Defaze

Absolutely not. :puke2: They're hardly on the best terms with Cowell right now anyway, so I highly doubt it's true.

I hate how much I enjoy this. It's basic as hell, the whole concept is hideously pandering, and it's probably the exact opposite of what she should be releasing 10 years into her career, but it's also undeniably infectious. I can see it being a hit on that basis alone.

SLS LMLY SLS (altho this was ridiculously hard).

Yeah, pure pop with an undeniably huge chorus is the way to go if they want to salvage the era. They need Capital back on board.

HYD Wings DNA

Christ, 5 years!? HOW? Still my favourite Rita track. I remember being very whelmed by it on first listen, but it grew massively.

Really not a terrible result given the disastrous campaign. Still, can they get a shift on and announce this standalone single?

Yeah, it was literally bang-on what everyone was hoping for from the GD era, even down to 'Oops' being relegated to promo-single in favour of NMSS (even in spite of the former showing strong signs of being a hit). GW's run was amazing too, but 'Hair' wasn't a massive standout when the album dropped in the way 'Power' was. I remember there being quite a bit of debate on here over the 4th single (I was rooting for 'Grown', yikes!).

I think if it had even a discount it would've easily went top 20/top 15, with a similar trajectory to NMSS. I don't think it was ever destined to be a huge hit, since it didn't respond that strongly to R1's A-list airplay and was heavily reliant on Hot Hits, but it certainly would've been a lot bigger had Capital not ignored it.

Glory Days Get Weird DNA

All stellar tracks (except CYL, which is a bit meh). I low-key hated 'Dear Lover' when I heard its snippet but the finished product is lush. The production is such a huge step-up from the standard GD. 'I Love You' is probably my favourite non-single from Get Weird and I don't think it's an unpopular opinion when I say 'Competition' 1000% should've been released instead of 'Word Up' for Comic relief.

Yas, so here for this. 'Towers' to win.

Ya'll need help. Iconic winner!

Both incredible but it's gotta be 'Move' for me.

Black Magic.

I would've preferred NMSS there but still a fantastic top 5. Black Magic for me (again).

Not NMSS hoovering up all the orphaned LMLY voters. :( Ya'll hate a low peaker huh? Black Magic for me.

Yas at this sudden resurrection.

I can hear Perrie singing the intro for sure. Why am I not entirely opposed to the idea of this now? I'm a sucker for a basic dance bop.

LM5 and Salute leading 'least favourite album' is a mess. Album: Get Weird Cover: Salute Singles Selection: DNA (Poor 'Stereo Soldier' and 'Red Planet' paid dust.)

I think it was maybe a bit too polarising for a lead single. Even the polls on here indicate that. SOTME and especially 'Black Magic' were a lot more unanimously liked -- plus had the added benefit of actually shifting albums. Not to discredit its success, but I think WLM was helped massively by being the lead and anything they released would've smash on name and hype alone. Pls no.

Yeah, would Jesy really deem it her 'favourite song yet' if it was a cover? I know the girls' taste is questionable at the best of times, but I find that hard to believe.

I like a lot of Ariana's output but '7 Rings' is honestly horrific. 'Juice' by faaar.

...what. Surely not? I love Nero but 'The Thrill' is among their worst. It's the complete opposite of what this campaign needs at the minute. Edit: Okay, I remember being very whelmed by it back in 2015 but it actually bops. Still a ridiculous tactic if true though.

I've always found it massively underrated and it's actually aged rather well (unlike 'Wings'). If it wasn't their lowest (non-cover) seller, then it'd undoubtedly be held in a higher regard.