Stickwitu

"Stickwitu"
Song
B-side	"Santa Baby"

"Stickwitu" is the second single from the Pussycat Dolls' debut album, PCD. The title is a colloquialism for "stick with you".

The ballad, expressing loyalty in a relationship, was a success in the United States and it debuted at number one in the UK, making it their second consecutive number one single there. The single peaked at number two in Australian charts. The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart at 85, and nine weeks later was number five in the chart, where it peaked.

A commercial single of "Stickwitu" was never released in the U.S., although commercial singles were imported from Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. The majority of the commercial singles contained the LP version of "Stickwitu" along with the bonus track "Santa Baby" (with lead vocals performed by Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts, and Carmit Bachar) and a remix featuring Avant.

Club mixes of "Stickwitu" were created by Dave Audé, Solar City, Richard Vission, and the Groove Junkies, none of which were made official.

This song gave the Dolls a Grammy nomination at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.

Music video

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The Pussycat Dolls in the music video for "Stickwitu".

The video, directed by Nigel Dick, begins with the group at a hotel being awoken by someone knocking on the door. The Pussycat Dolls begin to pack their belongings, then walk to their tour bus, stopping to sign autographs for fans on the way.

The video continues to show footage of the girls on the bus, in dance rehearsals and practicing the song "Stickwitu". The video ends with group coming out of a back entrance of a building posing for some pictures.

Throughout the video, the members of PCD, and in particular Nicole Scherzinger, are seen talking on Nokia mobile phones, presumably to their partners.

Vocals

The recorded version of the track featured Nicole Scherzinger on lead vocals, with Melody Thornton and Carmit Bachar on backing vocals during the chorus. On most recent concert tours such as the Honda Civic Tour and Back to Basics Tour, Nicole Scherzinger sang the first verse right after she finishes her solo rendition of "Feelin' Good". Melody Thornton and Carmit Bachar came out on stage to sing their background vocals at the end of the first verse while Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts, and Kimberly Wyatt entered during the chorus. During this time, Sutta, Roberts, and Wyatt only lip-synched half of the chorus section. However, with Bachar's departure from the group, they all sing the chorus together with Thornton and Scherzinger.

Track listings and formats

• U.S. promo CD single

1. "Stickwitu" (R&B remix; featuring Avant)
2. "Stickwitu" (LP version/album version)
3. "Stickwitu" (R&B instrumental)

• UK 2-track CD single

1. "Stickwitu" (album version)
2. "Stickwitu" (R&B remix; featuring Avant)

• UK./international CD maxi single

1. "Stickwitu" (album version)
2. "Santa Baby"
3. "Stickwitu" (R&B remix; featuring Avant)
4. "Stickwitu" (video)

Chart performance

"Stickwitu" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-five and ascended to number sixty-seven in its second week. By its fourth week, "Stickwitu" had already become the group's second top 40 single and by its ninth week had peaked at number five for three non-consecutive weeks. "Stickwitu" also peaked at number one for two weeks on the Pop 100 Airplay chart, and at number two on the Pop 100 chart. "Stickwitu" also charted on the hot R&B/hip-hop songs, and has peaked at number sixty-three.

In the UK, "Stickwitu" debuted and peaked at number one for two consecutive weeks, becoming the group's second consecutive UK number one single, and has to date sold around 300,000 copies. In Canada, "Stickwitu" peaked at number fifteen on the Canadian BDS airplay chart and at number nine on the Canadian singles chart, and is to date the group's second top ten single, and also their second most successful song on this chart. In Australia, "Stickwitu" debuted at number three and later peaked at number two for two consecutive weeks, but did not chart on the end of year chart for 2005. However on the 2006 end of year chart, "Stickwitu" was placed at number 16. In New Zealand, "Stickwitu" peaked at number one for two non-consecutive weeks, one week more than its predecessor, "Don't cha" had spent at number one, and becoming the group's second consecutive number one single.

On the end of year chart in New Zealand, "Stickwitu" was placed at number fifteen. "Stickwitu" has also peaked at number two in the Netherlands where it is tied with its predecessor, and successor, "Don't cha" and "Beep" as being the group's highest peaking single there. On the United World Chart, "Stickwitu" peaked at number two and is the group's second highest peak on this chart.

"Stickwitu" sold 2.946.000 copies in 2006 alone.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
United World Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	5
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	2
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	63
UK Official Singles Chart	1
ARIA Charts	2
French Top 100	17
Lithuania Chart	1
RIANZ Top 40	1
Romanian Singles Chart	8
Romania End Year 2006	27
Hot 100 Brazil	28
Indonesia Chart	1
Euro Top 200	4
Irish Singles Chart	2
Dutch Top 40	2
Czech Airplay Chart	13