right which of the above is your fave,i based the list on artists songs that either the song was there breakthrough song,there first time getting to number 1,there biggest selling single etc so please vote

Natalie Imbruligia- Torn, but it was difficult to choose

Think Twice - Celine Dion

 

That song was her big breakthrough,

BOMT, but Don't Speak at a very close second for me.

out of those, Genie In A Bottle

So many classics there, but Bitter Sweet Symphony is just immense.

Really good list, but I have to go for Britney :wub:

there are 3 songs on this list that i cant decide from

Omg ive just noticed Oasis - Whatever on there :wub: another total gem!

I would disagree with some of those but I'm going for Common People myself but Wannabe and Bittersweet Symphony come very close.

I wasn't sure whether we were voting for our personal favourites, or what were the most "career defining singles".

 

Personal faves

The Verve

All Saints

Enya

Corrs

Natalie Imbruglia

REM

Pink

Eminem & Stan

Kate Bush

Sinead O'Connor

 

Career Defining Singles

Will Young - he could so easily have faded away like Gareth Gates had he not branched out and done his own thing.

Kylie - I honestly don't think she'd have kept the fanbase she had had she not had this admittedly decent hit.

Amy Winehouse - she was always one of those artists who was talked about a lot more than her actual sales justified. 'Rehab' changed this.

 

 

A lot of those choices on the list, I'm not sure about.

 

The Corrs had already had peaked with 'Talk On Corners' long before 'Breathless' came along.

Boyzone had been MASSIVE for years before 'No Matter What'.

And I'm finding the choices for Oasis, Snow Patrol, Nelly Furtado, REM and U2 slightly bizarre. Surely the songs they will be remembered are more likely to be 'Wonderwall', 'Chasing Cars', 'Maneater', 'Everybody Hurts' and 'One'?

 

 

 

 

 

the corrs are on thelist as it was there first and only number 1

boyzone as it was there biggest selling hit

rem there first top 10 hit and a song that is hugely split among there fans

nelly furtado for it was the song that got her known

u2 as it was there first uk number 1

snow patrol as run was the breakthrough they needed

 

Where are Girls Aloud and Sugababes?

 

Id pick Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Oooh and Sugababes - Push The Button/

I'll go with la Imbruglia and Torn, because being like the biggest radio hit of the 90s or whatever is pretty immense, and I still adore the song to this day.

 

I agree with Matt, GA and Sugas should be on the list! I'd say Push The Button IS what you'd choose for the Sugababes, but it's hard because they were already so well established and popular at that point. Same for GA - choosing between Sound Of The Underground (the huge #1 debut), Biology (the one everyone considers most innovative) and Somethin' Kinda Ooooh (the unexpected smash hit) is pretty difficult.

 

And I don't quite agree with all of your choices Shameless - for example for P!nk I'd have chosen Get This Party Started instead. The rest seem pretty spot on though! ^_^

my favourite song on the list is Breathless by The Corrs, although I would argue that Runaway is their 'defining single'

imo the turnaround single for The Corrs was "Dreams"

the turnaround was the Royal Albert Hall performance on March 17th 1998...any single they released first after that promotion would have gone top 10...Dreams, What Can I Do and Runaway are more 'career defining' than Breathless

the turnaround was the Royal Albert Hall performance on March 17th 1998...any single they released first after that promotion would have gone top 10...Dreams, What Can I Do and Runaway are more 'career defining' than Breathless

ive got that on video lol. and I liked So Young

the corrs are on thelist as it was there first and only number 1

boyzone as it was there biggest selling hit

rem there first top 10 hit and a song that is hugely split among there fans

nelly furtado for it was the song that got her known

u2 as it was there first uk number 1

snow patrol as run was the breakthrough they needed

 

There is a big leap though from a "biggest hit" to a "career defining" hit.

 

"Career defining" implies that the track is solely responsible for an artist's musical career, or that it completely overshadows anything else released by the artist.

 

Breathless reached #1 yes, but the TOC singles (Dreams, What Can I Do, So Young, Runaway) are just as popular. If anything, more people would have the TOC tracks in their households from the album sales.

 

I immediately looked for Madonna - Like A Prayer as that was the song that made critics sit up after a two year break and realise she was the real deal as an artist, but it is not there.

 

Then I looked for Robbie Williams - Angels but it is not there.

 

Then I looked for Oasis - Live Forever, but what is Whatever doing there as it is a rip off of the Rutles "I'm Free to be an idiot" doing there instead?

 

Then I looked for U2 - With Or Without You, but the lead track from their career disappointing Rattle & Hum album is there instead...

 

Then I looked for Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, but there is no song by him....

 

Then I looked for REM - Losing My Religion, but WTF is REM's worst ever song doing there that they themselves have disowned last performing it on Sesame Street as Furry Happy Monsters

 

Then I looked for Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit, but quelle surprise it is not on the list.......

 

I could go on & on but I decided to vote for Amy Winehouse - Rehab as it is the only song on the list to win the Grammy for Song Of The Year.