Even if ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’ didn’t make necessarily good on its promise, this was another credible effort from Scooch
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O-Town – Liquid Dreams
Song inspiration can come from a lot of places. But rarely in pop music did it come from a teenage boy’s crusty sheets.
Steps – Last Thing On My Mind
‘Last Thing On My Mind’ arguably lay the first stone for Steps to become a serious pop act – well, as serious as they were ever going to get.
Hilary Duff – Come Clean
Bluffing her way through the pop game, Hilary Duff described ‘Come Clean’ as “not really pop, sort of like techno, but it’s slow”
Point Break – Freakytime
It goes without saying that ‘Freakytime’ should have been #1 for weeks. But back in the real world it cruelly cemented Point Break as also-rans.
Britney Spears – I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
Art often mimics life for Britney Spears and ‘I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman’ was a moment where her real-life and pop personas overlapped.
Solid HarmoniE – I Want You To Want Me
Solid HarmoniE lacked the pizzazz of their pop peers, but they had a trump card – ‘I Want You To Want Me’ was penned by none other than Max Martin
Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched and Billie – Thank ABBA For The Music
It would take something seismic to let Steps, B*Witched, Billie or Cleopatra onto the Brits stage to perform – and it came in the shape of ABBA.
B*Witched – Jump Down
‘Jump Down’ is a brilliant pop song, but one that seems intent on doing everything it can to avoid looking or sounding like a B*Witched single
Louise – All That Matters
Louise had forged a successful career with politely suggestive pop music – but with ‘All That Matters’ she decided to bare her soul rather than her body.
Billie – Honey To The Bee
‘Honey To The Bee’ rapidly transitions from whimsical daydream to horny gospel breakdown, with almost nowhere else for the song to go but orgasmic meltdown
Geri Halliwell – Bag It Up
“Bag It Up” saw Geri Halliwell finalising her divorce from the Spice Girls and defiantly taking the “girl power” moniker with her