From East 17 to Westlife: the greatest boyband tracks ever

Guardian critics swim through the hair gel and heartbreak to pick out their favourite boyband songs, spanning Boyz II Men, Bay City Rollers, K-pop group Shinee and moreIt seems like the archetypal boyband Christmas ballad: bells chime, hearts yearn and the rich, tinglingly synthetic vocals are stacked as deep as 12 layers of artificial snow. But Stay is subtly subversive: there are no drums, for a start. Then there’s Tony Mortimer’s lyrics: aimed not at a paramour ducking the mistl...

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