That Westlife song

[IamIfeel]

Chariot by Westlife. Do people actually like that song as much as Radio 2 seem to think they do (based on the fact they play it every 12 minutes)?

I would like to find out by doing a highly scientific poll here.

YABU - it's the song of the year and the lyrics are just pure poetry
YANBU - it's fucking terrible and they can't sing either.

As far as I'm concerned, there is no in between.

I’m with you OP - it’s awful & I actually feel a bit embarrassed for them when I hear it. I don’t know how these things work but Radio 2 must be being paid a lot to play it or something 😂

You might be right, they may be paid to play it. I can't understand what there is to enjoy about it. The singing is baaaad, and the lyrics are just naff. I do genuinely feel like Scott Mills (who I like, unlike most other MN's) plays it to take the piss. It's just bad on all parts IMO.

I often wonder how much the BBC, or at least certain producers get paid to promote shite songs.

I don't listen to Radio 2, but Radio 6 Music often play an absolute garbage new song seemingly on repeat for weeks on end (hot chip I'm looking at you).

Google tells me they don't take payment to promote but I don't believe that for a second.

Just listened to it. Pretty average singing, daft lyrics and it just doesn’t really gel. It reminds me of those songs that you can have written about your husband…

”We met in Tesco
you said let’s go
your cortina
could have been cleaner

got married in the June
baby coming soon
you then shared the fact
you’d been sacked…”

etc.

It’s a relatively jolly toe tapper though. I’ve heard worse 🤷‍♀️

At first I thought it was by that Scottish guy that went viral doing the sea shanty songs. I was shocked when they said it was Westlife and even more shocked that Ed Sheeran wrote it. It is awful, and I hate when Radio 2 overplay something.

Wait, Ed Sheeran wrote that? I wonder if he's happy with that.

It's basically just a bunch of words that have been put together so they rhyme. I just cringe whenever I hear it.

I know, it really is quite poor from him. It is awful to listen to.

Radio two and their bloody song of the week..means it's played every hour all week,usually I hate whatever song it is but by the end of the week llike it and know all the words 🤣
It's like some mind control shit.
Have to say there have been far far worse songs played as record of the week.

Westlife fans like it, everyone else doesn't. That's pretty much how it is for all of their songs

I thought they were singing "dance in your pants", turns out it's cancel your plans 😆

How could you not tell it was an Ed Sheeran song? It sounds exactly like all his other songs! I knew it must be him be him behind it the first time I heard it, ds actually thought it was him singing it. It’s boring because he’s done this exact song countless times - just with different titles.

I haven't even heard it but I know it's going to be dreadful even without listening to it

I’m a huge Westlife fan and I don’t really like it. It’s just yet another Ed song (and I like Ed). At least it’s not a cover though.

It sounds like they were going for the esoteric prosaic lyricism of Squeeze’s Up The Junction, but missed heavily, because Westlife are not Cool [As] Cats.

Most of Ed Sheeran's lyrics are a bunch of words thrown together because they rhyme. Have you ever listened to Galway Girl?

Just listened to it

Christ on a bike

Haha, funnily enough after reading @MissyB1 comment, I did think in hindsight it is quite obvious, given how fucking terrible Galway Girl was.

It absolutely sounds like dance in your pants. I only realised it's not after the 27th time hearing it this morning.

Well keep listening..you will all grow to love it.
The amount of songs added to my playlist on alexa that when I hear again some time later im like "what is this shit!?...ah record of the week"

Yeah, that's not going to happen. Trust me. There is nothing to love about this monstrosity of a song.

I've long thought a couple of the Westlife fellas always look a little embarrassed singing their songs.
Never paid much attention to the lyrics till now. Even my Irish granny would think them maudlin. 😏

They can sing but I don't particularly like it. Catchy but bland and clearly a Ed Sheeran written b side.

I hated the Robbie Williams latest single too which they've been playing all the time

God I would never get that angry over a song!

All radio stations have an A/B/C list each week, which determines how many plays a song gets amd how many are in peak hours.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2qNJsnjYFvbLrK9CZ0CfYfM/radio-2-new-music-playlist