emi Archives - Can't Stop The Pop

24 APR

Vanilla – No Way No Way

Were Vanilla the result of a record label bet or was ‘No Way No Way’ a genuine attempt to launch a pop act? Some things are best left a mystery.

17 APR

There was no going back for Eternal after ‘Just A Step From Heaven’, which asserted their position as one of the biggest acts in the UK.

27 FEB

‘In Walked Love’ wasn’t a massive success for Exposé in America, but would the song fare any better as Louise’s all-important single?

28 NOV

Aided by a Wu-Tang Clan sample, Louise had something important to say with the socially conscious ‘Beautiful Inside’.

21 NOV

Geri Halliwell’s comeback was three years in the making, but was there still room in the charts for a song like ‘Ride It’?

03 OCT

‘Angel Of Mine’ was a perfect single to accompany Eternal’s greatest hits, but it had already been promised to another artist…

15 AUG

Despite the protestations of her comeback single, Stacie Orrico’s comeback was long overdue following a two-year hiatus.

01 AUG

Eternal performing a mid-’90s Disney power ballad is every bit as reliably brilliant as the concept sounds.

30 MAY

Geri Halliwell played the cat that got the cream in ‘Desire’, but things were quickly about to turn very sour indeed.

03 JAN

‘Save Our Love’ was a product of record label contingency planning that Eternal didn’t need. All the same, this was too good not to release.

16 AUG

After missing out on the top spot by a whisker with her debut single, Geri Halliwell was not leaving anything to chance with the follow-up.

26 JUL

While not strictly the lead single, ‘Scream If You Wanna Go Faster’ felt a proper introduction to Geri Halliwell’s second album.