Track 3

Life Got Cold

 

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NE (24/08/2003) | 3-8-16-31-36-43-47-48-68-x

RE (30/11/2003) | 112-106-123-135-101-88-84-91-93-104-132-119-102-139-x

RE (14/03/2004) | 144-156-162-182-172-177-x

RE (02/05/2004) | 177-x

RE (16/05/2004) | 190-175-x

 

Weeks: 32

Sales: 100,055 (August 2019)

 

Life Got Cold not a fan fave but i find it quite cute

No Good Advice is a big fave of mine, warra banger :music: Life Got Cold is one of my least played~ Must change that! D:

Always loved Life Got Cold as well, it feels underrated these days! It's not one of their very best but I have a lot of time for it.

 

My main memory of this coming out was how difficult CD2 was to track down... :lol: I bought it in Sanity in the end (what a throwback) but it wasn't easy to find!

Life Got Cold was very much the style of Atomic Kitten wasn’t it.

I remember the controversy/digs that this song got for being rather reminiscent of an Oasis song, but that didn't really bother me because I wasn't a fan of Oasis anyway :kink:

 

I was really into this at the time. It was a highlight for me from the album, so I was pretty pleased with it being a single. It was quite a quirky choice to release at the height of the summertime!

 

I wanted to buy both CD1 and CD2 but I couldn't find CD2 anywhere in my town! I was on the Girls Aloud forum then and remember others struggled to track it down too. It took me two weeks to find a copy of it! So I was pretty convinced that this apparent stocking issue denied them getting to #2 with this single. Although I ended up being pleased with #3, because their career opening with a #1, #2 and #3 is quite a fun chart fact!

Track 4

Jump

 

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NE (23/11/2003) | 2-4-6-12-20-20-17-25-29-32-37-45-54-73-x

RE (04/04/2004) | 154-x

RE (18/04/2004) | 190-128-148-x

RE (16/05/2004) | 193-x

 

Weeks: 19

Sales: 327,322 (August 2019)

Certification: Silver (30/01/2009)

 

:jump:

The best of their cover singles in my opinion! :wub:

Jump was a big international hit for the group i remember, it was certainly quite big over here in The Netherlands

Okay firstly, this should have been a #1 single! Westlife denying them that, with Mandy... UK public, what's good?! Pretty sure Jump ended up with higher sales, so that's something.

 

I think this is Girls Aloud's best cover version, one they made their own (though I do think the Pointer Sisters original is great too). I love the production on this, it's so pulsating *.*

 

Always a fun moment on tour, one the crowds were very receptive too :wub:

I did love this at the time, but even now, like the last song, I get Atomic Kitten vibes, very much their Right Now of the time!

Track 5

The Show

 

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NE (04/07/2004) | 2-5-12-15-22-28-42-56-58-75-x

RE (31/10/2004) | 129-198-180-159-x

RE (09/01/2005) | 165-x

 

Weeks: 15

Sales: 124,905 (August 2019)

 

The Show :wub: :wub: In my top 5 GA songs for sure *.*

As far as the general public goes, this HAS to be their most underrated single! It's an essential for me, and the video is possibly their best too :wub: I'd say it also includes Sarah's first iconic solo in their run of singles :heart:

From The Show on i was a huge stan of Girls Aloud :heart:

THE SHOW DESERVED TO ACHIEVE 10 TIMES THE SUCCESS IT ACHIEVED, IT WAS DONE DIRTY.

 

Not even silver though :(

 

At the time some fans considered this to be their Spice Up Your Life moment, I guess because they're both huge bops and the first singles taken from their second albums.

 

This is one of my absolute faves :wub: The Ten tour performance... whew!

Track 6

Love Machine

 

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NE (19/09/2004) | 2-2-8-18-21-32-34-48-54-75-x

RE (23/01/2005) | 88-113-128-x

RE (20/02/2005) | 134-185-x

RE (13/03/2005) | 147-180-188-x

RE (17/04/2005) | 214-201-167-151-151-168-200-238-x

RE (26/06/2005) | 242-218-x

RE (17/07/2005) | 228-245-225-205-212-216-144-181-210-226-216-x

 

Weeks: 39

Sales: 400,000 (07/02/2020)

Certification: Gold (07/02/2020)

 

I still love it but Love Machine isn't as huge of a fave anymore like it was back then.

Love Machine was definitely one of the first "wtf did I just listen to!!" moments. I remember hearing a small-ish clip on CD:UK and being a little baffled. It was very fast to grow on me though.

 

At this point I was getting a little frustrated that they kept getting to #2 :lol: Unfortunate for them to run into probably the biggest dance song of that year.

 

This growing into being one of their signature hits - I totally understand why, even though this is probably more of a mid-table moment though. I love it though. :wub: This'll definitely go Platinum eventually, which will feel surreal when its 2004 total was below 100,000.

 

Also the first ever vinyl I bought - I didn't really understand at that point in time what a picture disc was, I just knew I needed it! :lol: