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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 27, 2020 17:37:24 GMT 1
Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah This American rock band have released quite a few albums since 1997, but I'm guessing this is the only one that most people could name - me included! It's a great little ballad though - simple, but effective. It's brilliant when songs like this, by little known acts, become hits based purely on merit and nothing else.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 27, 2020 17:43:29 GMT 1
50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timberland - Ayo Technology Three big names on one record about a bloke who is tired of using technology (it's only going to get worse I'm afraid!), and the result is quite an appealing rap track. I don't really remember it from the time, but it's a keeper as far as I am concerned!
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 27, 2020 17:52:08 GMT 1
Shayne Ward - No U Hang Up/If That's OK With You One time X-Factor winner Shayne Ward is moving away from the pop sound of his debut album for this R&B flavoured double A-side, which was a #2 hit in 2007. 'No U Hang Up' is probably his best song to date, going along at a steady pace, but is as smoothas silk.
'If That's OK With You' has more of a summery feel to it, and has shades reminiscent of Akon's 'Lonely' in places. I've actually changed my mind - I think this is his best song to date!
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 27, 2020 17:56:54 GMT 1
Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It Fedde Le Grand had already had a massive dance hit with 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' and he was back again with another club banger, this time teaming up with Danish singer Ida Corr. The single version is only two and a half minutes long, but it still manages to get the blood pumping. I love it.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 27, 2020 18:02:34 GMT 1
Mark Ronson Featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie Two amazing talents on one record here, taken from the Mark Ronson covers album 'Version'. There can't be many people who don't know this version of the song that was originally a slightly smaller hit for the Zutons, just a year earlier. There will be a lot of people who prefer the original, but I think this version takes the song to a whole new level and makes it sound like a jazz standard. It has to be up there with the best recordings this century so far.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 29, 2020 20:42:32 GMT 1
Take That - Rule The World Of all the songs Take That released during their second incarnation, this is the one that I would have definitely said was a #1, when in fact it 'only' reached the runner-up spot (albeit for 4 weeks). It's just a magnificent pop record that is proof that boybands can make a real classic if they really put their minds to it.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 29, 2020 20:47:13 GMT 1
T2 Featuring Jodie Aysha - Heartbroken This is one of many dance tracks that I liked at the time but had totally forgotten about - but I suppose the brain is limited as to just how much music one can remember. It seems that both T2 and Jodie Aysha never repeated the success of this, but it's still a pretty good tune.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 29, 2020 20:53:27 GMT 1
Soulja Boy Tellem - Crank That (Soulja Boy) We're into January 2008 now, and another track that had slipped my memory for the last twelve years or so. It definitely wouldn't have been my cup of tea at the time so I'm not surprised I'd forgotten it really, although compared to the hip-hop of today I'm quite enjoying it now.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 29, 2020 20:57:48 GMT 1
Britney Spears - Piece Of Me I was well and truly over Britney by the time this came out, and it just sounds typical of what she was doing towards the second half of the noughties. I know true fans will love this but I think it's just ok.
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Post by Smurfie on Dec 29, 2020 21:18:05 GMT 1
I hated Piece Of Me when it came it out - but it clicked with me oddly about 15 years later.
Rule The World is excellent and one of the highlights of Take That second time around.
If I never hear that Soulja Boy record ever again, it would be too soon.
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Sielos grožio niekas nepavogs, kol širdy jaunystė gros.
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Post by Good Old Days on Aug 12, 2021 14:35:34 GMT 1
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 12, 2021 14:50:35 GMT 1
Thanks for the reminder. I do intend to come back to this and the #1s topic at some point. 🙂
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