I like "Please Stay" when I first heard it but over the years I found it a bit generic, always love the video when she did the dance on the snooker table.

27 minutes ago, Red Blooded Man said:

I like "Please Stay" when I first heard it but over the years I found it a bit generic, always love the video when she did the dance on the snooker table.

It is the most forgotten Light Years release but still good.

13

I Believe in You

UK chart peak: #2

From: Ultimate Kylie

14

In My Arms

UK chart peak: #10

From: X

I did think going into this that I'd have I Believe in You in my top 10, but alas it's landed just outside it at #13. For me, despite lyrically being one of the most simplistic songs ever, it's so beautiful. The lead single from Ultimate Kylie and another collaboration with Jake Shears, I Believe in You was considered a return to form by many after Body Language wasn't received the best universally, and also earned Kylie a Grammy nomination. I think looking back now, it's definitely one of the most iconic early 2000s Kylie singles, and the music video just as iconic. Live performances, such as on the Showgirl tour and Aphrodite: Les Folies prove that it translates just as well in that setting too, providing some of the most dramatic and endearing moments. I Believe in You, however, isn't the highest placing single from Ultimate Kylie here, with one more yet to come.

In My Arms was the third single from X, and despite being one of the best songs from the album (and the highest-placing single from the album in this countdown!), it ended up actually being Kylie's lowest-charting single in Australia since Cowboy Style. Seeing In My Arms come to life live - particularly on the KylieX2008 tour in the Black versus White act, was great. It's one of those songs that really pops and has its moment; particularly with the rocked-up version of the song performed on the Aphrodite: Les Folies tour. Unlike, for example, Slow and Can't Get You Out of My Head where some of her singles are revamped for live performances and it leaves me a little cold, this was one that was interesting to see a different take on. Definitely, in my opinion, the best single choice from the X era, and a single that will always stand up against some of her very best.

I'd roughly agree with where I believe in you and in your arms are.

'I Believe In You' and 'Please Stay' aren't red hot favourites of mine, but I do enjoy them. Probably about equally.

'What Do I Have to Do' and 'In My Arms' however are both absolute favourites.

I believe in you really should have been a number 1 I don't know why they released it up against band aid.

2 minutes ago, Padamic_Tension said:

I believe in you really should have been a number 1 I don't know why they released it up against band aid.

Or perhaps even more bizarrely, why they released it like a month after Ultimate Kylie!

I had had thought I Believe in You came the week before Ultimate Kylie.

2 hours ago, pippa said:

I had had thought I Believe in You came the week before Ultimate Kylie.

Ultimate Kylie 22nd November

I Believe In You 6th December

OK, so not quite a month but still. It's incredible it still managed to do 40k in its release week.

I still wonder why they did it that way has it really had a great chance of number 1 as it was recieved really well at the time and many seen it more as a return to form after the body language material.

11

Giving You Up

UK chart peak: #6

From: Ultimate Kylie

12

Confide in Me

UK chart peak: #2

From: Kylie Minogue

Confide in Me, the lead single from Kylie's self-titled fifth album, is alongside Giving You Up as the two that just miss the top 10 here. Confide in Me was the beginning of a new era - Kylie leaving PWL behind, releasing music with Deconstruction Records and no longer feeling like PWL's 'puppet'. And while Kylie manages to retain her signature sound with whatever she puts her voice to, you can tell that there's a really big shift in style. Confide in Me, considering its time too, really does manage to push the envelope and has rightfully remained one of those Kylie songs that's held in such high regard by so many. It's moody, it's rousing, it's atmospheric, it's powerful, emotional and has both a weight and tenderness to it that draws you in. You feel that even more when you watch her performing it live and being so lost in the moment.

And just ahead of Confide in Me, Giving You Up... I feel like this is one that I'll get side eyes from a few for its high position here, but alas I really don't care because I've always had such a soft spot for it and it will forever be one of those Kylie songs that I grew up loving. I can so vividly remember the music video, the live performance(s), listening to the song so much when I was younger. It's one I still go back to a fair bit too. The music video for one is, for me, absolutely one of Kylie's most iconic in terms of visuals. AI Rita Ora clearly got her inspiration from the Giving You Up video. Although it was removed from the setlist for the Homecoming tour and replaced with White Diamond, it slotted in so perfectly on the Showgirl tour in the first act alongside Better the Devil You Know, In Your Eyes and On a Night Like This. This and I Believe in You as a singles package supporting Ultimate Kylie really was top notch.

'Confide In Me' is a masterpiece, and such a game changer in her career.

'Giving You Up' is one of my ultimate faves, so underrated. It was a nice surprise to see her acknowledge it on its 20th anniversary last year, but I suspect that's all we'll get from her.