ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Never Had a Dream Come True" by S Club 7

Ain't no episode like an S Club episode! How did the UK teen pop smash only manage to break their least interesting hit in America?
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[@thefaulkness]

THERE AINT NO PARTY LIKE AN S CLUB PARTY BECAUSE AN S CLUB PARTY FINISHES AT 7.30PM AND IS UNDER 14s ONLY

[@root19733]

Can I at least smoke some weed at this party?

[@ECL28E]

@@root19733 Drugs aren't encouraged, but ask one of the band-members for some

[@DourMessor]

Their parents are waiting outside to pick them up

[@RatelHBadger]

@@root19733 no alcohol, no drugs, and by golly you better watch yourself if I see any hand holding and smooching in a dark corner

[@BrianBurke06]

@@root19733 no and dancing is prohibited

[@menacevil9191]

As a Brit it is so surreal to hear you call "Don't Stop Movin'" the failed follow-up. I've heard that song played ten thousand times and never once out of choice.

[@lolwutyoumad]

If Brits want to be taken seriously they can actually do something in the next world war

[@Brillemeister]

@@lolwutyoumad Bet that's what Russians say about the U.S. t.A.T.u. episode when??

[@MyLAEx]

They won their first Brit award for it and I think it was either their biggest hit or 2nd one behind reach? So yeah, hardly a failed follow-up. But I suppose he meant failed follow-up in the us.

[@InkAndPoet]

@@MyLAEx yep, pretty much.

[@patricklauer4452]

Sono same here and I was only a newborn at the time

[@JimmyC1994]

I'm a bouncer in Kirkcaldy ( that's in Scotland) The pub I work at plays S-Club 7 at closing time when they want to empty the place faster... it works

[@ZMacGregor]

That's amazing

[@BosworthMcG]

Mon the Biff!!!

[@MrVee24]

Lols.

[@allisonsmith5251]

Loved kirkcaldy. Bangin fish and chips

[@JBiggsofWSNC]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jaycarp6474]

“I bet they never did that on Victorious” Oh Todd. Oh sweet, innocent Todd. They did so much worse on Victorious.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

And yet people wonder why Arianda Grande became so adult when she left Nickelodeon 🙄

[@DevanLund]

I can only confirm this thanks to Quinton Reviews spending 13+ hours pontificating on that show. "How do you go from an A to a D?!" "Happened to me in 8th grade."

[@justme0910]

@@DevanLund It still amuses me that Quinton's videos about Victorious literally have a "statutory rape joke" counter. Tells you everything you need to know about that show, really.

[@lordscrewtape2897]

Did he even NOTICE Jade West....🤔

[@ffjreviews9029]

Don’t diss victorious

[@marie-ff2cy]

S Club 7 is peak primary-school-disco-core

[@NFSF1McLaren]

I feel "core" is stretching it when it comes to S Club 7

[@scrambled5948]

When I was a kid, I thought reach was a Christian song because of how many assemblies it was played at.

[@joemurrell2099]

S Club 7 Steps Cotton eyed joe. The classics

[@TheAlps36]

@@joemurrell2099 Don't forget Aqua and the Vengaboys

[@BloodRider1914]

How to conform your nationality in a nutshell. Call it primary school

[@TheOwlQueen]

Reading the title: never heard that song Hearing the first few piano notes: *long repressed war flashbacks*

[@MetalSandman999]

Here's first few piano notes: "So baby I will wait for you, cuz I don't know what else I can do..."

[@grimkaizer8417]

@@MetalSandman999 DONT TELL ME I RAAAN OUT OF TIIIIME

[@asthmaallen4010]

That Bo Burnham key change joke was great

[@RacingWorldTV202]

Fuck yes! I thought of it before it came on and it made the video even greater when it came on haha

[@henryconner3002]

@@RacingWorldTV202 Where is it?

[@RacingWorldTV202]

@@henryconner3002 There's no video, I just meant that I thought it was gonna happen before it did and then when it did, I got excited lol

[@henryconner3002]

@@RacingWorldTV202 which part of the video does it happen

[@robertmoyse]

@@henryconner3002 14:01

[@ItsSomeDeadGuy]

"I bet that never happened on Victorious" No but it reminded me that the iCarly pilot had a lengthy joke about one of their teachers having "pointy boobs". Dan Schneider had Problems

[@sega32xxx14]

Had? He's dead?

[@joeybatmania9327]

@@sega32xxx14 Nah, he just got fired once Nickelodeon realized they were gonna have a shitshow on their hands if people kept talking about his foot fetish, which he kept tricking the actors on his shows into satisfying

[@litlblkhouse]

Someone came from Blameitonjorge.......

[@thegeneralpopulace8513]

Nah,there were boob jokes in Victorious, too. Mostly about Jade or Cat. There was even a thing where Jade managed to put a shrimp in Tori's bra without her knowing. Dan Schneider shows were... something else.

[@CrackaPackify]

DanTHE HYMEN DIVIDER Schneider

[@amanimohamed9623]

violent flashbacks to eight year old me crying over my non existent exes while listening to this song with no context

[@SJPMlover4ever]

Amani Mohamed ADORABLE

[@MysticalSelah]

Ha. Me too.

[@greaseballjones7705]

Oh, god the horrible cringey memories!

[@BurtAllmans]

this is a powerful post

[@KaijaSchmauss]

Same. And then proceeding to bop to Reach because I needed something to lift my spirits.

[@Yoarashi]

Never Had a Dream Come True sounds exactly like the last song in a 90s low-budget animated movie about a fierce princess who has trouble with a wizard and falls in love with a wise-cracking prince who has He-Man hair. If I close my eyes I can see the credits scrolling

[@dizzystateofbliss]

Yoarashi I was thinking just that

[@PsychoCircusMonkey]

Kinda reminds me of Lilo and Stitch with that cover of “Can’t Help Falling in Love with You.”

[@kelsea8767]

Oh please tell me you know what the movie was! I swear I am thinking it too because this song is eerily familiar but I know i have never heard it before this video.

[@stephaniewozny3852]

.....Quest for Camelot?

[@jaredlum1621]

Now I can't unsee it when I hear this song. Thanks lol.

[@tonymarshall3978]

We need to take Todd clubbing in the UK so he can hear "Reach" come on to tell everyone "You are drunk, you have an hour before we close"

[@jmckenzie962]

Lmao

[@pip-pip5029]

If I never hear that song again I'll be quite happy

[@kawaiilotus]

I'm sure he'll hate it, let's make a go fun me, we need to take him local clubbing in some backwater nothing actually brilliant or anything.

[@PsychoCircusMonkey]

My anime club did something like that but they used Barney music instead.

[@daishoryujin95]

S Club 7: special victims unit. In the British music charts, sappy spineless ballads are considered especially heinous. In the manufactured band scene, the dedicated musicians who shell out these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the S Club 7. These are their stories. BUNG BUNG

[@daishoryujin95]

*dun dun* Bup-bap-bunnah-bunhhhhh *reeeow*

[@mat-har5057]

🤣🤣🤣Love the SVU reference lol!!!

[@BlackWidow00741]

Hahaha 😆

[@jessmorgan6732]

Ice-T: "ME says they overdosed on a new drug called Air Glitter. Kids try it at parties, next thing you know they're recording charity singles and getting British teeth."

[@DestinyKiller]

It's DUN DUN you philistine

[@eugeniatrujillo3824]

RE: Boob jokes in Victorious, I bring you this gem: “How does a person go from an A to a D?” “Happened to me in eighth grade.”

[@Daniel33487]

Don't remember that, but there's always some adult humor in these kids' shows. The writers just can't help themselves.

[@Dragonatrix]

That's not adult humor so much as "the showrunner is a disgusting paedo"

[@TimmyTickle]

And before anyone asks, no, that joke did not involve Cat

[@Nortarachanges]

.... I honestly thought that meant grade level. Like an A average to a D average

[@playsthetics]

They also did one where they were trying to slide under some security lasers, and they asked "which one of us is the flattest?" The two with the sizable jugs stepped back.

[@thejjfrantsexperience5572]

"Bet that never happened on Victorious" Of all shows, you managed to pick the one that did have a giant boob joke. "How do you go from an A to a D" "Happened to me in eighth grade"

[@MrEmpoleon2010]

JJF Rants Also “Jade can’t get her boobs in the Hamburger”

[@nsb144]

Also "Which one of us is the flattest?" Jade and Trina step back. Victorious actually had a ton of boob jokes.

[@thejjfrantsexperience5572]

Ah my bad

[@lamontyaboy718]

Makes you wonder how they got away with that stuff.

[@thedudewhomadethisvideo]

@@lamontyaboy718 Dan 'hold her tighter she's a fighter' Schneider got away with a lot

[@Zed_Leppelin.]

Rest in Peace Paul, gone too soon. The band was just about to do a 25th anniversary tour in England. The guy was 46..... rest in peace man.

[@A_Dopamine_Molecule]

I looked him up just now to read about his nu-metal band and I was floored that he passed away so recently and so young... RIP.

[@AppleGamer258]

S Club 7 had to change their name to S Club, because this group now has 6 members since Paul Cattermole passed. 3 months after the tragic news, S Club made their first song in 20 years, called “These Are the Days”, which is about the group not only reminiscing about their time in the spotlight as one of the UK’s most well known acts, but it’s also dedicated to the late Cattermole, as the music video also emphasises some of their memories with him and how he was respected by the group. In my opinion, I thought the song was just okay, but as a send off to a member that passed, they did wonders in giving his legacy a swan song. EDIT/Correction: S Club actually changed into their current name in 2002 as a result of Paul’s departure from the group due to his complaint about the group’s management, and he also pursued a career in performing as a metal singer in his own band, Skua. It had nothing to do with him passing, it was more to do with him not being happy with how things were being handled for the group.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

I had no idea he passed until I read this. RIP bruv.

[@heymistercarter.]

UPDATE: member Paul Cattermole just passed away at age 46. And they just announced a possible reunion too!

[@GradySmith]

Tina's doing her dance. Jon's looking for romance. Paul's getting down on the floor. While Hannah's screaming out for more. Wanna see Bradley swing. Wanna see Rachel do her thing. Then we've got Jo, She's got the flow. And last everybody, Todd in the Shadows!

[@chanceussery4090]

What exactly was Hannah screaming out for more for? More what? I never understood that part of the song!

[@TimmyTickle]

Now I have this image of an overdressed Todd banging away on the piano in the background behind the S Clubbers

[@thehopeofeden597]

S Club 7: Special Victims Unit was always my personal favorite.

[@SuperDevolution]

S Club 7: Deep Space Nine is underrated in my opinion.

[@josh-oo]

S Club 7: The Legendary Journeys was better.

[@1101Archimedes]

I hold that S Club 7 Climax Starforce Wonder Brigade was the best series.

[@DigiRangerScott]

S CLUB 7: The Legend of Hannah

[@themexicankitchen]

S Club 7: Atlantis was the one I remember most

[@jaboodi]

As a British millenial this is giving me MAJOR school disco flashbacks

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

I know right XD

[@animekitty4218]

I was born in 2000 and you can bet everything we were bopping to this in primary school discos. I like to think S club 7 is still a staple to this day.

[@rawkhawk414]

Todd kinda didn't mention that they definitely got played in Canada well before Reach charted in the US too! Lol the flashbacks

[@marfaxa]

@@rawkhawk414 someone forgot Canada?!!

[@herrikudo]

I just remember the incessant commercials for the stupid show

[@KrisRN23935]

Todd not taking Hanson slander is honestly best part of the episode. Brought back some of that old angry Todd energy.😂

[@lukestanleyrodgers2642]

This song was the Number 1 in the UK charts on the 9th of December 2000. On the 16th of December 2000, Eminem feature Dido was Number 1. And then the next UK number 1 was Can we fix it by Bob the builder on the 23rd of December 2000 which ended up being the best selling single of 2000 in the UK. This should tell you that the UK music charts is both weird and fantastic.

[@eliasmg9144]

Tbf can we fix it is the best song of all time and should be on top of the charts every time

[@stellviahohenheim]

@@eliasmg9144 Bob the P*do

[@benedictrogers1478]

Oh no, you're missing the best part. Bob the Builder has two number one singles.

[@JanRademan]

Westlife fans still have nightmares about Bob the Builder.

[@jmurray1110]

And bob the builders mambo no 5 had to stop radio play because it got big on September 11th 2001 and the bbc though it could be offensive to the survivors and families

[@Stubagful]

Surprised to see they were one hit wonders in the US. Anyone who was between 7 and 10 in Britain in 1998 had all these songs burnt into their brains round the clock. People's parents got into them too. Its like the whole country was in some kind of weird cult for two years.

[@reginaldfromnigeria5206]

OMIGOD IT'S STUART

[@kai615k]

Stubagful Like the Monarchy

[@troodon1096]

I'm surprised they were a hit anywhere. Though being the age I was at the time I had written off most pop music of the period anywhere, so for me they were easy to avoid. (I was only vaguely aware of Hanna Montana's existence at the time.)

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

Remember the fight-to-the-death levels of loyalty that there was between S Club fans and Steps fans? I repped for S Club like there was no tomorrow. And yet when Todd listed the names of the members, I couldn't remember a single one of them except Rachel Stevens.

[@Stubagful]

There was Jo, Paul, Emma, Derrick, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, Sneezy and Doc

[@joro550]

Ah man, as a guy who grew up in Britain (UK) in the 90's/2000's hearing S-Club being referred to as a "one hit wonder" is jarring to say the least it felt as though the hits would never stop from this band back in the early 2000's. Between them Steps and maybe spice girls they owned that era for pop music

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

Would you say it's similar to a Brit calling One Direction a One-Hit-Wonder? Or is it even bigger than that?

[@joro550]

@@CarlsCozyCorner Well One Direction is a British band so I think most British people are aware of they're success, I don't know this is like someone saying Spice Girls had one hit. I think if you ask any 20 something person in the UK about S-Club they'll probably have a tale about a school disco

[@connortheandroidsentbycybe7740]

​@@CarlsCozyCorneras Joro said, 1D are British. Would maybe be closer to saying Bieber is a one hit wonder

[@OldTownSkater88]

I'd wanna see Todd have some kind of series where he reviews every song that has won the Oscar for Best Original Song.

[@Betta66]

I would totally watch that

[@boxycthulhu3519]

That or really any music award. Song, record, or album of the year Grammys come to mind

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

And then we see a long stretch during the 80s where he sleeps through every rubber-stamped, Patrick Bateman-approved ballad that clogged up the Academy

[@annettepaul7129]

I think Todd needs a new series - Groups that were huge pretty much everywhere else in the world EXCEPT America.

[@ChrisPage68]

Because if it doesn't happen in America, it doesn't happen at all. Apparently.

[@RyanStorey1231]

A good contender for this: Kylie Minogue.

[@JennyCThree]

@@RyanStorey1231 Is Kylie Minogue not famous in America?

[@lepidoptery]

@@JennyCThree she's not (or wasn't) unknown and had a couple of hits (locomotion and can't get you out of my head, but I think some ppl will recognize I should be so lucky and think it was by Madonna) but her stature is nothing like it is elsewhere.

[@RyanStorey1231]

JennyCThree - It's complicated. At first, she was merely remembered as a novelty one-hit wonder in America for "The Loco Motion". While she continued to be enormously successful in Australia and the U.K. afterward, she was a one-hit wonder over here for thirteen years. But then she scored another hit in 2001 out of nowhere with "Can't Get You Outta My Head". She had a couple of other minor hits off of that album, too. While she never had another official chart hit after that, she continued to be successful basically everywhere else. She's basically Australia's queen of pop. She's an icon, but over here she's relegated to cult icon to people in the know (or queer folks). I honestly don't know why she struggled to maintain relevance in America. She was so successful in Australia and Britain, you'd think that she would be just as big in America, but aside from scoring that second hit out of nowhere in 2001, it just didn't happen for her.

[@Trogdor390]

"he left the band and started a nu-metal band" And you're not gonna let us hear any of that potential cringe gold mine? Todd, why you gotta do us like that?

[@KhayJayArt]

Todd is merciful.

[@upperleft5493]

band is called Skua /watch?v=F1T4hYyBSFg

[@TweekMorgan4dictator]

I mean... You know how he feels about the genre... If he's like this to music he actually likes....

[@ilznidiotic]

@@upperleft5493 That's literally no better than Sclub.

[@wellspokenrambler]

Best S Club 7 output was Rachel Steven's extremely short-lived collaboration with Gorillaz, if you can call "dated the fictional singer only to leave him because the fictional bassist kept trying to hit her up and she got sick of it" a collaboration. Still, good sport in the name of having a poke at manufactured pop. (She even took part in a Channel 4 mockumentary about them called Charts of Darkness, which was pretty great if very early-2000s)

[@KrisRN23935]

Wait, was she Paula Crocker?!

[@RosieWeird]

@@KrisRN23935 I think Paula was a separate character but the whole thing is on the Gorillaz DVD "Celebrity Takedown" :D

[@lovemagicfantastic]

Glad to see that others have been boning up on Gorillaz's Rise of the Ogre. That book is the sole reason I'm aware of the existence of S Club 7.

[@derinedala5032]

I'm Australian and I was also very confused to see S club 7 described as a "one hit wonder" because they were massively popular in the tween demographic here. Impossible to get away from.

[@DoctorDex]

What happened to S Clubs 1 through 6 remains a mystery to this day.

[@lego4virgo]

Supposedly, there are newly discovered gravesites..but, we'll have to see on the reveal special.

[@IsiahTomas]

*whispering Torchwood theme song..............* (give it a bit)

[@EpicB]

Well, some of the former S Club 7 members do perform as S Club 3.

[@genskiel4187]

S Club 1-6... That's 20 people they killed!

[@UnderdogRecords91]

I think there's a scene in "Alien Resurrection" that explains this. #mercykill

[@wstine79]

Ain't no party like a Todd Shadows party.

[@KhayJayArt]

Cause a Todd Shadows party don't stop

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

Cuz the Todd Shadows party lasts for about a month before it starts again XD

[@wadespencer3623]

Cause a Todd Shadows party don't start.

[@chbarts]

Cause a Todd Shadows party knows Hanson has actual talent.

[@TheProfessor529]

Cause a Todd Shadows party's poorly lit.

[@kleerude]

I had a friend in middle school with English relatives. I remember going over to her house after her cousins had recently visited, and she had become obsessed with the song “Bring It All Back.” We spent a whole afternoon listening to the song on repeat making up dance moves. I thought her taste in music was impossibly sophisticated 😬

[@RolandDeschain1]

It's hilarious that Take That would be considered a one-hit wonder when they still sell out stadiums across the UK and Europe. Less than a decade ago they broke the record by playing eight nights at Wembley.

[@rse1113]

I think Simon went to that with his Mum.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

@@rse1113 Of course he did he likes all vibes Take That, Failsafe.....Reggae

[@rse1113]

@@KeyBladeMaster-Dan I bet he wore the hat, too.

[@LouisWritingSomethingCrazy]

"They could sing Megadeth and have it come out like the wiggles" Now I want to see that.

[@MetalSandman999]

I can imagine "Hangar 18" being sung over a peppy syncopated beat like "Reach for the Stars" lol

[@sirekumasutra7022]

Now I REALLY want Mustaine to bust out Fruit Salad.

[@morphman86]

You wanna know why S Club 7 has the format they have? You wanna know why they kinda remind you of the Power Rangers? You wanna know why Simon named his show Pop Idol? He took a MASSIVE piece of inspiration from the Japanese Idol culture, big pop bands with 5-75 members, each with their own character. If 7 or less, they usually have the popular colour coordination you see in almost every Japanese show, where each colour represents a character archetype, which is why Power Rangers have those colours. Simon started a bit with it when he made Spice Girls, but didn't go full out until he made S Club 7. That's why he made the TV show to go with it, to really sell the idea of them as idols, not a band. And when that well dried up, he went in search of the next set of idols... with the show Idol. He didn't even try to hide it. He didn't have to. It would take 20 years until the Japanomania would sweep over the western world and people would realize what it was he was doing. 2 decades of others trying to replicate what he did without even knowing the formula.

[@georgeandrews1394]

That actually makes a lot of sense... except part of the last paragraph. Look, Power Rangers started airing in 1993, while Sailor Moon, Pokemon, and DBZ gained traction in the US in 1998. Japanese media (or, in the case of Power Rangers, reworked versions of such) had been coming over way before 2010... and before the 90's, but the point is, it was very much out there in the late 90's. Yes, Japan's music didn't make it over in the same way its animated programs or comics or video games did. Yes, the internet made access to media and information in general much easier. So yes, the connection would be much easier to see in 2013 than 1993. However, unless Japanese media in Britain really only gained traction in 2010 (and I'm no expert; maybe that's the case), the connection would be much easier to see due to advances in information access, not it taking '20 years until the Japanomania would sweep over the western world'.

[@morphman86]

George Andrews Hate to break it to you, but Power Rangers is not japanese. It uses some footage from a Japanese set of shows, that's not the same thing. The anime shows that ran were so modified there's hardly anything left of the Japanese culture in them. That's not even near comparable to the Japanomania we see in the western world today, where they take actual Japanese culture and try to understand it and integrate into it, rather than assimilate it.

[@morphman86]

@@ordinarychef The modern anime culture started with proper anime shows, though. Shows like Sailor Moon, Fist of the North Star and Muumin. When broadband became a thing, and later when it expanded rapidly, and it became common for every household to have at least one computer (around 2002-2003-ish) people realized that those shows were dubbed and that the original language ones, which were suddenly widely available, had very different content. They had not been put through a filter of helicopter parents' thoughts on what is appropriate for kids to watch, so people started watching the originals instead. And from there they discovered ones that hadn't yet been dubbed... Pokemon has always been seen as a very western show, unlike most other Japanese and Korean animations, so I doubt that played any major role in the modern otaku culture.

[@morphman86]

@@ordinarychef Considering I have no clue what you're talking about, I'm gonna go with a no on that one... Sorry.

[@MasterMemo]

@@ordinarychef can't forget about Astro Boy and Speed Racer way back when

[@gothicross73]

When I was like 4 I thought the lyrics were "never had a green canoe" and it was my favorite song then I forgot about it over the years and only discovered it accidentally from KZbin

[@TransmissionEpicts]

Awesome, gonna try that in karaoke now!

[@credenzamostro]

@Hilltop JD614 jesus fuck who shat in your cereal

[@JP-ve7or]

Aw, that's so much better! ☺️

[@MakeVarahHappen]

8:16 Todd has clearly never seen Victorious if he thinks they were above those jokes.

[@Tama-Hero]

Really? This was the only hit? As an avid Radio Disney listener I'm very sure I heard "ain't no party like an S Club party" a lot too.

[@babypurplebat2610]

I'm so glad you're back, I have always loved your videos!!

[@AMHK1024]

That song didn't chart on the Billboard HOT 100 and charting on that is his criteria for a hit.

[@ladydontekno]

This was the only song that made it outside of the Radio Disney ghetto.

[@DariusMakesContent]

You watch Todd that’s awesome

[@bucwhovian8305]

Thought that too, of all their songs to be their only hit...THIS ONE?!? I would say that the one song of their's that I like to un-ironically is probably Reach. Only because that one has some quite well written lyrics.

[@lucyskyler21]

My entire knowledge of S Club Junior is that Liam Gallagher knew who they were, by name, and Noel Gallagher was shocked by this.

[@hinasakukimi]

omg

[@AdamTPersonette]

Live Forever!!!! Loved that documentary!!!

[@michaeladam8219]

For those who never had the pleasure, it may be my favorite Gallagher story ever, which is saying something: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5y2hKGVgsuaY9E I was shocked Todd didn't bring this up since he clearly watched the Live Forever doc for the BE HERE NOW Trainwreckords.

[@Ramblebar]

I thut they were a special needs class or something!!!

[@simongunkel7457]

More importantly Frankie Sandford of S Club Juniors fame went on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and that was a great episode.

[@leeshdee9269]

S Club 7 were huge in Australia too, they were played at every primary school disco from here to kingdom come. Still are, in fact. I would argue "Don't Stop Movin'" was their biggest hit here.

[@trisblackshaw1640]

Agreed.

[@stephenbowes2187]

Jesus Christ, I still find it weird how many huge bands and artists fail to make it to America. These guys obviously but also Take That (and by extension Robbie Williams), Cliff, Blur, Oasis, T. Rex, Busted, McFly, The Jam. It's weird what breaks the States and what doesn't

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

oasis didn't fail to make it in the US, they just didn't enjoy as much success. but I think most Americans know who they are

[@ChefSalad]

Oasis, Blur, and T. Rex all had huge hits in the US. I remember them quite well. Unfortunately, nothing much else ever became of them in the US. Those hits were Champagne Supernova, Song 2 and Bang a Gong, and pretty much nothing else that I remember. I think Oasis did have more hits in the US, I just don't remember any. I've heard their name enough to know they did a bit more than just one hit. I don't remember any of the others, nor S Club 7, although I was 16 in 2000, so a bit too old for S Club 7 by time they came around anyway. And also, I'm not a girl, so I doubly wasn't in their target demographic. It does make me wonder what groups that are huge in the US that don't do anything in the UK or Australia. Are there such group? Surely there are, but I really don't have any way to find out.

[@Rexowogamer]

@@ChefSalad I can't really name any examples as (since I'm a Brit) I'm not massively familiar with what was big in the US but I get the feeling that those would tend to be rock/country groups

[@GideonGleeful95]

@@ChefSalad Wonderwall is the more well known Oasis hit in the US I'm pretty sure.

[@DestinyKiller]

​@@GideonGleeful95yeah, Wonderwall was freaking huge. I do remember Champagne Supernova being pretty big too bit but as big as that

[@MoonStruckBunnyIRL]

Oh god, that frosted look, it wasn't just a horrible nightmare, burn all the proof!

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

The 70's had flares, the 80's had shoulder pads, we had heavy ice-blue eyeshadow and butterfly hairclips.

[@MeBeMat]

Something you didn't mention is that Jo, Paul and Bradley reunited before 2015 to do University tours as S Club 3 and do all their old hits. In fact, they came to my Uni one year and my housemate ended up sleeping with Bradley. So there's that.

[@Internationale7]

@Jeff Moss thanks for judging a stranger you've never met, random creeper

[@experiment35]

I swear to god I've heard this exact anecdote before... wonder how many people could say this lol

[@InkAndPoet]

They did?

[@InaZeaAnaZazi]

was hea good lay at least?^^

[@Savannah_Simpson]

Yeah ok sure... forgive me if I’m skeptical.

[@tylers1996]

And so today the first of the 7 has passed on. RIP Paul Cattermole.

[@TMC1982Part2]

It isn't discussed by Todd in the video but apparently, their manager (Simon Fuller) basically got them to sign a contract that meant he got pretty much most of the money the band made. They were on about £150,000 (or $186,622.50) a year and that's it. That was a lot of money then for a young person but wasn't going to make them millionaires.

[@lewisclark1122]

Pop music is a shit business I heard that they made about £150,000 each over the whole five years they were together. Probably slightly more than the average wage at the time. But think about the brutal schedule that they had, and all the millions they made for other people (especially sleazy Simon Fuller, who pocketed most of the royalties). Poor Paul had serious financial issues in his later years.

[@ShinMario098]

Now that you've opened the floodgates you have to do You're Beautiful by James Blunt. There's no excuse now.

[@mushyw1234]

Did he ever get big stateside? A lot of people over here can remember the singles from that first album beyond You're Beautiful.

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@mushyw1234 That's because You're Beautiful *_was_* his big hit.

[@mushyw1234]

@@crazyluigi6664 Read what I wrote again. Everyone of a certain age in the UK knows Wisemen and Goodbye My Lover.

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@mushyw1234 Okay, to clarify, I meant to say that for the U.S.A.

[@RatelHBadger]

Oh god please no!!!

[@TheMostDanceable]

You damn near killed me with the Key Change thing.

[@camzoman]

Bo Burnham is a genius.

[@nomobobby]

“Y’all dumb MFers wanna key change??” No but I’ll take some laughs at how predictable the track is.

[@thewholegiraffe1841]

I waited 14 full minutes to see what you meant and I still wasn't ready holy fuck

[@fantasticplanet2002]

I'm SO upset blur is only known for song 2 in the US. they have so many amazing songs and their most jokiest song was the one that topped the charts there.

[@zbr76]

Let me see... [checks chart archive] Song 2 didn't chart in the American mainstream. Blur's biggest hit Stateside was Girls & Boys... at no.59!

[@ToasterBrain51702]

song 2 isnt even close to their jokiest song

[@somebraveapollo8211]

@@ToasterBrain51702 Yeah, not when you have "Country House".

[@popculturevictim7789]

Did you forget that fucking “Park Life” exists?

[@fizzpeakgamer1318]

At least Gorillaz happened making Damon Albarn be known a little in America.

[@NidorinoAlliance]

I live in Australia, and literally everyone I’ve met can sing along to at least five of this band’s songs when they come on the radio. It’s amazing you guys never had them.

[@room120times]

Omg as a Brit the fact that S Club is a one hit wonder in the US blows my limey mind

[@g.waldmeister1851]

Did you know that Kylie Minogue giant comeback single "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was originally written for S Club 7? I can't image the song becoming one of the biggest hits of the 2000s if the band performed it. Which is presumeably why Simon Fuller passed on it. But just imagine.

[@dariuswatson6298]

Wow, I never knew that! As cheesy and edgeless as S Club 7 were, I still like them but they could not have pulled off that song.

[@Daniel33487]

@@dariuswatson6298 Honestly, this made me just wish that the 90s teen pop scene hadn't died out so quickly. We all could have used a little more Backstreet and Spice Girls in our lives.

[@IsiahTomas]

Guess they'll never.... *sunglasses* Have that dream come true.

[@hallamhal]

And it was written by the guitarist in a dress from Mud

[@HectorGonzalez0642]

Darius Watson I could never have pictured that. Lol

[@LindsayHands]

So I'm back watching this after the passing of Paul, and here's something that gets me about this song. I remember watching S Club 7 back when I was a kid, and I remember when they were huge. I never recognised this song till I watched this video and here's why. In Australia, this song never charted, despite them being pretty big in Australia. They are defintely in a category of One Hit Wonders of artists who failed to make it big in the US. Also a fun fact for the Junglists, Bradley appeared on the DnB classic Back To Your Roots. I'm not making this up.

[@bobbybeard1497]

The early 2000's was a golden age for cheesy UK pop - s club, steps, blue, 911, liberty X, hear'say. Todd please do a series just on them

[@sophie_drachen]

Oh my god, you're forgetting Five!

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Well, Blue were Ok, I guess, but yes, the rest was pure cheese!

[@Nullsparta2]

I 100% remember this song and even s club 7. Reason why is due to me being 9 when they got popular so I was right in the sweet spot for this type of music

[@TinaTissue28]

I was about 7 to 8 when their TV show was all over Australia and they were massive to kids our age back then

[@ApocalypticJoker]

i remember too much of these guys...S Club Party is engraved into my skull for eternity

[@TheSongwritingCat]

I don't remember multiple spin offs but I definitely watched some of that TV show and I knew every song included in this episode.

[@chaoticlady_fairy]

same I was 10 and obsessed with the tv show yeah the one that was a hit was really forgettable to me i remember it but because I like avoiding it. most of thier songs were really earwormy .

[@KaijaSchmauss]

I was about 7 or 8 then, so I guess it's the same story. It probably helped that I also loved Nsync, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera so it was already in my young wheelhouse. Even now I still have a soft spot for cheesy late 90's/early 00's teenybopper pop because it's so nostalgic to me.

[@bareakon]

I was a 7 year old british boy when S Club 7 got big, and I loved every one of their songs. I'm a 25 year old british woman now, and I still think they only ever released bangers.

[@tomaton777]

so ur still a boy

[@dariuswatson6298]

I agree, I was a kid when they were big, 23 now and still love their songs. They made so many bops! I know a lot of other people around my age who still love them and are very nostalgic for them.

[@chloes9063]

8:17 ironically Victorias has a very infamous scene where Character (I think named Jade) makes a joke about that exact thing. “How does someone suddenly go from an A to a D?!” “Happened to me in the 8th grade”

[@tessarobins2451]

New show in which you discuss bands who were MASSIVE in Britain but one hit wonders in the States? I'd LOVE to see you discuss the likes of blur and T.Rex!

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Did Suede even get alternative radio play? Or Pulp?

[@LB1973]

and Oasis!!

[@essmoon2157]

@@LB1973 oasis had some hits in America that is still kind of remembered

[@chrisjamesr77]

Status Quo would be a good example too

[@tessarobins2451]

@@littlekingtrashmouth9219 Hi, do you mean in the US? Because for Pulp, I think Common People might have done, if only because Lindsay Ellis mentioned it (calling it "that song 'Common People'") in her Rent video. As for Suede, I've no idea about their crossover potential.

[@MadameKasumi]

Literally I discovered this song through Pokémon AMVs in sixth grade and every time I talk about it no one has any clue what I’m talking about. I’m addicted sappy music like this and I think it’s a bop, but I had no clue about the tv show.

[@UnrealPerson]

S Club 7. Pokemon. wut

[@caesarorzell600]

@@UnrealPerson the 2000's were a special time.

[@DoctorStarky]

@@UnrealPerson If you listen to the Pokemon albums, you'll find a surprising amount of sappy ballads with production just like this. S Club 7 really isn't too far off genre for the filler songs on those albums.

[@MadameKasumi]

@Rarsonic Rintil Flying Without Wings by Westlife is in this video as a prime example of “sappy pop” and that’s one of the credit song in Pokémon 2000. The 2000’s were great.

[@ShogunGin0]

That perfectly timed outburst after they dissed Hanson is legitimately the funniest thing I think I've seen you do, and I've seen basically every video you've made. Had to pause the video because I was stifling my laughter so my roommates won't hear me doubled over at 1 am.

[@MarinaTowers444]

It seriously made my night.

[@Savannah_Simpson]

“Perfectly timed”? It’s a recorded video.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Yeah. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

[@jmckenzie962]

4:19 I remember my friend once made a joke about this saying that S Club 7 was Simon Fuller's Megadeth to the Spice Girls' Metallica

[@djmariovvelasco1182]

Believe it or not these guys were huge in Canada and their first three albums all went gold and platinum in Canada. Their shit was always on the radio and on tv. Their tv shows were popular too. It was a time when a lot of British pop acts were being pushed in Canada

[@TheFawse]

Yeah, I remember them being everywhere back in the day. Off the top of my head I can think of at least like 4-5 songs that were very popular here

[@Totally_Glitched]

Okay so I'm NOT crazy! I'm Canadian and I remember these guys were everywhere. My older cousin was obsessed with them, and a few of my classmates were big fans as well. I even had a couple of the dolls. So seeing them referred to as a One Hit Wonder threw me through a major loop.

[@MegatronYES]

“the could sing Megadeth and it would still sound like The Wiggles,” HAHAHHAHA

[@TimmyTickle]

Now I want someone here on KZbin to make the S Club Version of Holy Wars (The Punishment Due)

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

@@TimmyTickle I was thinking Sweating Bullets. "Hello me! Met the real me!"

[@kingpin1331]

I just wanna hear the wiggles cover a megadeth song now

[@AceLM92]

@@kingpin1331 same here dude. Peace Sells would be prime for it

[@lukeohara6047]

To be fair, have you ever experienced a party even remotely like an s club party?

[@nomobobby]

Me The Guy I’m pretty sure the only thing lamer than an S Club party is an actual Middle school dance. At least S Club has that funky funky beat. The middle school dances I went to had either YMCA or lousy clean dance music.

[@aclstudios]

Lots of Shirley Temple drinks, balloons and streamers, maybe a ball pit and trampoline.

[@EpicB]

@@nomobobby Luckily I didn't go to a middle school.

[@MrShambles]

It sounds like the kind of party that ends at 9:30.

[@experiment35]

3 of them used to do student club nights around the UK, I think Bradley DJ'd for us a couple of times... so like, yeah actually

[@JamesJimmaHarding]

Literally every S Club 7 song EXCEPT the one that got big in America was a big hit here in Australia. From what charting information I could find, "Never had a dream come true" charted around the end of 2001 (literally a full year after it's release) and BARELY cracked the top 50

[@MrSkerpentine]

“You play this on Nick Jr. JR.” Underrated joke

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Super Nick Jr. Jr.

[@t4nkychannel921]

That reminded me of the Spongebob having to go to Weenie Hut Junior's.

[@mariogamefreak1]

@@t4nkychannel921 more like Super Weenie Hut Juniors.

[@JoKeR-hh8rg]

so basically nick jr 2-

[@MrSkerpentine]

@@JoKeR-hh8rg Nickelodeon the Third

[@boraxkid1097]

The way Todd draws his breath in before saying 'S CLUB 8' speaks volumes to the nature of human suffering.

[@krzie18]

A joke I remember from Victorious Andre: "How does someone go from an A to a D?" Jade: "Happened to me in 8th grade." Mostly that's because the creator is, at best, a creepy motherfucker and at worst, Jared Fogle as a TV showrunner.

[@treatmereallyniceys8616]

"Quick hide me!" "What in my bra, Cat?"...Cat thinks... "NO THAT'LL NEVER WORK!"

[@candycechanel659]

I came here to see if anyone else remembered there WAS a big boobs joke in Victorious!

[@fangal12]

That beat is from one of my favorite Dru Hill songs "We're Not Making Love No More"

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I want to hug you so damn hard right now, haha! You are the ONLY other person who also said this! I've been scanning the comments for the longest hoping to find one other person who also knew that song. I can now go in peace. Thank you!

[@jonrian7667]

Can you do one on Rachel Stevens herself? She had a few hits like, “Sweet Dreams my LA Ex” and “Some Girls” but when her second solo album came, it failed commercially even though it was really good! And I’m pretty sure she hasn’t made music after that

[@Iinneus]

And every time we touch, I get this feeli-- wait a second that's the wrong song

[@Daniel33487]

That's not how that song goes!!! Wait, every time we touch, I get this feeling-okay, maybe it does have a little of the same melody. But that song's much more upbeat and fast than S Club 7.

[@JoeSixThreeOh]

@Linus2014Cougar Pretty sure Todd could coast off two year's worth of OHWs with just 98-2000s techno club hits.

[@alex_flamer267]

@@JoeSixThreeOh would like to see him do Rhythm of the Night by Corona seeing how there is a Black Eyed Peas remake and the Corona virus epidemic going around.

[@QJ89]

How do you go from 'Never Had A Dream Come True' to 'Everytime We Touch'? With that and 'Sandstorm,' the EDM Nerds will jump down Todd's throat telling him he got the genres wrong.

[@NJGuy1973]

@@QJ89 "Everytime We Touch" was covered by Cascada, who also covered "What Hurts The Most," which Jo O'Meara covered.

[@SignatureFox713]

8:19 Actually they did, the joke was how a character named Andre’s grade slipped from an A to a D, he asked how someone slips from an A to a D. The character Jade said that it was easy and it happened to her in middle school. Not talking about grades.

[@PasCorrect]

That Backstreet Boys song works because of the call-and-response structure of the chorus.

[@gabingston3430]

14:00 Thanks for introducing me to Bo Burnham's Country Song with that clip, Todd. I have greatly appreciated it ever since.

[@astcastle]

This is one of those episodes where the hit is somehow the least interesting part of the bands history.

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

The Kids Bop version of Spice Girls.

[@sachikiriyama6705]

Spice Boys & Girls

[@florida_mane6267]

That's too much sugar

[@IronOverlord]

I was going to comment how much this group makes me think of Kids Bop, but ya beat me to it.

[@emmaduncan2991]

I was thinking more of saved by the bell if their "band" "the Zack Attack" had released records

[@TheSongwritingCat]

How dare you? At least S Club 7 can carry a tune.

[@Joemama55122]

Hannah is actually a fantastic actress she was one of the best characters in Primeval

[@pisces6220]

I actually really like some stuff from Racheal Stevens. Some Girls was a amazing hit, produced by Richard X, who is honestly talented in making some of the best electro-pop in the UK.

[@Tunaboy45]

S Club 7 were absolutely MASSIVE and inescapable over here, they had at least 5 smash hits and people still love them to this day, mainly for the nostalgia. If you go to a cheesy pop club night expect a lot of S Club.

[@musiclover_kb4913]

R U from the UK or somewhere in Europe?

[@Tunaboy45]

MusicLover_KB The UK, though I know they were pretty big around the rest of Europe too (they had a certain Eurovision-ness to them).

[@phsycospacezilla]

Yeah as a Brit pretty much every S Club hit hits some deep part of me that lights up the dopamine receptors when I hear it, I think it's the 8 year old somewhere within.

[@AnimeAmericaPodcast]

Funny enough, I've heard of the song when I was a kid listening to Radio Disney, but never knew the band until last year. I went to a concert that had random bands from the 90's like B*Witched, Atomic Kitten, East 17, and Liberty X. S Club was there, but there were called S Club 3 since only three members could make it. Then one of them got hurt before the concert, so we all called them S Club 2 that night. It was Bradley and one of the girls... maybe Tina???... singing Bring it All Back, S Club Party, and of course this one. That was when I was like, "Oh THEY'RE the ones who sang that song.

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Jesus, only 2 out of the 7 members showed up? That's IDGAF on another level

[@PunkExMachina]

that sounds....so friggin. sad. lmao

[@scottrichardson3611]

Wow - i went to the Tasmanian leg of that tour, and the 3rd member pulled out of that show as well . It was just Tina and Brad. They invited a fan onstage to sing a track with them at one point. Unfortunately they picked the drunkest lady in the room, she just staggered around on stage then screamed unintelligibly into the mic, before cuddling and groping Brad until they cut the song off early and sent her on her way. Probably back to the bar. Won't lie it was an awesome night .

[@w3irdo13]

I swear, you made at least one of those names up.

[@cockbreath01]

@@w3irdo13 Nope.

[@izzyhawkins3631]

Interestingly, Have You Ever's children in need version has childrens choirs on the chorus which were recorded across the UK, and has the world record for the most individual voices of any record. I'm on it somewhere :)

[@Jess-the-Witch]

These songs were huge in my Australian 90s childhood, hearing them is like opening Pandora's bubblegum pop box.

[@lokiskywalker]

7:03 They aimed for the Jackson 5 and hit the Osmonds.

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

Charles Meier even S Club Junior sang Puppy Love for Christmas and yes it’s as bad as it sounds.

[@Svetz17]

I knew every damn song you talked about and I’m American. Holy s***, was I an S Club 7 fan and blacked it out because of the trauma?

[@MariaLouisaBrennan]

👊

[@ayakostitz1731]

It happens mah dude same thing happened to me, I think.

[@Ozzy_2014]

Canadian and in fact bought 2 cds. Yep silly pop and some ballads. It was fun. I have zero use for those groups todd brings up.

[@adammullan5904]

It’s hard to explain why the British pop scene was so unamerican in the 2000s, I guess we were turning towards the European scenes happening at that time instead of the American ones? It’s definitely easier to draw a line from S Club, Steps, Fast Food Rockers, Scooch, Lolly to Vengaboys, Aqua, Cartoon, than to almost anything in America. The only American act I can think of that inhabited the same space is Daphne and Celeste, and they didn’t impact the USA either. I will say tho, many British millennials adore the scene of that era to this day (myself included). We know it’s low-brow and formulaic and produced, but it’s too fun and nostalgic for us to care. Also, just noticed Vengaboys only had one top 40 hit in the USA so.........get on it pls

[@aclstudios]

Honestly, I've gone back and examined both pop scenes from that era as well. I was only 7 during Y2K, so I was the perfect age demographic to be a target for that market. The UK scene was way too... "corny" for the US market. Too happy and chipper and kiddie. And just all around campy and even cringey to go back and look at. And it was very unapologetic about it. That's the reason that Daphne & Celeste never became a thing here, despite being from here- they tried to break through but failed because of how god awful corny their material was. But it fit right into the UK market. Those other corny acts from the UK only had maybe one hit here if any, because we didn't want that stuff. From a yank looking at past UK hits of... anytime, there was a lot of niche, a lot of novelty, a lot of corny stuff that never would have made it here. But also the exact opposite, such as Kate Bush, who tbh sometimes merged both of these descriptions. Aqua had one hit. Vengaboys had one hit (and a minor second one). Cleopatra only had one hit. B*Witched had one hit. Hell, let's even count Rednex as a one hit wonder, although they pretty much were in most other places too. All of these bands were just too corny for people here to tolerate for more than one song. Our music isn't that happy-go-lucky on most occasions. The US pop scene back then... much more "mature". And it really wasn't, but it seemed so to us. The songs I listed above were only played on kid's networks like Radio Disney and Nickelodeon, if even. Whereas the teen pop acts here- Britney, BSB, NSYNC, Xtina, etc. were played on mainstream radio and TRL. And this also explains why so many boring, sappy ballads became huge hits. They were seen as "mature". I hated them though even back then lol. The upbeat music was as Todd explained. In-your-face, full of mean, aggressive attitude. Not too childish. Oddly enough, plenty of UK-famous acts had this sound- but when they tried to crossover, they failed and also landed in one hit wonder territory. 5ive. Samantha Mumba. BBMak. Westlife. Craig David. They all sounded like they could have been big here, but never were. Why? Well that's just patriotism and nationalism that people here are known for- can't let too many foreign acts get big! It goes in and out in waves obviously, since there have been several "British invasions" on the music scene, and Swedish acts seem to have good luck here too, as do Canadians. But at that time, after letting the Spice Girls in, the border patrol would not let anymore British acts dominate like that (and tbh they only had one #1 hit here IIRC). The times had changed again a decade later though. Biebs ruled this place for a while. Drake still thinks he does. As for British acts, Adele. One Direction (and specifically Zayn). There was a period of 41 weeks from 2015-2016 where every #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 was from a non-American act. (Which was broken by Desiigner... let's forget he existed) So yeah, sorry for that entire essay lmao. But even today these differences still exist, but to a much lesser extent. We do get more novelty hits now- we did prior to the Y2K era as well, but after Macarena, they slowed the fuck down. It seems in the UK, they didn't slow nearly as much. Also, the UK definitely has a way bigger variety of popular music. Stray from one or two of the formulas over here, and you're a nobody. I'd assume it has to do with political differences even, on a deeper level. But who knows.

[@adammullan5904]

Andruu Leeh Your analysis is very much appreciated in fact! The British certainly have a lower tolerance for silly or campy songs these days, today’s big names like Adele, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Little Mix probably wouldn’t touch a novelty song even though many of them have bubbly fun personalities, while Comic Relief and Children In Need haven’t had a novelty release since at least 2011. It’s a shame really, although I could see there being a bubblegum pop revival in the future as 90s nostalgia gives way to 00s nostalgia

[@th8257]

It's only fairly recently, with the advent of social media, that the charts have started to become more similar. All through the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s, the UK and US charts were often very different

[@qwertyTRiG]

@@aclstudios I'd be fascinated to see an American perspective on Samantha Mumba.

[@Ozzy_2014]

@@qwertyTRiG I know nothing nothing of her music but know her from the time machine remake. It was the special features stuff where they explained she was a singer. UK can be hits in the usa. Aussie's too. Think KYLIE & her sister Dannie. Nut NZ?? Kimbra a minor hit? That is rare.

[@Engineer_Who]

Strangely, the first part of the main melody of "Never Had a Dream Come True" is almost note-for-note the same as a melody that was used a lot in a Catholic hymn I heard in Mass a lot in the early 2000s. That melody isn't really used anymore since the Mass was re-translated in 2011, but that's exactly what I heard in Todd's piano intro.

[@MilesSmiles8]

I have no memory of this song, but as soon as you played your piano version of it in the opening, I knew instantly that I had heard it SOMEWHERE before.

[@babypurplebat2610]

It was basically the first song you heard when you walked into a Justice store

[@vard000]

It's like that one show, Higglytown Heroes. You think you maybe saw it once, but it's inexplicably both too bizarre and too bland to remember.

[@elsiegross2406]

It sounds a lot like the fourth ending theme for Inuyasha, "Every Heart."

[@musiclover_kb4913]

The only S Club 7 songs I knew from my childhood were Bring It All Back and Have You Ever. I only discovered Never Had a Dream Come True 7 years ago when I bought Now That's What I Call Music Volume 7

[@Fickji]

It's a song I know everyone was losing their minds over at the time but I instantly hated it so much I erased my memory of it. It's also one of those songs that is so harmless I know it only got popular because the religious zealots actually allowed their kids to listen to it instead of Destiny's Child's Bootylicious. Strangely I do remember that being the year that Nickelback started getting really popular.

[@MetalSandman999]

*Boob joke* "I guess that never happened on Victorious." Episode: "A Christmas Victorious": Andre (lamenting a bad grade): How does someone go from an A to a D?! Jade: Happened to me in 8th grade.

[@kylenielsen5083]

Fun fact: Elizabeth Gillies married a composer who worked on the show and other Nick shows after dating for 8 years. Not so fun fact: She's 27 and he's 47.

[@MetalSandman999]

@@kylenielsen5083 what the actual...lol

[@Fireprincess161]

As an Aussie I heard them so often! They were actually really popular here.

[@hiimemily]

Victorious might have been the least apt show that you could have possibly chosen for that bit, it's actually kinda impressive.

[@fien111]

No one's too good for Matchbox 20, Todd

[@wintervortex8979]

The Bo Burnham clip being included got Todd even more on my good side.

[@root19733]

8:31 Good on Todd for standing up for Hanson

[@kleptrep94]

Rewatching this episode after Paul's passing.

[@sweetchocolatesecret]

I LOVED S CLUB 7. I always sang Bring it All Back... but not so much this one.

[@imnothereactually]

Never had a dream come true tried to be the uk christmas no 1 hit in 2000 (uk christmas no1 is a thing) , thankfully it was beaten by the instant classic, sing it with me BOB THE BUILDER Can he fix it? BOB THE BUILDER Yes he can

[@villainousthoughts]

Fuck yeah that song slapped.

[@gabingston3430]

Man, you Brits sure have a thing for children's novelty songs, do you?

[@SuperJNG18]

@@gabingston3430 That's nothing compared to Bob's follow-up #1 hit...his version of Mambo No. 5.

[@gabingston3430]

@@SuperJNG18 So, you're telling me that Bob The Builder, a children's character, had TWO #1 hits in the U.K. So much for the British being sophisticated...

[@tecwynjones6532]

@@gabingston3430 Early 2000's was a very weird time for British pop music. Like… I remember a song that encourages diabetes (sing it with me now peeps!) A PIZZA HUT A PIZZA HUT KUNTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AND A PIZZA HUT A PIZZA HUT A PIZZA HUT KUNTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AND A PIZZA HUT MCDONALD'S! MCDONALD'S! KUNTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AND A PIZZA HUT

[@Comrade_Jason]

Weddings in England always have an S Club song at the reception. Love it.

[@NotThatHunter]

Hello Todd, I would just like to point out, for your and everyone else’s benefit, that the co-writer of the S Club 7 TV show is now a writer on Succession. British TV: it’s weird!

[@abigailgriffin2546]

Me: This song is completely lacking in substance and is a bit of a slog to get through. Also Me: *between sobs* I NEVER HAD A DREEEEEAM COOOOOME TRUUUE...

[@bradypostma5167]

This song reminds me of the really shallow 80s movies that I absolutely adore when I reminisce about them but can't enjoy when I actually watch them. Like Mannequin or Batteries Not Included. Todd says a ballad has to be personal, not abstractions about universal experiences. Maybe that's true for truly great ballads, but I quite like the depictions of what is universal in this song. My wife is a dream come true, and before I met her I yearned for a dream come true kind of love. It appeals to both versions of me from both eras. Pretending to move on pretty much is the only kind of moving on. I like the bittersweet explorations of that shared experience. I do wish it was more thoughtful about those things, though. And less repetitive. And left some impression of who wrote it or is singing it.

[@bradypostma5167]

@s t a r Thank you.

[@JennaLeigh]

This came out when I was in high school, while I was full on Marilyn Manson shirt wearing, "freak" chick.... Who legit LOVED this song so much. 😂😂

[@janegoodall1837]

@@bradypostma5167 Todd sounds like an Incel, and somebody who's annoying to talk to at parties.

[@hagelgevaret5174]

@@janegoodall1837 How?

[@wendynerd1199]

Wait, so I wasn't crazy? S Club 7 actually existed? It wasn't just some delusion my 10 year old brain created? OTHER PEOPLE SAW THEM TOO?! I always assumed that they were too lame to actually exist.

[@anthonyramirez388]

This is exactly how I feel about most of the pop I heard on the Disney Channel. I didn’t realize “Us Against the World” was a real song until I found it on Pandora for some reason.

[@wendynerd1199]

Chute Boot Tomato Soup Hey now, hey now, this is what DREEEEEAMS are made of! That was mine. Damn you Lizzie MacGuire!

[@Incidion]

Seriously, I feel like this song was everywhere for all of half a year and then it just vanished into the aether. I heard the piano in the opening and all I could think was "JESUS, THAT THING WAS REAL"

[@trulyAmatulHaqq]

This is how I felt when EverythingIsTerrible confirmed that Jump5 actually existed and wasn't just a fever dream from my childhood.

[@brainflash1]

I definitely saw the music video for this at some point, but I was largely ignorant of music in general at that age.

[@WesternEchidna]

God I love S Club 7. Bring it All Back, S Club Party, Two in a Million, Reach for the Stars, and of course Never Had a Dream Come True. Such catchy and beautiful melodies, amazing vocals, and for Two in a Million and Never had a Dream Come True, beautiful and touching lyrics. Them, alongside other pop artists, got me into the more lovely dovey romantic ballads

[@youmuffin]

I'm only catching up to your back catalogue of videos. I often disagree with your (musical) opinions but your videos are so well made and well researched I can't help but keep watching!