2025 has been an interesting year to say the least. It's not been without its challenges but equally it's had its moments of joy. Overall, however, it is one year I am quite glad to be at the end of. But one thing it has been full and plenty of is some pretty awesome music. … Continue reading Top 10 Singles and Albums of 2025
One thing that might not have escaped your notice is that, certainly for the last couple of years, I've only ever really been posting on this here corner of the Web once a week, and usually only doing The Story of Pop, whatever year we happen to have been covering.Next year, however, I intend to … Continue reading Top 10 Singles and Albums of 2023
Any doubts at all that the Sugababes' chart topping success with their previous single was a fluke were promptly dispatched with their equally addictive follow up, helmed by the fledging pop team Xenomania...
On a new label and with a brand new lineup, Sugababes not only bought the mashup to the mainstream but also delivered one of the year's most redefining pop smashes courtesy of a Gary Numan sample and lyrics from Adina Howard...
Good afternoon, it's Thursday and time as always for our latest post in the Pop Essays series, where we bring you a second light on forgotten gems from pop music history. Bit of a first this week, as I write about my first non-single of the series... Artist: Siobhan Donaghy Song: Man Without Friends Release … Continue reading Pop Essays #9: Siobhan Donaghy, ‘Man Without Friends’
The race is on, even as we speak, to discover who will be the identity of this year's Christmas number one single in the UK. Regular readers may remember that back in 2017 I did a blog recounting my favourite Yuletide chart toppers of yore. But of course, this being the UK, for every 'Do … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: The “Should’ve Been” Christmas Number Ones
Offering up another classic hit from the UK singles chart of two whole decades ago, and the tale behind it, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: the sensational debut of the most successful female chart act of the 21st century... If there's one thing that sits clear on the mind of many … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 38)
ARTIST: DJ Spoony presents Garage Classical feat. Sugababes SONG: Flowers SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Where art thou the class of BBC Radio 1 from 1999? If you're Sara Cox or Zoë Ball, you're probably the sound of Britain that listens to Radio 2 getting up in the morning or … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: DJ Spoony presents Garage Classical feat. Sugababes – ‘Flowers’
ARTIST: Sugababes SONG: New Year It's a shame that whilst music channels will only ever seem to play "Too Lost In You", the single from the second incarnation of their lineup at Christmas 2003 from the soundtrack to Love Actually at this time of year, that people forget the first lineup of Sugababes - Keisha Buchanan, … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 8
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