May 11May 11 10 hours ago, Highway Unicorn said:• There's been talk about reality winners being too ordinary, but can anybody hum Fame Academy winner David Snedon's ‘Stop Living the Lie’Hum it? I can sing it for you if you like! (though his follow up single 'Don't Let Go' was even better)
May 11May 11 I don't know if it counts, but little mix cannonball was definitely the wrong winners song so much so the practically abandoned it (was only a bonus track on dna deluxe expanded edition in 2020 not on the original album ) Edited May 11May 11 by 777666jason
May 11May 11 I can't believe 'The Land of Make Believe' has been put forward as a suggestion, it is iconic!
May 11May 11 8 hours ago, Jessie Where said:I can't believe 'The Land of Make Believe' has been put forward as a suggestion, it is iconic!This completely.So not ordinary.And neither was My Camera Never Lies either.
May 11May 11 Land of Make Believe kind of stood out a bit at the time as it was smarter than it first appeared to be.Probably their least ordinary #1.
May 12May 12 How about Will Young & Gareth Gates -The Long and Winding Road?Dull and number 1 due to name alone.
May 12May 12 6 hours ago, Severin said:Land of Make Believe kind of stood out a bit at the time as it was smarter than it first appeared to be.Probably their least ordinary #1.My Camera Never Lies is their most interesting number 1 imo, but I love all 3 of them.
May 12May 12 23 minutes ago, Jester said:How about Will Young & Gareth Gates -The Long and Winding Road?Dull and number 1 due to name alone.Now this is an ordinary #1.Absolutely nothing innovative about putting Gareth and Will together for a duet and even less choosing a boring cover of a Beatles song.Just a money spinner and only a #1 because of who they were rather than what they had created.
May 12May 12 Author 1 hour ago, Jester said:How about Will Young & Gareth Gates -The Long and Winding Road?Dull and number 1 due to name alone.I was recently thinking that the most ordinary #1 would probably have to be a forgettable ballad with little significance, and this one fits the bill perfectly! It is more ordinary too in that it's a "rinse and repeat" of an original hit that was covered.
May 12May 12 Except that it was a double A side with Gareth’s solo cover of “Suspicious Minds” which makes it quite extraordinary - a double A side with different artist billings which is extremely rare haha.
May 12May 12 24 minutes ago, Julian_ said:Except that it was a double A side with Gareth’s solo cover of “Suspicious Minds” which makes it quite extraordinary - a double A side with different artist billings which is extremely rare haha.And of course that also technically made it the first ever Disney-related #1 as well.
May 12May 12 Author 13 minutes ago, Bjork said:after reading all replies think hands down the winner is Gary Barlow - Forever LoveWhy is this then? Not that I am necessarily disagreeing with you, but what about the song makes it seem ordinary?
May 12May 12 48 minutes ago, Julian_ said:Except that it was a double A side with Gareth’s solo cover of “Suspicious Minds” which makes it quite extraordinary - a double A side with different artist billings which is extremely rare haha.You just had to go and make it interesting didn't you 🤣🤣
May 12May 12 Gary Barlow-Forever Love is the definition of dullness, it's not bad like some other songs mentioned, just plain dull with no redeeming factor whatsoever
May 12May 12 Author 8 minutes ago, Bjork said:Gary Barlow-Forever Love is the definition of dullness,it's not bad like some other songs mentioned, just plain dull with no redeeming factor whatsoeverWaits for @Julian_ to present an interesting fact making it very unordinary!Edit: I guess it was the first solo single by a former Take That member, and it probably wasn't ordinary to see a band member go solo as it is these days, so it would have been one of the first (in a while perhaps) case of a member of a boy band going on to achieve success in their own right. Would that have counted as ordinary to you in 1996?
May 12May 12 1 hour ago, awardinary said:Waits for @Julian_ to present an interesting fact making it very unordinary!Edit: I guess it was the first solo single by a former Take That member, and it probably wasn't ordinary to see a band member go solo as it is these days, so it would have been one of the first (in a while perhaps) case of a member of a boy band going on to achieve success in their own right. Would that have counted as ordinary to you in 1996?I'm going to agree with @Bjork here, but only because @Julian_ made a reasonable argument for Will and Gareth.Gary Barlow releasing a bland and boring ballad as the lead to his solo career was so what was expected. It made #1 because it was Gary Barlow.Ordinary.
May 12May 12 6 hours ago, Bjork said:Gary Barlow-Forever Love is the definition of dullness,it's not bad like some other songs mentioned, just plain dull with no redeeming factor whatsoeverI think this definitely fits! I was living abroad in 1996 back when hits in one country had no correlation with hits in another country concurrently and you were simply unable to listen to them unless someone posted you the CD or cassette single! I remember coming home that Christmas eager to hear the big hits and Number Ones I had missed over the previous 6 months including my first listen to Wannabee months after everyone else even though my friends and relatives kept talking about this new huge girl band on phone calls home. Anyway I digress, I gradually caught up on all the hits including Lemon Tree, How Bizarre etc etc among others but I remember thinking how super bland and non descript Forever Love sounded. It's a song I've never really heard ever since on the radio as I'm guessing the only airplay it received was on chart shows during its initial chart run....the definition of ordinary...
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