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A very mixed bag, Now 49 - for every Destiny's Child making a (somewhat delayed) bow in a Now poll, there's a Dido. For every Mis-Teeq, a Marti Pellow. A number of strong candidates should make for an intriguing poll.

The last Now poll was the closest for AGES, with Gorillaz finally beating Shaggy and Nelly F by one vote - "Clint Eastwood" is the lowest-rated winner ever, which makes up slightly for it being the first one I don't actually like.

[Poll #740592]

THE TICKNESS

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chezghost.livejournal.com

Eve's debut single innit and Outkast never had a hit until this one, although all of their singles before this one were ace too.

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braisedbywolves.livejournal.com

!! It's off her SECOND album!

(Eve tends to bring out the Lex in me)

So was B.O.B. not a hit, or was this rereleased after wards? I=confused.

Ms Jackson is of course made even more classic by being a Karaoke honeypot - the punters step up, confident that they can belt out the chorus, and how many words can there be in the verses anyway?

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freakytigger.livejournal.com

Not a hit - in fact it flopped.

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alexmacpherson.livejournal.com

'BOB' was a hit, a quite big one I think, but just not on a Now (this is DC's first Now appearance too!).

Lots of hip hop acts are quite um lackadaisical when it comes to a) releasing and b) promoting singles in the UK - Eve bothers to do it more than most, which is to say that she still doesn't really bother at all.

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chezghost.livejournal.com

i think 'B.O.B.' stalled in the charts somewhere in the 50s. i was really surprised to see Outkast were still around at that point. and when i first heard 'Miss Jackson' i was astounded it was them.