Push the Button (song)

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"Push the Button"
Single by Sugababes
from the album Taller in More Ways
B-side(s)	"Favourite Song", "Like the Weather"
Released	September 2005
Format	CD Single, Digital download
Genre	Pop, Dance
Length	3.39
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Dallas Austin Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena Heidi Range
Producer(s)	Dallas Austin
Chart positions
#1 (Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, UK) #2 (Germany, Norway) #3 (Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland) #4 (Sweden) #5 (Italy) #8 (Finland) #14 (Greece) #17 (France)
Sugababes singles chronology
"Caught in a Moment" (2004)	"Push the Button" (2005)	"Ugly" (2005)
Alternate cover
UK CD 2 cover
Audio sample
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"Push the Button" is a pop song written by Dallas Austin, Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, and Heidi Range for the Sugababes' fourth studio album Taller in More Ways (2005). Produced by Dallas, the song was released to positive reaction from music critics as the album's lead single in September 2005. It reached number one in Austria, Ireland, Poland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, becoming the group's fourth number one single domestically. Thematically, the electro influenced pop song focuses upon how a girl tries to wrap a man around the little finger, prompting him to "push the button" instead of hesitating any longer.

In August 2005, the track premiered on Chris Moyles' radio show on BBC Radio One, just presented as one of two tracks (beside "Ugly") from the upcoming Sugababes album. A little later Island Records announced, "Push the Button" was chosen as first single and the track leaked in clips onto the internet. In the UK the maxi CDs release was on September 26, 2005.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Reception 3 Chart performance 4 Charts 5 Credits and personnel 6 Formats and tracklistings 7 Notes

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Push the Button" was directed by American director Matthew Rolston and produced by Lindsay Turnham for Exposure Films.^[1] It was filmed in various locations throughout Shepherds Bush, London in July 2005 and first aired in the United Kingdom in the week of September 12, 2005.^[2]

The video primarily focuses around Buena, Buchanan and Range dancing in an elevator for an extremely tall (and computer animated) building. "So there's Keisha, Heidi and me in a lift and on each floor that the lifts stops at, a different guy gets in, one for each of us," Buena told in an interview with the band's official website. "We end up with Mr 'Too Cool', Mr 'Perfect' and Mr 'Shy Guy' and of course we flirt with them, tease them and push them away... all in a fun way." All the dancers the the video are gay.^[2]

[edit] Reception

The song was extremely well received from music critics and fans with one critic stating that "...it plays to its strengths: melody, rhythm and mischief" [1], while another reviewer claimed the single to be "smart, sulkily sexy, and praise the lord, doesn't want sound like either Beyoncé or The Neptunes [2].

The song was covered by Orson on Radio 1's Live Lounge, which led to the band writing "Easy" for the Sugababes, which was included on Overloaded: The Singles Collection. Starsailor also covered the song on the Live Lounge.

[edit] Chart performance

"Push The Button" has become the Sugababes' most successful single to date heading to #1 the charts in the UK, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, Austria and Poland, peaking at #2 in Germany and Norway, and #3 in Switzerland, Sweden and The Netherlands. The track even topped the success of previous singles like "Overload" or "Round Round". On October 16, 2005, the girls celebrated being at the top of the singles, airplay, album and download charts simultaneously. The girls receiving their second 'best British single' nomination at the 2006 Brit Awards, losing the award by Coldplay's Speed of Sound.

"Push the Button" peaked at #3 in Australia, making it their highest charting Australian single and biggest hit. It has also gone Platinum making it their best selling Australian single ahead of "Round Round" peaking at #13 2002. The single was also a club hit in the United States.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position	Sales
UK Singles Chart	1	338,000 (Gold)
UK Download Chart	1
UK Airplay Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart	1	10,000 (Platinum)
New Zealand Singles Chart	1	5,000 (Gold)
Austrian Singles Chart	1	15,000 (Gold)
Poland Singles Chart	1
Eurochart	1	1,000,000 (Platinum)
German Media Control Chart	2	150,000 (Gold)
Norwegian Singles Chart	2
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	3	70,000 (Platinum)
Belgian Singles Chart	3
Netherlands Top 40	3
Swiss Singles Chart	3
Denmark Singles Chart	3
Czech Singles Chart	3
Slovak Singles Chart	3
Swedish Singles Chart	4
World Airplay Chart	4
UK Download Chart (Year-End)	4
Italian Singles Chart	5
World Singles Chart	6	3,300,000 Points
Finnish Singles Chart	8
UK Singles Chart (Year-End)	10
Israel Singles Chart	10
Greek Singles Chart	14
French Singles Chart	17

[edit] Credits and personnel

Lead vocals: Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range Engineered by Rick Sheppard Midi & sound design by Rick Sheppard Assistant recording engineers: Graham Marsh, Ian Rossiter, Owen Clark Audio mixing - Jeremy Wheatley

Assisted by Richard Edgeler Drums - Dallas Austin Guitar, bass guitar - Tony Reyes Mastered by Chris Parmenidis

[edit] Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Push the Button".

UK CD single I "Push the Button" (Album Version) "Favourite Song" UK CD single II "Push the Button" (Album Version) "Like the Weather" "Push the Button" (DJ Prom Remix)

International CD single "Push the Button" (Album Version) "Like the Weather" "Push the Button" (DJ Prom Remix) "Push the Button" (Video)

[edit] Notes

Preceded by "Stickwitu" by Pussycat Dolls	RIANZ (New Zealand) number-one single 23 January 2006 - February 13, 2006	Succeeded by "Run It!" by Chris Brown
Preceded by "Don't Cha" by Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes	UK number one single October 8, 2005 - October 28, 2005	Succeeded by "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" by Arctic Monkeys
Preceded by "Don't Cha" by Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes	UK Download Chart number one single October 5, 2005 - October 26, 2005	Succeeded by "Hung Up" by Madonna
Preceded by "Don't Cha" by Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes	Irish Singles Chart number one single October 6, 2005 - October 20, 2005	Succeeded by "You Raise Me Up" by Westlife
Preceded by "Durch Den Monsun" by Tokio Hotel	Austrian Singles Chart number one single October 16, 2005 - November 18, 2005	Succeeded by "Hung Up" by Madonna