"One Night Stand" is a song by British
girl group Mis-Teeq
Mis-Teeq were a British girl group, consisting of Alesha Dixon, Su-Elise Nash and Sabrina Washington. They had two top-ten albums and seven consecutive top-ten singles, with chart-topping success on the UK Singles Chart as well as across Eur ...
, taken from their debut album, ''
Lickin' on Both Sides
''Lickin' on Both Sides'' is the debut studio album by British R&B/UK garage group Mis-Teeq, released by Telstar Records on 29 October 2001. It was primarily produced by Stargate, with additional production from Jensen & Larsson, and Synth a ...
'' (2001). The song was released as the third single from the album on 15 October 2001 and reached number five on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
. In the United States, the song was released as the second single off Mis-Teeq's
self-titled US debut album in 2004, after "
Scandalous". The US single was commercially released as a
maxi-single
A maxi single or maxi-single (sometimes abbreviated to MCD or CDM) is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an A-side song and a B-side song.
The first maxi singles
Mungo Jerry's first single, "In the Summertime" was the ...
and as a
digital download. Musically, "One Night Stand" is an
R&B song with a
garage
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*Garage (residential), a building or part of a building for storing one or more vehicle ...
edge.
Music videos
Two music videos were created for the single "One Night Stand". The original (UK) version, directed by Phil Griffin, took place in a club. The video displayed elaborate colors and clothing of the early 2000s. The music video starts out with Sabrina getting ready and singing acapella to "
All I Want", while Su-Elise and Alesha sit and wait. Su-Elise interrupts Alesha while she is watching the "All I Want" music video to play her to album. The girls are then seen walking down a hallway and into a cab to the club. After the bridge, the
Sunship version of the song is played displaying the
garage
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*Garage (residential), a building or part of a building for storing one or more vehicle ...
sound Mis-Teeq became famous for. The US version, directed by
Jake Nava
Jake Nava is a British director, mostly known for his work in music videos for Beyoncé, Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Britney Spears and The Rolling Stones. He also directs TV commercials, notably for Guinness and Levi Strauss & Co.
Early life and ed ...
, features the girls at an underground garage fashion show. Because this song was the follow-up "
Scandalous" in the US, a darker, sexier image is shown in the video to match the aesthetic of their
debut album in the states. The StarGate version was once again used in the US as the final cut, however, a slightly altered version with no vocoder effect during the verses and a more prominent bass is used. This version was not released commercially.
Track listings
UK and Australian CD single
# "One Night Stand" (StarGate radio edit)
# "One Night Stand" (Sunship radio edit)
# "Lickin' on Both Sides Album Mix"
# "One Night Stand" (StarGate radio edit video)
UK cassette single
# "One Night Stand" (StarGate radio edit)
# "One Night Stand" (Sunship radio edit)
# "Lickin' on Both Sides Album Mix"
UK 12-inch single
:A1. "One Night Stand" (Sunship radio edit)
:B1. "One Night Stand" (Agent X Dubmix)
:B2. "One Night Stand" (Dubaholics 4 to da Floor remix)
European CD single
# "One Night Stand" (StarGate radio edit)
# "One Night Stand" (Sunship radio edit)
US maxi-CD single
# "One Night Stand" (single mix) – 3:23
# "One Night Stand" (Mr. Mig Radio) – 3:40
# "One Night Stand" (
Joe Bermudez & Griffin Missing Boxers mix) – 4:13
# "One Night Stand" (Eddie Baez vocal club mix) – 7:37
# "One Night Stand" (L.E.X. vocal club mix) – 8:58
# "One Night Stand" (X & Early remix) – 7:04
# "One Night Stand" (Mr. Mig extended club) – 7:52
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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Mis-Teeq songs
2001 singles
2001 songs
2004 singles
Music videos directed by Jake Nava
Reprise Records singles
Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers)
Songs about casual sex
Songs about nights
Songs written by Alesha Dixon
Songs written by Hallgeir Rustan
Songs written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen
Songs written by Sabrina Washington
Songs written by Su-Elise Nash
Songs written by Tor Erik Hermansen
Telstar Records singles
UK garage songs