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Week 7 Ranking: 01. Kate Butch - [06-03-05-04-02-03-01] 02. Ginger Johnson - [07-07-09-03-01-01-02] 03. Tomara Thomas - [05-08-02-01-04-02-03] 04. DeDeLicious - [09-02-07-05-08-06-04] 05. Michael Maroulli - [02-04-03-02-03-05-05] 06. Cara Melle - [01-06-01-07-06-04-06] OUT Vicki Vivacious - [04-05-08-08-05-07] Banksie - [08-01-04-06-07] Miss Naomi Carter - [10-10-06-09] Alexis Saint Pete - [03-09]

I wish me being happy didn't make you so sad L.U.T.F.A PYCAvP57MzA 55. Come Give Your Love To Me | 4.954 Highest Scores: 6: (Liam), Lowest Scores: 4/4.5: : (Sour Candy, Pandamic Tension, Liam.k) 54. Call On Me (ft Nelly) | 4.966 Highest Scores: 8: (Sour Candy, Cremey), Lowest Scores: -1: (Jessie Where) 53. Young Love | 5.0 Highest Scores: 6.5/6: (Bjork, Liam, Math), Lowest Scores: 4/4.5: (Sour Candy, dandy, Davidson, Cremey, blacksquare) 52. Dammn Baby | 5.033 Highest Scores: 9: (Sour Candy), Lowest Scores: 1: (popchartfreak) 51. Unbreakable | 5.133 Highest Scores: 9: (Sour Candy), Lowest Scores: 1: (popchartfreak) #55 is Come Give Your Love To Me, released in January 1983 as the 2nd single from Janet's self-titled debut album Janet Jackson. The song was written by Glen Barbee and Charmaine Sylvers and peaked at #58 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making this her highest charting 'pre-Control' single, as well as reaching #17 on the R&B charts and hit top 30 on the Dance charts. The song was later included as a B-side to her 1986 hit 'When I Think of You' and other than a few TV appearances at the time of its release, Janet has never performed this song live on any of her tours. Despite an interesting intro that builds with the electronic guitars this song fails to go anywhere interesting and stays on the same level throughout its 5 minute runtime. Kinda shocked that this was the highest charting single from Janet's pre-teen era. #54 is Call On Me, released in June 2006 as the lead single from Janet's 9th studio album 20 Y.O and features guest vocals from American rapper Nelly. The song was written by Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, James Phillips, Cornell Haynes Jr., James Harris III and Terry Lewis, and produced by Dupri, Phillips, Jam and Lewis, Upon release it received mixed reviews from music critics and became a moderate commercial success by reaching a #25 peak on the US Hot 100 and managed to hit top 20 peaks in Ireland, Italy, New Zealand & UK becoming her 33rd and final top 20 hit in the latter country. The music video was directed by Hype Williams with a production cost of $1 million dollars, making it one of the most expensive music videos of all-time. Even without the blacklisting I doubt this lackluster comeback single would have fared any better as it's far too restrained and repetitive to really stand out amongst the crowd and the lack of chemistry between both Janet and Nelly doesn't help matters either. This felt like a shameless re-creation of Nelly's hit 'Dilemma' only without any of the magic. #53 is Janet's debut and the last of her 'pre-Control' era to feature here - Young Love, released in July 1982 as the lead single from Janet's self-titled debut album Janet Jackson and was written and produced by René Moore, Angela Winbush, with additional production by Bobby Watson. Prior to her rise in fame Janet actually had no interest in becoming a singer and instead wanted to be a horse racing jockey or an entertainment lawyer. Despite this she was motivated by her father to pursue a career in entertainment and started working on her debut album after starring in several TV shows. Upon release the song received minor attention on the singles chart and managed to peak at #64 on the US Hot 100, and was more successful on the R&B charts with a #6 peak, as well as managing a top 20 peak in New Zealand in 1983. I'm honestly surprised that any of her early stuff didn't all drop in the last batch of results. This is a cute post-disco pop track that despite lacking in personality it manages to be quite joyous and cathcy. Definitely the best track from Janet's very early days. #52 is Dammn Baby, released in May 2016 as the final single from Janet's 11th studio album Unbreakable and was co-written and produced by Janet and her long-time collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional songwriting and production contributions by Dem Jointz. The song didn't chart on the US Billboard charts, but did manage a top 10 peak on the R&B charts, becoming the album's 3rd top 10 hit on that chart. This track was Janet's first collaboration with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in nearly a decade and was the final song completed during the album's recording sessions in 2015. On the same day this single was released Janet announced her pregnancy. This is a solid offering from Janet's fantastic comeback album with its slick synths, funky beats and solid R&B dance grooves and plus loved the shout out to her 'I Get Lonely' single, but wasn't impressed with the heavy vocoder effects which made the song feel very cluttered at times, but still a great track overall. #51 is another Unbreakable era single to drop - Unbreakable, released in September 2015 as the 2nd single from Janet's 11th studio album of the same name. It was co-written and produced by Jackson and her long-time collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional writing by Thomas Lumpkins and additional production by Tommy McClendon and Dem Jointz. Lyrically the song is a dedication to her fans. Upon release the song was serviced to urban contemporary radio in September 2015 and to urban adult contemporary radio in October of that same year. While I do enjoy the sentiment of this souful midtempo pop song, I don't think it made for a great 2nd single and lacked the distinct melodies and edge that some of her previous singles had, but its still a decent number and may have worked better as a final single like 5th or 6th to cap off the era instead of kick-starting it.

Nothing means more than the truth UXx5prQWzpY 60. Don't Stand Another Chance | 4.0 Highest Scores: 5: (Nina West, Bjork, Sour Candy, Math), Lowest Scores: 2: (dandy) 59. Feel It Boy (ft Beenie Man) | 4.107 Highest Scores: 8: (Sour Candy), Lowest Scores: 0: (Jessie Where) 58. Nothing | 4.192 Highest Scores: 8: (Sour Candy), Lowest Scores: 1: (popchartfreak) 57. Luv Me, Luv Me (ft Shaggy) | 4.214 Highest Scores: 8: (popchartfreak), Lowest Scores: 0: (Bjork) 56. Say You Do | 4.545 Highest Scores: 6.5: (dandy, Math), Lowest Scores: 3.5/3: (Sour Candy, Davidson) #60 is Don't Stand Another Chance, released in August 1984 as the lead single from Janet's 2nd album Dream Street and written by Marlon Jackson and John Barnes. Marlon also produced it, and provided backing vocals along with his brothers Michael, Jermaine, Tito, and Jackie. Despite receiving generally positive reviews the failed to reach the US Top 100, instead peaking at #101 on the Bubbling Under charts. This a somewhat pleasant little 80's new wave bop, but a very subpar lead single and feels like a cheap knock off from her brother Michael's 'Off The Wall' album. All 3 of her 'Dream Street' singles ranked in the bottom 3, not surprising. #59 is Feel It Boy by Jamaican dancehall musician Beenie Man featuring Janet Jackson. Released in July 2002 as the lead single from his 15th studio album Tropical Storm and written by Beenie Man himself and Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and Clancy Eccles and was produced by the Neptunes. The song did well upon release by reaching #9 on the UK singles chart, becoming her 17th and final top 10 hit there and setting the record for having the most top 10 hits without reaching #1. Elsewhere it hit top 40 peaks in 8 other countries including in the USA where it reached a #28 peak. In 2004 Janet expressed her regret for the duet due to Beenie Man's association with homophobia. Didn't realize this was so hated on here, I don't find it that bad. A cute little number with the fusion of Reggae and Hip-hop beats helps make this quite catchy and the song really comes alive with Janet's sultry vocals. #58 is Nothing, released in March 2010 as a soundtrack single from the film Why Did I Get Married Too? which starred Janet herself and was later included on her Icon: Number Ones compilation album. The song was written by Janet, Johntá Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jermaine Dupri and produced by Jackson, Cox, and Dupri. Originally titled 'Trust in Me' the song was written the different character's personas and emotions in the film. The song wasn't officially released to radio formats for airplay, but did manage to achieve moderate rotation on adult contemporary and jazz formats. This would be Janet's final release for 5 years. Not much to say about this really its a cute heartfelt ballad with a touching sentiment, but doesn't really go anywhere and feels way too understated to stand out amongst the crowd. #57 is Luv Me, Luv Me by Jamaican-American singer Shaggy. This was first released in July 1998 as a collaboration with Janet Jackson for the soundtrack to the film How Stella Got Her Groove Back. The song originally sampled "Impeach The President" by The Honey Drippers,[1] and the chorus of Rose Royce's "Ooh Boy" sung by Jackson. Upon release the song managed to peak at #76 on the US Billboard charts due to airplay alone without a commercial release. The song was re-recorded in 2000 with Samantha Cole's vocals after Janet's label withheld the song from being included on Shaggy's next album and would later become a worldwide success when it was released in 2001. Shaggy later described working with Janet as "the worst experience of his musical career", and didn't want to co-operate. This was a fun little duet and probably would have been a bigger hit if it got properly released back in 1998 with Janet's vocals, even if it does sound a little unfinished with Janet not putting much effort into the song (due to her not wanting to be there) and she's just going through the motions. The song did have hit potential because when it got re-released in 2001 it did well even with Samantha Cole. #56 is Say You Do, released in April 1983 as the 3rd single from Janet's self-titled debut album Janet Jackson and written by René Moore & Angela Winbush. While the album's first 2 singles managed to make minor impacts on the US Top 100, this failed to make hardly any impact at all by missing the top 100 altogether, but did fare better on the R&B and Dance charts by peaking at #15 & #11 respectively. This song didn't need to be nearly 7 minutes long, there must have been an edited version out there somewhere for its single release as its such a slog to get through. Other than that its not that bad there's some nice disco house beats going on and Janet's vocals sound decent.

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No one that stands more responsibility Fmju6js6qyE 62. Two To The Power of Love (ft Cliff Richard) | 1.458 Highest Scores: 3.5/3: (Nina West, Sour Candy, Liam.k), Lowest Scores: -1/0: (Bjork, dandy, blacksquare) 61. Fast Girls | 3.181 Highest Scores: 5: (Liam), Lowest Scores: 0: (dandy) Right then kicking off this countdown with an abysmal 1.4 average is Two To The Power of Love, released in September 1984 as the 2nd single from Janet's 2nd studio album Dream Street & features British singer Cliff Richard. This was Janet's first single to chart in the UK by peaking at a paltry #83. This is probably the worst song Janet has ever recorded and as for Cliff yeah this is like a majority of his output which is awful. Saccharine, cringey, dated, and totally forgettable (like pretty much all of her pre-Control stuff). Jnate performed this song with Jesse Borrego in season 4 of the TV series 'Fame' as shown in the video above. At #61 is another early Janet number Fast Girls with a slightly better (but still poor) average of 3.1. Released in October 1984 as the 3rd and final single from Janet's 2nd studio album Dream Street, it only managed a #40 peak on the R&B charts and was written and produced by fellow A&M artist Jesse Johnson. The song later appeared as a B-side to both of her US singles "Control" & "The Pleasure Principle". Jesse Johnson would also use the song as B-side to his own single "I Want My Girl" in 1985. While this is better than the previous track, it's still not very good and apart from the funky catchy grooves it doesn't go anywhere interesting and Janet's vocals feels very buried in the dated production. The title track 'Dream Street' was set to be released as the 4th single, but due to low album sales, the producers cancelled these plans, but thanks to the TV show 'Fame' it did get a music video.

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Janet Jackson - Singles Rate The Results A big THANK YOU to the 15 voters who took part. 62 songs in the running with many, many iconic hits, but who will come out on top & what will fall by the way side, stay tuned to find out? A reminder of what's to come Young Love Come Give Your Love to Me Say You Do Don't Stand Another Chance Two To The Power of Love (ft Cliff Richard) Fast Girls What Have You Done For Me Lately Nasty When I Think Of You Control Let's Wait Awhile The Pleasure Principle Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) Miss You Much Rhythm Nation Escapade Alright Come Back to Me Black Cat Love Will Never Do (Without You) State of the World The Best Things In Life Are Free (ft Luther Vandross) That's The Way Love Goes If Again Because of Love Any Time Any Place Throb You Want This (ft MC Lyte) Whoops Now What'll I'll Do Scream (ft Michael Jackson) Runaway Twenty Foreplay Got 'til It's Gone (Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell) Together Again I Get Lonely (ft Blackstreet) Go Deep You Every Time Luv Me Luv Me (ft Shaggy) What's It Gonna Be (ft Busta Rhymes) Girlfriend/Boyfriend (ft Blackstreet) Doesn't Really Matter All For You Someone To Call My Lover Son of a Gun (ft Carly Simon & Missy Elliot) Feel It Boy (ft Beenie Man) Just A Little While I Want You All Nite (Don't Stop) Call On Me (ft Nelly) So Excited (ft Khia) Feedback Rock With U Make Me Nothing No Sleeep Unbreakable BURNITUP (ft Missy Elliot) Dammn Baby Made For Now (ft Daddy Yankee)

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Here's a link for all their recorded material Steps Track database Here's the list of unreleased demos: All Or Nothing - A demo recorded before the release of Gold Greatest Hits, the track has not been commercially released. Close To Me - Performed live by Lee on the Gold Greatest Hits tour but overdubbed with a studio recording for the End Of The Road DVD. Come On Get Together - Performed live by Lee on the Steptacular tour but overdubbed with a studio recording for the live@wembley.2000 VHS. Dance Ranch - Confirmed to exist in an August 2022 YouTube video, Dance Ranch was another demo considered for release as a follow-up to 5, 6, 7, 8. Long Way Home - A demo recorded before the release of Gold Greatest Hits, the track has not been commercially released but was later recorded by Charlotte Perrelli. Mirror, Mirror - Recorded by Steps but never released. The track was confirmed to exist when H posted an image of a CD-R featuring the track online. No Easy Way to Say Goodbye - A demo recorded before the release of Gold Greatest Hits, the track has not been commercially released. R Dancing - Performed live by Faye on the Steptacular tour but overdubbed with a studio recording for the live@wembley.2000. Run To You - Recorded by Steps but never released. The track was confirmed to exist in a magazine interview. Stompin' - Stompin' was considered as a follow-up single to 5, 6, 7, 8 but was shelved in favour of Last Thing On My Mind. The track was eventually recorded and released by the Fast Food Rockers.

Week 6 Ranking: 01. Ginger Johnson - [07-07-09-03-01-01] 02. Tomara Thomas - [05-08-02-01-04-02] 03. Kate Butch - [06-03-05-04-02-03] 04. Cara Melle - [01-06-01-07-06-04] 05. Michael Maroulli - [02-04-03-02-03-05] 06. DeDeLicious - [09-02-07-05-08-06] 07. Vicki Vivacious - [04-05-08-08-05-07] OUT Banksie - [08-01-04-06-07] Miss Naomi Carter - [10-10-06-09] Alexis Saint Pete - [03-09]

Here's a tracklist that I've made for what could have been for the Step One - 25th Anniversary 1. Steptro 2. Last Thing On My Mind 3. 5,6,7,8 4. One For Sorrow 5. Heartbeat 6. This Heart Will Love Again 7. Experienced 8. Too Weak To Resist 9. Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] 10. Back To You 11. Love U More 12. Stay With Me 13. Tragedy* 14. A Love To Last* 15. Why* 16. Words of Wisdom* 17. Dance Ranch (Demo)* 18. Mirror, Mirror (Demo)* 19. Stompin' (Demo)* CD 2 (Remixes) 1. 5,6,7,8 [Extended Mix] 2. 5,6,7,8 [W.I.P. Mix] 3. 5,6,7,8 [W.I.P. 2002 Mix] 4. 5,6,7,8 [Euro Step Mix] 5. Last Thing On My Mind [W.I.P.'T Up in the Disco Mix] 6. One For Sorrow [Acappella Mix[ 7. One For Sorrow [W.I.P. Mix] 8. One For Sorrow [Tony Moran US Mix] 9. One For Sorrow [Pimp Jucie's Acid Disco Dub] 10. One For Sorrow [sleazesisters Anthem Mix] 11. One For Sorrow [soul Solution Mix] 12. Heartbeat [simon Hill Mix] 13. Tragedy [Radio Edit] 14. Tragedy [W.I.P. Reception Mix] 15. Tragedy [W.I.P. Extended Mix] 16. Better Best Forgotten [W.I.P '99 Cream Of Manchester Mix] 17. Better Best Forgotten [Nip On The Dancefloor Wip Mix] 18. Better Best Forgotten [shortland Remix] *Dance Ranch - Confirmed to exist in an August 2022 YouTube video, Dance Ranch was another demo considered for release as a follow-up to 5, 6, 7, 8. *Mirror, Mirror - Recorded by Steps but never released. The track was confirmed to exist when H posted an image of a CD-R featuring the track online. *Stompin' - Stompin' was considered as a follow-up single to 5, 6, 7, 8 but was shelved in favour of Last Thing On My Mind. The track was eventually recorded and released by the Fast Food Rockers.

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Gonna go with #39

1. Padam, Padam 2. Hold On to Now 3. Tension 4. Hands 5. Things We Do for Love 6. Vegas High 7. You Still Get Me High 8. Heavenly Body 9. Green Light 10. Love Train 11. Story 12. Drum 13. Somebody to Love 14. 10 Out of 10 15. One More Time 16. Just Imagine

Week 5 Ranking: 01. Ginger Johnson - [07-07-09-03-01] 02. Kate Butch - [06-03-05-04-02] 03. Michael Maroulli - [02-04-03-02-03] 04. Tomara Thomas - [05-08-02-01-04] 05. Vicki Vivacious - [04-05-08-08-05] 06. Cara Melle - [01-06-01-07-06] 07. Banksie - [08-01-04-06-07] 08. DeDeLicious - [09-02-07-05-08] OUT Miss Naomi Carter - [10-10-06-09] Alexis Saint Pete - [03-09]