Posted May 30, 201510 yr The Saturdays - Ego http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff453/nowaynowaynoway/saturdays-ego-single-art_zps931b01c4.jpg United Kingdom #9 Ireland #10 Scotland #8 Umag84Fqk4I "Ego" is the second official single from girl group The Saturdays' second studio album, Wordshaker, and their seventh single overall. The song is a strong electropop song. The song was written by Steve Mac and co-written by Ina Wroldsen and Rhys Barker, who has previously worked on the bands singles. The song was produced by Steve Mac. It was released onto radio station on 25 November 2009. The single was released by Fascination and Polydor Records on 3 January 2010 as the second single from Wordshaker. It was accompanied by a b-side entitled "Flashback", written and produced by Steve Mac. The Saturdays collaborated with Ina Wroldsen and Rhys Barker again, The song has prominent electropop, dance-pop and synthpop genre characteristics. Its lyrics refer to a former relationship with someone who has a big ego.
May 30, 201510 yr Author Chart Run 01 - 28/11/09 - #096 - 02,515 02 - 06/12/09 - #052 - 05,403 03 - 13/12/09 - #035 - 09,041 04 - 20/12/09 - #030 - 12,382 05 - 27/12/09 - #020 - 15,618 06 - 03/01/10 - #017 - 25,171 07 - 10/01/10 - #009 - 26,959 08 - 17/01/10 - #014 - 23,647 09 - 24/01/10 - #011 - 26,028 10 - 31/01/10 - #013 - 20,024 11 - 07/02/10 - #019 - 16,894 12 - 14/02/10 - #024 - 13,427 13 - 21/02/10 - #026 - 12,286 14 - 28/02/10 - #034 - 09,216 15 - 07/03/10 - #043 - 07,683 16 - 14/03/10 - #045 - 06,179 17 - 21/03/10 - #049 - 05,598 18 - 28/03/10 - #048 - 05,321 19 - 04/04/10 - #043 - 06,574 20 - 11/04/10 - #036 - 06,194 21 - 18/04/10 - #046 - 05,009 22 - 25/04/10 - #057 - 03,971 23 - 02/05/10 - #061 - 03,964 24 - 09/05/10 - #068 - 03,392 25 - 16/05/10 - #070 - 03,427 26 - 23/05/10 - #095 - 02,541 27 - 30/05/10 - #134 - 01,877 28 - 06/06/10 - #130 - 01,816 29 - 13/06/10 - #169 - 01,333 30 - 20/06/10 - #178 - 01,145 31 - 27/06/10 - #200 - 00,983 32 - 04/07/10 - #195 - 01,031 33 - 11/07/10 - #190 - 01,031 (OUT) 34 - 08/08/10 - #195 - 00,917 35 - 15/08/10 - #138 - 01,229 36 - 22/08/10 - #089 - 02,195 37 - 29/08/10 - #102 - 01,981 38 - 05/09/10 - #097 - 02,022 39 - 12/09/10 - #135 - 01,467 40 - 19/09/10 - #149 - 01,378 41 - 26/09/10 - #194 - 01,007 (OUT) Airplay Run Radio Airplay: 50-30-31-35-14-14-15-20-18-23-24-32-45-45 TV Airplay: 21-20-13-09-14-05-05-06-09-09-17-22-30 Edited May 30, 201510 yr by (Zach)
May 30, 201510 yr Author Promo 6/12/09 Xtra Factor 11/12/09 Sunshine at Christimas 17/12/09 Radio One: Live Lounge 23/12/09 C4: Alan Car: Chatty Man 25/12/09 BBC 1: Top Of The Pops Xmas Special (It's the chart of the year so will most likely be JCGE or FIO) 26/12/09 ITV 1: Ant and Dec's Christmas Show (7.30-8.45pm) 22/12/09 GMTV 11/10/09 The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5pm on ITV 1 15/10/09 This Morning (just Vanessa) from 10.30am on ITV 1 15/10/09 Dancing On Ice Friday (All girls but Vanessa) 8pm on ITV 1 15/10/09 Popstar to Operastar (Vanessa) 9pm on ITV 1 16/10/09 Impulse Special 10.10am on C4 17/10/09 Dancing On Ice (Ego preformance) from 6.45pm on ITV 1
May 30, 201510 yr Author Critical Reception Carla Pearce of FemaleFirst mentioned that the single "Combines infectious synthesised riffs with a thumping beat to create a riot of a track that will no doubt become another smash hit." Nick Levine of Digital Spy award the song 3/5 stars describing the chorus as "catchy enough". UpdateTheBeat stated that "Ego" was a "women-empowerment" and it has the potential to be a number-one single! They went onto say, "The heavy beat is the first thing to strike you, as the girls warble away chanting: "You need to have a sit down with your ego!" If I was to describe the song in one word it would have to be- confident. Confident. CONFIDENT- oh that was three..." They also went on to say that the girls have "clearly matured" and became ore "willing to be more deep in their songs", he always stated the Vanessa stole the song with her powerful vocals. And finally stated that "Ego" is definitely the stand out track on the album. DirrtyRemixes.com stated that the single is "amazing" and "just can't stop playing it!" They also gave their views over the B-side, saying that the song is not the best song, but it has good potential. But the quality of "Ego" is amazing!
May 30, 201510 yr Author Buzzjack Reception I hate them but this song is really good. I think it'll get them another top 10 hit :D Top 10 I'm sure...they better hope this single revives their album like 'Issues' did in early 2009 for their debut or they are in real trouble Probably Top 10. The equivalent week of January 2009 'only' required under 17,000 to make it. Would be surprised if The Saturdays didn't do 20k+ at least. Top 5 easily I reckon. By far one of their best singles to date imo. :wub: top10. should do ok but probably wont hang around long at the high end of the charts top 10 this is a huge improvement on forever is over The songs OK, but not exactly original I think top 5, wipes the floor with FIO :D If FIO can get to #2, this deserves to get to #1. Probably only Top 5 though
May 30, 201510 yr Forever Is Over ---> Ego. Ego, Higher and Up are so mainstream within the sats fandom.
May 31, 201510 yr Forever Is Over ---> Ego. Ego, Higher and Up are so mainstream within the sats fandom. Considering these three were their biggest hits before 'What About Us', I would say they were mainstream beyond the sats fandom. :huh: 'Ego' is amazing. And I'm living for Mochelle harmonizing together > <div style="margin-left:25px;">rof0W-i25IA</div> (Also, for Vanessa's middle-8, but not in this video :lol: )
May 31, 201510 yr Love Ego. I still think the release of this should have been moved forward a bit and have the album released after this. Forever is Over then Ego then the release of the album. Just imagine :wub:
May 31, 201510 yr Author This is the oldest Sats single that I actually love. Everything Ego and beyond has been amazing.
May 31, 201510 yr This is the oldest Sats single that I actually love. Everything Ego and beyond has been amazing. I agree. Everything since Ego has been very amazing :wub:
May 31, 201510 yr Except Missing You! What are you lying for what are you lying for what are you lying for what are you lying for
May 31, 201510 yr What are you lying for what are you lying for what are you lying for what are you lying for Cuz the discussion ain't over till I say 'Missing You' is shit Saturday morning, Sunday afternoon It's always shit no matter wuuutt
June 1, 201510 yr Absolute smash. I actually didn't like it that much at first because I wanted One Shot or Wordshaker to be released, but after their first performance on it, I fell in love. It's got that amazing Red One vs Eurythmics beat, the words are powerful and sassy, the melody is nice, the vocals are great, iconic video. It's amazing. Edited June 1, 201510 yr by Juliano
June 1, 201510 yr I believe this is their best selling single in Ireland? It made #19 in their EOY. I do like Ego and I understand why everyone loves it but I'm not a major stan!
June 1, 201510 yr Author Does Ireland do single certifications? I figured it did well based on its chart run there but I didn't know it did THAT well.
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