ARTIST: Jonas BrothersSONG: SuckerSO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK?Between Alphabeat a couple of weeks ago and our favourite new song of the week this week, you may be mistaken for thinking we're writing about pop from 11 years ago (to the people who said 'You are' - RUDE). But no, 2008 … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jonas Brothers – ‘Sucker’
It's Thursday, meaning that it's time for us, as always, to throw things back two decades to the hits and hitmakers of the pre-Y2K charts. This is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: four girls from Dublin make chart history - and cement their place in the record books in the process... In less … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 12)
The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the story, week by week, of the songs and stars that were riding high in the UK charts twenty years ago this very week. We continue onwards and into double figures, and this week - a comeback and then some from one of the greatest female vocalists of all … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 11)
ARTIST: Alphabeat SONG: Shadows SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's funny really, how cyclical things are in pop. When I first laid eyes on Alphabeat back in 2008 (God that seems further back than I thought) they came along at just the right time. Dullard landfill indie bands like Razorlight … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Alphabeat – ‘Shadows’
Welcome to another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back to the UK chart hits of 20 years ago. And it seems quite fitting that this week, with Red Nose Day for Comic Relief just around the corner again next Friday, that we profile one of its former fundraising hits... It … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 10)
ARTIST: Emma Bunton SONG: Baby Please Don't Stop SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? If you read this here corner of the interweb with any regularity, you'll know a couple of things. Mainly, we love us a good girl group. And perhaps even more so than that, we love us a … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Emma Bunton – ‘Baby Please Don’t Stop’
ARTIST: Julia Michaels feat. Niall Horan SONG: What A Time SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? After the 'Issues' songstress joined Mullingar's finest as the opening act on the UK and Europe leg of his world tour last year, it was perhaps a little inevitable that they would end up working … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Julia Michaels feat. Niall Horan – ‘What A Time’
It was the year of SM:TV Live on Saturday mornings, Pokemon cards in the school playground, and a solar eclipse. Oh - and also the year of some stellar pop music. This is The Story of Pop: 1999, our new weekly look back at the biggest UK chart hits of 20 years ago. This week: … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 8)
ARTIST: Jack & Jack SONG: Daydreaming SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I fully anticipate that my traffic for this week's #SongoftheWeek blog is going to be abnormally higher - chiefly because of the two young rapscallions behind it. But first the facts. Pop's not had a proper duo since the … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jack & Jack – ‘Daydreaming’
It's time once again to head back two whole decades to a different time in pop music, as we bring you another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999. And you won't believe who's next for us to cover in the story... Since he got his breakthrough producing Madonna's 1990 hit 'Justify My Love', soul/funk/rock … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 7)
