Slow Burner (Music Themed 5-Minute Freewrite Challenge)

A first single from a debut album of an artist might be quite a hit, but the second single being a huge hit contributes to the success of an album. It will also pave the way for the artist to stardom. Back in 1997, a number of girl groups attempted to rival or follow the footsteps of Spice Girls including Solid Harmonie, She Moves, and others. There goes All Saints, which sounds like a fusion of Spice Girls and TLC. Their first single "I Know Where It's At" was a top 10 hit in several countries. It even managed a top 40 peak in Billboard Hot 100. But such performance of a first single is not enough until their second single was released.

"Never Ever", the second single, was an immediate hit in UK, and elsewhere a slow burner. It contributed to the huge sales of their first album. Likewise, it paved the way for subsequent hit singles for the album. There's a good marketing as well for releasing a double sided single with two tracks which are covers, "Under the Bridge" and "Lady Marmalade", which was a UK number 1.

The album has a total of five top 10 hits in UK, which included a total of three number 1s. Though, All Saints' success was limited in United States with the single "Never, Ever", a number 4 hit. The group may not have achieved the height of Spice Girls fame then, at least they're the only girl group during their time to come close with the phenomenal group.

This is my music themed entry for the freewrite prompt "Slow Burner" which was created through the website squibler.io.