After seeing the video for “Hate to Say I Told You So” on German television, industry executive Alan McGee decided to sign the band to his newly formed Poptones label. Poptones released the ‘best of’ compilation Your New Favourite Band in 2001, which proved to be the band’s breakthrough record, reaching number seven on the UK album charts . Following the success of the album, the band re-released the singles “Hate to Say I Told You So” and “Main Offender”, which reached number 23 and 24 respectively on the UK Singles Chart . The band also re-released Veni Vidi Vicious in the US.
Poptones released Your New Favourite Band
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