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"About a Girl"
Song

"About a Girl" is a pop song by the Sugababes' from their seventh studio album, Sweet 7. It was produced by RedOne, and written by himself and Makeba Riddick. The song is the second single from the album and was released as a digital download on November 8, 2009, and as a CD single on November 9. The single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and inside the top twenty on the Irish Singles Chart. It is the first release featuring vocals by new band member Jade Ewen, following the departure of Keisha Buchanan in September 2009.

Promotion

The first version of the song featuring Buchanan's vocals premiered on BBC Radio 1 on September 6, 2009. The second version featuring Ewen's vocals premiered October, 2009 on Radio 1 as well. Promotion for the single was supposed to start in Leeds in October but was postponed when Berrabah was admitted to a clinic in Europe citing "nervous exhaustion". This also lead to the cancellation of a scheduled appearance on German TV.[2]

Release and reception

Nick Levine from Digital Spy gave the song a positive rating:"It's a Europoppy club pumper with an ear-snagging chorus, sexy references to Louboutins and apple pie, and a terrific, 90s dance-inspired middle 8. The result certainly trumps 'Get Sexy' and might just be their most infectious single since 'About You Now'."[3]

Steve Perkins of the BBC also gave the song a positive review, saying that:"Traditionally the second single from any Sugababes album tends to be more sedate than its predecessor, this one is strident and unapologetic, and rivals 'Get Sexy' for attitude if not for overall levels of noise."

In its first week of release in UK, the single reached number eight, selling roughly 44,000 copies. The song also entered the Irish Singles Chart, at number fourteen. To date the single has sold over 135,000 copies in the UK.

Music video

File:Sugababes AboutaGirl Vid.jpg
"Sugababes at 0:41 seconds of the video"

The music video was filmed on September 22, 2009.[4] The Sugababes were planning on doing their own stunts, but because of the line-up change there was not enough time and actors were used instead. The video was shot at the Vasquez Rocks and took on a Kill Bill inspired theme. It premiered in the UK on October 11, 2009 on 4Music. The video was directed by Martin Weisz. It was filmed in the same place as Rihanna's Rehab video from 2008. On the video, there are three girls, involved in a fight with some business men, then the real Sugababes came on and started to sing, there scenes kept flipping backward and forwards to the stunt girls and the real Sugababes. It is the first video to feature new band member, Jade Ewen after the departure of Keisha Buchanan.



Formats and track listings

UK Maxi Single

  1. "About a Girl" - 3:28
  2. "About a Girl" (Martin Roth NuStyle Radio Edit) - 4:09
  3. "About a Girl" (The Sharp Boys Radio Edit) - 3:47
  4. "About a Girl" (K-Gee Remix Radio Edit) - 3:30

Promotional Single

  1. "About a Girl" - 3:28
  2. "About a Girl" (Serotonin Thieves Club Mix) - 6:34
  3. "About a Girl" (Serotonin Thieves Dub Mix) - 3:48

Promotional EP

  1. "About a Girl" (Martin Roth NuStyle Remix) - 6:27
  2. "About a Girl" (Martin Roth NuStyle Radio Edit) - 4:09
  3. "About a Girl" (The Sharp Boys Club Mix) - 6:19
  4. "About a Girl" (The Sharp Boys Radio Edit) - 3:47
  5. "About a Girl" (K-Gee Mix) - 4:52
  6. "About a Girl" (K-Gee Radio Edit) - 3:30
  7. "About a Girl" (Radio Edit) - 3:31

Digital Download

  1. "About a Girl" - 3:28
  2. "About a Girl" (The Sharp Boys Radio Edit) - 3:47
Official versions
  • "About a Girl" (New Version w/vocals By Jade Ewen)
  • "About a Girl" (Martin Roth NuStyle Remix)
  • "About a Girl" (Martin Roth NuStyle Radio Edit)
  • "About a Girl" (K-Gee Remix)
  • "About a Girl" (Without Intro)
  • "About a Girl" (K-Gee Remix Radio Edit)
  • "About A Girl" (The Sharp Boys Extended Remix)
  • "About a Girl" (Serotonin Thieves Club Mix)
  • "About a Girl" (Serotonin Thieves Dub Mix)
  • "About a Girl" (The Sharp Boys Club Mix)
  • "About a Girl" (The Sharp Boys Radio Edit)

Credits

Adapated from Discogs.[5]

  • Artwork By [Ad & Design] - Bowden
  • Engineer, Edited By [Vocal Editor] - Johnny Severin , RedOne
  • Management - Mark Hargreaves
  • Mixed By - Robert Orton
  • Producer [Additional Vocal Production] - Philip Lawrence
  • Producer [Vocal Production] - Makeba Riddick
  • Producer, Instruments [Played And Programmed By] - RedOne
  • Written-By - Makeba Riddick, Nadir Khayat

Chart Performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Bulgarian Singles Chart[6] 14
European Hot 100[7] 28
Irish Singles Chart[8] 14
Polish Singles Chart[9] 11
UK Singles Chart[10] 8

The song first charted at #8 in the UK Top 40, becoming the band's second top 10 hit from the album Sweet 7. On its second week in the chart, the song fell out of the top 10, falling to #13. the song lasted a total of five weeks in the Top 40, falling to #62 in December 2009.[11] The song reached #1 in the UK Commercial Pop Club Charts on 5 November 2009, beating tunes from the likes of Mariah Carey and Miley Cyrus.[12] The single re-entered the chart at #100 following the release of Sweet 7.

Release history

Region Date Format
Ireland 6 November 2009[13] CD single
United Kingdom 8 November 2009[14] Digital download
9 November 2009[15] CD single

References

  1. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Sugababes-About-A-Girl/master/200391
  2. ^ http://www.sugababes.com/news-detail.php?id=162
  3. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a185326/sugababes-about-a-girl.html
  4. ^ David Balls (2009-09-23). "First new Sugababes photos released". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  5. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Sugababes-About-A-Girl/release/2017935
  6. ^ BUL Singles Chart
  7. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-hot-100?chartDate=2009-11-28&order=gainer
  8. ^ http://acharts.us/song/51794
  9. ^ http://euro200.net/Polish-Top50.htm
  10. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles/
  11. ^ "Sugababes About a Girl Chart Stats"
  12. ^ http://www.sugababes.com/news-detail.php?id=188
  13. ^ http://www.cdworld.ie/download_store/
  14. ^ http://hmv.com/hmvweb/digitalProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&productId=11042965 HMV Digital Download
  15. ^ http://www.radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_uk_singles.htm

^11. http://www.rmf.fm/au/?a=poplista

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