"Girls Up" is the debut single by

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girl group

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. It was released to iTunes on 28 August 2011. The song was produced and written by Chad Dexter and Michaela Shiloh .

Chart performance

The single charted at #25 on the

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, but moved down to #39 the next week. The single failed to chart in Ireland and Scotland, or on the overall UK Top 200.

Music video

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for "Girls Up" was directed by D. O. Fissoun and Mouktar Mohammed and premiered on 17 June 2011 via their official YouTube account. The video sees the girls portrays as dolls, reflecting on modern pressures of girls, and how pretty they feel they must look to impress people. As of June 2012 the video has been viewed 1,024,144 times on

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Live performance

On 2 July 2011, they performed it at London Pride. On 19 August 2011, they performed the single live on

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Track listing

*Digital remix EP #"Girls Up" – 3:58 # "Girls Up" (JME Grime Mix feat. JME) – 3:57 # "Girls Up" (DJ Q Remix feat. JME) – 5:23 # "Girls Up" (Skillzbeatz Urban Mix) – 4:16 # "Girls Up" (The Squatters Remix) – 6:19 # "Girls Up" (Crysta Healy Remix) – 3:34 # "Girls Up" (Money Anderson Soulful House Mix) – 6:13

Chart

Release history

References

2011 singles 2011 songs Songs written by Michaela Shiloh {{2010s-pop-song-stub