13 hours ago13 hr Perfect was indeed a complete guess (just like Barbara Streisand was as well) and I was actually thinking of the One Direction song!
12 hours ago12 hr Author An artist who signed a four-album record deal as a teenager but left the label without ever releasing an album.RAYE signed a four-album deal with Polydor at the age of 17, but spent seven years with the label without releasing a full-length album. She later said that despite having enough material, she was repeatedly prevented from putting out her debut. In 2021, she publicly expressed her frustration and eventually parted ways with the label. After becoming independent, she finally released her debut album, My 21st Century Blues, in 2023.Ray Quinn He did sign a record deal at 18 after The X Factor. However, I couldn’t find evidence that it was a four-album deal, and, most importantly, he did release an album through the label - Doing It My Way, which actually reached #1 in the UK. So he doesn’t fit the key part of the clue about leaving without ever releasing an album.Rod Stewart This is a reasonable guess, as Stewart did sign a solo deal with Decca while still a teenager and left the label without releasing an album there, although he did release a single. His first solo album came several years later under a different record deal with Mercury. However, I can find no evidence that his Decca contract was specifically a four-album deal, which is a key requirement of the clue. So while parts of the story fit, the answer doesn’t satisfy the clue in full.RhiannaShe signed with Sony, and her debut album Get On was indeed released in 2002. Apple Music lists it as a Sony Music Entertainment (UK) release from September 2002, while AllMusic confirms that after signing with Sony, she began recording the album and it was subsequently released.Rhydian RobertsHe signed his record deal after The X Factor when he was 24, rather than as a teenager, and he went on to release his debut album Rhydian through the label in 2008.Rita Ora Rita Ora did sign a multi-album deal with Roc Nation as a teenager. However, her deal was for five albums rather than four, and she did release her debut album Ora through the label before eventually leaving. So she doesn't quite fit the clue, which specifically refers to an artist who left without ever releasing an album under that deal.
12 hours ago12 hr I misread the jacket one as band rather than song oops. Don't think All Saints would've come to me anyway (and I heard 'Pure Shores' the other day too :') ) I looked that question and the Raye one after I submitted so oops. I did consider Ray Quinn as well for the latter 4 album question but seemed to recall he did release an album lol.The rest of these since last getting Olivia right I had no clue on.
12 hours ago12 hr 1 hour ago, Dobbo said:Perfect was indeed a complete guess (just like Barbara Streisand was as well) and I was actually thinking of the One Direction song!Of all the luck lol! 😂
12 hours ago12 hr Ah I had no idea on R but it's obvious now I see it (although tbf I'm not sure I knew she was so young when her career started).
12 hours ago12 hr I wasn't aware of Rayne's age but I did know the story of her signing a record deal and not getting to release an album with them so took a punt from that.
12 hours ago12 hr Oh crap I was considering Que Sera Sera but it didn't make sense to me. Not that I can think of a song called Quarantine... Yeah P could only be about All Saints. Although it makes me wonder how many other bands split over something super trivial!
11 hours ago11 hr Watched The Man Who Knew Too Much on my old film project a couple of months ago, great film and it was then I learned where that song came from, from that film amazingly (as it seems so timeless now) - and then thinking of it as it was one of the few songs I knew that started with Q led me to the history.again also glad to have got Raye, only thought of her because I remembered her name being around for ages before she actually released albums!
11 hours ago11 hr Author A hit that featured a video game character in its artist credit.Released in 1992, Supersonic was a dance track inspired by the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. Unusually, Sonic himself was included in the official artist credit, with the single credited to H.W.A. featuring Sonic the Hedgehog.The song reached #33 on the UK Singles Chart, making a fictional video game character part of the credited act behind a UK Top 40 hit.SupermariolandThis was a very close connection. The track is credited to Ambassadors of Funk feat. MC Mario, but MC Mario was a persona used by rapper Colin Case. MC Mario isn’t actually a video game character, Mario is. So, I can’t award the point for that part of the clue.With Supersonic, the credit is literally H.W.A. feat. Sonic the Hedgehog, so the name in the artist credit is the actual fictional video game character, rather than a stage name or persona of real performer.Looking strictly at how I worded the clue, the condition was that the video game character itself had to appear in the artist credit. So while I can completely see the connection behind Supermarioland, it technically doesn’t fulfil that condition.Sonic / Sonic the Hedgehog -1 point.You identified the correct video game character and clearly made the right connection, but the clue was asking for the hit itself, so the answer I was looking for was Supersonic. Since you found the right connection but gave the character rather than the song title, I’m giving 1 point instead of 2.Street FighterThere was actually a UK-charting single called 'Street Fighter II'. However, that was the song title and the artist was credited as World Warrior. Street Fighter is also the name of the game rather than a specific character, while the clue specifically asks for a video game character to appear in the artist credit, so unfortunately this one doesn’t fit.Steve's Lava ChickenJack Black performs the song as Steve from Minecraft. However, on the UK chart, Steve’s Lava Chicken is credited solely to Jack Black. Steve appears in the song title rather than the artist credit, which is what the clue specifically asks for.Stay with meI'm not quite sure which version of Stay With Me was intended here. There are songs with that title that have connections to video games, but the clue specifically requires a UK hit where a video game character actually appeared in the artist credit, so the title alone isn't enough to establish the connection.Smokin Out The Window but Silk Sonic and Bruno Mars (Sonic the hedgehog) ?!I was completely confused by this at first haha, I mean, I still kind of am 😂 But if I ignore the left-hand side of the answer, even though Spiceboy got there through a completely wrong association, he somehow still managed to land on the right character. So I’ll give him 1 point for that.Smokin Out the Window is a song by the duo Silk Sonic, consisting of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak. The song’s official page credits the artist simply as Silk Sonic, while some other services list Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic. However, Sonic the Hedgehog has nothing to do with them.
11 hours ago11 hr The amount of times Sonic ran through my head on that question - was silly not to just write it down.
11 hours ago11 hr Oh well at least I was far from being alone with that answer Only just realised both of the 2nd placers in X Factor 2006 and 2007 began with R, thanks to those wrong RAYE answers. Not quite as standout as the similarities between the respective winning names Leona and Leon though!
11 hours ago11 hr realised after I'd submitted my answers that I'd missed the artist credit part of the question 🤣 at least I wasn't the only one
11 hours ago11 hr Giving a point for Silk Sonic but not M.C. Mario feels a bit harsh ddd but fair enough xxI didn't know that Sonic song existed so would never have got that.
11 hours ago11 hr Author 2 minutes ago, Bror said:Giving a point for Silk Sonic but not M.C. Mario feels a bit harsh ddd but fair enough xxI didn't know that Sonic song existed so would never have got that.Imagine we're on some kind of TV show where there always has to be one strict judge! I don't have a colleague, so I have to be that person now 😂😂
10 hours ago10 hr 1 hour ago, Bror said:Giving a point for Silk Sonic but not M.C. Mario feels a bit harsh ddd but fair enough xxYeah, this! "Ambassadors of Funk feat. MC Mario" literally contains "Mario" in exactly the same way that "Silk Sonic" contains "Sonic" and both are video game characters. So to give one but not the other definitely feels harsh. But I get that the judge's decision is final and all that...
10 hours ago10 hr Author I don’t know if you read his entire answer, but he wrote the full name of the video game character who is credited and whose song I was looking for. And I gave him 1 point for that.
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