Posted April 25Apr 25 https://www.instagram.com/misteeq/25 years since we had their debut album and the teasing has already begun with a new Instagram. I'm seriously hoping for some reissues of both albums, both of which I wish I still had on CD so will be getting those if they do happen.Whilst we're here and hyping them up, do you have a favourite single, album track or just general memory of the band? They really were something cool and different in a time, for UK music especially, where bubblegum pop was phasing out and the slicker side of music started to come through. The way they blended the likes of garage and hip-hop with contemporary pop music was nothing short of brilliant.My favourite tracks are Why?, B With Me, Scandalous, All I Want and One Night Stand. Eye Candy had some really great album tracks too with the likes of Just For You (Su-Elise vocal rarity!), Nitro and That's Just Not Me.
April 26Apr 26 On 25/04/2026 at 14:37, Scene said:Are they reuniting?????All I Want, Scandalous, Can’t Get It Back and Style! ❤️The "Why?" erasure! Even though their discography was brief, it was still very good nonetheless.
April 26Apr 26 16 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:The "Why?" erasure! Even though their discography was brief, it was still very good nonetheless.Just not familiar with it but let me give it a spin. 😁
April 26Apr 26 One Night Stand was my introduction to Mis-Teeq and 24 years on it still remains my favourite song from them.
May 2May 2 They came about at a time when everyone seemed to be jumping on the UK Garage bandwagon. I was into UK Garage when it was still underground and didn't like the overcommercialisation of it, but did concede that Mis-Teeq were actually quite good. I think "All I Want" is by far their best single and I bought the "Lickin On Both Sides" album though admittedly I didn't listen to it much.When they came back with "Scandalous" UK Garage was dead but I thought it was a decent R&B effort. Didn't think much of the remaining singles though and when they did call it a day I thought they'd run out of steam.
May 2May 2 21 minutes ago, My Random Music said:Didn't think much of the remaining singles though and when they did call it a day I thought they'd run out of steam.It was quite a weird situation because it's not like their second album/era was a flop or anything. I know a lot of it had to do with their record label going bust, I think the stress of that situation got too much for them and they just threw in the towel and went their separate ways.
May 2May 2 8 hours ago, Jessie Where said:It was quite a weird situation because it's not like their second album/era was a flop or anything. I know a lot of it had to do with their record label going bust, I think the stress of that situation got too much for them and they just threw in the towel and went their separate ways.The record label going bust was certainly a factor but if you look at the chart positions of their singles it does look like the decline had begun. I get the impression they've been successful outside of music post Mis-Teeq for it to not really matter.
May 3May 3 7 hours ago, My Random Music said:The record label going bust was certainly a factor but if you look at the chart positions of their singles it does look like the decline had begun. I get the impression they've been successful outside of music post Mis-Teeq for it to not really matter.That’s quite true: Can’t Get It Back just scraped the top 10 IIRC and Style missed it altogether. That said, Scandalous was a huge hit and gave them their first US chart entry so might’ve been enough to launch a third era successfully. 🤔
May 3May 3 12 minutes ago, Scene said:That’s quite true: Can’t Get It Back just scraped the top 10 IIRC and Style missed it altogether. That said, Scandalous was a huge hit and gave them their first US chart entry so might’ve been enough to launch a third era successfully. 🤔I agree, I think the success of Scandalous could've given them a third era. I could've seen them going in the more R'n'B/Dance direction.
May 11May 11 Today marks 17 years since Alesha released "Let's Get Excited" as a single. It's such a bop. Deserved to be top 10.
May 11May 11 1 hour ago, DanielCarey said:Today marks 17 years since Alesha released "Let's Get Excited" as a single. It's such a bop. Deserved to be top 10.I loved that at the time, such a fun song.The Alesha Show was a decent album.
May 11May 11 7 minutes ago, Paddington James said:The Alesha Show was a decent album.It deserved to be a top 10 album at the least.
May 12May 12 1 hour ago, DanielCarey said:It deserved to be a top 10 album at the least.It certainly did. It was nice to see her turn it around after the way her debut era went.
May 12May 12 Author The insta feels more like a fan page?? I blame the OCC for making a whole story on it 😅Nonetheless, I do hope something official surfaces soon for a celebration of sorts.
May 12May 12 Alesha’s solo career is so underrated tbh. All her singles (bar the last) from 2006-2009 were solid slices of pop imo but she really fumbled on two counts:To Love Again - no one asked for a Gary Barlow-penned ballad from her… or anybody for that matter. Her strengths were always in up-tempos. Drummer Boy - verges on unlistenable. No redeeming features whatsoever. 😭 There was no recovery option at this point lol.
May 12May 12 I love 'Drummer Boy', but in hindsight it probably wasn't an ideal way to lead her second (technically third) album campaign...'Baddest Chick' might have been a better choice.
May 15May 15 Just thinking about Vanity Milan demolishing the "Scandalous" lip sync on Drag Race UK S3. If you could choose another Mis-Teeq song to be a lip sync song on there, what would it be? For me, it'd have to be "All I Want". However, "Why?" would also be another really good choice. Edited May 15May 15 by DanielCarey
May 15May 15 I too liked Drummer Boy but agree it probably wasn’t choice of lead single.Maybe they were trying to repeat The Boy Does Nothings success.
May 16May 16 11 hours ago, DanielCarey said:Just thinking about Vanity Milan demolishing the "Scandalous" lip sync on Drag Race UK S3. If you could choose another Mis-Teeq song to be a lip sync song on there, what would it be? For me, it'd have to be "All I Want". However, "Why?" would also be another really good choice.All I Want would be fab. CGIB too especially for Alesha’s verse.
Create an account or sign in to comment