101
DREAMIN' TOGETHER
AVERAGE: 5.825
HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x2 (
@boombazookajoe,
@DJHazey)
LOWEST SCORE: 2 x2 (
@RainOnFire,
@Purple)
MY SCORE: 2
2019 RATE: N/A
"Dreamin' Together" is a song by now-defunct Japanese girl-group Flower featuring Little Mix. It was included on their second album
Hanadokei, and was a bonus track on the Japanese edition of
Get Weird.
Despite not being released as a single (at least according to Wikipedia), it received a music video, though it has an oddly low amount of views (less than 300k). Similar to "Une autre personne", I'm not entirely sure how this collaboration came about.
I really don't have much to say about this, and
@YourLeadSinger can only muster up a "meh" as well. The limp-ass production... it's a no for me.
95
BEEP BEEP
AVERAGE: 6.051
HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x1 (
@GimmeWork)
LOWEST SCORE: 0 x1 (
@munro)
MY SCORE: 1
2019 RATE: 74/83
"Beep Beep" is our first song to break the 6.0 mark!
It was the second bonus track on the
Glory Days deluxe edition alongside "Freak" (plus the acoustic version of "Touch"). For some reason, both it and "Freak" weren't included on the Platinum edition of
Glory Days, and were only later added to the digital version.
So here's the thing - I'm all for a good sex bop. This, however, is absolutely not it. Like "A.D.I.D.A.S.", I find it low-key uncomfortable to listen to because it's so sexual but it's dressed up as a kiddie pop song. I don't want to listen to a sex bop if it's being made to be sung by five-year-olds, and this is even more over-the-top and gross than "A.D.I.D.A.S.".
The production isn't a write-off but the men singing in the background of the chorus makes the entire ordeal even worse. This is like bottom 5 Little Mix for me.
@YourLeadSinger looks at it from a different angle, saying "Hahahahaha, cheeky. I feel like they made these types of silly yet dirty songs to troll the parents of their younger fans."
94
ONE I'VE BEEN MISSING
AVERAGE: 6.159
HIGHEST SCORE: 9 x1 (
@boombazookajoe)
LOWEST SCORE: 3 x2 (
@RainOnFire,
@Serg.)
MY SCORE: 3
2019 RATE: N/A
A great round for me (and a not-so-great round for
@boombazookajoe!) as most of my low scores exit, with "One I've Been Missing" being next.
Released as a standalone single after "Bounce Back" in 2019 and later included on the expanded edition of
Confetti, "One I've Been Missing" was Little Mix's attempt at a Christmas original. It was their first and only, after a few covers and the Christmas Mix of "Love Me Like You" in 2015, and was co-written by Leigh-Anne as well as R&B singer Sinéad Harnett.
Apparently this was a contender for the UK Christmas number-one single and ended up charting at... #59, becoming their only single ever to miss the Top 40. Mess. At that point, "Think About Us" was their only single to miss the Top 20 and that was only by 2 spots. And unlike "Underneath the Tree", "Santa Tell Me", and "One More Sleep", this never caught on as a yearly classic and hasn't outpeaked its debut or even earned a Silver certification. A massive flop all-around then.
This actually did much better in our rate than I was expecting as I thought it'd out in the bottom 10. It's just so dreary. A Little Mix Christmas original should've been fun and joyous and festive, basically the opposite of this.