ARTIST: Westlife SONG: Better Man SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I think before we go any further, it's worth having a customary refresh of my words twelve weeks ago, back when we had Westlife's last single 'Hello My Love' as my #SongoftheWeek. Chiefly, that I said I could see it … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Westlife – ‘Better Man’
Flashing back to the UK chart hits of a time when wrap around skirts and trousers were an in thing and when The Blair Witch Project haunted cinema goers with wobbly camera angles and bobble hats, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week - a monster chart topper courtesy of a well known … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 13)
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’
Sometimes to understand pop now, you need to look back at what it was then. Or so a wise man once wrote. This is The Story of Pop: 1999, and time once again to bring you another huge UK chart hit from exactly 20 years ago. This week: the 19th top 40 single from some … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 9)
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’
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