Girls Aloud version See the Day

1 girls aloud version

1.1 background , release
1.2 reception

1.2.1 critical response
1.2.2 chart performance


1.3 music video
1.4 live performances
1.5 track listings , formats
1.6 credits , personnel
1.7 charts

girls aloud version

in 2005, british all-female pop group girls aloud recorded cover of see day third studio album chemistry. version produced brian higgins , production team xenomania. contender christmas number one, single released 4 weeks after biology . single became girls aloud s lowest charting single @ point, continued string of top ten hits on uk singles chart , received extensive airplay.

the music video, had feel of painting, featured girls aloud in scenic landscape of snow globe. see day promoted through numerous live appearances , featured on 2006 s chemistry tour. although track given glossy 21st century refurb, contemporary music critics criticized song lack of creativity , similarities girls aloud s 2004 cover of ll stand . cheryl cole later said hates see day , regrets releasing it.

background , release

much girls aloud s 2004 cover of pretenders ll stand , brian higgins , xenomania felt see day needed stick closely original in terms of tone. song, described obligatory christmas ballad , given glossy 21st century refurb. following jump , aforementioned ll stand , see day girls aloud s third , final cover version released @ christmas apart year later when think re alone released.

the song released on 19 december 2005 contender christmas number 1 of year. available on 2 cd single formats , digital download. first disc included s magic , album track chemistry co-written girls aloud , sung solely nicola roberts. second cd format included unreleased track entitled don t hate , chemistry album medley , soundhouse masterblaster mix of see day . artwork of second disc features girls aloud lying on ground, positioned create snowflake.

cheryl cole stated in january 2008 song put out because stuck ballads. wish hadn t released see day. absolutely hate track, don t think s @ all, s old fashioned.

reception
critical response

girls aloud s version of see day received negative reviews contemporary music critics. cover largely slated lack of creativity , similarities 2004 cover of pretenders ll stand (although critics preferred it). john murphy of musicomh stated see day should wipe away memories of ll stand , while s not in same league girls xenomania compositions, s still far best cover version ve done. virgin media said coming hot on heels of still-charting biology , taken album chock-full of corking tracks, seems more little cynical.

girls aloud won heart award see day @ o2 silver clef lunch, annual awards ceremony honouring songwriting , performance in aid of nordoff-robbins music therapy. nicola roberts , kimberley walsh, members of band, attended awards presentation ceremony.

chart performance

see day became girls aloud s lowest charting single date when entered uk singles chart @ number nine, behind other new entries shayne ward , eminem @ numbers 1 , 5 respectively. single fell 1 position following week, rounding out top ten. swiftly fell down charts, falling number nineteen in third week. song spent total of 6 weeks in uk s top 75. see day made girls aloud first girl group achieve eleven consecutive top ten singles. song airplay hit. was, however, less successful on official uk download chart, see day debuted @ number 29.

on 16 june 2006, lucy benjamin performed version of see day on x factor: battle of stars credited girls aloud rather dee c. lee. following final , benjamin s victory, single briefly re-entered top 200.

see day entered irish singles chart @ number sixteen. fell number seventeen following week, before rising number fifteen in third week. see day reached peak of number fourteen in fourth week on irish singles chart. single spent 8 weeks in ireland s top fifty.

music video

the music video see day directed harvey & carolyn, filmed 1 day after video biology . video starts stage curtain being drawn back, similar opening video biology . girls revealed in snowy realm wearing white dresses. throughout video, various close-up glamour shots shown, group shots of girls standing in line , sitting aronud pond reflecting night sky. @ 1 point, girls can seen within snow globe, perched upon human hand. video ends girls seated around pond, while song title glitters in sky. curtain closes.

the video can found on dvd release of 2006 s chemistry tour, 2007 s style dvd.

live performances

girls aloud performed see day live first time @ children in need s great big bid. band appeared on blue peter, cd:uk (twice), hit40uk, ministry of mayhem, paul o grady show, today des , mel, top of pops, , top of pops reloaded. featured on 2006 s chemistry tour. 1 of group s least favourite singles, 1 of worst-performing, see day has been performed live since release.

track listings , formats

these formats , track listings of major single releases of see day .

credits , personnel

saxophone: ian ritchie
guitar: nick coler
keyboards: brian higgins, tim powell, jon shave
mastering: dick beetham 360 mastering
mixing: brian higgins, tim powell
production: brian higgins, xenomania
programming: brian higgins, tim powell
vocals: girls aloud
published warner/chappell music , xenomania music

charts