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    All good thanks, just waiting to finally move out of the family home after 30 years :lol: bought a house but the move in date changes more than our promised come backs by the Babes.

    Germany is very much a split the bill kind of country. And the dinner wouldn’t be worth it.

     

    As if :lol: that's so disappointing, not sure why that's always on the forefront of my mind, just use them for a meal.

     

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    Just over 20 years ago, Sugababes - Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy - released their debut album One Touch.

     

    While it was the only album they would put out together before the group's various lineup changes ensued, it was enough to make an indelible impact on pop.

     

    The original Sugababes lineup, along with their debut album, were an altogether different proposition of what girl groups could sound and look like - supremely cool and effortlessly understated.

     

    An album about navigating through your teens, One Touch is a distinctly un-flashy record yet packed with funky R&B grooves, old-soul tones and sweet pop melodies - tied together with their once-in-a-generation harmonies.

     

    With the trio back together to release a 20th anniversary reissue of One Touch on October 1 - complete with B-sides, previously unreleased demos and brand-new remixes - here are five Official Chart facts about the group's enduring debut.

     

    A disappointing chart debut

    One Touch opened at a somewhat disappointing Number 77 on the Official Albums Chart, with opening week sales of just 5,510. The album was released in December 2000 - a notoriously competitive time for albums, not least for a brand-new act - after just one single, Overload.

     

    Gold status

    The album eventually peaked at Number 26, four months after its release, around the time the trio released their third single Run For Cover. Despite the low chart peak, the album is certified Gold in the UK, with 226,000 chart sales to date.

     

    The album's biggest track

    One Touch's biggest song, according to Official Charts Company data, is Overload, with 231,000 chart sales. Since streaming was introduced in 2014, the song has racked up 6.19 million plays in the UK.

     

    The record's most popular album track

    Outside of the album's four singles - Overload, New Year, Run For Cover, and Soul Sound - the most popular album track is Lush Life, with 250,000 streams. The record's least-played track is Real Thing.

     

    Sugababes vs. Christina Aguilera

    Overload was later sampled (without permission) on Christina Aguilera's Make Over, from her multi-million selling 2002 album Stripped. After legal action was taken, later pressings of the album include Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan in the track's credits.

     

    Thought this needed it's own thread as there's some interesting facts there. I never knew Overload was sampled by Xtina for one, just added it to my queue out of curiousity. Again, where's the justice for 'Real Thing' :lol:

    Yeah, and maybe now he’s done it a third time I will actually remember that for when he crawls back. Because he always does.

     

    At least if he tries again let him buy you a meal out or something first, so then after the meal you can ghost him. :lol:

    Nahhhh it ended there sadly. He did recognise the MNEK remix as Sugababes but he’s an emotionally immature f***wit that ghosts at the first sight of anything real so he can *f*** off*

     

    Oh so the absolute worst, definitely better without that flakiness in life.

    Today has been very good for us, almost hard to keep up though :lol: The more the better of course!

     

    :lol:

     

    I'm lucky work is quiet at the moment so I've been able to be in and out all week more than ever, been nice though. :D

    The guy i am talking with was like "I want to listen to good music too" and then put on Stronger and oh boy

     

    Must've missed this :lol: need to know more, do go on...

    Honestly I don’t think C&S was that bad. Imo it’s better than Change. It would sound great on Vinyl.

    Ooooooooh imagine Beware :wub:

     

    I completely agree, it's probably their most suited album for a vinyl I think.

     

    Just skip Girls and it would sound great, I was thinking Sound of Goodbye, Sunday Rain and Unbreakable Heart :wub: