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SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND
by GIRLS ALOUD
With their debut single, Girls Aloud had change on their mind. Cheryl, Nicola, Nadine, Kimberley and Sarah may have been put together via a public vote on Popstars: The Rivals, but their material transcended the medium through which they found their fame; with a dark and sneering surf guitar and a drum'n'bass-adjacent production that heralded Britain's newest girlband as something new.
Finding the perfect collaborators in pop contortionists Xenomania, Girls Aloud exploded with Sound of the Underground, and it signposted them as a pop act who weren't prepared to play by pre-determined pop rules. When had a reality TV show winner's single ever sounded like this?
In direct competition with One True Voice for Christmas Number 1, the campaign was on to 'Buy Girls, Bye Boys!' and pop justice reigned supreme - Sound of the Underground debuted at Number 1 as 2002's Christmas Number 1 single and kickstarted Girls Aloud's record-setting 20 consecutive Top 10 singles, a body of work that constantly challenged and interrogated what British pop music could look, do and sound like.
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- Peak position2
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue numberGBAKW0201569
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Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 1Top 10
- 1Top 20
- 1Top 40
- 1Top 75
- 2Top 100
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1 week - 16/09/2021
1 week - 22/12/2022
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- Peak position97
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue numberGBAKW0201569
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 0Top 10
- 0Top 20
- 0Top 40
- 0Top 75
- 1Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 16/09/2021
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- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue number0658272
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Weeks on chart
- 5No1
- 8Top 10
- 12Top 20
- 19Top 40
- 32Top 75
- 37Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 06/04/2023
1 week - 11/05/2023
1 week - 29/06/2023
1 week - 07/12/2023
1 week - 04/01/2024
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