Released as a double A-side together with Be With You in the UK, this ballad reached #2 on the charts in early December 2002. It was one of Stargate's earlier productions, later on they would become one of America's biggest production teams.
Won't be missed. 5/10.
(I have no idea how Stargate got so relevant, their productions are boring as ****, this one being no exception.)
After two #1's and another succesful album going multi-platinum, everyone was surprised to see Saints had seemingly outlasted Spice Girls. But all seemed to be false, when promotion for the third single off the album (this one) never really took off and the girls announced a small break ''to clear the air between themselves'' a few weeks after the song's release. Promo singles for the album's fourth single (Surrender -- great track by the way) had already been sent to radio stations, even though it already seemed pretty clear going off by rumours what was going to happen. Notice how in the video the girls have no scenes together, all of them were shot individually. The catalyst for all of this was a fight over a jacket for a photoshoot, as Shaznay later commented:
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Originally posted by Shaznay
I would never in a million years have put money on the group ending over a jacket incident. But when that incident happened, it fired up so strong, it had to be over. And the way I was then, the state we'd got into then, there was no way she was getting that stupid jacket.
It's Bootie Call with a chorus, which automatically makes it pretty great. 8,5/10.
Illegally sampling Godspell's Day By Day (it actually feature another legal sample), this heavily disco-influenced track was a hit for the girls in the UK and internationally, being a top ten hit in Australia. As a double A-side with Last Goodbye, it became their fifth best-selling single in the UK, selling 183k in the long run.
Why am I such a sucker for early 00s nu-disco? God this is amazing. I'm a bit dissapointed none of you (except for Xorev!!!) saw the brilliance in this, even after telling them to revise their scores. 9,5/10.
Originally recorded by Jamaican group The Paragons all the way back in 1967, this song was rediscovered after Blondie made it smash in 1980. Originally, this reworked version, including a mainly pop-oriented production and a newly added middle 8 (hence the Get The Feeling bit) was to be released by Billie Piper, but the poor thing decided to just put an end to her musical career entirely after facing a woman who sent her and her family death threats in court.
Anyway, it was a huge smash for the girls, as it gave them their third #1 plus it made it up for the dissapointment of It's OK. Managing to make #3 in the European charts, the song ultimately sold around 1,5 million internationally, making it their second most succesful single.
It's pure cheese but that's exactly what Atomic Kitten was all about, no? 7/10.
Released as Atomic Kitten's very first single in late 1999, this was another attempt at recreating the success of other succesful girlgroups of the late 90s like the ones featured in this rate. (The Saturdays were like 11 back then hahaha) Sadly, they failed, only peaking at #10, but they still managed to release six more singles from this album, the reason why will be revealed soon enough...
It's really cute but admittedly pales in comparison to other girlgroup debut singles. 8,5/10.
So we've reached the top twenty, finally! The songs still in play are:
Spice Girls (9/13)
Wannabe
Say You'll Be There
2 Become 1
Who Do You Think You Are
Spice Up Your Life
Too Much
Stop
Viva Forever
Goodbye
All Saints (5/10)
I Know Where It's At
Never Ever
Pure Shores
Black Coffee
Rock Steady
Atomic Kitten (3/12)
Whole Again
Eternal Flame
It's OK
The Saturdays (3/15)
Up
Ego
All Fired Up
Spice Domination, it's like 1997 all over again! In a very clear lead with an impressive 9 songs still in, the Spice Girls have been doing incredibly up till now, but who knows what will happen? All Saints follow with half of their singles still in, but whether they'll be able to make the top ten is yet to be revealed... Atomic Kitten & The Saturdays both only have 3 songs left, but don't be too quick to dismiss them...
The Saints & Sinners era was so stylish. I love pretty much all of its visuals, really, but especially that stunning album cover. Anyway, I genuinely like all five of these most recent eliminations, but am not really too heartbroken to see any of them being given the boot.