Remember Monday
Remember Monday | |
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| Also known as | Houston |
| Origin | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Genres | Country-pop |
| Years active | 2013–present |
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Remember Monday are a British country-pop girl group consisting of members Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull, and Charlotte Steele. The group first gained prominence after appearing on the The Voice UK in 2019. They are set to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "What the Hell Just Happened?".
Career
[edit]The trio met while studying together at a sixth form college in Farnborough, Hampshire, where they bonded over a shared passion for music.[1] Hull had previously performed at the 80th birthday party of Elizabeth II, who asked her why she was barefoot, and had previously won My Camp Rock in 2009 and performed in The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables. In addition, Byrne had played Miss Honey in Matilda and Steele had played Jane Banks in Mary Poppins.[2] At the time they formed in 2013, they were known as Houston;[3] they changed their name in 2018 to Remember Monday,[4] as they had free periods that day and could sing together.[5]
Remember Monday appeared together on the 2019 run of The Voice UK, where they auditioned with "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal. All four judges turned including three men and Jennifer Hudson;[6] the band opted to be mentored by Hudson partly because she was the only woman on the panel and partly because she threw a shoe at them,[7] a practice she considered complimentary.[8] The band subsequently beat Kieron Smith during the Battle round with Phillip Phillips's "Home",[9] though a performance of their own track "Jailbreaker" during the Knockout stages meant they left the competition.[10] The band left their jobs in September 2023 to pursue music full time, with Steele giving up the deputy headship at the performing arts school Artemis College,[2] and performed "Hand in My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette on Hudson's chat show in 2024. That October, they released an EP, Crazy Anyway.[11]
On 7 February 2025, Nat O'Leary and Vicky Hawkesworth announced on their morning BBC Radio 1 show that the band would represent the BBC at that year's Eurovision Song Contest 2025.[12] The offhand nature of their announcement was mocked online as the corporation had not made any announcement to that effect[13] and would not make one until 7 March 2025.[14] They were the first girl band to represent the BBC since 1999, when Precious represented the corporation,[15] and did so with "What the Hell Just Happened?",[14] which charted at No. 95 on the UK singles chart the following week.[16]
Discography
[edit]Extended plays
[edit]| Title | Details |
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| Hysterical Women |
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| Crazy Anyway |
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Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP | |
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| UK [19] |
UK Indie [19] | |||
| "Find My Way" | 2019 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Version of You" | 2020 | — | — | |
| "Fat Bottomed Girls" | 2021 | — | — | |
| "What I Know Now" | — | — | ||
| "Nothing Nice to Say" | 2022 | — | — | Hysterical Women |
| "Let Down" | 2023 | — | — | |
| "Laugh About It" | 2024 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hand in My Pocket" | — | — | ||
| "Show Face" | — | — | ||
| "Brown Eyed Girl" | — | — | ||
| "What the Girls Bathroom is For" | — | — | ||
| "Famous" | — | — | Crazy Anyway | |
| "What the Hell Just Happened?" | 2025 | 95 | 38 | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Country trio Remember Monday to represent UK at Eurovision 2025". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ a b McArdle, Tom (2025-03-07). "Eurovision singer quit deputy head teacher job to pursue music career". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Country trio Remember Monday to represent UK at Eurovision 2025". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Remember Monday launch new single 'Drive' at CountryLine event". maverick-country.com. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Remember Monday: Country trio to represent the UK at Eurovision Song Contest 2025". BBC News. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Trio wow Voice judges". Wokingham Today. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Herald Scotland Events - Remember Monday". www.heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Why Jennifer Hudson Throws Her Shoes at Good Singers". NBC Insider Official Site. 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Katie (2019-02-23). "Shock steal on The Voice as the coaches go into battle". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Voice UK band take massive risk and perform original song". Digital Spy. 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ Randall, Lila (2025-02-08). "BBC presenters appear to accidentally reveal UK's Eurovision entrant". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Eurovision 2025's UK entrant 'revealed'". The Independent. 2025-02-08. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ Randall, Lila (2025-02-08). "BBC presenters appear to accidentally reveal UK's Eurovision entrant". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ a b "Eurovision's 2025 UK entry is FINALLY confirmed live on BBC Radio – and you might recognise them". Digital Spy. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "Remember Monday announced as UK's Eurovision 2025 act". Sky News. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED". Official Charts. 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Hysterical Women - EP by Remember Monday". Spotify. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Crazy Anyway - EP by Remember Monday". Spotify. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Remember Monday | full Official Charts History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2025.