Dreamer's Top 100 girl groups songs

[Good Old Days]

This thread was inspired by Haven’s favourite girl groups voting.

In this countdown I like to represent my all-time top 100 favourite girl group songs.

Rules :
1. Only singles or songs with the official videos were included, but I did one exception for Lithuania. This country didn’t have singles market and official videos were rare thing too, so Lithuanian songs with radio / TV airplay were added in my top 100.

2. Girl group must have at least two members, there are some wonderful songs from duets, so I didn’t want to exclude them from my list.

3. The collaborations between two girl groups or between female singer and girl group are illegal. Also I excluded two big hits of my weekly retro chart from this top 100, because both were one hit wonders from some actresses and not from real girl groups.

This countdown could be a little more interesting and funny in top 150 format, but I prefer "no fillers" list. All songs from top 100 got at least 8 / 10 score from me.

There are almost zero information about some songs / acts, so all your additions are welcome.

Some stats :
- 53 girl groups from 15 countries are represented in this countdown.
- the oldest song was recorded in 1972 year.
- the most freshest was upload on Youtube only 7 months ago.
- two songs were found through Haven forum members charts/recommendations.
- one group have the same name with a little more popular girlband.

Warning : This thread is more like alternative vision on the wonderful world of girl pop groups.

P.S : I really like all songs in this list.

[o]

But are any of us actually going to have heard of them? New music for us I guess?

[Good Old Days]

Oct 8, 2020 17:26:38 GMT 1 o said:

But are any of us actually going to have heard of them? New music for us I guess?

Yes, there are a lot of new/low-known/forgotten music, but if don't count Lithuanian entries the majority from other songs were represented in UK chart.

[Good Old Days]

Before the start of main countdown I like to introduce six personal favourite songs, which became illegal under the current rules of this list.  

Blogos Mergaites and 69 Danguje - Norim Buti Vaikais (The Land of Make Believe) (2008) - 10.0



"The Land of Make Believe" became only one song in the history of my retrospective chart, which was # 1 in three different versions, when Blogos Mergaites got # 1 with "Norim Buti Vaikais" (cover on Lithuanian language). The combined result is 21 weeks at # 1 (!!!) - nine for Bucks Fizz, seven for allSTARS* and five for Blogos Mergaites. Original was my "Song of the Year" from 1981 year, allSTARS* cover version is my favourite single from 2002.

I adore all three versions and gave very rare, but deserved 10 / 10 score.

We will meet Blogos Mergaites again in top 100.

[Good Old Days]

Marga Scheide and Deuce - 1, 2, 3 Bananas (1982) - 9.0



After the Dutch girl group Luv' split up in 1982, beauty blonde Marga Scheide recorded one single with Deuce (twin sisters Clari and Anja Horsmeier). "1,2,3 Bananas" spent 4 weeks on the top of my retrospective chart.

In the next year Horsmeier sisters took part in the Nationaal Songfestival (Dutch preselection for Eurovision Song Contest). They sang two tracks "Stopwatch" and "Computer games". Marga's debut single "Love Symphony" (1983) was her second and last number one in my chart.

[Good Old Days]

Quentin and Ash - Tell Him (1996) - 9.5



In July 1996 two British actresses Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash released a cover version of 60s hit "Tell Him". The single was peaked at # 25 in UK, but became ultimate hit in my chart with 5 weeks on the top, also it's my favourite song from that year.

[Good Old Days]

Schulmadchen - Hook Me Up (2005) - 8.5



"Schulmadchen" (Schoolgirls) is a comedy series aired on RTL Television in Germany beginning in 2002. A total of fifteen episodes have been produced as of 2005. The show follows the adventures of a group of pushy, wealthy teenage girls at the fictitious gymnasium in Munich. The show stars Birthe Wolter as Laura, Laura Osswald as Cara, Simone Hanselmann as Stella and Arzu Bazman as Ramona.

In Russia "Schulmadchen" was translated on local MTV. "Hook Me Up" is an opening theme of season 2 and spent 3 weeks at # 1 in my chart.

[Good Old Days]

Girls Aloud - She (2008) - 9.0



"She" is B-side of "Promise" single and the one from my top 5 favourite Girls Aloud tracks, which pushed me into a song-off round in last Haven Factor.

[greendemon]

I have to say I did like 'She'; more than I think I like most of their singles.

[Good Old Days]

YVA - Grozio Fabrikas (2006) - 9.5 



I will always have a special place in my heart for this song, but sadly YVA did a bet on other tracks from album, so based on the rules I can't include "Grozio Fabrikas" in top 100.

"Grozio Fabrikas" ("Beauty Factory") is my favourite track from 2nd YVA studio album "Katytes" ("Cats"), which was recorded in 2006. Now my favourite member of group Kristina (blonde lady from my avatar) is not only singer in YVA and Kristal, but also business lady and has small beauty studio.

Based on lyrics it's easily my favourite YVA song, "Grozio Fabrikas" also got the third place in my all YVA songs ranking two years ago. The sentence in my profile "Sielos grožio niekas nepavogs, kol širdy jaunystė gros" (No one will steal the beauty of the soul until the heart is young) was taken from this masterpiece. 

I tried to translate it through Google from Lithuanian to English.

YVA - Beauty Factory

Little mirror, tell me how I'll look tomorrow,
When I grow old and bloom, what do you do then?
I want to be forever young, seductive, charming and loved,
Go through life with a smile.
No one will steal the beauty of the soul until the heart is young.

There are not too many sunny days,
Not too much at all, that is beautiful.
There is not too much smile on your face,
There is not too much youth in your heart.

Time runs away impatiently, forget about previous year,
What was yesterday may not be tomorrow.
Enjoy this day, accompany the sun with a song,
After all, life is a gift.
Our hearts will never grow old until the passion lives in them.

There are not too many sunny days,
Not too much at all, that is beautiful.
There is not too much smile on your face,
There is not too much youth in your heart.

Before May 2020 "Grozio Fabrikas" was available on Youtube only on my channel.  Please push "Like" button, if you like this song.

All comments are welcome, because I really want to know your opinion about wonderful "Grozio Fabrikas".

[PurpleCareBear]

I love love love that version of Tell Him .
I wish that Quentin & Ash had done an album, I wanted a dozen more songs from them.

[Good Old Days]

100. Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song (2007) - 8.0

Country : United States
Chart results : # 22 in UK, # 16 in Ireland, # 18 in Norway



"Potential Breakup Song" is a song co-written and performed by American duo Aly & AJ and is the first single from their third studio album "Insomniatic".

Time magazine ranked "Potential Breakup Song" the ninth best song of 2007. The song received positive reviews from other music critics as well, many praising its lyrical content and its maturity, as well as the "adventurous" synth-based production.

[Good Old Days]

99. Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me (2006) - 8.0 

Country : United Kingdom
Chart results : # 35 in UK



Now it's time for Haven favourites. British indie pop girl group Pipettes was active from 2003 to 2011 and released two albums "We Are the Pipettes" and "Earth vs. The Pipettes".

"Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me" was the second single from their debut album "We Are the Pipettes" and became the first UK top 40 hit for group. 

[Earl Purple]

The first all-girl group to top my chart were the McGuire Sisters in February 1958 with "Sugartime". There is a video of them doing it on a show with Perry Como, although he throws a few lines of "Magic Moments" into the performance.

There are quite a few "videos" of 50s hits actually.

I am struggling to work out who my last ever girl-group to top my chart was. First Aid Kit had a #2 in 2012, plus a few other hits including the one that won the Time Machine contest in 2014 but they didn't get a number one.

[Good Old Days]

Oct 12, 2020 17:36:23 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

The first all-girl group to top my chart were the McGuire Sisters in February 1958 with "Sugartime". There is a video of them doing it on a show with Perry Como, although he throws a few lines of "Magic Moments" into the performance.

There are quite a few "videos" of 50s hits actually.

I like vintage traditional pop, but it was impossible for them to reach even 100th place in this countdown.
There are not many very old songs in my top 100, only some entries were recorded before my birth.

 

[Roo.]

Two great songs to start things off!

[Good Old Days]

98. Twins - It’s My Time (2009) - 8.0

Country : United Kingdom



Suprisingly only some songs from this countdown have any connection with Eurovision Song Contest. Twin sisters duo Francine and Nicola Gleadall from Sheffield were the participants of UK national pre-selection and finished on the second place. All three finalists performed the same song. Girls’ version sounds like a potentinal minor Christmas hit.

"It's My Time" was written by legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber, who has composed 21 musicals include such big things as Cats, Evita, The Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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97. Pearls - You Are Everything (1973) - 8.0

Country : United Kingdom
Chart results : # 41 in UK



English 1970s girl vocal duo from Liverpool Pearls (Lyn Cornell and Ann Simmons) reached number one in my retro charts with their first three singles. This record (for girl groups) will be broken only in 1996 year by other English girlband, who had 4 number ones on a start of their career, as B*Witched in UK chart.

Like the previous two their chart toppers “You Are Everything” is a cover version.

[Good Old Days]

96. Lemonescent - Unconditional Love (2003) - 8.0

Country : United Kingdom
Chart results : disqualified in UK



Lemonescent was a Scottish girl group formed in 2002. The band achieved small success in UK, scoring three top forty singles between 2002 and 2005.

Their fifth single "Unconditional Love" was on course to give them their biggest hit in UK, appearing at No.20 in the midweeks, but was removed from the chart due to suspicions of chart-rigging by bulksale-buying. It was confirmed by Official Charts Company that hundreds of copies of the single were being bought in bulk in and around Glasgow.

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95. Lucy Street - Loves Me Loves Me Not (2000) - 8.0

Country : Sweden
Chart results : # 14 in Sweden



Lucy Street was a Swedish pop group that consisted of Johanna Liden, Karolina Dahlman and Malin Sjoquist. The band name was inspired by American 60s sitkom “The Lucy Show”.

In 2000 year the ladies scored top 3 hit "Girl Next Door" in their home country, but I prefer the follow-up single “Loves Me Loves Me Not”. Both singles were written by legendary Jorgen Elofsson. He wrote some famous pure pop hits for Britney, Westlife, Kelly Clarkson, Steps, participants of UK music shows (Gareth Gates, Shayne Ward) and two tracks for Geri Halliwell’s masterpiece album “Scream If You Wanna Go Faster”.