The last song leaving for tonight is this very amazing ballad. Released as a double A-side to ''Angels With Dirty Faces'' in the UK in the winter of 2002, this song didn't quite match the success of previous singles: it only reached #7 in the UK, #5 in the Netherlands and #6 in Norway.
The video to this is rather amazing. It shows the girls in all sorts of situations in which they show that they have become stronger. For example, Keisha is some girl in a support school and Heidi plays some kind of hooker, but instead of undressing she puts her clothes back on and leaves the place.
Masterpiece. I adore every single thing about this song. It's brilliant from the first to the last second. From the dark, intense intro (with some amazing vocals from Mutya) to Queen Of Middle 8's Heidi Range in full force, this song deserves all the praise it gets, and probably even more. 10/10.
Often cited as the Sugababes' signature song, ''Push The Button'' was released in 2005 after a short break. After being released on September 25, it went straight to #1 and stayed there for three weeks. The Babes even managed to make their corresponding album (''Taller In More Ways'') chart at the top spot at the same time too. Having sold around 430,000 copies in the UK (and probably way more worldwide), it's their 2nd most selling single.
Besides being a massive smash all over Britain, it also did extremely well outside the UK. Besides hitting #1 in the UK, it also reached the top spot in Ireland, Austria, New Zealand and the European Hot 100. Furthermore, it was a top 10 smash in Germany, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland....
The song released a hell of a lot of critical praise, as some called it one of the best British pop singles of the 21st century.
Written by Dallas Austin and Keisha Buchanan (Mutya and Heidi were credited too for some reason), the song is about a crush she developed on some guy in LA:
The rather amazing video shows the girls grinding and getting sexy all over random guys from random lifts. It's a very colourful and sexy affair and actually translates the vibe of the song pretty accurately.
Good. So this song would have been #1 by a landslide if it wasn't for jinzo and Kworb, who both gave this song respectively a 0,5 and a 0. Good job, I guess...?
Ofcourse I'm not going to deny this is an amazing pop song. But it's a bit too soft for me. I love the Babes for their sexy, sassy, dark stuff like ''Freak Like Me'' or ''Hole In The Head'', or the moody, mind-blowing ballads like ''Run For Cover'', ''Stronger'', ''Caught In A Moment''...
I know this song is very important for the Babes (3.0 would've fallen much earlier if they didn't get to perform this song all the time) but I am not the biggest fan. I guess I should be thankful to those who gave this such low ratings. 8/10.
1.''Round Round''
2.''Overload''
3.''Freak Like Me''
4.''Too Lost In You''
5.''Hole In The Head''
6.''Stronger''
7.''Run For Cover''
8.''Push The Button''
9.''About You Now''
What kind of prophet!
Let's see how the Top 5 falls into place.
Why is Freak Like Me & Too Lost In You still here? And I can't at Push The Button being out of the Top 5. Out of those 5, I hope Round Round/Hole In The Head wins.