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Entry: S Club 7 - the Pop Group - A87740094
Author: Bluebottle - U43530

This is a Flea Market rescue of an article by watchaharry U857746, the original can be seen at A21504692

My involvement is merely polishing Watchaharry's article to hopefully help it get into the Edited Guide and join his other articles on Torchwood, the Boys' Brigade and The Royal School of Church Music.
My personal knowledge of S Club 7 is 10 year old fuzzy memories of being vaguely aware of them being in the charts. I knew they had a television series aimed at children, but at the time it was broadcast I was at Uni and didn't have a TV, and wouldn't have watched children's telly in any case.

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Well, I wasn't expecting your name at the top of this, BB! My first thoughts were 'odds-on this is a Galaxy Babe entry'.

As a general rule, I'm not a big fan of entries containing long lists of not-very-much. It's too Wiki and dry. Can we try and condense them and beef up the trivia aspects, perhaps by just including the released singles and mentioning the bonus tracks in passing?

It's almost certainly worth mentioning that 'Don't Stop Moving' is their only single that was recognised by the critics, who noted a markedly more adult sound: it's the only single to contain orchestration and sampling (Billy Jean). It was covered by the Beautiful South, very much in the laid-back style of the Beautiful South.

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Ain't no party like an S Club party.

As a general rule, I'm not a big fan of entries containing long lists of not-very-much. Can we try and condense them and beef up the trivia aspects, perhaps by just including the released singles and mentioning the bonus tracks in passing?
A good point. Personally I only really know of the singles and so the other song titles are rather lost on me. I would encourage the S Club 7 fans on the Guide to write articles about each individual album, so do we really need to have the complete song list here?
I think I'll wait a week to see what anyone else thinks and go with a majority decision, but I'm not adverse to deleting the song lists in order to concentrate on the key songs more.

Talking of which:
It's almost certainly worth mentioning that 'Don't Stop Moving' is their only single that was recognised by the critics, who noted a markedly more adult sound: it's the only single to contain orchestration and sampling (Billy Jean). It was covered by the Beautiful South, very much in the laid-back style of the Beautiful South.
Definitely the sort of thing to add!

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I'd also vote for removing the track listings from the Discography section. The Entry should focus on the band (members) and limit the amount of detail about single/album releases.

In the Jo O'Meara section: <<...in which Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd took *part* in apparently racist bullying behaviour towards Shilpa Shetty>>

Good points, Part corrected and album tracks deleted.

In case anyone wants to write an article about the songs listed on the albums, here is the deleted track list: (I want to keep a copy somewhere)

S Club
The first album was simply named S Club, but did feature all seven members of the band. It became Double Platinum and reached a peak chart position of number two after its release on 4 October, 1999.
'Bring It All Back' &ndash; The group's first record release and their first single, this was a UK Number 1This song's catchy, light tune and lyrics led to comparisons between it and the Milky Bar Kid jingle..
'You're My Number One' &ndash; In fact, a Number 2. This was released as a Double-A-Side with 'Two In A Million' in December 1999.
'Two in a Million'
'S Club Party' &ndash; The second single, released in September 1999, and a UK Number 2 hit.
'Everybody Wants You'
'Viva La Fiesta'
'Gonna Change the World'
'I Really Miss You'
'Friday Night'
'It's a Feel Good Thing'
'Hope for the Future'

7
Originally released 12 June, 2000 in the UK, the album was later re-released on December 4, 2000. This album topped the UK's Album Chart and went triple-platinum. It also supplied three singles, and later releases featured additional songs not on the original version.
'Reach' &ndash; Perhaps their most infamous single, this number 2 hit had been released as a single on 22 May 2000.
'Natural' &ndash; A UK Number 3, this song was released in September 2000.
'I'll Keep Waiting'
'Bring the House Down'
'Best Friend'
'All in Love Is Fair'
'Love Train'
'Cross My Heart'
'The Colour of Blue'
'I'll Be There'
'Two In A Million' &ndash; Bonus track on some versions only.
'Stand by You' &ndash; Bonus track on some versions only.
'Spiritual Love' &ndash; Bonus track on some versions only.
'Lately' &ndash; Bonus track on some versions only.
'Never Had a Dream Come True' &ndash; The BBC's official Children In Need Single in 2000, and consequently a UK Number 1 on its release in November 2000. Not originally on the 7 album, its popularity led to the album's re-release with this added track.

Sunshine
With a peak chart position in the UK of number three, this album from 2001 album had three singles. This was the last album to contain all seven band members.
'Don't Stop Movin'' &ndash; Loved by young and old alike, the biggest hit with the critics, this single was released on St George's Day 23 April, 2001 and was their third Number 1 single'Don't Stop Movin'' reached Number 1 twice, before and after Geri Halliwell's interpretation of 'It's Raining Men'.. 'Don't Stop Movin'' was later covered by The Beautiful South.
'Show Me Your Colours'
'You' &ndash; released in February 2002, this song was a Number 2 hit.
'Have You Ever' &ndash; After their success in 2000, the BBC asked S Club 7 again to supply the official Children In Need Single in 2001, and so this was a UK Number 1 on its release in December 2001.
'Good Times'
'Boy Like You'
'Sunshine'
'Dance Dance Dance'
'It's Alright'
'Stronger'
'Right Guy'
'Summertime Feeling'
'I Will Find You'
'Never Had a Dream Come True' &ndash; The BBC's official Children In Need Single in 2000. As it had not been on 7's initial release, its popularity led to being re-released on Sunshine.
'Don't Stop Movin'' (Jewels &amp; Stone Radio Mix)

Seeing Double
The band's last album of new material, released in 2002, named to coincide with their film title. It was also the only album of new material released by 'S Club' rather than 'S Club 7'. Marking the decline of both their popularity and that of manufactured popgroups, it reached a peak of only 17 in the UK Album Chart. Two singles were released from this album.
'Alive' &ndash; the first single released without Paul Cattermole and under the S Club name. Released in November 2002, it reached Number 5.
'Whole Lotta Nothing'
'Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You' a Double-A-Side with the non-album song 'Say Goodbye', this was released after the band had announced that after a final single they would split. This final single, released in May 2003, peaked the UK singles Chart at number two.
'Bittersweet'
'Straight From The Heart'
'Gangsta Love'
'Who Do You Think You Are?'
'Do It 'Til We Drop'
'Hey Kitty Kitty'
'Dance'
'Secret Love'
'The Greatest'
'In Too Deep'
'Let Me Sleep'
'Every Kind Of People' &ndash; Bonus track on some versions only
'Alive (Almighty Mix)' &ndash; Bonus track on some versions only


BEST - The Greatest Hits of S Club
A year after their final album and after they announced their split, a greatest hits album was released. In a heart-warming display of the nation's fondness for one of the most successful popgroups of the early noughties, the best-of reached an impressive number two in the UK Album Chart. It contained their singles in chronological order of their initial release as well as the first album-release of 'Say Goodbye'.
'Bring It All Back'
'S Club Party'
'Two in a Million'
'You're My Number One'
'Reach'
'Natural'
'Never Had a Dream Come True'
'Don't Stop Movin''
'Have You Ever'
'You'
'Alive'
'Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You'
'Say Goodbye'
'Everybody Get Pumped'
'Bring the House Down'


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This caught my eye because I absolutely love the Beautiful South version of "Don't Stop Moving". There's not much more you can say about the band, though, is there? Perhaps a bit more as to how they were "manufactured" - was there a casting show?

How many records is Double Platinum?

Good points. I've added a footnote about what platinum etc albums mean.

I've tried to find out more about how the group were manufactured but have not been able to find any detail other than that they auditioned for Simon Fuller (who later created the auditioning TV show Pop Idol). I would assume that it was a similar process to Pop Idol, only without the cameras, but cannot say for certain.

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Slightly amended.

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Thanks!

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BlueBottle's got a create challenge badge already...

I mean that writing about S Club 7, has earned him a badge by the 6th of June.

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