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Post by gary on Mar 6, 2017 9:50:21 GMT
I can't imagine this will thrill anyone, but apparently Steps' new album (yes, they are still with us!) features a 'new' Benny and Bjorn song: Story Of A Heart! I expect I will give it a listen, but just the once.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 11:26:38 GMT
STORY OF A HEART
As you know, in 2009, Benny released the 'Story Of A Heart' Album, & the Title Track was a big Air Play Hit in the UK - reaching No.15. (As I recall - perhaps even higher). 1)...STEPSNow Steps, the UK Male/Female Group, have recorded it for their 'comeback' Album, 'Tears On The Dancefloor'. (It is not he 1st Single off it, as that is 'Scared Of The Dark'). Steps almost make it sound like it was by ABBA, & that Benny & Bjorn think they are 'special', by letting them cover it. LINK:goo.gl/mxoHoJ
2)...BRIAN MAY (QUEEN)By an amazing coincidence, Brian May has also recorded it for his latest Solo Album - 'Golden Days'. His Album is by him & Kerry Ellis. LINK:goo.gl/AMOYwJ
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 14:17:26 GMT
Gary - 'Story Of A Heart' was on the Benny Andersson Band Album, of the same name, in 2009.
It was an Airplay Hit in the UK - reaching the Top 15.
Now Steps have covered it on their new Album - 'Tears On The Dancefloor'.
By coincidence, Brian May, (Queen), (with Kerry Ellis), has covered it on his latest 'Solo' Album - 'Golden Days'.
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Post by gary on Mar 6, 2017 16:51:28 GMT
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Yes, I know, but thanks.
It's a great song, one of B&B's best since ABBA.
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Post by josef on Mar 6, 2017 21:12:18 GMT
Sad news. Yet another link to our beloved ABBA (Another You, Another Me being another example- imo, it should have been an ABBA song).
I'd like to have words with Benny and Bjorn- i.e. ask them what on earth they are thinking making yet more connections to that terrible group?!
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Post by josef on Mar 6, 2017 21:16:39 GMT
Or perhaps, as is likely, Steps have simply covered it and are making more of the ABBA link to shift some units and gain attention. Yeah, probably.
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Post by gary on Mar 6, 2017 22:21:35 GMT
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Yes, it's a pity that more 'respectable' artists don't cover B&B more often. I'm not sure if Brian May counts as 'respectable', but he is definitely a step up from Steps.
How no-one has had a massive international hit with Gold Can Turn To Sand, I don't know. It's one of the best songs ever written!
But (blush, confession time) there are a couple of Steps songs I quite like...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 3:13:50 GMT
The fact that Steps are returning & have covered a Benny & Bjorn Song, is getting them a lot of publicity. The UK Media seem to think that 'ABBA' have written 'Story Of A Heart' just for Steps. They have no idea that it an old Benny Andersson Band Song, from way back in 2009. (It reached No.83 in the UK Top 100 & No.15 in the UK Air Play Chart. It was compared to ABBA, by several UK DJ's, including BBC Radio 2's Terry Wogan, who was always a big ABBA Fan. He died in January 2016). Steps seem happy to let the Media think that 'ABBA' wrote the Song for them. LINK TO 'DAILY MAIL' ARTICLE
ABBA are mentioned - as well as in the Comments below. goo.gl/5EbiAJLINK TO 'THE GUARDIAN' ARTICLEThe writer - Peter Robinson - says that Steps don't get the respect that they deserve. ABBA are mentioned - as they are in the Comments below. goo.gl/NK2hZ6 |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 1:07:48 GMT
Even the UK's Music Industry Magazine, ('Music Week'), is saying that 'Story Of A Heart' is a new Song & that Benny & Bjorn have written it especially for Steps. 'MUSIC WEEK' LINK:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2017 13:21:24 GMT
'Scared Of The Dark' by Steps is already the UK's Best Selling Download on both iTunes & Amazon.uk.
(Their 'Tears On The Dancefloor' Album is at No.6 in the Amazon.uk Downloads Top 100).
It was not anticipated that their 'Comeback' would be this successful. We will see where the Single
is, in next Friday's UK Top 40 - W/B 17th March. (It is the first 'Official' Singles Chart that it can
appear in).
I think that it is a terrific Single. The 'strings' intro draws the listener in right away, & the change of
key, ('In your arms....'), that starts at 2.53, is excellent to - just before the final chorus.
So, that's their 1st 'comeback' Hit Single sorted out. The 2nd is already lined up - 'Story Of A Heart',
the Benny & Bjorn song.
People are obviously fed up of Adele & Ed Sheeran taking over the Charts & Radio with Ballads. They
want 'Pure' Pop Music back, for a change.
SCARED OF THE DARK - STEPS -- (2017)
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Post by foreverfan on Apr 7, 2017 15:44:40 GMT
Ok, they are not ABBA, but by today's standards they arguably are close.. well at least it's pure pop. Steps have just released their video for their latest single, Scared Of The Dark, which in my humble opinion is really quite good. The video is as ever well done, and fairly easy for the Kids to copy dance wise( sorry I can't post video, pretty rubbish at doing that sort of thing, perhaps someone else can?), after all that was what Steps were famous for really a pop tune that the kids could copy and dance to, perhaps we have lost that word recently.... FUN.... for a group over 20 years old, they all look really good, and that's not an ageist comment. Also read that the album, out end of April is full of " dance upbeat tracks" no ballads... it's going to be interesting to see how they do Story Of A Heart, the next single... which really is a type of ballad....  |
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Post by foreverfan on Apr 13, 2017 7:18:09 GMT
perhaps it should have its own thread now... ?
it looks as if Story Of A Heart will NOT be the next single release after all, its going to be as quoted by their fan site...
' To whet your appetites until then, we've just released another taste of the album,You Make Feel Whole, the second track on the record.'
unless this is just a album track , we will see.
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Post by gary on Apr 13, 2017 11:31:10 GMT
Here's the Brian May version mentioned earlier:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2017 17:50:18 GMT
perhaps it should have its own thread now... ? it looks as if Story Of A Heart will NOT be the next single release after all, its going to be as quoted by their fan site... ' To whet your appetites until then, we've just released another taste of the album,You Make Me Whole, the second track on the record.' unless this is just a album track , we will see. Graham - 'Scared Of The Dark' & 'Story Of A Heart' are the only 2 Tracks on the Steps Album with 2 versions. In the case of 'Story Of A Heart', the 2nd version is called the Radio Mix. Therefore it is certain that the Benny & Bjorn Song will be a Steps Single. Most likely the 2nd Single off their Album. Steps have made a huge fuss about recording the 'ABBA' Song, & it got them a great deal of UK Media attention. They would look very silly, if they then left it stuck on their new Album, when they have hyped it up so much. It is quite common now for Acts to release an Album Track, that is not really a Single. Ed Sheeran does that a lot. That's what Steps have done with 'You Make Me Whole'. I am surprised that Steps are releasing their new Album in the USA. They never meant much at all there. They only Charted there twice. No.79 with 'Step One', their 1st Album, in 1998, and No.38, in the USA Dance Chart, with their 1998 UK No.2 Hit, 'One For Sorrow'. (So they never had any USA Hot 100 Singles Hits at all. ABBA had 20). Tears On The Dancefloor -- Steps -- (Track List)01... "Scared of the Dark" -- 3:46
02... "You Make Me Whole" -- 3:42 03... "Story of a Heart" -- 4:16
04... "Happy" -- 3:37 05... "No More Tears on the Dancefloor" -- 3:47 06... "Firefly" -- 3:26 07... "Space Between Us" -- 4:16 08... "Glitter & Gold" -- 3:36 09... "Neon Blue" -- 3:26 10... "I Will Love Again" -- 3:44 11... "Scared of the Dark" (Wideboys in the Shadows Vocal Mix) -- 3:45
12... "Story of a Heart" (7th Heaven Radio Mix) -- 3:33
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Post by catfood on Nov 7, 2018 22:48:45 GMT
Artists don't need to get a permission from songwriters to cover a track. So basically anyone could cover "Story of a Heart".
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Post by foreverfan on Nov 8, 2018 14:11:13 GMT
Although old news now...
Story Of A Heart, failed to chart in the UK charts, by either Benny or Steps...
Its does make me think is the new ABBA single going to be in the same style, the title suggests that it could be..emmm!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 16:33:09 GMT
1)... A Steps Single means Zero next to a New ABBA Single. Steps were only really big in the UK and Ireland.
They were only briefly big in any other Countries - Australia, for example.
2)... It matters not how the 2 New ABBA Singles sound. If the Charts now 'cripple' Older Acts, then the Singles will
perform poorly, even if they are great. (ABBA struggle even to get 'Gold' into the Swedish Charts now - because the
Chart Rules there favour Newer Acts with more Streaming).
3)... New ABBA Singles will get Air Play. 'Story Of A Heart', by Benny's Orchestra, was a big UK Air Play Hit - No.15.
Despite this, it failed to reach the UK Singles Chart. Not enough Streaming to compete.
4)... The 'Come Back' Single by Take That - 'Out Of Our Heads' - has failed to reach the UK Top 100. They have had
more UK Top 10 Hits than ABBA, and even they can't beat 'Streaming' - or a lack of it, I should say. It is their 4th
Single in a row, to fail to reach the Top 10. They were last in the Top 10 in 2014. (Take That have had 20 UK Top 10
Hits, to ABBA's 19).
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Post by madonnabba on Nov 9, 2018 4:35:56 GMT
Can streaming distort the chart that much that older acts struggle to penetrate the Top 40? Is it because the older generations don’t have the same time to stream and prefer physical copies?
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Post by foreverfan on Nov 9, 2018 14:20:07 GMT
Probably very true^^^^ in a way I'd rather they didn't release the singles as they have the potential to be flops no matter how good they may be, it's all a little disturbing for chart watchers like myself to see big established acts no longer have hits..
Im beginning to think, that they would be better released on a album, at least it would be a hit ...
anyone know the minimum length of an album is allowed and is there a limit to number of tracks...
bring back EPs those that can remember..lol
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 7:19:47 GMT
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Post by foreverfan on Nov 15, 2018 16:21:38 GMT
I know we stray from original thread, but like I've said before I feel any conversation no matter which way it goes is good, so therefore.....
I tend to agree with the full Orchestra theme, my only reservation is that it would be another "Gold' in another form, " we " all know there's loads of great other tracks to be heard, but alas we are becoming a smaller minority as years go by, and the general public only " knows" those dreaded 20 odd tracks... so it would be unlikely to happen, ( love to be proved wrong) .
Im personally going through a phase of the " more " obscure tracks... for instance The Piper, great little track , even a little Christmassy dare I say . Soldiers, Hole In Your Soul.......
EP, was said really tongue in cheek , but if the warnings are there that the singles could flop, I'd hate to see then make number 37 for 1 week then diasappear... so much better on a new album and be huge. Than flop into obscurity..
Mods... why not set up a general discussion room, where anything goes... just a thought...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 18:19:36 GMT
Graham - The 'Old' UK Singles Chart still exists. it is called the Sales Chart. There is no Streaming in it, to
hold 'Old' Acts back. ABBA could easily still have No.1 Singles in it.
However, it is regarded - by The OCC - as Singles Chart B. They see it as a secondary Chart. Not important.
The worst thing that could happen, is ABBA's 2 New Songs getting into the Sales Chart Top 5 - even No.1 -
without being able to get anywhere near the Top 10 in the Main Singles Chart. The OCC would only count how
they performed in the Main Chart as their 'real' Positions. Their Peaks in the Sales Chart would be totally ignored.
You can see how it works, by what happened to the 1st Steps Single in 2017. 'Scared Of The Dark' reached No.11
in the UK Sales Chart. But a lack of Streaming meant that it only reached No.37 in the Main Chart. So, No.37 is where
The OCC say it reached. Its No.11 Sales peak is ignored...ABBA will be at risk of suffering a similar fate, with their New
Singles...
It is far better that ABBA release a New Album. A UK & Global No.1 Album would be a certainty.
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