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Yeah, the response to this has been oddly muted. I wasn't expecting R1 to playlist it right away since they're always a little slow with LM singles, but not even giving a spin after hyping it up as part of their entertainment news the past few days is a bit questionable. And that NMF position is just unforgivable (below a Bebe bloody Rexha album track. :lol:).

Of course. :lol: It could be another RL vs 'Friends' situation though, where the girls overtake him relatively quickly.

He sings with them on the chorus! :) (edit: actually, he's present from the second verse onwards).

It's more upbeat than I was expecting! It's basic but it's very instant -- it reminds me a lot of 'Anywhere'.

New snippet on their Twitter! It's a lot slower than I was anticipating, but I imagine it'll pick up towards the drop. Leigh-Anne sounds incredible.

This is tacky as hell and I unashamedly love it. :lol: Ranking: 1) Sweet Lovin' 2) Feels Like Home 3) Don't Need No Money 4) Came Here For Love 5) Show You Love 6) Give Me Your Love 7) Lullaby 8) Say You Do 9) Ain't Giving Up 10) Easy Love (I've never heard 'Only One').

Oh, my bad if that's the case! :lol: Yeah, I'm not expecting anything groundbreaking but I imagine it'll still be a bop. When should we expect to hear this? I'm assuming it'll be on NZ Spotify first, so around 1pm tomorrow?

There's a decent enough song in there somewhere, but that sample is wayyyy too jarring for it to be enjoyable. I could barely even focus on the lyrics because of how prominent it is. :lol:

Odd criticism. I'd say most of their songs are undeniably Little Mix. I even hear 'this sounds like a LM song' banded around a lot across forums. Besides, a dance collab is hardly indicative of the soundscape of LM5 (see: just about every other artist that's featured on a DJ's track).

Cheat Codes have posted a snippet on their Twitter (I have no idea how to embed tweets :lol:). Jade sounds amazing! Edit: oops, beaten! :lol:

‘Stand Down’ is a bop tho.

Yeah, I seen that video the other day and thought the same re. their picks being absolutely dismal. :lol: For me, it'll always be: 1) Don't Let Go 2) E.T. 3) I'm Like a Bird 4) Superbass and a toss-up between 'If I Were a Boy' and 'You Got the Love' in 5th. Oh and on another note, 'How Ya Doin' got chosen by Chris Stark for the 'bangers' segment on R1. It didn't get picked by the listener (ofc) but it was nice to see at least someone outside of here remembering it exists. :lol: Truly their most underrated single, it still seriously bops!

Ahh, exciting! I loved 'No Promises' (and 'Feels Great' with Fetty despite it being objectively trash), plus the Cheat Codes remix of 'Pretty Girl' made that song bearable, so consider me perched.

I'm so perched for this. They've been sorely missed on radio for me (in that regard, I'm actually glad they didn't release a single from the reissue). SOTME was great, but I'm really hoping they come back with something a bit more innovative like 'Move'.

I actually forgot HGSS were Gen IV when I posted that -- they're by far by favourite mainline games. Absolutely packed with content (I rag on the newer gens constantly, but I really wish they'd take a few cues from HGSS/BW2 in terms of the post-game) -- plus the following Pokemon were iconic. With that in mind, I'd probably rate them IV > III > V > II > I > VI > VII. Did anyone else here if ever give Colosseum/XD a try? I always loved them but they get a pretty muted reaction on every other site I've visited.

Admittedly I haven't been following the chart much lately, but where on earth did 'Youngblood' come from? It's definitely among their best, but I just figured it was flopping like their last few singles. Oh and Jess Glynne > Solo (if only to extend Glynne's record). 'Solo' was great for a week or so but it hasn't held up as much as their previous singles for me.

It took me until the VC release of Crystal to realise you could actually catch Teddiursa and Phanpy right before/after Cherrygrove. I wish I'd known sooner because my early-game Gen II teams were always painfully generic :lol:. Good call on Golduck too, I always loved its Crystal sprite. I'm currently playing through Platinum for the first time since my original run back when it was first released. I've always considered Gen IV my least favourite, but in hindsight, it really is leaps and bounds ahead of Gen VI/Gen VII for me. For a start, it actually poses somewhat of a challenge and the hand-holding is near non-existent. It still has its issues; there's faaar too many mandatory HMs and it's a bit sluggish in general, but it's the most fun I've had playing a Pokemon game in a long while, and I'm enjoying trying out a few unconventional team picks like Carnivine and Armaldo.

Probably Crash Team Racing in terms of individual games, but Pokemon probably eclipses it by faaar if we're counting the multiple games per generation. I must've played through RBY/GSC about 50 times in total as a kid. More recently, it's probably GTA V. I've sunk way too much of my time into such a toxic game. :lol: I imagine Fallout 4 isn't far behind.

I'm still going to buy this regardless since I've played every mainline game since RB, but the the whole 'catering to new players' spiel they're pushing has me worried. It's almost shocking how much they've already simplified the games since the transition to 3D. I wouldn't be surprised if EVs/IVs had been eradicated, since apparently breeding/wild Pokemon battling are no-more. That plus being stuck with the original 151 (are they seriously going to limit the likes of Crobat/Blissey/Steelix et al. again?!) and what seems to be an exact replica of the original Kanto region which, while great for nostalgic purposes, is ridiculously bland and one-note. I'm hoping for a few new routes/towns here and there, but what we've seen doesn't really indicate that. Oh, and for the love of God, less unskippable cut-scenes and no f***ing Lillie/Hau. USUM is nigh-on unplayable for me.

I found it seriously underwhelming when it first premiered, but it's probably my most listened to song of theirs now. The Cahill remix in particular goes off. 'Tears' is the weak link of this 'era' for me. 'Solo' is really strong, it reminds me of 'Rockabye' in how instant it clicked with me. Can easily see this reaching #1.

Fantastic winner. Always loved the song but hearing it constantly in GTA V made me appreciate it even more. Same with 'Scandalous' too come to think of it; what a flawless soundtrack that game has. :lol: Thanks for hosting, really enjoyed revisiting some of these old classics!

Sad that 'Move' missed out on the top 5, but a solid placing nonetheless. Oops at me giving all the Spice Girls' tracks their lowest scores. I was never a massive fan and their entire catalogue has aged horribly to me. 'Say You'll Be There' is undoubtedly their best though so I'm not opposed to it being in the final. Still, 'Pure Shores' to win. Timeless track. :wub:

This is horrid. :lol: The bare-ass chorus, the clunky lyrics ('Kush Lovin' takes the cake), the awful mixing -- and perhaps the most offensive of all -- Bebe's verging-on-parody vocals. That's not even taking into account the fact that the entire premise of the song is absurd and ridiculously outdated. WHO greenlit this?

The fact that you openly champion '2002' yet consider TIA 'not good' really makes me despair.

I can't see either LM track winning so I'm totally here for 'Scandalous' clinching it. What an anthem.