September 19Sep 19 3 hours ago, Lee_his_cheeks said:Nice that it was the Deeper performance ❤️(And it deserved more chart succes if you ask me)It truly did, I wonder how it would have fared had it been released earlier? Like imagine a Deeper shade of blue / Say you'll be mine first two singles run over Love got a hold of my heart / After the love has gone...Then again the latter probably kept the album selling.
September 19Sep 19 Author 2 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:It truly did, I wonder how it would have fared had it been released earlier? Like imagine a Deeper shade of blue / Say you'll be mine first two singles run over Love got a hold of my heart / After the love has gone...Then again the latter probably kept the album selling.Oh Shurrup with your LGAHOMH hate, it’s tiring and frankly delusional x
September 19Sep 19 1 minute ago, Lee_J11 said:Oh Shurrup with your LGAHOMH hate, it’s tiring and frankly delusional xI don't actually "hate" it, I just skip it every time. 😂
September 20Sep 20 I think it also could’ve pushed the fans away. Step one was a big succes and the first 2 singles from Steptacular were very Steps. Deeper was a bit different and with this build with the singles up they could swap a bit sound-wise without the risk of losing fans.(Still, Deeper as the first single would’ve been epic if you ask me)
September 20Sep 20 If I be honest, I think Love's Got a Hold... is a bit meh.Say You'll Be Mine and Deeper Shade are definitely the highlights of the singles there, though it must be remembered that After the Love... is very, very underrated.
September 20Sep 20 Author I actually think that Loves Got a Hold and After The Love has gone are my favourite singles of the 4, so to me it was perfect.I get that DSOB is a big fan favourite but not so much for me. Whilst I loved SYBM at the time, I definitely think it’s one of their limper efforts now! Edited September 20Sep 20 by Lee_J11
September 20Sep 20 I adore LGAHOMH and enjoy After. With some promo Deeper could’ve been an European hit. Would’ve been interesting if this was single #1.
September 20Sep 20 Depper shade of blue would have made a killer lead single but i think if Loves got a hold on my heart and after the love has gone were pushed out further as singles they would have struggled a little more so than deeper shade of blue did when it was released.
September 20Sep 20 Author 26 minutes ago, Padamic_Tension said:Depper shade of blue would have made a killer lead single but i think if Loves got a hold on my heart and after the love has gone were pushed out further as singles they would have struggled a little more so than deeper shade of blue did when it was released.This is true. Considering ATLHG scraped in at #5 as the second single, it could really have ruined their top 5 streak if released as single 3 or 4. So i guess it all kinda worked out in the end!
September 20Sep 20 2 hours ago, Lee_J11 said:This is true. Considering ATLHG scraped in at #5 as the second single, it could really have ruined their top 5 streak if released as single 3 or 4. So i guess it all kinda worked out in the end!It did but sometimes I wonder if deeper shade of blue was the lead would it have went number 1.
September 21Sep 21 Author 14 hours ago, Padamic_Tension said:It did but sometimes I wonder if deeper shade of blue was the lead would it have went number 1.Yeah I suppose it could’ve done. I saw it did 67,000 sales, which for a 4th single off a presumably large selling album by that point isn't bad at all.I did some digging as to the sales of LGAHOMH on its first week and it was as follows:1- LIVIN LA VIDA LOCA- Ricky Martin (125,000)2- LOVE’S GOT A HOLD ON MY HEART- Steps (101,500)So it would've had to put up a strong fight against Ricky but i guess it wasn't miles off! Edited September 21Sep 21 by Lee_J11
September 21Sep 21 Loves got a hold on my heart did well on those sales, i didnt realise it was as high, its really such a shame that they only ended up ever having 2 number 1 singles as they deserved more, but then again 2 is better than none.
September 24Sep 24 Great sales indeed! Though they deserved more #1’s, I’m happy with how they did in the end.
September 24Sep 24 Author Yeah the sales were much higher than I thought too! But I guess first week sales in that period were always quite high, compared to the “highs” we see these days!As for their #1s, I too of course would’ve liked them to have had a few more (especially after the It’s The Way You Make Me Feel drama) but tbh, I’m just happy they got one at all!
September 24Sep 24 They probably could've grabbed a couple more at least if their team did what Westlife's did and pick opportune weeks (kind of like they did with 'Stomp')
September 24Sep 24 On 20/09/2026 at 12:24, Lee_J11 said:I actually think that Loves Got a Hold and After The Love has gone are my favourite singles of the 4, so to me it was perfect.I get that DSOB is a big fan favourite but not so much for me. Whilst I loved SYBM at the time, I definitely think it’s one of their limper efforts now!You're losing your modship dorlin. 😎
September 24Sep 24 13 hours ago, Lee_J11 said:As for their #1s, I too of course would’ve liked them to have had a few more (especially after the It’s The Way You Make Me Feel drama) but tbh, I’m just happy they got one at all!What is this drama!?!?
September 24Sep 24 Author 1 minute ago, Spiceboy said:What is this drama!?!?Don’t tell me you don’t know the DRAMA! Now who’s losing their modship!Some shops started stocking the single a few days early, so it ended up charting at #72 (I believe) the week before it was actually released 🤦🏼♂️
September 24Sep 24 1 minute ago, Lee_J11 said:Don’t tell me you don’t know the DRAMA! Now who’s losing their modship!Some shops started stocking the single a few days early, so it ended up charting at #72 (I believe) the week before it was actually released 🤦🏼♂️OK now that does sound vaguely familiar! Oops, cost them the #1 perhaps!?
September 24Sep 24 Author 15 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:OK now that does sound vaguely familiar! Oops, cost them the #1 perhaps!?I think Steps lost approx. 1500 sales that week. I’m not sure whether it was that close between them and Rui Da Silva though. But steps fans seem to just blame the retail error regardless 😂
