ABBA once said “the winner takes it all”, but the good thing about pop is that there’s no shame in coming in second place – some of the best singles out there never get beyond Number 2, after all.
When boyband foursome JLS came second to Alexandra Burke in the final of The X Factor 2008, you could forgive them for thinking it was all over for them before it really begun.
Luckily, Aston, Marvin, Oritsé and JB are made of stronger stuff, and they dusted themselves off, got a record deal and squirrelled themselves away in the studio to prepare for their big launch.
First off the rank was Beat Again, an insanely catchy R&B track with slightly dubious medical references but, more importantly, amazing dance routines.
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