The biggest U turn on a song ever is IWC. I remember many Mel C fans were sure it was top 3 material with the film and video and Mel showing a more fun side with a fun song.

 

Then it tanked and they hated it and it was the wrong song.

The biggest U turn on a song ever is IWC. I remember many Mel C fans were sure it was top 3 material with the film and video and Mel showing a more fun side with a fun song.

 

Then it tanked and they hated it and it was the wrong song.

I was a member on both MC.net & DenDen and I don't recall "many fans" predicting a Top 3 placing. :unsure:

 

On the contrary, a lot of fans were upset with the direction of the first single. In fact, you were one of them, and probably the most vocal.

I also don’t remember any fan predicting a top 3 placement for it on mc.net or denden!? :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I do remember some fans being more receptive to the song in the beginning and then going off it when it tanked. I also remember some fans going off her when she revealed that song initially, I had 4 on instant messenger who didn’t even bother with This Time after it.

Edited April 17, 20232 yr by spiceboy

No one loved IWC , what BS 😂😂

No one loved IWC , what BS 😂😂

 

 

Jay did B-)

Jay did B-)

Bish please xx

Yeah I don't remember I Want Candy to have had any good reception. It was panned on arrival by the large majority.

 

Personally it killed any buzz for the album for me.

I think the glimmer of positivity surrounding that release is that, at least for the standards of the time, its YouTube view count was quite impressive. By 2007, record labels still hadn't cottoned onto the idea of officially uploading music videos onto YouTube, for some reason... so the views were achieved with a fan upload that I assume was eventually removed.

Yeah she was #1 on Youtube or something wasn't she lol! Can you imagine how exciting that would be now!

Who on Earth thought IWC would go top 3? :wacko:

 

I certainly don't recall seeing one person predicting that at the time, and it had disaster written all over it from the outset.

Well it's wrong! :arrr: :lol:

 

You're wrong. YOU.

 

You're the drama! :cheer:

 

At least I Want Candy made it into the Top 10 in the physicals chart, at #7! :jump: Which certainly shows how things were changing by 2007, considering that it charted at #24 overall. First week sales of 5000.

 

Carolyna only made it to #14 in the physical chart despite there being a CD, 7" and DVD available (and charted at #49 in the official chart, so presumably it attracted very few downloads... gosh, Spice fans really didn't embrace the download era, unfortunately). Apparently it sold 3500 in that week, according to a source from the time. Although I have to say, that seems like oddly high sales for the position it achieved, compared to other weeks in 2007. For instance, 3 weeks later, a #32 single sold less than 3500 copies. Did Melanie C choose an oddly strong week to release Carolyna in, or could 3500 have been wrong info... :thinking:

 

If Carolyna had been the lead single in place of I Want Candy, I wonder if it would have done better or worse? :thinking:

Sadly, I think whatever she was to release was never going to chart well. It probably would have gotten the same as I Want Candy did and landed in a similar position. Carolyna wouldnt have stood a chance, sadly. I never quite got over the heavy Red Hot Chilli Peppers type of sound, it sounded dated on arrival...

 

I Want Candy was also a soundtrack single for a movie at the time, but that (short?) movie wasnt a very visible hit either so I dont think it did it any favours either.

You're wrong. YOU.

 

You're the drama! :cheer:

 

NEVERRRRRRRRR :arrr: B-)

Carolyna was released 16 years ago. One of the highlights on This Time. :wub:

 

Carolyna > the other tracks of the album.

I love this song!

Still can't believe she led with IWC when she had this and Understand on the album...

Still can't believe she led with IWC when she had this and Understand on the album...

 

I think she got the opportunity of a film soundtrack single and jumped at it.

 

Unfortunately the film wasn’t a big success.

Already Gone and Fragile are arguably the best tracks from this era and they both were b-sides. Melanie 'B-Sides Are B-Sides For A Reason' Chisholm.