"Theme to St Trinian's" is a
promotional single recorded by British all-female
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Girls Aloud for the album ''
St Trinian’s: The Soundtrack'' (2007), released to promote the
film of the same name. The song was written by the film's
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Charlie Mole and Ali Thompson, while Girls Aloud's recurring collaborators
Xenomania provided production.
The track was recorded by Girls Aloud to coincide with their
cameo appearance in the film as the St Trinian's School Band. A music video of their performance from the film was used to promote the track, which was available for
digital download alongside the rest of the soundtrack album on 10 December 2007. "Theme to St Trinian's" charted at number 51 before being removed by
Fascination Records
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to avoid confusion with Girls Aloud's actual single "
Call the Shots".
The song is sometimes known as Theme to St. Trinian's Chant.
Background and release
The song was written specifically to serve as the theme tune to the 2007 film ''
St Trinian's''. It was written especially by the film's composer
Charlie Mole, with additional lyrics by Ali Thompson. The song was offered to many artists, but was eventually given to Girls Aloud and produced by their production team
Xenomania.
"Theme to St Trinian's" was later re-recorded by the Banned of St Trinian's; this appeared on the soundtrack to ''
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold'' and was also produced by Xenomania. Coincidentally, Girls Aloud member
Sarah Harding had a starring role in the film.
A
music video for the song was released to
music video stations to promote the film and the soundtrack. The video consists of Girls Aloud performing the song at the end of the movie, as well as various clips of other scenes from throughout the film.
Reception
Digital Spy
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called the song "an electro-glam-sci-fi-rock romp" and gave the song a positive review.
InTheNews.co.uk, however, called it a "below-average song".
The song debuted at number ninety-six on the
UK Singles Chart on 5 January 2008, due to high download sales.
It rose to number fifty-one a week later.
The song was then removed from the
iTunes Store to avoid confusion with Girls Aloud's actual single "
Call the Shots", but readded in April 2008.
Charts
References
External links
Girls Aloud's official website*
{{Girls Aloud songs
2007 songs
Girls Aloud songs
Songs about school
Songs about comics
Songs written for films
Film theme songs
Song recordings produced by Xenomania
Songs written by Charlie Mole