Shape (song)
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| Single by Sugababes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Angels with Dirty Faces | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Killer" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released |
March 10, 2003 May 12, 2003 [1] |
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| Format | CD single, vinyl single, digital download |
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| Recorded | England, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | R&B, urban, soul | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Craig Dodds/Dominic Miller/Gordon Sumner/Kenneth Dodds/Keisha Buchanan/Heidi Range/Mutya Buena | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Craigie | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Shape" is a song performed by English girl group, the Sugababes. It was written and produced by Craig Dodds for the band's second studio album Angels with Dirty Faces (2002), incorporating a sample of the 1993 recording "Shape of My Heart," co-written and performed by Sting (who can be heard providing backing vocals) and his guitarist Dominic Miller.
Produced by Dodds, the song was released as the album's fourth and final single in the second quarter of 2003, and peaked at number 9 on the Irish Singles Chart. As well as reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, the song also went top 10 in the Netherlands and top 20 in Norway.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "Shape" was directed by Michael Gracey and Pete Commins, and filmed mostly on location at Sydney's State Theatre and at Fox Studios, in Sydney, Australia.
It sees the girls clad in digitized butterflies as strapless tops and skirts, at a masked party. They each catch the eye of a boy and get chased. Near the end their butterfly outfits have almost flown away, and they each jump off a balcony and float and sing in the water, as their 3 men watch from the balcony and walk away in the last scene.
According to the British newspaper The Sun the video for "Shape" had to be censored because in the video the Sugababes wear flesh-coloured bodysuits which gives the effect they are naked. Extra computerized white butterflies, were used to cover the Sugababes.
[edit] Track listings and formats
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Shape".
| # | Title | Time |
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| UK CD single 1 | ||
| 1. | "Shape" [Radio Edit] | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Killer" | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Freak Like Me" [Brits 2003 Version] | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Shape" [Video] | 4:11 |
| UK CD single 2 | ||
| 1. | "Shape" | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Shape" [Salaam Remi Remix] | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Shape" [Double R Remix Feat. Romeo] | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Shape" [D-Bop's Vocal Breakdown Mix] | 7:40 |
| UK Cassette | ||
| 1. | "Shape" [Radio Edit] | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Killer" | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Shape" [Live From Leeds University] | 4:42 |
[edit] Charts
The song has sold 52,295 copies in the UK alone.
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[2] | 50 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[2] | 49 |
| Dutch Top 40[2] | 7 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] | 75 |
| German Singles Chart | 39 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[2] | 16 |
| Romanian Top 100[4] | 27 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[2] | 40 |
| UK Singles Chart | 11 |
[edit] Official versions and appearances
These are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on, of:
"Shape"
| Version | Release appearance |
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| Radio Edit | "Shape" single |
| Album Version | Angels with Dirty Faces "Shape" single Overloaded: The Singles Collection Change [French Version] |
| Salaam Remi Remix | "Shape" single |
| Double R Remix Feat. Romeo | |
| Video | "Shape" single, Overloaded: The Videos Collection |
| D-Bop's Vocal Breakdown Mix | Overloaded: The Remix Collection "Shape" single |
| Live Version | Overloaded: The Live Collection |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=874824.1
- ^ a b c d e "SUGABABES - SHAPE (SONG)". Swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=5573&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030707-0000/Issue692.pdf
- ^ Romanian Top 100
[edit] External links
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