ARTIST: The Script SONG: Run Through Walls SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Something strange happened with Dublin rockers The Script on their last album, 2017's chart topping 'Freedom Child'. They tried to move towards a more contemporary sound than what we usually know and love them for, evidenced by that … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: The Script – ‘Run Through Walls’
It's midday, it's Thursday, and time as always for us to hop aboard our little musical pre-Y2K pop tardis we like to call The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a second chart topper for a man who had one of the top 10 biggest selling albums for two years running... At the start of … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 46)
It's funny how much has changed in ten years. Not least of all The X Factor. Once the cornerstone and an unmissable powerhouse of Saturday night entertainment on ITV, pulling in 16m viewers at its peak, it actually once did what it said on the tin and produced stars. Nowadays, it's a pitiful and irrelevant … Continue reading JLS: a retrospective piece on the 10th anniversary of their debut album
ARTIST: Dua Lipa SONG: Don't Start Now SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Despite her eponymous debut album in 2017 being a huge hit, spawning off chart toppers like 'New Rules' and 'IDGAF', I will hold my hands up and say Dua Lipa and indeed her success had passed me by. … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Dua Lipa – ‘Don’t Start Now’
Welcome to this week's edition of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back at the all the big movements in the UK charts of twenty years ago. And I suggest you strap yourselves in for this week people, because we have not one, but TWO - yes, two - songs to cover. Prepare … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 45)
ARTIST: Rick Astley SONG: Every One of Us SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Even though some would argue the concept has been made redundant when a self built playlist of an artist's back catalogue is available online in seconds, that hasn't stopped many from still giving a greatest hits album … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Rick Astley – ‘Every One of Us’
The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the series, every Thursday at midday here on the blog, where we take you back to the sights and sounds of the UK charts as we bade goodbye to an old millennium and welcomed in a new one. This week: seventh time's the charm for one of Britain's biggest … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 44)
