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The new Sugababes single: it has its ups and downs

Story filed Monday, 06 July 2009

 

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A new Sugababes single is always a reason to get excited and their new track, 'Get Sexy', is a big, fearsome explosion of a pop record. At first listen it sounds quite aggressive and adventurous which, in a post-'Bonkers'-at-Number-One, post-'Boom Boom Pow'-at-Number-One world, it's really not; pop changes its sound as the years go by and if they're clever so do pop groups. Sonically this is just what the Sugababes needed after the wet Wednesday of their last album campaign - a campaign which despite an album we loved seemed to chime so badly with fans that the band looked like they were on the brink of something not very good at all.

 

After all that we'd kind of wanted the band to take a year off for 2009 but with one major British girlgroup notable by absence from this autumn's release schedules it makes sense for Sugababes to storm ahead. Followers of the band's - particularly Keisha's - Twitter pages will have a fair idea already of what's to come from the new album and fans received a surprise this weekend when a clip of 'Get Sexy' leaked online ahead of its Radio One debut tomorrow.

 

Well, the clip was a very early demo; the clip that leaked gives you a general feel for things but one major change is that while some of the male vocals remain (in the verses' call-and-response portions) the girls now sing the song's a massive bridge, whose lyrics are now based on Right Said Fred's 'I'm Too Sexy': "cos I'm too sexy in this club, too sexy in this club, so sexy it hurts". There's also a fantastic middle eight built around a playful chant of "if I had a dime (dime) for every single time (time) these boys stop and stare, I'd be a billionaire".

 

It's a confusing listen - to these ears the verses are terrible and trite while everything else in the song is just totally brilliant and exciting. The ups and downs are frustrating; here's what the listening experience at Popjustice HQ looks like.

 

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What we predict will happen:

 

1. The verses will sort of start to make sense or at least feel less terrible as time goes by, much like a terrible band name like 'Sugababes' just gradually blends into your brain and stops seeming terrible.

2. The second single will be a still quite interesting but also rather less BANG BANG BANG IN YOUR FACE FACE FACE than this one.

3. The album will do quite well.

 

The End.

 

(Don't forget - Scott Mills is playing the track tomorrow so 'tune in' for the first listen.)

The video will be out sometime around 31st July maybe a bit earlier as it's a first single to build hype.

 

I love the verse that we've heard in the song so far so i don't agree with what PJ says to be honest.

Sugas are in the studio from 4.30 tomorrow and the first play is at 4.50. :P

1 day and we'll have it!

Whooop, suga interview as well. Going to be listening from 4 till about 5/5:30 then.

Ok according to the official website the new official Sugababes twitter is www.twitter.com/SugababesHQ

 

You can see the new single logo in the avatar but the background is so fanmade ...

 

Heidi confirmed it too ..

22 hours until the Sugababes ‘Get Sexy’. The girls follow Radio 1 at 4pm with Capital Fm at 5.30 and kiss fm at 6pm

 

Busy day ahead for the girls!

I can't wait.

 

EDIT: Also remember to get the podcast of Scott's show to listen to the babes over and over again. It's free btw.

Edited July 6, 200916 yr by Steve69

Heard the snippet, sounds good! Amelle sounds a bit like Fergie on her verse!

On second listen I take that back about Amelle!

How can I hear radio 1 if i'm spanish? thanks :)

 

BBC website?

 

EDIT: getting a lot more positive comments at the moment especially on PJ.

Edited July 6, 200916 yr by Get Sexy Steve69

Is it me or does that sound nothing like Amelle? Did they alter her voice alot??

 

I am not sure if it sounds U.S.A-friendly, but maybe they will release a different first single here in the States.

it definitely sounds like Amelle.

It defo sounds like Amelle.

Keisha is the only one that doesn't really sound herself. Heidi is recognisable right from the moment she starts singing.

 

I LOVE it - can't wait to hear it today on the radio

see i think they all sound like themselves.

Agreed, but perhaps they've re-recorded their vocals for the final version? We'll see. Six hours! These are gonna go SO slow :heehee:

yeh and i've got to go to two boring maths lessons aswell so. It's going to take even longer.