 Alexia - Feelings 02/11/98 Billie Myers - You Send Me Flying 02/11/98 Destiny's Child - Illusions 02/11/98 Mya - It's All About Me 09/11/98 Savage Garden - Tears Of Pearls 23/11/98 Robbie Williams - No Regrets/Phoenix From The Flames XX/11/98 Ultimate KAOS - Smile Some More XX/11/98 Celetia - On The Phone 14/12/98 Emma - It May Be Winter Outside 28/12/98 Carboo - A Touch Of Boogie XX/12/98 Billy Crawford - Party For 2 XX/12/98 Republica - Try Everything XX/12/98 Shernette May - You And I 25/01/99 E'Voke - Missing You 25/01/99 The Boyz - I Like 25/01/99 Dakota Moon - A Promise I Make XX/01/99 Brian McKnight - Hold Me XX/01/99 Ultra Naté - Pressure XX/01/99 Code Red - What Good Is A Heart? 01/02/99 JamPack - Love.com 15/02/99 Livin' Joy - Just For The Sex Of It 15/02/99 101 feat. Marvelous D - Why Don't You Stay 15/02/99 4 The Cause - Ain't No Sunshine 22/02/99 Five - It's The Things You Do 22/02/99 Puressence - This Feeling (re-issue) XX/02/99 Tina Arena & Marc Anthony - I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You 01/03/99 Paper Dolls - You Blow Me Away 01/03/99 Sarah McLachlan - Building A Mystery 01/03/99 Monica - Street Symphony 01/03/99 Other Two - You Can Fly 08/03/99 Matthew Marsden - Walk My Way 08/03/99 The Tamperer feat. Maya - Step Out 30/03/99 Mulberry Lane - Harmless XX/03/99 E-Type - Here I Go Again XX/03/99 Dina Carroll - Son Of A Preacher Man 26/04/99 Meja - How Crazy Are You 05/04/99 Monica - Inside XX/04/99 Maarja - First In Line XX/04/99 Ultra - Blind To The Groove 03/05/99 Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu '99 24/05/99 Sister Sway - Until You Saved My Life 31/05/99 Imaani - You Got A Way XX/05/99 2-4 Family - Lean On Me XX/05/99 Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott - She's A Bitch XX/05/99 Mytown - Body Bumpin' 19/06/99 Modern Talking - Brother Louie '99 XX/06/99 FAB! - Love Is A Battlefield 12/07/99 Cheryl Beattie - Fly 26/07/99 Joey McIntyre - Stay The Same XX/07/99 Ace Of Base - Cecilia XX/07/99 Emmie - You Only Hurt (The One You Love) XX/07/99 Robyn - Electric XX/07/99 Valerie Etienne - Didn't I XX/07/99 Loona - Bailando XX/08/99 Blaque Ivory - I Do XX/08/99 Lynsey Moore - Capture Me XX/08/99 Victoria - Crazy XX/08/99 Paps 'n' Skar - You Want My Love (Din Don Da Da) 06/09/99 Deetah - Honey Lollipop 20/09/99 Kim Lukas - All I Really Want XX/09/99 *NSYNC - God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You XX/09/99 Lenny Kravitz - American Woman XX/09/99 Love Inc. - You're A Superstar 11/10/99 Dina Carroll - Say You Love Me 11/10/99 Precious - Stand Up 11/10/99 Unique - Cricket Song 18/10/99 Soda Club - Go Go Crazy (On The Radio) 25/10/99 21st Century Girls - Teenage Attack 25/10/99 Hepburn - Here Comes Napoleon 25/10/99 Ricky Martin - She's All I Ever Had XX/10/99 *NSYNC - I Drive Myself Crazy XX/10/99 Toy-Box - Tarzan And Jane XX/10/99 Vitamin C - Smile 01/11/99 Alexia - Goodbye 15/11/99 Sascha - If You Believe XX/11/99 Gary Barlow - Arms XX/11/99 Jamelia - Thinking 'Bout You XX/11/99 Martine McCutcheon - Rainy Days 06/12/99 Gary Barlow - Lie To Me 06/12/99 B*Witched - I Shall Be There/Are You A Ghost 06/12/99 BBMak - Still On Your Side 06/12/99 Ace Of Base - C'est La Vie (Always 21) 13/12/99 Robin Scott - PopY2K XX/12/99 Shania Twain - You've Got A Way 24/01/00 Rednex - The Way I Mate 31/01/00 Johnson - Lovething XX/01/00 911 - If You'd Only Love Me XX/01/00 Brian McKnight - Back At One XX/01/00 Jordan Knight - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man XX/01/00 Rio & Mars - Love You Forever 23/02/00 Kick Angel - I Don't Care XX/02/00 702 - Gotta Leave XX/02/00 Another Level - I Like The Way (Kissing Game) XX/02/00 Lou Bega - Tricky Tricky XX/02/00 Stephen Gately - Bright Eyes 13/03/00 Boogietronic - Feels So Good 27/03/00 Eternal - I Cry Real Tears 27/03/00 Hinda Hicks - Our Destiny XX/03/00 Lolly - Kiss Kiss Boom Boom 03/04/00 Chumbawamba - She's Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy 20/04/00 Ellie Campbell - You're No Good 20/04/00 Enrique Iglesias - Be With You XX/04/00 DJ Mendez - Razor Tongue XX/05/00 Olive - I'm Not In Love 05/06/00 Atomic Kitten - Cradle 19/06/00 Jazmin - Don't Push 26/06/00 The Parade - Terrorize The Dancefloor 26/06/00 Tin Tin Out - Anybody's Guess XX/06/00 Lyte Funkie Ones - I Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight XX/06/00 Eiffel 65 - Too Much Of Heaven XX/06/00 Marlaine - Step Away 10/07/00 Don Philip - Sugar 17/07/00 Vitamin C - Friends Forever (Graduation Song) XX/07/00 Honeyz - Love To Love You Baby XX/07/00 Sherena Dugani - Accidental Angel XX/07/00 Hanson - This Time Around XX/07/00 Mero - Rich Boy 14/08/00 Indigo Blue - My Way Or No Way 14/08/00 Monaco - I've Got A Feeling 14/08/00 Moonbaby - Here We Go 14/08/00 One Track Mind - I Like U 28/08/00 Da Buzz - Do You Want Me 28/08/00 Fred & Roxy - Ten Times More 28/08/00 Lucy Skye - Feel Of Fire XX/08/00 Alex Party - U Gotta Be XX/08/00 Lucrezia - Lookin' 4 Love 04/09/00 Lee West - Wishing 04/09/00 Lou Bega - Mambo Mambo 04/09/00 Kéllé Bryan - I Wanna Know 11/09/00 Precious - Much Too Late 11/09/00 Toni Braxton - Spanish Guitar 18/09/00 Allsortz - La Bamba 18/09/00 GB United - Zeus' Dance 18/09/00 Lynsey Moore - Embrace Me 18/09/00 Sarina Paris - Look At Us 25/09/00 Soda Club - Show Me Your Love XX/09/00 50:50 - Where's The Party At XX/09/00 Doublestar - Do Me Right XX/09/00 Dreamworld - Movin' Up XX/09/00 Gigi D'Agostino - Bla Bla Bla XX/09/00 Jan Johnston - Superstar XX/09/00 Thuderbugs - Better Like This Boy XX/09/00 Urban Cookie Collective - Mercedes Benz 23/10/00 ATC - Around The World (La La La La La) XX/10/00 Angel Lee - Friend XX/10/00 Frisky feat. Vee - I Like The Way XX/10/00 Emmie - I Thought It Was You XX/10/00 Sham Rock - The Boy From Ballymore 06/11/00 Terry Maxx - Anything, Everything 27/11/00 Candi Staton - I Just Can't Get To Sleep At All XX/11/00 Lolly - Puppy Love XX/11/00 S Club 7 - Bring The House Down XX/11/00 Rollergirl - Superstar XX/11/00 DJ Jurgen - Higher And Higher XX/11/00 Naimee Coleman - Love Song 18/12/00 Westlife - Angels Wings XX/01/01 Lucid - Out There XX/01/01 SoulDecision - Faded XX/01/01 Yazz - Love Hangover 22/01/01 Girl Thing - So You Wanna Have Sex? 05/02/01 Linny - Games Lovers Play 12/02/01 Vanessa Amorosi - Shine 26/02/01 Shimoli - Damned XX/02/01 Bus Stop - Swing It XX/02/01 Kinnda - Don't Bring Sand To The Beach XX/02/01 Madasun - Turnaround XX/02/01 Teish O'Day - He Is The One 08/03/01 2Be3 - Even If XX/03/01 Kylie Minogue - Butterfly XX/03/01 Billie Piper - The Tide Is High XX/03/01 Spice Girls - Tell Me Why 23/04/01 Paola & Chiara - Vamos A Bailar (Esta Vida Nueva) XX/04/01 Daft Punk - Aerodynamic XX/05/01 B.O.N. - Nobody XX/05/01 Bee Gees - Wedding Day XX/05/01 Dario G - Say What's On Your Mind XX/05/01 Wideboys feat. Robbie Craig & Shola Ama - Your Mine XX/06/01 Dream - This Is Me XX/06/01 Shanks & Bigfoot - Trust In Me 02/07/01 Svala - The Real Me 16/07/01 Gigi D'Agostino - The Riddle 16/07/01 Lucrezia - Live To Tell 16/07/01 Lucy Street - Girl Next Door 28/07/01 Sheena Easton - Love Is In Control 20/08/01 Mandy Moore - In My Pocket XX/08/01 BBMak - Ghost Of You And Me 03/09/01 50:50 - Who's Coming Round 03/09/01 Aurora - Dreaming XX/09/01 Lisa Stansfield - 8-3-1 XX/09/01 Masai - Kick Back XX/09/01 StarGate feat. Tyler - Wilder XX/10/01 DJ Pied Piper & The Masters Of Ceremonies - We R Here 08/10/01 Naimee Coleman - Sugar Me 15/10/01 Jason Downs - Cherokee 15/10/01 Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend 22/10/01 Peppercorn - Nice To You 22/10/01 A1 - One More Try XX/10/01 Safri Duo - Samb-A-Dagio 12/11/01 Dance Nation - Sunshine 12/11/01 Honeyz - Talk To The Hand 12/11/01 Jessica Simpson - A Little Bit 19/11/01 Atomic Kitten - You Are 19/11/01 Louise - The Slightest Touch XX/11/01 S Club 7 - Show Me Your Colours 10/12/01 Creamy - Neverending Story 21/01/02 Anniq - Skin Deep XX/01/02 Alsou - He Loves Me XX/01/02 B*Witched - Where Will You Go XX/02/02 Jamie Benson - Dumb (Slip And Slide) XX/02/02 Hear'Say - Home Again 04/03/02 Benefit - Sex Sells 18/03/02 Cher - Song For The Lonely XX/03/02 Emma Bunton - A World Without You XX/03/02 Geri Halliwell - Circles Round The Moon XX/03/02 Liberty X - Wanting Me Tonight 06/05/02 Victoria Beckham & Robbie Craig - I Wish 27/05/02 Jamie Benson - Stay XX/05/02 Mandy Moore - Cry XX/05/02 Jan Johnston - Am I On Pause 10/06/02 Sarah Connor - From Sarah With Love 10/06/02 Anastacia - Boom! 17/06/02 Distant Soundz - Runaway 17/06/02 Fragma - Embrace Me 17/06/02 Carly Hennessy - I'm Gonna Blow Your Mind 08/07/02 Claire Sweeney - When You Believe 15/07/02 Ashley - Fallin' For You XX/07/02 Alcazar - Don't You Want Me 05/08/02 Riva - Time Is A Healer 12/08/02 Haifa - Unbreak My Heart 19/08/02 Rebekah Ryan - Can I Depend On You? XX/08/02 Six - There's A Whole Lot Of Loving 02/09/02 Lisa Roxanne - Love Story 09/09/02 Melodi Brown - Naked 09/09/02 Lauren Waterworth - The Show 16/09/02 A1 - When I'm Missing You 16/09/02 Bless'd - Booo! 16/09/02 Catherine Porter - She's So Cool 16/09/02 Gigi D'Agostino - L'amour toujours 23/09/02 dmac - Reason For Breathing 23/09/02 Elisa - Come Speak To Me 23/09/02 Dreamcatcher - Twisted 30/09/02 Aurora - If You Could Read My Mind 30/09/02 Tommi - What Part Of No? XX/09/02 Catch - Walk On Water (Baby U Can) 07/10/02 DJ Aligator Project - Lollipop 14/10/02 Benefit - What's It Gonna Be 21/10/02 3LW - I Do (Wanna Get Close To You) 21/10/02 A1 - Learn To Fly 21/10/02 Alex C feat. Yasmin K - Rhythm Of The Night 21/10/02 DJ Quicksilver presents Base Unique - Always On My Mind 28/10/02 ATC - My Heart Beats Like A Drum (Dam Dam Dam) 28/10/02 Nicole Russo - Better Day XX/10/02 Lighthouse Family - End Of The Sky 04/11/02 Natural - Let Me Count The Ways 11/11/02 Steps - Baby Don't Dance 25/11/02 Atomic Kitten - Walking On The Water XX/11/02 Hear'Say - If You Wanna Roll With Me 16/12/02 Westlife - Miss You Nights 20/01/03 Alanis Morissette - Surrendering 27/01/03 Aaliyah - Miss You XX/01/03 ATC - I'm In Heaven (When You Kiss Me) 03/02/03 Sash! - Ganbareh 03/02/03 LMC feat. Karen West - Everything U Need 10/02/03 Alice Martineau - The Right Time 17/02/03 Michelle Branch - Goodbye To You 24/02/03 Vanessa Carlton - Pretty Baby 24/02/03 Sarah Connor feat. Wyclef - One Nite Stand XX/02/03 H & Claire - Another You, Another Me XX/02/03 Natural - Paradise 03/03/03 Christina Milian - Until I Get Over You 03/03/03 Jennifer Love-Hewitt - Can I Go Now? 03/03/03 Santana feat. Seal - You Are My Kind 10/03/03 Holly Valance - Tuck Your Shirt In 10/03/03 Rosie Ribbons - Good Thing 17/03/03 3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone 30/03/03 Mariah Carey - The One XX/03/03 Six - After The Goldrush 07/04/03 Paulina Rubio - I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover) 28/04/03 Laura Pausini - Surrender XX/04/03 Mariah Carey - Bringin’ On The Heartbreak 05/05/03 Celine Dion - I Drove All Night 05/05/03 Jody Lei - Oh No 19/05/03 Whitney Houston - On My Own 26/05/03 Rosie Ribbons - Heaven/Groove Is In The Heart 26/05/03 Alexis Strum - Addicted 09/06/03 Aurora feat. Naimee Coleman - Sleeping Satellite 23/06/03 Roxette - Opportunity Nox 23/06/03 Kate Ryan - Scream For More 07/07/03 Rikki & Daz - Bueno Bueno (Soft And Creamy) 21/07/03 Sash! feat. TJ Davis - I Believe 21/07/03 RZA feat. Xavier Naidoo - I've Never Seen 04/08/03 Tantalize - Definition 11/08/03 Girls Aloud - Some Kind Of Miracle 25/08/03 Love Inc - Here Comes The Sunshine 25/08/03 In-Grid - Tu Es Foutu 08/09/03 Lene - It's Your Duty (To Shake That Booty) 15/09/03 Mankato - Pictures Of The Other Side 15/09/03 Ainslie Henderson - Pretty Girls And Pretty Boys 22/09/03 Michelle Branch - Breathe 22/09/03 Emma Holland - Sunshine XX/09/03 TLC - Turntable 06/10/03 Outlandish - Aicha 13/10/03 Tatjana - Santa Maria 2003 13/10/03 Thicke - When I Get You Alone 20/10/03 Mel Blatt - Blue 03/11/03 Triple Eight - You And I 10/11/03 Abs - 7 Ways 17/11/03 Lisa Scott-Lee - I’ll Wait For You/U Sure Do 15/12/03 Justin Timberlake - I'm Lovin' It 29/12/03 CJ Stone - Don't Look Back 29/12/03 S Club 8 - Tears On My Pillow/Don’t Tell Me You’re Sorry XX/12/03 Siobhan Donaghy - Iodine 05/01/04 Maria Willson - Tonight 05/01/04 Mya - Fallen 05/01/04 NG3 - Holler 12/01/04 Richard X - You Used To 09/02/04 Holly Valance - Desire 15/03/04 Delta Goodrem - Throw It Away XX/03/04 Liberty X - Watcha Doin' Tonight XX/03/04 Rachel Stevens - Breathe In, Breathe Out 05/04/04 Pink - Catch Me While I'm Sleeping 26/04/04 Louise - Bounce Back 17/05/04 Haiducii - Dragostea Din Tei 17/05/04 Lene Marlin - Another Day 24/05/24 Jody Lei - Just The Music 31/05/04 Lemar - No Pressure XX/05/04 Erin Rocha - Let Me Down Easy 07/06/04 Candice - Hello 21/06/04 Bellefire - You Were Meant For Me 21/06/04 Rezonance Q - Sweetheart 05/07/04 Michelle Lawson - Beautiful Thing 05/07/04 Seether feat. Amy Lee - Broken 12/07/04 Michelle - Emotional 19/07/04 Alex Cartañá - Lost Ur Mind XX/07/04 Celine Dion - You And I XX/08/04 Britney Spears - Outrageous XX/08/04 Enrique Iglesias - Say It XX/08/04 JC Chasez - All Day Long I Dream About Sex XX/08/04 Kelly Llorenna - Before You Love Me 06/09/04 Maria Mena - You Are The Only One 27/09/04 Mania - Money In My Pocket XX/09/04 Geri Halliwell - 100% Pure Love XX/09/04 Vanessa Carlton - White Houses 04/10/04 Ana Johnsson - Don't Cry For Pain 25/10/04 Tina Cousins - Hymn 01/11/04 Il Divo - Regresa a Mí (Unbreak My Heart) 01/11/04 Westlife - Ain't That A Kick In The Head 15/11/04 Hoobastank - Same Direction 22/11/04 Darren Hayes - Darkness XX/11/04 Gabrielle - You Used To Love Me XX/12/04 VS - If You Leave Me Now 03/01/05 Blue - Get Down On It 10/01/05 Divine Inspiration - Someday 31/01/05 Jentina - Mysterious XX/01/05 3 Of A Kind - Wink One Eye (Secret Sign) 14/02/05 Lindsay Lohan - Rumors 21/03/05 Alsou - Always On My Mind 28/03/05 Mis-Teeq - Shoo Shoo Baby XX/03/05 Pop! - Xanadu 04/04/05 Kristian Leontiou - Fast Car 11/04/05 Delta Goodrem - Mistaken Identity 02/05/05 Raghav - No I 09/05/05 Candee Jay - Lose This Feeling 16/05/05 Shaznay Lewis - Nasty Boy 16/05/05 Christina Milian feat. Twista - Don’t Wanna Lose Ya Love 23/05/05 George Michael - John and Elvis Are Dead 23/05/05 Therese - Time XX/05/05 Girls Aloud - Wicked Game 06/06/05 Nerina Pallot - Damascus 13/06/05 Steve Brookstein - Dance With My Father 27/06/05 Ben Moody feat. Anastacia - Everything Burns 27/06/05 NDS feat. Lauren - Xanadu XX/07/05 Alex Parks - Do You Know The Way It Feels XX/07/05 Slinkee Minx - Summer Rain 01/08/05 Keisha White - Open Like So/The Weakness In Me XX/08/05 Kaci - I Will Learn To Love Again 05/09/05 Beulah - Sweet Kinda Something 12/09/05 Lene Marlin - How Would It Be? XX/09/05 Alexis Strum - Why Me, Why Now? 17/10/05 Alex Parks - Looking For Water 24/10/05 Daniel Powter - Free Loop XX/10/05 Natalie Imbruglia - Satisfied 05/12/05 Jo O'Meara - To Ease Your Pain 16/01/06 Mattafix - To & Fro 16/01/06 Tina Dico - Warm Sand 06/02/06 Rachel Stevens - Nothing Good About This Goodbye 13/02/06 Liberty X - Then There Was You 20/02/06 Alexis Strum - It Could Be You 27/02/06 Flip & Fill - 6 Days (On The Run) 20/03/06 Dannii Minogue - I Can’t Sleep At Night 27/03/06 Kelly Llorenna - Nobody Like You XX/03/06 The Faders - Look At Me Now 03/04/06 Plumb - Real Life Fairytale 10/04/06 Ian Van Dahl - Movin’ On 24/04/06 Elin Ruth - When It Comes To You 08/05/06 Ashlee Simpson - L.O.V.E. 15/05/06 Girls Aloud - Models 15/05/06 Sheryl Crow feat. Sting - Always On Your Side XX/05/06 Sugababes - Gotta Be You 12/06/06 DHT feat. Edmée - Someone/I Go Crazy 12/06/06 t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai 12/06/06 Kate Ryan - Je t'adore 10/07/06 Lorraine - Transatlantic Flight 31/07/06 The Hughes Corporation - What A Feeling 14/08/06 Fort Minor feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where’d You Go 21/08/06 Daniel Powter - Jimmy 21/08/06 Laura Michelle Kelly - Communication 21/08/06 Pakito - Living On Video XX/08/06 Frisco - The Summer Is Magic XX/08/06 Karmah - Just Be Good To Me XX/08/06 Rob Thomas - Ever The Same XX/09/06 Morandi - Oh La La 02/10/06 Ross Copperman - As I Choke 30/10/06 Westlife - The Dance XX/10/06 DJ Project - Before I Sleep 13/11/06 Helena Paparizou - Mambo 20/11/06 Ronan Keating - This I Promise You 27/11/06 Fergie - Fergalicious XX/12/06 Lucky Twice - Lucky XX/12/06 Stacie Orrico - So Simple Edited July 21, 2024Jul 21 by AcerBen
June 21, 20241 yr Loose Chippins - Girls Gettin' Naughty Sinead Quinn - double single , not 100 % sure but maybe Safe Hands/Don't Give It Up Girl Edited June 21, 20241 yr by Last Dreamer
June 21, 20241 yr Had no idea Atomic Kitten intended to release Walking on the Water prior to the switch out to The Last Goodbye. Wonder what happened there! It's my favourite album track on Feels So Good
June 21, 20241 yr Mostly songs from after each artist started flopping in the charts. :( I think Fragma should have continued having UK hits in 2002-3 as their trancepop sound was still popular in the charts. I see 3 of a Kind had a cancelled follow up in early 2005 too. A few others from a few months after UK one hit wonder songs from Safri Duo, DJ Alligator Project and ATC. Edited June 21, 20241 yr by TheSnake
June 21, 20241 yr Alexis Strums will always sting for me. It has good video play and sounded like a radio hit waiting to happen. And then it just got pulled and her career was done
June 21, 20241 yr Thanks for posting the list here, it’s fascinating. I wonder how many of these are on Spotify, it would be good to make a playlist of as many available and work my way through them. A few of these ended up on compilation albums so I suppose the rug was sometimes pulled after they were given the green light to be licensed. I always think, did we miss any big top 10 hits here? I guess some of the big switched pop band singles would have been from Boyzone, Five etc. You Are by Atomic Kitten could easily have gone top five.
June 21, 20241 yr Thanks for posting this, really interesting! 23/04/01 Paola & Chiara - Vamos A Bailar (Esta Vida Nueva) ^ shame this one was cancelled, I sent it to the BuzzJack Song Contest over 20 years later and it went down well on here *.*
June 21, 20241 yr These are the ones that stick out the most for me: XX/04/96 Ace Of Base - Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry 27/05/96 Zhi-Vago - Celebrate The Love (brilliant Robert Miles-esque dance) XX/09/96 Whigfield - Sexy Eyes (could have been another big hit with the right promotion) XX/08/97 Howard Donald - Speak Without Words (not a big loss but a shame he never got his chance to shine solo - he's been performing this on their current tour) 19/01/98 Jewel - Foolish Games XX/07/98 Alanis Morissette - Uninvited (thrown away a hit here) XX/07/98 Spice Girls - Never Give Up On The Good Times (probably did deserve its moment) XX/08/98 Boyzone - Will Be Yours (we missed Boyzone's Cheiron moment) 21/09/98 Celine Dion - To Love You More (fantastic track, would have been a good follow up to Immortality) 01/03/99 Sarah McLachlan - Building A Mystery 24/05/99 Sister Sway - Until You Saved My Life (could have been big if it had gone to Eurovision) XX/07/99 Robyn - Electric (shame we missed her second album here) 20/09/99 Kim Lukas - All I Really Want (an all-time favourite, what a loss! This would have been a top 10 with promotion for sure) XX/09/99 Lenny Kravitz - American Woman (iconic track, can't believe this was cancelled here, it had a lot of airplay and I loved the Austin Powers film it was from) XX/09/99 Love Inc. - You're A Superstar (certainly fits 1999 more than it did 2002) 06/12/99 Ace Of Base - C'est La Vie (Always 21) (I guess it would have been a flop but I always found this very jolly) 20/04/00 Enrique Iglesias - Be With You (probably another lost hit considering how big it was internationally) 05/06/00 Atomic Kitten - Cradle (was always an album fave - it got its moment in the top 10 eventually I guess) 26/06/00 The Parade - Terrorize The Dancefloor (very arresting pop/indie track, such a shame it was pulled) XX/06/00 Eiffel 65 - Too Much Of Heaven (another big favourite, bah, why did they stop after two top three hits, this could have been a top ten) 17/07/00 Vitamin C - Friends Forever (Graduation Song) (such a good track, didn't the guys from OMD who write for Atomic Kitten say the vibe of this was the basis for Whole Again?) 23/10/00 ATC - Around The World (La La La La La) (so weird it was pulled here in 2000 but eventually released when the moment had basically passed) XX/10/00 Emmie - I Thought It Was You (this was good, very Looking For Love sounding...the radio edit was on Spotify for a while but recently pulled off) XX/11/00 S Club 7 - Bring The House Down (Children In Need came along I suppose, this is their big lost single definitely) 18/12/00 Westlife - Angels Wings (they had so many singles sent only to radio/TV in this country but not released, I wonder if this could have beaten Bob The Builder?) 12/02/01 Vanessa Amorosi - Shine (was gutted when this was pulled, a brilliant track that could have been top 20. I recently heard it was suggested by her manager to changing it to from 'die' to 'Shine' to be less morbid...it really makes me read the song in a completely different way but does actually make the rest of the song make sense) XX/03/01 Billie Piper - The Tide Is High (Imagine if this had gone ahead and been a hit! Atomic Kitten basically ripped off her version) 23/04/01 Paola & Chiara - Vamos A Bailar (Esta Vida Nueva) XX/05/01 Dario G - Say What's On Your Mind (I listened to this after Paul's sad passing the other day, nice song) 16/07/01 Gigi D'Agostino - The Riddle (a big loss for us that all his singles were cancelled or flopped here, so many classics) XX/09/01 Masai - Kick Back (I do have this on CD single, bought at this time, I presumed it had just flopped) 19/11/01 Atomic Kitten - You Are (one of the big losses in terms of chart potential, ok it wouldn't have been a No.1 but a safe top five with multiple weeks in the top 10, always found it strange it was binned at the last minute) XX/11/01 S Club 7 - Show Me Your Colours (Children In Need getting in the way again...another good track) 10/12/01 Creamy - Neverending Story (another that made its way onto various compilations, after Little Fish had the hit instead of them with Help...I'm A Fish, they were robbed a couple of times) 18/03/02 Cher - Song For The Lonely (great track, should have led that album instead of her trying to recreate Believe) 27/05/02 Jamie Benson - Stay (fairly standard Lisa Loeb cover from the Hepburn singer but I heard it a lot at the time) 10/06/02 Sarah Connor - From Sarah With Love (she really should have had more singles/hits here) 15/07/02 Ashley - Fallin' For You (loved this, was on commercial radio a lot and Hits 53 I think it was - amazing voice) XX/08/02 Six - There's A Whole Lot Of Loving (interesting that this was due for release here at one point) 16/09/02 Gigi D'Agostino - L'amour toujours (Another classic pulled) 11/11/02 Steps - Baby Don't Dance (A lot of Steps fans were sad this was cancelled but really, to me it was an ok song that would have spoilt their great chart record, maybe charted 11-15, the time had passed...for that point at least) 25/11/02 Atomic Kitten - Walking On The Water (some really good songs on that album, including the title track that Kylie wrote) 07/07/03 Rikki & Daz - Bueno Bueno (Soft And Creamy) (never knew they were due a follow up, this sounds...quite something) 11/08/03 Girls Aloud - Some Kind Of Miracle (love this track, I knew it must have been canned because a radio mix was made for it) 10/11/03 Abs - 7 Ways (this was one of his best solo songs!) 15/12/03 Justin Timberlake - I'm Lovin' It (one of the best known songs on this list, even Now placed it high up Now 57) 29/12/03 S Club 8 - Tears On My Pillow (they may have dodged a bullet with that cover, not a good look for a band that had been maturing their sound) 15/03/04 Delta Goodrem - Throw It Away (gutted, I know it would have flopped but still, the radio mix was only released on a site called My Coke Music and the promo CDs sell for hundreds of pounds on the very rare occasion they become available) 26/04/04 Louise - Bounce Back (this finally saw the light of day recently, a good track) XX/08/04 Kelly Llorenna - Before You Love Me (the Alsou song...I vaguely remember Kelly's cover) 21/03/05 Alsou - Always On My Mind (talking of Alsou, I really liked this and remember hearing it at the time) 11/04/05 Delta Goodrem - Mistaken Identity (this list makes me too sad, but then I guess I'd have been sadder to see this brilliance limping into the chart at No.37) 24/10/05 Daniel Powter - Free Loop (I liked quite a few of Daniel's Bad Day follow ups, he was better than a one-hit wonder) XX/10/05 Natalie Imbruglia - Satisfied (loved this a lot, one of my favourite songs on the album) 06/02/06 Rachel Stevens - Nothing Good About This Goodbye (such a loss, what a track/Alexis Strum cover!) 20/02/06 Alexis Strum - It Could Be You (this lady had too much bad luck, a stunning song) 12/06/06 DHT feat. Edmée – Someone/I Go Crazy (I still listen to their debut album to this day, both of these songs are good) 12/06/06 t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai (unexpectedly beautiful ballad) 12/06/06 Kate Ryan - Je t'adore (her Eurovision entry! I doubt it would have done anything but still a great track) 21/08/06 Lazy B - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants (this did get released on this date and charted at No.30 in the UK) 13/11/06 Helena Paparizou - Mambo (so many brilliant songs, can't believe she never managed a hit here) XX/12/06 Lucky Twice - Lucky (brilliant Scandipop, another missed opportunity)
June 21, 20241 yr As an aside, was Jennifer Lopez's Let's Get Loud ever cancelled, or just never planned for a release here at all? That seems like one of the biggest ever label oversights, it's such a well known song and we got the bland Feelin' So Good instead.
June 21, 20241 yr 15/12/03 Justin Timberlake - I'm Lovin' It Ok I’m glad I didn’t imagine this. :lol: Did he give his song to McDonalds and then cancel the single? :lol:
June 21, 20241 yr Author 23/10/00 ATC - Around The World (La La La La La) (so weird it was pulled here in 2000 but eventually released when the moment had basically passed) - the reason it got its moment in 2002 was because the guy who ran the label EMI Liberty (also responsible for DJ Otzi & Hermes House Band) was a big europop fan. He told me at the time it had been "his dream" to make this a UK hit! XX/08/02 Six - There's A Whole Lot Of Loving (interesting that this was due for release here at one point) - they came over to promote it on SMTV and Blue Peter following the UK airing of Popstars Ireland. Strange they didn't bother putting the single out. 21/08/06 Lazy B - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants (this did get released on this date and charted at No.30 in the UK) - thanks, I somehow missed that! XX/12/06 Lucky Twice - Lucky (brilliant Scandipop, another missed opportunity) - I actually got this licenced to Europa (same label that put out Infernal) when I interned there. It was a big hit in Spain at least.
June 21, 20241 yr Author As an aside, was Jennifer Lopez's Let's Get Loud ever cancelled, or just never planned for a release here at all? That seems like one of the biggest ever label oversights, it's such a well known song and we got the bland Feelin' So Good instead. Yes, that is a weird one. I don't remember seeing the video or anything so don't think it was promoed anyway. Wonder what the label was thinking.
June 21, 20241 yr Interesting r.e. ATC, I’m forever in debt to that label guy then! It may have only got to 15 in the end but it left a far bigger legacy, with the amount of people that have been inspired by it or sampled it, so I’m glad it did at least get its chance to shine here. It’s just as interesting that You’re A Superstar did so well in late 2002, when it sounded so out of touch with dance trends at the time. I guess you just can’t keep a great song down sometimes. I wasn’t surprised when I read at the time that it had been a hit in Canada four years earlier as it sounded exactly that old. Always found it a welcome curiosity that Lucky Twice did so well in Spain. Another possible one for the thread although you might be able to confirm - DJ Daz (Sampson) - The Woah Song. I heard it a lot at the time - Discogs suggests it was released in Netherlands and Sweden in 2005, I don’t know about here. Maybe also some of the Eurovision winners of the early 00s - I have no idea if Olsen Brothers, Tanel Padar & Dave Benton or Marie N ever appeared on the release schedule here.
June 21, 20241 yr Yes, that is a weird one. I don't remember seeing the video or anything so don't think it was promoed anyway. Wonder what the label was thinking. There was a live video that was served as ‘official video’ all over music channels in Europe!!!
June 21, 20241 yr Author There was a live video that was served as ‘official video’ all over music channels in Europe!!! But not the UK ones I mean, as I recall
June 21, 20241 yr Author Interesting r.e. ATC, I’m forever in debt to that label guy then! It may have only got to 15 in the end but it left a far bigger legacy, with the amount of people that have been inspired by it or sampled it, so I’m glad it did at least get its chance to shine here. It’s just as interesting that You’re A Superstar did so well in late 2002, when it sounded so out of touch with dance trends at the time. I guess you just can’t keep a great song down sometimes. I wasn’t surprised when I read at the time that it had been a hit in Canada four years earlier as it sounded exactly that old. Always found it a welcome curiosity that Lucky Twice did so well in Spain. Another possible one for the thread although you might be able to confirm - DJ Daz (Sampson) - The Woah Song. I heard it a lot at the time - Discogs suggests it was released in Netherlands and Sweden in 2005, I don’t know about here. Maybe also some of the Eurovision winners of the early 00s - I have no idea if Olsen Brothers, Tanel Padar & Dave Benton or Marie N ever appeared on the release schedule here. Yeh DJ Daz is good shout. There's a promo on Discogs but no commercial. I don't think any of the Eurovision winners you mention were planned. Back then they tended to rush them out as quickly as possible (Dana, Charlotte, Sertab) or not bother at all. The Olsens did chart on import though, at #112. Marie N seemed to be released in very few countries at all.
June 21, 20241 yr I think they missed a bit of a trick with not pushing out Fly On The Wings Of Love here, although maybe it would have just got top 40 at most. At least the song itself managed to succeed for XTM a few years later, it was always a fantastic song but maybe Olsen Brothers weren't the best act to commercially sell it. It worked very well as a Eurodance track. I managed to pick up Everybody on CD in Sweden a few years ago, apparently it got to No.12 there. It's crazy that the song isn't on Spotify. I Wanna is one of the weirdest winners ever, a memorable dance routine, a late draw and a lack of competition in a weak contest seemed to seal the deal for Marie but I never really hear anybody talk about the track as a favourite. I'm not sure it would have even charted in the top 75 if released here.
June 21, 20241 yr Author I remember someone on an ESC forum betting on Marie at 75/1 to win and thinking he was mad. It definitely wasn't tipped to do well!
June 21, 20241 yr there were mean to be TWO more Robson & Jerome singles that old Brenda and Doris would have sent to #1?!?!?!? made me sick in my mouth a lil thinking of that
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