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ULTIMATE boyBAND HITS up in a back alley on ‘Everybody Get Up’ was all well and good, but it was on ‘Keep On Moving’ that 5ive hit their peak level of brilliance. This will probably never get old. And even if it does, it’ll still be awesome. AWESOME.
04 ’flying without wings‘ westlife It’s just the boyband ballad to end all boyband ballads really, isn’t it?
03 ’bye bye bye‘ nsync
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’i want it that way‘ backstreet boys
Should NSync ever reform, this is exactly the kind of thing they should recreate - the same bombastic production that made the late 90s the best time for US pro- There were only a handful of votes the amazing, cheesy as fuck midduction. What. A. Classic. separating this beloved classic dle-8; but there’s something about from 1D’s all-conquering recent this track that’s kept it so endeared 02 ’what makes you debut, and it’s a testament to the to the public for so many years. It’s beautiful‘ one direction Backstreet Boys that their defining not because it hasn’t aged - it has, midtempo slushfest has held up so and it very much sounds like a 1999 They faded out in third place on well 14 years after its original re- song - but as it has got older, the The X Factor, but with the right lease. Maybe it’s the simple verses, sense of nostalgia that comes with producers and the right teen- maybe it’s the way the penultimate it has grown harder and harder to age-heart-melting lyrics, ‘WMYB’ chorus is basically the usual chorus resist. Go on, play it now and see if paved the way for 1D to become but slightly different, or maybe it’s you don’t smile. the most famous pop act of the current era. Fair dos - it’s a great THE BEST POPSTARS IN THE WORLD 2013 track. It’s a big one - who are the best popstars on Earth right now? Head to amazepop.co.uk/bigvotething to vote.
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Such a fun, uplifting tune, which still sounds just as good after 14 years!
04 ’you stood up‘ v The British boyband classic that should have been. It’s a mystery why this wasn’t huge.
05 ’lose my mind‘ the wanted Not their biggest hit but it’s my personal favourite thanks to its anthemic chorus and great middle 8.
SHAUN KITCHENER AMAZEPOP EDITOR 01 ’keep on moving‘ 5ive “All the bees and birds are flying... AAAAH AA-AA-AA-AA-AAAHHH”
02 ’i want it that way‘ backstreet boys “Tell me why-ee?”
03 ’all time low‘ THE wanted “I’m in pieces, it seems like peace is... ”
04 ’same old brand new you‘ a1 “You don’t wanna find me gone gone gone-gone gone”
05 ’shine a light‘ mcfly ft taio cruz “Eh. Eh. Eh.”
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