Their rendition reached #1 in the UK but the following year was voted runner-up in a poll by Total Guitar magazine to find out the worst cover of all time
Released: 22 August, 2005 Writer(s): Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim "Rolf" Larcombe, Shawn Lee, Lisa Cowling, etc. Producer(s): Xenomania PEAK: #7
Highest: 9(x2) [AdrianBeane & Do ya thang] Lowest: 1 [dancepopCC] Average: 5.56
"Long Hot Summer" was written for inclusion in the Walt Disney Pictures film Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), but plans fell through. It became Girls Aloud's first single to miss the top five on the UK Singles Chart.
Brian Higgins has expressed his disdain with the song: "It was making us miserable. Something had to come out and that was Long Hot Summer. It was made in a panic. It was a disaster record. I can't stand it."
And look at Kimberley, she can be part of Jersey Shore
Released: 22 August, 2005 Writer(s): Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim "Rolf" Larcombe, Shawn Lee, Lisa Cowling, etc. Producer(s): Xenomania PEAK: #7
Highest: 8 (x4) [Shapes, Andre, soma80, Diamond Dust] Lowest: 9(x2) [AdrianBeane & Do ya thang] Average: 5.56
"Long Hot Summer" was written for inclusion in the Walt Disney Pictures film Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), but plans fell through. It became Girls Aloud's first single to miss the top five on the UK Singles Chart.
Brian Higgins has expressed his disdain with the song: "It was making us miserable. Something had to come out and that was Long Hot Summer. It was made in a panic. It was a disaster record. I can't stand it."
And look at Kimberley, she can be part of Jersey Shore