"The Tide Is High ""The Tide Is High"" is a 1966 song written by John Holt, originally produced by Duke Reid and performed by the Jamaican group The Paragons, with Holt as lead singer. The song gained international attention in 1980, when a version by the American band Blondie became a US/UK number one hit. The British girl group Atomic Kitten also had a number one hit with their version of the song in 2002, while Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall had a minor hit with his interpretation in 2008. ""The Tide Is High"" was written by John Holt and originally"
"UK) and ""Ladies Night"", and a greatest hits album before announcing a break following their 2004 tour. To date the group have had three UK number-one singles: ""Whole Again"", the fourth-best-selling song of all time by a girl group in the UK; ""Eternal Flame"", a song originally recorded by The Bangles; and ""The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"", a song originally recorded by The Paragons. They have sold over 10 million records worldwide. After making sporadic appearances in 2006 and 2008, it was announced that McClarnon, Hamilton, and Katona would reunite for the ITV2 series ""The Big Reunion"", alongside"
"after ""Whole Again"", ""The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"", and ""Eternal Flame"". The song also was a top 10 hit in Ireland, and like the UK, was their fourth-best-selling single there. In New Zealand, the single went straight in at 11, just missing the top 10. The song was a top 20 hit in The Netherlands, Turkey and Austria, again, a success, considering they never promoted ""The Last Goodbye"" over there. Although their lowest charting hit in Denmark, it still managed to peak at 20. In Germany and Switzerland, the song was a top 30 hit, and in Belgium"
"main early 21st century pop girl groups. After the member change, the band's single ""Whole Again"", hit No. 1 for 4 weeks, becoming the longest stay since Westlife at New Year in 1999/2000 and also the 4th biggest selling single of the year. They scored a 2nd chart topper later in the year with a remake of The Bangles' ""Eternal Flame"" chart topper from 1989, which spent 2 weeks at the top and continued on to be one of the most successful groups of the decade. Destiny's Child started the new trend for girl groups to veer away from pop,"
"to let them release one more single, ""Whole Again"", which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and number one in Germany for six weeks. Due to this success, all plans to drop the group were scrapped. The group then released ""Eternal Flame"", a cover of The Bangles hit, which also reached number one in the UK. Atomic Kitten then re-issued the album ""Right Now"", and it topped the charts in the UK and was certified double Platinum. Their second album, ""Feels So Good"", peaked at number one in the UK in September 2002 and went"
"Eternal Flame (song) ""Eternal Flame"" is a love song by American pop group the Bangles from their 1988 album ""Everything"". It became a hit single, when released in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in nine countries, including Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by the established songwriting partnership of Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly (becoming the pair's fifth ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number one in five years) along with the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs. Having previously reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in December 1986 with ""Walk Like an Egyptian,"""
"UK Albums Chart and Irish Albums Chart. Additional sources used: Eternal Flame (song) ""Eternal Flame"" is a love song by American pop group the Bangles from their 1988 album ""Everything"". It became a hit single, when released in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in nine countries, including Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by the established songwriting partnership of Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly (becoming the pair's fifth ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number one in five years) along with the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs. Having previously reached number one on the ""Billboard"""
"""Whole Again"" were re-recorded. ""Do What You Want"", a song that prominently features the vocals of Kerry Katona, is not included on the re-issue while ""See Ya"" and ""I Want Your Love"" were not re-recorded and were relegated to bonus tracks at the end of the album. ""Do What You Want"" and the placement of ""See Ya"" and ""I Want Your Love"" on the main album were replaced by new songs ""Tomorrow & Tonight"", ""You Are"" and, lead single for the re-issue (sixth overall), ""Eternal Flame"". ""Eternal Flame"" would become another big hit for the group, becoming their second No."
"albums. The album was commercially unsuccessful, although single ""The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"" appeared on the soundtrack for the Disney Channel Original Movie ""The Lizzie McGuire Movie"" (2003). Following this, the group opted to focus solely on the European, Oceanian, South African and Asian markets and began work on their third album. Before recording started, American R&B group Kool & the Gang approached the group about a collaboration for their album of duets, ""Odyssey"" (2004). Kool & the Gang wanted to record an updated version of their hit ""Ladies Night"" and were looking for a girl group to"
"band. Throughout the year, girl groups remained prevalent. All Saints who made No. 4 with their debut single in late 1997, clocked up 3 chart toppers across the year. The 1.25 million selling ""Never Ever"", popular covers of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Labelle ""Under the Bridge/Lady Marmalade"" and laid-back dance track ""Bootie Call"" were all tracks from their debut self-titled album, which itself was a success, reaching #2. They did not release any new material during 1999, but returned to the charts in 2000. Irish quartet B*Witched receive great success across Europe and even mild success in the US."
"single were released globally except for the United States and it was decided to release the newly recorded cover song, ""Eternal Flame"", as well and make an additional single for the European, Australian, South African and New Zealand audiences, ""You Are"". A combination of their next album ""Feels So Good"" and ""Right Now"" was later released for the American audience and titled ""Atomic Kitten"". One of the early ideas for Atomic Kitten was that of an animated pop band influenced by Japanese anime and manga. That is why many songs on the original version of ""Right Now"" are highly pop-oriented."
"Due to the success of ""Whole Again"", the re-issue of ""Right Now"" contained a more mature pop sound, as Atomic Kitten were leaving their old pop sound behind. Instead, ballad-based songs like ""Eternal Flame"", ""Tomorrow and Tonight"" and ""You Are"" were included on the album. The original version of the album debuted at number thirty-nine, dropping to seventy-four in its second week. It spent a total of four weeks on the chart. It was re-issued due to the success of ""Whole Again"", where it topped the charts. It stayed in the top 100 for thirty-seven weeks. It was eventually certified"
"at number three in the United Kingdom. The next single was ""The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"", a remake of the 1965 song by The Paragons that Blondie covered in 1980, which gave the group their third number-one single in the UK and New Zealand. In April 2002 Hamilton announced that she was pregnant but opted to continue with the promotion before going on maternity leave, which included the scheduled 2002 tour, the ""Tide is High (Get the Feeling)"" video, and a ""Feels So Good"" medley at Party in the Park. The band sponsored a team in the British"
"at the box office. Hoffs later said: ""It wasn't a great movie but the whole experience of it was great."" The Bangles released their third album ""Everything"" in 1988. The first single, co-written by Hoffs, ""In Your Room"" became a top 10 hit. ""Everything"" also produced their biggest-selling single ""Eternal Flame"", which was co-written and sung by Hoffs as well. In the BBC programme ""I'm in a Girl Group"" Hoffs revealed she actually sang the studio recording of the song completely naked due to the producer Davitt Sigerson pranking her by telling her Olivia Newton John had done the same"
"& Forever"" (EMI), certified 4x Platinum by BPI paved the way for other female UK groups like All Saints and the Spice Girls. Golden's experience as a vocalist helped shape Eternal's vocal sound on the four songs she co-produced and wrote with Faragher, including the international hit single ""Oh Baby I..."", which topped the UK Singles Chart at #4. The first UK girl group with six singles to reach the Top 15 on the UK charts from their debut LP, Eternal went on to become one of Britain's most successful girl groups achieving both international and domestic success. In 1994,"
"as the third most successful girl group of all time on the ""Billboard"" charts, behind TLC and The Supremes. The group's single ""Independent Women"" (2000) ranked second on ""Billboard""s list of the ""Top 40 Biggest Girl Group Songs of All Time on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Chart"". ""Independent Women"" was also acknowledged by the ""Guinness World Records"" as the longest-running number-one song on the Hot 100 by a girl group. The term ""Bootylicious"" (a combination of the words booty and delicious) became popularized by Destiny's Child's single of the same and was later added to the Oxford English Dictionary in"
"for two weeks in August 1974 (the first time this had been achieved by an all female group since The Supremes). Following an appearance on ""Top of the Pops"", other countries followed suit and ""When Will I See You Again"" did extremely well worldwide reaching #2 in the U.S. where it sold over two million copies and earned the group a gold record in 1974. The group recorded two live albums in 1975 and a further studio album ""The Three Degrees International"". This album was called ""Take Good Care of Yourself"" in the UK, the title song of which reached"
"girl group album of all time in the UK. The album contained three UK number ones: ""Never Ever"", ""Under the Bridge""/""Lady Marmalade"" and ""Bootie Call"". ""Never Ever"" is the second best-selling girl group single of all-time in the UK, behind the Spice Girls' ""Wannabe"". It also won two Brit Awards: Best British Single and Best British Video, and the group were nominated for Best British Breakthrough Act. Their second album, ""Saints & Sinners"" (2000), became their first number-one album and achieved multi-platinum success. It included the UK number one singles ""Pure Shores"" and ""Black Coffee"". Amid in-fighting among the group"
"single from the album would be ""Higher"" It was later confirmed, by the band's official website that Flo Rida had recorded vocals for ""Higher"". ""On Your Radar"" was the girls' third studio album, reaching a disappointing number 23 in the UK and spending only three weeks in the UK Top 75, but featured the top-ten hits, ""All Fired Up"" and ""Notorious"" as well as single, ""My Heart Takes Over"". In December 2011, the group went on their first headlining arena tour, ""All Fired Up Tour!"" The band released their first single taken from their fourth studio album ""30 Days"" in"
"the girls' third studio album, reaching a disappointing number 23 in the UK and spending only three weeks in the UK Top 75, but featured the top-ten hits, ""All Fired Up"" and ""Notorious"" as well as single, ""My Heart Takes Over"". In December 2011, the group went on their first headlining arena tour, the ""All Fired Up Tour!"" The first single from their fourth studio album ""30 Days"", which was released in May 2012, peaked at number seven. Later in the year, they temporarily moved from London to Los Angeles in the hope of breaking America. To help increase their"
"Woman"", was their biggest single to date, hitting #2 on the R&B charts and #20 on the pop chart. Successive singles failed to match ""Gypsy Woman""′s success, and Richard and Arthur Brooks ended up leaving the group in 1962. The Impressions returned to Chicago as a trio, and soon aligned themselves with producer Johnny Pate, who helped to update their sound and create a more lush soul sound for the group. The result was ""It's All Right"", a 1963 million-selling gold single that topped the R&B charts and made it to #4 on the pop charts, and became one of"
"the girls released their third single ""Come Over"". Cimorelli released their fifth EP, ""Renegade"", on October 27, 2014. Tracklist: The group's Christmas EP, ""Christmas Magic"", came out on November 24, 2014. The album is entirely a Capella. Around May 2015, Cimorelli released a mixtape called Hearts on Fire with nine free songs in it. All of the songs were acoustically produced. Tracklist: The group released their debut full-length album, ""Up at Night"", on May 17, 2016. It debuted at No. 24 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 1,500 copies in the first week in the U.S. All songs are"
"Always (Atlantic Starr song) ""Always"" is a ballad by American R&B band Atlantic Starr. The track was the second single from the group's seventh studio album ""All in the Name of Love"" (1987). The single peaked at number one on both the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and ""Billboard"" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in June 1987. The song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart. In July, it also topped the Canadian ""RPM 100"" national singles chart, where it remained for two weeks. In 2000, pop act Boyz N Girlz United included a cover version of the song"
"1.2 million copies. It was 1994's third best-selling album in the UK, spending over 76 weeks in the charts. The album broke records for being the first to sell over 1 million copies in the UK by a female group. As of 2015, it is the only album by a debut act to contain six top 15 hits and the first album by a female group to be nominated for best album at the BRIT Awards. The album had an American release in March 1994, selling 81,000 copies by December 1994. Always & Forever (Eternal album) Always & Forever is"
"is Mine"" featuring the School Gyrls. In late 2012 the girls were interviewed at the ""Beyond the Bells"" event and the Gyrls confirmed that their third album will be released sometime in late 2012 or 2013. The album was planned to contain songs ""The Power Goes Out"" and ""We Just Got It All"" which were featured in the 2012 movie. On July 20, 2012, after the Gyrls performance at Knotts Berry Farm Amusement Park, they posted on their Twitter page that their group name would be changed to FOREVER, because they were growing up and maturing. Then later Rae had"
"generic pop instrumental, and specific references and jabs at these songs were removed. However, the group themselves are still mentioned by name. In 2018, the song was featured in an advert for Fridge Raiders. ""Girl You Know It's True"" was a massive success in the United States, and peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for the week ending April 1, 1989, kept from the top spot by The Bangles' ""Eternal Flame"". It became the first of five Top 5 singles for Milli Vanilli and spent a total of 26 weeks on the chart. Girl You Know"
"an all-female group to chart in ten years since ""Buttons"" by The Pussycat Dolls charted at number three. Since its release, the song has charted in the top ten of twenty-two countries. The second single, ""All in My Head (Flex)"" features Fetty Wap, and released on May 31, 2016, charting within the top forty of the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and eight other countries, earning the group its fourth US top 40 entry. Two promotional singles, ""The Life"" and ""Write on Me"", were made available before the album's release. The third single from the album, ""That's My Girl"", was sent"
"to Say"", which was the B-side of ""Eternal Flame"", written by the Peterson sisters and sung by Debbi, as well as ""Everything I Wanted"", co-written and sung by Susanna Hoffs and released in 1990 on ""Greatest Hits"". ""Everything"" was the Bangles' last album before their nine-year hiatus from 1989 to 1998. Everything (The Bangles album) Everything is the third studio album by American pop rock band the Bangles. It was released on October 18, 1988 through Columbia Records. Just like its predecessor, ""Everything"" also produced a US Top 5 hit (""In Your Room""), and a number one single, ""Eternal Flame,"""
"music in the first two songs on the album – ""Hot Stuff"" and ""Bad Girls"", which also became the first two singles to be released from the album. Both were huge hits and made number one on the American singles chart. The former also won Summer a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and became popular again in the 1990s when it was featured in ""The Full Monty"" and again in the film ""The Martian"". ""Dim All the Lights"" was the third single and also became a huge hit, peaking at number two in the U.S. ""Bad Girls"""
"Hot 100 top two single from the album and her sixth consecutive Hot 100 top five single. Summer had released ""Hot Stuff"" and ""Bad Girls"" and, later, the ""No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"" duet with Barbra Streisand, all of which reached position 1. ""Dim All the Lights"" was another massive hit for her, reaching number two on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart. It was kept from the number one spot by both: Heartache Tonight by The Eagles and Still by The Commodores. Overseas, it peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart. Like ""Hot Stuff"" and"
"day to promote their album. During each stop they performed their current single, ""Keep The Candle Burning"", which went No. 1 on the day their album released. It became the girls' twelfth consecutive No. 1 single. A music video with footage from their whirlwind promo tour was released a few months later. The girls announced that they would be co-headlining an arena tour with 4Him, who had just released their album ""The Message"". The tour hit major markets and was very successful, leading both groups to add a spring leg, which went into early summer of 1997. In 1996, the"
"It's OK! (Atomic Kitten song) ""It's OK!"" is a song by British girl band Atomic Kitten. It was written by Hallgeir Rustan along with Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen from Stargate and recorded for the band's second album ""Feels So Good"" (2002). The song was released by Virgin Records as the lead single from the album in May 2002 and became a worldwide commercial success. The single was a worldwide success, selling over 400,000 copies worldwide. It debuted and peaked at number 3 on the British charts, becoming the group's third top 5 single. It was the 35th"
"the Bangles became only the third all-female group to score multiple number-ones in the United States, after the Supremes (twelve) and the Shirelles (two). Unlike the rest of the more uptempo songs on their album ""Everything"", ""Eternal Flame"" is a ballad. Co-writer Billy Steinberg describes it as ""the Beatles meet the Byrds."" The song was inspired by two eternal flames: one at the gravesite of Elvis Presley that the Bangles saw when the band visited Graceland, and one at a local synagogue in Palm Springs which Steinberg attended as a child. Steinberg recalled to Songfacts: ""Susanna was talking about the"