Buzz (Steps album)

Buzz
Studio album by Steps
Released	30 October 2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Genre	Pop dance
Length	55:55
Label	Jive
Producer	Jimmy Bralower Dane DeViller Jörgen Elofsson Andrew Frampton Andy Goldmark Ray Hedges Sean Hosein David Kreuger Josef Larossi Chris Porter Riprock 'n' Alex Andreas Romdhane Graham Stack Mark Topham Karl Twigg Pete Waterman
Steps chronology
Steptacular (1999) Buzz (2000) Gold: Greatest Hits (2001)
Singles from Buzz
"Stomp" Released: 16 October 2000 "It's the Way You Make Me Feel" Released: 1 January 2001 "Here and Now / You'll Be Sorry" Released: 28 May 2001 "Mars & Venus (We Fall in Love Again)" Released: 3 July 2001
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Buzz is the third studio album by British pop group Steps, released on 30 October 2000. It reached number four on the UK Albums Chart. The album saw the group starting to move away from the PWL sound to a more mature sound, working with producers from Sweden and songwriters such as Cyndi Lauper. This more mature sound was also echoed in the new material from Gold: Greatest Hits.

Each member of the group co-wrote a track on the album, consequently doing lead vocals on their respective track. The lead single from the album "Stomp", a funky upbeat song with lyrics about partying at the weekend and having a good time, features a sample from Chic's single "Everybody Dance" and topped the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's second number 1 hit after "Heartbeat"/"Tragedy".

The songs "Better the Devil You Know" and "Summer of Love", were included on the album after they were released earlier that year as part of double A-side singles with "Say You'll Be Mine" and "When I Said Goodbye" respectively. "It's the Way You Make Me Feel" was the second single to be released from the album and reached number 2 in the UK after copies of the single were released a week early in shops, damaging their chance at taking the number 1 spot; however, this led to the band holding a chart record for the highest chart jump when the track went from number 72 to number 2. "Here and Now" and "You'll Be Sorry" were the final songs released from Buzz and were both included on a double A-side CD single which reached number four in UK. The album was certified Platinum in UK and was released in Australia and US in 2001.

The album was reissued on vinyl for the first time ever in February 2024.^[1][2] It debuted at number 7 on the UK Vinyl Albums Chart.^[3]