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Britain / Music / Lyrics / 2004 Q3
"Number 1" pop singles in the UK (quarter 3, 2004)
     
Sections:
Introduction
Archive
  Call On Me (Eric Prydz)
  Real To Me (Brian McFadden)
  My Place / Flap Your Wings (Nelly)
  These Words (Natasha Bedingfield)
  Baby Cakes (3 of a Kind)
  Thunderbirds (Busted)
  Dry Your Eyes (The Streets)
  Lola's Theme (The Shapeshifters)
  Burn (Usher)
  Links
   
Related pages:
Britain/Music/Lyrics (number 1 singles on other dates)
British/Music/Pop (British pop music)



INTRODUCTION

Lyrics and background notes to songs which first reached number 1 in the UK singles chart between July and September 2004.
You can see the current chart at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/top40 (you can listen to some of the songs and watch videos).

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CALL ON ME


Number 1 on: 19 September 2004, 26 September 2004, 3 October 2004, 17 October 2004

Type of song:


Call On Me (CD single)
Artist: Eric Prydz
Label: Data
Date: September 13, 2004
 

This song is based on a mix of the chorus of the song "Valerie" by Steve Winwood, which was a hit in the 1980s.

Call On Me
Eric Prydz

Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
Call on me
I'm the same boy I used to be
I'm the same boy I used to be

Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
Call on me
I'm the same boy I used to be


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REAL TO ME


Number 1 on: 12 September 2004

Type of song:


Real To Me (CD single); CD single version 2
Artist: Brian McFadden
Label: Sony
Date: September 6, 2004
 

Brian McFadden was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was a member of the Irish boy band Westlife, but left in March 2004 to start a solo career: this is his first single.

Real To Me
Brian McFadden

Bullshit ((Showbiz)) dinners and the free champagne
Men in suits who think they know it all
No-one knows me but they know my name
That's not real to me
Hotel lobby to the aeroplane
Another country but they start to look the same
Watch the world behind a window pane
That's not real to me

When I see my babies run
When all the madness has been and gone
I'll raise my family and live in peace
Now that's what's real to me
Real to me

Dying flowers in a dressing room
A dangerous time to let your head make up it's own mind
Got me thinking that the spirits flown
That's not real to me

When I see my babies run
When all the madness has been and gone
I'll raise my family and live in peace
Now that's what's real to me

Picnics in the garden
And the children they can play
The first day of the summer
And I laze here all the day
Then we'll invite the family round
And drink some English tea
Then I raise up my finger
And watch football on TV

Yeah ... oh

Now that's what's real to me

When I see my babies run
When all the madness has been and gone
I'll raise my family and live in peace
Now that's what's real to me
That's what's real to me
Real to me

Wake up you might be dreaming
Wake up you might be dreaming, now


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MY PLACE


Number 1 on: 5 September 2004

Type of song:


My Place / Flap Your Wings (CD single)
Artist: Nelly (featuring Jaheim)
Label: Mca
Date: August 30, 2004
Suit (CD album)
Artist: Nelly
Label: Mca
Date: September 13, 2004

Nelly is an American singer. His previous number one in the UK was "Dilemma" (a duet with Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland).
"My Place" was a double A-side song, together with the song "Flap Your Wings".
Jaheim also features on this song.

My Place
Nelly

I used to pride myself on being the other man
But now it's flipped and I don't want you with no other man
Why can't you understand anything I'm offering
I gave you the world but you just wanted arguing
From the time I picked you up, until the time I dropped you off again
Even flipped out on me at the mall again
"It's all his fault again": that's what you telling all your friends
I ain't pointing fingers, ma, I just wanna call again
See how your day going, I know they stressing on you
I know them times get hard, that's why I'm checking on you
It's yours truly ma, I got a little message for you
Anything he can do, girl I can do it better for you, 'cos

When we laugh or we cry it's together
Through the rain and the stormiest weather
We gonna still be as one, it's forever, it's forever

Won't you come on and go with me
Come on over to my place
Won't you sit yourself down and take a seat
And let me ease your mind girl
We gonna do it our way

I heard your friend told a friend that told a friend of mine
That you was thinking that we should do it one more time
If this ain't the truth then hopefully it's not a lie
'Cos I ain't got no issues with hitting at another time
We never had a problem getting it done
Disagreed upon a lot, ma, but the sex wasn't one
Now check it I know you get excited (still), when I come round and bite it (girl)
Quit throwing up and quit acting like you don't like

I like it, I like it, I really, really like it, I want it, adore it, so come let me enjoy it

When we laugh or we cry it's together
Through the rain and the stormiest weather
We gonna still be as one it's forever, it's forever

Won't you come on and go with me
Come on over to my place
Won't you sit yourself down and take a seat
And let me ease your mind girl
We gonna do it our way

Shorty where you been
Feels like a long time, long, long time since I seen you
Yes it has, girl, when I know I said some fucked up things to you before
But girl you know I didn't mean it
(I didn't mean one single word)
(I never meant one single word)
If I could take back every word I would and more for sure
If I thought that you believe it
'Cos you make my life so convenient for me

When we laugh or we cry it's together
Through the rain and the stormiest weather
We gonna still be as one it's forever, it's forever

Won't you come on and go with me
Come on over to my place
Won't you sit yourself down and take a seat
And let me ease your mind girl
We gonna do it our way


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THESE WORDS


Number 1 on: 22 August 2004, 29 August 2004

Type of song:


These Words (CD single); CD single version 2
Artist: Natasha Bedingfield
Label: Arista
Date: August 16, 2004
Unwritten (CD album)
Artist: Natasha Bedingfield
Label: Arista
Date: September 6, 2004

These Words
Natasha Bedingfield

Threw some chords together
The combination D-E-F
It's who I am, it's what I do
And I was going to lay it down for you

I tried to focus my attention
But I feel so A-D-D
I need some help, some inspiration
But it’s not coming easily
Whoah oh

Trying to find the magic
Trying to write a classic
Don’t you know, don’t you know, don’t you know
Waste-bin full of paper
Clever rhymes, see you later

These words are my own
From my heart flow
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
There’s no other way
To better say
I love you, I love you

Read some Byron, Shelly and Keats
Recited it over a hiphop beat
I’m having trouble saying what I mean
With dead poets and drum machines
You know I had some studio time booked
But I couldn’t find the killer hook
Now you've gone and raised the bar right up
Nothing I write is ever good enough

These words are my own
From my heart flow
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
There’s no other way
To better say
I love you, I love you

I’m getting off my stage
The curtains pull away
No hyperbole to hide behind
My naked soul exposed
Whoah oh oh oh. Whoah oh

Trying to find the magic
Trying to write a classic
Waste-bin full of paper
Clever rhymes, see you later

These words are my own
From my heart flown
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
There’s no other way
To better say
I love you…
I love you, is that okay?


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BABY CAKES


Number 1 on: 15 August 2004

Type of song:


Baby Cakes (CD single)
Artist: 3 of a Kind
Label: Relentless
Date: August 9, 2004
 

Baby Cakes
3 of a Kind

I just want you to know oh oh
That I think our love will grow yeah yeah

Baby Cakes
You just don't know, know
How I, I
I like it down low, low
And I just want you to know
That I think our love will grow
We'll take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own

Baby Cakes
You just don't know, know
How I, I
I like it down low, low
And I just want you to know
That I think our love will grow
We'll take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own

Confused, don't know what I'm feeling
Confused, relationships without meaning
In the mist I can see it gleaming
Time to wake up and stop the dreaming
'Cos you're my little Babycakes
And I know you got what it takes
The way you make me feel
The way that I am
when you talk to your friends
And you call me your man
I'm gonna tell you right now
That I appreciate it
You're the one for me
You're the real it
You was right there from the start
When I was lost you helped me find my mark
Tell her I gotta thank you, thank you
Through the bad times I just picture me and you
With our fun time where the fun's loaded
There's just one thing I want you to know

I just want you to know oh oh
That I think our love will grow yeah yeah

Baby Cakes
You just don't know, know
How I, I
I like it down low, low
And I just want you to know
That I think our love will grow
We'll take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own

Baby Cakes
You just don't know, know
How I, I
I like it down low, low
And I just want you to know
That I think our love will grow
We'll take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own

Loving every minute
Just you and me
And I'm still dreaming
You'd be my baby
Maybe there's a possibility
We grow old together, live happily
And you're grave
Bring out the tiger in me
He says do I never need cursing me
You're the man for me
The one who thinks what will life be like
If our eyes never met
And they say it's a song for everyone
At the first sight you know it's love
See the person and you can't be hostile
'Cos you got butterflies in your belly
That's why I like a different dimension
'Cos you can't help it but feel the affections
Sexual tention, physical attractions
Instant flip flirtation actions

I just want you to know oh oh
That I think our love wil grow yeah yeah

Baby Cakes
You just don't know, know
How I, I
I like it down low, low
And I just want you to know
That I think our love will grow
We'll take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own

Baby Cakes
You just don't know, know
How I, I
I like it down low, low
And I just want you to know
That I think our love will grow
We'll take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own

I got to know
I got to know
I got to know
I got to know

The way you look at me
Yeah, you pull me closer
Our bodies together
Under the cover
Soft kisses
With your hands all over
If I have to cry
Then you cry on my shoulder
Can't get enough
When you loosen my neck
Goes down to my belly
Caress my breast
Well ship your body
Like you were a goddess
You're the man for me
Need to give me the best
You're the number one for me
And it's no contest
For any other man
Who got no interest
Loving you
Whenever it's wrong or right
I'm thinking of you
Every day and night
People don't get the wrong idea
It's about us, so don't interfere
The way you look at me
Cakes its gotta be
When you're out
When you're stood right next to me

I just want you to know oh oh
That I think I'll have a go yeah yeah
I just want you to know oh oh
That I think I'll have a go yeah yeah
I just want you to know oh oh
That I think I'll have a go yeah yeah

Baby Cakes
You just don't know, know
How I, I
I like it down low, low
And I just want you to know
That I think our love will grow
We'll take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own

Baby Cakes
You just don't know, know
How I, I
I like it down low, low
And I just want you to know
That I think our love will grow
We'll take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own


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THUNDERBIRDS


Number 1 on: 1 August 2004, 8 August 2004

Type of song:


Thunderbirds (CD single); Version 2 CD single ; DVD
Artist: Busted
Label: Mca
Date: July 26, 2004
Thunderbirds [Soundtrack] (CD album)
Artist: Hans Zimmer, Busted
Label: UCJ
Date: August 2, 2004

The fourth UK number 1 for British boy band Busted. The CD single also contains the song "3am" from the group's second album "Present for Everyone".
Busted's previous number 1 songs were
Who's David: Britain/Music/Lyrics/2004Q1
Crashed the Wedding: Britain/Music/Lyrics/2003Q4
You Said No: Britain/Music/Lyrics/2003Q2

Thunderbirds is the theme song for the film of the same name, based on a television series from the 1960s. String puppets were used to animate the characters in the original programmes, but actors are used in the film (hence the line: "No strings to hold them down"). The story is based on an organisation called International Rescue, which used spaceships (Thunderbirds) and other machines to come to the rescue in various emergencies, usually caused by a "bad guy". The organisation's headquarters is hidden under a lake inside a crater on Tracy Island (hence the lines "There's something major going down on Tracy Island" and "When spaceships come out of the pool"). The words "Thunderbirds are go!" was always used in the TV series when the spaceships went out on a mission.

Thunderbirds
Busted

Thunderbirds are go

Spring breaks come around
And there's no heroes to be found
There's something major going down
On Tracy Island, Island

Weapons underground
To keep the planets safe and sound
If someone evils coming round
He should be frightened (frightened)
'Cos now the boys are back in town
No strings to hold them down - down

Don't be mad please, stop the hating
Just be glad that they'll be waiting
Friends we have are ever changing
No not no little battle no, when the Thunderbirds are go

Kids are learning fast
They know their team birds kick some ass
Be sure that there's no coming last 'cos you're on their side
(their side)

You always look so cool
When spaceships come out of the pool
You know that you'd just be a fool
To be a bad guy (bad guy)

'Cos now the boys are back in town
No strings to hold them down down

Don't be mad please, stop the hating
Just be glad that they'll be waiting
Friends we have are ever changing
No not no little battle no, when the Thunderbirds are go

Thunderbirds are go

Don't be mad please, stop the hating
Just be glad that they'll be waiting
Friends we have are ever changing
No not no little battle no, when the Thunderbirds are go

Don't be mad man please stop the hating
Just be glad that they'll be waiting
Friends we have are ever changing
No not no little battle no
When the Thunderbirds are go

Thunderbirds are, Thunderbirds are go
Thunderbirds are, Thunderbirds are go
Thunderbirds are, Thunderbirds are go
Thunderbirds are, Thunderbirds are go


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DRY YOUR EYES


Number 1 on: 25 July 2004

Type of song:


Dry Your Eyes (CD single); Version 2 CD single
Artist: The Streets
Label: 679
Date: July 19, 2004

A Grand Don't Come for Free (CD album)
Artist: The Streets
Label: 679
Date: May 10, 2004

Mike Skinner's first number 1.

Dry Your Eyes
The Streets
In one single moment your whole life can turn around
I stand there for a minute staring straight into the ground
Looking to the left slightly, then looking back down
World feels like it's caved in - proper sorry frown
Please let me show you where we could only just be, for us
I can change and I can grow or we could adjust
The wicked thing about us is we always have trust
We can even have an open relationship, if you must
I look at her she stares almost straight back at me
But her eyes glaze over like she's looking straight through me
Then her eyes must have closed for what seems an eternity
When they open up she's looking down at her feet

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

So then I move my hand up from down by my side
It's shaking, my life is crashing before my eyes
Turn the palm of my hand up to face the skies
Touch the bottom of her chin and let out a sigh
'Cos I can't imagine my life without you and me
There's things I can't imagine doing, things I can't imagine seeing
It weren't supposed to be easy, surely
Please, please, I beg you please
She brings her hands up towards where my hands rested
She wraps her fingers round mine with the softness she's blessed with
She peels away my fingers, looks at me and then gestures
By pushing my hand away to my chest, from hers

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

And I'm just standing there, I can't say a word
'Cos everything's just gone
I've got nothing
Absolutely nothing

Trying to pull her close out of bare desperation
Put my arms around her trying to change what she's saying
Pull my head level with hers so she might engage in
Look into her eyes to make her listen again
I'm not gonna fucking, just fucking leave it all now
'Cos you said it'd be forever and that was your vow
And you're gonna let our things simply crash and fall down
You're well out of order now, this is well out of town
She pulls away, my arms are tightly clamped round her waist
Gently pushes me back and she looks at me straight
Turns around so she's now got her back to my face
Takes one step forward, looks back, and then walks away

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

I know in the past I've found it hard to say
Telling you things, but not telling straight
But the more I pull on your hand and say
The more you pull away

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over


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LOLA'S THEME


Number 1 on: 18 July 2004

Type of song:


Lola's Theme (CD single)
Artist: The Shapeshifters
Label: Positiva
Date: July 12, 2004

 

Lola's Theme
The Shapeshifters
Oooooh yeah

Looking back
I know I was walking around in disguise
In disguise
I was just as lost and I needed a guide
And the moment that you came to change my life
Use life burn my heart and make me smile
'Cos you and I know that

I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around
I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around
I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around

Things I had
All fading away a minute and I
Feel alive
You have twisted all of my troubles inside
You've refilled my heart and stopped me drown
'Cos you and I know baby

I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around
I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around
I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around
(Turn my world around)
I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around

Oo-ooh
Use life burn my heart and make me smile
And you and I know baby
Turn my world around, Oh yeah

I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around
I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around
I'm looking for your son
Yeah
Turn my world around


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BURN


Number 1 on: 4 July 2004, 11 July 2004

Type of song:


Burn (CD single)
Artist: Usher
Label: Arista
Date: June 28, 2004
Confessions (CD album)
Artist: Usher
Label: Laface
Date: March 22, 2004

Burn
Usher
I don't understand why
See it's burning me to hold onto this
I know this is something I gotta do
But that don't mean I want to
What I'm trying to say is that I love you. I just
I feel like this is coming to an end
And its better for me to let it go now than hold on and hurt you
I gotta let it burn

It's gonna burn for me to say this
But it's coming from my heart
It's been a long time coming
But we done, been, fell apart
Really wanna work this out
But I don't think you're gonna change
I do but you don't
Think it's best we go our separate ways
Tell me why I should stay in this relationship
When I'm hurting baby, I ain't happy baby
Plus there's so many other things I gotta deal with
I think that you should let it burn

When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go 'cos the party ain't jumping like it used to
Even though this might ruin you
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

Deep down inside you know it's best for yourself but you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But you know that it's over
We know that it's through
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

Sending pages I ain't supposed to
Got somebody here but I want you
Cause the feeling ain't the same by myself
Calling her your name
Ladies tell me do you understand?
Now all my fellas do you feel my pain?
It's the way I feel
I know I made a mistake
Now it's too late
I know she ain't coming back
What I gotta do now
To get my shorty back?
Oo-oo-oo-oo
Man I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without my boo-oo
You've been gone for too long
It's been fifty-eleven days, umpteen hours
I'm gonna be burning till you return (let it burn)

When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go cuz the party ain't jumping like it used to
Even though this might ruin you
Let it burn (let it burn, let it burn, you gonna learn)
Let it burn (gotta let it burn)
Gotta let it burn

Deep down inside you know its best for yourself but you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But you know that it's over
We know that it's through
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

I'm twisted 'cos one side of me is telling me that I need to move on
On the other side I wanna break down and cry
I'm twisted 'cos one side of me is telling me that I need to move on
On the other side I wanna break down and cry

Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Oo-oo-oo (can ya feel me burning?)
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo

So many days, so many hours
I'm still burning till you return

When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go 'cos the party ain't jumping like it used to
Even though this might ruin you
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

Deep down inside you know it's best for yourself but you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But you know that it's over
We know that it's through
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn


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