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==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
During the first week of its release, according to the UK midweek chart, "Get Sexy" was ahead of its nearest competitor, "[[Run This Town]]", by [[Jay-Z]] featuring [[Rihanna]] and [[Kanye West]], at number one.<ref>Levine, Nick, "[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a175269/update-sugababes-jay-z-lady-gaga.html Chart Update: Sugababes, Jay-Z, Lady GaGa]", ''Digital Spy'', 2 September 2009</ref><ref>"[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ijBMqJ9e82LZ-c_-t_Tu9bXftD5w Sugababes 'roll with the big dogs']", ''[[The Press Association]], 3 September 2009</ref> Keisha Buchanan commented that "it's nice that we can roll with the big dogs. I think Jay-Z would be happy for us".<ref>Kilkelly, Daniel, "[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a175316/sugababes-celebrate-get-sexy-success.html Sugababes celebrate 'Get Sexy' success]", ''Digital Spy'', 2 September 2009</ref> Eventually, "Get Sexy" debuted at number two on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 6 September 2009. "Get Sexy" marks their first #2-peaking single and the fourth of their eight lead singles not to peak at the top, following "[[Overload (song)|Overload]]", back in 2000, "[[Easy (Sugababes song)|Easy]]" in 2006, and "[[Girls (Sugababes song)|Girls]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.co.uk/searchsec.php |title=Sugababes - Girls 2007 |publisher=Everyhit.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> released in [[2008]]. On its second week of release, "Get Sexy" fell to #8 and again to #10 the following week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml |title=Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref>
During the first week of its release, according to the UK midweek chart, "Get Sexy" was ahead of its nearest competitor, "[[Run This Town]]", by [[Jay-Z]] featuring [[Rihanna]] and [[Kanye West]], at number one.<ref>Levine, Nick, "[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a175269/update-sugababes-jay-z-lady-gaga.html Chart Update: Sugababes, Jay-Z, Lady GaGa]", ''Digital Spy'', 2 September 2009</ref><ref>"[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ijBMqJ9e82LZ-c_-t_Tu9bXftD5w Sugababes 'roll with the big dogs']", ''[[The Press Association]], 3 September 2009</ref> Keisha Buchanan commented that "it's nice that we can roll with the big dogs. I think Jay-Z would be happy for us".<ref>Kilkelly, Daniel, "[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a175316/sugababes-celebrate-get-sexy-success.html Sugababes celebrate 'Get Sexy' success]", ''Digital Spy'', 2 September 2009</ref> Eventually, "Get Sexy" debuted at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 6 September 2009. "Get Sexy" marks their first #2-peaking single and the fourth of their eight lead singles not to peak at the top, following "[[Overload (song)|Overload]]", back in 2000, "[[Easy (Sugababes song)|Easy]]" in 2006, and "[[Girls (Sugababes song)|Girls]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.co.uk/searchsec.php |title=Sugababes - Girls 2007 |publisher=Everyhit.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> released in [[2008]]. On its second week of release, "Get Sexy" managed to stay at #1 for one more week but then fell to #2 the following week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml |title=Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref>


In Ireland on 4 September 2009, "Get Sexy" debuted and peaked at number three on the [[Irish Singles Chart]], becoming Sugababes' highest charting single in [[Ireland]] since "[[About You Now]]", and the group's highest debut on the chart since [[Mutya Buena]] left the band in 2005. The single was the highest new entry on the chart that week.<ref>Kilkelly, Daniel, "[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a175761/black-eyed-peas-back-on-top-in-ireland.html Black Eyed Peas Back On Top in Ireland]", ''Digital Spy'', 4 September 2009</ref>
In Ireland on 4 September 2009, "Get Sexy" debuted and peaked at number two on the [[Irish Singles Chart]], becoming Sugababes' highest charting single in [[Ireland]] since "[[About You Now]]", and the group's highest debut on the chart since [[Mutya Buena]] left the band in 2005. The single was the highest new entry on the chart that week.<ref>Kilkelly, Daniel, "[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a175761/black-eyed-peas-back-on-top-in-ireland.html Black Eyed Peas Back On Top in Ireland]", ''Digital Spy'', 4 September 2009</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
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==Release history==
==Release history==

Revision as of 13:47, 6 March 2010

"Get Sexy"
Song

"Get Sexy" is a 2009 single performed by English girl group Sugababes, written by Phillip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars and produced by American production outfit the Smeezingtons (composed of Lawrence and Mars) for the band's seventh studio album, Sweet 7 (see 2009 in music). It features an interpolation of Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy", composed by Christopher Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass, and Robert Manzoli.


Background

The song was the album's opening track, and was released as its lead single at the end of August 2009. It is also the last single from the group to feature original founding member Keisha Buchanan, leaving the Sugababes with no original members left. Her replacement, Jade Ewen, re-recorded the track and the re-recorded version was featured on the compilation, Now 74 as well as on Sweet 7.

Reception

Digital Spy awarded the song 4/5 stars and said: "Get Sexy' is a dancefloor stomper that nestles somewhere between 'Boom Boom Pow' and 'Bonkers' in its blend of electropop, techno and R&B sounds. It may not be massively original, nor an instant classic to rival 'About You Now' or 'Push the Button', but with a Right Said Fred-sampling hook, a thundering chorus and plenty of attitude - most noticeably from Amelle - it returns Sugababes right to the forefront of the pop landscape.[2]

Formats and Track Listings

UK CD Single

  1. "Get Sexy" - 3:14
  2. "Get Sexy" (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Mix) - 7:13
  3. "Get Sexy" (Bitrocka Remix) - 6:03
  4. "Get Sexy" (Superbass Vocal Mix) - 5:23

Digital Download

  1. "Get Sexy" (Radio Edit) - 3:14
  2. "Get Sexy" (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Mix) - 7:13
  3. "Get Sexy" (Bitrocka Remix) - 6:03
  4. "Get Sexy" (Superbass Vocal Mix) - 5:23
  5. "Get Sexy" (Hadouken! Remix) - 8:19

German Single

  1. "Get Sexy" - 3:14
  2. "Get Sexy" (Superbass Vocal Mix) - 5:23

Chart performance

During the first week of its release, according to the UK midweek chart, "Get Sexy" was ahead of its nearest competitor, "Run This Town", by Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West, at number one.[3][4] Keisha Buchanan commented that "it's nice that we can roll with the big dogs. I think Jay-Z would be happy for us".[5] Eventually, "Get Sexy" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 6 September 2009. "Get Sexy" marks their first #2-peaking single and the fourth of their eight lead singles not to peak at the top, following "Overload", back in 2000, "Easy" in 2006, and "Girls",[6] released in 2008. On its second week of release, "Get Sexy" managed to stay at #1 for one more week but then fell to #2 the following week.[7]

In Ireland on 4 September 2009, "Get Sexy" debuted and peaked at number two on the Irish Singles Chart, becoming Sugababes' highest charting single in Ireland since "About You Now", and the group's highest debut on the chart since Mutya Buena left the band in 2005. The single was the highest new entry on the chart that week.[8]

Music video

The 'Babes dancing in the official video for "Get Sexy"

The video was directed by Emil Nava, brother of Jake Nava.[9]

The video features Amelle Berrabah in a bird cage, Heidi Range in a house of mirrors shot at by intense light beams and Keisha Buchanan posing on a couch.[10] During the chorus, the girls can be seen in and through the walls of a triangular box with different coloured lights and standing together with chains around their wrists tying them together. The video ends with the Sugababes in a room covered in graffiti. Popjustice praised the video claiming that it "seems to feature Sugababes 3.0 as 'the full package', and makes sense of this lineup, for the first time. This is a good thing."[11]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[14] 1
ERROR: MUST PROVIDE year FOR Czech CHART 2
European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[15] 1
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 2
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 2
Romania (Romanian Singles Chart)[17] 4
Russia (IFPI)[18] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[20] 1

||Portugal (AFP)[21] |style="text-align:center;"|1


Release history

Region Date Format
United Kingdom 30 August 2009[22] Digital download
31 August 2009[23] CD single
Germany 6 November 2009[24]

References

  1. ^ "Get Sexy". ASCAP. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  2. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a172217/sugababes-get-sexy.html
  3. ^ Levine, Nick, "Chart Update: Sugababes, Jay-Z, Lady GaGa", Digital Spy, 2 September 2009
  4. ^ "Sugababes 'roll with the big dogs'", The Press Association, 3 September 2009
  5. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel, "Sugababes celebrate 'Get Sexy' success", Digital Spy, 2 September 2009
  6. ^ "Sugababes - Girls 2007". Everyhit.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  7. ^ "Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles". BBC. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  8. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel, "Black Eyed Peas Back On Top in Ireland", Digital Spy, 4 September 2009
  9. ^ "Between The Eyes". Between The Eyes. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  10. ^ "Popjustice". Popjustice. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  11. ^ "The new Sugababes video: it's got at least eight incredible bits in it". Popjustice. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  12. ^ "Sugababes – Get Sexy" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  13. ^ "Sugababes – Get Sexy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  14. ^ "Sugababes – Get Sexy" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  15. ^ "Sugababes – Chart Search" Billboard European Hot 100 Singles for Sugababes. [dead link]
  16. ^ "Chart Track: Week 36, 2009". Irish Singles Chart.
  17. ^ http://www.charly1300.com/romaniaairplay/romaniaairplay3.htm
  18. ^ http://www.tophitru.com/kiev_weekly.shtml
  19. ^ "Sugababes – Get Sexy". Singles Top 100.
  20. ^ "Sugababes: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  21. ^ "Sugababes – {{{song}}}". AFP Top 100 Singles.
  22. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Sexy/dp/B002KP0D5U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1265555704&sr=8-1
  23. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Sexy-Sugababes/dp/B002JIEYJO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1265555704&sr=8-2
  24. ^ http://www.sugababes.de/releases/detail/product/160973/0/get-sexy/
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