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Real Girl is the debut solo album by Mutya Buena released on 4 June, 2007. After leaving the Sugababes, Buena signed with her previous label Universal Records, specifically the recently resurrected label 4th & Broadway.

Overview

The album includes collaborations with some of the biggest names in music, including dance duo Groove Armada, popsinger George Michael, and Brit Award winner Amy Winehouse, whose duet with Mutya samples The Ronettes' "Be My Baby". A Cosmopolitan interview later revealed that the first single was "Real Girl", which was digitally released on the 14 May, and physically on 28 May, 2007. The single is produced by Full Phatt, a London-based production company. The second single has recently been confirmed as "Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)" and will coincide with the release from Groove Armada. With the release of the second single in Australia, the album rose up the chart ten places to #11.

The video for "Real Girl" is on her official website [1], along with clips of the new songs "Just A Little Bit", "Strung Out", and "Wonderful".

The album is being released in Japan in August (according to www.hmv.co.jp) and includes the standard 13 tracks PLUS 2 bonus remixes of "Real Girl".

The title song, Real Girl, is mainly based on a sample of Lenny Kravitz' "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" [1].

The first single taken from the album was "Real Girl", and was a massive-hit in the United Kingdom peaking at #2 on the UK Top 75, and did quite well on the European charts. However, the album only peaked at #10 on the UK Albums Chart, staying over one month inside the UK Top 100, and selling only 60,000 copies, becoming a commercial failure. Next single released was a Groove Armada's song, and featured Mutya's vocals. The single peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Charts, and had moderate success in the rest of the world. "Just a Little Bit" was chosen to be the third single, and was released in late-October in the United Kingdom. It was a commercial failure, due to the poor promotion it received, and it peaked outside the UK Top 50, at #65. The fourth single was "B Boy Baby", and features Amy Winehouse, and it's going to be released in December, two weeks after Sugababes releases their single "Change".

As of 14/1/08 the album has sold 90,000 copies in the UK

Track listing

# Title Time
1. "Just A Little Bit"
Writers: E. White, P. Sheyne		 3:17
2. "Real Girl"
Writers: L. Kravitz, N. Scarlett, M. Ward, D. Gillard		 3:29
3. "Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)" (with Groove Armada)
Writers: Groove Armada, K. Poole, M. Buena, T. Hutton		 3:30
4. "Breakdown Motel" (UK Bonus Track)
Writers: C. Dodds, J. Dollar		 4:20
5. "Strung Out"
Writers: P. Kirtley, T. Hawes, O. Mhondera, M. Buena, A. Berrabah		 4:20
6. "It's Not Easy"
Writers: M. Buena, F. Howard, S. Frank, P. Simm		 4:32
7. "Suffer For Love"
Writers: A. Tennant, G. Lally, M. Buena, L. Simon, L. Brownlee, G. Redmond		 3:27
8. "Not Your Baby"
Writers: M. Buena, M. Ward, D. Gillard		 3:29
9. "Wonderful"
Writers: J. Thompson, G. Roudette-Muschamp		 3:07
10. "B Boy Baby"
Background vocals: Amy Winehouse
Writers: P. Spector, E. Greenwich, J. Barry, A. Hunte		 3:53
11. "This Is Not Real Love" (duet with George Michael)
Writers: G. Michael, J. Jackman, R. Cushnan		 5:58
12. "Paperbag"
Writers: J. Douglas, N. Woodward, M. Buena		 4:18
13. "My Song"
Writers: J. Thompson, G. Roudette-Muschamp, W. Wilkins		 3:36

Leftover Tracks

Whilst Mutya was recording Real Girl, she updated fans with the latest news and premiered demo versions of songs she had recorded on her official MySpace page. Some of the songs that she uploaded or that were registered as being written, but were not used for the album, include:

Official Singles

Other Singles

Charts (2007)

Country Date Position Copies Sold Certification
United Kingdom June 10, 2007 #10 100,000+ Gold[2]
Ireland June 8, 2007 #51 15,000+  
Poland July 5, 2007 #51 10,000+  
Netherlands July 5, 2007 #71 10,000+  
Switzerland July 5, 2007 #66 15,000+  
Australia July 10,2007 #11    
Worldwide 2007
—
160,000+  
Jordan August, 2007 #10 10,000+ Silver

Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 2007-06-04 Island Records CD 1734610
Australia 2007-07-09 Island Records CD 0602517346109
Poland 2007-06-20 Universal Music CD 0602517364332

References

^ http://popjustice.com/

^ http://www.mutyamusic.com

^ http://mediaweb.musicradio.com/player/default.asp?s=14&e=19563 (An interview on the radio in which Amelle Berrabah states she wrote 'Strung Out')

  1. ^ http://popjustice.com/
  2. ^ http://www.mutyamusic.com
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