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Scooch's third UK release came in the form of no. 12 reaching, "The Best Is Yet to Come" in June 2000. They were successful overseas also, in other countries such as Japan, where "More Than I Needed to Know" reached no. 1. A fourth single followed in the form of the flamenco inspired
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