In the world of Pop there sometimes seems to be a shortage of good songs. Therefore bands and artists often end up recording the same song. Usually the artists release their albums in different territories and no one ever gets to hear the alternate version.
Today we ask you to listen to the songs below and answer the question… Who sings it best?
1. Wonderful Life: This song was an international hit back in 1985 with Uk band ‘Black.’ While It’s been around for ages and been covered by more than a few artists over the years. The song seemed to have made a comeback when Ace of Base covered it in 2002 on their 4th album, ‘Da Capo;’ and when Tina Cousins released it as a single in 2005. The question now is… who sings it best?
Ace of Base – Wonderful Life
Tina Cousins – Wonderful Life (Dance Edit)
2. Do They Know It’s Christmas: These songs were released 20 years apart from each other. While both were for charity and feature some of the biggest musical acts of their time, the original Band-Aid track will go down in history as one of the greatest christmas tracks ever recorded. The orginal track features artists such as Phil Collins, Bono, Bananarama, Culture Club and Wham! While Band-Aid 20 features Sugababes, Natasha Bedingfield, Will Young, Ravel Stevens, Jamelia and of coarse…Bono. The real question is, who sang it best?
Band-Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Band-Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
3. One Night In Bangkok: This song was written by AbbA members Benny & Bjorn for their musical ‘Chess.’ The song became an international success when it was released by Murray Head. Since it’s release in 1984 the song has been covered by many bands including Swedish superstars the A*teens and Danish boyband C21. The song had actually been banned in Thailand until 2005 when C21’s version became the first version played in Thailand and went on to be a huge success there. Now you tell me… who does it best?!
A*Teens – One Night In Bangkok
C21 – One Night In Bangkok
4. Superstar: It’s the battle of the pop princesses with the hit single ‘Superstar.’ Originally recorded by Danish reality tv singer Christine Milton, the song was a huge hit in Scandanavia and gave Christine her first gold and platinum albums. But while Christine was promised the international rights to the song, the producers and song writers sold the rights to EMI records to be sung by Jamelia. Producers Cutfather & Joe reportedly believed that Jamelia had a better chance of international success with the track. Rumour has it that Christine has pursued legal action against Cutfather & Joe over the rights to the song! Meanwhile you can decide who sang it best.
Christine Milton – Superstar (Radio Mix)
Jamelia – Superstar
5. Dragonstea Din Tei/Ma Ya Hi: In 2004 it seems the entire world was singing along to O-zone’s Dragonstea Din Tei. Although being sung completely in Romanian, the song was the a massive success across Europe, topping the charts in many countries and hitting number 3 in the Uk! The success saw the song revamped by a few acts including Italian singer Haiducci who brought the song to number 1 in Italy. The song was finally brought stateside by american dance artist Lucas Prata, who actually recorded the english version of the song with Dan Balan who was a member of O-zone!
O-Zone – Dragonstea Din Tei
Lucas Prata Feat. Dan Balan – Ma Ya Hi
Haiducci – Dragonstea Din Tei – Watch The Video Below
Since the reality TV explosion began about 6 years ago music and reality television have formed a tumultuous relationship that has seen extreme highs and dramatic lows. T.V. shows like ‘Popstars’ ‘Fame Academy’ ‘American Idol’ ‘Search For A Superstar’ and so many more.
It is a phenomenon that has swept the globe seeing variations of the above shows in every major country around the globe! Today we celebrate with some of Reality televisions greatest international achievments and dissapointments. Enjoy these downloads!
Alexander – Stay With Me (Pop Idol Germany Series 1)
Bardot – These Days (Popstars Australia Series 1)
Bro’Sis – I Believe – Exclusive Version (German Popstars Series 2)
Christine Milton – Superstar Remix (Danish Popstars Series 2)
Clea – The Lie (Uk Popstars – The Rivals)
Daniel Kublbock – Heartbeat (Pop Idol Germany Series 1)
Darius – Kindalove (Pop Idol UK Series 1)
Diana DeGarmo – Cardboard Castles (American Idol Season 3)
Excellence – We Can Dance (Swedish Popstars)
Gareth Gates – Lies (Pop Idol Series 1)
Girls Aloud – No Good Advice (Popstars – The Rivals: UK)
Guy Sebastian – Angels Brought Me Here (Australian Idol)
Hear’Say – Lovin’ Is Easy (Popstars Uk Series 1)
Kelly Clarkson – Beautiful Disaster (American Idol Season 1)
K-Otic – I Surrender (Popstars – Netherlands)
Liberty X – Forever (Popstars Uk Series 1)
LMNT – Juliet (Making The Band Series 1 – USA)
No Angels – Feel Good Lies (Popstars – Germany Series 1)
One True Voice – Sacred Trust (Popstars – The Rivals: UK)
Phixx – Love Revolution (Popstars – The Rivals: UK)
Ryan Malcom – Star of all the Planets (Canadian Idol Season 1)
Sarah Whatmore – When I Lost You (Pop Idol UK Series 1)
Scene 23 – I Really Don’t Think So (Popstars USA)
Scandal’ous – Be That Way (Popstars – Australia)
Supernatural – Kryptonite Radio Remix (Popstars Sweden)
Velvet Empire – Frontin’ On Me (Popstars Canada Season 2)
WIll Young – Leave Right Now (Pop Idol Series 2 – UK)
WOW, there you have it! Some of the best Reality TV music out there. Enjoy!
V – Were once tipped to become the best boyband the Uk had ever seen. But as we found out in 2004, the world had moved on from cheesy feel good boybands, and after the release of 3 AMAZING hit singles, their album flopped and they were dropped by their record label.
Most will remember them for their biggest hit – ‘Hip to Hip,’ Personally I will remember them for their very camp performance of ‘You Stood Up’ LIVE in the rain on TOTP.
Catch the stunning video to Marie Serneholts 3rd single – Oxygen.
In 2004 Swedish super duo ‘Fame’ performed a song ‘Vindarna vänder oss’ which translates to ‘The Winds Turn Us’ and they finished 5th in the final.
This is an amazing and hard hitting song and you can watch them sing it live below!
Marie Serneholt has grown up and is taking the world of Pop by storm!
She’s just releasing her 3rd single off her debut album, but you can enjoy a live performance of “Wasted Love” below.
Download the Mp3 - Here
This March I will be travelling to Sweden to see Melodifestivalen 2007! One of the artists I’m hoping will be there is Linda Bengtzing! I recently picked up her debut album ‘Ingenting Att Forlora’ and it is one of the best pop albums i’ve ever bought even though I have no idea what she is singing as the entire album is in swedish!
Download ‘Ingenting Att Forlora’ - Here
Buy her debut album – Here
Watch Linda as she strips off for Melodifestivalen 2006 below!