About a Girl - SugababesI've never liked a song so much that I was so disappointed in. When Keisha Buchanon said that the second single from the Sugababes upcoming album Sweet 7 was going to be a classic Sugababes stomper (I'm paraphrasing), she was right on the money. Unfortunately, the official version released won't feature Keisha, since she was outsted from the group in September.
Since Keisha was the last original member of the trio, is it really the Sugababes any more? No, it's not. So About a Girl should actually be credited to a female trio under a new name. Extremely, very disappointing for the 'babes.
Nonetheless, About a Girl is dance pop tune that's just about perfect. It starts off moving and never stops with its Oh Oh Ha Hayee Oh Oh hook and beats that you just can't help but move to. About a Girl is along the lines of Push the Button. You hear it and immediately know it's the Sugababes and realize why they are brilliant pop stars. Red One, who seems to be every where right now, produced this track and did a great job.
I think About a Girl is actually what the Sugababes where trying to acheive when they released Girls in 2007. That song was good, but it was pretty much panned on the Internet - though it reached #3 in the UK charts. I liked it at the time, but don't listen to it much when I'm playing past Sugababes' hits. So I wonder how good could it have really been? I'm glad they're back to recording and releasing songs worthy of the Sugababes name - even if they aren't really the Sugababes any more.
About a Girl is so Sugababes, I'm pretty sure it's going to be a pretty big UK hit even with the change in the line up. The test will be when subsequent singles are released and what they sound like - not to mention when the first Sugababes album without Keisha is released on November 23 in the UK. I also read that About a Girl was going to be the first Sugababes single released in the US since 2003's Hole in the Head.
As perfect as it is, I'm not sure About a Girl is the perfect song to release in the US to break the Sugababes. About a Girl is still pretty Euro, so I can't decide if Get Sexy (the 'babes previous single and UK #2) might be better to try to grab attention for this otherwise "new" group to America. I guess only time will tell.
By the way, you can find the Keisha version of About a Girl on the Internet ripped from the when the song first debuted on Radio One. And it's pretty high quality. I prefer this version to the official one that will be released with Jade Ewan's vocals. But I have to admit the song is so good, it works with either Keisha or Jade's voice.
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