Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)

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"Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)"
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Single by the Cheeky Girls
from the album Partytime
Released13 October 2002 (2002-10-13)
Recorded2002
Length3:21
Label Multiply
Songwriter(s) The Cheeky Boyz, Margaret Irimia
Producer(s) The Cheeky Boyz
The Cheeky Girls singles chronology
"Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)"
(2002)		"Take Your Shoes Off"
(2003)

"Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" is a song by Popstars: The Rivals contestants the Cheeky Girls. Written by Pete Kirtley and Tim Hawes (under the name The Cheeky Boyz) and the girls' mother Margit Irimia, the song was released as a single on 13 October 2002, while the show was still running, and was later included on the group's debut album PartyTime . The song spent four non-consecutive weeks at number two in the UK Singles Chart in December 2002 and January 2003. It was also successful in several other European countries, reaching the top 10 in the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium. Despite its success, the song was voted the worst pop record of all time in a Channel 4 poll, in January 2004. [1]

Contents

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [30] Gold400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom2 December 2002CD Multiply [31]
Australia3 February 2003 [32]

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