May, 2020 - Can't Stop The Pop

Steps – You’ll Be Sorry

‘You’ll Be Sorry’ saw Steps hit back with a massive ‘f**k you’ (and a brilliant B-side) after years on the receiving end of heartbreak.

With the muted response to their second album, ‘Around The World’ felt like a deliberate attempt to distance Aqua from themselves.

Every so often comes a song that re-defines the trajectory of a pop act. ‘Naked’ didn’t just save Louise’s career. It made her career.

‘Bop Bop Baby’ broke with stool-perching tradition and showcased Westlife being as experimental as they ever were or would be again.

When Lisa Scott-Lee stepped back into the spotlight with her debut single ‘Lately’, it looked for a moment like she might well have the last laugh.

Cover versions were ten-a-penny in the ’90s, but Bus Stop’s take on ‘Kung Fu Fighting’ was so unlike the original that it almost defied comparison.

‘Look At Me’ saw Geri Halliwell face her demons head-on as she launched her solo career a year after leaving the Spice Girls.

‘Take Your Shoes Off’ established Margaret Irimia as one of the most important songwriters of the early ’00s…for The Cheeky Girls, at least.