Rate Steps' Singles

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Mark the songs below from 0-10. Half points allowed.

5, 6, 7, 8
Last Thing On My Mind
One For Sorrow
Heartbeat
Tragedy
Better Best Forgotten
Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
After The Love Has Gone
Say You'll Be Mine
Better The Devil You Know
Deeper Shade Of Blue
When I Said Goodbye
Summer Of Love
Stomp
It's The Way You Make Me Feel
Here And Now
You'll Be Sorry
Chain Reaction
Words Are Not Enough
I Know Him So Well

I didn't include Thank Abba For the Music (with other artists) or Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby as it was largely ignored.

[rubcale]

[6+] 5, 6, 7, 8
[8+] Last Thing On My Mind
[10] One For Sorrow
[04] Heartbeat
[09] Tragedy
[07] Better Best Forgotten
[06] Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
[07] After The Love Has Gone
[10] Say You'll Be Mine
[02] Better The Devil You Know
[09] Deeper Shade Of Blue
[04] When I Said Goodbye
[4+] Summer Of Love
[06] Stomp
[10] It's The Way You Make Me Feel
[05] Here And Now
[3+] You'll Be Sorry
[9+] Chain Reaction
[07] Words Are Not Enough
[09] I Know Him So Well

[acidburn]

07 5, 6, 7, 8
08 Last Thing On My Mind
10 One For Sorrow
05 Heartbeat
07 Tragedy
06 Better Best Forgotten
07 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
09 After The Love Has Gone
05 Say You'll Be Mine
03 Better The Devil You Know
07 Deeper Shade Of Blue
07 When I Said Goodbye
07 Summer Of Love
06 Stomp
10 It's The Way You Make Me Feel
07 Here And Now
05 You'll Be Sorry
05 Chain Reaction
04 Words Are Not Enough
08 I Know Him So Well

One For Sorrow and It's The Way You Make Me Feel were the best ones, I love Steps and I think they should come back, BTW great forum

[rubcale]

We seem to be of similar mind as those are my favs too. I used my children as an excuse to go to their concerts.

Absolutely brilliant but I'm not sure about them coming back. We've seen what has happened with the Spice Girls. Steps were great in their time and I think it's perhaps better just to remember them as a band who made great pure pop records.

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[06] 5, 6, 7, 8
[09] Last Thing On My Mind
[08] One For Sorrow
[05] Heartbeat
[05] Tragedy
[10] Better Best Forgotten
[09] Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
[07] After The Love Has Gone
[09] Say You'll Be Mine
[03] Better The Devil You Know
[04] Deeper Shade Of Blue
[05] When I Said Goodbye
[03] Summer Of Love
[07] Stomp
[10] It's The Way You Make Me Feel
[06] Here And Now
[05] You'll Be Sorry
[07] Chain Reaction
[03] Words Are Not Enough
[10] I Know Him So Well

[Smurfie]

NOW we're talking.

(6) 5, 6, 7, 8
(10) Last Thing On My Mind
(8) One For Sorrow
(4) Heartbeat
(9) Tragedy
(8) Better Best Forgotten
(10) Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
(10) After The Love Has Gone
(10) Say You'll Be Mine
(4) Better The Devil You Know
(9) Deeper Shade Of Blue
(3) When I Said Goodbye
(4) Summer Of Love
(5) Stomp
(7) It's The Way You Make Me Feel
(8) Here And Now
(10) You'll Be Sorry
(8) Chain Reaction
(2) Words Are Not Enough
(7) I Know Him So Well

[-Big Dan-]

08 5, 6, 7, 8
06 Last Thing On My Mind
05 One For Sorrow
09 Heartbeat (I liked this to an almost unhealthy degree when it came out)
07 Tragedy
04 Better Best Forgotten
07 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
05 After The Love Has Gone
08 Say You'll Be Mine
03 Better The Devil You Know
08 Deeper Shade Of Blue
08 When I Said Goodbye
09 Summer Of Love
05 Stomp
08 It's The Way You Make Me Feel
03 Here And Now
07 You'll Be Sorry
04 Chain Reaction
07 Words Are Not Enough
04 I Know Him So Well

Summer Of Love is my favourite of theirs. It's just so upbeat and brilliant.

[harmony]

[2] 5, 6, 7, 8
[6] Last Thing On My Mind
[6] One For Sorrow
[4.5] Heartbeat
[4] Tragedy
[6] Better Best Forgotten
[7.5] Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
[4] After The Love Has Gone
[6] Say You'll Be Mine
[2] Better The Devil You Know
[10] Deeper Shade Of Blue
[8] When I Said Goodbye
[6] Summer Of Love
[7] Stomp
[5.5] It's The Way You Make Me Feel
[4] Here And Now
[10] You'll Be Sorry
[6] Chain Reaction
[5.5] Words Are Not Enough
[3] I Know Him So Well
[10] Baby Don't Dance

[wonderwall]

1 5, 6, 7, 8
1 Last Thing On My Mind
2 One For Sorrow
2 Heartbeat
3 Tragedy
2 Better Best Forgotten
2 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
2 After The Love Has Gone
1 Say You'll Be Mine
2 Better The Devil You Know
3 Deeper Shade Of Blue
1 When I Said Goodbye
1 Summer Of Love
1 Stomp
1 It's The Way You Make Me Feel
1 Here And Now
1 You'll Be Sorry
1 Chain Reaction
1 Words Are Not Enough
1 I Know Him So Well

[snowqueen]

[-3] 5, 6, 7, 8
[10] Last Thing On My Mind
[95] One For Sorrow
[25] Heartbeat
[-7] Tragedy
[-9] Better Best Forgotten
[-8] Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
[55] After The Love Has Gone
[85] Say You'll Be Mine
[-5] Better The Devil You Know
[75] Deeper Shade Of Blue
[-2] When I Said Goodbye
[-6] Summer Of Love
[-7] Stomp
[-9] It's The Way You Make Me Feel
[55] Here And Now
[-2] You'll Be Sorry
[-8] Chain Reaction
[-4] Words Are Not Enough
[85] I Know Him So Well

[o]

*Opens Cheese Forum*

4 5, 6, 7, 8
5 Last Thing On My Mind
3 One For Sorrow
10 Heartbeat
7 Tragedy
4 Better Best Forgotten
5 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
2 After The Love Has Gone
? Say You'll Be Mine
6 Better The Devil You Know
4 Deeper Shade Of Blue
? When I Said Goodbye
? Summer Of Love
2 Stomp
? It's The Way You Make Me Feel
3 Here And Now
? You'll Be Sorry
1 Chain Reaction
? Words Are Not Enough
? I Know Him So Well

It's amazing how quickly some of those have left my memory banks, thank god.

[Al]

7 5, 6, 7, 8
8 Last Thing On My Mind
6 One For Sorrow
7 Heartbeat
6 Tragedy
6 Better Best Forgotten
3 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
3 After The Love Has Gone
3 Say You'll Be Mine
7 Better The Devil You Know
6 Deeper Shade Of Blue
3 When I Said Goodbye
5 Summer Of Love
8 Stomp
8 It's The Way You Make Me Feel
6 Here And Now
3 You'll Be Sorry
6 Chain Reaction
5 Words Are Not Enough
2 I Know Him So Well

[-Big Dan-]

skiqueen said:

[-3] 5, 6, 7, 8
[10] Last Thing On My Mind
[95] One For Sorrow
[25] Heartbeat
[-7] Tragedy
[-9] Better Best Forgotten
[-8] Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
[55] After The Love Has Gone
[85] Say You'll Be Mine
[-5] Better The Devil You Know
[75] Deeper Shade Of Blue
[-2] When I Said Goodbye
[-6] Summer Of Love
[-7] Stomp
[-9] It's The Way You Make Me Feel
[55] Here And Now
[-2] You'll Be Sorry
[-8] Chain Reaction
[-4] Words Are Not Enough
[85] I Know Him So Well

This is a very odd rating system you have going on here!

[PurpleCareBear]

( 05 ) 5, 6, 7, 8
( 09 ) Last Thing On My Mind
( 09 ) One For Sorrow
( 09 ) Heartbeat
( 07 ) Tragedy
( 09 ) Better Best Forgotten
( 08 ) Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
( 09 ) After The Love Has Gone
( 10 ) Say You'll Be Mine
( 06 ) Better The Devil You Know
( 09 ) Deeper Shade Of Blue
( 03 ) When I Said Goodbye
( 08) Summer Of Love
( 07 ) Stomp
( 09 ) It's The Way You Make Me Feel
( 08 ) Here And Now
( 08 ) You'll Be Sorry
( 07 ) Chain Reaction
( ?? ) Words Are Not Enough
( 10 ) I Know Him So Well

[sim]

04 5, 6, 7, 8
09 Last Thing On My Mind
10 One For Sorrow
04 Heartbeat
08 Tragedy
06 Better Best Forgotten
08 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
09 After The Love Has Gone
07 Say You'll Be Mine
07 Better The Devil You Know
09 Deeper Shade Of Blue
05 When I Said Goodbye
09 Summer Of Love
10 Stomp
08 It's The Way You Make Me Feel
04 Here And Now
03 You'll Be Sorry
10 Chain Reaction
06 Words Are Not Enough
10 I Know Him So Well

[ROBERTLEE]

7 5, 6, 7, 8
7 Last Thing On My Mind
8 One For Sorrow
5 Heartbeat
8 Tragedy
4 Better Best Forgotten
6 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
4 After The Love Has Gone
8 Say You'll Be Mine
4 Better The Devil You Know
7 Deeper Shade Of Blue
8 When I Said Goodbye
6 Summer Of Love
9 Stomp
7 It's The Way You Make Me Feel
2 Here And Now
6 You'll Be Sorry
10 Chain Reaction
2 Words Are Not Enough
9 I Know Him So Well

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CLOSED.

Results to follow shortly.

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RESULTS

01 It's The Way You Make Me Feel 7.71 (12)
02 Last Thing On My Mind 7.42 (13)
03 One For Sorrow 7.30 (13)
04 Say You'll Be Mine 7.13 (12)
05 Deeper Shade Of Blue 7.12 (13)
06 I Know Him So Well 6.79 (12)
07 Tragedy 6.69 (13)
08 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart 6.65 (13)
09 Chain Reaction 6.35 (13)
10 Better best Forgotten 6.23 (13)
11 Stomp 6.15 (13)
12 After The Love Has Gone 5.88 (13)
13 Summer Of Love 5.71 (13)
14 Heartbeat 5.46 (13)
15 You'll Be Sorry 5.29 (12)
16 5 6 7 8 5.12 (13)
17 Here And Now 4.81 (13)
18 When I Said Goodbye 4.75 (12)
19 Words Are Not Enough 4.23 (11)
20 Better The Devil You Know 4.15 (13)

The figures in parenthesis are the number of ratings each song got.

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Perhaps a surprise at the top. Although it's one of my favs I didn't expect It's the Way You Make Me Feel to finish at #1. It caused a furore when it entered the charts at #74 a week before it was released because some shops broke the embargo and sold it on the previous Saturday!

Last Thing On My Mind is a great #2 and Deeper Shade of Blue is well placed at #5.

It just showa how relative chart placings are. One For Sorrow sold a whopping 140k in its first week but MSP just happened to sell 142k that week.

5 6 7 8 only makes #16 despite being one of their biggest sellers - while it never made the top 10 it sold steadily for many weeks over the Christmas period.

Interestingly their last single finishes almost at the bottom of the list. Although this was a double-A Words was the more heavily promoted but I Know Him So Well fares far better at #6.

Straggling in in last place is their attemp to cover Kylie with Better The Devil.

Baby Don't Dance was to be their next single although as far as I know it was never released.

[Becca]

[9] 5, 6, 7, 8
[7] Last Thing On My Mind
[8] One For Sorrow
[5] Heartbeat
[10] Tragedy
[6] Better Best Forgotten
[4] Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
[8] After The Love Has Gone
[10] Say You'll Be Mine
[8] Better The Devil You Know
[9] Deeper Shade Of Blue
[4] When I Said Goodbye
[5] Summer Of Love
[6] Stomp
[6] It's The Way You Make Me Feel
[5] Here And Now
[6] You'll Be Sorry
[10] Chain Reaction
[8] Words Are Not Enough
[9] I Know Him So Well