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"Something Kinda Ooooh" is a song by British all-female pop group
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud were an pop girl group that was created through the ITV talent show '' Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The group comprised singers Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. The group achieved a str ...
, taken from their first
greatest hits
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collection ''
The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits'' (2006). The song was written by
Miranda Cooper
Miranda Eleanor De Fonbrune Cooper (born 1975) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and television presenter. Miranda Cooper has worked in the music industry since 1996 when she gained her first recording contract. She wor ...
,
Brian Higgins
Brian Michael Higgins (born October 6, 1959) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for , serving since 2005. The district, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013 but as the 26th since 2013, includes Buffalo and Ni ...
and his production team
Xenomania
Xenomania is an English songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent, England. Formed by Higgins with his Creative Director Miranda Cooper and Business Director Sarah Stennett of First Access Entertainment, Xenoman ...
, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Inspired by
1980s pop
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and
George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the MTV generation and is one of the best-selling musici ...
, "Something Kinda Ooooh" was released as a single in October 2006. It returned Girls Aloud to the top three of 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 ...
for the first time in two years. It also made Girls Aloud the first British act to debut in the top five on the chart based on legal download sales alone.
The music video shows Girls Aloud driving sports cars. The group admitted that the video was not their best, due to time restraints. "Something Kinda Ooooh" was promoted through numerous live appearances and has since been performed on each one of
Girls Aloud's subsequent concert tours. Described as "a welcome return to a tune which gets you moving", the song received praise from contemporary music critics.
Background and composition
"Something Kinda Ooooh" is an uptempo
alternative dance
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song, written and recorded to launch Girls Aloud's greatest hits compilation ''
The Sound of Girls Aloud
''The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits album of British girl group Girls Aloud. It was first released in the United Kingdom through a limited edition on 23 October 2006, while the standard version was release ...
''. Upon
Xenomania
Xenomania is an English songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent, England. Formed by Higgins with his Creative Director Miranda Cooper and Business Director Sarah Stennett of First Access Entertainment, Xenoman ...
's first attempt at creating a single, they came up with "Dog Without a Bone", which would later become the b-side to "
Sexy! No No No...".
On the second attempt, they aimed to make a song influenced by the 1980s and
George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the MTV generation and is one of the best-selling musici ...
's "
Too Funky
"Too Funky" is a song written and performed by English singer and songwriter George Michael and released by Columbia Records in the United States and Epic Records elsewhere in 1992. The song was Michael's final single for his recording contr ...
", with "Something Kinda Ooooh" being created.
The song went back and forth between Xenomania and their band several times before being finalised.
A restructure of the song placed
Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and television personality. Born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, she rose to fame in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's '' Popstars: ...
's "I've got to heat it up" verse in the introduction as well as the
middle 8
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...
, while the third attempt of creating a single turned "Something Kinda Ooooh" into a full-on dance track.
Release
On 4 October 2006, "Something Kinda Ooooh" became the first Girls Aloud single since "
Sound of the Underground" to go onto
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's A List, guaranteeing the song at least 20 plays a week.
The single was released as a
digital download on 16 October 2006, and on physical formats a week later on 23 October 2006. It was available on two CD single formats. The first disc included "The Crazy Life", co-written by Girls Aloud and sung solely by
Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Jane Scott (née Walsh; born 20 November 1981) is an English singer, fashion designer, model, variety performer, television presenter, actress and dancer. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality series '' Po ...
. The second CD format included "Models" from the ''
Chemistry
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'' album, following its use as the theme to the television series ''
Girls Aloud: Off the Record''.
The version featured has a slightly edited intro and censors the word "shit" in the second verse. The second disc also includes the Tony Lamezma Remix of "Something Kinda Ooooh" and a greatest hits
megamix
A megamix is a remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. It often features various artists. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. It is ...
by Jewels & Stone.
A number of remixes were made available digitally. The Tube City Remix of the song appears on 2007's ''
Mixed Up''. A live recording of "Something Kinda Ooooh" appears on 2007's "
Sexy! No No No..." and on 2008's ''
Girls A Live''.
The song was featured on the soundtrack to the film ''
Run, Fat Boy, Run'', while the UCA used the song heavily in their 2009 cheer camp series. It was the music for the "Extreme Routine", the most difficult challenge the cheerleaders face at camp. The song was also performed in a televised audition for the 9th season of
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...
. "Something Kinda Ooooh" was played during the obsequies of German
goalkeeper
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Robert Enke
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He played for Mönchengladbach, Benfica, and Barcelona, but made the majority of his appearances for Bundesliga side Hannover 96 ...
. It was also the theme song for professional wrestler
Jetta, and has also occasionally been used by her tag team partner
Rain
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. "Something Kinda Ooooh" can be heard in the third episode of series one of
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Miranda''.
The song is also heard in the second episode of series two of
E4's ''
The Inbetweeners
''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 until 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager ...
''.
Reception
Critical response
"Something Kinda Ooooh" was referred to as "another head-spinningly innovative number from the Xenomania team" that served as "more proof that they
irls Aloudare this country's finest pop act."
CBBC
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Newsround
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called the song "a welcome return to a tune which gets you moving" (following two ballads, "
See the Day
"See the Day" is a song by English singer Dee C. Lee, released as a single on 21 October 1985. On 2 December it peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart where it stayed for two weeks. The single sold in excess of 250,000 copies, receiving a s ...
" and "
Whole Lotta History
"Whole Lotta History" is a song by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their third studio album ''Chemistry'' (2005). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgi ...
").
The review continued that "the girls are still at the top of their game."
Peter Robinson of music website
Popjustice
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described the song as "a breakneck romp through three albums' worth of game-changing, era-defining, genre-redefining pop music."
"Something Kinda Ooooh" was nominated for the
Popjustice £20 Music Prize
The Popjustice £20 Music Prize, also known as the Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize, is an annual prize awarded by music website Popjustice to recognise the best British pop single of the previous year. The prize was conceived by Popjustice founder P ...
in 2007, an annual prize awarded by a panel of judges organised by Popjustice to the singer(s) of the best British pop single of the past year. Girls Aloud had previously won the award for "
No Good Advice
"No Good Advice" is a song by British-Irish girl group Girls Aloud, taken from their debut album, '' Sound of the Underground'' (2003). The song was written by Aqua's Lene Nystrøm Rasted, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xe ...
", "
Wake Me Up", and "
Biology
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", but only came fourth with "Something Kinda Ooooh".
Chart performance
Following the single's release as a
digital download, "Something Kinda Ooooh" entered the official
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 ...
at number five.
They became the first British act to chart in the top five on legal download sales. The following week, "Something Kinda Ooooh" reached its peak of number three. The single stayed at number three for a second week, while Girls Aloud's greatest hits collection topped the albums chart. It fell to number seven the next week. After falling to number twelve in its fifth week, "Something Kinda Ooooh" rose three places to reenter the top ten at number nine. Overall, the single spent fifteen weeks in the UK's top 75. It was the 36th biggest selling single in the UK in the whole of 2006.
"Something Kinda Ooooh" also peaked at number three on the
UK Download Chart
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The main chart con ...
.
The song charted at number seven on the
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and compiled on their behalf by the Official Charts Company. Chart rankings are bas ...
and number eleven on the ''
Billboard
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''
European Hot 100 Singles
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chart.
Music video
The music video for "Something Kinda Ooooh" was directed by Stuart Gosling. It was filmed on 12 September 2006 and premiered on UK music TV station
The Box on 21 September 2006. However, The Box had actually shown an early edit of the video, and the finished version was shown on
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
's
Popworld
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The show began ...
on 30 September 2006. It features the girls "driving" sports cars in front of a green screen showing the streets of London.
Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and television personality. Born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, she rose to fame in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's '' Popstars: ...
has a car to herself,
Nadine Coyle
Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle (born 15 June 1985) is an Irish singer, actress and model. In 2002, Coyle was selected as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud, with whom she has been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK top ten ...
shares with
Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Jane Scott (née Walsh; born 20 November 1981) is an English singer, fashion designer, model, variety performer, television presenter, actress and dancer. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality series '' Po ...
, and
Nicola Roberts
Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is a British pop singer. She rose to prominence in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's '' Popstars: The Rivals''. The group's success helped them win the c ...
shares with
Sarah Harding
Sarah Nicole Harding (; 17 November 1981 – 5 September 2021) was an English singer, model and actress. Her professional career began in 2002 when she successfully auditioned for the ITV reality series '' Popstars: The Rivals'', during which ...
. The featured sports cars of the video are a red
TVR Tuscan 2 convertible, and a blue
TVR Tamora
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. The group also perform a dance routine in front of flashing strobelights.
In an interview with
MTV Hits
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, Cole admitted that "Something Kinda Ooooh" was not their best video. She, along with the rest of the girls, blamed lack of time for the video's outcome and revealed that the video was not what she or the girls had wanted it to be.
The video can be found on the
enhanced section of the "Something Kinda Ooooh" CD single, as well as Girls Aloud's 2007 DVD release ''
Style
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* Architectural style, the features that make a building or structure historically identifiable
* Design, the process of creating something
* Fashion, a prevailing mode of clothing ...
''.
Live performances
"Something Kinda Ooooh" was notably Girls Aloud's first single release following the cancellation of music-oriented television programmes like ''
CD:UK'', ''
Top of the Pops
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'', and ''
Top of the Pops Reloaded
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''. The group performed "Something Kinda Ooooh" live for the first time on ''
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
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''. The song was also performed on
T4's ''
Popworld
''Popworld'' is a British television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4 as part of the T4 strand, featuring pop news, trivia, gossip, interviews and music videos, as well as musical performances from contemporary artists.
The show began ...
'', ''The Album Chart Show'', the
Children in Need 2006 telethon, and ''Top of the Pops Christmas special, as well as at the
Harrods
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Christmas parade. They performed the song at a number of live events and open-air concerts, such as
G-A-Y
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History
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, Sketch,
T4 on the Beach
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(2007), and
V Festival (2008). Girls Aloud performed a downtempo version with an acoustic arrangement at an intimate gig for
Birmingham
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's leading radio station,
96.4 BRMB. A recording of the performance was later made available on ''
Girls A Live'', a limited edition live album released through
Woolworths. They performed the song in black tutus for
ITV1
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's ''
The Girls Aloud Party
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All five members t ...
'' (2008). In 2012, it was performed at
Capital FM's
Jingle Bell Ball
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to promote Girls Aloud's second greatest hits album ''
Ten''.
The song has been performed at all of Girls Aloud's concert tours since its release. It served as the opening number of 2007's
The Greatest Hits Tour. Girls Aloud descended onto the stage on a large platform. For 2008's
Tangled Up Tour
The Tangled Up Tour was the fourth concert tour by English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud. It supported their fourth studio album '' Tangled Up''. Tour dates were announced in November 2007. Girls Aloud performed twenty-four shows at arenas acros ...
, the song served as the
encore
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. Girls Aloud were "untangled" and then performed the song in neon swimwear and legwarmers, while
confetti
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fell. The song was also included on 2009's
Out of Control Tour
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and featured as a part of Girls Aloud's set opening for
Coldplay
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at
Wembley Stadium
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.
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Something Kinda Ooooh".
;UK CD1 (Fascination / 1709880)
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" – 3:23
# "The Crazy Life"
(Girls Aloud, Higgins, Coler) – 3:19
;UK CD2 (Fascination / 1709889)
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" – 3:23
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (Tony Lamezma Remix) – 5:42
# "Models" (Theme from ''
Off the Record'')
(Cooper, Higgins, Powell, Coler, Lisa Cowling, Myra Boyle) – 3:27
# "''
The Sound of Girls Aloud
''The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits album of British girl group Girls Aloud. It was first released in the United Kingdom through a limited edition on 23 October 2006, while the standard version was release ...
'' Megamix" – 6:24
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (video) – 3:13
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (karaoke video) – 3:13
;''The Singles Boxset'' (CD13)
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" – 3:23
# "The Crazy Life" – 3:19
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (Tony Lamezma Remix) – 3:23
# "Models" (Theme from ''Off the Record'') – 3:27
# "''
The Sound of Girls Aloud
''The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits album of British girl group Girls Aloud. It was first released in the United Kingdom through a limited edition on 23 October 2006, while the standard version was release ...
'' Megamix" – 6:24
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (Co-Stars Remix) – 5:43
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (Tube City Remix) – 5:29
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (Free ZR Remix) – 6:02
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (Flip & Fill Remix) – 5:52
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (video) – 3:13
# "Something Kinda Ooooh" (karaoke video) – 3:13
Credits and personnel
* Guitar:
Nick Coler
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* Keyboards:
Brian Higgins
Brian Michael Higgins (born October 6, 1959) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for , serving since 2005. The district, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013 but as the 26th since 2013, includes Buffalo and Ni ...
,
Tim Powell, Nick Coler
* Mastering: Dick Beetham for 360 Mastering
* Mixing: Brian Higgins, Tim Powell
* Production: Brian Higgins,
Xenomania
Xenomania is an English songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent, England. Formed by Higgins with his Creative Director Miranda Cooper and Business Director Sarah Stennett of First Access Entertainment, Xenoman ...
* Programming: Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Eliza Dodd-Noble
* Songwriting:
Miranda Cooper
Miranda Eleanor De Fonbrune Cooper (born 1975) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and television presenter. Miranda Cooper has worked in the music industry since 1996 when she gained her first recording contract. She wor ...
, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Giselle Sommerville, Jody Leigh
* Vocals:
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud were an pop girl group that was created through the ITV talent show '' Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The group comprised singers Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. The group achieved a str ...
* Published by
Warner/Chappell Music
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...
and Xenomania Music
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end chart
Certifications
Cover versions
The song has been covered by London-based band
WARGASM
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Gameplay
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for
Amazon Music
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, as well as South African girl band for their 2007 album ''So Elektries'', reworked in
Afrikaans
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as
''Ietsie Binne My''.
References
External links
Girls Aloud's official website
{{Authority control
2006 singles
2006 songs
Fascination Records singles
Girls Aloud songs
Music videos directed by Stuart Gosling
Song recordings produced by Xenomania
Songs written by Brian Higgins (producer)
Songs written by Miranda Cooper
Songs written by Giselle Sommerville