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"About You Now"
Song
B-side"Rocks"
"In Recline"

"About You Now" is a BRIT Award-nominated pop song by British pop band Sugababes, written by Cathy Dennis and producer Dr. Luke for the group's fifth studio album, Change (2007). The song is the album's opening track, and was released as its leading single between September and October 2007 (see 2007 in music).

Upon its release, the song became the group's highest-charting single since 2005's "Push the Button," reaching the top of the charts in Croatia, Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary and the UK, as well as the top 10 in Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Spain, and others. An acoustic version of the song appears as a bonus track on the group's sixth studio album Catfights and Spotlights (2008).

Release and reception

The song itself combines "pop," "rock" and "electro," much like other songs produced by Dr. Luke. The album version, which is used in the music video, is longer than the radio version and includes an extra verse by Amelle and an extra bridge by Keisha. On September 8, 2007, Sugababes performed "About You Now" live on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

"About You Now" received generally good reviews from both critics and fans. PopJustice described the song as a "pop-electro-rock masterpiece."[1] The blog's author Peter Robinson also stated that it "wasn't trying to be clever and was simply an amazing pop song."
Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy said "the lyrics are Waterman-esque perfect pop with the added spice of Sugababes kinkiness."[2]

In January 2008 "About You Now" was nominated for a BRIT Award for Best British Single. [1]

Chart performance

"About You Now" was released in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2007, debuting on the UK Singles Chart at number thirty-five on September 23 2007[3] after the release of the remix package for legal download. A week later the official download of the song was released, and it climbed a record 34 places to the top of the chart,[3] which was later outdone by Pink's "So What" which climbed 37 places. This feat made the Sugababes only the fourth act and second British act (behind Mika and his single "Grace Kelly") to chart at number-one on download sales alone, thus making it the group's sixth number-one single domestically.[4] The single spent four weeks at the top, surpassing the success of their previous biggest hit, 2005's "Push the Button."[4] According to VH1, it was ranked both the sixth most-downloaded and sixth best-selling single in the UK in the year of 2007.[5] As of 31 December 2008, "About You Now" has sold 453,170 copies in the UK, and has become the girls' best selling single. [citation needed]

In Ireland, "About You Now" debuted at number ten on the Irish Singles Chart on downloads alone. A week later, it climbed to number five with the physical release, and later peaked at number two for two weeks, becoming the Sugababes' fourth single to peak on particular position.[3] In Austria, it debuted at number 13 on the Austrian Singles Chart where it peaked at number 4 in its third week, becoming the band's third biggest hit there after "Push the Button" and "Overload".[3] "About You Now" saw similar success in Germany where it also peaked at number four on German Singles Chart, eventually becoming the Sugababes' third biggest hit there, again behind "Push the Button" and "Overload".[3] On the Australian ARIA chart, the song peaked at number 57.[3] In New Zealand despite spending 21 weeks on the charts it only mannaged to peak a 18.This Song Peaked AT MTV Adria Top 20 Chart At Number 2.In Serbia,song was two weeks number one on KG9 flash list.

On 13 July, 2008, "About You Now" re-entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 48, moving to No. 34 the next week after being prominently featured in an episode of Hollyoaks. This version, recorded for Radio 1's Live Lounge, was used for the funeral of Max Cunningham. Chart show host Reggie Yates said it was one of a number of recent examples of songs seeing a download boost being used on television shows (e.g. Mint Royale's version of "Singin' in the Rain").

Music video

The music video for "About You Now" was directed by Marcus Adams and shot on August 24, 2007 at the Festival Hall in Waterloo in London, England.[6] Although various pictures of the clip were leaked on the net the following days, it was not until September 6 the full video made its world premiere via internet. By September 7, 2007 the video had also debuted on music channels. The video is dedicated to the late Tim Royes, who directed the videos for the Sugababes's 2006 singles "Red Dress" and "Easy."

Formats and track listings

UK promo CD single
  1. "About You Now" [Sticky 'Dirtypop' Remix] - 4:50
  2. "About You Now" [Spencer & Hill Remix] - 5:49
  3. "About You Now" [Sticky 'Dirtypop' Remix Radio Edit] - 3:26
  4. "About You Now" [Radio Edit] - 3:09
UK CD single 1 (1748515)
  1. "About You Now" [Radio Edit] - 3:09
  2. "Rocks" [Napster Live Session] - 3:03
UK CD single 2 / International CD (1748657)
  1. "About You Now" [Album Version] - 3:32
  2. "About You Now" [Sticky 'Dirtypop' Remix] - 4:48
  3. "About You Now" [Spencer & Hill Remix] - 5:51
  4. "In Recline" - 3:26
UK 7" single (1748658)
  1. "About You Now" [Kissy Sell Out Remix] - 5:23
  2. "About You Now" [Album Version] - 3:32
Remixes Download Package
  1. "About You Now" [Spencer & Hill Remix] - 5:49
  2. "About You Now" [Sticky 'Dirtypop' Remix] - 4:50
  3. "About You Now" [Kissy Sell Out Remix] - 5:23

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom September 24 2007 Digital Download Island Records
Ireland September 28, 2007 CD single
United Kingdom October 1, 2007
Australia October 6, 2007
Germany October 12, 2007
France February 25, 2008
Spain May 12, 2008 Airplay

Charts

Chart (2007/08) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[7] 57
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 4
Serbian Singles Chart 1
Estonian Singles Chart 1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[3] 28
Slovenian Singles Chart 1
Czech Singles Chart[8] 1
Croatian Singles Chart 1
Spain Los 20 2
Danish Singles Chart[9] 12
Dutch Top 40 [3] 18
Finnish Singles Chart[3] 19
French Singles Chart[3] 19
German Singles Chart [3] 4
Irish Singles Chart[3] 2
Italian Singles Chart[3] 49
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[3] 18
Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 7
Romanian Top 100[10] 35
Slovakia Singles Chart[11] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 40
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 21
UK Singles Chart[3] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 47 1

1 Miranda Cosgrove cover.

Official versions and appearances

These are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on, of "About You Now."

Version Release appearance
Album Version "About You Now" single
Change
Change [French Version]
Radio Edit "About You Now" single
Kissy Sell Out Remix
Spencer & Hill Remix
Sticky 'Dirtypop' Remix
Sticky 'Dirtypop' Remix Radio Edit
Radio 1 Live Lounge "Change" single
Acoustic Version Catfights and Spotlights

Cover versions

  • Rachel Tucker performed this song on the first week of live shows, on BBC1's I'd Do Anything.
  • The Saw Doctors covered this song on The Podge and Rodge Show on February 12, 2008. Released as a charity single - all proceeds go towards cystic fibrosis, it has reached the top of the Irish Singles Chart.
  • A cover of this song is the first single from Timo Räisänens album ...and then there was Timo.
  • Snow Patrol has also done a cover of this song at some of their concerts. [2]

Miranda Cosgrove cover

"About You Now"
Song
B-side"Christmas Wrapping"
"About You Now"
The Saw Doctors version (2008)
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Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove covered "About You Now" on the iCarly soundtrack. It was released as the third single from the soundtrack. Cosgrove lip sync the song at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade[12] and performed it during the pre-show of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2009[13]. Cosgrove shot a music video for the song, directed by Billie Woodruff and featuring Mexican singer Diego González as her love interest.[14]

Official versions

The original version was included on the iCarly soundtrack, while both the original and Spider Remix versions were included on the EP.

  • "About You Now" - 3:11
  • "About You Now" (Spider Remix) - 3:24

It was later featured on the hit compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 30.[15]

Chart performance

Cosgrove's version of "About You Now" peaked at number forty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100. In terms of chart performance, this was her most successful single to date.

Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 47[16]
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
September 30, 2007 – October 27, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Georgian Singles Chart number-one single
24 December 2007 – 31 December 2007[17] 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Notes on the new Sugababes single. PopJustice.
  2. ^ Sugababes: 'About You Now' Digital Spy.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Sugababes - About You Now worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 20 2007.
  4. ^ a b Sugababes - Chartography. aCharts.us. Retrieved December 31 2007.
  5. ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles
  6. ^ ""Sugababes film 'About You Now' video"". Popdirt. 2007-09-08.
  7. ^ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20071020-0000/issue921.pdf
  8. ^ Czech Singles Chart
  9. ^ Velkommen til Hit-listen.dk
  10. ^ Romanian Top 100
  11. ^ Slovakia Singles Chart
  12. ^ http://popdirt.com/miranda-cosgrove-performing-at-the-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/70190/
  13. ^ Viacom press kit
  14. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20243679,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent
  15. ^ "Now That's What I Call Music! 30 Track Listing. http://www.nowthatsmusic.com/
  16. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3105521&cdi=10111654&cid=01%2F17%2F2009
  17. ^ Preceding and Succeeding Singles Info
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