Shortlist for Official Charts Pop Gem #73: Boybands

Which boyband classic will get the Pop Gem honour this week?

Every week, we search for your Pop Gems, those overlooked classics or big hits of yesteryear that deserve a little extra love.

This week, our theme was boybands. They light up our worlds like nobody else, make us weak at the knees and we dream about them all day long. Well, sometimes.

Your suggestions came in thick and fast and mainly came from the golden era of boybands – the Nineties and early Noughties.

We eventually got it down to 14 finalists – see below. If your memory needs refreshing, take a look at our video playlist and also, while you’re there, avail yourself of our Spotify and Deezer playlists of every Pop Gem ever ever ever!

The final 14 are here. And, yes, we know there are two Backstreet Boys songs on there – they're legends.

ARTIST	TRACK	PEAK POSITION	YEAR
BUSTED	YOU SAID NO	1	2003
WESTLIFE	BOP BOP BABY	5	2002
BBMAK	BACK HERE	5	2001
BLUE	ALL RISE	4	2001
BACKSTREET BOYS	THE CALL	8	2001
A1	SAME OLD BRAND NEW YOU	1	2000
OTT	STORY OF LOVE	11	1998
BACKSTREET BOYS	AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME	3	1997
FIVE	SLAM DUNK (DA FUNK)	10	1997
BLACKSTREET	NO DIGGITY	9	1996
MN8	I'VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU	2	1995
BOYZONE	FATHER AND SON	2	1995
EYC	THE WAY YOU WORK IT	14	1994
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK	COVER GIRL	4	1990

Video playlist

Need a refresher on some of the older – yet no less amazing – tunes? Watch them all here!

And the winner is…

All will be revealed on Saturday, when we announce our Pop Gem pick on Facebook and Twitter.

Every Pop Gem ever

Fancy reliving those perfect Pop Gems we already picked all over again? No worries, get your ears wrapped round these playlists on Spotify and Deezer. SLAY.

Spotify

Deezer