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"About You Now" is a song by British girl group
Sugababes Sugababes are a British girl group composed of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy. The lineup changed three times before returning to the original lineup in 2011. Formed in 1998 by All Saints manager Ron Tom, Sugababes releas ...
from their fifth studio album, ''
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'' (2007). Written and produced by Dr. Luke along with
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and
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, it was released on 24 September 2007 by
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as the
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from the album, the first to feature
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on all tracks. An uptempo
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, it infuses light electronic sounds. Lyrically, "About You Now" finds the protagonist thinking deeply over her relationship with her love interest from whom she parted. The song was generally well received by music critics, who complimented its genre mixing production as well as its US pop influence. The song has been described as a "pop-electro-rock masterpiece" and the best Sugababes single in years. Upon its release, "About You Now" became the group's sixth UK number one hit and highest-charting single since 2005's " Push the Button". It remained atop the
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for four weeks. It also reached the top of the charts in
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, as well as the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Spain. It is Sugababes' highest-selling single to date, having sold more than 500,000 copies. "About You Now" was nominated for a 2008
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for Best British Single. In the 2009 edition of ''
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'', "About You Now" was listed as the "first track by a British pop act to top the singles chart solely on downloads". The song was also named as the "biggest chart mover to the number one position in the UK". In December 2009, it was revealed by BBC that "About You Now" was the UK's fifth most-played song of the decade (2000–09). An acoustic version of the song appears as a bonus track on the group's sixth studio album ''
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'' (2008).


Background

"About You Now" was written by
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and
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, while production was helmed by the former under his pseudonym Dr. Luke with additional production from Steven Wolf. Recorded at the
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in
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, it was mixed by Kurt Read with further assistance from Aniela Gottwald.
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,
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, and programming were handled by Luke, while
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s were led by Tina Kennedy and Luke. Additional keyboard contribution came from Eric Kupper. "About You Now" was described by
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as a "proper pop song".


Critical reception

"About You Now" received generally favourable reviews from both music critics and fans alike.
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reviewer Peter Robinson, who noted a similarity to
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's 2004 single "
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" (also produced by Dr. Luke), described the song as a "pop-electro-rock masterpiece" and dubbed it "the best Sugababes single" since 2002's Round Round. He praised the song's unselfconsciousness and its "very pleased-to-be-exactly-what-it-is" attitude and noted that "it doesn't sound anything like what the Sugababes have done before but it is instantly recognisable as a Sugababes song". Alex Fletcher of ''
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'' summed it as "a pop dish fit for a king ... the lyrics are Waterman-esque perfect pop with the added spice of Sugababes kinkiness". He remarked that while "About You Now" lacked "the sauciness of a " Push the Button" or spiky attitude of "
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", it makes up for it with robot voice effects, a pulsating electronic backbeat and a chorus so addictive that it should probably be taken away and labelled a
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". Adam Webb, writing for
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, called the song a "classic Sugababes: ballsy, tuneful, sassy, slightly amateurish around the edges and generally better than 99.9 per cent of whatever else masquerades under the title of pop music in 2007". Though he noted a lack of edge, blunted by the departure of former band member Mutya Buena, Webb went on declaring it "a short, sharp jolt of classic, perfect pop", giving it seven stars out of ten. By contrast, IndieLondon gave a mixed reception to the song, writing that "it taps into a breezier sound that's designed to fizz with synths, guitars and perky beats. But it doesn't work as well as past hits and lacks the same crossover appeal of earlier cuts "Round, Round" or, most notably, "
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". Tom Young of BBC called "About You Now" a "fierce opening shot. It's one of their strongest tunes to date, and no surprise ... number one." In 2008, "About You Now" was nominated for a
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for Best British Single, eventually losing to
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's " Shine".


Chart performance

"About You Now" made its first chart appearance in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2007 ― for the week ending dated 22 September 2007. It debuted at number thirty five on the
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after the release of a remix package for legal download. A week later, a major boost in downloads, induced by the official release of the digital single, helped catapulting the song to the top of the British charts. This feat made the Sugababes only the fourth act and first homegrown act to chart at number-one on download sales alone. "About You Now" became the band's sixth chart-topper and spent four weeks at number-one, surpassing the chart run of latter single. According to
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, it was ranked both Britain's sixth most-downloaded and sixth best-selling single of 2007. Having sold almost 540,000 copies as of August 2015, it ranks as their best-selling single. In Ireland, "About You Now" debuted at number ten on the
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on downloads alone. A week later, it climbed to number five with the physical release, and later peaked at number two for two weeks, becoming the Sugababes' fourth single to peak on particular position. In Austria, it debuted at number 13 on the
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where it peaked at number 4 in its third week, becoming the band's third biggest hit there after "Push the Button" and " Overload". "About You Now" saw similar success in Germany where it also peaked at number four on
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, eventually becoming the Sugababes' third biggest hit there, again behind "Push the Button" and "Overload". On the Australian ARIA chart, the song peaked at number 57. In New Zealand—despite spending 21 weeks on the charts—it only managed to peak at number 18. On 13 July 2008, "About You Now" re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 48, moving to number 34 the next week after being prominently featured in an episode of ''
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''. This version, recorded for Radio 1's Live Lounge, was used for the funeral of
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.


Music video

The music video for "About You Now" was directed by
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and shot on 24 August 2007 at the Festival Hall in Waterloo in London, England. Although various pictures of the clip were leaked on the net the following days, it was not until 6 September the full video made its world premiere via internet. By 7 September 2007, the video had also debuted on music channels. The video is dedicated to the late
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, who directed the videos for the Sugababes's 2006 singles " Red Dress" and " Easy". The
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mobile phone is used by the two actors in the video; the male actor has the black model whereas the female actor has the white model.


Track listing

*;UK CD single 1 # "About You Now" (Radio Edit) – 3:09 # "Rocks" (
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Live Session) – 3:03 *;UK 7" # "About You Now" (Album Version) – 3:32 # "About You Now" (Kissy Sell Out Remix) – 5:23 *;Int. CD single / UK CD2 single 2 # "About You Now" (Album Version) – 3:32 # "About You Now" (Sticky 'Dirtypop' Remix) – 4:48 # "About You Now" (Spencer & Hill Remix) – 5:51 # "In Recline" – 3:26


Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Change''. *
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 –
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,
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* Production – Dr. Luke **Additional production –
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*
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 – Lukasz Gottwald, Tina Kennedy * Mixing – Kurt Read *Mixing assistance – Aniela Gottwald * Mastering – Chris Parmenidis


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Decade-end charts


Certifications


Release history


Miranda Cosgrove version

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covered was released as single on January 28, 2009, from her EP of the same name. The original lyrics were slightly altered to be made more suitable due to Cosgrove's younger audience. Cosgrove's version was promoted heavily on
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, where the music video was played during commercial breaks.


Commercial performance

The song has become her highest-peaking song to date in the US, peaking at number 47 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song was heavily promoted by Cosgrove. During her first ever live performance, Cosgrove performed the song at the 2008
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On 5 February 2009, Cosgrove released an
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, titled after the song. The EP, which released to the
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, features a total of five songs – "About You Now", "F.Y.I.", and "Party Girl", and features remixes of "About You Now" and "
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". Aside from this performance, Cosgrove also performed the song on ''
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'' on 6 September 2010, along with future single "
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", and a then unreleased track, "BAM", both off of her debut studio album '' Sparks Fly'' released on 27 April 2010.


Music video

The music video, directed by
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premiered on Nickelodeon on 5 December 2008, following the premiere of ''
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''. It features Mexican-American Actor and singer
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as her love interest. In the music video, Miranda is with her friends at the mall where, simultaneously, so is her ex–boyfriend. The best friends look at a necklace then go to a photo booth to take pictures. The pictures of two girls acting like they are dating remind Miranda about her break up with her old boyfriend, wherein she mistakenly accused him of cheating on her. They then go on an escalator and Miranda spots her ex. She texts him that she got it all wrong with him and he locates her and gives her the necklace that Miranda saw in the beginning of the video that she liked. They end up getting back together at the end of the video.


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Other versions

The original version performed by the Sugababes was a massive hit throughout the UK and Europe. The popularity of the song compelled many artists from all different genres from all over Europe to do their own versions. Below is a list of some of the most notable covers. *
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performed this song in the first week of live shows, on BBC1's ''I'd Do Anything''. *
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covered this song on '' The Podge and Rodge Show'' on 12 February 2008. Released as a charity single, with proceeds donated to cystic fibrosis charities, it reached the top of the
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in October 2008. *
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performed an acoustic cover version during a
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Live Lounge session. The song was later released on the commercial CD single for their song "
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". *A cover of this song is the first single from
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's album '' ...And Then There Was Timo'' in 2008. *
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have performed a cover of this song at
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's
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, live at the Union Chapel on 25 November 2007. The recording was officially released on the 2009 compilation '' Up to Now''. * N-Dubz did a cover of the song on their
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. It was in a medley with "
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" by Chris Brown. * The Twins, Nicola & Francine did a cover of the song during the semi-final round of '' Eurovision: Your Country Needs You'', while competing to represent the UK at the
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. Subsequently,
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who rose to stardom from the same show would go to join the Sugababes in late 2009. *In 2011 Kim Wilde covered the song for her new album ''
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''. *In 2014, Scottish folk-rock band
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included a cover of the song on their album "Western Ocean" *In 2015,
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covered the song for his album, '' Closer''. *In 2018 the band A Summer High covered the song *In 202
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