List of songs recorded by Girls Aloud

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This is a list of all songs performed by the British pop girl group Girls Aloud .

Contents

Original songs

TitleAlbumYear
"100 Different Ways" What Will The Neighbours Say? bonus track2004
"All I Need (All I Don't)" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Androgynous Girls""Love Machine" CD22004
"Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me" Ten 2012
"Big Brother" What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004
"Biology" Chemistry 2005
"Black Jacks" Tangled Up 2007
"Blow Your Cover""Call the Shots" CD22007
"Boogie Down Love" Sound of the Underground 2002
"Call the Shots" Tangled Up 2007
"Can't Speak French" Tangled Up 2007
"Christmas Round at Ours" Chemistry Christmas bonus disc2005
"Close to Love" Tangled Up 2007
"Control of the Knife" Tangled Up 2007
"Count the Days" Chemistry Christmas bonus disc2005
"Crazy Fool""Whole Lotta History" CD12006
"The Crazy Life""Something Kinda Ooooh" CD12006
"Crocodile Tears" Tangled Up 2007
"Damn" Tangled Up 2007
"Disco Bunny""What Will The Neighbours Say?" 20th Anniversary Edition2024
"Dog Without a Bone""Sexy! No No No..." CD22007
"Don't Want You Back" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Every Now and Then" Ten 2012
"Everything You Ever Wanted" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Fix Me Up" Out of Control 2008
"Fling" Tangled Up 2007
"Forever and a Night" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Girl Overboard" Tangled Up 2007
"Girls Allowed" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Graffiti My Soul" What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004
"Hear Me Out" What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004
"History""Wake Me Up" CD22005
"Hoxton Heroes""Can't Speak French" CD12008
"I'm Falling" Tangled Up 2007
"I Don't Really Hate You""See the Day" CD22005
"I Say a Prayer for You" What Will The Neighbours Say? bonus track2004
"I Wanna Kiss You So (Christmas In A Nutshell)" Chemistry Christmas bonus disc2005
"Intro" Chemistry 2005
"It's Magic" Chemistry 2005
"It's Your Dynamite""Untouchable" CD2009
"Je Ne Parle Pas Francais""Can't Speak French" CD22008
"Life Got Cold" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Lights, Music, Camera Action""Life Got Cold" cassette/European CD2003
"Live in the Country" Out of Control 2008
"Long Hot Summer" Chemistry 2005
"Love Bomb" Sound of the Underground 2002
"Love Machine" [A] What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004
"Love/Hate" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Love Is the Key" Out of Control 2008
"Love is Pain" Out of Control 2008
"Loving is Easy" [B] "Wake Me Up" 7"2005
"The Loving Kind" Out of Control 2008
"Mars Attack" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Memory of You""The Loving Kind" 7"2009
"Miss You Bow Wow" Out of Control 2008
"Models" Chemistry 2005
"Money" The Sound of Girls Aloud 2006
"No Good Advice" Sound of the Underground 2003
"No Regrets" Chemistry 2005
"Nobody But You""Biology" CD22005
"Not Tonight Santa" Chemistry Christmas bonus disc2005
"On a Round""No Good Advice" CD12003
"On My Way to Satisfaction" St. Trinian's: The Soundtrack 2007
"On the Metro" Ten 2012
"The Promise" Out of Control 2008
"Racy Lacey" Chemistry 2005
"Real Life" What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004
"Revolution in the Head" Out of Control 2008
"Rolling Back the Rivers in Time" Out of Control 2008
"Sexy! No No No..." Tangled Up 2007
"She""The Promise" CD2008
"The Show" What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004
"Singapore" [C] The Sound of Girls Aloud rarities bonus disc2006
"Some Kind of Miracle" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Something Kinda Ooooh" The Sound of Girls Aloud 2006
"Something New" Ten 2012
"Sound of the Underground" Sound of the Underground 2002
"Stop" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Swinging London Town" Chemistry 2005
"Thank Me Daddy" What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004
"Theme to St. Trinian's"St. Trinian's: The Soundtrack2007
"Turn to Stone" Out of Control 2008
"Untouchable" Out of Control 2008
"Waiting" Chemistry 2005
"Wake Me Up" [D] What Will The Neighbours Say? 2004
"Watch Me Go" Chemistry 2005
"What You Crying For" Tangled Up 2007
"White Lies" Sound of the Underground 2003
"Whole Lotta History" Chemistry 2005
"Why Do It?""I Think We're Alone Now" CD12006
"Wild Horses" Chemistry 2005
"You Freak Me Out" Sound of the Underground re-issue2003

Covers

TitleAlbumOriginal artistYear
"Baby When You Go" What Will The Neighbours Say? 20th Anniversary Edition Mania 2024
"Broken Strings" Out of Control: Live from the O2 2009 James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado 2009
"Deadlines & Diets" What Will The Neighbours Say? Moonbaby 2004
"Girls on Film" [E] "Life Got Cold" CD1 Duran Duran 2003
"Grease" [F] "Jump" CD1 Frankie Valli 2003
"Hanging on the Telephone" The Sound of Girls Aloud rarities bonus disc The Nerves 2006
"Here We Go" What Will The Neighbours Say? Moonbaby 2004
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"ITV's Greasemania Olivia Newton-John 2003
"I'll Stand by You" What Will The Neighbours Say? The Pretenders 2004
"I'm Every Woman"ITV's Discomania Chaka Khan 2004
"I Predict a Riot" The Sound of Girls Aloud rarities bonus disc Kaiser Chiefs 2006
"I Think We're Alone Now" The Sound of Girls Aloud Tommy James & The Shondells 2006
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" Chemistry Christmas bonus disc Wizzard 2005
"Jingle Bell Rock" Chemistry Christmas bonus disc Bobby Helms 2005
"Jump" [G] Sound of the Underground re-issue The Pointer Sisters 2003
"Merry Xmas Everybody" Chemistry Christmas bonus disc Slade 2005
"Rehab""Call the Shots" CD1 Amy Winehouse 2007
"Sacred Trust" The Sound of Girls Aloud rarities bonus disc Bee Gees 2002
"See the Day" Chemistry Dee C. Lee 2005
"Sound and Vision" [H] Radio 1 Established 1967 David Bowie 2007
"Stay Another Day""Sound of the Underground" CD1 East 17 2002
"Teenage Dirtbag" Radio 1 Established 1967 Wheatus 2007
"Walk This Way" [I] Comic Relief charity single Aerosmith 2007
"We Wanna Party" Out of Control Lene 2008
"White Christmas" Chemistry Christmas bonus disc Bing Crosby 2005
"Wicked Game" What Will The Neighbours Say? 20th Anniversary Edition Chris Isaak 2024
"With Every Heartbeat" Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3 Robyn and Kleerup 2008
"Womanizer" Out of Control: Live from the O2 2009 Britney Spears 2009

Live songs

Unreleased songs

These songs were recorded by Girls Aloud, but remain unreleased.

See also

Footnotes

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Girls Aloud are a British-Irish pop girl group that was created through the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The line up consisted of members Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. In 2012, the group was named as the United Kingdom's biggest selling girl group of the 21st century so far, with over 4.3 million singles sales and 4 million albums sold in the UK alone. During their two decades together, the group achieved a string of twenty top ten singles on the UK Singles Chart, including four number ones. They also achieved seven certified albums, two of which debut at number one. They have been nominated for five Brit Awards, winning the 2009 Best Single for "The Promise".

Xenomania is an English songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent. Formed by Higgins with his Creative Director Miranda Cooper and Business Director Sarah Stennett of First Access Entertainment, Xenomania has written and produced for artists such as Cher, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Pet Shop Boys, The Saturdays and Sugababes. In particular, all but one of Girls Aloud's studio albums have been entirely written and produced by Xenomania. Sugababes' "Round Round" and Girls Aloud's "Sound of the Underground" have been credited with reshaping British pop music for the 2000s. Gabriella Cilmi's "Sweet About Me" and Girls Aloud's "The Promise" were named Best Single at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 and the 2009 BRIT Awards, respectively.

<i>What Will the Neighbours Say?</i> 2004 studio album by Girls Aloud

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<i>Chemistry</i> (Girls Aloud album) 2005 studio album by Girls Aloud

Chemistry is the third studio album by English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud. It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2005 by Polydor Records. After the success of What Will the Neighbours Say?, the album was again entirely produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania. Chemistry is a loose concept album which details celebrity lifestyle and "what it's like to be a twentysomething girl in London." A number of the songs avert the verse-chorus form typical of pop music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">No Good Advice</span> 2003 single by Girls Aloud

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Love Machine (Girls Aloud song)</span> 2004 single by Girls Aloud

"Love Machine" is a song recorded by British girl group Girls Aloud from their second studio album, What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004). It was released by Polydor Records on 13 September 2004, as the second single from the album. The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Lisa Cowling, Myra Boyle, and Shawn Lee. The instrumentation was inspired by The Smiths, and created by Powell and Coler. "Love Machine" is an uptempo pop rock song with elements of 1980s synthpop. The single was received favourably by contemporary music critics, who deemed it a joyful track that was different from the single releases by other artists at the time. According to research carried out for Nokia in 2006, "Love Machine" is the second "most exhilarating" song ever.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wake Me Up (Girls Aloud song)</span> 2005 single by Girls Aloud

"Wake Me Up" is a song recorded by British girl group Girls Aloud from their second studio album, What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004). It was released by Polydor Records on 21 February 2005, as the fourth and final single from the album. The song had been initially considered as the lead single, however, it was deemed to sound too harsh and the record company did not want to take the risk. The track was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Shawn Lee, Lisa Cowling, Paul Woods and Yusra Maru'e. "Wake Me Up" is a pop rock song composed of a "garage rock guitar riff". It received mixed reviews from music critics. While some described it as predictable, others wrote that it appeared to be an attempt to recapture the sound of some of their previous release. Alex Kapranos, the lead singer of indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, said "Wake Me Up" inspired the band to work with producer Brian Higgins.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Long Hot Summer (Girls Aloud song)</span> 2005 single by Girls Aloud

"Long Hot Summer" is a song by English-Irish all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken as the first single from their third studio album Chemistry (2005). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. "Long Hot Summer" was written for inclusion in the Disney film Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), but plans fell through. Higgins later described the track as "a disaster record." Released in August 2005, it became Girls Aloud's first single to miss the top five on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number seven.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Biology (song)</span> 2005 single by Girls Aloud

"Biology" is a song performed by English-Irish all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their third studio album Chemistry (2005). The progressive pop song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and Higgins' production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Composed of distinct sections, it avoids the verse-chorus form present in most contemporary pop music. "Biology" was released as a single in November 2005, ahead of the album's release. Following the disappointment of "Long Hot Summer", "Biology" returned Girls Aloud to the top five of the UK Singles Chart and became their tenth top ten hit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whole Lotta History</span> 2006 single by Girls Aloud

"Whole Lotta History" is a song by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their third studio album Chemistry (2005). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Described as "a lush ballad", "Whole Lotta History" was slightly remixed and released as a single in March 2006. It continued Girls Aloud's string of hits by becoming their twelfth consecutive single to chart within the top ten on the UK Singles Chart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Something Kinda Ooooh</span> 2006 single by Girls Aloud

"Something Kinda Ooooh" is a song by British-Irish all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their first greatest hits collection The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits (2006). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Inspired by 1980s pop and George Michael, "Something Kinda Ooooh" was released as a single in October 2006. It returned Girls Aloud to the top three of the UK Singles Chart for the first time in two years. It also made Girls Aloud the first British act to debut in the top five on the chart based on legal download sales alone.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sexy! No No No...</span> 2007 single by Girls Aloud

"Sexy! No No No..." is a song by British-Irish girl group Girls Aloud from their fourth studio album, Tangled Up (2007). In April 2007, the group announced that they would release a new album, due in November of that year. In July 2007, it was announced that "Sexy! No No No...", due to be released in September, would be as the first single from Tangled Up, with a radio premiere scheduled for 20 July. The track leaked a few hours prior to the premiere. "Sexy! No No No..." was written by Girls Aloud and Xenomania, and is an electropunk song that incorporates a sample of Nazareth's 1975 song "Hair of the Dog", for which they received a writing credit. Composed of three songs welded together, the song avoids the verse-chorus form present in most contemporary pop music, similar to their previous single "Biology" (2005).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Call the Shots</span> 2007 single by Girls Aloud

"Call the Shots" is a song by British-Irish girl group Girls Aloud from their fourth studio album, Tangled Up (2007). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, with inspiration from an article about the advance of women in business, and Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Lisa Cowling, and Giselle Somerville also received songwriting credits. Polydor Records originally intended to release it the lead single for The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits (2006); however, "Something Kinda Ooooh" was selected instead. In September 2007, "Call the Shots" leaked online, and on 26 November of the same year, it was released as the second single from Tangled Up through Fascination Records, a week after the album's release.

<i>Tangled Up</i> (Girls Aloud album) 2007 studio album by Girls Aloud

Tangled Up is the fourth studio album by English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud. It was released through Fascination Records and Polydor Records on 16 November 2007, and was distributed in two physical formats and made available for digital consumption. The album is a pop record that incorporates elements of dance-pop, synthpop, and various EDM sub-genres produced by long time-collaborators Brian Higgins and production team Xenomania. Marking a more mature approach according to group member Cheryl, the album lyrically delves into themes of love, relationships and femininity, and it was the group's first experimentation with tools such as autotune and vocoder. Production and development began with each member meeting with Higgins to discuss their personal and professional experiences since the release of their third album Chemistry (2005). It was recorded separately from April to October 2007, with the band members earning songwriting credits for two tracks off the album.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Can't Speak French</span> 2008 single by Girls Aloud

"Can't Speak French" is a song performed by British-Irish all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their fourth studio album and serving as the third and final single from the album Tangled Up (2007). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Described as "a swirling, slower cut with great jazzy guitar changes," Higgins said it was "the easiest Girls Aloud single they made." Upon its release in March 2008, "Can't Speak French" charted within the top ten on the UK Singles Chart, continuing their five-year streak of top ten hits.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Here We Go (Moonbaby song)</span> 2000 song by Moonbaby

"Here We Go" is a pop song written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, and Matt Gray, originally recorded by Cooper under the alias Moonbaby. The song was initially released as Moonbaby's first single in 2000, later being covered by Lene Nystrøm in 2003 and Girls Aloud in 2004. A version with rewritten lyrics appears as the theme music of the French/Canadian animated television series Totally Spies!.

<i>Out of Control</i> (Girls Aloud album) 2008 studio album by Girls Aloud

Out of Control is the fifth and final studio album by English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud, released on 31 October 2008 in Ireland and on 3 November 2008 in the UK by Fascination Records. Like their previous albums, it was crafted by the production team of Brian Higgins and Xenomania. Out of Control builds on the sound of Girls Aloud's previous albums and represents a move into the mainstream for the group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Loving Kind</span> 2009 single by Girls Aloud

"The Loving Kind" is a song by English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud, taken from their fifth studio album Out of Control (2008). The song was written by Pet Shop Boys, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Described as a "synth-pop ballad", "The Loving Kind" was originally written for inclusion on Pet Shop Boys' Yes (2009) before being given to Girls Aloud. Upon its release in January 2009, "The Loving Kind" peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart, thereby continuing their six-year streak of top-ten hits.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chemistry: The Tour</span> 2006 concert tour by Girls Aloud

Chemistry: The Tour was the second concert tour by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud. It supported their third studio album, Chemistry. Following the success of 2005's What Will the Neighbours Say...? Tour, Girls Aloud performed in arenas across the United Kingdom for the first time. Girls Aloud announced tour dates in October 2005. They performed just ten dates, making it their shortest tour. The tour began in Nottingham on 22 May 2006 and concluded in London on 3 June 2006.

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