Girls Aloud – Miss You Bow Wow
The tricky art of going out on a high and how almost no-one gets it right.
702 – Steelo
Ooh, Derek's on the 702 tip.
Dolly Dots – What a Night
Saddled with the worst name in pop history, that didn't stop the Dolly Dots from conquering Europe.
Bananarama – More Than Physical
Choosing a follow-up single to a massive hit is a decision always fraught with danger. As a man who spends way too much time thinking about what singles should be […]
Company B – Fascinated
If you thought Sia donning a platinum blonde fright wig to wrestle back a degree of anonymity was an exciting new pop concept, please think again – Latin freestyle trio Company B […]
Exposé – Let Me Be the One
In rock music there seems to be an unspoken rule which states success automatically attracts success. Generally, as an artist grows in stature and the money starts to flow, the […]
Spice Girls – Move Over
“Luke, you simply have to write about the Spice Girls.” You’d think this would be hard; every track the girls ever released as a single charted strongly, so what’s left […]
Golden – Anglo American
I think one thing I’ve established over the last couple of months is my love for classic English girl voices, and specifically girls who sound like they’ve been plucked from the […]
Little Mix – Boy
We often forget that the girls and boys who pop up as teenagers on talent shows like Popstars and The X Factor aren’t just people who want to be popstars […]
All Saints – Chick Fit
When the Spice Girls‘ cooler rivals made their 2006 comeback with Rock Steady and reached the heady heights of number 3, they seemed nailed-on to conduct an assault on the […]
SoundGirl – Don’t Know Why
“Right guys, it’s 2011. LOL-pop is over, and we need a new sound. You’ve got 15 seconds. Go.” “Well, I’ve got this song. It’s basically a pop-reggae interpolation of Carly […]
M.O – Hot
In my last missive I mentioned Left My Heart in Tokyo, and the fortunes of the Mini Viva girls – Brit and Frankee – have gone in somewhat different directions […]
Girls Aloud – On the Metro
Polydor HQ, late 2012. Picture the scene: Girls Aloud have just sent Twitter (a.k.a. the gays) into meltdown with the “accidental” leaking of comeback single Something New. Cheryl Not-Cole is […]
Mutya Keisha Siobhan – Flatline
The memory of this one is still a little painful. I was so convinced this was going to be a no.1 smash that it upsets me to have to include […]
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