Push the Button (song)
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| Single by Sugababes from the album Taller in More Ways |
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| B-side | "Favourite Song", "Like the Weather" |
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| Released | September 26, 2005 | ||||
| Format | CD Single, Digital download | ||||
| Genre | Pop/Rock, R&B/Soul, Electronic, Dance | ||||
| Length | 3.39 | ||||
| Label | Island | ||||
| Writer(s) | Dallas Austin Keisha Buchanan |
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| Producer | Dallas Austin | ||||
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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, alongside "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. The single was featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 romantic comedy "It's a Boy/Girl Thing", and in a commercial for Tassimo coffee machines.
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[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 in a lift and on each floor that the lifts stops at, a different guy gets in, one for each of us," Mutya 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."
[edit] Track Listings and Formats
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Push the Button".
- UK CD single 1
- "Push the Button" - 3:39
- "Favourite Song" - 3:46
- UK CD single 2
- "Push the Button" - 3:39
- "Like the Weather" - 3:46
- "Push the Button" [DJ Prom Remix] - 8:13
- International CD single
- "Push the Button" - 3:39
- "Like the Weather" - 3:46
- "Push the Button" [DJ Prom Remix] - 8:13
- "Push the Button" [video] - 3:39
[edit] Chart performance
"Push The Button" has become the Sugababes' most successful single to date worldwide peaking at #1 the singles charts in the UK, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand,Croatia,Serbia, Austria and Poland. "Push the button" also peaked at #2 in Germany with sales over 150,000 and also peaked at #2 in Norway, and #3 in Switzerland. The girls received their second 'best British single' nomination at the 2006 BRIT Awards, but lost the award to Coldplay's Speed of Sound.
"Push the Button" debuted at #24 and peaked at #3 in Australia, making it their highest charting Australian single and biggest hit. It was certified Platinum by ARIA making it their best selling Australian single ahead of "Round Round" which peaked at #13 in 2002, which was certified gold. The single was also a club hit in the United States. The song was also successful in France, a difficult market for the group in the past, peaking at #17 and where it is their highest peaking single to date. Also in Sweden, "Push the button" peaked at #4 to become the Sugababes' most successful single to date. In the Netherlands, "Push the button" peaked at #3 spending 23 weeks on the chart, and is tied with "Hole in the head" as their biggest hit, which peaked at #3 in 2003.
On the united world chart, "Push the button" reached #6 becoming the group's biggest worldwide hit to date, ahead of "Round Round" and "Hole in the head" which peaked at #8 and #7 respectively. On October 16, 2005, the girls celebrated being at the top of the singles, airplay, album and download charts simultaneously. This feat was also accomplished with the release of "About You Now" in 2007, which also surpassed the success of "Push The Button" in UK when the song managed 4 weeks at #1 and reached sales of 300,000+ while "Push The Button" stayed on top of the UK charts for 3 weeks with total sales of 386,000. However, "About You Now" has now become the girls biggest selling single in the UK with sales over 410,00.
[edit] Charts
[edit] Official Versions and AppearancesThese are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on, of: "Push the Button"
[edit] Credits and personnel
[edit] Covers and SamplesIn 2006 Korean pop girl band, Brown Eyed Girls, used the beat of the song for their single "Hold The Line". The song became a hit in Korea as well as did "Push The Button" the previous year. In 2007, cover artist 'Henri' covered the Girl's Track "Push The Button" for a single release in America. Henri also covered Rachel Stevens "Some Girls", for a single release the year before and Cher's "As You Walk Away". The track is as yet to be released. [edit] Notes
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