"Scandalous" is a song by British girl group

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. It was composed by band members

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, and

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along with frequent collaborators

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for their second studio album, '' Eye Candy'' (2003), with production handled by the latter two under their production moniker

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. Written in the key of

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, "Scandalous" is an up-tempo R&B song with a heavy bassline, strings, a siren sound, and suggestive lyrics. The song became a hit throughout Europe and Oceania, reaching the top 10 in Australia, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. "Scandalous" has sold 195,000 copies in the UK, becoming the group's biggest-selling single. In 2004, "Scandalous" was chosen as Mis-Teeq's second single in the United States, where it reached number 35 on the ''

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, number two on the ''Billboard''

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chart, and number 11 on the ''Billboard''

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. A mashup of "Scandalous" with the Redman &

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song " Smash Sumthin'" was performed live at the 2003

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, where the song was nominated for two awards, including 'Best Video'. The mashup, titled "Sumthin' Scandalous", appears on the limited edition of "Eye Candy".

Music video

The music video was directed by

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. It starts at night, where a lone man is seen running through an urban, inner city area, and disabling

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cameras, with a vicious dog on a leash barking at him. The man then runs into an unused warehouse, the location of a secret

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where

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is predominantly seen throughout the rest of the video. The audio for the music video starts out as the radio version for most of the song, before transitioning to the Jazzwad remix from the middle of the bridge onwards.

Track listings

* UK CD single # "Scandalous" (radio mix) – 4:02 # "Scandalous" (Oracle remix) – 4:59 # "Scandalous" (Jazzwad remix) – 4:41 # "Scandalous" (

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radio remix) – 3:48 # "Scandalous" (video) * UK cassette single and European CD single # "Scandalous" (radio mix) – 4:02 # "Scandalous" (Oracle remix) – 4:59 * Australian CD single # "Scandalous" (radio mix) – 4:00 # "Scandalous" (Oracle remix) – 4:57 # "Scandalous" (Jazzwad remix) – 4:40 # "Scandalous" (Blacksmith radio remix) – 3:48 * US CD single # "Scandalous" (single version) – 3:58 # "Scandalous" (Blacksmith radio remix) – 3:48 * US maxi-CD single # "Scandalous" (single version) – 3:58 # "Scandalous" (Blacksmith remix) – 5:03 # "Scandalous" (Jazzwad remix) – 4:47 # "Scandalous" (Rudeness vocal remix) – 6:21 # "Scandalous" ( Bermudez & Griffin Stained Blue Dress mix) – 7:52

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the '' Eye Candy'' album booklet. Studios * Recorded and mixed at StarGate Studios (Norway) * Mastered at Metropolis Mastering (London, England) Personnel *

– production **

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– writing, all instruments **

– writing, all instruments * Mis-Teeq – all vocals **

– writing **

– writing * Miles Showell – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

In popular culture

Mis-Teeq promoted the song by appearing in

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television commercials aired in 2003 to coincide with the song's release, resulting in extra publicity. The song was then featured in promotions for the 2004 film ''

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''. Originally, the film's theme song was to be

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' " Outrageous", but Spears broke her knee on the set of the music video and the idea was scrapped. This resulted in "Scandalous" becoming the theme song.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scandalous (Mis-Teeq Song) 2003 songs 2003 singles Mis-Teeq songs Music videos directed by Jake Nava Reprise Records singles Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers) 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