Easy (Sugababes song)
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| Single by Sugababes | ||
| from the album Overloaded: The Singles Collection | ||
| B-side(s) | "Shake It" | |
| Released | November 6, 2006 | |
| Format | Digital Download, CD Single | |
| Recorded | London, England | |
| Genre | Pop, Electro | |
| Length | 3:36 | |
| Label | Island | |
| Writer(s) | Keisha Buchanan Amelle Berrabah Heidi Range Jason Pebworth George Astasio |
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| Producer(s) | Brio Taliaferro Jason Pebworth George Astasio |
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| Sugababes singles chronology | ||
| "Follow Me Home" (2006) |
"Easy" (2006) |
"Walk This Way" (2007) |
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| Play "Easy" (in browser) (help·info) | ||
"Easy" is an electro-pop song written by Keisha Buchanan, Amelle Berrabah, Heidi Range, Jason Pebworth, and George Astasiois for the Sugababes' first compilation album Overloaded: The Singles Collection (2006). Produced by Brio Taliaferro, and Orson members Pebworth, and Astasiois, it was released as the album's lead single on November 6, 2006 in the UK. The song reached the top ten in Bulgaria and the United Kingdom, and while entered the top thirty on most charts it appeard on, it also peaked within the top 20 in Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Norway.
The song is about to be released as part of the compilation Now That's What I Call Music 66 despite the song being released almost 6 months ago.
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[edit] Writing and recording
"Easy" was one out of two new additions to Overloaded: The Singles Collection, primarily contributed by Jason Pebworth and George Astasiois from the band Orson, with whom the Sugababes' share the same management. Thus the duo came up "with a few ideas for a couple of songs", including a "rough" concept for electro-influenced "Easy". Though Pebworth and Astasiois originally wrote all of the song's lyrics by themselves, Amelle Berrabah and Keisha Buchanan decided to contribute some own ideas to it, eventually changing parts of the arrangement and the melodies, while adding a second verse and the chorus. Because of deadline pressure most of the vocals was recorded separately.[1]
Sugababes member Berrabah described "Easy" as a "quite Princey ... sexy, cheeky" song: "It's basically saying to someone 'come over here, what are you waiting for,' almost, one of the lyrics is there is, 'my engine's running hot can you come and fix it for me', and little bits like that telling a bloke to come to them sort of thing, so it's more about the man coming to the woman, and she's trying to bring him on to come over..."[1] "'Easy' is a very naughty and cheeky song," Buchanan added in an interview with Contactmusic. "It's completely fresh sounding but at the same time has the same qualities as the biggest songs of our career, so it's perfect for this album."[2]
The song made its premiere on Scott Mills' BBC Radio 1 "The Scott Mills Show" on September 12, 2006 at 4:20pm GMT.
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Easy" was directed by Tim Royes (he also did the video for the song "Red Dress"), and was filmed in a studio in London in September 2006. The edited video first aired in the UK in week of October 2, 2006.
It features the girls dressed in latex outfits, each in a different setting within a public toilet. Amelle uses the hand-dryers, Heidi with a red hair at the sinks and Keisha is lying down. When it comes to the chorus they are in adjacent cubicles using the doors as props, during the middle of the music video, the girls are seen in a showroom with a red curtain in different Greek-like costumes.
The video for the song is very popular on MTV Poland's "The Interactive Chart". It reached #1 spot several times.
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart | 23 |
| Bulgarian Singles Chart | 9 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 13 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 34 |
| European Official Top 20 | 12 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 12 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 18 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 18 |
| German Singles Chart | 26 |
| Slovakia Singles Chart | 5 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 56 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 30 |
| UK Singles Chart | 8 |
| UK iTunes Chart | 11 |
| UK Official Download Chart | 12 |
| Armenian Music TV Charts | 2 |
[edit] Formats and tracklistings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Easy".
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b I Like Music interview with Amelle Berrabah. ilikemusic.com. Retrieved on 2006-02-17.
- ^ Sugababes - "Easy" - Video. contactmusic.com. Retrieved on 2006-02-17.
Keisha Buchanan · Heidi Range · Amelle Berrabah
Siobhán Donaghy · Mutya Buena
Albums: One Touch · Angels with Dirty Faces · Three · Taller in More Ways ·
Compilation albums: Overloaded: The Singles Collection
Singles: "Overload" · "New Year" · "Run for Cover" · "Soul Sound" · "Freak like Me" · "Round Round" · "Stronger" · "Angels with Dirty Faces" · "Shape" · "Hole in the Head" · "Too Lost in You" · "In the Middle" · "Caught in a Moment" · "Push the Button" · "Ugly" · "Red Dress" · "Follow Me Home" · "Easy" · "Walk This Way"
