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Main page The British group Steps have recorded songs for five studio albums, including a
Contents Christmas album, two greatest hits and one tribute album. The band formed in 1997
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audition for a place in a pop band. Out of the thousands who applied, Lee Latchford-
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Evans, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer, Claire Richards, and Ian "H" Watkins were
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Wikipedia store successful in securing a place.[1] The techno-pop song "5,6,7,8" was released as
their debut single in 1997 and was followed by their debut album Step One the
Interaction following year.[2] "5,6,7,8" has been noted for being distinctly different from their Steps performing live on their
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Pete Waterman.[6] The group achieved thirteen consecutive top-five singles in the United Kingdom, including "Better Best
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Forgotten", "Say You'll Be Mine", "Deeper Shade of Blue", "It's the Way You Make Me Feel", and one of their two number-
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Permanent link The group have covered a variety of well-known songs throughout their career, including their first number-one song
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"Tragedy" by the Bee Gees,[2] "Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross, "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" by The Temptations, and
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"Better the Devil You Know" by Kylie Minogue. In 1999, Steps recorded their own versions of "I Know Him So Well" and "Lay
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All Your Love on Me", as well as a medley entitled "Thank ABBA for the Music" for the ABBA tribute album they also recorded
Print/export "Dancing Queen" for their second greatest hits album, The Ultimate Collection (2011), and "Story of a Heart" for their fifth
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Contents
09 A B C D E F G H I J L M O P S T W Y

Key
Indicates songs co-written by a Steps band member(s)
Indicates songs covered by Steps

Name of song, songwriters, album, duration of song and year of release.

Song Songwriter(s) Album Length Year Ref.
Barry Upton [8]
"5,6,7,8" Step One 3:22 1998
Steve Crosby
Steps covered "A House Is
"A House Is Not a Not a Home" and "One Less
Burt Bacharach [9]
Home" Light Up the World 3:02 2012 Bell to Answer" co-written by
[note 1]
Hal David Burt Bacharach (pictured)

Barry Upton B-side to "Last Thing [10]

"A Love to Last" 3:42 1998
Steve Crosby on My Mind"
Lance Ellington
"After the Love [11]
Karl Twigg Steptacular 4:35 1999
Has Gone"
Mark Topham
"Baby Don't Peter Cunnah [6]
Gold: Greatest Hits 3:51 2001
Dance" Simon Ellis
 Name of song, songwriters, album, duration of song and year of release.
Song Songwriter(s) Album Length Year Ref.
Karl Twigg [8]
"Back to You" Step One 4:04 1998
Mark Topham
Tears on the
"Beautiful [12]
N/A Dancefloor: Crying at 3:21 2017
Battlefield" Steps covered "A House Is
the Disco Not a Home" and "One Less
"Better Best Andrew Frampton Bell to Answer" co-written by
Step One 3:46 1998 [8]
Hal David (pictured)
Forgotten" Pete Waterman
"Better the Devil Mike Stock
You Know" Matt Aitken Buzz 3:48 2000 [11]

[note 2] Pete Waterman

Lisa Scott-Lee B-side to "Words Are
"Bittersweet" Jon Cohen Not Enough/I Know 3:58 2001 [13]

Deni Lew Him So Well"

Andy Goldmark [14] Pete Waterman (pictured)
"Buzzz" Buzz 3:21 2000
Mark Mueller has co-written many of the
songs recorded by Steps.
"Chain Reaction"
Barry, Robin & [6]
Gold: Greatest Hits 3:56 2001
[note 3]
Maurice Gibb

"Christmas (Baby
Jeff Barry
Please Come [9]
Ellie Greenwich Light Up the World 3:04 2012
Home)"
Phil Spector
(Ian "H" Watkins solo)

"Dancing Queen" Benny Andersson

The Ultimate [15]
Bjrn Ulvaeus 3:45 2011 Mark Mueller (pictured) co-
[note 4]
Collection wrote "Buzz" and "Wouldn't
Stig Anderson
Hurt So Bad".
"Dancing with a Delta Goodrem Tears on the
Broken Heart" Vince Pizzinga Dancefloor: Crying at 3:29 2017 [12]
[note 5] John Shanks the Disco
Tears on the
"Dear Santa" N/A Dancefloor: Crying at 3:03 2017 [12]

the Disco
"Deeper Shade of Karl Twigg [11]
Steptacular 4:16 1999
Blue" Mark Topham
"Experienced" Andrew Frampton [8]
Step One 3:27 1998
(Ian "H" Watkins solo) Pete Waterman
Steve Mac Tears on the [16]
"Firefly" 3:26 2017
Ina Wroldsen Dancefloor Steps covered two songs
written by the Bee Gees
Tears on the
(pictured), "Chain Reaction"
"Fool for You" N/A Dancefloor: Crying at 3:31 2017 [12]
and "Tragedy".
the Disco
Barry Stone Tears on the [16]
"Glitter & Gold" 3:36 2017
Julian Gingell Dancefloor
"Hand on Your Andrew Frampton [14]
Buzz 4:03 2000
Heart" Claire Richards
Steve Mac Tears on the [16]
"Happy" 3:37 2017
Ina Wroldsen Dancefloor
Andy Goldmark
"Happy Go Lucky" Brad Daymond Buzz 3:33 2000 [14]

Alex Greggs
"Have Yourself a
Merry Little Hugh Martin [9]
Light Up the World 4:16 2012 Diana Ross (pictured)
Christmas" Ralph Blane
originally performed "Chain
[note 6]
Reaction".
"Heartbeat" Jackie James Step One 4:24 1998 [8]

"Here and Now" Andreas Carlsson [14]

[note 7]
Buzz 3:45 2000
Ali Thomson
 Name of song, songwriters, album, duration of song and year of release.
Song Songwriter(s) Album Length Year Ref.
"History Is Made at
Marc Shaiman [9]
Night" Light Up the World 4:12 2012
[note 8]
Scott Wittman

Karl Twigg [14]

"Human Touch" Buzz 4:00 2000
Mark Topham
Steps have covered
"I Know Him So Benny Andersson numerous songs performed
Well" Tim Rice ABBAmania 4:14 1999 [17] by ABBA (pictured), including
[note 9] "Dancing Queen" and "Lay All
Bjrn Ulvaeus
Your Love on Me".
Karl Twigg [11]
"I Surrender" Steptacular 3:42 1999
Mark Topham
Lance Ellington
"I Think It's Love" [11]
Karl Twigg Steptacular 4:27 1999
(Claire Richards solo)
Mark Topham
"I Will Love Again"
Mark Taylor Tears on the [16]
3:26 2017
[note 10]
Paul Barry Dancefloor

Faye Tozer
Cyndi Lauper [14]
Steve Mac (pictured) co-
"If You Believe" Buzz 3:52 2000 wrote "Firefly" and "Happy".
Jan Pulsford
Jasper Irn
Andrew Frampton B-side to "It's the Way [18]
"In It For Love" 3:23 2000
Claire Richards You Make Me Feel"
"It May Be Winder
Barry White [9]
Outside" Light Up the World 3:04 2012
[note 11]
Paul Politi

"It's the Way You Ina Wroldsen (pictured) co-

Jrgen Elofsson Buzz 3:17 2000 [14]
wrote "Firefly", "Happy" and
Make Me Feel"
"You Make Me Whole".
"Just Like the First Andrew Frampton [11]
Steptacular 3:28 1999
Time" Pete Waterman
Keren Woodward
"Last Thing on My
Mike Stock [8]
Mind" Step One 3:04 1998
[note 12]
Pete Waterman
Sara Dallin
"Lay All Your Love
Benny Andersson [17]
on Me" ABBAmania 4:26 1999
[note 13]
Bjrn Ulvaeus

"Learn to Love Andrew Frampton [14]

Buzz 3:27 2000
Again" Ian "H" Watkins
"Light Up the Karl Twigg [9]
Light Up the World 4:56 2012
World" Yamit Mamo Andreas Carlsson
"Love U More" Lucia Holm (pictured) co-wrote "Here and
Step One 3:38 1998 [8] Now" and "Words Are Not
[note 14] Paul Cannell Enough".
"Love's Got a Hold Andrew Frampton [11]
Steptacular 3:19 1999
on My Heart" Pete Waterman
Dane DeViller
"Mars & Venus
Sean Hosein [14]
(We Fall in Love Buzz 3:50 2000
Jrgen Elofsson
Again)"
Andy Goldmark
"Make It Easy on
Mike Stock
Me" [11]
Matt Aitken Steptacular 3:34 1999
(Lisa Scott-Lee solo)
[note 15]
Pete Waterman

"Merry Xmas
Noddy Holder [19]
Everybody" The Last Dance 3:10 2002
[note 16]
Jim Lea

Keren Woodward
Cyndi Lauper (pictured) co-
"Movin' On" Mike Stock [11] wrote "If You Believe" with
[note 17]
Steptacular 3:29 1999
Pete Waterman Steps band member Faye
 Name of song, songwriters, album, duration of song and year of release.
Song Songwriter(s) Album Length Year Ref.
Tozer
Sara Dallin
"My Best Friend's Lance Ellington
Girl" Karl Twigg Steptacular 3:40 1999 [20]

(Ian "H" Watkins solo) Mark Topham

Carl Ryden Tears on the [16]
"Neon Blue" 3:26 2017
Fiona Bevan Dancefloor
Lisa Scott-Lee
"Never Get Over [14]
Ray Hedges Buzz 3:55 2000
You"
Nigel Butler
"Never Say Never Andrew Frampton [11]
Steptacular 3:51 1999
Again" Pete Waterman
"No More Tears on
Carl Falk Tears on the [16]
the Dancefloor" 3:37 2017
[note 18]
Darren Hayes Dancefloor Jrgen Elofsson (pictured)
wrote "It's the Way You Make
Lance Ellington Me Feel" and co-wrote "Mars &
"One for Sorrow" Karl Twigg Step One 4:20 1998 [8] Venus (We Fall in Love Again)"

Mark Topham
"One Less Bell to
Burt Bacharach [9]
Answer" Light Up the World 4:56 2012
[note 19]
Hal David

Lee Latchford-
Evans
Claire Richards
"Only in My [6]
Lisa Scott-Lee Gold: Greatest Hits 4:17 2001 Steps covered "Last Thing
Dreams"
Faye Tozer on My Mind" and "Movin' On" by
Bananarama (pictured).
Ian "H" Watkins
Andrew Frampton
Karl Twigg [14]
"Paradise Lost" Buzz 4:35 2000
Mark Topham
"Please Come
Home for
Christmas" Charles Brown [9]
Light Up the World 2:47 2012
(Lee Latchford-Evans Gene Redd
solo)
[note 20]

"Say You'll Be Andrew Frampton [11]

Steptacular 3:31 1999
Mine" Pete Waterman
"Scared of the Carl Ryden Tears on the [16]
3:46 2017
Dark" Fiona Bevan Dancefloor Fiona Bevan (pictured) co-
wrote "Neon Blue" and
"Scared of the Carl Ryden [21] "Scared of the Dark" with Carl
Single release only 4:01 2017
Dark" (Acoustic) Fiona Bevan Ryden.

Tears on the
"September Sun" N/A Dancefloor: Crying at 4:19 2017 [12]

the Disco
"Since You Took
Andrew Frampton [11]
Your Love Away" Steptacular 4:35 1999
Pete Waterman
(Faye Tozer solo)

"Space Between Barry Stone Tears on the [16]

4:16 2017
Us" Julian Gingell Dancefloor
Craig Joiner
Robert John [8]
"Stay with Me" Step One 3:50 1998
Lange
Anthony Mitman
Keren Woodward Steps covered "When She
Loved Me" written by Randy
"Steptro" Mike Stock [8] Newman (pictured).
[note 21]
Step One 0:56 1998
Pete Waterman
Sara Dallin
 Name of song, songwriters, album, duration of song and year of release.
Song Songwriter(s) Album Length Year Ref.
Karl Twigg
"Stomp" [14]
[note 22]
Mark Topham Buzz 3:21 2000
Rita Campbell
Claire Richards
"Stop Me From B-side to "Chain [22]
Ian "H" Watkins 3:22 2001
Loving You" Reaction"
Steve Anderson
"Story of a Heart"
Benny Andersson Tears on the [16]
4:16 2017
[note 23]
Bjrn Ulvaeus Dancefloor

Karl Twigg [14]

"Summer of Love" Buzz 3:52 2000
Mark Topham
"This Heart Will Andrew Frampton [8]
Step One 3:48 1998
Love Again" Pete Waterman
"Thank ABBA for Benny Andersson
the Music" Bjrn Ulvaeus ABBAmania 4:26 1999 [17]
[note 24] Stig Anderson
Lance Ellington
B-side to "Love's Got [23]
"To Be Your Hero" Karl Twigg 3:40 1999
a Hold on My Heart"
Mark Topham
"Too Busy Thinking Norman Whitfield
B-side to "It's the Way [18]
About My Baby" Barrett Strong 2:49 2000
[note 25]
You Make Me Feel"
Janie Bradford
"Too Weak to
Andrew Frampton [8]
Resist" Step One 3:50 1998
Pete Waterman
(Ian "H" Watkins solo)

"Tragedy" Barry, Robin & [11]

[note 26]
Steptacular 4:31 1999
Maurice Gibb
Lee Latchford-
Evans [14]
"Turn Around" Buzz 3:24 2000
Michael Garvin
Oskar Paul
"When I Said Karl Twigg [11]
Steptacular 3:30 1999
Goodbye" Mark Topham
"When She Loved
Me" Randy Newman Light Up the World 3:21 2012 [9]

[note 27]

Karl Twigg B-side to "Better Best [24]

"Why?" 4:08 1998
Mark Topham Forgotten"
"Words Are Not Andreas Carlsson [6]
Gold: Greatest Hits 3:24 2001
Enough" Pelle Nyln
Barry Upton [25]
"Words of Wisdom" B-side to "5,6,7,8" 3:52 1997
Steve Crosby
"Wouldn't Hurt So Andy Goldmark [14]
Buzz 3:34 2000
Bad" Mark Mueller
Ina Wroldsen
"You Make Me Wayne Hector
Tears on the [16]
Whole" Ben Kohn, Tom 3:42 2017
[note 28]
Dancefloor
Barnes & Pete
Kelleher
Karl Twigg [14]
"You'll Be Sorry" Buzz 4:06 2000
Mark Topham
"You're Everything
That Matters to Jackie James Steptacular 4:23 1999 [11]

Me"

Cover versions and notes [ edit ]

 1. ^ "A House Is Not a Home" is a cover version originally
performed by Dionne Warwick.
2. ^ "Better the Devil You Know" is a cover version originally
performed by Kylie Minogue.
3. ^ "Chain Reaction" is a cover version originally performed by
Diana Ross.
4. ^ "Dancing Queen" is a cover version originally performed
by ABBA.
5. ^ "Dancing with a Broken Heart" is a cover version originally
performed by Delta Goodrem.
6. ^ "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a cover version
originally performed by Judy Garland.
7. ^ "Here and Now" is a cover version originally performed by
Worlds Apart.
8. ^ "History Is Made at Night" is a cover version originally
performed by the Smash cast featuring Megan Hilty and
Will Chase.
15. ^ "Make It Easy on Me" is a cover version originally
performed by Sybil.
16. ^ "Merry Xmas Everybody" is a cover version originally
performed by Slade.
17. ^ "Movin' On" is a cover version originally performed by
Bananarama.
18. ^ "No More Tears on the Dancefloor" is a cover version
originally performed by Anders|Fahrenkrog.
19. ^ "One Less Bell to Answer" is a cover version originally
performed by The 5th Dimension.
20. ^ "Please Come Home for Christmas" is a cover version
originally performed by Charles Brown.
21. ^ "Steptro" is a fifty-six second introduction that leads into
"Last Thing on My Mind".
22. ^ "Stomp" is listed as being 'A Tribute to Bernard
Edwards/Nile Rodgers' in the liner notes of Buzz, and
samples "Everybody Dance by Chic.

9. ^ "I Know Him So Well" is a cover version originally
performed by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson.
10. ^ "I Will Love Again" is a cover version originally performed
by Lara Fabian.
11. ^ "It May Be Winder Outside" is a cover version originally
performed by Felice Taylor.
12. ^ "Last Thing on My Mind" is a cover version originally
performed by Bananarama.
13. ^ "Lay All Your Love on Me" is a cover version originally
performed by ABBA.
14. ^ "Love U More" is a cover version originally performed by
Sunscreem.
23. ^ "Story of a Heart" is a cover version originally performed
by the Benny Anderssons orkester featuring Helen Sjholm.
24. ^ "Thank ABBA for the Music" is a medley of cover versions
originally performed by ABBA.
25. ^ "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a cover version
originally performed by The Temptations.
26. ^ "Tragedy" is a cover version originally performed by the
Bee Gees.
27. ^ "When She Loved Me" is a cover version originally
performed by Sarah McLachlan.
28. ^ "You Make Me Whole" is a cover version originally
performed by Aneta Sablik.

References [ edit ]

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singles revealed" . Official Charts Company. Archived from
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Steps. Jive Records. 2001.
3. ^ "Review: Steps, The Ultimate Collection" . OK!. 18
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15. ^ The Ultimate Collection (Liner notes). Steps. Sony. 2011.
4. ^ Savage, Mark (6 March 2017). "Steps are coming back
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Tears on the Dancefloor (Liner notes).
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17. ^ a bc ABBAmania (Liner notes). Vrious Artists. Polydor
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It's the Way You Make Me Feel (Liner notes). Steps.
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19. ^ The Last Dance (Liner notes). Steps. Jive Records. 2002.
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7. ^ Myers, Justin (15 March 2014). "Official Charts Pop Gem
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Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 21. ^ "Scared of the Dark (Acoustic) Single" . iTunes Store.
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22. ^ Chain Reaction (Liner notes). Steps. Jive Records. 2001.
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External links [ edit ]

Lyrics of songs by this artist at MetroLyrics

V T E Steps [hide]

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 (Crying at the Disco)

Live albums Live! 2012

Compilation albums Gold: The Greatest Hits The Last Dance The Ultimate Collection

Step One Tour Next Step Tour Steptacular Tour Steps Into Christmas Tour Gold Tour The Ultimate Tour
Tours
Christmas with Steps Party on the Dancefloor Tour

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Categories: Steps (group) songs Lists of songs by recording artists

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