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Steptacular is the second studio album by British pop group Steps, released in the United Kingdom on 25 October 1999, through Jive Records.[3] The album was accompanied by five singles; "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart", "After the Love Has Gone", "Say You'll Be Mine", "Deeper Shade of Blue" and "When I Said Goodbye" all hit the UK top 5, making Steptacular the first Steps album to contain fix consecutive UK top-five hits.

Steptacular

Studio album by

Steps

Released

25 October 1999

Recorded

1998–1999

Studio

PWL Studios, Sarm East, The Workhouse (London)

Genre

Pop
dance-pop
electropop
synthpop
Europop
disco

Length

55:25

Label

Jive

Producer

Mark Topham
Karl Twigg
Pete Waterman
Andrew Frampton
Dan Sanders
W.I.P

Steps chronology

Step One
(1998)

Steptacular
(1999)

Buzz
(2000)

Singles from Steptacular

"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"
Released: 12 July 1999
"After the Love Has Gone"
Released: 11 October 1999
"Say You'll Be Mine"
Released: 13 December 1999
"Deeper Shade of Blue"
Released: 3 April 2000
"When I Said Goodbye"
Released: 3 July 2000

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Yahoo! Music UK	[2]

Steptacular debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and it remained on the position for three weeks, selling 260,000 copies in the same time frame.

Background and release

Like the group's debut album, Steptacular also contains covers, including a song originally released by female pop group Bananarama entitled "Movin' On", "Make It Easy on Me" originally recorded by Sybil and "Deeper Shade of Blue" originally recorded by Tina Cousins. The album also includes the group's version of "Tragedy", which was originally recorded for the Bee Gees tribute album Gotta Get a Message to You, which was released shortly after Step One. Early UK copies of the album featured a holographic silver "STEPS" logo on front. It was also released in cardboard and tin boxed sets, internationally.

Commercial performance

On 31 October 1999, the album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and remained for three consecutive weeks.[4][5][6] The album sold 84,000 units in its first week—only 1,000 copies ahead of Westlife's debut album, Westlife, beating the Irish boy band.

Track listing

*Steptacular* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Tragedy"	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb	Mark Topham Karl Twigg Pete Waterman	4:30
2.	"After the Love Has Gone"	Topham Twigg Lance Ellington	Topham Twigg Waterman	4:35
3.	"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"	Andrew Frampton Waterman	Frampton Waterman	3:19
4.	"Say You'll Be Mine"	Frampton Waterman	Frampton Waterman	3:33
5.	"I Think It's Love" (Claire solo)	Topham Twigg Ellington	Topham Twigg Waterman	4:28
6.	"Make It Easy on Me" (Lisa solo)	Mike Stock Matt Aitken Waterman	Work in Progress	3:34
7.	"Deeper Shade of Blue"	Topham Twigg	Topham Twigg Waterman	4:16
8.	"Movin' On"	Stock Waterman Sara Dallin Keren Woodward	Work in Progress	3:29
9.	"Never Say Never Again"	Frampton Waterman	Frampton Waterman	3:51
10.	"When I Said Goodbye"	Topham Twigg	Topham Twigg Waterman	3:30
11.	"I Surrender"	Topham Twigg	Topham Twigg Waterman	3:42
12.	"Since You Took Your Love Away" (Faye solo)	Frampton Waterman	Frampton Waterman	4:35
13.	"My Best Friend's Girl" (H solo)	Topham Twigg Ellington	Topham Twigg Waterman	3:40
14.	"You're Everything That Matters to Me"	Jackie James	Dan Sanders Waterman	4:23

Canadian bonus tracks[7]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Last Thing on My Mind"	Stock Waterman Dallin Woodward	3:04
16.	"5, 6, 7, 8"	Barry Upton Steve Crosby	3:22

Japanese bonus tracks[8]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Just Like the First Time"	Frampton Waterman	3:28
16.	"One for Sorrow" (Tony Moran's 7-inch remix)	Topham Twigg Ellington	3:30

Australian edition[9]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"After the Love Has Gone"	Mark Topham Karl Twigg Lance Ellington	4:35
2.	"Say You'll Be Mine"	Frampton Waterman	3:33
3.	"Tragedy"	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb	4:30
4.	"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"	Andrew Frampton Pete Waterman	3:19
5.	"I Think It's Love" (Claire solo)	Topham Twigg Ellington	4:28
6.	"Make It Easy on Me" (Lisa solo)	Stock Aitken Waterman Mike Stock Matt Aitken Waterman	3:34
7.	"Deeper Shade of Blue"	Topham Twigg	4:16
8.	"Movin' On"	Stock Waterman Sara Dallin Keren Woodward	3:29
9.	"Never Say Never Again"	Frampton Waterman	3:51
10.	"When I Said Goodbye"	Topham Twigg	3:30
11.	"I Surrender"	Topham Twigg	3:42
12.	"Since You Took Your Love Away" (Faye solo)	Frampton Waterman	4:35
13.	"My Best Friend's Girl" (H solo)	Topham Twigg Ellington	3:40
14.	"You're Everything That Matters to Me"	Jackie James	4:23
15.	"Just Like the First Time"	Frampton Waterman	3:28
16.	"One for Sorrow" (Tony Moran's 7-inch remix)	Topham Twigg Ellington	3:30

Limited edition bonus CD[10][11][12]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"After the Love Has Gone"	4:35
2.	"After the Love Has Gone" (W.I.P. mix)	5:37
3.	"To Be Your Hero"	3:50
4.	"One for Sorrow" (Tony Moran's 7-inch remix)	3:30

Notes

Steptacular was released in Australia with a revised track listing, including two bonus tracks.
Steptacular was released in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan in a boxed set limited edition, containing the UK track list of the album and the CD single for "After the Love Has Gone".

Personnel

Producers
- Topham, Twigg and Waterman (for tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11 and 13)
- Frampton and Waterman (for tracks 2, 4, 9 and 12)
- Work in Progress (W.I.P) (for tracks 6 and 8)
- Sanders and Waterman (for track 14)
Engineers
- Chris McDonnell (for tracks 1, 3, 5, 10 and 11)
- McDonnell and Tim "Spag" Speight (for tracks 7 and 13)
- Dan Frampton (for tracks 2, 4, 9 and 12)
- Paul Waterman (for tracks 6 and 8)
- Speight and Al Unsworth (for track 14)

Mixing
- Tim "Spag" Speight (for tracks 1, 5 and 7)
- Dan Frampton and Paul Waterman (for track 3)
- Frampton (for tracks 2, 4, 9, 12 and 14)
- Waterman (for tracks 6 and 8)
- Chris McDonnell (for tracks 10, 11 and 13)
Backing vocals: Mary Carewe, Mae McKenna, Andrew Frampton, Lance Ellington, Bernadette Barlow
Assistant engineers: Al Unsworth and Roe Waterman
Photography: Mike Owen
Mastered by Richard Dowling at Transfermation
All tracks were recorded and mixed at PWL studios in London and Manchester.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Steptacular*
Chart (1999)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]	25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15]	46
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16]	11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17]	25
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18]	1
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	1
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[20]	1

Year-end charts

1999 year-end chart performance for *Steptacular*
Chart (1999)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21]	36
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	7

2000 year-end chart performance for *Steptacular*
Chart (2000)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	45

Certifications

Certifications for *Steptacular*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[24]	Platinum	50,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)[25]	4× Platinum	1,291,588[26]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[27]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for *Steptacular*
Country	Release date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Japan[28]	13 October 1999	Standard edition (CD + bonus tracks)	Jive / AVEX	AVCZ-95126
UK	25 October 1999	Limited Edition/Holographic logo (CD)	Jive / Ebul	0519442
		Standard edition (CD)		051994-2
		Standard edition (cassette)		051994-4
Australia[28]	25 October 1999	Limited edition (CD + collector card and sticker)	Jive / Zomba	051956-2
Netherlands[28]	25 October 1999	Standard edition (CD)	Jive / EBUL	051994-2
Hong Kong[28]	November 1999	Limited edition (2 CD + cardboard boxed set)	ROD	9145-4
Taiwan[28]	November 1999	Limited edition (2 CD + tin boxed set)
Canada[28]	22 February 2000	Standard edition (CD + bonus tracks)	Jive / EBUL	01241-44167-2
Germany[28]	20 March 2000	Standard edition (CD)

References

Allmusic review
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Gumble, Daniel (6 March 2017). "Steps confirm comeback album, tour and ABBA-penned new song". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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"Steptacular release dates, editions, tracks and information" gensteps.co.uk Retrieved 6 March 2010

"AllMusicGuide". Track listings, formats and chart positions. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

v t e Steps
Lee Latchford-Evans Claire Richards Lisa Scott-Lee Faye Tozer Ian "H" Watkins Discography Songs
Studio albums	Step One Steptacular Buzz Light Up the World Tears on the Dancefloor (Tears on the Dancefloor: Crying at the Disco) What the Future Holds What the Future Holds Pt. 2
Live albums	Live! 2012 Party on the Dancefloor
Compilation albums	Gold: The Greatest Hits The Last Dance The Ultimate Collection Platinum Collection
Tours	The Ultimate Tour Party on the Dancefloor Tour
Related articles	H & Claire

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Steptacular è il secondo album in studio del gruppo musicale britannico Steps pubblicato nel 1999.

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