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SlWL-ZOMZKY #07. DJ | 6.527 Highest Scores: 8.5/8: (JulianT, lewistgreen, BananasInPyjamas, Nick F1), Lowest Scores: 4: (awardinary) At the half way mark now at #7 is DJ, released in November 2004 as the 5th and final single from Jamelia's 2nd studio album Thank You & was released as a double A-side alongside her cover of Sam Brown's 'Stop'. The song takes its main tune from Raymond Guiot's "Primitive Spirit" written Jamelia, Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin, Philip White, Alex Cantrall and Olivia Longott, while production was handled by Soulshock & Karlin. The track didn't feature on the original release of the album, it was one of the new track recorded for its March 2004 re-release. Upon release 'DJ' was released on one of the busiest weeks of the year November 1st competing with Eminem, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears, Usher & Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera & Missy Elliot. However it still managed to get a UK top 10 placement by peaking at #9, despite the stiff competition and became her 4th consecutive top 10 hit & capping off a very successful year for the artist. Not one of Jamelia's strongest singles from her peak period but its still a fun cute bop with catchy beats, funky basslines and strong, confident vocals and polished R&B production. Considering the many people involved on the writing and production of this track that could have easily been a jumbled mess. However this did get largely overshadowed when it was released alongside 'Stop', due to many factors firstly this having a proper music video while the former didn't, one of those lazy tour performance videos was used instead, and the fact that 'Stop' was used on a popular movie soundtrack and being a cover of a well known song, the radio stations tended to focus a lot more on them during this time period. Nonetheless 'DJ' is still a decent song in its own right, sure it's not as a memorable as her other hits from this time period, but still a solid number overall.

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The original planned run of singles of 'American Life' was gonna be very different to the one we got. The plans changed due to the title track & 'Hollywood' underperforming & struggling album sales. 'Nobody Knows Me' & 'Mother and Father' were gonna be the album's 3rd & 4th singles, but the label or Madonna decided to go with more toned down and radio friendly options such as 'Love Profusion' & 'Nothing Fails', that tactic didn't work either as they also flopped. There was also a planned 'American Life' remix album with remixes for 'Mother and Father' & 'Easy Ride' intended for the tracklist, but they were also scrapped & instead we got the 'Remixed & Revisited' remix album. The Singles could have looked like thsi: American Life Hollywood Nobody Knows Me Mother and Father Below I've included the singles covers, the first 2 are official and the others are fan-made ones= http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Td_8AmgEqaw/UIlc53SRfXI/AAAAAAAATak/KxfLEHZYeG8/s400/Mother%20and%20father%20by%20Gabriele12.png

VupHxrP4XME #08. Money (ft Beenie Man) | 6.361 Highest Scores: 10: (vibe), Lowest Scores: 3: (Jessie Where, One For Sorrow) At #8 is the last of the first era singles to feature here Money, released in February 2000 as the second single from Jamelia's debut album Drama & features reggae star Beenie Man and was co-written by Jamelia herself along with Colin Emmanuel & 'X-Factor' finalist Daniel de Bourg. The song is considered by many as Jamelia's breakthrough hit as it peaked at #5 on the UK singles chart making this her first top 10 hit and spent 9 weeks on the charts; it later won a MOBO award for Best Video in the same year. Originally "Thinking 'Bout You" was set to be the album's second single and even had a music video filmed with promo copies sent to radio stations across the UK, but the release was eventually scrapped and the video was never released to the public, and instead 'Money' was chosen to replace it. One of the song's co-writers & producer Colin Emmanuel managed to get Beenie Man to collaborate on the track after flying to Jamaica and after Jamelia heard his vocals she was very pleased and remixed the original track which was a standard R&B track into something completely different. Seen by many as Jamelia's real debut single as this was her first introduction into mainstream success & honestly surprised that this didn't do better on here, despite getting quite a few high scores it did gain quite a few lower and middling scores as well which brought the average down. Up until the last couple of scores this was below 'No More' & this deserves to be so much higher than some of the songs that are yet to come such as 'DJ' & 'Stop'. The song was something different and unique for its time with its mixtures of operatic sounds, 3 bass drums, harpsicords, bass-lines and vintage keys samples, with so much effort placed into the production the song is really good and for such young age Jamelia really holds her own with her fantastic vocals, a lesser artist would have got lost in all the chaos, Beenie Man's rap adds even more interesting layers to this rather brilliant number and while it may not be to everyone's tastes its still and will always be a creative piece of music and a fantastic introduction for Jamelia.

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OVtRB4t80q0 #09. No More | 6.277 Highest Scores: 10: (Lee J11), Lowest Scores: 2: (Jessie Where) At #9 is No More, released in March 2007 as the 3rd & final single from Jameia's 3rd studio album Walk With Me. The song was built around a sample of The Strangler's 1981 hit "Golden Brown" & was written by Jamelia, Stuart Crichton, and Tommy Lee, while production was handled by Crichton. Upon release the track was given a slightly altered single of mix & received generally positive reviews from critics & despite gaining a strong amount of radio support the track flopped by peaking at #43 on the UK singles chart, making this her lowest charting single in 7 years. Ultimately this would be Jamelia's final single of her career. Taking another large leap in average is this classy little soulful number that uses the 'Golden Brown' sample rather effectively. The simple melodies set against the gospel wall of sounds really gives this a mature sound along with Jamelia rich vocals layered all over the track. However in hindsight releasing this as the 3rd single was a mistake considering her previous hit already used a prominent sample & felt like it was treading familiar ground which could have been a factor as to why it underperformed. Personally I would have chosen either 'Do Me Right', 'Know My Name' or 'Hustle' as the 3rd single instead. But on the whole 'No More' is still a decent track nonetheless.

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ub9RosJU-BM #10. Call Me | 5.583 Highest Scores: 8: (gooddelta, DrizzyMack), Lowest Scores: 0: (lewistgreen) At the #10 spot & taking a bigger leap in average is Call Me, released in June 2000 as the 3rd single from Jamelia's debut album Drama. Despite critical praise and strong promotion the track would just miss the UK top 10 by peaking at #11, making this her 2nd top 20 hit and spent 5 weeks on the UK singles chart and followed a similar production style as her previous hit 'Money' & was seen as the perfect follow up single choice. Jamelia's debut album Drama was soon released in the same month with positive critical reviews & would just scrape the UK top 40 by peaking at #39. This song is a classy little soulful number that while wasn't quite as memorable or impactful as her previous hit 'Money', its still a decent tune with warm melodies & Jamelia's poised yet tender vocals really shines on the sophisticated production. Okay the track gets rather repetitive at times, but you can't deny its catchy as hell. A cute little R&B bop that feels rather underrated in Jamelia's discography.

Welcome to the Semi-Final round of 'Drag Race Winners Survivor' & we are now down to our final 3 Queens, which means that we say goodbye to the fierce Jaida Essence Hall, the winner of season 12 during the pandemic, a difficult time for everyone involved, but Jaida's time on that season never failed to make us smile with her warm personality & showed poise and grace on a season with many heavy hitters (including Jaida herself of course). Jaida won 3 Maxi challenges on her season & showed some real versality. It was a shame that she won during that time due to her not getting to perform on a grand finale stage & not being able to go out into the world and tour. Thankfully she got to come back for All-Stars 7 the all-winners season where again we the fans got to fall in love with her all over again & added a further 2 Maxi challenge wins under her belt & even gained a star from one of her fellow contestants & came very close to making the final 4. For being such a recent winner Jaida has done very well on here to make it this far, a surprising and more than welcomed result. Right then guys we are now down to just 3 queens Jinkx Monsoon, Bianca Del Ripo & Bob The Drag Queen, same rules apply just vote for your least fave out of the remaining queens & the one with the most votes will be out just before final round, so make sure you use your vote wisely. Results so far: 4th. Jaida Essence Hall - [12/63.16%] 5th. Raja - [35 points] 6th. Symone - [15/73.00%] 7th. Willow Pill - [16/55.17%] 8th. Yvie Oddly - [9/42.86%] 9th. Aquaria - [9/37.50%] 10th. Sasha Velour - [5/4/22.73%] 11th. Violet Chachki - [10/23.26%] 12th. BeBe Zahara Benet - [17/39.53%] 13th. Sharon Needles - [10/50.00%] 14th. Tyra Sanchez - [8/40.00%]

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E0N10yptxOo #11. Bout (ft Rah Digga) | 5.055 Highest Scores: 10: (lewistgreen), Lowest Scores: 1: (Jessie Where) At #11 and correctly predicted by Simon is Bout, released in February 2003 as the lead single from Jamelia's 2nd studio album Thank You and features guest vocals by American rapper Rah Digga. The song samples composer Bill Conti's 'Gonna Fly Now' from 1976, best known as the 'Rocky' theme and was written by Jamelia and Colin Emmanuel, with production handled by the latter. Upon release the track peaked at #37 on the UK singles chart & was considered a disappointment considering it was her first release in 3 years, but everything would soon turn around after the release of the follow up single. The reason why this comeback single failed is because its not very good and didn't really show what Jamelia was capable off as an artist, due to its heavy handed production and generic beats where her vocals feels totally lost in all the chaos surrounding it. This feels as if its trying way too hard and yet achieves so little, its as if they were trying re-create a UK version of Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty', but lacked any charisma or flavour. Although thankfully Jamelia got another chance to prove herself as an artist after this mis-fire.

93HfnJMxSUA #12. Boy Next Door | 4.5 Highest Scores: 8: (ready for it), Lowest Scores: 1: (lewistgreen, Roba) At #12 is another early Jamelia single Boy Next Door, released in October 2000 as the 4th and final single from her debut album Drama. Due to limited promotion the track would only manage a #42 peak on the UK singles chart and spent just 2 weeks inside the top 75. The song is one of two of Jamelia's singles to miss the UK top 40. The version released as a single had a slight remix to the version that appears on the album and is also slightly shorter in length. This would be her final release for 3 years, due to her pregnancy and focusing on her family. This is another okay number with slick R&B beats and nice chilled out rhythms as Jamelia's vocals glides through the slow-tempo track with ease. Although the music video does feel rather at odds with the songs message, but anyway the song is a fun little bop & quite catchy. Not one of her best by a long shot, but its a nice little forgotten gem from her early era.

ygKaENMQmao #13. I Do | 4.444 Highest Scores: 8: (ready for it), Lowest Scores: 0: (JulianT) At #13 is Jamelia's first charting single I Do, released in July 1999 as the first single from Jamelia's debut album Drama and became her first UK top 40 hit by peaking at #36. This was her second single overall following "So High" which failed to chart & therefore wasn't included on her debut album. The track was originally remixed with only UK rapper Dubwise rapping & although his rap was considered great, he was largely unknown. So it was suggested that an American rap group may help to further the success of the single. So Slum Village was chosen to rap on it. After they heard Dubwise's rap, they suggested that at least one of his verses should remain, in respect of his efforts. Another rather forgotten Jamelia track due to its low chart peak & the fact that it came out before she made it big. The song is okay filler at best with some nice slick 90's R&B beats & confident vocals, but the song isn't memorable enough to stand out from the crowd as it kinda just fades into the background. There's a reason why some songs are forgotten about, but it's not terrible by any means, the track is a cute little bop, but nothing special.

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H7nNF8vPkvo #14. Universal Prayer (ft Tiziano Ferro) | 3.875 Highest Scores: 7: (Simon, Nick F1), Lowest Scores: 1: (Jessie Where, JulianT) Kicking things at the tail end of the results is Universal Prayer which scored a measly 3.875 average & comes as a surprise to no-one considering that this was never released in the UK & was only featured on the international re-release of her 2nd album Thank You. The song was recorded by Italian singer Tiziano Ferro who collaborated with Jamelia for this release as the soundtrack to the 2004 Summer Olympic games & was written Tizianno himself & Jamelia along with Tom Nichols, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, and Tor Erik Hermansen, while production was helmed by Eriksen and Hermansen under their production moniker Stargate. Originally released as a standalone single in August 2004, the song became a success in several countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain where it topped the charts in those countries, as well as hitting top 40 in Switzerland & lower end peaks in Austria, Germany, Netherlands & Turkey. This was the only song in this countdown to not get scores by everyone, 16/18 & that's not a surprise given that this is probably Jamelia's most forgotten single & the scores that it did get were 5 or under. There's not a lot to say about this as its a rather bland pop number that doesn't really go anywhere interesting & while the vocals do sound decent, Jamelia has sounded far better on some of her more well known tracks. Forgettable and inoffensive, this is something that you will instantly forget about after 1 listen.

Welcome Buzzjack to the Jamelia singles rate results thread. 14 songs in the running & a BIG THANK YOU to the 18 members that have taken part & made this a huge success. A reminder of what's to come: I Do Money [ft Beenie Man] Call Me Boy Next Door Bout [ft Rah Digga] Superstar Thank You See It in a Boy's Eyes DJ Stop Something About You Beware of the Dog No More Universal Prayer [ft Tiziano Ferro] Thoughts? Predictions ? please feel free to share & everything will be revelled in due course....

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Interesting that many of you are saying that 'Sky Fits Heaven' should have been a single because there's a reason why it wasn't. The song was based on a poem by Max Blagg who agreed to let Madonna use parts of his poem for the song under the condition that it wouldn't be released as a single.

I will enter this, I have answered 29 out of the 36 album covers so far