Girls Aloud

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Girls Aloud Are A Critically Acclaimed British-Irish Girl Group Comprising Nicola Roberts Nadine Coyle Cheryl Kimberley Walsh And Sarah Harding. The Band Was Formed On The Reality TV Show Popstars The Rivals In Which A Girl Band Was Pitted Against A Boy Band In The Race For The UK Christmas Number One Single In 2002. Girls Aloud Came Out On Top With Their Debut Single Sound Of The Underground Hitting Number One And Earning Them A Place In The Guinness Book Of World Records As The First Girl Band In British History To Debut At Number One. As Well As The Fastest A Band Has Gone From Being Formed To Getting A Number One And The First Band To Get A Christmas Number One With Their Debut Single. The Band Has Released Five Studio Albums - Sound Of The Underground 2003 What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004 Chemistry 2005 Tangled Up 2007 And Out Of Control 2008 Plus A Greatest Hits Compilation The Sound Of Girls Aloud 2006 . Major Singles Include Sound Of The Underground Love Machine Biology Something Kinda Ooooh Call The Shots And The Promise. The Girls Have A Record 20 Consecutive Top 10 Singles Under Their Collective Belt Now Including 4 Number Ones. Their Lowest Charting Top Ten Single The Loving Kind Reached Number 10. However The Girls 21st Single Untouchable Ended Their Top Ten Streak Peaking At 11 In May. Despite This Up To Week Ending 21st June It Has Outsold Top Ten Singles In Order Of Release And Highest Peak In The UK Chart Wake Me Up No.4 Long Hot Summer No.7 See The Day No.9 Whole Lotta History No.6 And I Think We're Alone Now No.4 . The Girls Have Embarked On Five Major UK Tours To Date Traditionally Starting In April Or May Of Each Year Since 2005. The 2006 2007 2008 And 2009 Shows Have All Been Sold-Out Arena Tours Earning The Girls A Reputation As Putting On An Explosive Live Show. The Most Recent Tour Out Of Control Tour 2009 Is The Largest Tour For The Girls To Date Selling Out Venues Across The UK. They Are Also Set To Be The Support For Coldplay At A Number Of Their Tour Dates In September 2009 Including Wembley Stadium Where The Girls Are Expected To Perform A 75 Minute Set. Girls Aloud Are Unusual In That Their Management Has Never Made A Major Push For Them To Be Successful Other Than Within The UK Market And Despite Their Huge Success In London United Kingdom They Are Relatively Unknown Elsewhere In The World. A Shame Perhaps As Pitchfork Media Called Them One Of The Two Best Girl Groups Of The 21st Century Along With Sugababes. Girls Aloud Performed A Cover Of Aerosmith And Run DMC's 'Walk This Way' For Children In Need With Sugababes. Girls Aloud Released Their Fifth Studio Album Out Of Control On November 3rd 2008. The Album Debuted At #1 On The UK Albums Chart Selling Over 85 000 Copies. The Lead Single The 60s Flavoured The Promise Entered The UK Singles Chart At #1 Selling More Than 70 000 Copies On Its First Week Of Release. The Album Coincides With Band Member Cheryl's Appearance As A Judge On UK TV Show The X Factor Where She Will Manage The Three Final Girls In An Attempt To Secure One Of Them A Million Pound Recording Contract Over The Other Finalists. Cheryl Is A Judge Alongside Simon Cowell Louis Walsh And Dannii Minogue. The Girls Also Released Their Autobiography Dreams That Glitter In October 2008. After A Three Year Hiatus Girls Aloud Returned In October 2012 For Their 10th Anniversary. A Countdown On Their Website And Social Media Accounts Kicked Off On 9th October With An Announcement Expected On Friday 19th October. Their 22nd Single 'Something New ' Leaked Online On 15th October Following The Release A Teaser Video And Received High Praise From Fans. The Track Premiered On Capital FM The Following Day. In March 20th 2013 After The Last Show Of The Tour Of The Album Ten The Group Announced Via Twitter That They Disbanded.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Call the Shots

Girls-Aloud - Tangled Up

"Call The Shots" Is A Song Performed By British All-Female Pop Group Girls Aloud Taken From Their Fourth Studio Album Tangled Up 2007 . The Song Was Written By Miranda Cooper Brian Higgins And His Production Team Xenomania And Produced By Higgins And Xenomania. Inspired By An Article About The Advance Of Women In Business "Call The Shots" Showed A More Mature Side Of Girls Aloud And Proved To Be Commercially Successful Upon Its Release In November 2007. It Charted At Number Three In The Band's Native United Kingdom Continuing Girls Aloud's Five-Year Streak Of Top Ten Hits And Received A Silver Certification From The British Phonographic Industry. The Music Video Was Filmed In Los Angeles California. "Call The Shots" Was Promoted Through Numerous Live Appearances Including A High-Profile Performance On The X Factor And Has Since Been Performed On All Of Girls Aloud's Subsequent Concert Tours. The Song Described As "an Elegant Electro-Pop Ballad " Received Positive Reviews From Most Contemporary Music Critics. Music Journalist Peter Robinson Who Runs The Successful Popjustice Describes The Song As The "greatest Pop Song Of The 21st Century". Described As "an Elegant Electro-Pop Ballad Delivered With A Restraint And Maturity To Rival Groups Of Twice Their Age " The Song Juxtaposes Guitar Against An Introduction And Chorus Heavy On Synthesizer. The Song Is Written In D Major With A Time Signature In Common Time And A Tempo Of 126 Beats Per Minute. The Vocal Range Spans From B3 To B4. The Chord Progressions Vary Throughout The Song But Include Bm G♯m G Em A And D. The Song Follows Verse-Chorus Form Which Is Rare For A Girls Aloud Song To Do. The Song's Lyricist Miranda Cooper Said That "Call The Shots" Was Actually "inspired By An Article She Read On Something Called Coincidentally The Miranda Complex Named After The Ambitious Lawyer In Sex And The City About How Women Are Earning More Than Men And Pushing Ahead." The Song's Music Was Initially Composed By Xenomania In 2005. The Lyrics Were Written A Year Later During A Songwriting Session In Paris France. "Call The Shots" Was Almost Put Forward As A Single For Girls Aloud's 2006 Greatest Hits Compilation The Sound Of Girls Aloud But The Song Was Deemed "too Downbeat When A Greatest Hits Single Needs To Be A Celebration." Cheryl Cole Told The Daily Star That The Song Is Her Favourite From Tangled Up And That It "gives Me Goosebumps".

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Biography - Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud Are A Critically Acclaimed British-Irish Girl Group Comprising Nicola Roberts Nadine Coyle Cheryl Kimberley Walsh And Sarah Harding. The Band Was Formed On The Reality TV Show Popstars The Rivals In Which A Girl Band Was Pitted Against A Boy Band In The Race For The UK Christmas Number One Single In 2002. Girls Aloud Came Out On Top With Their Debut Single Sound Of The Underground Hitting Number One And Earning Them A Place In The Guinness Book Of World Records As The First Girl Band In British History To Debut At Number One. As Well As The Fastest A Band Has Gone From Being Formed To Getting A Number One And The First Band To Get A Christmas Number One With Their Debut Single. The Band Has Released Five Studio Albums - Sound Of The Underground 2003 What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004 Chemistry 2005 Tangled Up 2007 And Out Of Control 2008 Plus A Greatest Hits Compilation The Sound Of Girls Aloud 2006 . Major Singles Include Sound Of The Underground Love Machine Biology Something Kinda Ooooh Call The Shots And The Promise. The Girls Have A Record 20 Consecutive Top 10 Singles Under Their Collective Belt Now Including 4 Number Ones. Their Lowest Charting Top Ten Single The Loving Kind Reached Number 10. However The Girls 21st Single Untouchable Ended Their Top Ten Streak Peaking At 11 In May. Despite This Up To Week Ending 21st June It Has Outsold Top Ten Singles In Order Of Release And Highest Peak In The UK Chart Wake Me Up No.4 Long Hot Summer No.7 See The Day No.9 Whole Lotta History No.6 And I Think We're Alone Now No.4 . The Girls Have Embarked On Five Major UK Tours To Date Traditionally Starting In April Or May Of Each Year Since 2005. The 2006 2007 2008 And 2009 Shows Have All Been Sold-Out Arena Tours Earning The Girls A Reputation As Putting On An Explosive Live Show. The Most Recent Tour Out Of Control Tour 2009 Is The Largest Tour For The Girls To Date Selling Out Venues Across The UK. They Are Also Set To Be The Support For Coldplay At A Number Of Their Tour Dates In September 2009 Including Wembley Stadium Where The Girls Are Expected To Perform A 75 Minute Set. Girls Aloud Are Unusual In That Their Management Has Never Made A Major Push For Them To Be Successful Other Than Within The UK Market And Despite Their Huge Success In London United Kingdom They Are Relatively Unknown Elsewhere In The World. A Shame Perhaps As Pitchfork Media Called Them One Of The Two Best Girl Groups Of The 21st Century Along With Sugababes. Girls Aloud Performed A Cover Of Aerosmith And Run DMC's 'Walk This Way' For Children In Need With Sugababes. Girls Aloud Released Their Fifth Studio Album Out Of Control On November 3rd 2008. The Album Debuted At #1 On The UK Albums Chart Selling Over 85 000 Copies. The Lead Single The 60s Flavoured The Promise Entered The UK Singles Chart At #1 Selling More Than 70 000 Copies On Its First Week Of Release. The Album Coincides With Band Member Cheryl's Appearance As A Judge On UK TV Show The X Factor Where She Will Manage The Three Final Girls In An Attempt To Secure One Of Them A Million Pound Recording Contract Over The Other Finalists. Cheryl Is A Judge Alongside Simon Cowell Louis Walsh And Dannii Minogue. The Girls Also Released Their Autobiography Dreams That Glitter In October 2008. After A Three Year Hiatus Girls Aloud Returned In October 2012 For Their 10th Anniversary. A Countdown On Their Website And Social Media Accounts Kicked Off On 9th October With An Announcement Expected On Friday 19th October. Their 22nd Single 'Something New ' Leaked Online On 15th October Following The Release A Teaser Video And Received High Praise From Fans. The Track Premiered On Capital FM The Following Day. In March 20th 2013 After The Last Show Of The Tour Of The Album Ten The Group Announced Via Twitter That They Disbanded. read less

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"Call the Shots" is a song performed by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their fourth studio album Tangled Up (2007). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Inspired by an article about the advance of women in business, "Call the Shots" showed a more mature side of Girls Aloud and proved to be commercially successful upon its release in November 2007. It charted at number three in the band's native United Kingdom, continuing Girls Aloud's five-year streak of top ten hits, and received a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry. The music video was filmed in Los Angeles, California. "Call the Shots" was promoted through numerous live appearances, including a high-profile performance on The X Factor, and has since been performed on all of Girls Aloud's subsequent concert tours. The song, described as "an elegant electro-pop ballad," received positive reviews from most contemporary music critics. Music journalist, Peter Robinson, who runs the successful Popjustice describes the song as the "greatest pop song of the 21st century". Described as "an elegant electro-pop ballad delivered with a restraint and maturity to rival groups of twice their age," the song juxtaposes guitar against an introduction and chorus heavy on synthesizer. The song is written in D major with a time signature in common time and a tempo of 126 beats per minute. The vocal range spans from B3 to B4. The chord progressions vary throughout the song, but include Bm, G♯m, G, Em, A, and D. The song follows verse-chorus form, which is rare for a Girls Aloud song to do. The song's lyricist, Miranda Cooper, said that "Call the Shots" was actually "inspired by an article she read on something called (coincidentally) the Miranda Complex, named after the ambitious lawyer in Sex and the City, about how women are earning more than men and pushing ahead." The song's music was initially composed by Xenomania in 2005. The lyrics were written a year later during a songwriting session in Paris, France. "Call the Shots" was almost put forward as a single for Girls Aloud's 2006 greatest hits compilation The Sound of Girls Aloud, but the song was deemed "too downbeat, when a greatest hits single needs to be a celebration." Cheryl Cole told the Daily Star that the song is her favourite from Tangled Up, and that it "gives me goosebumps". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.