Girls Aloud 'Sound of the underground'- Best winner's single ever?

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trevvytrev21

17-12-2009

One True Voice were fully expected to win, given that bands like Westlife, Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, Blue etc were either big at the time or emerging - boybands ruled back then.

SOTU was a big surprise, good little pop song. Still sounds good today.

caren197

17-12-2009

It may not have been original in terms of who it was written for, but it was unheard of and was a brilliant pop song. That's My Goal was orisinal for Shayne Ward so i don't buy this 'they wouldn't have time' excuse.
I don't mind the X Factor getting the Christmas number 1, i'd much rtaher that than some novelty track however the thing that irks me is that it almost seems impossible for them to have any originality for the acts.

I agree with the thread title though, imo it was the best winner's single.

len112

17-12-2009

Originally Posted by C14E:
“By a mile.

But the reason was that they could pick a song specifically tailored for a pop girlband. There simply isn't the time to do that with these winners because when they make these decisions, they might have up to 7 potential winners.

One other good one was "I Believe" which was done by Fantasia Barrino. But it was simply a perfect song for her. Done by anyone else and it wouldn't have worked at all.

It's not a great song, but "Right Here, Right Now" was a song done for Swedish Idol and sung by Agnes. It's one of the better ones as well.”

I agree that "I Believe" may not have been the best single but she performed the living crap out of it and actually made it seem special

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yVXaw8yufY

.Mimi.

17-12-2009

Am I right in saying that Sound of the Underground is a cover though (though the original is not well known apparently)?

EDIT: Yes. the original was by a group called Orchid. Disbanded shortly afterwards though.

Ahh, Google's a wonderful thing

toby4000

17-12-2009

Originally Posted by C14E:
“Probably. That's an entire album of songs, 11 of which will never see the light of day. Not to mention that it involves recording songs for some of the dullards that go out 12th and 11th.

What they could do (and did do in series 1 not so successfully) is to have one song for each finalist. But it would have to be a cover.”

Well I guess so, but they could easily do it for the last 5 or 6 (wasn't the Sugababes latest album put together in about 5 weeks (prior to the drama))... anyway, there's lots of demos/unused tracks floating about.

Either way, it would be more interesting if it wasn't a cover of a song release 8 months ago!

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