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The Saturdays second single, Up, was released on 12th October 2008. The song is co-written by the track’s producers, Josef Larossi and Andreas Romdhane of Quiz & Larossi alongside the girls long-time writer Ina Wroldsen. It was accompanied by a b-side entitled “Crashing Down”; originally recorded by the Nolans in 1982, and written by Benjamin Findon, Robert Puzey and Mike Myers, and produced by Jewels & Store. The song is upbeat and, has prominent dance-pop and electropop genre characteristics. It contains lyrical influences from feelings of feminism and self-confidence in a personal relationship with your lover. Up received mainly positively reviews from contemporary music critics. It also received comparisons to music released by Girls Aloud, Mis-Teeq, Rihanna and Liberty X. The single was also described by the majority of music critics as a better song than the group’s first single If This Is Love. On 19 October 2008, Up, debuted at number five on the UK Singles Chart with first week sales of 26,593. In turn outpeaking and outselling previous single If This Is Love which debuted at number eight with first week sales of 14,990. Up spent a total of 30 weeks inside the UK Top 75. UK Singles Chart Performance Video Browser Videos are posted in chronological order, starting with the music video. The latest videos can always be found at the bottom of the page. Up (Official Music Video) |
| Single: Up Album: Chasing Lights Released 12th October 2008 (UK) CD Single 1. Up (Radio Edit) — 3:25 2. Crashing Down — 3:10 Digital Single 1. Up (Radio Edit) — 3:25 2. Up (Wideboys Radio Edit) — 3:01 iTunes Single 1. Up (Radio Edit) — 3:25 2. Up (Wideboys Remix) — 6:00 |
Up (Official Music Video) Up (Widebox Remix) Up (The Fashion Show, 25th September 2008 Up (Kids Choice Awards 2008) Up (Sound, 4th October 2008) Up (GMTV, 10th October 2008) Up (Everybody Loves Lil’ Chris, 10th October 2008) Up (This Morning, 27th October 2008) Up (National Television Awards Backstage, 29th October 2008) Up (London Games Week, 22nd November 2008) Up (National Lottery Draws, 24th December 2008) Up (The Month With Miquita, 17th January 2009 Up (Eurovision: Your Country Needs You) Up (Show intro for Sound, 28th February 2009) Up (Tonight’s The Night, 25th April 2009) Up (BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, 9th May 2009) Up (T4 On The Beach, 19th July 2009) Up (iTunes Festival, 30th July 2009) Up (MSN Xclusives, October 2009) Up (Diary of The Saturdays: T4 Special, 16th January 2010) Up (Isle Of Wight Festival, 13th June 2010) Up (The Saturdays 24/7, 9th September 2010) |