Ugly (song)

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"Ugly"
Single by Sugababes
from the album Taller In More Ways
B-side(s)	"Come Together", "Future Shokk!"
Released	December 2005
Format	CD maxi single 5" Maxi Single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:53
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Dallas Austin Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena Heidi Range
Producer(s)	Dallas Austin
Chart positions
#3 (UK) #5 (New Zealand) #7 (Netherlands) #8 (Czech, Finland) #9 (Norway)
Sugababes singles chronology
"Push the Button" (2005)	"Ugly" (2005)	"Red Dress" (2006)

"Ugly" is a pop song written by Dallas Austin, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, and Heidi Range for the Sugababes' fourth studio album Taller In More Ways (2005). Produced by Dallas, it was released as the album's second and final single with former band member and co-founder, Mutya Buena in December 2005. While the song peaked within the top 10 in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and the UK, "Ugly" entered the top twenty on the majority of all other charts it appeared on.

Contents 1 Song information 2 Music video 3 Formats and tracklistings 4 Charts 4.1 Chart trajectories

[edit] Song information

Dallas Austin both wrote and produced this second single. Based on lyrics about self-acceptance and inner beauty (in similar ways to Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful"), the guitar driven up-beat ballad is seen as a continuation from TLC's "Unpretty", a 1999 single release by the R&B trio, whose own interpretation had also been produced by Dallas and picked up similar lyrics.

In August 2005, the track premiered on Chris Moyles' radio show on BBC Radio One, just presented as one of two tracks (next to "Push The Button") from the upcoming Sugababes album. However, the track was fancied as a second single, even before "Push The Button" was released on CD. In the UK "Ugly" maxi CD was released on December 5th, 2005.

[edit] Music video

The is set in a warehouse in New York City which seems to as if its being used for auditons for different acts. The video features many different people of different ages and races displaying many different talents, corresponding with the theme of the song. They also hold up signs saying "Taller In More Ways".

[edit] Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Ugly".

#	Title	Length
International CD single
1.	"Ugly"	3:53
2.	"Future Shokk"	4:05
3.	"Ugly" [The Desert Eagle Discs Remix]	4:13
4.	"Ugly" [Suga Shaker Vocal Mix]	5:42
5.	"Ugly" [Video]	3:53
UK CD single
1.	"Ugly"	3:53
2.	"Come Together"	3:52
3.	"Ugly" [The Desert Eagle Discs Remix]	4:13
4.	"Future Shokk"	4:05
5.	"Ugly" [Suga Shaker Vocal Mix]	5:42
6.	"Ugly" [Video]	3:53

In the music video Ugly it shows a picture of Tyler Speck

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	3
Itunes Chart	5
New Zealand Singles Chart	5
Dutch Singles Chart	7
Finnish Singles Chart	8
Czech IFPI Chart	8
Norwegian Singles & Downloads Chart	9
European Singles Chart	11
Irish Singles Chart	12
Australian Singles Chart	13
Belgium Singles Chart	13
Austrian Singles Chart	14
Swedish Singles Chart	18
Swiss Singles Chart	19
German Singles Chart	31

[edit] Chart trajectories

Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles Singles Chart Trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14
Position	16	16	17	13	14	17	23	22	23	24	25	26	33	OUT

New Zealand Singles Chart Trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Position	7	7	5	8	13	15	18	21	16	13	18	27	40	33	OUT	35	39

UK Singles Chart Trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
Position	3	6	12	8	7	11	20	20	27	28	30	41	59	63	72